DVD Player 4.0 now supports playback from external DVD drives without
requiring a patch (as it did in Jaguar). However, the Panther
installer will not install DVD Player by default if you don't have an
internal drive, so you ...
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Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external06/04/2004 03:52 PM Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its
Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into
either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard
drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a
PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console
Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the
Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and
DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.
Linksys and Maxtor have teamed up to offer a wireless device that
will allow you to hook up a hard-drive to it. I am going to get one of
these as soon as they are available as I have some spare drives laying
around that could go to good use. [Cnet]
Iomega REV 35/90GB External Drive05/13/2004 11:05 AM Review: Iomega's replacement for their ZIP and JAZ drives is here,
with greatly increased capacity and performance. Is it a better
solution than optical media, external hard drives, or tape backup
systems?
Digistor offers 4x external DVD-R drive
Digistor offers 4x external DVD-R drive06/04/2004 10:56 AM San Jose, Calif.-based peripheral maker Digistor has released its 4x Ultra Slim External DVD Super Multi Drive. The compact,
DVD-R-capable slot-loading drive sports USB 2.0 and FireWire
interfaces, and cost US$245. It can write DVD-Rs at up to 4x speed,
DVD-RWs at 2x, DVD-RAM at 2X, CD-Rs at 16x and CD-RWs at 8x. It
measures 6.5 x 5.5 x 1 inch, weighs 1.05 pounds and can be powered
from a 6-pin FireWire interface. The 4x Ultra Slim External DVD Super
Multi Drive does not come with Mac-compatible DVD burning software,
but Digistor makes Roxio Toast 6 Lite available for $15 when purchased
with the drive.
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive03/14/2003 02:10 PM Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the addition of a 250GB
drive to its popular line of Mercury Elite Pro external FireWire
storage solutions...
Maxtor announces OneTouch II external drive
Maxtor announces OneTouch II external drive09/20/2004 08:33 AM Maxtor has announced the OneTouch II external drive, offering an
exclusive version of Dantz Retrospect backup software, a Maxtor
DriveLock security feature for added data protection and more powerful
restore capabilities, including historical backup recovery...
USB 2.0 External Drive with Fingerprint-Based Security
Thanko Limited today announced a new 2.5-inch hard drive
case dubbed the "Victoria 120," which uses a combination of
fingerprint recognition and hardware level encryption in an attempt to
secure your precious data from third parties. The model including a
20GB hard drive costs about $260 USD, so all I can say is "use
sparingly."
Thankfully, Thanko has applied a bit of forward thinking to the
product; it uses hardware level encryption, including the boot sector,
so if someone were to bust out your hard drive from its fingerprint
prison, they still wouldn't be able to access your junk too
easily. As always, trust no one, especially us.
Wireless Connection To An External Hard Drive06/14/2004 10:47 PM I have a fairly convoluted set of alternate backup systems that seems
to get more complex every time I have yet another catastrophic hard
drive failure (such as the latest, which occurred two weeks ago).
Right now I have two external USB hard drives, one Mirra backup
server, and an offsite service that scoops up data off of my computer
every few hours and stores it in some hidden location. The second USB
hard drive is because the latest hard drive failure (only a week after
I had been told the machine had been "fixed") happened while I was
away and didn't have access to the other USB hard drive that remained
at home, or the Mirra server which only accepts backups on the local
network. The offsite remote backup worked, but was slow and had
limited space. So, I ended up with another external hard drive to
save whatever data I could get off the old hard drive before it kicked
it for good. When I got back home and went back to my old crappy
desktop (which is here for just these circumstances) I discovered that
the USB connections on this machine no longer work - so I can't
actually access the data saved on the hard drive (though, I can access
older data on the Mirra device). Unfortunately, I can't seem to get
data from the hard drive to the Mirra device, so I'm basically stuck
until I get my laptop back and it has a working USB system. With that
backdrop in mind, it's great that Maxtor and Linksys are teaming up to offer a
wireless way to connect to an external hard drive. Basically,
they've created a bridge that lets an external hard drive connect
directly to a wireless router (which, in some ways, just mimics what
the Mirra backup server is supposed to do, though with fewer
features). Either way, it looks like backup systems are getting
easier and easier, meaning no one has any excuse not to have something
set up these days. Of course, the next time my hard drive fails, I'm
sure I'll need to pick up one of these new systems.
New: MacWay AluICE 400GB external drive
New: MacWay AluICE 400GB external drive06/04/2004 10:56 AM MacWay expanded its external drive offerings with the AluICE 400GB, a
single-drive FireWire device that uses the Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 7k400
400GB/7200 RPM drive.
TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive
TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive07/06/2004 10:14 AM TikiMac on Tuesday announced Kuna, a
new aluminum-clad external hard disk drive in capacities from 120GB to
400GB. The drive features two FireWire 400 ports and a USB 2.0 port,
and features an interlocking design that permits users to stack
multiple Kuna drives horizontally to save space. TikiMac uses 7200RPM
hard drive mechanisms with 8MB caches. Prices range from US$169.99 to
$499.99 depending on capacity.
Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With Built-In USB Cable
Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With Built-In USB Cable04/09/2004 03:55 PM JOEL JOHNSON -- Freecom Technologies has announced four external USB
drives, including the good looking FHD-XS, a bus-powered 40GB 1.8-inch
hard drive with an integreated USB cable. If 2003 was the year of Yet
Another Flash Drive, I welcome 2004 as the year of Yet Another USB
Hard Drive. Read...
Maxtor To Ship External Hard Drive For PVRs
Maxtor To Ship External Hard Drive For PVRs04/27/2004 04:12 PM Maxtor Corp. said Tuesday that it will ship an external hard drive
specifically designed to connect to personal video recorders.
Apple to address Panther, external FireWire drive issues
Apple to address Panther, external FireWire drive issues10/30/2003 09:21 PM Apple Computer Inc. has responded to concerns from its users that Mac
OS X Panther disables or corrupts files on external FireWire 800 hard
disks. Users began reporting the issues to Apple shortly after the
release of the operating system on October 24, 2003.
Apple To Address Panther, External FireWire Drive Issues
Apple To Address Panther, External FireWire Drive Issues10/30/2003 08:16 PM "Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives
using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that
can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive." By Jim
Darlymple (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)
Western Digital's Media Center external hard drive
Western Digital's Media Center external hard drive01/07/2004 07:12 PM New external 250GB hard drive from Western Digital that comes with a
built-in Flash memory. The confusingly named Media Center has slots
CompactFlash, Memory Stick,...
LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte Bigger Disk Extreme
Sony's Hard Drive MP3 Player01/16/2004 01:05 PM
MacWorld.co.uk reports on Sony's newly announced hard-drive based MP3
player -- the Giga Pavit.
The new player from Sony is the first to use the re...
Here's something we're not used to see coming out of
Japan: low-cost products. Evergeen has announced the "EG-MP3" series
of USB memory type MP3 players. And cheap for Japan means about $60
USD for a 256MB model, which isn't half bad in America, even. Looking
at the low cost, and seeing as how this can double as a USB memory
drive, I'm thinking they're trying to appeal to the "2nd mp3 player"
market. You know, the kind of people who think "well, I'm looking for
a USB memory thingy, and it's only another $10 for one that plays
MP3s." Yeah, those people.
Judging by the name of the online vendor (Shanghai Donya), though,
I get the feeling this isn't a Made in Japan product.
So this 'MP3-Car' is sort of
interesting, if cheap looking. It looks like the idea is that you plug
any USB flash drive into the FM transmitter base, which then
presumably just reads file with an .mp3 extension off the drive an
plays it. It has a line out, as well, that deactivates the FM
broadcasting when in use. Problem is, the Anyware.com site that has
the picture doesn't have a price or a 'buy now' link, and if the
Altech MP3-WM32 or MP3-RF38 are the same units, the price is listed as
$118. Without an integrated LCD screen at least, I'm thinking $40 is
more like it. Read - Product Page [Anywhere] Read - Manufacturer's Page [Altech]
Update: Reader Callum Prentice found a review of the device,
which includes a link to a vendor that is selling them for $60. That
sounds about right. Read<
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Sony To Make Hard Drive Music Player04/20/2004 07:17 AM Sony's going to make a hard drive-based MP3 player to compete with the
iPod, according to this Times story, but they aren't throwing in the
towel with MiniDisc and MemoryStick, either. It makes sense; why
wouldn't Sony produce a little bit of everything, then let the
consumer decide? All the...
40GB portable hard drive/card reader/MP3 player
40GB portable hard drive/card reader/MP3 player12/12/2003 02:01 PM New from Vosonic, a portable 40GB USB 2.0 hard drive with a built-in
6-in-1 card reader (for storing photos when you run out of...
Thanko introduces a new version of their DivX/other
media playing external hard drive case with the "NOAX SSV HDD PLAYER."
This version retains the same DivX/VCD/MPEG-1/2 playback glory of
previous models, but adds a much-needed 5.1ch coaxial digital output
for those of you with systems that support such a thing.
Rumor: Xbox 2 Hard Drive Also a Portable Music Player?
Rumor: Xbox 2 Hard Drive Also a Portable Music Player?04/09/2004 03:55 PM JOEL JOHNSON -- So apparently I got a sexy anonymous rumor yesterday
morning, but Thunderbird's wonky spam filtering decided it could wait
to be posted until today.Regarding the Xbox 2 hard drive, I was
snowboarding in Whistler, B.C. from February 19 - 26, 2004. We were in
a bar called...
HP planning its own hard drive MP3 player and online music store
The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external
hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only
integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and
can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why
would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the
primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory
cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives
as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you
can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for
only the price of additional hard drives. Read -
Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]
Planetwide Games Brings the 1st Fantasy Player vs. Player MMORPG "Risk Your Life" to North American Video Game Players
MCE slot-loading drive replaces original iMac drive
MCE slot-loading drive replaces original iMac drive06/14/2004 02:50 PM MCE Technologies is now offering an internal 24x slot-loading CD-R/RW
drive for replacing the tray-loading CD-ROM drive in the original iMac
(233, 266, and 333MHz, Rev...
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