Apple is keeping busy and it keeps filing those patents. This time we’re talking about a patent talking about “Portable Device Capable of Initiating Disengagement from Host System” or a “touch and go” system. In other words, the system is a touch sensor attached to an USB devices which will be aware of your presence. Simply touch it and the drive will be disconnected from the computer. That way you won’t have to worry about unwanted data loosing. So what is Apple thinking about in the long run? Are we to expect some sort of new Apple USB device coming our way? Well the patent covers USB devices, SD cards, mobile phones, media players, game consoles computer peripherals, biometric sensors and headsets so we’re definitely going to see this patent in action at some point in the future.

via AppleInsider

In addition to the Master Drive LX presented by Super Talent on October, they’ve added 2 new SSD drives to their catalog. According to SuperTalent, these new drives have the double of the speed when comparing to the fastest SATA drives on the world.

First, we’ve got the UltraDrive LE that is better than the usual 10,000 RPM hard-drives, it can reach reading speeds of 230MBps, while the writing speed is se at 170MBps. This Solid State Drive is available in 3 different capacities: 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB.

Second, there is the UltraDrive ME, which is considered the fastest 2.5-inch storage device for SATA-II notebooks. It has reading/writing speeds of 200/160MBps.

So far there is no information about the price or release date of these fast drives.

I know, I know, a lot of you guys have been waiting for Xbox to have a Blu-ray drive. When rumors came up saying MS will add a Blu-Ray drive to the 360, I’m sure most of you were dancing all over the place. But I’m sorry, I have to pour cold water over your heads. Microsoft has once again denied the latest rumor that it’ll launch a Blu-ray Disc drive add-on for the Xbox 360.

Yes, that’s right! An article from The Register stated that a blogger going by the name of “Major Nelson” has posted an audio interview online with Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft’s Group Product Manager for the Xbox 360. In the interview, which took place at the Tokyo Game Show this week, Greenberg said: “We have no plans to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience.”

However, Greenberg went on to say: “We also believe that the future’s digital, and that’s why we’ve invested in a massive library of entertainment content.” His statements seem to confirm the statements released by Microsoft back in May in which it stated that is has “no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360” because “games are what drive consumers to purchase game consoles”.

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Edge Tech Corp has just released their latest product, the DiskGO Secure GUARDIAN Flash Drive. The Guardian features a cutting-edge secure flash drive that utilizes mandatory 256-bit AES hardware encryption that exceeds the U.S. government standard for encrypting data.

The drive’s dual-channel SLC flash and the incredibly rugged, anodized-aluminum housing makes the GUARDIAN Flash Drive stand out from all the other flash drives available in the market today.

via: press

In preparation for the upcoming 2008 Olympics to be hosted in Beijing China, Lenovo, the third largest personal computer manufacturer in the world, after Hewlett-Packard and Dell of the US, has released a new USB Flash Drive with a very peculiar design - a tribute to the upcoming Olympics.

Memorabilia will be much sort after, as the Olympics will be held for the first time in Beijing China. Amid all the controversies, let us all hope that the event will go on without a hitch. The USB drive is targeted for the China market.

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