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The Wizard of Oz

"Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma." – Wizard, The Wizard of Oz, MGM (1939)

Maybe the computer never delivered on the promise of the paperless office, but it did open the floodgate on one thing … data.

The result has been a data explosion:

  • 1,203 Exabytes of digital info was created, replicated around the globe last year
  • 1 Petabyte of new info has been produced every 15 seconds this year
  • The annual growth in information is 59 percent

All of this is because people want to do it themselves (O.K., maybe companies "encouraged/pushed us a little") with ATMs, self check-in/check-out, email/video/tweets, online tell your life story, personalized TV/video/music entertainment, online travel/banking/paying/shopping.Read more

Black Friday Predictions for 2011


Rest Up, Start Early

Ready or not, the holiday shopping season is fast approaching. Black Friday is less than 70 days away, and we all know that the best way to make the most of the savings is to be prepared. The folks over at dealnews decided to kick off the holiday season a little bit early with their fourth annual Black Friday deal predictions.

And here they are...

dealnews Black Friday Predictions for 2011

HDTVs

  • 32" 1080p LCD HDTV for $199
  • 40" to 42" 1080p LCD HDTV for $319
  • 46" 1080p LCD TV for $399
  • 55" 1080p LCD HDTV for $549
  • 55" 1080p 3D LCD TV for $999
  • 60" 1080p LCD TV for $699
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Seagate Outs 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive

by jessica on Thu, 2011-09-15 05:00


Seagate GoFlex Desk

Need an external hard drive with a ton of space for all your media? You won't find one larger than this! Seagate's new 4TB GoFlex Desk external hard drive is the highest capacity hard drive in the industry.

Featuring a new desktop design with a smaller footprint, the 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive is now available from www.seagate.com and will be available from select online retailers within the month for a $249.99. The entire line of GoFlex Desk products will also adopt the new design in the coming weeks. The GoFlex Desk for Mac external drive featuring both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 will be available in Apple stores by the end of the month.

The GoFlex drives are Windows and Mac OSX compatible and have the flexibility to go between both operating systems. In addition, the GoFlex Desk drive can also be utilized with the GoFlex Home adapter if you choose to use it as a network drive. Read more

Verbatim's Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drives Get Colorful

by jessica on Mon, 2011-08-01 05:00


Verbatim Store n Go USB 3.0 portable hard drives, Caribbean Blue and Hot Pink

Not everyone wants a silver, black or (insert any other boring color) portable hard drive! Show your personality and spunk with one of the two new color options of Verbatim's Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 portable hard drive. Now available in Caribbean Blue or Hot Pink, the compact 500 GB hard drive allows you to back-up and transfer files anytime, anywhere at super-fast transfer speeds – up to 10x faster than USB 2.0!

It comes with Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials software which provides full system backup and restore functions, the ability to schedule automatic backup by date/time and an encrypted backup option with password control. Optional software choices include Green Button software with three sleep/suspend settings to save energy when the drive is not in use and Formatter Software which will easily change the format of the drive from FAT32 to NTFS or HFS+.

Verbatim's 500GB Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 portable hard drives are available at Verbatim.com for just $99.99.

Seagate's GoFlex Slim Portable Hard Drive is World's Slimmest

by jessica on Wed, 2011-04-06 13:14


Seagate GoFlex Slim

Wow…talk about skinny! Seagate's new GoFlex Slim portable hard drive is about the width of a pencil, measuring in at a mere 9mm, 2.5–inches. Designed with ultra-thin laptops and netbooks in mind, the GoFlex Slim is 38 percent leaner than the current GoFlex ultra–portable drives and features a 7200RPM drive and USB3.0, offering transfer speeds up to 10x faster than USB2.0. Backup software is also included.

The new GoFlex Slim can be used with Windows and Mac computers interchangeably, with absolutely no performance loss. However, Seagate will also be offering a version specifically for Mac OS X computers. The GoFlex Slim for Mac portable drive will be HFS+ formatted out–of–the–box, making it compatible with Apple Time Machine backup software, while still being able to work across both Windows and Mac OS X computers.

The new GoFlex Slim portable hard drive is available now on www.seagate.com. A 320GB version GoFlex Slim sells for $99.99. The 320GB version of the GoFlex Slim for Mac drive will be available in May at Apple Stores for $99.

You Can Never Be Too Good Looking, Too Slim, Have Too Much Storage


Thank You for Smoking, 2005

"Probably. But it's an easy fix. One line of dialogue. 'Thank God we invented the... you know, whatever device.'" – Jeff Megall, Thank You for Smoking, 2005, 20th Century Fox

Ours is a typical American/Silicon Valley family – two early adopters, two chasm straddlers.

Our inventory includes -- four notebooks, three smartphones/one feature phone, one iPad, two looking, three 500GB external HDs, 2TB home storage, various other PC/CE devices.

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reinforced the fact we can be home now and then and that it's not just the new, hot, sexy on-the-go gadgets.

Smartphones, tablets (O.K., iPads) are on everyone's gotta' have list; but they aren't the Alpha-Omega for folks.

Nope. If you're a typical alpha male or female, you have an array of gadgets and a gotta' get list for the rest.Read more

12 Things That Will Cost Less in 2011

By Beth Pinsker, Editorial Director of dealnews


LG BD590

One of the great things about technology is that we can count on prices dropping at a steady clip over time on the things we want most. The more demand, the faster the electronics industry seems to satisfy us with new, cheaper products. Think how different it is for non-electronic items such as milk and cereal, which always seem to go up (see our list of 20 Things That Will Be More Expensive in 2011). We've now proven this mathematically, by sifting through thousands upon thousands of tech deals that we've listed over the past couple of years.

Our price trend data shows how prices dropped on 12 popular items from 2009 to 2010, based on the individual deals we list on our site. Then we keyed up our dealnews experts to find out what low price points you'll likely see in 2011. Just a note on our process: The data for this analysis is derived from "deals" that were previously listed on dealnews.com. By definition, all deals on dealnews are price-checked, verified offers — "the lowest total price we've seen" — so the data used for dealnews predictions is based on low prices, not average prices. Refurbished deals are excluded. We correct for anomalies like outliers, floor effects and disruptive new technologies that influence pricing trends. Read more

Wirelessly Access Files, Back Up Multiple Computers with GoFlex Home

by jessica on Wed, 2010-07-21 05:00


Seagate GoFlex Home

Seagate just announced GoFlex Home, a new network storage system that allows you to wirelessly back up, store and share photos, music and movies on multiple computers connected to a home network. Working with both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, you can also wirelessly stream media to network connected DLNA devices such as game consoles.

GoFlex Home is available in 1TB and 2TB capacities, with the ability to upgrade when needed by removing the drive from the base (no tools required) and replacing it with a higher capacity GoFlex Desk hard drive. You can also add more storage to the GoFlex Home system by connecting additional drives to the USB port. Read more

Customize Your Seagate FreeAgent Go with MusicSkins

by jessica on Wed, 2010-01-20 16:20


Seagate FreeAgent Go with MusicSkins

We live in a digital world. Digital music, photos, videos, work documents, they all need to be backed up and stored somewhere. You wouldn't want to lose all of those files, would you? Enter Seagate's FreeAgent Go, a slim, portable hard drive with tons of space to back up and store all your valuable multimedia files. With up to 1TB of available capacity, the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive has enough room to carry your entire library of movies, music and pictures.

Yes, I know…there are lots of portable storage drives out there, so what makes this one special? Thanks to a partnership with MusicSkins, you can now add your own personal style to your FreeAgent Go external hard drive. A wide range of skins are available with everything from Bob Marley to John Lennon, Madonna to Lil Wayne, EXPLODINGDOG to Adult Swim, you're sure to find something that fits your personality. You can even use your own photos to design the skin. Read more

Imation Pro WX is World's First Wireless USB Hard Drive

by jessica on Fri, 2009-11-20 13:11


Imation Pro WX

Imation is now shipping what they say is the world's first wireless USB external hard drive, the Imation Pro WX. It gives you 1.5TB of storage and has a wireless USB data transfer rate of up to 15MBs/second. That said, the product can back up a standard CD in about 50 seconds, and store up to 300,000 photos or 750 hours of video.

The Imation Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive has a built-in stand and can be placed either horizontally or vertically. It also has a built-in sleep mode to save energy, as well as one-touch, backup sync buttons. Data can be backed up whenever it is within 30 feet, similar to a direct attached storage device.

The Imation Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive is now available for $449.99 and is compatible with both PC and Mac computers.

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