Although Buffalo managed to squeeze one whole terabyte of storage into its new LinkStation Mini, the firm is looking to give the bytes within its latest external drive a bit more breathing room. The 500GB MiniStation TurboUSB is a touch more capacious than the previous 320GB king, and as with other TurboUSB devices, it supposedly offers up “30-percent faster transfer rates than most USB hard drives.” Additionally, the firm throws in its own Shock Resistant technology along with its SecureLockWare in order to prevent “unauthorized access in the event the drive is lost or stolen.” Heck, you’ll even find Memeo’s AutoBackup right in the box, and as for the box itself, look for it to land later this month for a cool $329.

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Solid state is still what gets our motors purring, but 500GB of storage in your laptop isn’t anything to scoff at, either. Fujitsu’s new MHZ2 BT is the second drive to hit the half-terabyte mark, but just like the Hitachi 500 gigger it’s a non-standard height (12.5mm), meaning you won’t be able to slap it in most laptops or enclosures — unless you’re willing to shave out an extra ~3mm of surrounding matter. Expect ‘em out in May.

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SanDisk was trumpeting its 8GB microSDHC cards all the way back in June, but it’s taken until now for the company to ship the little buggers — but we’re also getting an 8GB Memory Stick Micro (also known as M2) version as a reward for our patience. The 8GB SDHC card will set you back $139, while the M2 stick is $149, and both should be in stores worldwide now, according to SanDisk.

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Have you been hankering for a central spot to store your thrilling, heart-warming family photos? Some easy-to-reach locale where you can pick up a remote, flip on the tube, and travel through a mind-blowing tunnel of memories? Well, let us introduce you to Sony’s latest and greatest, the HDMS-S1D “Digital Photo Album.” Coming off as a glorified DVD player with an 80GB hard drive and HDMI outs, the new device lets you store and view your precious memories, replete with a soundtrack of your choosing, and slow, dreamy fades between photos (thanks to Sony’s x-Pict Story HD — with face recognition!). How much would you expect to pay for such a device? How does about $400 sound? No good? well, you can’t put a price on memories… can you? The whole kit and caboodle is available this month for your purchasing pleasure.

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Fabrik hit us up with a double dose of news today, so we’ll get right to it. First up is the firm’s new line of SimpleTech Pro / Duo Pro Drives ($229.99 to $799.99), which are aimed at digital media enthusiasts, prosumers and business users and come equipped with up to 2TB of storage space, eSATA and USB 2.0 connections. Next we’re looking at the outfit’s Ultimate Backup, which is hailed as “a simple, affordable and secure way to protect your most coveted content both offsite and online.” For under five bucks a month, the service provides users with “unlimited capacity to securely store important files and media collections remotely and automatically,” and moreover, all files are “encrypted with 128-bit SSL encryption while in transit, with an option for a private encryption key, to the company’s remote 448-bit Blowfish encrypted servers (in other words, it’s secure).” For more details, be sure and give the read links below a gander.

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Considering that the war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is still raging, we’d really be hesitant to jump on board NME’s bandwagon. Nevertheless, New Medium Enterprises’ proprietary HD VMD players are starting to show up for under two Benjamins, but of course, there’s only a handful of notable films available on the format (for now, at least). Those still interested in giving it a whirl can jump on the ML622S ($189) or ML777s ($199) right now, but don’t blame us if the content you’re dreaming of never makes its way over to HD VMD.

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While it doesn’t look like it’ll hold up to quite the same “nuclear stresses” as the apparently unrelated Iron Drive, the new IronKey: Enterprise Special Edition flash drive looks like it should at least keep your data safer than the average USB stick. Helping it in that regard is the drive’s “military-grade” hardware encryption, which makes use of AES cryptography and authentication and requires no other hardware or software. As if that’s not enough, the IronKey also boasts some security measures that’ll trigger a self-destruct sequence if someone tries to tamper with the drive, which we assume will only destroy the data, not the drive itself (though we can hope). Otherwise, the drive supposedly exceeds military waterproof standards, and each one boasts a unique serial number to let higher-ups keep tabs on each drive. Of course, all that comes at a bit of a premium price, with the drive running $80, $110, and $150 for 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB versions, respectively.

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