Iomega, has released their new generation of the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive, featuring new look rugged USB 2.0-powered models and a broad suite of bundled data protection software including McAfee VirusScan Plus. The new models are available in four different colors and up to 500GB for storage of up to 2,000,000 photos, over 9,250 hours of music or 750 hours of video.

Inside an anodized aluminum shell little more than a half-inch thick (16 mm) and weighing less than 7 ounces (200 grams) is a state-of-the-art 2.5-inch portable hard drive which come in variety of colors and capacities: the bright Ruby Red model is available in 250GB, 320GB and 500GB capacities; the sparkling Silver model comes in 320GB; and the deep Midnight Blue model is available in 320GB.

Iomega's Drop Guard feature protects data on the new eGo drive from drops of up to 51 inches, whilst the new 500GB Iomega eGo BlackBelt Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 comes complete with Drop Guard Xtreme, which provides protection from drops of up to 7 feet (2.1 metres)!

All of the new USB 2.0 eGo Portable Hard Drives receive power from a laptop or computer's USB port so there's no power supply to carry around. And unlike other portable hard drives, the new USB 2.0 eGo Portable Hard Drives ship with a "Y" cable which gives users the flexibility to use two USB ports to power the drive, if needed.

The models are compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X 10.4 or above, with MozyHome software available for Windows XP and Windows Vista, along with Mac OS X 10.4 and above.

Jonathan Huberman, President of Iomega and the Consumer and Small Business Products Division of EMC, the parent of Iomega, said, "The new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives are the perfect companions for home users and professionals that want to take their files anywhere with the assurance of a superior rugged portable drive that has style to spare and a compact form with flair."

"After two very successful years with the previous model, the new eGo drive sports a compact, sleek new aluminum enclosure in eye-catching colors and comes complete with a suite of backup and anti-virus software to protect your data and your laptop, netbook or personal computer. Top it all off with the best drop spec in the industry and the new eGo drive is the portable hard drive this summer for dads and grads and everyone else," he added.

Bundled with the new hard drives is the new Iomega Protection Suite, a one-stop portfolio of backup and anti-virus software giving users added protection for their photos, videos, music and other files.

The Protection Suite includes:

• McAfee® VirusScan Plus: a free six-month subscription to this market-leading software that protects your PC with anti-virus, anti-spyware, 2-way firewall, and web security protection (PC only).
• Iomega QuikProtect: backup software for simple scheduled file-level backup of data to hard drives and network-attached storage devices (for Windows and Macintosh desktops and notebooks).
• EMC® Retrospect® Express or Express HD: backup all of your data plus applications and settings (for Windows and Macintosh desktops and notebooks).
• MozyHome^TM Online Backup: Convenient online backup service with 2GB of online capacity for free. MozyHome Online service allows you to restore your most important data from any computer with internet access, at any location in the world.

Todd Gebhart, President, Consumer Products, McAfee, Inc commented, "In today's world of increasing attacks on consumers' data by the bad guys, it's as important to protect your external hard drive data as it is to protect your PC's local data. Iomega is the first to recognize this fact and we're pleased to be partnering with them in this fight."

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