LaCie has teamed up with the French designer Ora-ïto (Ito Morabito) once again and this time they’ve come up with a shiny-shiny, golden and external USB 2.0 drive with 500GB of storage looking somewhat like a semi-melted block of solid gold.
The Golden Disks will start shipping in October and are available for pre-order now.
LaCie.com: Golden Disk 500GB ($189.00)
(Via Technabob)
HP bought Voodoo PC to compete with Dell / Alienware and here’s the first product: Blackbird 002, a rig designed and built for serious gamers. Besides the serious-lookin’ aluminum exterior you get liquid cooling, internal and external LED-lights, open and overclocking-friendly BIOS and a bunch of different hardware options. Expect a price tag between 2,500 and 6,500 USD.
So, compared to Dell XPS 720 H2C, who’s the winner?
HP.com: Blackbird 002 Product Site
HP.com: Blackbird 002 Tech Specs
(Via Acquiremag)
The Japanese Penguin USB Flash Drives has room for 1GB of storage and you reveal the USB connector by pulling the head backwards. Uber-cute, and probably the definitive opposite to IronKey’s full-metal, encrypting and self-destructing USB flash drive I wrote about the other day.
They’re available in blue, grey and black and are Mac, Linux and Windows (+ Vista Readyboost) friendly.
FruitShop.com: Bone Penguin 1GB USB Flash Drive (3980 Yen, about $34 US)
(Via Ubergizmo)
Oh yeah, Samsung continues to prove that just about everything looks better with a glossy, piano black finish. The ML-1630 is now the world’s slimmest monochrome laser printer (only 11 cm thick) and the multifunctional SCX-4500 looks just as good, although larger. Both models feature a blue LED scan progress indicator and buttonless, soft-touch sensors.
What could be better than a regular 4-port USB hub? Well, how about a happy-lookin’ USB Hub Man? Simple and small. Available on Kikkerland.com in a month or so to an estimated price of $19.00.
(Via Technabob)
The Ironkey USB Thumb Drive was originally built for the US military and is now available for all paranoid consumers out there. Besides being encased in waterproof metal it sports an encryption chip that both makes sure to keep the stored data uber-encrypted and (here’s the cool part) physically self-destructs if the user can’t enter the correct password after 10 tries.
Without the encryption chip the data is completely useless, meaning no worries about those private pictures popping up on Facebook if the thumb drive gets stolen.
Available in 1, 2 and 4 GB models.
ThinkGeek: Ironkey USB Thumb Drive ($78.99 - $148.99)
Amazon: IronKey Secure USB Flash Drives ($72 - $147)
Microsoft is reviving the SideWinder series with a brand new 5-button mouse designed for serious gamers. Among the features we find software customization for each game you play, buttons to change the current DPI setting (400, 800 and 2000) along with a built-in LCD display to show which setting you’re using at the moment, a wide metal scroll wheel, a weight compartment so you can find the perfect weight (from 5 to 30 grams in 5 gram increments) and three sets of feet in different materials for that perfect friction.
Frag on.
If you’re wondering how Apple’s new and super-slim aluminum keyboard looks compared to all the other keyboards they’ve produced over the years you better check out Blake Patterson’s gallery. The one pictured above is the 1983 Apple Lisa keyboard.
Makes me wonder how our beloved peripherals will look in another 24 years.
Blakespot.com: The flat Apple Keyboard vs. others
(Via Macfeber)
ASUS just announced their new line of UMPC’s dubbed Eee. These machines are actually affordable, the cheapest one costs about $200 and the most expensive about $400. For those dollars you get a lightweight PC with a 7" wide-screen LCD display, Flash based storage (about 4 gigs), 512 MB RAM, WiFi and shock proof encasing.
Asus.com/eeepc (Flash presentation)
(Via OhGizmo)
The Q-see Fingerprint & Keypad Lock (with deadbolt) allows you to get rid of those oldschool keys and lock/unlock any door of your choice using your fingerprints. The lock comes with a built-in alarm function and is able to store 120 different fingerprints, there’s no word on futuristic sound effects though.
Amazon: Q-see Fingerprint & Keypad Lock with Deadbolt ($269.53)
Q-see Store: Fingerprint & Keypad Lock ($349.99)
(Via Productdose)
