Spin up this Flash Rods model DeLorean stainless steel hard drive car and go back to the future with MBs costing seven times more than they need to. The 1:18 scale model is a glorious rendition of John DeLorean’s DMC-12 auto-dream re-envisioned as the Back To The Future car with its Flux Capacitor. It comes with “with 50′s style moon discs and… Mr Fusion reactor”.

Mac only: Cloud-based backup service Mozy is out with their 2.0 release. While the majority of changes are quiet, background algorithm and efficiency improvements, the app now has a more native, Mac-like look, and queries to choose files are more advanced. In general, the improvements to Mozy 2.0 for Mac are based around stability, speed, and the processes that happen before and after a backup. Both Home and Professional users get more advanced file sorting and search to find the stuff on their hard drive that needs backing up, however. Local hard drive backup doesn’t seem to be part of  [ Read More ]

Buffalo Technology has announced the US release of two new portable hard drives today, the Buffalo MiniStation Stealth and the DriveStation Axis LED. Both drives offer portable storage with a single-plug USB interface, making them ideal for taking from place to place and using them on multiple computers. The Buffalo MiniStation Stealth is a pocket sized portable hard drive, designed to offer storage on the go. It features a sleek black exterior and a glowing blue LED light which indicates when the drive is connected. It comes in 320GB ($74.99), 500GB ($89.99) and 640GB ($104.99) capacities, and will be available  [ Read More ]

Just as rumors of Intel pushing forward on its Light Peak connectivity standard surface, LaCie has announced support for USB 3.0 on Mac OS X with the release of a free driver to support the company’s USB 3.0 hard drives. LaCie announced today a major breakthrough, introducing industry-leading performance to Mac users with the availability of a USB 3.0 driver for Mac OS. The driver brings the fast speeds of LaCie’s USB 3.0 hard drives to Mac computers and laptops – delivering transfer rates that are more than two times faster than FireWire 800! With Apple yet to support USB  [ Read More ]

If you’re one of the many people who have hundreds of photos stored on a camera’s memory card, it’s time to come up with a backup plan. We recommend backing up to an online backup service, a large-capacity external hard drive, flash drives, or optical media. Each type of backup has its advantages. Backing Up to an Online Service Online backup services such as iDrive or Microsoft’s Windows Live SkyDrive can back up your entire hard drive or just your photo folders. Costs are reasonable for home users: iDrive is $5 per month, and SkyDrive offers 25GB of free online  [ Read More ]