Committed to the growing market for cost-effective, capacity-optimized drives, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today introduced its new enterprise-class, 3.5-inch, 3TB Ultrastar 7K3000 drive family – the world’s first and only 7,200 RPM drive family rated at 2.0 million hours MTBF and backed by a five-year limited warranty.

The new Ultrastar 7K3000 drive family represents the fifth-generation of Hitachi’s five-platter mechanical design, which has been stringently designed, tested and field proven for quality and reliability by global server and storage OEMs, as well as the most well known Internet giants worldwide. With millions of five-platter Ultrastar drives shipped over the last three years, Hitachi’s field reliability data shows an unprecedented AFR below 0.40 percent, exceeding customer and industry AFR quality specifications for a 7,200 RPM drive. By increasing the MTBF specification to 2.0 million hours, with an AFR 40 percent lower than drives rated 1.2 million hours MTBF, Hitachi enables data center managers to expect reduced failures, improved up-time and lowered TCO when using a large population of Ultrastar 7K3000 hard drives over a period of time.

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I-O DATA Japan sent out a press release this morning, announcing its new DVRP-U8C series of portable DVD writers. Available in five colors - white, black, red, blue and brown, the DVRP-U8C series is capable of 8x DVD±R, 6x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 5x DVD-RAM writing speeds and a maximum DVD read speed of 8x. These new drives are also USB bus powered and come bundled with Nero 9 Express Essentials as well as I-O DATA's QuickDrive LE management software.

The DVRP-U8C series is scheduled to ship in early February and is expected to cost about 6,300 Yen ($76US).

Today, two distinguished brands, Christofle and LaCie, introduce an elegant object for your digital belongings – Galet, design by Christofle. With its beautiful pebble shape and magnificent silver-plating, the Galet is a conversation piece that proves beauty and functionality can easily co-exist in our daily lives.

The Galet is a new way of thinking about personal technology. Like a designer watch or a luxury pen, the Galet is an essential accessory. Hand-crafted in France, each piece is individually plated with precious silver through Christofle's 150 year-old silvering process. Then it is carefully inspected for a smooth finish and radiant polish, which guarantees its excellence. The Galet is assembled and hand-packed in a charming gift box at LaCie's factory in Paris, ensuring each Galet represents the finest presentation and quality. Once the process is complete, the result is a timeless gift that will bring convenience and luxury to one's daily life.

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PQI, one of the top-ten brand leaders in the Flash memory industry, is kicking off 2011 with the release of its all-new “Intelligent Drive U819L” traveling disk. The device sports a smooth and simple design with crisp lines and a rounded top to create a streamlined shape worthy of the golden ratio. The exterior features a sleek piano-like finish using pure ivory white and deep midnight black to achieve the look of glossy piano keys. It almost feels like you could play a tune on the device with your fingertips! In addition, the drive features special COB encasement technology, which makes the Intelligent Drive U819L traveling disk waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, and highly durable, and therefore even more flexible in different user environments.

Furthermore, thanks to the constant efforts of the design and development team, the drive comes bundled with a special customized hanging ornament. The exquisite square-shaped decorative piece is transparent and made of a soft, flexible rubber material embossed with the PQI logo. In addition to being used as a decoration for your mobile phone, it is also very practical and has a distinctly creative design. By attaching it to the end of your drive, you can use the ornament to open the cover of the Intelligent Drive U819L and then ensure that you avoid dropping the cover by inserting it into the ornament’s unique soft transparent material. This slim and charming ornament is a real eye-catcher and makes the Intelligent Drive U819L even more alluring.

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