March 11, 2010
Written by Gadget Gurus
Break Victorinox encrypted storage device and win £100
There is a huge sum of £100K (about $150K USD) waiting for you to grab, if you managed to break or hack the Victorinox’s newly created Secure Pro biometric encrypted storage device.
The iconic Swiss Army Knife maker, Victorinox will be making their first appearance on March 25 in their flagship store in London. And they invite every expert in programing and coding to test their Secure Pro storage device to the limit. If you’re a lucky one or the real expert and you managed to break it, the £100,000 prize would then be yours.
Each participant will be given two hours only to access the Secure Pro drive. The Secure Pro was previewed at CES but US experts were unable to break it.
OCZ Onyx SSD costs under $100
Most solid state drives come in pretty expensive price but the newly announced OCZ Onyx Series SATA II SSD will come in pretty affordable price that will cost under $100. But there is a little sacrifice on the storage capacity, the under $100 price will get you a OCZ Onyx SSD with 32GB capacity only.
The OCZ Onyx Series SATA II SSD has an integrated 64MB cache, it is able to deliver read and write speeds of 124MB/s and 70MB/s respectively. The OCZ Onyx SSD has been designed with a reliability of 1.5 million hour mean time between failure (MTBF) and it offers three-year warranty.
This OCZ SSD will be available shortly and it’ll be priced under $100. So, if you want an affordable upgrade for your computer to have better speeds, this SSD should go into your watch list.
February 22, 2010
Written by Gadget Gurus
Sharkoon USB 3.0 dual-drive SATA HDD dock
We’ve seen quite a number of USB 2.0 HDD docks. But we’ve now stepped into the USB 3.0 era when you need much higher speeds of data transfer, so it’s time to start eyeing for some USB 3.0 HDD docks in order to enjoy the 5Gbps of data transfer speeds. Here comes the Sharkon USB 3.0 SATA HDD dock that offers dual-drive docking which has two slots to fit for 2.5 and 3.5-inch SATA hard drives.
Each slot has its own power on/off switch, LED indicator, and there is an eject button for each which allows the ease of drive removal. This dual-drive docking station uses separate USB 3.0 interface for each drive, which should ensure more dedicated power and bandwidth for each drive.
The Sharkon USB 3.0 HDD dock ships with manual, power supply and two 2-meter USB 3.0 cables. It’s been certified by Gigabyte as working well with their new line of USB 3.0 motherboards and PCIe card. This Sharkon USB 3.0 HDD dock is now available at authorized retailers for a price of $81 (or 59.90 Euros).
January 31, 2010
Written by Gadget Gurus
Hardbox USB hard drive which comes in the shape of a book
Sarotech launched Korea Hardbox USB hard disk that comes in the form of a book and support the super high-speed USB 3.0 technology. The USB 3.0 HDD Hardbox could be slipped into your library, while not in use.
Besides being equipped with ultra high speed (5Gbps) USB 3.0 interface, hard disk Hardbox also offers storage capacities, available in sizes of 1 TB, 1.5 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB. The USB 3.0 drive Hardbox only be available in February 2010. No word on price yet.