pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/HDNP_Max-3Qright.jpg" width="494" height="308" style="display:block;" / LaCie's newest Hard Disk MAX storage system doesn't depart from the company's history of sleek-looking computer peripherals. It delivers up to 2TB of storage in an ebony-glazed cuboid designed by Neil Poulton./p pThe Hard Disk MAX includes two 1TB disk drives that can be set in either a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration. A front USB 2.0 port can link it to another external drive for data backups, and a blue LED stripe will change to red if potential problems come along./p pbr clear="all"/p pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/HD_DBNP_MAX_USB_Back.jpg" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="2" width="494" height="362" style="display:block;" / Hard Disk MAX also ships with LaCie setup software, Genie Backup Assistant for PC and Intego Backup Assistant for Mac. With the $270 price tag, you'll also get a year of online backup service./p blockquote pLaCie Hard Disk MAX: Expanding More Than Just Capacity/p p* Simple and efficient dual-disk USB storagebr * RAID for high-performance and maximum reliabilitybr * Hub port featurebr * Complete software bundle for easy formatting and backup/p pToday LaCie announced its Hard Disk MAX high capacity storage system for users who want advanced RAID features with consumer-level ease of use and style. Designed exclusively for LaCie by award-winning industrial designer Neil Poulton, the Hard Disk MAX delivers 2 TB (terabytes) of ultra-reliable storage capacity in a stunning package that will satisfy high-performance requirements for the discriminating user./p pThe Hard Disk Max includes two large-capacity disk drives that can be set in either a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration with the simple flick of a switch on the back panel. RAID 0 stripes data across both disks for the fastest data retrieval response time, while RAID 1 mirrors data exactly on both disks for maximum data reliability./p p"Our Hard Disk Max is the ideal mass-storage product for users looking for high performance and data protection," said Lise Manteau, LaCie's Consumer Hard Disk Drive Product Manager. "Its elegant design and ease of use, combined with its competitive price, will appeal to users who have ever-growing data storage requirements."/p pUsers can effortlessly configure the pair of high-speed 1 TB drives in the RAID setting of their choice. Included with the Hard Disk Max is the LaCie Setup Assistant for quick, easy and customizable formatting of the disk drives. The system also ships with Genie Backup Assistant for PC and Intego Backup Assistant for Mac./p pThe front USB 2.0 expansion port on the sleek, all-black polished-mirror enclosure can be used to link to another external drive for data backups. The multi-purposed blue LED stripe provides ambient light and changes to red to warn of potential problems./p pThe Hard Disk Max comes with the exclusive LaCie One Year Unlimited Online Backup service, which provides unlimited online backup for one full year after installation is a complete./p pAvailabilitybr The LaCie Hard Disk MAX designed by Neil Poulton is available worldwide through the LaCie Online Store or LaCie Resellers at the suggested retail price starting at $269.99 USD. For more product information, visit www.lacie.com./p pAbout Neil Poultonbr Neil Poulton was born in Thurso, Scotland. A graduate in Industrial Design from Edinburgh University and Milan's Domus Academy, Poulton first came into public view in 1989 as the creator of "the ageing pens," pens made from a "living," wearing plastic that changes color and form with use. Today, Neil Poulton designs and develops best-selling, award-winning products for a variety of international clients including LaCie Artemide. Since 1991, Poulton has lived and worked in Paris, France. www.neilpoulton.com/p pAbout LaCiebr Located in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong, LaCie is the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for PC, Apple and Linux users. LaCie creates external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday users easily manage their digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original designs and leading-edge technology. Established in France in 1989, LaCie is listed on Euronext under FR0000054314 (LAC). 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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/classicscureinternetaddiction.jpg" width="494" height="265" / A Chinese teacher has found ithe/i cure for Internet addiction, and for just 30,000 RMB (roughly $4,380), he'll make sure your youngster beats his or her LOLcat macro cravings. His remedy: studying Chinese classics./p pAn Deyi runs a home school (or boot camp) that focuses on traditional Chinese learning. An's method to help Internet junkies is to make them recite Chinese classics for a few hours every day, all while keeping a rigid healthy eating and exercising schedule. His method has apparently been so successful that it's warranted a news report series, including stories of the people he's helped./p blockquotep When she was a high-school sophomore, Yan Huan started cutting school. She spent every weekend at an Internet cafe. When her father found out, he locked her up for a month./p pYan Huan managed to escape. When her father found her and took her back, he suffered a heart attack as she stood watching indifferently. This saddened him./p p"She didn't go to college, but went to a vocational school. She was hooked on the Internet. Glued to the computer till three or four o'clock in the morning, and then she'd oversleep," said Yan's mother./p pIn an attempt to bar his daughter from using the Internet, Yan's father set a password for the family's computer, but the daughter managed to find a way to bypass it./p blockquote pThat was before. This is after./p blockquotep ...About two months into the treatment, Yan's addiction to the Internet has totally vanished and she has taken a healthy liking to reading Chinese classics./p pEven her father, who was once so disappointed with her, believes that his rude, rebellious daughter has changed. Yan said she owes everything to An, whom she calls "Guoxue Super-Dad." /p/blockquote pSo there you have it, it's obviously An Deyi's amazing classics studying house and not, say, leaving a miserable home life, that's cured Yan's addiction to the internet. Next time someone's mom complains to you that her kid does nothing but WoW all day, just hand them a copy of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analects"The Analects/a. That'll cure 'em. [a href="http://www.danwei.org/front_page_of_the_day/confucianism_save_your_kids_fr.php"Danwei/a]/p /blockquote/blockquote br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=16d030b8451b932d546239c613584c29p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=16d030b8451b932d546239c613584c29p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=16d030b8451b932d546239c613584c29" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=9Eu4DIcQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=4whiRRid"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=j989cA66"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=j989cA66" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=4G31djNa"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=4G31djNa" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/UP6Z0wsppsE" height="1" width="1"/

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