Tag Archives: Usb3.0

Toshiba Canvio Connect drive backs up mobile devices through Pogoplug

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While we’re used to connected hard drives that share their contents with phones and tablets, the reverse isn’t common — why don’t many of these drives safeguard our mobile content from the start? Toshiba is as baffled as we are, so it’s launching…


Xi3 goes the crowdfunding route for future X3A, X7A modular PCs (video)

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Xi3 has been one of the more inventive PC builders in the field, designing its Modular Computers in the belief that small, more upgradable desktops are the way of the future. The company is planning two new systems to further that dream, the X3A and …


ADATA’s got an 8.9mm thick portable USB 3.0 drive, limbos under the competition by a millimeter

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When it comes to your device being the “world’s thinnest” or not can be decided by a single millimeter. Just days after Toshiba unveiled its 9mm-thick 500GB external hard drive, ADATA has knocked a little more off its own enclosure and declared victo…


ADATA’s got an 8.9mm thick portable USB 3.0 drive, limbos under the competition by a millimeter

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When it comes to your device being the “world’s thinnest” or not can be decided by a single millimeter. Just days after Toshiba unveiled its 9mm-thick 500GB external hard drive, ADATA has knocked a little more off its own enclosure and declared victo…


DisplayLink shows off adapters and docks from HP, Lenovo, EVGA and Targus at IDF 2012

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With the proliferation of Ultrabooks, laptops are shipping with fewer ports and smaller screens. One of the benficiaries of the streamlined designs is DisplayLink, whose technology can turn a single USB port into a bevy of connections. At IDF 2012, t…


Kensington updates DisplayLink universal laptop docks with USB 3.0

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Having somewhere to dock your laptop is insanely convenient. Of course, each manufacturer tends to have their own proprietary solution. And usually a different dock is needed for each model. Fun, right? Well, Kensington has their own universal soluti…


iPhone 5: the rumor roundup

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We’re on the cusp of Apple’s sixth iPhone launch, and there’s very different expectations than there were last year. The 2011 rumor cycle left more than a few people burned: the later-than-usual October launch and repeated claims of a heavily-remade …


LaCie 2big, 4big Quadra drives hop the USB 3.0 bandwagon, give Macs 12TB of speedy storage

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LaCie has been sprucing up its smaller drives to handle a new crop of Macs that support USB 3.0. It’s now turn for the big boys to play. Updated versions of the 2big Quadra and 4big Quadra (not yet shown here) use the faster port to reach the potenti…


VIA EPIA-P910 stuffs 3D display support, quad-core into a Pico-ITX size

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If there’s been a race in the Pico-ITX realm to catch up to full-size PCs, VIA just leapt ahead by a few bounds with the EPIA-P910. The tiny PC mates one of VIA’s 1GHz QuadCore E-Series processors with a VX11H media core to handle the kinds of tasks …


LaCie reveals new Mac-friendly USB 3.0 external drives

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Lacie’s just announced its next generation USB 3.0 drives meant to take advantage of the new Ivy Bridge internals of the latest MacBooks. The fresh Rugged Triple, Porsche Design P’9223 and P’9233, and RuggedKey models all use USB Attached SCSI Protoc…