# Anybody get Government Computer News?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-get-government-computer-news/428136>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 29, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-get-government-computer-news/428136 "2007-11-29T03:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-get-government-computer-news/428136/1 "2007-11-29T03:11:32Z")

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Because if you do…

That’s me on page 9 reviewing Kanguru’s Eco Drive.

First time they’ve ever run the pic!

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**Author:** ![twopiecesofeight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@twopiecesofeight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twopiecesofeight)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-get-government-computer-news/428136/2 "2007-11-29T18:13:26Z")

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We tend to treat GCN as junk mail here, so I can’t find the paper copy. However I found the article online:

[http://www.gcn.com/print/26\_29/45415-1.html](http://www.gcn.com/print/26_29/45415-1.html)

Thanks for the concise and informative article.

Great to see more green (environmentally friendly, power-conserving) products. Personally, I prefer drives without external power cords, but many feel that the external power cord, like the one the Kanguru Eco Drive has, is worth the extra speed of a 7,200 rpm drive.

One compromise I’ve seen from another drive maker (Western Digital?) is to have the USB cable split into _two_ plugs so it can draw twice the amount of power from the computer. Of course, the disadvantage is that computers never seem to have enough USB ports, so something may have to be temporarily unplugged. The advantage is that you won’t have to deal with carrying around a heavy power brick along with the drive.

The $121 price tag is reasonable, less than 50 cents per Gigabyte. Looks stylish, too:

> **[Kanguru FIPS Secure Encrypted USB, HD SSD NVMe DVD Blu-ray Duplicators](https://www.kanguru.com/)**
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> Kanguru helps security-conscious organizations secure data with FIPS 140-2 Certified, Defender® hardware encrypted USB, Hard Drives, Solid State Drives and remote management, along with DVD, HDD, SSD, Blu-ray, NVMe duplicators, USB data storage and...