We all heard the rumors about the USB 3.0 but my friends i’m glad to let you know that starting today Buffalo will set free on the market the HD-HU3 series of USB 3.0 hard disks. That’s a world’s premiere!

You probably think that a USB 3.0 device is pointless without a controller. It’s true. That’s why NEC’s IFC-PCIE2U3 2-port PCI Expressx1 host controller ( ¥5,300 / $60) will be shipped together with Buffalo’s hard drives. This will only happen in Japan and the announced shipping date was set for late October.

The 1TB and 1.5 TB HDDs will wear ¥20,000 (about $225) and ¥25,300 (about $284) price tags while the 2TB disk will go as high as ¥46,600 (about $523).

The IT and auto industries joined hands and the result was a very pleasant surprise that every driver will enjoy without any doubt.

In 2010 both Mercedes-Benz and BMW will proudly wear the “Intel inside” logo because both carmakers will be shipping Harman-Becker’s Atom-based infotainment systems. Mercedes-Benz will implement this system on its S- and C-class vehicles while BMW will add this to the new 7-series.

Apparently, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship because according to Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini these first systems will build the ground for the next consistent and persistent platforms.

We’re very anxious to find out more about this project and as soon as one of the companies will make an official announcement you’ll be the first to hear about it.

With thousands of trumpets, folks over at Seagate unleashed in the arena a spectacular premiere: a 6Gbps 2TB disk offering full support the third generation SATA interface. For those of you that don’t know 6Gbps is twice the rate of current controllers.

The 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps Barracuda XT drive boasts with 64MB cache and no less than 4 x 500 GB platters spun at 7200RPM. According to the manufacturer the transfer rate will be of 140MBps, the MTBF will count 750,000 hours and the warranty will be provided for 5 years. But in five years… who knows what else will we be using?

The drive is SATA 1.5Gbps / 3Gbps compatible and if you’re willing to give it a try you should know that starting this week Seagate is selling the Barracuda XT for $299.

All the members of this family are 2.5-inch SATA drives that boast with 250MBps read speeds, 200MBps write speeds, MLC NAND flash memory and a SATA 2.0 – 3Gbps interface. The line-up comprises 64GB, 128GB and 256GB models, all of them fully compatible with the Crucial SK01 external drive storage kit.

The M225 Crucial SSD line is already available in stores for the following prices: $169.99 – the 64GB model, $329.99 – the 128GB model and $599.99 the 256GB one.

This is a member of the PW family and resembles a lot to the PW-TC930 model. The device features a redesigned text pad (30% bigger than the previous model), a 5-inch VGA LCD, USB port, microSD, a simple text editor, vocabulary drills, pronunciation and a multi-lingual dictionary.

The PW-AC900 e-dictionary will hit the Japanese market on the 10^th of July but for the moment the information on pricing is yet to be determined.

This tiny monster has a very unique quality: it’s waterproof. In other words you can poor water on it all day long and you won’t be able to mess anything up.

Before jumping to the price you should know what lies on the inside. The specs list for this machine comprises: a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330, 80GB HDD (or the option of SSD), 2GB RAM, integrated graphics and Windows XP OS.

According to the manufacturer, this water resistant PC costs $1,995 and will be available in stores in July. So… you’ve only got a few more weeks to place your order on the official website.

The screen of the DX has 9.7 inches (while Kindle 2 has 6 inches). For images and text, the e-ink uses 16 shades of gray. When you turn the device, the image auto-rotates from landscape to portrait. Besides reading PDF files, you can also view maps with full width, tables, web pages and graphs. The DX has 4GB of storage, which means it can store 3500 books (while Kindle 2 can store 1500 books).

The price of the DX is $489, while the Kindle 2 costs $359.

The price of a Kindle 2 is $359 and it offers you access to over 240,000 titles that Amazon sells.

The new hard drives from Seagate will come in 1 or 2 platter versions, with up to 1 TB maximum capacity. However, these new platters allow Seagate to release a 2TB hard drive easily, and nobody should be surprised when that happens.

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