How low can you go?
Posted by Jon Peddie on September 22nd 2009 | Permalink
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Hardware Review
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2.13 billion bits per buck, that’s how low. For one U.S. penny you get 21 million bits of memory in a package not much bigger than a U.S. penny. Verbatim has introduced an 8GB USB memory for $30. Verbatim, one of the pioneer companies of the industry, having started in 1969 with a license from IBM to build floppy discs, has gone through the usual ups and downs, management changes, and refinancing gyrations any 50-year-old company…
The Insight drive—simple and sweet
Posted by Kathleen Maher on September 22nd 2009 | Permalink
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Hardware Review
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apple
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Verbatim has been building its storage business with products that are easy to use and give customers a little something extra. Their latest product, the InSight drive, adds a small, 32x128, always on LCD display that includes the drive’s name and the amount of storage left on the drive. It’s a little thing, but in situations where there are a number of drives being handed around with video files, audio files, pictures, and backup data, it’s helpful to be able to see the name. If you change the name of the drive, the Verbatim drive updates after a safe removal, but…
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