Tag archive: Iomega

ViewSonic has ended plans to release a Boxee-powered, high definition television as of this month due to a lack of consumer interest in the concept and expensive development costs. A 46-inch version of the ViewSonic display was previously featured at CES 2011 and was powered by the Intel Atom CE4100 capable of delivering 1080p HD content, HTML5, Adobe Flash and a vast variety of Web applications. While the television was previously scheduled to… Read More

Designed to blend into the background of any iMac desktop setup, Iomega's new Mac Companion Hard Drive sits unassumingly at the base of the iMac. A brushed silver exterior circles the drive and matches the shading on the iMac stand. The drive comes with either 2TB or 3TB storage depending on the model.  The 3.5-inch hard drive runs at 7,200 RPM and comes with one FireWire 800, one conversion FireWire 400-800 as well as one USB 2.0 cable… Read More

A box with Boxee is a box with Boxee, right? Not really. Despite the identical software running on D-Link’s Boxee Box and the brand new Iomega TV with Boxee, a handful of seemingly small but collectively significant features divide the two. We went hands on with the Iomega TV at CES 2011, and we’re convinced it’s the superior box. Here’s why. It’s not trying to be furniture. The Boxee Box whole chrome cube design with certainly caught eyes at… Read More

The second coming of Boxee is here. Though D-Link was first to take the popular home theater PC interface and roll it into a standalone device with the Boxee Box, Iomega will take it own shot at the ultimate media streamer in February with Iomega TV. Despite sharing the same basic software, Iomega TV differentiates itself from D-Link’s Boxee Box with a number of design changes designed to make it an up-market offering. Number one: It’s the… Read More

What do you do when a thumb drive won’t quite handle 80GB of photos from gallivanting all over Europe, but you can’t risk putting six months of your life on a failure-prone magnetic drive? Slap them on Iomega’s new SSD Flash drive, of course. At warp speed. It may not look quite as futuristic as OCZ’s Enyo 3.0 (it’s pretty much a black slab), but it’s faster, thinner, and depending on where you go, just as cheap. The company’s first foray into… Read More

Tired of hard drives that look like escapees from bad sci-fi movies or abstract art seminars? Storage company Iomega is looking to bust out of the boring with its new Skin portable hard drives featuring three unique hipster designs from sports fashion brand Skin Industries. “The new Iomega Skin Drives exude an alternative personality with eye-catching Skin Industries graphics that demand the attention of anyone who doesn't accept… Read More

Storage developer Iomega has unveiled new updates to its eGo line of portable and desktop hard drives—and they feature speedy USB 3.0 interfaces that can offer up to 10 times the transfer speeds of everyday USB 2.0 drives. The new Iomega SuperSpeed USB 3.0 eGo Portable Hard Drive features a 500 GB capacities and runs off bus power—so there's no need for a separate AC adapter, weights just 0.4 pounds, and is just 5/8ths of… Read More

With hard drives prices in an extraordinary slump (we saw 2TB desktop drives go for $130 this holiday season) Iomega has been focusing less on larger boxes to pile data in, and more on ways to get at it all. On Monday, the company announced both a new line of streaming set-top boxes and a device to easily put USB storage devices on a network.

Tiny netbooks like the Asus Eee, Acer Aspire One and HP Mini are all the rage, but with so many features stripped out, many users find themselves wanting more. From hard drive space to optical drives, accessories can help compensate for many netbook shortcomings, not to mention help protect them. We've rounded up some pint-sized accessories to help trick out your brand new netbook. Timbuk2 Slingshot Netbook Case $35 Timbuk2 takes a… Read More

Now that you have a laptop bag to protect your precious portable computer from damage, it's time to grab a few laptop accessories. From wireless mice and external hard drivers to speakers and keyboard lights, these goodies will turn your feeble laptop into a fully customized portable workstation in no time. Logitech V550 Nano $60 Never have your portable mouse around when you need it? Logitech’s V550 clips right to the top of your notebook… Read More

Storage and peripheral developer Iomega has formally launched its Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 network-attached storage (NAS) device, bringing a potentially dizzying array of enterprise-level storage, service, and management features to home and small business users. Although Iomega claims the ix2-200 can be up and running in just a few minutes, the device is definitely trying to outdo all the competition by packing in just about every feature… Read More

  Iomega has taken the wraps of its new StorCenter ix4-200d four-drive desktop NAS device, capable of handling up to 8 TB of storage as well as providing a host of backup, file, print, and media services aimed at small offices and home businesses. The ix4-200d supports RAID configurations (RAID 5 and RAID 10 plus JBOD), and sports runs on user-replaceable SATA II hard drives—plus the system sports device-to-device replication, dual gigabit… Read More