Just a quick news about Buffalo’s latest external DVD burner, DVSM-PN58U2V. This slim drive, mainly used with netbook, measures 137 x 20 x 142mm and weighs at just 340 grams, so you can put it on your netbook bag without feeling an extra weight. Available in black and white color, the burner can record data on both DVD-DL and DVD-RAM media. Note that since it uses power from your computer’s USB port, I recommend you to use both of your laptop’s USB port (one for supplying power to the drive and another for transferring / receiving data). In my experience (I owned an external DVD burner from LG), using only one USB port for both data and power is not enough…

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BWU-300S is the new Blu-Ray disc recorder from Sony. With 8x Blu-Ray recording speed, it can burn a 50GB BD disc in 30 minutes and a 25GB BD disc in 15 minutes. In addition, BWU-300S can record DVD at 16x and CD up to 48x. If interested, you can purchase it next month for €280 or about $409.

Excerpt from the press release:

The new drive is fully supported by Adobe® Encore® CS3 software, now included with Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, and Sony’s Vegas Pro 8 and DVD Architect Pro 5 software, providing video production professionals with another option for outputting high-definition video on a Blu-ray Disc with MPEG-2 or H.264 compression.

Transcend introduced its new stylish, elegant JetFlash V95 USB Flash Disk during IFA 2008 event. It comes with a 4GB onboard storage and boasts a distinctive deep-gloss lacquer, brilliant precision-cut rose crystal, and lustrous chrome casing, along with a retractable USB connector and a leather carrying-strap. The device measures 40.6 x 18.4 x 7.2mm and currently available in two flavours: Onyx Black (JFV95C) and Satin Red (JFV95D).

The new Portable Super Multi Drive from Amex Digital can burn your data onto DVD-R/+R at 20x write speed and on DVD-R/+R dual-layer media at 10x write speed. You can plug it to your PC, laptop, or Mac’s USB port (the burner has USB 2.0 interface) and start recording right away. Other feature is called Quiet Drive Technology, which reduces audio and video playback noise levels.

Amex Digital Portable Super Multi Drive is available immediately and can be purchased for 55€ (about $87).

This is cute, a penguin-shaped USB Flash Drive from FruitsShop, a Taiwan-based manufacturer. Displayed during Computex 2008 event in Taipei, the disk features a USB 2.0 interface (compatible with USB 1.1), a data access LED indicator, a washable silicon, and a 100% bio-degradable (earth-friendly). No words on pricing and availability of this Penguin Driver.

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