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ASUS, A-DATA Intro USB 3.0 Products

ASUS has partnered with A-DATA to introduce new products using the new USB 3.0 standard. USB 3.0 has a maximum data transfer rate 10x that of the current USB 2.0 technology.

The first product is the A-DATA NH01 USB 3.0-complaint external hard drive, which also has an eSATA port. It will be available in multiple colors with up to 640GB capacity. Also introduced was the N002 external USB 3.0 drive with SATA II. The company demonstrated the product reading and writing data at 200MB/s and 170MB/s, respectively.
There was no word on pricing of availability, but expect to see the new products available soon.

Straight from Japan came the PrePeat, a printing system that could potentially change the printer industry. No ink or toner is required, just specially-formulated reusable paper. A development that was unveiled a couple of months ago, during the Eco-Products 2009 convention, the PrePeat is basically a thermal printer that can rewrite on the special paper a 1000 times.

Not relying on consumables will definitely reduce operating costs, but the estimated 500,000 yen price point (currently $5,605.5) may turn off customers. The resuable paper is available in lots of one-thousand, and costs 300 yen a piece ($3.36) according to the video above, but 0.3 yen according to the product page. Its a bit hard to translate the Engrish, but the paper also seems very water-resistant, and will retain the print even when submerged in water.

Developer Sanwa Newtec seems aware that the PrePeats pricing puts it beyond the reach of the consumer market, and through a representative confirmed that theyre simply targeting large companies that use a lot of paper media. Perhaps they should come out with a color-printing system well, to appeal to creative agencies?

PrePeat RP-3100 II

SAN JOSE, Calif. – February 5, 2010 – Please find below a statement from Cisco on resolution of the Cisco-Ward litigation:

“The parties are happy to report that the disputes among them have been resolved to their mutual satisfaction and Frenkel and Cisco apologize for the statements of Rick Frenkel on the Troll Tracker blog regarding T. John Ward, Jr. At Cisco’s request, Ward has agreed that the settlement agreement is confidential.”

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