Seagate today unveiled the industry's first 1TB 2.5" enterprise-class hard drive as part of its new Constellation.2 hard drive line. The Constellation.2 hard drive series combines a 6Gb/s interface, large drive capacities and low power consumption with an increased Mean Time Between Faliure (MTBF) rating of 1.4 million hours. These features enable the Constellation.2 to be used in Directed Attached Storage (DAS), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to meet the needs of small, medium and large enterprises.
John Rydning, research director for the International Data Corporation (IDC) said that "Reaching the 1TB capacity in a small form factor design gives IT managers more options to meet capacity requirements with efficient storage platforms. IDC expects the use of capacity-optimized drives like Seagate’s 1TB Constellation.2™ to increase by more than 50% from 2010 to 2014."The Constellation.2 will be available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB variants equipped with either a 6Gb/s SATA or 6Gb/s SAS interface. A Self Encrypting Drive (SED) option will also be available. Dell is planning to ship systems using the Constellation.2 hard drives later this month.
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Gawker Media Gets Hacked
Gawker Media announced over the weekend that its central password database was breached. The breach affects all of its sites, which include Gizmodo, Kotaku, and Deadspin. If you have accounts at any of those sites, be sure to go change your passwords. Gawker blames both users who chose weak passwords and its IT staff which seems to have dropped the ball on this. The IT staff was using the obsolete DES encryption scheme, and was behind on its kernel updates by about three years. A group called Gnosis has claimed responsibility for the hack, and has reportedly acquired roughly 200,000 passwords. The information has been made available in a torrent. Remember to create passwords that are difficult to guess and contain a variety of characters.
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LG Debuts Incredibly Thin Computer Monitor Line
LG has just launched the E90 computer monitor line, one that is incredibly thin as it is a mere 7.2mm thick. It achieves this thinness by having all the vital parts stuffed into a rather chunky, and glossy, base. The power supply and all the connections are on the base which LG calls EZ-cabling and is where you will find a variety of analog and digital connections, including HDMI. The monitor itself is LED-backlit and features a 1920x1080 panel with a 2ms response time. It also features LG's Image Booster software which is designed to enhance low quality content, like from streaming websites, to give a better looking picture on the E90 monitors. The E90 series will also help to reduce your energy bill as it consumes 40% less power than typical CCFL monitors.
The E90 series is expected to be available later this month for $435 or €329. It will be shown off at CES next month as well.
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Sony Announces New Lines of SDHC Memory Cards
Sony has long stuck to its guns on the various formats, trying to ensure that its products have a proprietary storage medium that will only work on its devices. Well, times are changing as Sony has just announced new lines of SDHC memory cards that will work on products not manufactured by Sony. This means you can pop in a Sony SDHC card in your Canon camera or the like, so long as the product takes SDHC cards then the Sony ones will work. Its a big change from the company, but one for the better. There are three new lines of SDHC cards that are targeted at various level of camera enthusiasts. The first is the Essential Series which comes in 2, 4, and 8GB sizes, and are Class 4 cards. The next is the Experience Series, which adds 16 and 32GB sizes to the line while still running at Class 4 speeds. The final line is the Expert Series which are all Class 10 cards and come in 8, 16, and 32GB sizes. The Expert line is ideal for Full HD video recording and 3D pictures. Since a Class 10 card has transfer speeds up to 22MB/second, there should be no loss of data to it. All three series' cards also feature a memo space to write down what the card holds, though you will need some petite hand writing to accomplish it.
All three series of SDHC cards are expected to launch in January, though no mention was made of a price.
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