• Portable Hard Drive Duplicator

    Aleratec have created the Aleratec PortaCruiser HDD duplicator that makes 1:1 HD to HD duplication simple.Although it’s not the most exciting of gadgets we cover here at GadgetVenue, it still is quite a handy device for those who want to make an exact copy of a hard drive quickly. Read the rest of this entry »

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  • Outrageously cool new hard drive ZDnet Repost

    DataSlide has come out of stealth mode with a very creative SSD replacement technology. They call it a Hard Rectangular Disk or HRD.

    Here’s DataSlide’s quick overview:

    DataSlide applies technology in new, patented ways to achieve unprecedented high performance 160,000 IOPS & 500MB/sec and low power <4 Watts for a magnetic storage device:

    A piezoelectric actuator keeps the rectangular media in precise motion

    A diamond solid lubricant coating protects the surfaces for years of worry free service

    A massively parallel 2D array of magnetic heads reads from or writes to up to 64 embedded heads at a time

    It looks like this:

    Hard Rectangular Drive

    graphic courtesy of DataSlide Read the rest of this entry »

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