Get 500GB online storage for free

Sadly, BeeCloud - the only cloud backup solution offering a whooping 500+ GB free online storage went out of the business recently. However, not exactly a cloud backup service provider a new service "JumboFiles" do offer their free account users a generous 500 GB of online file storage space.
The service is more like a online file-locker like Hotfile, Megaupload and Rapidshare and offers users free 500GB account to store files with 1GB size-limit per file, with support for resumeable downloads and download accelerators.

Visit : http://jumbofiles.com/

Hitachi Announced 4 New Hard Drives for India

Hitachi has launched four new hard drives including two external portable hard drives in India. The two internal hard drives have 4 TB of storage capacity and come in two models: Deskstar 7K4000 and 5K4000. While the external hard drive: Hitachi Touro Desk has 4 TB of storage capacity and Hitachi Touro mobile external hard drive has 1 TB of capacity.

Hitachi Hard Drives

The Deskstar 7K4000 internal hard drive provides ultra fast performance with 7200 RPM and a 64MB cache buffer and the Deskstar 5K4000 drive comes with CoolSpin technology and a 32MB cache buffer. Each drive comes with power efficiency and energy conscious for environmental friendly computers. The drives also have a complete software download which allows 32 and 64-bit Windows, Apple OS and Linux systems to utilize the full capacity and power of the 4 TB drive.

The external drive: Touro Desk and Touro Mobile are perfect for any home or office environment, it can be placed vertically or horizontally. The Touro Mobile external hard drive is highly portable and light weight (weighing just 153 grams). Both the external hard drive comes with a smooth black, textured body and is compatible with Mac and PC, for connectivity it has a fast USB 3.0 port.

All four hard drives will be available by mid of April, the exact pricing will be revealed only after its official launch in India.

Store More on Notebooks with WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Hard Drive

Western Digital’s Scorpio Blue 1TB hard drive comes with the greatest storage capacity for main stream notebook computers.  WD Scorpio Blue is designed with an outstanding power management and performance which makes it the most preferred hard disk for portable devices which needs extended battery life and a silent operation. The competitive features of this drive  includes its WhisperDrive technology which enables it to be the quietest 2.5inch drive, the Shockguard  technology and  WD’s SecurePark  makes it more rugged and reliable.  The cost of the WD Scorpio Blue in Indian market is Rs.10,650+ taxes.

1 TB Hard Drive

Other salient features of this new WD Scorpio Blue are its 2 platter disk with 500GB per platter areal density with the highest capacity for 2.5-inch hard drives in the industry-standard of 9.5 mm. Its AF (Advance Format) technology makes it optimized with operating systems like Window 7, Window Vista, Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard.

The nearest competitor for WD’s Scorpion Blue is Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB with almost the exact same specifications and at a cost of  6000. Seagate the closest competitor of Western Digital have products like Seagate Momentus and Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB but the specifications varies a lot when compared to WD Scorpio Blue.

So, techies hunting for a portable device best defined for its speed, performance and storage then WD Scorpio Blue 1TB is the drive which you need to look out for.