Microsoft Arc - A Sleek Portable Keyboard Meant for Netbooks & HTPC
Microsoft has once again released a real piece of eye candy with the new Arc Keyboard. Designed to be stylish but comfortable addition to any classy living room, this keyboard oozes style. Unfortunately, it's quite a bit more look than substance but looks count. The gentle curve and white underbelly give this a deceptively thin appearance. It's still very thin and extremely light weighing in at around 1 lb. This Arc keyboard however doesn't really match the Arc Mouse at all if you ask us.
Despite being light and sleek, the keyboard packs a nano-sized dongle that can be attached magnetically to the bottom of the keyboard if you ever need to unplug it. Also only 12 inches wide, the Arc is easy to haul around as a netbook companion. Netbooks make great classroom note-taking machines with their long battery life, but the rather un-ergonomic keyboards can really stress your shoulders. Having said that, the Arc keyboard makes for a nice travel keyboard that could be just what the doctor ordered. You should be able to easily justify the $80 for the ergonomic features and portability.
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Seagate USB 3.0 BlackArmor 2.5" Drive is Armed to the Teeth
Seagate has finally made its move to USB 3.0 arena with the release of BlackArmor PS 110. The company even touts the PS 110 as a USB 3.0 Performance Kit, a fancy name for a FreeAgent Go-alookalike equipped with a SuperSpeed USB interface and bundled with a USB 3.0 ExpressCard upgrade card. Enclosed in the BlackArmor is a 7200-rpm 500GB that becomes the bottleneck of the now external drive. Without official benchmark numbers, we just have to calculate the speed for ourselves from the recorded time needed to complete a 25GB HD movie drag 'n drop; and the real-world transfer rate turns out to be quite impressive (at 99MB/s), but still lags behind other 3.5" USB 3.0 counterparts.
In the software department, the BlackArmor PS 110 USB 3.0 comes pre-loaded with Acronis-powered software that not only does it system-wide data recovery but also allows to create a temporary workspace on which you can try out different apps without messing around with Windows registries and most importantly, damaging the system should the unthinkable occur. Lastly, the $180 BlackArmor PS 110 is generously by Seagate's 5-year warranty.
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