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Microsoft is trying hard to keep people from believing that the release of an external Blu-ray drive for the X-Box 360, priced at between $100 and $150 is imminent; despite widespread whisperings that suggest otherwise. Does this mean that they don’t want hardware sales crimping their software sales with so many high-profile games set for release in the upcoming months? If that is the case then the drive should be available in January. [Joystiq]

With USB and FireWire connection interfaces, the Iomega UltraMax Desktop Hard Drive 500GB ensures that your data can be accessed no matter where you take it. This drive provides an easy way to add 500GB of storage to a computer, it supports Firewire 400 and USB 2.0, and even has a stylish look that complements a Mac. The drive is a perfect complement for Macs as it has a sleek silver design that matches the Mac style and it is HFS+ preformatted to work right out of the box. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and Time Machine. With 500GB of storage capacity, you'll be able to save up to 2,000,000 photos, 9,250 hours of music, or 750 hours of video.

The LaCie Hard Disk 301302U 500 GB USB 2.0, Design by Neil Poulton adds a sleek, sophisticated style to your desktop while delivering high-speed performance as a hard drive. You no longer have to worry about running out of disk space for your latest music, movies, and photos. And with universal compatibility and a compact size, this portable drive lets you easily share your music, photos and video files with your friends and family.
Designed by internationally acclaimed designer Neil Poulton, the Hard Disk features sleek and sophisticated styling. The case is entirely black with a fashionable, mirror-polished finish. A cool, blue LED strip on the bottom casts an ambient glow. The ultra-minimalist look will blend perfectly into home entertainment setups and workstations.

By Andrew Liszewski

There’s really nothing to see here but another collection of novelty USB flash drives, unless you happen to fancy yourself a ‘cube gleamer’ and have lamented at the fact that you could never find a flash drive shaped like a skateboard. Well your wish has finally come true, and the cherry on that sundae is the fact that you can now get these Skatedrives in 3 official Santa Cruz designs including the Signature model, the Checker model (pictured to the right) and a Screaming Hand model.

Toshiba today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk drives adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDDs boost interface speed to 1.5Gbps and offer a rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, faster than the current generation of Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD (MK1214GAH, parallel ATA, 120GB).

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The new Toshiba 160GB drive, MK1617GSG, and an 80GB drive, MK8017GSG, will enter mass production in August.

Pictured above is a SATA HDD Dock from SSI computer corp. This too won an award at the Computex for design and it supports 3.5″ and 2.5″ SATA HDDs. Just put the drive in the cradle and make it work as a portable disk. More Computex coverage.

BCD has produced a new industrial DVD recorder which can also record to a built-in hard drive. It is called the DVD-1150HDD and you’ll find it pricing at around $2,000.

The BCD DVD-1150HDD is primarily targeted towards more commercial applications. It is designed to be remotely controlled via RS-232, USB or Web-based interactions. Video recorded via this device can be done to either a DVD or standard 250GB hard drive. BCD says the drive is large enough to store around 58 DVDs worth of data.