Given the fact that multimedia files are getting bigger and bigger these days (just take a look at those high-resolution photos or HD movies you've just recorded and you'll see exactly what we're talking about), the need for extra storage space has become more and more dire lately. And in order to quench the users' “thirst” for more GBs and TBs, Seagate has just announced the world's largest external HDD, which offers an impressive 3TB of available storage space. A key addition to the company’s recently introduced GoFlex family of hard drives, the 3TB GoFlex Desk external drive couples immense cap... [read more >>] As some of you will certainly remember, back in early January 2010 (around CES time, to be precise), Taiwanese company BenQ announced the release of a couple of brand-new LED monitors in its V series, which were touted, at the time, as being the world's slimmest. And now, a couple of months later, as these things are starting to become available on the market, we've also had the chance to take a quick look at these latest-generation displays, pending a more detailed review at a later date, when the first samples become available.First and foremost, we'll have to admit the fact that we really loved the overall design of the ne... [read more >>] As some of you will certainly remember, back in mid-August, Logitech took the world of computer peripherals by storm when it introduced the Darkfield technology, which offers a seriously enhanced level of versatility for mice by letting them work on pretty much any type of surface, including here highly reflective ones. And now, courtesy of Logitech, we've also had the chance to take the Performance Mouse MX and Anywhere Mouse MX mice (the first to feature Darkfield technology) for a quick spin, the result being quite promising.So, for those of you who don't remember what Darkfield is all about, here's a short recap. This new... [read more >>] The increasingly high level of popularity enjoyed by portable computing systems, most of which also feature built-in Bluetooth modules, has led hardware manufacturers and designers in a whole new direction, allowing them to develop a whole new range of peripherals based exactly on the aforementioned wireless standard. And one of the latest big names in the industry to provide such a product is none other that Microsoft, who's just unveiled its slimmest keyboard ever, the Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000. Microsoft claims that the Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 is just a few mm thicker than an AAA battery and that it tapers down toward t... [read more >>] Funny, it seems like almost yesterday Kingston would delight us with the announcement of the first 128GB USB flash drive. And now, it is unveiling another premiere: the world's first 256GB USB Flash drive, again from the DataTraveler series. Codenamed the DataTraveler 300, this little device will allow users to literally carry an entire hard drive in their breast pockets. This is good news especially for notebook and netbook users that find themselves in lack of space. And let us face it, where netbooks are concerned at least, space is really an issue.“The DataTraveler 300 will enable users to carry huge volumes of data with them... [read more >>] Seagate, one of the world's leading vendors of storage solutions, has just announced the expansion of its external storage portfolio for small businesses with the introduction of three new BlackArmor products, the BlackArmor NAS 220 storage server, the BlackArmor WS 110 external drive workstation, and the BlackArmor PS 110 portable drive. These fresh solutions add up to the company's previously announced BlackArmor NAS 420 and BlackArmor NAS 440. “In challenging economic conditions, small businesses are demanding that high-quality, integrated, reliable IT solutions be delivered in economical packages,” said Ben W... [read more >>] One of the things that really bug a lot of people about Mac systems is the fact that Apple has delayed providing Blu-ray support for them, both hardware and software – wise. However, it seems that now there's a really cheap way of playing Blu-ray movies on your Mac system, namely the APP-6907 external optical drive from FastMac.The very slim and fairly attractive peripheral from FastMac is a combo between a Blu-ray reader and a DVD burner, which means that, once installed, it can be used for a variety of purposes, not only watching movies in Blu-ray format. Hence, writing and reading speeds are pretty OK, since we're talking... [read more >>] As you probably know only too well, the EEE PC is perhaps one of the best products Asus ever came up with, the tiny netbook taking the world of portable computing by storm and seriously boosting the Taiwan-based manufacturer's sales. Furthermore, given the success of the portable version, Asus also came up with a desktop model (a nettop), dubbed the EEE Box, which is very likely to become the HTPC (home theater PC) of choice for many users around the world. For this reason, it would seem that certain specific accessories will make their way to the market pretty soon, Asus being committed on providing users with every tool they need in ... [read more >>] All of the sudden, I have a nasty urge of thinking back to the time floppies were “popular”. Remember the 1.44MB you could store on the little plastic square? They seemed quite professional at that time. Some might remember that every time you jammed a floppy into a different unit you had to take the chance that it could end up useless. Vintage aside, you have to admire the popularity USB flash drives have achieved today. There are literally hundreds of models from well known companies and other hundreds or thousands of incarnations from ghost companies. The low price of flash memory chips combined with the utility of such a d... [read more >>] Miniaturization is quite an important trend in technology nowadays and applies to pretty much any field one might think of, from portable music players to mobile phones, refrigerators and audio systems. However, one specific field that has been very seriously influenced by this trend is that of external storage devices (flash drives, to be precise), and one of the best examples has just been launched by Super Talent in the form of their new Pico-E drive, which combines a very small form factor with some pretty impressive features. One the main selling points of the Pico-E is represented by its ultra-small, ultra-portable form factor. Hence... [read more >>] | 
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