OCZ has released their fastest SSD to date, the Vertex Limited Edition. Based on a cutting-edge new architecture, OCZ’s Vertex LE is the epitome of innovation for power users seeking to integrate a new class of SSD in their Windows-based systems.The Limited version has higher performance than other SSDs in the Vertex family.
The drive has a read speed of up to 270MB/s and a write speed of up to 250MB/s.   The drives even reach 15,000 IOPS (4K random write), for an “excellent throughput and ultra-responsive performance.� The Vertex Limited Edition line boasts solid state drives with storage capacities of 100GB and 200GB. Built with SATA 3Gb/s, the Vertex LE Series easily integrates into today’s mobile and desktop platforms and features TRIM support¹ to optimize performance over the drive’s lifespan.
Pricing for the two SSDs (100GB – OCZSSD2-1VTXLE100G, 200GB – OCZSSD2-1VTXLE200G) has not yet been announced, but the Vertex LE will start shipping in the next few weeks. The LE will however only be sold for a limited time.

Aleratec’s 1:1 HDD Cruiser Porta lightweight and portable HDD Duplicator allows you to clone 2.5 � and 3.5″ hard drive for backup. For a computer technician on the go, you’d love to have a portable hard drive duplicator that is lightweight enough for you to carry around. The PortaCruiser is a black device that has an LCD dot matrix screen in the middle and two hard drive docks, one on each side of the screen.
On top of that, it also works as a Dual Disk RAID Controller so that you can attach two hard drives to it, connect it to a USB 2.0 port and transform it into an external storage device on the fly. It’s compatible with Windows OSes including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and also the support of Linux and Mac 10.3 or later.Weight about 8 grams Porta Cruiser is the drive too easy for the next time your aunt or whoever calls you crying that your hard drive makes strange noises to be borne by themselves.

Active Media has launched a new range of external storage solutions that are USB 3.0 compatible, the Aviator 2 USB 3.0. The newest Active Aviator drive is targeted for business users who are interesting in using superfast USB 3.0 specification to transfer data. Measuring just over 3 x 5 inches, the 2.5-inch Aviator-2 is slim enough to slip into a jacket pocket.
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 supports transfer speeds up to 4.8Gbits/sec — ten times faster than USB 2.0. Aviator-2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external SSDs take advantage of USB 3.0′s massive bandwidth, delivering unprecedented performance in a mobile flash storage device. Three different models are available of which two contain SSD drives with the capacity of 64GB and 128GB respectively. The lower capacity 64GB model has read/write speeds of 230/160MBps while the larger 128GB model has 230 read and 120 write making it slightly slower than the smaller model. New AMP Aviator-2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external solid state drives are already available for order at price of $260 and $450 for the version of 64GB (N64G-A2) and 128GB (N128G-A2) respectively.

SanDisk Corporation, has just announced the new SanDisk iNAND Embedded Flash Drives with support for the e.MMC 4.4 specification, and based on 3-bit-per-cell (X3) NAND flash technology. SanDisk’s advanced X3 technology enables the development of high capacity embedded solutions that are robust and power-efficient with minimal package complexity
The iNAND 64GB embedded memory involves just a single chip and can be partitioned, with a single drive performing boot, operating system, and storage functions
The new 64GB iNAND EFD is based on an eight flash die stack design using SanDisk’s advanced X3 32nm flash, and is offered in a 16×20×1.4mm form factor with a standard ball grid array (BGA) for quick integration into smartphone designs.
An increasing number of mobile phones offer a wide array of applications and storage-intensive content such as movie and music playback, imaging capabilities, gaming, GPS map data, business applications and more. SanDisk iNAND EFDs are specifically designed for these advanced smartphones.

ASUS will soon be adding another product to their line of “Republic of Gamers� products. The new Radeon HD 5870 card, with serial name EAH5870 MATRIX, will feature high-end construction, with improved voltage regulators. The new GPU cooler that ASUS has thrown on there was previously used on their GeForce GTX 285 card. With the ATI Radeon HD 5870 overclocks will make your gaming graphics performance will improve.
ASUS has doubled the VRAM on the Radeon HD 5870 spec and includes 2GB. GPU will have a clock of 900MHz, while the memory will run at 1225MHz (memory, 4900 MHz effective). It draws power from two 8-pin PCI-Express connectors. Connectivity has DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI, and has a secure button to return to the factory settings for a stable configuration. According to Chinese site Zol the ASUS Republic of Gamers Radeon HD 5870 will be “available immediately�, . Likewise, nothing on pricing, but it’ll easily cost upwards of $400.

Corsair recently updated its Voyager series with a new model boasting 128GB storage capacity.  It has manages to reach up to 34MB/s read and 28MB/s write speeds. These are visibly higher than the 32MB/s and 25.6MB/s speeds boasted by the device’s predecessor,  Corsair Flash Voyager GT.Another interesting thing about this drive is its storage capacity, with onboard 128gig.
128GB USB comes with USB 2.0 interface and is not  designed for the next-generation USB 3.0 standard. The device  uses quad-channel design through dual controllers that capable reaches its 128GB of storage. Those speeds will cost you a premium of $426

Following AMD’s introduction of the Radeon HD 5450, MSI has introduced its first Hawk series graphics card in the form of the R5770. MSI’s Lightning graphics card series is known for its use of military-grade components and high-end performance. It sports a more powerful heatsink on top of a redesigned circuit board with high-quality capacity, 7+1 phase power supply and higher clock frequencies from factory.
MSI R5770 Hawk Specs :
*DirectX 11-support
*850 MHz GPU clock (850 MHz stock)
*128-bit memory interface
*1GB of GDDR5 VRAM @ 4800 MHz
*800 Stream Processors
*CrossFireX support
*DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs
*ATI Eyefinity multi-monitor configurations

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The N2B1 is a NAS – Network Attached Storage – device made by LG. It has elegant design with white color enclosure. The LG N2B1 boasts a built-in Blu-ray burner for archiving data from up to 50 gigabytes into Blu-ray disc. LG N2B1 NAS server comes with two hard drive bays and compatible with PCs, Macs and Linux machines
The NAS device, surely, can be easily connected to the internet so you can upload or download files, or make back-ups. The goodies, the LG N2B1 include the support for a BiTorrent client, as well as iTunes so it enables you to share music, and the more normal network printer sharing system.The LG N2B1 NAS server is equipped with a card reader slot (SD/XD/MMX/MS), a Gigabit Ethernet, three USB 2.0 ports, and an eSATA port.
The LG N2B1 sells for $299.99 for the 500GB model.

Hardbox has released another external hard drive in the shape of a book. It has a lot to look stylish compared to regular versions of several other manufacturers, where it seems more appropriate than willing to be good in any bookcase.Available in 1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB or 3TB of storage space, the Hardbox 3.0 supports USB 3.0 interface with transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps.
Sarotech is scheduled to ship in a February for the Hardbox drives.

Active Media Products has just added a fresh 128GB capacity drive to the company’s SaberTooth ZX series of 1.8-inch PATA ZIF SSDs. It’ll certainly give you that extra boost when booting up or loading applications with sequential read speeds of up to 80MB/sec and sequential write speeds up to 38MB/sec. As for the physical size of this, it only measures a mere 70 x 54 x 5mm, namely the same dimension as 1.8-inch hard disk drives

The SaberTooth fits slots for 1.8-inch HDDs. It uses a parallel ATA (PATA / IDE) ZIF interface, and supports PIO mode 6 and Ultra DMA mode 6. SaberTooth ZX is compatible with most netbooks that use 1.8� PATA ZIF hard drives.

The SaberTooth ZX family from Active Media Products now includes 32GB, 64GB and 128GB flavored SSD units, for users to choose from, with this last introduction available now, for $379.