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Western Digital Announces First USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

Western Digital Announces First USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

In more CES news today, Western Digital announced its first USB 3.0 external hard disk drive the My Book 3.0. In the press release, the company claims an “Interface” that is 10x faster than USB 2.0 devices with transfer rates “Up To” 5 Gb/s. Unfortunately though, they do not state any real world file read/write ... read more

January 5, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Hands On – WD My Book Studio 2TB External Hard Drive

Hands On – WD My Book Studio 2TB External Hard Drive

Did you ever wish you could just look at a hard drive and see what is on it, or how much free space is still available? Well Western Digital (WD) has now added intelligent display technology to it’s My Book Studio line of external hard drives designed for the Mac. I had the opportunity to ... read more

November 30, 2009 in Reviews by John Omvik 2 comments

LensBaby Adds Fisheye and Soft Focus Optics

LensBaby Adds Fisheye and Soft Focus Optics

When it comes to creative photographic accessories, the Lensbaby is one of our favorite tools, allowing photographers to create distinctive images in-camera with high-quality optics. The company has just released two new elements—a fisheye and a soft focus lens—in their Swap Systema technology that allows users to drop-in different lenses without having to remove the ... read more

October 22, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments

Condition Macbook and Macbook Pro Batteries

Condition Macbook and Macbook Pro Batteries

This news on MacWorldl.com about a new battery conditioning tool from NewerTech called (obviously enough) Battery Charging Station. Might be good for those MacBook Pro users who have been using the same battery forever. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06…oner/index.php read more

August 7, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments