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Corsair’s Flash Voyager comes straight from the factory in a water- and shock-resistant enclosure, but for one particular owner, said chassis just wasn’t hardcore enough. Rather than swapping it out for an Iron Drive, he took matters into his own hands by gutting the innards and custom building an ultra-rugged aluminum casing. Showing off his fantastic attention to detail, a machined slot for the keychain and a LED indicator hole were included, too. Hit up the read link for the walkthrough if you’re feeling atypically industrious — otherwise, just kick back and admire.

[Via Hack N Mod, thanks Joe]

 

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Source: Darren Murph

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Paranoid about excessive heat? Looks like the folks at Novac share your worries, as the NV-HDS392U external hard drive enclosure packs one of the largest, most prominent cooling fans you’re likely to find in such a device. Boasting an all-aluminum frame and measuring in at 2.16- x 7.2- x 4.69-inches, this unit plays nice with any 3.5-inch IDE / SATA hard drive that you’ve got hanging around, and connects up with your Mac or PC via USB 2.0. If things get a bit heated, users can simply flip the “on” switch to crank up the side-mounted cooling fan, and those interested can snap this one up early next month for ¥4,980 ($43).

[Via AkihabaraNews]

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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Now that you’ve had time to watch us fool around with Apple’s latest iMac and even chew on a few benchmarks, it’s about time the aluminum-clad machine suffered through its own gauntlet of reviews. Overall, the response to the new 2.4GHz 24-inch iMac has been mildly positive, and while it was noted that the update is far from revolutionary, the aesthetics are undeniably sexy. Interestingly, the glossy display didn’t prove to be the disaster that some folks expected, and MacWorld even stated that it was “really more of a personal preference than a design flaw.” Performance wise, the hardware updates provided respectable — albeit not life-changing — increases, and yes, the keyboard was well regarded whilst the white Mighty Mouse now seems so “out of place.” So if you’ve been lured into thinking that the iMac may be right as your next machine, it doesn’t sound like you’ll be disappointed, but do yourself the favor of peeping one up close before pulling the trigger.

Read - MacWorld (4.5 out of 5)
Read - AppleInsider (3.5 out of 5)
Read - PCWorld (”Svelte and appealing, but wait for Leopard to come bundled in”)
Read - CNET (8.2 out of 10)

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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digg_url = ‘http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/apples-new-imac/’; Who could’ve seen this one coming? Apple surprised no one this morning with brand new iMacs. Built from aluminum and glass, the new all-in-one desktops feature a complete redesign and will come in two sizes: 20-inch and 24-inch. There’s the usual compliment of ports like USB 2.0, Firewire 400 / 800, a slot loading SuperDrive, iSight camera and so forth. The new look features a glossy display to match the majority of Apple’s consumer lineup, and that rumored keyboard is indeed coming along for the ride — wire free, running the Bluetooth 2.0 spec. Under the hood Apple has up to a 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme processor, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics, 1TB of storage, 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0, with 8x SuperDrives and 1GB of RAM standard across the board. Prices start at $1,199 for the 20-inch, $1,499 for a processor and graphics bump, and $1,799 for the 24-incher. The full rundown of Apple’s stock models is after the break.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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