We are all aware that there was already an initial Star Trek flash drive released some months back. Apparently here is another one, the IMM Vulcan USB 2GB Flash Drive. The hand sign is obvious and familiar and many try to imitate. The bottom line is that if you are an avid Star Trek fan, this is one storage solution you should not pass up. The IMM Vulcan USB 2GB Flash Drive retails for about $35.99.

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The business sector gets a new storage solution option as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announces the availability of two new 15,000 RPM Ultrastar hard drives. The Ultrastar 15K600 hard drive has a capacity of 600GB at 15,000 RPM in a 3.5” form factor. They are offered in 6Gb/s SAS or 4Gb/s FCAL interface that should be suitable for data storage needs. The Ultrastar 15K600 is also available in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB capacities.

The Ultrastar C15K147 hard drive on the other hand comes in a 2.5” form factor and offers 70% more space. This hard drive comes in 73GB and 147GB with 64MB cache buffer. Both hard disk drives are now available and come with a 5 year warranty.

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Kempler & Strauss unveils an ultra-thin, credit card sized USB flash drive that business and personal consumers will find handy to have along for their storage solution needs and place it in their wallet as they would for a standard credit card. They are available in 2G and 4G capacities and come in a variety of colors. They are compatible with MAC, PC and Linux and provide support for USGB 2.0 and 1.1. It weighs only 9 grams.

The 4G card retails for $24.99. No information was shared on the 2G card but expect it to be a bit cheaper than the 4G card.

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Verbatim, a brand that has been long known to provide storage solutions since the age of the floppy disks, has announced a new storage solution in the form of portable hard drives. The new series of hard drives are the Verbatim SureFire FW800/USB2 HDD line. They are available in various storage capacities: 250GB, 320GB and 500GB.

They are compact and rugged, making them reliable in any conditions and any storage purpose. It can be easily plugged in any computer, making it easier to transfer and commute files whenever needed for business and personal intent.

Pricing for these new Verbatim SureFire hard drives are as follows:

• 250GB ($109.99)
• 320GB ($139.99)
• 500GB ($179.99)

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Techies looking for a reliable and more rugged portable drive to carry along can look forward to this new Hitachi TOUGH portable USB drive. This portable drive is water-resistant and shock-resistant, making it an ideal storage solution for people who are always mobile.

The Hitachi TOUGH portable USB drive is a great option for people, particularly the ones in business. With this USB drive, you can store files, media and necessary data at different storage capacities.

Here are the pricing and storage capacity for these new Hitachi TOUGH portable USB Drives:

• 250GB ($99.99)
• 320GB ($119.99)
• 500GB ($149.99)

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Kingston has announced the release of its latest USB Flash Drive, the DataTraveler which incidentally is compatible with the Apple Mac operating systems ((OSX 10.4x – 10.5x).

“Our DataTraveler Vault – Privacy Edition has been popular with enterprise and government customers who use Windows-based systems and are looking for a safe and secure way to transport portable data,” said Mark Akoubian, Flash memory business manager, Kingston. “We are happy to add Mac support to this 100-percent secured drive so the Apple community can be assured they have an on-the-go storage solution that is the best on the market at safeguarding data.”

Data onboard the DTVP is secured by hardware-based, on-the-fly, 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The drive has fast data transfer rates and is protected from brute-force attacks by locking down after 10 unsuccessful login attempts. After lockdown, a reformat is necessary to make the Flash drive operable again.

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If you are planning to get the latest handset from LG Electronics, the LG-KM900, make sure you have a flash drive included and check what it is. The LG Electronics’ latest fully loaded LG Arena (LG-KM900) multimedia handset will include a SanDisk’s iNAND™ 8 gigabyte (GB) Embedded Flash Drive (EFD).

The iNAND storage device will be utilized by the handset as both a boot and data storage device, eliminating the need for a separate boot device.

The LG Arena multimedia handset is the company’s flagship model for the first half of 2009, featuring greatly enhanced audio and video technologies as well as LG’s new 3D S-Class user interface. SanDisk’s iNAND EFDs are designed specifically for advanced multimedia handsets such as the LG Arena, providing a fast and reliable storage solution in a small and power efficient package.

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