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Seagate ships BlackArmor NAS with 3TB drives

A few months ago, Seagate unveiled its, and probably the world's, first single-volume 3TB external hard drive, the FreeAgent GoFlex Desk. It was just a matter of time before the new super-high-capacity hard drives became available to the company's flagship NAS server, the BlackArmor 440 and BlackArmor 420.

And that day is today, as the company introduced the highest-capacity four-bay NAS server on the market by starting to sell the new BlackArmor 440 and 420 NAS servers preloaded with its 3TB hard drives. These two NAS server are essential the same, except the 440 is preloaded with four hard drives (12TB total), while the 420 is preloaded with only two drives (6TB total).

Apart from the new internal hard drives, the servers themselves are the same as those released more than a year ago. However, they come with the latest firmware to support the internal hard drives' high capacity.

According to Seagate, owners of existing BlackArmor NAS servers can also upgrade to the latest firmware. However, they will not be able to upgrade to the new capacity as Seagate is not selling the 3TB internal hard drives separately. This is because most computers are unable to handle hard drives that have more than 2.1TB of storage due to some legacy standard set back in 1980.

That said, the new BlackArmor 440/420 servers and the GoFlex Desk are the only ways for now for users to benefit from Seagate's 3TB hard drives. So for those looking for a workhorse four-bay NAS server with maximum amount of storage available, the BlackArmor 440 is currently the only choice on the market. … Read more

'Belly Armor' expands maternity apparel line to SF

Back in 2008, Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, had an announcement to make:

[There is a] growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use to possible adverse health effects, including cancer. We shouldn't wait for a definitive study to come out, but err on the side of being safe rather than sorry later.

Herberman joined a growing chorus of cancer and radiation experts who, without yet establishing a definitive causal relationship between cell phone use and cancer, warns that it's too soon to know for sure how safe cell phones are, especially … Read more

A Jaguar with nine lives

Safety is always a priority for manufacturers, but Jaguar's XJ Sentinel goes to extremes. The luxury sedan can withstand B7 grade weaponry such as an AK-74 and up to 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of exposives detonated within close proximity.

The bulletproof Sentinel will debut at the 2010 Moscow International Motor Show, but don't expect to be blown away (couldn't resist)--its exterior is indistinguishable from the standard long-wheelbase XJ models. The difference is in the chassis that's been constructed from specialized high-strength steels with Kevlar backing.

The standard XJ has a 3,909-pound curb weight, while … Read more

Parked Network Solutions domains served up malware

Some parked domains from Network Solutions that display "page under construction" messages were found to be serving up malware from a widget that was later disabled over the weekend, a security researcher told CNET on Monday.

However, parked domains still had malware in the form of a malicious script that targets IP addresses coming from Taiwan and Hong Kong and which serves up a fake chat message and redirects to other Web sites, said Wayne Huang, co-founder and chief technology officer at security firm Armorize. The company is still analyzing the malware and it is unclear exactly what … Read more

Firms tackle virus-laden Web sites, ads

Taiwan-based Armorize knows something about keeping malware off Web sites.

Four years ago, Wayne Huang left his job researching ways to help secure the Taiwanese government's networks from attacks. He and his brother, Matt Huang, a Stanford MBA graduate, decided to commercialize the research and launched Armorize, which became an anti-malware leader in Asia.

Now the company is taking its malware expertise to the United States. This week, Armorize announced it is moving its headquarters to San Francisco while keeping most of its research and development in Taipei. Armorize also is announcing a new version of its cloud-based service … Read more

Seagate BlackArmor external hard drive: USB 3.0 really makes a difference

After so much fuss about the new USB 3.0 technology, I finally finished the first CNET review of a storage device that uses this new high-speed connection, the BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0.

This external hard drive looks very much the same as the USB 2.0 version we reviewed last year: it's slim, well-designed, and very portable. The only difference, and also the most significant one, is the fact that it now uses the USB 3.0 connection, instead of USB 2.0.

USB 3.0 has a top speed of up to 5GBps, and Seagate accommodates … Read more

Seagate ships USB 3.0-based external hard-drive kit for laptops

You probably won't be able to get a hold of a motherboard that has a built-in USB 3.0 controller, like the VL810 SuperSpeed from VIA, but if you want the taste of the new USB SuperSpeed, Seagate has something to offer.

The company announced Tuesday at CES 2010 its first USB 3.0 external hard drive all-in-one performance kit for laptops.

The kit comes with both the USB 3.0-based external hard drive, the BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0, and an USB 3.0 add-in controller card. The controller card is a PC card adapter that fits in … Read more

Firewall for all

Online Armor has a professional feel that is typical of freeware versions of advanced security tools, pared down to its firewall options. The installation is blazingly fast, taking less than 30 seconds from double-clicking on the installer to running the firewall. Once installed, Online Armor defaults to running its installation wizard, which it calls a Safety Check.

In addition to the firewall, which configures as much as possible during the start-up wizard so you're not bothered later, Online Armor comes with a keylogger guard, tamper protection, malicious script and worm protection, and limited autostart protection. The paid versions offer … Read more