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LockDown USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure: Swappable Secure Storage
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Many modern portable hard drives already come with hardware encryption, but if you have extra 2.5″ hard drives, you can turn those into secure storage devices with the LockDown USB 3.0 enclosure from Satechi.… |
December 14th, 2011
iHdd Hard Drive Enclosure has Glowing Apple Logo
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Hard drive enclosures are a dime-a-dozen nowadays, plus there’s not exactly a lot of room for innovation in them. So if you were selling one, how would you make it stand out? iHdd has an answer: 1. Apple logo + 2. LED + 3. ????? = lawsuit! I meant profit!… |
September 22nd, 2011
Hitachi Intros 4TB G-DRIVE and G-RAID Drives: Fast for Macs, Slower for PCs
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While I agree that 4 terabytes of storage might seem like a lot to some users, it isn’t for others (me included). I’ve been delaying dealing with my hard drive capacity problems for about a year and a half and it’s gotten to the point where I’ll need a RAID… |
September 11th, 2011
ByteSpotter: The See-Through Hard Drive
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A company called CONVAR introduced an interesting line of external hard drives at CeBIT 2011. Called ByteSpotter, the case of the drive has a hole with a transparent cover over the platters, letting users see both the actuator arm and the platters in action. That’s not the only feature that… |
March 6th, 2011
iodd 2501 External Drive Enclosure Doubles as ISO Loader
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Korean company iodd has come up with an external drive enclosure with a very practical secondary feature. The iodd 2501 Portable Virtual ROM can act as a virtual optical drive and mount ISO files. Your computer will recognize the 2501 as both an external drive and an optical drive. A… |
January 23rd, 2011
PopDrive Mirrored Hard Drive Makes Backing Up Files Worry-Free
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Ever had a hard drive crash? Such events can be disastrous, to say the least. Years of pictures, videos, music, and documents can all disappear in a flash. And unless you have some sort of backup in place, there is absolutely no way to get it all back. Scary, right?… |
January 3rd, 2011
250gb Playboy Hard Drive Features 56 Years Worth of Magazines, Just as Many Nights in the Doghouse
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Playboy. That one word conjures up so many images. If you’re done thinking about naked ladies, there’s more to read down here. It seems that the people at Playboy realize that you might not want to have a garage full of old magazines, and decided to give you a way… |
December 2nd, 2010
Sanho Hyperdrive Adds Much-Needed Storage to iPad
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Like most portable devices, the iPad’s storage capacity is quite limited. You can use the Camera Connection Kit cable to augment it’s storage, but the fact that Apple’s magical device has a confounding 32GB limit for connected drives compounds this problem. That’s where Sanho’s neat HyperDrive comes in. The HyperDrive… |
October 21st, 2010
3rd Person Driving in Real Life: a Panoramic View of Failure
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A lot of gamers – myself included – prefer to use the third-person point of view when driving vehicles in video games. I just find it easier to steer if I can see how far my vehicle is from a turn; in first-person I always end up steering too late.… |
April 7th, 2010
Netbook to Apricorn Aegis Netdock: You Complete Me
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Apricorn’s latest USB device is perfect for people who only have a netbook for a computer. In exchange for one of your tiny computer’s USB port, the Aegis NetDock gives you 4 USB ports – 2 of them powered – a dual-layer DVD burner, and a 2.5″ SATA hard drive… |
March 15th, 2010
