Maxtor Corporation is shipping today a new portable drive, the OneTouch III Mini Edition, that weighting only about 7 ounces offers a nominal capacity of 60GB or 100GB and two levels of security to protect its data content.
Built to connect using USB 2.0 or pearler versions, the new drives include DriveLock, which is essentially access control managed from the unit's firmware. A drive equipped with DriveLock is not accessible without the correct password, even if removed from its case and installed to a different unit, says Maxtor.
To further protect its data content the drive is bundled with encryption software and with other applications to provide backup of and restore of the OS and customer's data from corruptions.
The Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition has a suggested retail price of $149.95 for the 60 GB model and of $199.95 for the larger unit.
Posted by Mario Apicella on April 17, 2006 07:37 AM
