Utilizing the latest technology advances in energy efficiency, the Guardian MAXimus eMAX is RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) certified to deliver maximum data protection and backup performance while using less energy. Compared to other low-powered 1TB external storage solutions, Guardian MAXimus eMAX provides a 15 percent power savings and up to a 50 percent power reduction versus traditionally powered 1TB drives. The Guardian MAXimus eMAX also provides the utmost in low noise operation, data storage stability, and per disk capacity for 1TB drives.
“The addition of the new Guardian MAXimus eMAX continues the product development mission of the Guardian MAXimus line,” said Grant Dahlke, Marketing Manager, NewerTech. “When only maximum performance, quality, ease of use, and now energy efficiency savings will suffice for data protection/backup needs, Mac and PC users alike will find their needs exceeded by a Guardian MAXimus model.”
The new Guardian MAXimus eMAX compliments the broad Guardian MAXimus lineup that has earned widespread praise and awards. “Easy to use, incredibly fast, and offers a lot of space for the price…the perfect space-to-speed ratio that’s so important to graphics professionals, digital photographers, and designers,” said PhotoShop User magazine about Guardian MAXimus in its Five Star rated review. “The fastest drive with the biggest oomph in the smallest form we’ve seen,” said Macsimum News in awarding Guardian MAXimus the Macsimum Macworld 2008 Award.
Guardian MAXimus eMAX is a 1.0TB Mirror (1.0TB + 1.0TB) 5400RPM w/64MB total buffer drive priced at $549.99.
Guardian MAXimus line pricing:
Looking to talk a little longer, surf a bit further, watch a few movies, or listen endlessly to your tunes on your iPhone? Not looking to be strapped by a cable to make it all happen? No worries mate, give the Mybat External Battery for iPhone and iPod a look and you may be surprised to find that, ah, you can do all these things with it!
SvenOnTech put this external battery through some heavy testing and we were pleasantly surprised to find out that, well, read the review and see what surprised us and why we were pleasant. 
Hey, are you peeved at Apple for yanking that external drive thingy from your iPhone that you came to love on your iPod? Wishing you could just some way — an easy way — gain access to your 4, 8, or 16 GB of storage on your device? Whelp, we took a look at a software application that does that just that and we think you’re going to like it.
Ecamm’s iPhoneDrive lets you grab files of any sort on and off your iPhone and iPod touch with drag and drop ease. It also throws in some nice extras like being able to play music right off the device on your Mac. Makes nice for playing music at work if your IT dude doesn’t want you putting iTunes on your Mac, huh?
iPhoneDrive doesn’t just stop there, either, you can now backup your SMS and Phone Log and even edit your notes with a stinking real keyboard for once! If you’re sensing we liked this, then have sense enough to read the full review and see why we did.
Other World Computing (OWC) announced today that it has lowered the price of its new award-winning OWC Mercury Blu-ray Internal and External Drive Solutions, priced now starting at $499.99 for internal and $599.99 for external drives. Winner of the American Photo 2007 Editor’s Choice Award for Best Storage Products, the OWC Mercury Blu-ray Drive is a FireWire/USB2 Plug & Play Blu-Ray Burner + DVDRW/CDRW that is 100% compatible with any Windows or Mac system with an available IDE/ATAPI bay port (for internal drives), or any FireWire or USB 2.0 system port (for external drives).
The OWC Blu-ray Drive Solutions feature:
- Burn up to 50GB of data or high-definition video per Blu-ray disc or up to 8.5GB using standard DVDs.
- True Plug & Play, it’s never been easier to get started creating your own DVDs.
- Supports FireWire and USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) ports!
- Includes two 25GB Blu-ray media discs.
- Available bundled with full retail version of Toast 8 DVD/CD Authoring software.
Priced at $499.99 for OWC Mercury Blu-ray Internal Drives (with standard IDE/ATAPI interface) and $599.99 for External Drives, these solutions are available with the full retail version of Toast 8 DVD/CD Authoring software (with Blu-Ray Support), two 25GB Blu-ray media discs, and are covered under a 1 year warranty. All External drive solutions also include all required connecting cables. The OWC Blu-ray drive solutions are available immediately from OWC.
Other World Computing (OWC) has just announced the NASPerform fast 10/100BT Ethernet/USB 2.0 Network Attached Storage Solution for home or business networks. With a data storage capacity of up to 750GB, NASPerform effortlessly connects to wired or wireless networks for easy file storage and sharing among multiple network users.
Available for Mac® and Windows®, NASPerform stores and shares photos, music, movies, and other data with up to 20 other network users. NASPerform works just like an internal hard drive. Users just simply point and click, and drag and drop files they wish to access. With its built-in USB 2.0 port, NASPerform can also be used as a portable external hard drive for personal file storage.
Plug N’Play Easy Installation
NASPerform connects directly to any wired or wireless Ethernet network switch or router and comes complete with Ethernet and USB 2.0 connecting cables for Plug N’ Play easy installation. It eliminates the need for complicated TCP/IP settings or a costly server. In addition, NASPeform provides the ability to assign read/write privileges to each network user to prevent unwanted deletion or modification of valuable data. NASPerform’s innovative technology also protects data from external Internet security intrusions.
NASPerform is ideal for:
Multimedia storage (MP3s, digital photos, digital video).
Home networking storage (storing and sharing files, backing up, and archiving).
Network storage for small business.
Data archives, disclosed data, backups, and data conservation storage for public institutions/facilities.
Multi-platform network storage (simultaneous Macintosh and Windows use).
NASPerform Technical Highlights:
• Up to 750GB of bootable disk capacity
• 16MB of data cache
• Ximeta NDAS 2011 chipset
• One RJ-45 100Base-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X port
• One USB 2.0/1.1 5-pin port
• Up to 20 simultaneous connections
• Front panel LED status light: blue when powered on, red & flashing with read/write activity
• Dimensions of 5.2” x 8.7” x 1.8”, 3 lb weight
• External auto-switching 100-240V 50-60Hz 3 amp UL listed power supply included
• 36” double shielded USB 2.0/1.1 and 36” Ethernet RJ-45 connecting cables included
• $200 retail value utility software bundle of ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup 3, NovaStor NovaBACKUP®, and Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ included with pre-configured solutions
• 1 year OWC warranty
Priced Starting At $127.99
NASPerform is available in five pre-configured 7200RPM solutions, from 250GB to 750GB, priced starting at $127.99 MSRP. A 0GB “add your own drive” enclosure is also available priced at $59.99 MSRP.
Available immediately from Other World Computing at www.macsales.com
For more information on NASPerform, see
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/Network-Attached-Storage/NDAS/
Santa Rosa electric car pioneer Zap has come to the iPhones rescue, of sorts. While it already has excellent battery life for a smartphone, some are finding a need to get more from it and Zap brings three times that need with the iZap.
“The iZAP battery was a life-saver during my business trip to China last week,” said iPhone owner Steve Schneider, Chief Executive Officer for ZAP. “Frankly, if an iPod runs out of power, losing your music and video is not as critical to your business trip as the iPhone. You lose your cell phone access, text messages, Internet and email access, time zone clock, business notes, scheduling software, driving maps, calculator and all the other news and information for which the iPhone was designed.”
I guess if you’re the CEO, you can find this nifty new battery; however, if you search Zap’s site, good luck finding this new beast. There is an iZAP for the iPod, though, this is probably not what you want to zap your iPhone with.
ou can now make sure that wherever you are you can always guarantee your laptop is fully charged with Proporta’s Portable Laptop Battery
The Portable Laptop Battery comes with a selection of input and output tips to cater for most laptop models. Simply attach the input tip to your laptop’s AC adapter and charge the battery for future use. When your laptop is next running low, insert the battery’s output cable and tip into the laptop charging port, and recharge your laptop for prolonged use.
A well as being environmentally friendly, it also includes a very handy USB port to allow you to charge your other USB devices, such as your iPod, camera and phone, whilst on the move. Just plug your mobile device’s USB charge cable into the battery’s standard USB port and recharge anywhere.
This really is a product you should never leave home without – now you have no excuse not to get all your work done It’s coming soon to Proporta, so check out www.proporta.com to take a closer look.
P.S. Check out more of Proporta’s products including Proporta’s Laptop Sleeve to keep your laptop safely covered up.
Newer TechnologyNewertech Announces New Ministack V3
‘Quad Interface’ 1.0Tb Storage Solution, Inc. (NewerTech) , a leading developer of PC, Macintosh® and iPod® performance upgrades and accessories, today announced the newest addition to its award-winning storage solution line, the miniStack® v3 ‘Quad Interface’ powered hub storage solution with up to 1.0TB of storage capacity, for Plug n’ Play ease of use with any Mac or PC with an available FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, or eSATA port.
‘Quad Interface’ Benefits
With an ergonomically unique rear and side port configuration of one eSATA, two FireWire 800, one FireWire 400, and three USB 2.0 ports, miniStack v3 lets users connect multiple desktop digital accessories like scanners, printers, memory card readers, digital cameras, and iPods simultaneously and clutter-free. Its port flexibility and compact design also makes miniStack v3 an ideal portable external hard drive storage solution to move among multiple systems for future system compatibility.
Fast & Vast For The Modern Digital Lifestyle
miniStack v3 is ideal for data intensive uses like audio/video editing, digital photography, MP3 libraries and high-speed back up because it utilizes the latest generation Oxford 924 bridge chipset, the fastest drive mechanisms available, and an eSATA port to deliver the fastest single drive data transfer rates possible…up to 150 Megabytes per second. And with vast storage capacities up to 1.0TB, users can store up to 1 million JPEG photos or 350,000 MP3 songs on miniStack v3 depending upon file settings/preferences. Read the rest of this entry »
Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today the highest capacity 7200RPM portable, bus-powered storage solution on the market – the Mercury On-The-Go 200GB portable hard drive. The Mercury On-The-Go is blazing fast — up to 50% faster than other 7200RPM drives; and at 200GB, it provides a 25% higher capacity than the competition.
Equipped with FireWire 800/400, USB2, and eSATA interfaces, the OWC Mercury On-The-Go 200GB 7200RPM is a bus powered, palm-sized, high performance storage solution. Priced at $359.99, the drive is built on the latest Hitachi 7K200 mechanism with OWC’s custom Oxford924 bridge interface for the highest performance portable storage solution available on the market. Read the rest of this entry »
It never fails in the computer world, the minute you plop down cold cash for an item a new and better version comes out before you even make it to your car from the store of purchase. Case in point, the new Western Digital Passport 250 GB external hard drive. I picked up, count them, two of the 160 GB version just two weeks ago. Not even with an inside source working a the WD do I get advanced notice of the higher density release! Shesh. But no worries, I’m happy with my 320 GB in my back pack. I’m cool. I won’t worry. It’s all good.
This drive is USB bus powered so it doesn’t require an external power source. It comes with WD Sync synchronization and encryption software, Google software, and requires no software for installation. Just plug it into a Mac or PC and you’re up and running. MSRP for this guy is $199.
Hey, if anyone wants to get the 320 GB Passport, let me know and I’ll go buy this newly announced 250 GB one. I’m sure just a few weeks after, the 320 GB will be out.