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Transcend launches ultra-fast CompactFlash cards for Indian photographers

When using a DSLR camera, the reading and writing speeds of your flash card as well as its durability are of utmost important. The new CompactFlash (CF) card from Transcend seeks to address these issues. The Extreme Plus 600x CF cards use ultra DMA 6 (UDMA), the fastest speed available for flash cards, to deliver transfer speeds of up to 92MB/s read and 87MB/s write. This ability to instantly store extremely high-resolution image data makes consecutive shooting and non-stop video recording...

Croma launches SteelSeries gaming peripherals in India

Tata’s electronics retail store chain, Croma, has brought gaming peripherals giant SteelSeries to India. And what’s more, the two companies are joining up to launch a gaming tournament across the country, with the winners getting to fly to Sweden to play with renowned clans Fnatic and SK Gamers. “Steelseries and Croma are also organising a pan-India gaming Competition in September 2009. The wining team will be taken to Sweden to interact, learn and play with the world’s best team...

Western Digital announced two mobile hard drive

Western Digital has announced two new mobile hard drive - a one terabyte model and a 750 GB model. The 1 TB model is the industry's highest-capacity 2.5-inch drive available. The WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB and 1 TB hard drives have a 12.5 mm form factor and are suited for use in portable storage solutions. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs. Both WD Scorpio Blue drives deliver a 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s) transfer rate. "The convergence of the...

Western Digital introduced new 1TB and 750 GB Portable USB Drives

Western Digital has introduced its new 1 TB and 750 GB My Passport Essential SE Portable USB Drives in a titanium silver finish. The drives are light and compact to carry and are USB-powered so they do not need an external power adapter. Equipped with sync and encryption software (Windows-compatible only), this small drive makes it easy to securely carry data around. WD Sync software allows consumers to take desktop content with them by simplifying the synchronization of essential...

Sony introduced 32GB Memory Stick

Sony has introduced Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo HX series with the largest ever capacity of 32GB as per Sony s IT Product Overview 2009. Considered the perfect component for DSLR cameras and HD camcorders, this is Sony s largest capacity storage memory card. Apart from that, Sony has also introduced 16GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Mark2 memory card. The Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo HX memory card can hold up to 3.75 hours of full HD footage. Sony also bundles a USB adaptor that offers read speeds of...