LaCie's no stranger to kicking out portable HDDs that are a-okay with getting kicked around, and the Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series is no exception. As the extended title implies, this one is equipped to transfer files via USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt, and it'll play nice with Mac and Windows platforms. The LaCie Rugged SSD offers up transfer rates as … [Read more...]
LaCie’s Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt: fast portable storage that can take a beating
September 25, 2012 by
Thunderbolt-equipped Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini storage devices now up for pre-order
July 24, 2012 by
Hankering for a Drobo with Thunderbolt? They're here... almost. Starting today, consumers far and wide can place their pre-orders for the Drobo 5D and the Drobo Mini. As a refresher, the former is a BYOD desktop solution with a pair of T-bolt ports and a lone USB 3.0 connector; just bring up to five 3.5-inch HDDs, and your RAID adventures are … [Read more...]
Toshiba Storage Products’ THNSNF SSDs tap into 19nm process technology
June 5, 2012 by
32 nanometer process technology feels so... 2009. These days, Toshiba Storage Products is pushing something quite a bit smaller, as the outfit's new THNSNF solid state drives are said to be the world's first to take advantage of 19nm process NAND flash memory. 2012 just so happens to mark the 25th anniversary of Tosh's meddling in NAND, and the new … [Read more...]
Google Drive official: 5GB of free storage, Chrome web apps, Wave-like sharing and editing (video)
April 30, 2012 by
If it happened any other way, it just wouldn't be as satisfying, now would it? After years of leaks, murmurs, hubbub and other familiar synonyms, Google's mythical cloud storage platform is now official... sort of. As Lady Fate would have it, the company apparently outed a memo of the features on its French blog earlier today, but before it could … [Read more...]
PSA: If you purchased extra Gmail storage, your Google Drive just got bigger
April 29, 2012 by
5GB, huh? Not quite enough for you? If you were wise enough to up the capacity of your Gmail inbox + Picasa allotment before today, your Google Drive experience just got a lot more awesome. A trio of editors here at Engadget HQ managed to upgrade their Gmail boxes a couple of years ago, and at the time (read: it's no longer an available option), … [Read more...]
Police show off new forensic storage facility
January 24, 2012 by
Vancouver Police have a new 30 million-dollar forensic storage facility they hope will result in more offenders identified and more convictions. Everything from bloodied shoes, to weapons involved in crimes and even vehicles associated with homicides: 400-thousand pieces of evidence in all, are now stored at the 87-thousand square foot … [Read more...]
