The reason why Buffalo’s new external hard drive is named Shinobi (Japanese for “ninja”) is probably because with its near-miniscule size, it can hide from you like a ninja. The Buffalo MiniStation Shinobi is an external 1.8-inch hard disk drive that prides itself in being small AND thin.

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Right now we’re in the era where 2.5-inch HDDs rule. But how long this “era” lasts, we don’t know. It could take some time before the smaller 1.8-inch HDDs take on forms with higher storage capacities. Luckily, Samsung just announced its 120GB 1.8-inch HDD that’s about the size of a credit card.

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