CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - A study involving 128 South African families has identified genetic traits that may protect some people from tuberculosis in a finding that could help lead to a new TB vaccine, scientists said on Saturday. Tuberculosis is the world's seventh-leading cause of death, killing 1.8 million people worldwide in 2008, about half a million of whom also had AIDS. The South Africa study, published this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, could help reveal mechanisms... Read Full Story
The government of the Marshalls Islands is taking emergency measures to tackle an outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the western Pacific nation, officials said Thursday. Only six cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have so far been confirmed in the tiny nation of around 55,000 people but there are fears it will spread further. The cabinet Wednesday authorized 1.9 million US dollars in emergency funding to beef up the Ministry of Health's prevention program for... Read Full Story
I bought this 1TB drive on Amazon on February 6. It worked real nice until today, only one a a half months of life for a Backup drive is WORSE than not having a Backup Drive. I actually had backed up my old computer into this hard drive in order to format the local disks and give it away, as I did, and now I lost a bunch of very important data and memories of my family, such as pictures and tax information and all kind of files you save in a computer you use everiday during some years... I... Read Full Story
I had high hopes regarding this drive based on previous reviews. The drive frequently loses computer connection. It seems that switching to a different power supply may have helped (I have two of the drives -- the other works okay), but it's too early to know for sure. While you can't talk with anyone in technical support, the online chat with technical support eventually got me to where I need to be. The jury's still out on the drive.Get more detail about Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0... Read Full Story
This is the 2nd Iomega 500G ex-hard dr I bought recently. It is easy to use, takes little space on your desk, standing nicely at the computer side. It is almost 5 months since the 1st one came, to see how long they will last without problems.Get more detail about Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34275. Read Full Story
My work involves a lot of graphic work and programming, which results in thousands of large files. Needed an external hard drive for storage and so far, the Iomega is performing very well. Some people were unhappy because the on light was on the reverse side, I just reversed the position of the hard drive in the holder and the on light is visible. Installation was a no-brainer, very easy and especially the USB 2.0 connection is very convenient! I am very pleased with this as I have been over... Read Full Story
My machine is a MacBook Pro 15", Intel Core 2 Duo with 150 GB Fujitsu hard drive. I purchased this laptop a little over a year ago and it has worked like a champ. This is my second Mac and first with OSX tiger installed. I decided that it was time to find an external hard drive and start doing some serious backing up. I turned to Amazon.com because I have purchased many computer related items here without any complaints. My older Mac Power PC came with an Iomega zip drive and it has never... Read Full Story
I bought this for the usual reasons, and think it's a great product. I'm not a techie by any measure, but it was simple to set up, and worked flawlessly. There is a separate power switch, and an internal cooling fan. Runs cool, very quietly, and the brushed metal exterior is a nice touch. Get more detail about Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34275. Read Full Story
I could not open the drive until I called the help desk. The drive arrives pre-loaded with read only Windows files. I had to learn to erase an entire disk with the Mac disk utility application! Once I did this it worked great. There should be an option to specify Mac or Windows when you order or instructions when it is received.Get more detail about Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34275. Read Full Story
My iMac is 3 years old, so the risk of a hard drive crash is rising. The 1 TB Iomega external drive, at about $[...], seems like a cost-effective backup. It was simple to install. The Mac found it right away and as soon as I activated the Time Machine software that is integral to Apple's OS10.5, backup started. Overnight about 125 gigabytes of files were saved to the drive. It took a long time, I know, but what do I care? I was asleep. Now Time Machine continually backs up my machine. One of... Read Full Story
