There are so many portable devices out there from smartphones to tablets. One limitation that many of us are starting to run into, even with the limitless expansion of the cloud is physical storage space for our photos, cat videos and files. But what do you do when you continually have files so large, that space continues to be an …
Powerful, secure and flexible are the three important adjectives that make the PowerVault NX3500 DELL network hard drive an ultimate choice among other NAS drives. First of all, network attached storage drives have revolutionised the way companies store and retrieve huge data files. Adding to these amazing data management solutions, new and innovative technologies are being incorporated into these drives …
A few months ago, we awarded the Kingston HyperX series SSDs an Editors’ Choice Award for very sound reasons: great performance, excellent firmware, and a great upgrade bundle. All of this helps ensure that you benefit from the full SSD experience. Then, Kingston released another winning choice in the surprisingly affordable V+200 Enterprise SSD. Because it uses less expensive 3K …
We’ve been checking out a lot of iStarUSA products lately. That’s because they make so much cool stuff! Our latest Quick Look is of something that allows you to throw a hot swap 3.5 inch hard drive bay in any computer enclosure with an empty 5.25 inch bay. And unlike its larger three and four bay versions, the BPN-DE110SS …
Futurelooks gets a quick look at a product that gives you Hardware RAID 0 – 10 in a 1U enclosure. It’s rack mountable but also comes with accessories that allow you to just stack them on your desktop. It connects via USB 3.0, eSATA and even Firewire 400/800. They call it the RAIDAGE GAGE104U40SL-SAUF and it’s definitely the longest name …
We get a lot of things sent to us to check out at Futurelooks and it’s up to us to figure out which things deserve a full review and which things deserve to go back to where they came from. Other times, we’re just so busy that we just don’t get around to it. Neither scenario is what we desire …
The SSD market is finally at price levels I would call palatable. There are 120GB SATA2 SSDs for $179.99 or less and SATA3 SSDs for $184.99 and above. This will undoubtedly impact sales for smaller 20-64GB SSDs used in conjunction with Intel Smart Response (ISR) technology on Z68 platforms. ISR is great for pairing a smaller and cheaper 20-64GB (max) …
One of the coolest new features of INTEL’s Z68 Platform is called Intel Smart Response Technology (ISR). Found only on Z68 motherboards, ISR offers the benefits of SSD technology with smaller and more affordable drives. This is something that Intel will continue to offer in future chipsets. Our video above helps define what ISR is and how it works. We’ll …
One of the biggest reasons why you may choose to have an external hard drive is so that you can make backup copies of all your critical data. This gives you peace of mind in case the hard drive in your primary computer happens to crash. How, then, can you get peace of mind if your home or office happen …
As a follow up to our unboxing video, we take it to the next level and test a part of the ioSafe SoloPRO feature set which is its fireproofness. For that we stick it in the oven at 450C for half an hour and see what happens. Things got a little stinky and melty.
UPDATE: Full Review Posted!
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Seagate shows off a few new things including a brand new, thinner, GoFlex Drive, a new firmware update for GoFlex TV Media Player HD users which includes a new iPhone/iPod control app, and a bunch of new Mac focused GoFlex drives which include a driver that lets PCs write to it too. Other new products included a new “Data Lunch …
So, you want to enjoy the speed of this new thing called USB 3.0, but you’re stuck with an older notebook and it’s not worth the major outlay of moolah to buy a new laptop just to get access to a new port. I completely understand and I feel your pain. As it turns out, the guys and gals at …