Dual-Interface External Drive Connects Via USB, FireWire 800

FirewireDirect.com on Wednesday debuted the StingRay 800, a dual-interface, high-speed desktop storage system that it said was the first in a series it plans to roll out this year. "The StingRay 800 connects to Windows- or Mac-based machines via either the USB 2.0 or FireWire 800 port. The latter allows data transmission speeds of up to 800Mbps, said FirewireDirect, and users should see sustained reads from the storage device of more than 50MB per second and writes of around 40MB per second."

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