Yes, Western Digital has now entered the traditional enterprise drive market with its first SAS hard disk drive, the S25.

It spins at 10,000 RPM, has a 2.5" form factor, and has SAS interfaces of 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s. Sequential transfer rate is clocked at 128MB/sec. And the drives have a 1.6 million MTBF estimate to go with them. With read and write seek times of just 3.6ms and 4.2ms respectively, these timings are even faster than the VelociRaptor.

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Kingston has announced its collaboration with Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) to deliver full-length movies on Kingston Flash memory products. These movies will be available to users “as part of a bundle package and for sale”. Paramount has claimed that as more and more movies are watched on portable devices like netbooks and handhelds, it’s only natural they form a strategic partnership with Kingston, the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products, to distribute its movies to the masses. Backed by a five-year warranty and 24/7 tech support, "Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen" (comes in a 4Gb Kingston DataTraveler I drive) is now on sale at all OfficeMax stores for USD$29.99.

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Icy Dock has unveiled the MB882SP-1S-2B, a user friendly 2.5" to 3.5" SATA & SSD HDD converter which allows users to install 2.5” SATA or SSD HDD onto their PC easily. Measuring 145 x 101 x 25mm and weighing 163g, the lightweight plastic converter is able to support transfer speeds of up to 3Gb/sec.

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Enermax has launched the NAPPA external HDD enclosure series for 2.5” HDD. Measuring 128 x 80 x 14mm, the NAPPA features an inner 1.1mm thick aluminium body encased in 0.8mm thick black or brown PU leather and USB 2.0 for external connectivity.

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Silicon Power has launched its new line of speedy SDHC memory cards, targeted at photo enthusiasts who require adequate storage capacity for their pictures and fast write speeds for continuous photo shots. Fully compatible with today’s digital handheld devices that support SDHC, they are backed by a lifetime warranty and available in 4Gb, 8Gb and 16Gb capacities. Pricing has not been announced yet but they should be available in stores by November.

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Buffalo Japan has launched its latest server product, the LinkStation WXL/R1 NAS server. Measuring 86 x 127 x 204mm, it features 2 bays with pre-installed drives with capacities of 1TB, 2TB and 3TB. With support for RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes, the LinkStation WXL/R1 has gigabit interface (supports transfer speeds of around 40 MB/s) for Ethernet connectivity and USB 2.0 for external connection with USB mass storage devices (e.g. flash drives, external HDDs etc) for additional storage capacity. Available in Japan now, the 1TB, 2TB and 3TB variants are selling at a MSRP of USD$350, USD$460 and USD$580 respectively.

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Verbatim has announced the 32Gb USB/eSATA Combo SSD, adding on to its lineup of portable storage. Measuring 80 x 23 x 9mm and weighing a mere 19g, the combo drive has 32Gb of storage space and features both USB 2.0 (read/write speeds up to 26/15 MB/s) and eSATA (read/write speeds up to 60/25 MB/s) connectivity, accessible by a sliding mechanism on the side of the body. Backed by a 2 year warranty, the 32Gb combo drive comes together with the EasyLock software (that provides 256bit AES encryption) and is available now via specialist retailers at of 159 Euro.

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Patriot, well-known for its Signature line of high performance RAM, has launched the Gear Box NAS adapter, allowing users to convert any USB 2.0-connected flash drives/external storage into a NAS solution. Measuring 67mm (D) x 50mm (W) x 30mm (L) and weighing a mere 62gm, it features 2 USB 2.0 connections, a 10/100Mbps Ethernet connection, FTP, BitTorrent™, UPnP™ support and print-serve functionality. Backed by a 1 year warranty, the Patriot Gear Box NAS adapter is available in black and white colors. Pricing and shipping date has not been announced but users looking for a simple and cost effective solution for adding USB storage devices to their existing home LAN can keep a lookout for the adapter.

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Corsair has launched the new (refreshed) Flash Voyager GT, adding on to its lineup of high performance flash drives. Available in capacities of 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB, the new Flash Voyager GT is enclosed in rugged rubber housing with a signature red "GT".

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QNAP Systems, Inc has unveiled the 2-drive TS-210 Desktop NAS Server, adding on to its line-up of high performance Turbo NAS for the SOHO market segments. Measuring 165.5 (H) x 85 (W) x 218.4 (D) mm and weighing about 900g, the TS-210 is powered by a Marvell 6281 800MHz CPU, has 256MB DDR2 memory and can support up to 4TB of storage via 2 2TB 3.5" SATA hard drives. It also supports “iSCSI Target service with Thin Provisioning” and a Gigabit LAN port, functions generally found on high end NAS servers. Equipped with 3 USB ports (1 front, 2 back), the TS-210 has provisions for expanding storage capacity, printer sharing, or data backup to an external storage device.

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