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2009 – the year of the SSD, Firefox and ultramobility (2009-12-31) | Posted on: 31/12/2009 @ 14:40

Kingston 16GB DataTraveler Locker+ Flash Drive | Posted on: 31/12/2009 @ 4:00

The Kingston 16GB DataTraveler Locker+ flash drive makes protecting your data just about foolproof, while still offering transfer rates to rival a typical flash drive. I had assumed that the hardware-based encryption and security software running from the drive would have an impact on performance, but real-world use and benchmarking proved me wrong.

WD Black 2TB | Posted on: 30/12/2009 @ 21:44

After presenting a 2TB WD Green drive, models for the middle segment were skipped and the company went directly to the fastest models. This time, WD joy us with the representative of Black series featuring the largest capacity: whopping 2 terabytes of space. Black Series represents a step forward when the speeds of reading and writing are in question, so we expected no less from the new model, ...

In Win Ammo 2.5-inch HDD RFID Enclosure | Posted on: 29/12/2009 @ 15:20

Hard drive enclosures seem to be a dime a dozen lately as storage prices continue to drop and users have more data than ever to backup. In Win, however, has an enclosure that stands out from the crowd in a couple of ways. Read on to find out more about this ammo cartridge-shaped enclosure with RFID encryption technology.

StarTech USB to SATA Hard Drive Duplicator | Posted on: 21/12/2009 @ 19:40

Drive to Drive without a PC -- Quickly! Nowadays, there is always the need to reduce the time needed to do just about anything while also make the process more and more efficient. Same applies when you want to make an exact copy of a hard drive without worrying about data loss. Read more... (http://www.bayreviews.com/computers/377-startech-hard-drive-duplicator)

FREE 30 Day Trial from Top Data Online Storage Service, Humyo | Posted on: 18/12/2009 @ 15:00

We all make personal New Years Resolutions like giving up smoking or losing weight but have you ever given a second thought to any business resolutions you may have? One of the resolutions which should be on every businesses mind is ensuring that all important files and data are stored and backed up so [...]FREE 30 Day Trial from Top Data Online Storage Service, Humyo is a post from: UK Gadget ...

OCZ Technology 60GB Agility Solid State Drive | Posted on: 15/12/2009 @ 12:00

The OCZ Technology 60GB Agility solid state drive offers impressive performance in both read and write testing. It came close to achieving its rated sequential read speed of 230MB/s in each benchmark, but what was particularly impressive was that it consistently exceeded its rated sequential write speed of 135MB/s.

Xtreamer Network Media Player Review | Posted on: 12/12/2009 @ 9:20

With our media collections expanding faster than our Christmas waistlines, we check out the Xtreamer, an all in one media player with more than a few tricks up its sleeve. Can it dethrone the impressive WDTV Live? Read on to find out.

Vantec NexStar SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Universal Storage Adapter | Posted on: 12/12/2009 @ 3:30

Imation 64GB M-Class Solid State Drive | Posted on: 11/12/2009 @ 21:00

The upgrade kit bundled with this drive will make the process of migrating from your old drive simple, whether the system is a laptop or a desktop. With the inclusion of the convenient USB enclosure and the bootable Acronis drive management software, I was able to make the move from a hard drive to the Imation SSD in under 20 minutes on my laptop.

Seagate FreeAgent Go 640GB External Hard Drive Review | Posted on: 10/12/2009 @ 18:03

Mobile storage of music, videos, pictures, files, and pretty much anything else you can think of is rapidly becoming more and more popular. Even the recent release of Windows 7 has seen unheard of amounts of people wanting to install the operating system using external storage devices such as flash drives rather than a DVD. Many workstations in offices don\'t include any sort of optical or ...

JMicron's New 612 SSD Controller | Posted on: 10/12/2009 @ 11:10

SSDs this year have been dominated by Indilinx and its ARM processor following stuttering issues with JMicron's first generation of drives. Now JMicron is back with its new 612 drive controller. We find out if it's got what it takes to dethrone Indilinx.

Western Digital Caviar Black 2.0TB (WD2001FASS) SATA Hard Drive Review | Posted on: 10/12/2009 @ 6:20

OpenCL Over Mesa, Gallium3D Discussion | Posted on: 10/12/2009 @ 2:40

While NVIDIA and ATI/AMD have OpenCL support within their binary drivers, the open-source Mesa / Gallium3D stack is still lacking open-source support for the Open Computing Language on Linux. But the discussion surrounding OpenCL in Gallium3D has been renewed on the mailing list today. Since August there has been a branch that provides Clover, which is an OpenCL state tracker ("CL over ...

Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB Drive @ InsideHW | Posted on: 09/12/2009 @ 16:49

Price of NAND memory chips are dropping every day, and as consequence, we are witnessing occurrence of more and more SSDs with decent capacity and affordable price. Kingston has jumped on SSD bandwagon early on and now we got one of their SSDNow V+ devices in our test lab. Model that we got has 64GB of capacity while there are 128GB and even 256GB models available depending on region…

Seagate Enters the Enterprise SSD Market with Pulsar | Posted on: 08/12/2009 @ 5:10

Seagate is now throwing its hat into the ring with its first SSD: Pulsar. Unlike all of the SSDs we’ve reviewed here, Pulsar is OEM-only at the start. The SLC drive is currently shipping to Seagate’s OEM partners for evaluation. We analyze Seagate’s announcement and try to see if there’s any hope for Pulsar....

Seagate light up the Enterprise SSD sky with Pulsar | Posted on: 08/12/2009 @ 4:50

Microsoft Ends Windows 7 Family Pack Discounts | Posted on: 07/12/2009 @ 16:50

Windows 7 is the hottest operating system of the holiday season. It has seen significant traction, besting Windows Vista by as much as 234 percent in initial sales. One key factor that contributed to this success was the plethora of deals offered. From Windows parties (which gave you a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate [...]

WDTV Live HD Media Player Review | Posted on: 06/12/2009 @ 11:50

Western Digital has upped the ante in the HD media player wars with its WDTV Live, promising unrivalled format support, silent operation, network streaming and a host of other desirable features. Does the WDTV Live live up to the hype? We find out.

iStoragePro iT8SAE 8-bay SAS / SATA Expander | Posted on: 05/12/2009 @ 4:20

Verbatim Insight 500GB Portable Hard Drive Review | Posted on: 04/12/2009 @ 21:20

This year, give your loved one a little space. Storage space, that is. Christmas is just around the corner, and there’s no better gift for that nerd in your family than external storage for all those downloaded episodes of Heroes that are cluttering up precious hard drive space. Verbatim has once again outdone themselves on space and simple coolness with the InSight Portable Hard Drive. ...

Thermaltake Vi-On HDD Enclosure Review | Posted on: 04/12/2009 @ 19:10

Vi-On is an external hard drive enclosure featuring eSATA port and a fan that changes its speeds according to the temperature of the hard drive.

Seagate Barracuda XT Hard Drive ST32000641AS Review | Posted on: 04/12/2009 @ 16:42

Somewhere between the speed of Solid State Drive technology and the reliability of value-priced Hard Disk storage is the Seagate Barracuda XT. The industry\'s first SATA 6GBps HDD features 2TB of data storage capacity, and is also the first product to receive compliance with the third generation SATA controller interface. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the Seagate Barracuda XT hard ...

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 on the ASUS P7P55D-E Premium | Posted on: 04/12/2009 @ 16:40

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is just now beginning to transition from Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SuperSpeed USB 3.0, which has been a long time coming. SuperSpeed USB 3.0, as it is officially called, is touted as being the next generation in bus interfaces and full backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 and 1.1. Read on to see how it performs!

iStorage Pro iT8SAE 8-bay SAS / SATA Expander | Posted on: 04/12/2009 @ 9:20

Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station | Posted on: 03/12/2009 @ 14:11

The Thermaltake BlacX Duet is a budget friendly dual drive SATA HDD docking station that provides fast, convenient access to 2.5” or 3.5" SATA or SATA II (SATA /300) hard drive contents through either USB or eSATA connections. The best part about this product is that you never need to open a computer case or mount hard drives in an enclosure.

New Dual Format Blu-ray/DVD Discs Announced by Universal | Posted on: 03/12/2009 @ 8:30

Do you have a Blu-ray player yet? Do you want one but are just waiting for the prices to drop further? If so what do you do when you want to buy a new film? You can't buy the Blu-ray version yet as you don't have a player, but you want to buy the film, so it has to be the DVD version. But it looks so nice in HD... What to do? The good news is that Universal Studios has announced a new hybrid ...

Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB USB Hard Drive | Posted on: 02/12/2009 @ 21:00

The 1TB Seagate FreeAgent Go performs respectably, with transfer rates you might expect from your typical USB hard drive. The slight differences in benchmark performance might not really matter though, because during the real world file transfer testing there was never more than a one or two second difference between drives.

Thecus N0503 Combo NAS Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 01/12/2009 @ 20:35

Thecus brings a lot to the table with the N0503 Combo NAS. You have the choice of using up to five 2.5” drives or up to three 3.5” drives for storage, and the new, more polished AJAX-based web interface is a step in the right direction. All the familiar features are here too including the media server, print server, web server, and a myriad of other functions that are all customizable ...