Do you need USB 3.0 ports on your laptop right now? If you positively cannot wait, StarTech has you covered. Well, as long as you have an ExpressCard slot. Their new USB 3.0 card adapter will get the job done by adding 2 USB 3.0 ports to your current lappy. However, this is one of those products that comes fully equipped with caveats.

The first USB 3.0 controller was just recently certified, and now there’s a speedy external hard drive to go with it. Freecom has announced their “Hard Drive XS 3.0” as the first to support the new USB SuperSpeed standard.

You need the controllers before getting the goodies, and that's why this NEC xHCI host controller is the first USB 3.0-certified device.