Gilded storage: Special edition Verbatim external hard driveBerlin - In late August Verbatim will ring in the firm's 40th birthday by marketing external hard drives in gold. The 2.5 inch drives have been dubbed the "anniversary edition" and each weighs only 161 grammes. They also possess a USB 2.0 port. The portable hard drives can store up to 500 gigabytes of data and cost 109 dollars.
Back-up with heart: Hama displays hard drive case in candy colours
Berlin - New hard drives from Hama will be offered in pink, ruby red, and purple. The case on these 2.5 inch SATA hard drives also contains a stylised heart. They are intended to capture the eye of tech-enthusiast girls and are available for 20 dollars.
Intel builds new SSD hard drives
Berlin - Intel is bringing new Solid State Disks (SSD) onto the market. The X25-M Mainstream SSDs, as they are known, are produced with a structural width of just 34 nanometres, the company reports.
The new production technology is the driving force behind Intel's ability to sink the price of SSDs by up to 60 per cent. The SSDs will be available with capacities ranging from 80 to 160 gigabytes.
Unlike standard hard drives, SSDs contain no moving parts, making them much less sensitive to shocks and jolts. They are substantially speedier at storing and retrieving data than conventional drives as well.
