Year: 2009

Synology America Corp. (http://www.synology.com) has launched the
two-bay DiskStation DS210j in North America, a new cross-over NAS for
home and small business users. It’s designed to be the central hub of
the home or office digital network.

“With the DiskStation DS210j we’re able to offer Synology customers
more power and functionality than they have ever had at this price,”
says Doug Self, product specialist at Synology America Corp.

LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) and Symwave, a supplier of systems
solutions for SuperSpeed USB devices, have announced the industry’s
first dual hard disk RAID storage solution based on the new
SuperSpeed USB (3.0) standard.

LaCie’s 2Big USB 3.0, a dual-disk RAID 0/1 storage solution, powered
by Symwave’s USB 3.0 standard-compliant dual SATA and RAID bridge
controller, reaches the highest throughput ever achieved in a USB 3.0
external storage product, according to John O’Neill, vice president
of marketing at Symwave.

Aquafadas (http://www.aquafadas.com) has updated iDive, its digital
video catalog for Mac OS X, to version 2.0. The upgrade lets you
export directly from iDive and offers integration with Avid and Final
Cut formats.

It also adds DV capture and recapture features. You can now download
only the video footage required in an instant, says Claudio Zimmer,
Aquafadas chairman.

Red Giant Software (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com) has released a
beta of Knoll 3D Flare a new free set of tools that allows you to
easily create Knoll Lens Flares in After Effects 3D space.

This add-on for Knoll Light Factory Pro 2.5 in After Effects includes
features like Edge flare-ups, color linking, Z-depth intensity, and
full 3D obscuration. These tools are available free to all Knoll
Light Factory Pro 2.5 users.

NewerTech (http://www.newertech,.com) has announced today the
NewerTech USB Video Display Adapter for adding an additional HDMI,
DVI, or VGA display with up to 2048 x 1152 resolution via any Mac or
PC computer’s standard USB 2.0 port.

Functioning like a bus powered (no AC adapter required) “external
video card,” the US$95.99 NewerTech USB Video Display Adapter enables
users to expand the display capabilities of desktop and laptop
computers that offer only one built-in display/video-out port while
eliminating the cost and hassle of installing a video card into the
computer, a