May the 4th be with you! Mimoco, makers of the MIMOBOT collection of designer USB flash drives and MIMOMICRO card readers, is celebrating Star Wars Day (May the 4th… get it?!) with a limited edition release of the deadly Sith warrior, Darth Maul in a run of 504 units.

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Star Wars Day was created by the Star Wars fan community to celebrate all things Star Wars, and with this limited edition Darth Maul MIMOBOT®, featuring his characteristic hooded cape, deadly double-bladed light saber, and fierce yellow grimace, Mimoco is more than ready to honor this holiest of days. There is no better time to revisit one of George Lucas’ most mysterious and compelling villains, especially following the theatrical release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D.

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With many years of experience in the industrial SSD sector, Apacer has been a customized product manufacturer trusted by industrial computer and server corporations in the U.S. and Japan for a long time. To provide customers with a more diverse product range, Apacer has revealed three models of the new-generation of modular SATA SSDs; the SDM4 MP (SATA Disk Module, Middle Profile), with 7-pin SATA connectors available in three orientations of 90°, 180° and 270°, along with a patented built-in power supply design. These are designed to meet user-specific needs for various form factors and industrial designs.

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Compared to that of its predecessor, the reading speed of these next-generation SSDs has been boosted to 85MB/sec. In terms of the chip, in addition to SLC storage solutions, MLC chip product lines can also support operating at industry-level extended-temperatures (-40°C ~ 85°C), and are especially suitable for stable operation under rigorous industrial environments.

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Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user friendly designed PC components, today unveiled the SATA MX-KATANA 6Gb/s Series SSD modules. Based on an innovative design, the sleek gum stick-sized modules deliver an enhanced mobile computing experience with much faster application loading, ultra-fast data access, shorter boot-ups, and longer battery life of today’s and future ultrabooks and netbooks with new type low-profile SATA 3.0 interface.

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This series maintains the highest level of read and write performance though the life of the SSD. It supports DuraClass and DuraWrite technologies. DuraClass technology provides best-in-class endurance, performance and low power consumption. DuraWrite technology optimizes writes to the flash memory over conventional controllers increasing the overall endurance and reliability of the complete SSD module. In addition, highly intelligent wear leveling design optimizes longevity of this series. This SSD module is an ideal upgrade option from MacBook Air 2010 and 2011 stock SSD, making it a must have item for any serious Mac DIY enthusiast. The MX-KATANA 6Gb/s drive delivers best-in-class read and write speeds clocking in at up to 510MB/s read and 450MB/s write along with the stunning maximum of 60,000 IOPS, low power consumption and superior durability (2.0 million MTBF) compared to previous SATA 3Gb/s generation drives.

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OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, will showcase the Company's latest enterprise storage solutions at the Interop 2012 event at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada May 8 through May 10.

Interop is a leading business technology event that focuses on the latest innovations in cloud computing, virtualization, security, mobility, and data center applications, attracting IT and corporate decision-makers from across the global business community. OCZ will showcase the comprehensive lineup of innovative SSD storage solutions targeted for high end enterprise clients, including the customizable Deneva 2 SSD Series, Z-Drive R4 PCIe SAN acceleration solution, and Talos SAS SSDs to optimize productivity and throughput to address data center, virtualization, and HPC storage challenges head-on.

At the event OCZ will demo its VXL Storage Acceleration software in both Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and VMware® vMotion environments, showcasing the transformation of storage performance and availably in the data center by allowing any PCIe-based OCZ Z-Drive R4 model to be utilized as a accelerator for traditional iSCSI and FC storage, eliminating the need for costly tier-1 SANs in a wide range of enterprise IT infrastructures. With VXL, data can be accessed by virtual machines up to 25 times faster than a traditional SAN alone, while allowing seamless migration of virtual machines from one physical host to another without loss of access to the flash cache or a cliff-like performance drop.

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Euro Cup 2012 is boiling!  To prepare you for the grand event of football, Team Group Inc. is rolling out the latest football flash drive, the T121.  Made of lightweight aluminum alloy, T121 features metal blasting and anodizing finishing that give a powerful energy of sports that goes very well with the flaming pattern on the football-shaped design.  You are not an official football fan until you have this fashionable storage device.

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The combination of unique selection of material and the simple and energetic appearance design is a match for the slick and yet solid characteristics of an athlete.  The red and black casing makes you feel the calmness of an athlete on the field and passion for football.

In addition, Team T121 provides supports for hot swapping, plug-n-play and power saving mode, and is compatible downwards with USB 1.1.  The retractable cap is designed to prevent the loss of cap, allowing data storage up to 10 years or more!  The flash drive is available in various sizes from 4GB, 8GB, 16GB all the way up to 32GB.  It definitely suits every one of you die-hard, blood-boiling football fans.  Come and join Team Group to cheer for Euro Cup!

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