And speaking of Hitachi...

In my tour of network drives yesterday I encountered the Cute Storage Product of the Week: the Pocketec DataStor Mini, a 1.8" USB 2.0 hard drive with a capacity of up to 40 GB. That's bigger than the hard drive on my laptop, in a package just under 3/4 the size. In fact, on my screen, the picture to the left is "actual size."

The Pocketec website displays a large red logo saying "Hard drive by Hitachi" next to this photo. No doubt all the bits inside are getting perpendicular even as I type.

MSRP is $259.95, but CNET Shopper quotes $188-$216.