Solid State Storage is the future in storage technology. It is already becoming very common in the high-end computer enthusiast desktops and laptops. Prices per GB are dropping every day and new faster and higher capacity models keep coming. The latest contendor is SanDisk with their new G3 SSD which is supposed to be a real screamer when it comes to speed. It will be available in both 60GB and 120 GB capacities and is supposed to double the speed of a typical 7,200 rpm HDD, with read speeds of upto 220 MB/s and write speeds of upto 120 Mb/s.

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SanDisk is finally offering the world its best Secure Digital card in the highest capacity 64GB Ultra SDXC joining Panasonic, which made public 32GB and 64GB Ultra SDXC cards a couple of months ago. Given the standards SanDisk maintains this may be the best option out there in the niche market leaving Panasonic way beyond.

Secure Digital cards, or SD cards as they are known, have become one of the most popular forms of storage media used in portable devices ranging from personal media players to cameras and camcorders. Over the years, the format has been growing in speed and capacity, switching the SDHC standard to allow for sizes bigger than 4GB and now soon to shift to the SDXC standard for even larger sizes. Kingston has announced today that they are shipping a couple of new cards, including a 32GB SDHC card.

Data security is a major issue for people who prefer keeping data on portable storage devices like an external hard-drive or a USB. To ensure security, it is advisable to look for special products like the IronClad extra-secure USB drive which has been developed together by Lockheed Martin and IronKey.

IronClad is no ordinary device as it comes with an operating system, programs and files intact and this allows a user to hook up to any host PC and then access their own desktop and files implying that you can make any desktop your own.

Freaks who love their high-res cameras never just get tired of shooting or clicking but, the problem they face at times is the lack of storage space. With a huge appetite for photography, it is needful to posses a heavy duty storage option that can assist your relentlessness when it comes to shooting. Silicon Power’s latest 400X flash card is a more than handy choice to posses for such freaks as it promises 128gigs of storage space while maintaining a standard profile for all other gadgets that accept such cards.

Secure Digital may rule the world, but CF still has a considerable following when it comes to high-end DSLR cameras. This is particularly due to the comparatively high speeds offered by the CompactFlash cards. Ahh.. I remember the old days, when I had a 20GB harddisk, which was more than every other kid in the class. Good old days…

Now, 16Gb and 32GB cards are starting to become commonplace, and frankly, I have trouble filling the 4GB card on my Cybershot. But of course, its different with DSLRs. They are usually owned by real shutterbugs and they also put out rather big files especially if in RAW format. So in case existing storage options were limiting you, Silicon Power has now unveiled the world’s first 128 GB CompactFlash card.

A lot of really cool stuff was announced this year at the CES. In the middle of all the hype caused by the big guys, its quite easy to miss some rather cool products. Kingston’s new offering may be such a case. They have introduced their new SSDNow V+ 30GB Solid State Drives at a great price making it a very good option for a fast OS drive.

The Consumer Electronics Show ( CES )next month at Las Vegas is going to showcase some of the best upcoming gadgets of 2010. Among them, gadgets which use the new superfast USB 3.0 standard are to play a big part. Already many USB 3.0 devices are being announced for release early next year.

SuperTalent, who is known for releasing SSDs, has announced that they will showcasing their new USB3.0 RAIDDrive at CES 2010. It will basically be a superfast flashdrive that will use multiple NAND storage chips in parallel for fast access.

Did you ever have spare hard drives lying around, too small in capacity to actually waste a slot in the PC and too much of a trouble to put in a USB casing as the transfer speeds are so slow. Well, with the arrival of USB 3.0 compatible board early next year, a few innovative applications are coming out which makes use of the awesome bandwidth offered by the port.Brando, manufacturer of assorted gadgets and accessories has introduced a new USB3.0 to SATA adapter to make use of the new port.

Seagate are working on an ultra-thin hard drive meant to be used in small netbooks. The disk drive is only seven millimeters thin, and it’s part of Seagate’s Momentus Thin line of hard drives, which should be lined at CES in January. This advancement is quite remarkable, considering the current 2.5″ disks don’t go below 9.5″.