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Aegis Bio 128-bit Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive: What Mind Forgets, the Finger Can Remember

Are you one of those who want the freedom from memorizing mandatory passwords? Besides, who would want the trouble it brings when you cannot input that required information? Aegis Bio heard your plea. This new biometrically secure encrypted portable hard drive provides the best reliable protection of data in the most uncomplicated way. The Aegis Bio is the proud output of combined cutting edge technology in biometric authentication and encryption. Compared to other hard drives that require extra care once removed from the enclosure, this 2.5-inch portable hard drive uses a real-time 128-bit AES hardware encryption that makes it tightly packed though without an enclosure.

The most amazing part of the Aegis Bio is the fingerprint biometrics that replaces that use of passwords with finger activated access. It comes with a Password Bank that lets you access website log-ins and Windows accounts simply by swiping a finger. That is certainly a freedom from memorizing passwords and more security from being lost or stolen. The finger swipe log-in can be used when switching users on Windows XP and unlocking your computer. Additional features of the Aegis Bio are Cross Platform Compatible, Secure mobile storage, Administrator Password, Extensive Shock Mounting, and UPEK TouchStrip Fingerprint Sensor with Oxford Controller Chip. It is bus powered and integrates a USB cable for fast data transfer. The package includes Aegis Bio external hard drive, Y-auxiliary power cable, Soft neoprene travel pouch, and a Quick Start Guide.

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Hitachi LifeStudio – The Next Generation of External Drives


With the emergence of different external hard drives competing to be the best storage solution out there – it’s the space race all over again. Leading with some of the industry’s first and never before seen features, Hitachi is going to the moon with their next generation LifeStudio Drive family. Outside, it features a unique upright angled design; it basically looks like a modern day skyscraper sitting on your desk. The series comes in different models: there’s the LifeStudio Mobile and Mobile Plus that range from 250GB to 500GB and available with Platinum and graphite color options. There’s also the black only LifeStudio Desk and Desk Plus that range from 500GB to 2TB.

In case you’re wondering what the “Plus” is all about, for an additional fee, you can get a 4GB (expandable up to 32GB) thumb drive along with your LifeStudio. This Hitachi thumb drive can be magnetically mounted on the face of the drive’s docking station and is designed to automatically download and store information that you usually need on the go. When you mount it again to the docking information, its content will be automatically uploaded into the main external drive. No more hassle of bringing the entire drive with you.

Another industry’s first is the handy automatic organization and easy sharing feature. LifeStudio automatically sorts out your digital files for you from your computer and other storage devices and displays them on a stunning 3D wall. As an added bonus, Hitachi LifeStudio comes with a free 3GB free format online storage.

Go Faster with FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive

If you’re a municipal clerk, can pull out dusty old town records that possibly survived the two Great Wars faster than you’re external hard drive – then you’re in big trouble. You’ll have better luck pulling out your files on time with a rock than a hard drive with an unreliable data speed. A slowpoke external drive is just a paperweight with plates after all. If you want a high capacity, fast and reliable external hard drive with upgradable transfer speeds, look none other than one of the most trusted brands in HDD technology–Seagate and their latest FreeAgent GoFlex desktop hard drive.

Available in 1T, 2T and 3T drive capacity; the FreeAgent GoFlex Desktop features a standard USB 2.0 standard plug-and-play connectivity that can be upgraded to a much faster interface when paired with the right GoFlex Desk desktop adapter. By pairing the external hard drive with an interface of your choice, either a GoFlex USB 3.0 or FireWire 800/USB 2.0 adapter, you can increase the transfer rates by up to 10 folds. And this works with both PC and Mac. The hard drive comes with an illuminated capacity gauge so that you can see the remaining drive capacity at a glance–a minor but very convenient feature. The GoFlex Desk also features an automatic backup, encryption and a hard drive management tool. The whole package is inclusive of the GoFlex Desk Drive preloaded with exclusive software, USB 2.0 adapter base with capacity gauge, 5-foot USB 2.0 cable and a Quick Start Guide.

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LaCie Rugged Safe – Mobile Data Protection at Its Best

Information is power and like all powers, the last thing you would want is for it to fall in the wrong hands. To protect your data and information, you can always go old school–Cold War style, like invisible and coded messages, microchips and the ever familiar handcuff and attaché case combination. Or you can use the latest mobile storage solution from LaCie, the LaCie Rugged Safe. When your mobile hard disk looks like the underbelly of a military grade hovercraft, you know it deserves to call itself a secure all-terrain hard disk.

The 500GB capacity portable HDD Rugged Safe is virtually an information and data vault; it’s protected by different levels of hardcore data protection from software to hardware. To prevent any unauthorized access and data theft, the Rugged Safe features an Advanced Encryption Standard 128-bit hardware based encryption. It also features biometric authentication able to contain up to ten users for a more personal level of data control. To top it off is the shock proof enclosure that can withstand everyday’s abuse of nicks and bumps. Aside from the vault like properties, the Rugged Safe supports Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for transfer rates up to 480Mbits/s and FireWire 800 for rates up to 800Mbits/s.

The Rugged Safe is exclusively designed for LaCie by none other than Neil Poulton, a multi awarded product designer with 2 Red Dot Design Award and a German “IF” International Forum Design prize under his belt, and that’s just for the year 2009.

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FreeAgent GoFlex TV HD Media Player Delivers Only the Best Home Entertainment You Can Experience

Certainly you want the best entertainment experience in your personal home. It is the best comforting and relaxing place one can readily have. There’s no place like home, isn’t it? So to make entertainment more enjoyable, you should consider having a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV HD media player. This new member of the GoFlex Storage System can get the finest out from digital media with just a simple set-up.

The GoFlex TV HD media player can almost do anything you need from accessing, viewing, and playing digital multimedia files to your TV or home entertainment system. Simply connect the media player to your TV through digital HDMI cable and then you are all set. You can also access media files from GoFlex or GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drive using the integrated GoFlex ultra-portable drive slot as well as plug in your digital camcorder, USB flash drive, digital camera, or external USB hard drive via USB 2.0 port. The GoFlex TV HD media player supports a wide selection of file formats including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX HD, Xvid HD, AVI, MOV, MKV, RMVB Real Media, AVC HD, H.264, AAC, MP3, Dolby® Digital, DTS, ASF, FLAC, WMA, LPCM, ADPCM, WAV, OGG, MJPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and JPEG. Enjoy pure quality videos and images as the media player displays only the best resolution for enhanced viewing experience.

Aside from letting you access from your digital devices, the GoFlex TV HD media player allows you to watch streaming media straight from the web. You can connect it to a PC or Mac and view media files in the Internet either using Ethernet connection or the optional Wi-Fi adapter. To lavishly enjoy entertainment, there is the included remote control for easy control of the device.

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