Gear Diary » Memory Devices http://www.geardiary.com Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kingston Wi-Drive Reviewhttp://www.geardiary.com/2012/02/02/kingston-wi-drive-review/ http://www.geardiary.com/2012/02/02/kingston-wi-drive-review/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:17 +0000 Carly Z http://www.geardiary.com/?p=181741

There are some smartphone accessories that make you go "huh? Who would buy this?" And then sometimes there are ideas so smart you think, "Wow! Why didn't anyone do this sooner?" Finally, there's the "GREAT idea, poor execution" accessory. The Kingston Wi-Drive fits into one of these categories, but you will have to read to the end to find out which one! Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2012/02/02/kingston-wi-drive-review/feed/ 4 Hands on with a Mimoco Han Solo 4GB Mimobot Thumb Drive; Carbonite Includedhttp://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/17/hands-on-with-a-mimoco-han-solo-4gb-mimobot-thumb-drive-carbonite-included/ http://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/17/hands-on-with-a-mimoco-han-solo-4gb-mimobot-thumb-drive-carbonite-included/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +0000 Francis Scardino http://www.geardiary.com/?p=179314

Image Courtesy of Mimoco (yes, this wallpaper is included)

Everyone has a few flash drives lying around these days but unless you have a Han Solo mimobot with a Carbonite case key chain then you have no shot at defeating the Dark Side. One of my favorite stops at CES was the mimobot booth and certainly for good reason. If you are a fan of Star Wars or any comic book heroes then mimobot probably has something for you. Thomas an I had a nice conversation with Evan who was working the booth that day and he hooked us up with a review unit of the Han Solo 4GB flash drive. There were plenty Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/17/hands-on-with-a-mimoco-han-solo-4gb-mimobot-thumb-drive-carbonite-included/feed/ 4 Seagate Showcases Speed, Updates and Innovationhttp://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/15/seagate-showcases-speed-updates-and-innovation/ http://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/15/seagate-showcases-speed-updates-and-innovation/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:00:56 +0000 Dan Cohen http://www.geardiary.com/?p=179152 We had a chance to sit down with Seagate earlier this week, and we liked what we saw. Geardiary seagate ces 004 We were glad to see an update to the GoFlex Satellite we had reviewed some months ago, we saw a product that is not yet shipping (but we WANT NOW), and we took some time to see the speed boost that Seagate's Momentus XT Hybrid Hard drive offers as compared to a traditional spinning platter. Here's a look. Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/15/seagate-showcases-speed-updates-and-innovation/feed/ 2 Victorinox Puts 1 TB of Swiss Storage in Your Pockethttp://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/13/victorinox-puts-1-tb-of-swiss-storage-in-your-pocket/ http://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/13/victorinox-puts-1-tb-of-swiss-storage-in-your-pocket/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:45:53 +0000 Francis Scardino http://www.geardiary.com/?p=178961

This past week I did not see too much earth shattering news regarding USB flash drives at CES. I had a chance to swing by the Victorinox booth to check out their 2012 product offerings. The only real highlight on their storage front was their Swiss Army-inspired USB stick. This was the first USB 3.0 flash device that I've seen built into a small thumb stick form factor, and who better to build it than Victorinox. They had a few prototypes on display with a "later this year" promised release date and price. The build quality,  high capacity, and speed put this drive right on my 2012 "want list". In usual Victorinox
Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2012/01/13/victorinox-puts-1-tb-of-swiss-storage-in-your-pocket/feed/ 0 Kingston DataTraveler 109 with urDrive Reviewhttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/12/01/kingston-datatraveler-109-with-urdrive-review/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/12/01/kingston-datatraveler-109-with-urdrive-review/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:04 +0000 Michael Anderson http://www.geardiary.com/?p=168912

When it comes to USB drives I tend to be fairly utilitarian - I want something fast, portable, durable, and reliable. The top brand drives all offer that stuff, so what makes you choose one $20 8GB drive over another? Kingston is hoping that their urDrive software embedded in the DataTraveler 109 will offer users a differentiating factor that will be a deciding factor for a purchase. Let's take a quick look! The Hype: Kingston's DataTraveler® 109 is a fashionable USB Flash drive available in seven colors that make it fun to connect and share photos, music, videos and more with friends and family. Its small, capless design easily attaches to a Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/12/01/kingston-datatraveler-109-with-urdrive-review/feed/ 2 Tired of Plastic? Brinell Gives You Drives with Wood, Leather and Carbon!http://www.geardiary.com/2011/11/03/tired-of-plastic-brinell-gives-you-drives-with-wood-leather-and-carbon/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/11/03/tired-of-plastic-brinell-gives-you-drives-with-wood-leather-and-carbon/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:45:50 +0000 Douglas Moran http://www.geardiary.com/?p=167123 I'm old enough to remember the days when, unless you got a Mac (and even the early Macs!), you could get any color you liked, so long as it was beige plastic.  Nowadays we're seeing more colors and materials, but believe me, for a while there it was lots and lots of beige plastic, and man was it dull. Brinell feels that they don't want that dullness to extend to peripherals, either, so they've taken some time and expended some effort to makes stuff that looks--let's face it--pretty!  Now, I don't have a generic thumb drive myself:  I use a rather pricy one by Corsair called The Survivor, which has a case that looks like Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/11/03/tired-of-plastic-brinell-gives-you-drives-with-wood-leather-and-carbon/feed/ 0 HTC Giving All New Phone Buyers 5GB of DropBox for FREE!http://www.geardiary.com/2011/10/24/htc-giving-all-new-phone-buyers-5gb-of-dropbox-for-free/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/10/24/htc-giving-all-new-phone-buyers-5gb-of-dropbox-for-free/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:23:04 +0000 Michael Anderson http://www.geardiary.com/?p=165947

Smartphone maker HTC has unveiled a plan with cloud storage company Dropbox to give 5GB of free cloud storage to new HTC Android phone owners. According to reports, the deal is tied to phones using HTC's new 'Sense 3.5' UI overlay. Drop Box gives users 2GB for free, so this is an extra 150% for free - plus HTC will pre-load the DropBox app on all new phones. This appears to be yet another reaction to Apple's iCloud service, which offers 5GB free storage to anyone using an iOS 5 device. Microsoft offers 25GB of SkyDrive storage to Windows Phone users. As of right now the offer is limited to Android phones Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/10/24/htc-giving-all-new-phone-buyers-5gb-of-dropbox-for-free/feed/ 0 SanDisk Announces and Makes Available 64GB Extreme Pro SDXC and microSDXC Cards; I WANT!http://www.geardiary.com/2011/09/14/sandisk-announces-and-makes-available-64gb-extreme-pro-sdxc-and-microsdxc-cards-i-want/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/09/14/sandisk-announces-and-makes-available-64gb-extreme-pro-sdxc-and-microsdxc-cards-i-want/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:30:23 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=160338   

Holy cow ... we have been hearing about them eventually being available for some time, and now they are here! SanDisk has just sent notice that they have 64GB microSDXC and 64GB SDXC cards available for purchase now. Yes, you are going to pay an arm and a leg for them, but their prices don't come anywhere near some of the ridiculous sums many of us have paid in the past! [Like the 5GB PCMCIA drive that I paid over $500 for back in 2002! Oy.] If you are a photographer, then you'll want to take a look at the 64GB SDXC; this card Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/09/14/sandisk-announces-and-makes-available-64gb-extreme-pro-sdxc-and-microsdxc-cards-i-want/feed/ 0 SanDisk Brings Out the Sansa Clip Ziphttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/08/25/sandisk-brings-out-the-sansa-clip-zip/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/08/25/sandisk-brings-out-the-sansa-clip-zip/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:42:28 +0000 Joel McLaughlin http://www.geardiary.com/?p=158211

While I do like iPods, I still love other MP3 players as well.  One of my favorites is the Sansa Fuze+ after the latest firmware update.  Sandisk also has made many other Sansas, and one of the Linux community's favorite ones has been the Sansa Clip.  Just when I didn't think the Clip could get any better, Sandisk brings out the Clip Zip, which adds some nice things to the Clip's form factor.
Stylish, Feature-Rich Player Delivers Affordable On-The-Go Music Experience
 
·         Packed with features, including a larger color screen, compatibility with all major music formats, a stopwatch, an FM radio, voice recording capability and a microSDHC™ card slot for extra storage
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Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/08/25/sandisk-brings-out-the-sansa-clip-zip/feed/ 0 The SanDisk Ultra 8GB USB Flash Drive Reviewhttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/08/17/the-sandisk-ultra-8gb-usb-flash-drive-review/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/08/17/the-sandisk-ultra-8gb-usb-flash-drive-review/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:00:02 +0000 Joel McLaughlin http://www.geardiary.com/?p=152901

I collect thumb drives.  At least it seems that way, as I have a whole bag of them.  One of these days I'd like to replace all of the smaller ones with one larger one or a few larger ones.  This 8 GB SanDisk Ultra flash drive is my second 8 GB flash drive and one of my favorites.  Let's take a look at its features.
  • Speedy - Faster file transfer speeds
  • Stylish - Attractive slider design houses your data in style
  • Secure - Store your private files in a password-protected and encrypted vault on the USB flash drive
  • Added Protection - Secure online backup (up to 2 GB*) offered by SanDisk's online backup
Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/08/17/the-sandisk-ultra-8gb-usb-flash-drive-review/feed/ 0 StarTech Announces a Duo of Highly Connected 4-Bay Hard Drive Docking Stationshttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/31/startech-announces-a-duo-of-highly-connected-4-bay-hard-drive-docking-stations/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/31/startech-announces-a-duo-of-highly-connected-4-bay-hard-drive-docking-stations/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 14:45:58 +0000 Francis Scardino http://www.geardiary.com/?p=147112

Image courtesy of StarTech

As a Systems Administrator, I'm always looking for new tools to help me get my job done faster and more efficiently. I spend a lot of time at work creating operating system builds and imaging in preparation for mass deployment. During the process I have to build an image, distribute it to a few machines, start and then test for any issues. I have some great hardware and software to help me with that, but the latest offering from StarTech could make my life all that much easier. The new SATDOCK4U2E Hard Drive Docking station from StarTech is an industry first -- a 4 bay hard drive dock that allows for both SATA and IDE drives Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/31/startech-announces-a-duo-of-highly-connected-4-bay-hard-drive-docking-stations/feed/ 0 Need Gift Ideas for Father’s Day? How About One of These?http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/18/need-gift-ideas-for-fathers-day-how-about-one-of-these/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/18/need-gift-ideas-for-fathers-day-how-about-one-of-these/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:14 +0000 Dan Cohen http://www.geardiary.com/?p=145437 My father-in-law still longs for the days of Pleasantville. Too bad for him that Pleasantville wasn't even Pleasantville! Yes, the "good old days" were old, but they weren't necessarily any better. And they sure didn't offer the wide range of gadgets we have all come to rely upon! So if you are looking for a gift for your father or father-in-law, you MIGHT get them the complete Father Knows Best series on DVD, but maybe you ought to consider one of these instead... For the iPod nano-loving dad Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/18/need-gift-ideas-for-fathers-day-how-about-one-of-these/feed/ 0 Seagate GoFlex Satellite Gives You 500GB of Storage on the Go!http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/16/seagate-goflex-satellite-gives-you-500gb-of-storage-on-the-go/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/16/seagate-goflex-satellite-gives-you-500gb-of-storage-on-the-go/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 21:30:59 +0000 Dan Cohen http://www.geardiary.com/?p=145104 Now this is pretty neat. Not long ago Seagate rolled out the slimmest portable hard drive on the market, the GoFlex Slim. We reviewed it here and I've been using it daily since! Now they are offering a 564GB iPad 2! Okay, that's not quite accurate but they DO make it possible for you to have up to 564GB of storage available to you on the go anywhere, any time! All you need is a 64GB iPad and Seagate's brand new GoFlex Satellite. The GoFlex Satellite is
the first battery-powered external hard drive to wirelessly extend the storage capacity of any Wi-Fi enabled mobile device. With 500GB and Wi-Fi access over
Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/05/16/seagate-goflex-satellite-gives-you-500gb-of-storage-on-the-go/feed/ 0 Verbatim Offers Digital Data Storage and Backup Solutions This Tax Seasonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/04/15/verbatim-offers-digital-data-storage-and-backup-solutions-this-tax-season/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/04/15/verbatim-offers-digital-data-storage-and-backup-solutions-this-tax-season/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:15:55 +0000 David Goodspeed http://www.geardiary.com/?p=139907

Death and Taxes – oh how we hear that phrase overused, and for my purposes here I plead guilty. Fortunately I am here to talk about the latter and not the former. Our friends over at Verbatim, maker of digital data storage and backup products, want loyal US taxpayers (or at least tax filers) to remember to back up all your data. Recent springtime storms across the center of the country bring that suggestion even more to light as this will be one less thing to worry about when Mother Nature turns nasty and you are faced with putting your life back in order. Uncle Sam (ain’t it cute how we nickname all Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/04/15/verbatim-offers-digital-data-storage-and-backup-solutions-this-tax-season/feed/ 1 Review: Seagate GoFlex Slim Performance Drivehttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/04/05/review-seagate-goflex-slim-performance-drive/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/04/05/review-seagate-goflex-slim-performance-drive/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:00:31 +0000 Dan Cohen http://www.geardiary.com/?p=138649 Judie's and my first meeting at CES 2011 was with Seagate. (We posted about it here.) Toward the end of the visit we came upon a hard drive that was as stylish as it was function. At the time all we were allowed to write about it was this:
Concept drive – We also saw a drive that is not yet named but will be out late spring (pictured above). The concept drive is super thin and will be $99.99 for 320. Black for PC. Silver for Mac. Also has premium backup for data security.
This is an image of it being held by me in Ls Vegas Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/04/05/review-seagate-goflex-slim-performance-drive/feed/ 1 ioSafe Solo: An Awesome Savings on Peace of Mindhttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/02/22/iosafe-solo-an-awesome-savings-on-peace-of-mind/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/02/22/iosafe-solo-an-awesome-savings-on-peace-of-mind/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:30:21 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=133039

ioSafe, makers of the Solo ruggedized hard drives that can take on heaped abuses that defy all reason, have a reasonably priced deal on their 2TB model that will make peace of mind affordable for everyone -- even you. Why should you invest $199.99 in a bulky external hard drive? Think about all of the things that you keep on your computer. Let's not even mention the obvious things, items like the documents you've labored over for hours on end or the hundreds (thousands?) of dollars you've invested in downloaded music and movies. Forget for a moment the countless hours that you've spent ripping every CD and DVD you own before packing them away Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/02/22/iosafe-solo-an-awesome-savings-on-peace-of-mind/feed/ 8 CES: SanDisk Meetinghttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/ces-sandisk-meeting-2/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/ces-sandisk-meeting-2/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:00:02 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=125887

By now you have likely seen that at CES, SanDisk announced their amazing new 128GB Compact Flash Card, a size that still boggles my mind. Available later this quarter for a MSRP of $1499.99, this card isn't for the feint-hearted. But when you consider that it wasn't too long ago that a 5GB PCMCIA card retailed for $500 plus, the realization is staggering that this amount of memory is available in something so small.

While meeting with SanDisk, I had the opportunity to take a look at their new CRUZER Slider which along with other features also has "error-proof insertion" Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/ces-sandisk-meeting-2/feed/ 2 Gear Diary Would Like to Thank …http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/gear-diary-would-like-to-thank/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/gear-diary-would-like-to-thank/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:30:27 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=126438

CES 2011 has wrapped up for all of us, not that we won't still be writing articles on things we saw for some time, but the show itself is over. January 3rd through 9th was a great week spent with friends -- some old and some new -- tons of gadgets, massive crowds, and -- yet again -- lousy AT&T cell reception. The week our ability to "work" CES was greatly helped by a number of companies, and we would like to take a moment to extend our thanks to them ...

The other day we mentioned the good folks at Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/gear-diary-would-like-to-thank/feed/ 3 IoSafe Has Got My Back; Do They Have Yours?http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/iosafe-has-got-my-back-do-they-have-yours/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/iosafe-has-got-my-back-do-they-have-yours/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:00:56 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=126898 image Freshly arrived back from CES, I found waiting for me an IoSafe 1TB fireproof, waterproof, and -- as has been demonstrated multiple times by this site (and many others) -- a virtually indestructible SoloPRO Desktop External Hard Drive. I'm looking forward to setting up this beast and putting it to work protecting my data. Knowing that any files, pictures, movies and music stored on it will be kept safe -- even if something unimaginable and catastrophic should happen to Kev's and my home -- gives me a peace of mind that is hard to describe. Check out the IoSafe site, and read about their specifications and guarantees. I can think of no other company Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/11/iosafe-has-got-my-back-do-they-have-yours/feed/ 1 SuperTalent Introduces 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive at $59http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/09/supertalent-introduces-32gb-usb-3-0-flash-drive-at-59/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/09/supertalent-introduces-32gb-usb-3-0-flash-drive-at-59/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:30:23 +0000 Douglas Moran http://www.geardiary.com/?p=126238

When it comes to storage, I have to admit that each new revision continues to amaze me.  One of the things I love is the fact that I am juuuuuuust old enough to have been around for basically the entire change from ginormous computers that took up whole buildings to things like the iPhone, iPad, Samsung Tab, and so on.  Without any nostalgia at all, I remember how amazing it was to get 100 MB on one half-height hard disk.  Now, of course, you can get 32 GB in a 3.0 USB thumb drive.  It's staggering.  And the price keeps dropping! Like the line of "Express DUO" thumb drives from Super Talent.  MSRP of Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/09/supertalent-introduces-32gb-usb-3-0-flash-drive-at-59/feed/ 3 ioSafe Announces Rugged Portable Plus Data Recovery Servicehttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/05/iosafe-announces-rugged-portable-plus-data-recovery-service/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/05/iosafe-announces-rugged-portable-plus-data-recovery-service/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:15:52 +0000 Travis Ehrlich http://www.geardiary.com/?p=125076

CES 2010 brought great news from ioSafe complete with a convincing demo in the desert for our editors.  Check out what Judie, Dan, Kevin and Larry got to witness last year right here.  The company has come to be known for making virtually indestructible hard drive solutions.  In fact, my biggest fear is losing all of my valuable files due to fire or flood, even though I have backups and good habits.  The folks at ioSafe are at it again, releasing the ioSafe Rugged Portable plus Data Recovery Service; we should have a review up on Gear Diary soon.  For what the hard drive offers, the price is very affordable.

Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/05/iosafe-announces-rugged-portable-plus-data-recovery-service/feed/ 3 CES Meeting with Seagate; Plus Some Exciting Product Newshttp://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/04/ces-meeting-with-seagate-plus-some-exciting-product-news/ http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/04/ces-meeting-with-seagate-plus-some-exciting-product-news/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:15:38 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=124968

Dan and I met with Gabe Foo and Charmaine Garcia from Seagate, where we got a look at some of their new 2011 hard drives. Streaming content, networked backups, and smaller hard drives with faster speeds were some of the highlights. A new partnership with Gear Diary favorite ioSafe was a pleasant surprise. And we look forward to learning more tomorrow since details were scant. This was the statement we got from ioSafe:
ioSafe and Seagate have complementary technologies and are working collaboratively to provide solutions that will make it easier for customers to better protect their data. Stay tuned for more news!
Intriguing! Seagate's GoFlex product line lives Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2011/01/04/ces-meeting-with-seagate-plus-some-exciting-product-news/feed/ 0 Review: Silicon Power Armor A80 Waterproof & Shockproof Hard Drivehttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/12/09/review-silicon-power-armor-a80-waterproof-shockproof-hard-drive/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/12/09/review-silicon-power-armor-a80-waterproof-shockproof-hard-drive/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:00:36 +0000 LarryGreenberg http://www.geardiary.com/?p=120914 If you're anything like me keeping your data safe and secure is of the utmost importance. I'm talking about keeping it safe from hackers though. Sure that's important but what I'm talking about it keeping it safe from life. With three kids at home I've got thousands and thousands of memories, in the form of digital pictures, stored on various hard drives. From time to time I take one of the portable hard drives with me, to a family members house, or on the road. Life has a tendency to throw bumps and bruises our way from time to time and making sure nothing happens to my digital media when it's away from home is paramount Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/12/09/review-silicon-power-armor-a80-waterproof-shockproof-hard-drive/feed/ 0 Win a Mystery Item That You KNOW You’ll Want from ioSafehttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/12/01/win-a-mystery-item-that-you-know-youll-want-from-iosafe/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/12/01/win-a-mystery-item-that-you-know-youll-want-from-iosafe/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:45:49 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=119704

This is obnoxious! I am absolutely awful at those "guess what this is" type games where they show you the tiniest portion of a product and expect you to figure out what it is ... and this one happens to come with a prize that I am sure I would love to win! ioSafe, makers of the fantastic hard drives that are impervious to fire, water, crushing -- or any other disaster man or nature can throw at them (and you had better believe that we have tried!) -- is giving away a mystery item that they will soon be unveiling at CES. It seems like Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/12/01/win-a-mystery-item-that-you-know-youll-want-from-iosafe/feed/ 9 Holiday Savings On ioSafe Hard Drivehttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/11/26/holiday-savings-on-iosafe-hard-drive/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/11/26/holiday-savings-on-iosafe-hard-drive/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:45:38 +0000 LarryGreenberg http://www.geardiary.com/?p=119046

We at Gear Diary are big fans of the ioSafe Fireproof and Waterproof external drive. We've witnessed its power in the form of being able to withstand being burned up inside a car and later run over by a giant earth mover. If you haven't yet picked up an ioSafe drive of your own here are two deals worth checking out. Having an ioSafe drive means your precious files will always be protected, whether they are business documents or family photos. Wal-Mart has the 1 TB ioSafe Solo drive for 26% off (a $60 savings). Amazon has the 2 TB ioSafe solo drive for 32% off (a $129.85 savings) Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/11/26/holiday-savings-on-iosafe-hard-drive/feed/ 3 Mimoco Brings Out Their New Hello Kitty Thumb Driveshttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/09/14/mimoco-brings-out-their-new-hello-kitty-thumb-drives/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/09/14/mimoco-brings-out-their-new-hello-kitty-thumb-drives/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:30:25 +0000 Joel McLaughlin http://www.geardiary.com/?p=109698

Hello Kitty has to be on almost everything.  I am quite sure that this isn't the first Hello Kitty thumb drive, but it's not every year that Hello Kitty celebrates 50 years of cuteness. My favorite is the penguin, Badtz Maru.  While he doesn't look like Tux, he's still cute!

Ranging in sizes from 2 GB all the way to 16 GB, these Hello Kitty thumb drives are sure to bring a smile to those who are devoted to the cute little white kitty.   Pricing ranges from $10.00 for the 2 GB version with the 16 GB version going for $45.00.  They are available today Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/09/14/mimoco-brings-out-their-new-hello-kitty-thumb-drives/feed/ 0 LaCie’s MosKeyto Has a Tiny Memoryhttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/09/02/lacies-moskeyto-has-a-tiny-memory/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/09/02/lacies-moskeyto-has-a-tiny-memory/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:45:14 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/?p=108293

It's cute, it's tiny ... it's the LaCie MosKeyto, one of the most compact USB flash drives I've ever seen!  Available in 4, 8 and 16GB (the one capacity which isn't showing on the site quite yet), the MosKeyto is an inexpensive backup flash drive that you can stick in a laptop's USB port and forget about.

I like that they stuck the keyring on the side with the memory, not the side which serves as a cap. ;-)
The stealthy MosKeyto becomes nearly invisible when plugged into your computer, and can even travel with the computer in
Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/09/02/lacies-moskeyto-has-a-tiny-memory/feed/ 0 Review: StarTech Standalone IDE/SATA Hard Drive Duplicatorhttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/10/review-startech-standalone-idesata-hard-drive-duplicator/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/10/review-startech-standalone-idesata-hard-drive-duplicator/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:02:24 +0000 Francis Scardino http://www.geardiary.com/?p=104415 As a Systems Administrator I spend of a lot of time building and distributing workstation images. After the initial build is completed and tested the worst part of it all (for me at least) is the distribution to all the machines that need it. There has been cases where I had a few hundred machines, and then sometimes it's as little as 12-15. Either way, my favorite methods of imaging machines are the ones that are the most hands off. I've been through my share of software solutions that work very well, but the worst part is all the setup that's required and the amount of times you have to touch the machine to get it going Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/10/review-startech-standalone-idesata-hard-drive-duplicator/feed/ 0 OCZ Aglility 60GB SSD Benchmarked, Tested, Found Worthyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/06/14/ocz-aglility-60gb-ssd-benchmarked-tested-found-worthy/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/06/14/ocz-aglility-60gb-ssd-benchmarked-tested-found-worthy/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:00:37 +0000 Francis Scardino http://www.geardiary.com/?p=97275 Image courtesy of OCZ

Solid State Drives have been around for a few years and now and are definetely some of the fastest storage you can buy. With lower power consumption, lower heat, and blazing fast speeds they are quickly finding their way into desktops, laptops, and servers. The biggest problem is that the price per GB is absolutely rediculous compared to a newer HDD that are now well into the 1TB range for $100 or less. Newegg had a Shell Shocker (daily deal) a few weeks back for an OCZ Agility 60 SSD, so I decided to bite the bullet and pick one up for my Asus 1005PR Netbook. I figured it was a perfect candidate Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/06/14/ocz-aglility-60gb-ssd-benchmarked-tested-found-worthy/feed/ 1 Save $150 on ioSafe 2TB Drivehttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/05/26/save-150-on-iosafe-2tb-drive/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/05/26/save-150-on-iosafe-2tb-drive/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:23 +0000 LarryGreenberg http://www.geardiary.com/?p=94544

As hard as I tried, I just couldn't destroy the ioSafe.  The waterproof and fireproof external hard drive is one of the toughest electronic devices I've seen. Here's an incredible deal on the 2 TB ioSafe drive from Buy.com. The 2TB drive, which comes with 5 years of disaster protection, is on sale for $349.99 marked down from its regular price of $499.  That's a savings of $149.99! Head on over to the Buy.com web site to jump on this hot deal Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/05/26/save-150-on-iosafe-2tb-drive/feed/ 4