LaCie unveils the first hard drive with Thunderbolt

HomeNewsLaCie reveals the first hard drive with ThunderboltPosted Devina from Divecha on Sun 27 Feb 2011

Will be the first ever capable-Thunderbolt hard become essential for techies as LBD is for fashionistas?

Today LaCie announced the first storage device that supports the newest Thunderbolt technology, available only on the new Apple MacBook Pro Apart from Thunderbolt, the new MacBook Pro seems to host a variety of impressive specifications.

Formerly known as light Peak, Thunderbolt is a standard technology fast i/o peripheral that owns a 10Gbps (1 .25gbps), speed, and can support high-resolution displays.

Running on PCI Express and DisplayPort protocols, the LaCie Little Big Disk is designed for mobile professionals and the media in mind, allowing multiple HD video streams in minutes instead of hours without compromise.

Data transferred between devices on Thunderbolt reported can be made 20 times faster than USB 2.0.

The LBD consists of two 250 GB Intel 510 series solid state drives and is enclosed in an aluminum d2.

Philippe Spruch, CEO of LaCie said, "Thunderbolt technology is a breakthrough in technology and represents the future of mobile computing. Soon will be able to exercise power and workstation-class functionality in compact devices. "

The LaCie Little Big Disk was developed by Intel and is expected to become available by summer 2011. Capacity of storage and prices are yet unknown.

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Derek Jeter's mansion: Too busy building to play ball?

"Construction of buildings too busy?" This is what the Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner told reporters Monday when asked about his poor team finish at the end of last season. Steinbrenner used the plural when talking about his players homes', but it is hard to think he was talking in particular about the building of Derek Jeter, known by locals as "St. Jetersburg.

Jeter is just now putting the finishing touches to a house he started building in 2008 in Tampa, Florida. It was the required 30,000 square meters reason Jeter was not "hungry" enough last year? Steinbrenner told reporters: "Sometimes teams have a little 'smug, is celebrated for too long."

Obviously, the Yankee owner was not talking to himself Jeter. In fact, after a mini blow-up in the media in New York (New York Post running this summary useful-if-not states: "Yank Boss: We lost OVER Jeter Mansion"), Steinbrenner was back in front reporters on Tuesday clarified his comments. "Certainly not Derek," he told The Associated Press. "Derek's got five rings. I do not win by five rings of complacency."

And what was the response the captain of the clutch all this? In a brief interview with reporters pre-workout, Jeter said he understood most of the comments Steinbrenner, but "the house I did not understand. This is a first. That's funny, I think. I'm not moving, so as not to talk about this again. "