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Toshiba recently announced the world’s first “Wipe” technology that can automatically wipe sensitive data from self-encrypting drives when a system is powered down or the HDD is removed from the system. By that means, your data will get effectively protected. But the technology cannot really wipe the data, but actually invalidates the security key used to encrypt the stored user data. To users of printers and photocopiers that have storage devices on board, the “Wipe” technology is quite worth waiting for, and they’ll soon see Toshiba’s first product—2.5″ 7200rpm SED HDD model on the market.

Inspired by matchboxes, the so-called ‘Phillu’ mobile storage device not only shapes like a matchbox but functions in almost the same way as the matchbox and its matches. And inside the box, there’re 9 removable match-shaped sticks, which separately could carry 5GB of data. That’s not enough, as ‘Phillu’ also allows you to transfer date from the sticks to another ‘Phillu’ easily by striking the heads of the sticks along the striker. So even without the help of a computer, we could always share the data with others if we’re using the ‘Phillu’ Mobile Storage Device. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The well-know National Geographic Magazine has launched a portable 160GB HDD recently. Not that the famous magazine company has given up their publishing business, but Nat Geo aims to spread their content in a better and durable way. All the pieces of information Nat Geo has ever published since 1888 are included in the HDD, and that only takes up 60GB. The other 100GB is prepared for your daily use, and you can also add other pieces of information Nat Geo will publish in the future to the collection. Costing merely $199.95, the 160GB HDD is apparently the best gift we want to get for the Spring Festival. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Just plug your hard disc into this dock just like using toaster; you can use it as a portable HDD. Moreover, you could change the disc anytime only after connecting it with you computer via USB. [Read the rest of this entry...]