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Bruce Wane’s Fanny Pack

Nerd Grind — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:07:34 +0000

Everyone has heard of a fanny pack right? It’s those funny alternatives to a purse or backpack, usually you’ll see them on old fat guys or nerds at a ballpark. I even used to own one, and let me tell you, it’s a big hit with the ladies. But i figured it’s time for an upgrade. It’s called the Gambit Pack and its the ultimate storage place for gadgets.

It’s actually rumored that Bruce Wane himself came up with the design. but don’t take my word for it, find out for yourself.

The Grabit Pack is available directly from the company’s website for just $23. Unfortunately at the moment the right side version is sold out, which is actually good news for south paws.

Possible gDisk Service To Come

Nerd Grind — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:59:58 +0000

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will be launching a remote storage service as early as "a few months from now." Google is not commenting, but did acknowledge that storage is an "important component of making Web [applications] fit easily into consumers’ and business users’ lives."

J.Lo via Flash Drive

Nerd Grind — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:59:47 +0000

J. Lo will be releasing an album via flash drive, and not a cheap one either. Gresso and Sony BMG Music Entertainment have come up with this idea to distribute Lopez’s "Brave" album on the Adam&Eve flash drive, which features 1GB of storage and is crafted from African Mahogany or African Blackwood. It is supposed to sell for around $70 and methinks that just might hurt sales.

Terabyte Flash Drives?

Nerd Grind — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:14:43 +0000

Researchers at Arizona State University have discovered a new technique for manipulating charged copper particles at the molecular scale. What that means for us, is low-cost, low-power computer memory – like a terabyte-sized flash drive!

"A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU’s Center for Applied Nanoionics, which developed the technology. "All the current limitations in portable electronic storage could go away. You could record video of every event in your life and store it."

This new technology has a catchy name too – nano-ionics, a field that focuses on moving and transforming positively charged atoms.

3TB 3.5-inch drives by 2010

Nerd Grind — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:29:29 +0000

While Hitachi predicts to deliver 4TB drives by 2011, Western Digital has unveiled a drive with a storage density of 520GB per square inch. That means 3TB 3.5-inch drives by 2010.

Let the race begin!

Portable Storage

Nerd Grind — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:22:52 +0000

The Jobo GIGA One Ultra offers portable storage for photos at transfer speeds of 1 GB of data in about three minutes, reaching up to 5.47 MB per second. The new GIGA one ultra is USB 2.0 compatible, features a large 2â€ LCD screen, a sturdy aluminium casing, and covered media card slots for protection against dust and dirt.

â€œThe new easy-to-use JOBO GIGA one ultra is the perfect solution for todayâ€™s on-the-go digital photographer,â€ said Johannes Bockemuehl-Simon, JOBOâ€™s CEO. â€œNot only is this new unit extremely fast when it comes to downloading all digital data for safe and reliable backup storage, this next generation GIGA one is available in various capacities and price points sure to please budget-minded photographers looking for the best their money can buy.â€

This new unit accepts all popular media cards featuring slots for CompactFlash (CF) I/II, Microdrive, SecureDigital (SD), SDHC, (Memory Stick) MS, MS Pro, MS Duo, and MultiMediaCard (MMC). In addition, the GIGA one ultra can store digital data in popular file formats such as RAW, JPG, TIFF, MP3, doc, xls, ppt, etc.

Available at the end of October 2007, the GIGA one ultra will be offered with four different storage capacities â€“ 40 GB, 80 GB and 120 GB and 200 GB and retail prices are expected to be â‚¬ 149, â‚¬ 199, â‚¬ 229, â‚¬ 329 respectively.

Little Disk

Nerd Grind — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:59:37 +0000

This glossy little cutie with removable interface cover for added protection represents LaCie’s Little Disk family of portable storage from 30 to 250 gigabytes.

The Little Disk is driver-free and pre-formatted for simple, one-step installation across all platforms and come in either 1.8- or 2.5-inch formats and with USB or Firewire connectivity.

â€œDesigned for simplicity, the 1.8- and 2.5-inch drives are extremely portable and are bus powered, eliminating the need for A/C power. So whether you are on a bus, taking the train, or relaxing at the park, your data is always accessible.â€ said Nolwenn Rozen, LaCie product manager.

Suggested retail prices start at $99.99 for the 1.8-inch, $89.99 for the 2.5- inch USB 2.0 and $119.99 for the 2.5-inch Combo.

Just Keep Learning More and More about the Asus Eee PC

Nerd Grind — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:36:12 +0000

According to unproven sources, it seems that the specs on the Asus Eee PC keep getting more and more detailed (or maybe "accurate" is a better word). So far, looks like there will be two models, with prices ranging from $269 on the low-end model and $399 on the high-end. Specs follow:

7-inch display
2GB of flash storage, 4GB on the high-end model
4- or 6-cell battery
Wi-Fi
512MB RAM

You’ll have your choice of black or white cases. And remember: all of this hasn’t been verified by Asus, so it could be the polar opposite of what actually ships.

Lacie Biggest S2S RAID Tower – 5TB – 20TB, Nice!

Nerd Grind — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:34:10 +0000

This is nit-picking for a lovely device that provides 5TB of storage in a relatively compact form, but why did Lacie call it the "Biggest S2S"? What happens when they release a bigger one? Anyways, here are the specs:

Standard 5TB storage, scalable to 20TB (via links with other units)
Full RAID support
3Gb/sec eSATA interface
eSATA-eSATA direct connection
200MB/sec burst rate
Hot-swappable disks

The basic model with PCI-X is $3,699, which is a bit but reasonable for that amount of storage. HD video editors are probably already drowning in their own drool over this monster.

Samsung Yepp YP-P2 Overcomes Goofy Name with Some Style

Nerd Grind — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:55:41 +0000

Samsung’s been making some nice things lately, but what’s with the naming? The Yepp (Yepp?!?) YP-P2 is a lovely critter, and quite svelte: only 100 X 52 X 9.2mm. That’s thinner than a runway model… (I’ll leave it at that). Specs:

Up to 8GB Flash storage
3-inch, 428 X 240 pixel touch-screen
Integrated speaker and mike
Integrated FM radio
Integrated Bluetooth
Plays MP3, WMV, WMA, H.264, and MPEG-4 (ASF)

No pricing or availability yet, but I imagine some folks will be hankering for this one.

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