Buffalo has released their latest external hard drive, the HD-PXU2 which will come in two flavors – 250GB and 500GB.

Regardless of capacity, it will come with an integrated USB cable alongside a shockproof casing, giving you some leeway in toting your hard drive around while being careless, although we won’t recommend dropping it on purpose just to make sure the shockproof case works. Security of your data is also ensured with data encryption built in the HD-PXU2 series.

8″ S1 Mini drive.

All you need to do is make sure your computer has an extra USB port and you’re good to go. Are external displays the next big thing for desktop computers or notebooks? While folks who spend plenty of time tied to a desktop might prefer to get a larger monitor outright, we think that USB LCD displays are better suited for the netbook market as those generally don’t have the screen size that makes it comfortable to work with, especially when you’re used to 19″ monitors and above. Perhaps, if not Buffalo of Japan would not have released their FTD-W71 USB LCD display.

Very, Asus says, with its SDRW-08D1S-U external slim DVD drive. This doesn’t just remain lying down beside your computer like other standard issue external optical drives, it comes with its own stand to help you save space without compromising on style. It will guzzle power from your computer’s USB port though, so be prepared to plug in your notebook if you’re doing some heavy duty burning on your travels. This vertical external DVD burner will come with a user-friendly software interface for no-brainer disc burning sessions which involves a simple drag-and-drop movement into the thumbnail layout while burning onto a new disc. You can choose from black or white colors. 4mm x 140. To get an idea of just how slim it is, it measures 156. How slim can you get? The SDRW-08D1S-U comes with Turbo Engine which allows it to get the job done soonest possible. 8mm x 21mm. Features include Disc Encryption technology with 128-bit encryption.

Century has slapped a $190 price tag on it which is pretty insane considering you can get a much larger LCD monitor at that size with the benefit of spare change as well. This is an extremely young market, so expect to see prices drop while sizes increase in the near future. Not only that, this model resembles more of a tablet than a monitor, and features an LED backlit screen that hooks up to a computer via USB. Century does not want to lag behind Buffalo when it comes to external USB monitors and hence has released its 8″ monitor. Features include 250cd/m2 brightness and a 50/70 degree viewing angle. It will not go head-to-head against Buffalo’s offering for many reasons, and first among them is the size – the Century model measures just 8″ across diagonally which is smaller than Buffalo’s external USB monitor.

The hackers behind this tweak built a microcontroller that converts input from an external Targus IR keyboard into a format where the iPhone’s headphone jack understands. Hackers have managed to make an external IR keyboard play nice with an iPhone without having the need to jailbreak the device in the first place – after all, having a keyboard will come in handy if you’re one who have plenty of text messages and emails to reply wherever you go. This is made possible by using a custom connection constructed just for the headphone jack, since the latter is one of the few interfaces that is left open in the official SDK.

and the web service will do the rest. The user will just have to register its drive to my. pogoplug. People don’t even need to know what TCP/IP is – cool huh? There’s no need to open and re-route ports.

Once connected to the service, the files on the drive can be accessed from any web-enabled device via a web browser or a custom application. PogoPlug has a custom API, so third party developers can build their own service and cater the needs of PogoPlug customers. pogoplug. The company mentions things like file synchronization or remote backup, but the sky is the limit.

After all, take one glance at the drive here and tell us you’re sold – it blends in perfectly with the dv2 in its shiny form factor (although the downside would mean it is a fingerprint magnet of sorts).

What are some of the other computer or notebook peripherals you’ve seen to date that ooze with quality in terms of design, complementing the main device perfectly? Folks who will be picking up the HP dv2 ultra-slim notebook will definitely be pleased with the external Blu-ray drive that comes along with it.

we’re not there yet. Because it is a mini computer, the Clarion MiND can take on many roles such as GPS nav, portable media player, web browser and so on. Unfortunately, you dreams of convergence won’t be fulfilled with this gadget. Movie in the full post. There are practical reasons: it costs $650 and requires a 3G subscription if you want always-on (slow) connectivity.

The bottom-line? Our friends from OhGizmo took the time to review the Clarion MiND, a mobile internet device (MID) that is equipped with a GPS receiver.

Write speed stands at 4.

Asus has come up with the SBC-04D1S-U external Blu-ray burner that follows the form factor of many devices these days, where slim is in. Thereis no word on pricing and availability as at press time. 8x for BD-ROM/R/RE media, 8x for DVD+R discs and 24x for the CD-R format. Burning software is provided by CyberLink, where a simple drag-and-drop interface is used for creating discs. The inclusion of disc encryption enables users to password-protect the whole disc or just part of the content. Standing vertically just like the old school PS2, it comes in a gloss black finish alongside controls for the brightness of its external blue LED.