Sunday, October 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Everything USB) 31/10/2010

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Best of October 2010 - Everything USB


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Creepy Halloween USB Gadget Round-up


This Sunday is Halloween so let us check out these creepy gadgets made for mouse potatoes. Full list after the jump.
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USB 3.0 SSD Adapter Comes with MacBook Air's SandForce SSD Upgrade Kit


Storage upgrade options made for just one particular laptop series are unheard of. But when it comes to Mac, it's easy to see the reasons why the company goes after this lucrative market. The PhotoFast's latest SSD upgrade kit for MacBook Air, called the GM2 SFV1 Air - is an ultimate performance storage upgrade as it is powered by SandForce SF-1200 controller. This controller choice boosts sequential read and write speed to 250MB/s. This simply dwarfs Apple's stock SSD's 200MB/s read & 185MB write. The GM2 SFV1 Air kit comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB options. This ensures there's at least one albeit costly upgrade path should you need to double the storage capacity for your MacBook Air. Putting in the SSD yourself however will pretty much guarantee you would lose the warranty. For the Apple's stock SSD, PhotoFast provides a USB 3.0 enclosure dongle exclusively designed for the stick. We suppose you can give the oversized, yet super fast thumbdrive to your PC friend with a USB 3.0-equipped PC. He or she will love the gift.
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Quirky Contort - A Flexible USB Hub Manager


Following Space Bar and Spilt Stick, Quirky has come up yet another community-developed novelty USB gadget. This time, it's the Contort, a USB 2.0 hub that gives you a net gain of three ports and that manages your USB cables at the same time. Most USB hubs (even the newer SuperSpeed USB models) can't combat yawn factor, but the Quirky Contort is different. It's stylish as it is functional. For starter, the Quirky Contort has flexible TPE rubber neck with 360-degree mobility that allows you to point the hub in any direction. This gives easier access to the four USB ports. Its built-in four anchors can corral your USB cables; the hub's base can also be expanded (max. 36mm height) to accommodate more cords if needed. Even though the feature list is somewhat short, $30 isn't too much to ask for some desktop tidiness.
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