Latest External hard drive News

Sony announces its first external hard drive

Posted at 10:02, 12 Jul 2011

HD-PG5 500GB drive designed with the Sony fan in mind

LaCie previews Thunderbolt-driven Little Big Disk

Posted at 9:54, 24 Jun 2011

Packs two SSDs into a single box for extreme performance

Hands On: Seagate GoFlex Satellite review

Posted at 11:13, 16 May 2011

We get an early look at the GoFlex Satellite, a portable hard disk with built-in wireless hotspot for streaming video to tablets and smartphones.

Seagate announces first 3TB external hard disk

Posted at 10:37, 30 Jun 2010

FreeAgent GoFlex provides more capacity than any other standard external USB disk

250GB hard disk for Xbox 360 on horizon

Posted at 11:04, 04 Feb 2010

Release of 250GB hard disk for Xbox 360 now a near certainty

LaCie announces USB3 RAID hard disk

Posted at 12:15, 21 Dec 2009

LaCie's first USB3 RAID hard disk coming in 2010

An SDHC card that gives your camera WiFi

Posted at 15:48, 19 Oct 2009

The Eye-Fi is a wireless memory card that combines the storage of a normal SDHC memory card with a tiny wireless networking adaptor.

Verbatim's 500GB golden hard disk

Posted at 12:01, 31 Jul 2009

Storage company Verbatim is marking the 40th anniversary of its foundation with the release of a golden 500GB portable USB hard disk, the Portable Hard Drive Anniversary Edition.

First Look: Leyio portable storage

Posted at 17:30, 24 Apr 2009

The Leyio is a portable 16GB secure storage and file-sharing device that lets you transfer data wirelessly to other Leyio owners. It uses a short-range 5GHz Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) signal with a maximum transfer rate of 10Mbit/s. The range extends up to 10m but you have to be nearer than that to establish communication. That you do by pointing two Leyios at each other and holding down a button on both simultaneously. As well as wireless transfers, the Leyio has a detachable 2GB USB drive and a USB interface for connection to a PC.

Maxell unveils “world-first” external SSD drive

Posted at 10:07, 28 Nov 2008

Maxell has unveiled what it claims is the first external solid state drive (SSD) to offer both USB connectivity and the emerging—and much faster—eSata standard.