Buffalo announces Cloudstor, its personal cloud-based device solution, at CES 2011.

Cloudstor is a 1TB 2-bay HDD unit coupled with a free online service (powered by Pogoplug's cloud service). It acts and operates on users' computers like a hard drive (assessible via drive letter on PC and as a device through Mac's Finder) and allows access of users' files from any other PC. It also has easy Facebook and Twitter integration as well as mobile device apps for easy content access.

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Clickfree launches a wireless version of its backup devices, Clickfree Wireless.

Users plug the device into each of their computers for a single time (to perform an initial backup). The device performs the  following backups automatically through 802.11n wireless, without it being connected to any computer.

Clickfree's Backuplink technology handles all backup procedures.

It also allows users to easily upload, email or burn to CD/DVD their photo files, and can archive iPod/iPhone music and playlists. Continue reading...

Iomega upgrades all its USB 2.0 portable HDDs to the USB 3.0 interface.

The company's eGo line is the first to carry the new interface. The USB 3.0 drives feature hardware encryption and a 7' drop spec-- at USB 2.0 prices.

Iomega's Protection Suite comes in the package. It contains Quikprotect, v.Clone and Trend Micro's Internet Security.

Go Iomega First to Offer New USB 3.0 Models

Hitachi's latest hard drive families, Travelstar 5K750 and 7K750 feature the highest capacities in a 9.5mm 2-disk design. The 375GB/platter, 5400/7200 RPM, 2.5" drives come in 750, 640 and 500GB capacities.

The drives are Hitachi's first to feature Advanced Format technology. Advance Format increases HDD sector size from 512 to 4K bytes.

Travelstar 5K750 drives come with 5400 RPM speeds and an 8MB buffer, as well as featuring low power consumptions with 1.4W during read/write operations.

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VIA Labs announces the  VL750 Super-Speed USB to NAND flash controller, a single-chip solution for next gen USB 3.0 drives. It's the first flash controller of its kind in the market.

The new flash controller is backwards compatible with 2.0 and 1.1 ports and offers transfer speeds of 100MB/s or more in 3.0, depending on configuration.

VIA Labs Associate VP David Hsu says this technology will pave the way for fast and affordable flash drives of over 32GB capacity.

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SanDisk's new SSD, smaller than a postage stamp and weighing less than a Euro cent, comes in capacities from 4GB to 64GB. This iSSD is fast enough for use with advanced operating systems such as Windows 7 or Mac OS X

SanDisk aims this at mobile computing platforms such as tablets and ultra-thin netbooks.

The iSSD uses a serial ATA (SATA) interface in a small ball grid array (BGA) package that can be soldered onto any motherboard. It offers 160MB/sec sequential read and 100MB/sec sequential Continue reading...

Toshiba's new hard disk drive features a data wipe just after powering down.

Toshiba's SED (Self-Encrypting Drives) will allow for deletion of secure data prior to disposing or repurposing hard drives.The technology revolves around invalidating a hard-drive security key when a system's power supply is turned Continue reading...

First OCZ Technology Group unveiled the OCZ Onyx 32GB SATA II 2.5-inch solid-state drive series, "an ultra-affordable" for under $100.

Now Intel ships the 40GB X25-V Value SATA SSD at USD$125.

When it comes to price per gigabyte, HDDs are still far cheaper than SSDs cost from $2.50 to $3 per gigabyte, while hard disk drives cost around 10 cents per gigabyte. There probably will be an uptake of the 40GB SSD, but it's not going to replace a HDD in a notebook at this point.

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