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OWC releases Slim ExpressCard/34 peripheral for MacBook notebooks

Peripherals maker OWC has released a new eSATA ExpressCard adapter for MacBooks. The card, which is rated for 3GB/s, is hot swappable and ACHI compliant, requiring no drivers for any Mac notebook running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. Per MacNN, the card is said to be capable of 170MB/s read speeds and 120MB/s write […]

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USB 3.0 Demoed at CES, Initial Peripherals en Route

Over at CES, Jeff Ravencroft, the president of the USB Implementers Forum discussed the arrival of USB 3.0 and gave a brief demonstration of transfer speeds on a Hewlett-Packard. The demo proved one thing: USB 3.0 is much faster than the current USB 2.0 protocol, a nearby display showing the one minute four second time […]