October 3rd, 2008 by
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Kingston has announced it’s teaming up with Intel — new to the SSD market itself — to market flash memory-based drives for laptops and servers. This is a bold move for Kingston, which is usually known to stick to mature markets; clearly, the company sees the technology’s potential. The effort “almost flies in the face of the usual Kingston model,” said spokesman Dave Leong. “We are large and in charge!” (OK, so we made that last part up.) This is all set to pop off in Q4 2008 — Samsung, you’ve been warned.
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August 12th, 2008 by
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It was a bit late to the party with its 16GB SDHC card, and Kingston looks to be playing catch-up again when it comes to 32GB cards, with it only now releasing its first such high capacity wonder. It’s also not making any attempts to contend with the fastest cards around, as this particular one is only a Class 4 card that promises to maintain a speed of 4MB/sec, which is a good deal off the pace of Panasonic’s 20MB/s Class 6 SDHC card. Of course, at “just” $308, you can also get two of these for the price of one of Panasonic’s speedy cards, which should tide you over until the inevitable 64GB SDHC cards start showing up.
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July 24th, 2008 by
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Nothing too fancy from Kingston Technology today, just a couple of more capacious flash drives and an all new one for good measure. For starters, the DataTraveler 400 with MigoSync software and the DT100 are both now available in roomy 16GB flavors. Meanwhile, the DT101 arrives on the scene with security software, capacities up to 8GB and in cyan, pink and yellow hues. Each of the newcomers should be available now, with the 16GB DT400 demanding $196, the 16GB DT100 costing $85 and the DT101 line ranging from $14 to $44.
[Via BIOS Magazine]
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April 16th, 2008 by
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Kingston’s got a thing for über-secure flash drives, and its latest DataTraveler definitely keeps the trend alive. The waterproof BlackBox is the outfit’s first Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)-validated drive, which means that it was given the seal of approval from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Communications Security Establishment of the Government of Canada. More specifically, you’ll find “256-bit hardware-based AES encryption via a dedicated processor which automatically encrypts and decrypts data on the fly” and it’ll also enter lock down mode if you happen to forget your password ten consecutive times. Of course, Kingston’s pretty proud of this thing, so don’t be shocked when you see the $165 (2GB), $242 (4GB) and $424 (8GB) price tags, alright? Alright.
[Via Electronista]
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