Apogee’s Astro Drive A101 is a record holder. It’s the smallest USB 3.0 device on the market at the moment, though that is sure to change very soon. This smallest ever drive is also fast and can achieve read and write speeds of up to 180MB/s and 130MB/s.

It will come in 128GB, 64GB and 32GB capacities, but there’s no word on pricing yet. It has a stylish look for those who like to make a statement with their accessories.

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You know what's better than a new solid state drive? An Olympic gold medal. You know what else? A USB 3.0 SSD, of course! Active Media Products has just dished out details on its latest device, the Aviator-2 external USB 3.0 solid state drive. Available in case-only, 64GB and 128GB flavors, this one promises transfer rates as high as 4.8Gbits/sec (that's ten times the rate of USB 2.0, just so you're well aware), and considering the 3- x 5-inch size, you should have no issues slipping this into the chest pocket of your Members Only jacket. We're in no place to comment on

Sure this isn’t the most attractive or exciting device ever, but in terms of practicality, it’s pretty cool. Aleratec’s 1:1 HDD PortaCruiser Lightweight and Portable Hard Disk Drive Duplicator lets you easily clone 2.5″ and 3.5″ hard drives for backing up your data.

It also functions as a Dual Disk RAID Controller so you can attach two hard drives to it, connect it to a USB 2.0 port and use it as external storage. The 2-line LCD display makes things even easier. And it weighs only 8 ounces, so you can carry it with

Looking for something different in a flash drive? Something colorful and festive that celebrates the Chinese new year? Well, this is your lucky day. This new USB drive has the Year of the Tiger theme. If it’s the Eye of the Tiger you’re looking for, you’ll have to look elsewhere.

These drives come from Kingston and hold up to 8GB of storage. It’s part of their DataTraveler line, but likely won’t be available outside of Asia, so if you want one, you better get it shipped from there.

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A-DATA launches the CH94 series portable hard drive that is less than 20mm thick. The compact 2.5-inch hard drive features wrap-around USB cable and is available in capacities ranging from 250GB to 640GB.

A-DATA CH94 comes in black, white, pink and aqua blue and comes with self-adhesive English character stickers for users to personalize their drive.

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Here is a USB drive concept by Sokolova Ekateryna that has a nice silver finish and sports a small display at the end of the device, showing you useful information including the drive’s capacity, percentage used and even remaining space. The presentation of the information into the display can be customized by using the active menu when the device is turned on. [tuvie]

ASUS has recently introduced an updated version of its EeeBox EB1501 Nettop PC series that comes with Blu-ray drive. However, the rest of the specs remain unchanged as the older model, you’ll find a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 dual-core processor, an integrated nVidia GeForce 9400 graphics card, a 2GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive, an HDMI port, a D-Sub port and Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The EeeBox EB1501 will hit Europe starting next week for 426 Euro (about $620). [Product Page]

If your looking for a secure USB drive to keep your vital data safe. But are still a little concerned after the flaw revealed last week with encrypted drives. Then this new USB drive from MXI Security might be your solution.

The new drive provide the strongest security currently in the industry with 1, 2 or 3 factor authentication and has digital identity and PKI Token services which include RSA SecurID and OATH OTP onboard key generation.

The encryption is AES-256 CBC hardware of all onboard data.

The ASUS  nettop, which had given us a taste of how intelligent such devices can be last month, is now arriving with a luring addition. The ASUS Eee Box EB1501 has now been incorporated with an optional upgrade of a Blu-ray drive. The arrival of a Blu-ray drive is seen by the PC maker as bringing in more popularity for the device.

Originally available with features such as Intel Atom N330 dual core processor, plus RAM configurations available of up to 4GB (DDR2-800), the ASUS Eee Box EB1501 now spruced up with Blu-ray is available at the

Verbatim introduces its Titan XS, the world’s smallest 2.5-inch portable hard drive at the CES 2010 in Las Vegas. Available in 320GB ($100), 500GB($130) and 640GB($160), the Titan XS features a rubber coated enclosure and internal anti-shock mechanism. It will be released in February 2010.

Also announced is the CLŌN USB hard drive with a scuff- and fingerprint- resistant casing with shock-resistant technology. It comes with 250GB, 320GB and 500GB. There’s also My Clone that comes in multiple colors.

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