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DataCase Turns Your iPhone into a Wireless Hard Drive

DataCase Turns Your iPhone into a Wireless Hard Drive
A new application available from the iTunes App Store promises to turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a powerful tool. DataCase transforms your Apple mobile device into a wireless networked hard drive that can be accessed from any Wi-Fi equipped computer, whether it runs OS X, Windows, or Linux.

DataCase is $6.99 and, once activated, allows other PCs on your wireless network to access two default folders on your iPod or iPhone. One is 'Drop Box,' a write-only folder to dump files for viewing, and the other a 'Shared Files' folder that allows you to read and write to files stored in the folder for sending and receiving data. DataCase also claims to be able to stream video from your iPhone/iPod to your PC.

Check out the video below to see it in action and head on over the The Unofficial Apple Weblog for a complete review. [From: TUAW]

Engadget

Apple's MobileMe Now Live and Ready to Sync Your Files


Hello MobileMe, goodbye .Mac (and good riddance). Apple's synchronization and Web application solution for your Macs, PCs, iPod touch or iPhone is now live. Push e-mail, push contacts, and push calendar and a new suite of Web applications are now yours for the taking. You know, after you hand over $99 for the first year or $149 for a one-year family subscription.

P.S. Things are loading slowly at the moment as the service comes up.

Update: As noted in the comments, the site is now down for most people.

[Thanks, Tim]

Terabyte Discs (1,000 Gigabytes) Coming In 2010



High-capacity disc maker Mempile anticipates distributing its terabyte -- yes, that's 1,000 gigabytes -- optical discs in less than two years. The appropriately named TeraDisc uses 200 hologram-like layers that each hold 5 gigabytes, enabling the DVD-sized disc to store a terabyte of information. Mempile predicts that this storage capacity will eventually be raised to 5 terabytes on a single disc as this technology improves over time.

It's impressive that they've fit that much information on a DVD or Blu-ray sized disc, but we wonder how long it will take to burn a single disc of data.

From Newsvine

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Flavored Mini Portable USB Drives Provide Tasty Back-up Options


With flavors like marshmallow, kiwi, bubblegum, black cherry and espresso the new line of Fabrik SimpleTech's Signature Mini Drives are ready to be filled up even as they make you salivate. The fashion-forward drives were designed by powerhouse Italian designer Pininfarina (of Ferrari fame) and sport 120, 160, 250 and 320 gigabytes of storage space in a small and stylish form factor.

But the real bonus that comes with these drives is the Fabrik Ultimate Backup, which once activated automatically and incrementally backs up your hard drive either locally or externally via a secure server farm for free (up to 2 gigabytes free or $5 per month for unlimited storage).

The drives will be available next month and range from $119.99 (120 gigabytes) to $229.99 (320 gigabytes).


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Enough Storage Space For Everything? Terabyte Laptop Coming

1 Terabyte Laptop Coming Soon From AsusGood news for digital packrats who are always on the move: Asus is gearing up to release a notebook computer with a pair of 500 gigabyte hard drives inside. This one terabyte of hard disk space will be a first for a laptop -- and should give you enough memory to carry around at least the vast majority of your media collection. With enough space for 350 feature length movies or 250,000 four-minute songs, you could fly around the world and never run out of things to watch or listen to.

The Asus M70 will be available sometime later this year, primarily since the hard drive that will be packed into these glorified media vaults, the Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 (pictured here), won't be available until February.

From Cnet

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Google Offers 250 Gigs of Storage for $500

Google Announces Storage Prices For Online Apps
When Yahoo decided to offer unlimited free storage with Yahoo Mail, we all figured it was only a matter of time before Google offered the same... well, Google has put the kibosh on that idea. The search giant has unveiled its new pay-for-storage system that will increase your limits on Gmail, Picasa, and, soon, Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Don't worry, though, since prices look to be reasonable.

Currently Gmail gives you just shy of three-gigabytes (3GB) of storage, while Picasa offers just one-gigabyte (1GB). For $20 a year, you can bump that combined storage up to six-gigabytes (6GB). For people who need even more storage, the options include 25GB ($75), 100GB ($250), and 250GB ($500).

Google has not announced plans to allow storage outside of the aforementioned apps, but rumors surrounding a Gdrive refuse to die. It could integrate nicely with the previously mentioned gBox, if and when Google decides to snatch up the new company.

From Newsvine and The Official Google Blog

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