There are so many compact external USB hard drives around these days, that it’s hard to differentiate between them. In some cases it’s extra value - a large capacity for a low price - and often it’s just looks, as in the case of the Pininfarina-pimped SimpleTech drives. But Buffalo’s Turbo USB claims to improve transfer speed by up to 64%. That’s compared to a 4200 RPM HDD, but it should also be substantially faster than a similar 5400 RPM HDD. I was testing the Buffalo shortly after some other standard drives, so was able to run a pretty fair comparison and conduct something more akin to a group test. Most of these had a slightly higher capacity - usually 160GB - than the Buffalo Turbo’s 120GB. But did it really improve on performance?

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Fujitsu will release its new 2.5 inch portable hard drive in Japan on November 23, 2007. Dubbed as the HandyDrive, it will come with 300GB of storage space. There is no word on pricing so far.

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Sony unveiled its new Blu-ray burner, the BWU-200S, that can burn BD-R discs at 4x speeds. This new burner can also burn to BD-RE at 2x, DVD±R at 16x, dual-layer DVD±R at 8x, CD-R at 40x and CD-RW at 24x. The drive utilities a SATA interface and comes bundled with the CyberLink BD Solution software. You can grab this new Blu-ray burner for $600 next month.
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