Memory maker Silicon Power just released a 64GB “thumb drive” with an eSATA and mini USB interface. It may look like a rather large USB flash drive, but this 64-gigger offer faster read times via the eSATA port. The eSATA connection has a read speed of 90MB/s and a read speed of 42MB/s, which clocks it at eight times the speed of vanilla USB. The drive’s mini-USB connector runs at read/write speeds of 30MB/s and 25MB/s.
The eSATA/USB SSD supports hot plugging through the eSATA port and is available in 8, 16, 32, and 64GB capacities.
After making it’s commercial rounds during the middle of last year in Japan, Sharp has announced that it’ll make the 108-inch LB-1085 LCD TV available for UK buyers to lug into their homes. Reportedly being peddled for £100,000 (US$143,000), this telly is capable of 1080p HD resolution, and carries a feature that supposedly cuts down on its power draw.
The LB-105 is listed to give buyers—at least those who have a big-enough living room to accommodate it—a 176-degree viewing angle, a 6ms response time and a screen that shows 760 million colors. Weighing in at 430 pounds, it features 3 HDMI slots, one DVI-I, two component and composite connections, one S-video port, four RCA analog audio and a Stereo mini port.
Microsoft just announced that they’ll be shipping the SideWinder X8 gaming mouse this week. Initially announced last September 2008, the SideWinder X8 is packed with Microsoft’s new BlueTrachTechnology, along with high-speed wireless connectivity to top the company’s performance/gaming line of peripherals
Memory maker OCZ Technology recently expanded its line of Alchemy-branded peripherals with the launch of the Illuminati keyboard.
Just a few weeks after Panasonic announced the waterproof Lumix TS1—and a few seasons behind Olympus’ SW series—Canon announces their own “tough” cam, the PowerShot D10. A compact 12.1-megapixel camera built with a recognizable body, the D10 is waterproof to 10 meters, dust proof, freeze-proof to -10°C, and shock-proof for withstanding 1.22-meter drops. It also sports a 3x optical zoom and a 2.5-inch PureColor LCD II screen (with a 2mm protective shield).
