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Japanese company, Princeton, unveils a new flash memory stick with a fingerprint reader, to secure your data and prevent easy access to protected files. The new XiaoClef2 comes with 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB storage size, it is compatible with Windows Vista and sports USB2.0 connection. The security relies on MANYUSHA matching system, providing high-performance semiconductor sensors for a full and accurate fingerprint image certification. Price and availability are missing.

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Storage capacity is the name of the game in the extensive world of multimedia and global data. When movies, songs and tons of pictures are choking our laptops’ drive, we want more. To comply with our growing needs, Fujitsu has created the MHZ2 BT, a new hard drive with half terabyte storage size, that’s 500GB in a 2.5-inch HDD and a 12.5mm height. Mind you, it is not the ordinary size and I’m not sure it will fit your notebook, but it is a positive mark for us. Price details are not available but you should be able to buy one around May.

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Chinese corp. Zhejiang Yinhe Pharmaceutic, unveils the M200, an all-in-one PMP with a 3.5″ touchscreen, e-book reader, voice recording, GPS navigation system and an emulator for NES games. The player has a built-in microphone, loud external speaker, USB 2.0 port and 20GB for storage. It is compatible with DAT, MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, DivX video files, MP3, WMA audio files and JPEG, BMP, GIF, TXT image files. This multi functional media player can even run PowerPoint, Word and Excel files. With a clean metal design, the M200 can be yours for an unknown price, if you decide to travel to China. 

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Transcend released the StoreJet 25, a small portable drive with a powered USB 2.0 bus connection (No separate power needed), easy one-touch sync and a silicone case, complying with US military standards. The external drive is equipped with an anti-shock functionality, so you can be sure your data will be kept safely in the 160Gb or the 250GB models. It is compatible with Windows vista or Mac OS 0.9 and you can get yours for $135 / $196, respectively.

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For all of you Eee PC fans, this is your moment, as French user, Ray2fr, decided to challenge it by all means. This great lappy from Asus is not just another ultra-mini device, it turns to be an exciting portable unit with a great endurance and a very resistive chassis. In the following video Ray is pushing the Eee to the ground from great heights, lodging it continuously, in very cold and warm temperatures, abusing the shell on and off. The results are surprising, the computer works perfectly in all terms, withstanding the great torture and damages. Check out the video:

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The legendary Super Mario and his friends arrive to iPhone, thanks to the snes4iphone V1.0.0 emulator. This cool application brings various Mario titles into your handset, providing you hours of playable, fun and intuitive games, using a built-in virtual control pad, allowing you to move, jump, throw and win. Although in-game music is missing, background music sounds amazing, recalls long forgotten times. Check the video:

[via gizmodo]