Japanese Bluedot just announced their Divita BDM-100S “neo style” disc storage system. Don’t be fooled though, she ain’t no integrated disc changer like we’ve seen with the Sony VAIO XL1 Digital Living System, it’s for the storage and retrieval of up to 100 DVD or CDs supplanting that multi-colored jewel case clutter. Discs are located by scrolling through your collection on that 1.8-inch display or by tapping in the title and searching the catalog.  Without any type of PC connectivity or CDDB lookup capability though, you can expect a long, mind numbing data entry experience on that text-unfriendly keypad. Look for it to drop in July for about Â¥41,790 or $370 for your clean livin’ fix. And if doesn’t work out, it’ll make one helluva cantenna.

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This whole perpendicular recording affair may have started with some dopey, bit-dancing hype, but things sure have gotten serious, fast. In the last month, Seagate dropped that big bad 750GB ‘cuda while Hitachi slipped us their 5400RPM, 160GB 2.5-incher. Now, Toshiba announces their MK2035GSS which packs in 200GB of 2.5-inch SATA disk spinning at 4200RPM with a 150MB/sec transfer rate and 12-millsecond mean seek time. No word on price, but you can expect ‘em to drop for mass production in August hitting your favorite laptop soon thereafter.

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Last time we heard from BioCert, it was regarding that there Guardian biometric fingerprint door lock. Now it looks like they’re back in the game with the ClipBio Pro 1GB biometric flash drive. Yeah, it’s more of the same when it comes to integrated-biometric personal data storage, but their fingerprint reading piece will only set you back $130, which ain’t too bad for a gig of room (sans whatever space is required for that bundled iQBioDrive security software).

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Sony has updated its E-series flash Walkman, but if you’ve already picked up a first-gen unit and are happy with it, you probably don’t need to rush out and pick up a new one. Like its predecessor, the NW-E005 comes in versions from 512MB to 2GB, and comes in a range of colors. But Sony has added one key feature: the new model now supports the AAC file format, which Sony is in the process of adding to all new players. As previously mentioned, although AAC is the default format used by iTunes, these players won’t be able to play any DRM-protected iTunes downloads. However, if you’ve ripped CDs into AAC using iTunes, you will be able to play them back in the NW-E005 without having to convert them into another format first. Sony’s also rolled out a waterproof case for this player, though we’d still be a little wary of taking it into the shower or pool. (Note: Sony is currently offering a firmware upgrade to allow owners of the A-series Walkman to play AAC files, but we have yet to hear of an upgrade for this model.)

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They’re not the first and most surely won’t be the last to join the club, but Buffalo has just added an 8GB thumb drive to their flash lineup. The RUF2-R8G-S manages to squeeze the gigs into a 0.75 x 3.6 x 0.55 enclosure, and promises 32MB/s write and 27MB/s read speeds over USB 2.0. No word on price, but we’re sure the Yen required will be many. Now how about a bit of 16GB action?

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Available in orange, gold, black, or silver colors, these new USB drives by Elecom offer 1GB of memory, which can be used to store all your important files. That’s not all, the memory comes partitioned (2 sections), with one part being password protected. It measures only 19 x 59 mm and weighs 30g. No word yet on pricing and availability.

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Made up of four 7200rpm, 500GB hard disks, total of two TB external drive.
This 2TB HDD supports firewire and USB2.0. Available now for $1923.

I-O Data’s 2TB HDD [Akihabara News]
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