I, like many Home Theater PC owners, simply don’t have enough storage. Even though Terabyte hard drives are available (and somewhat affordable), I still don’t have enough. I have a dedicated seperate drive for music, one for Recorded TV, another one for movies, another for photos, and another for High-Definition content… and that’s just ONE [...]
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Flash Memory… Nothing Less Than World Domination
“Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe, anything at all, you would’ve hidden from it in terror.” – The Emperor Ming (Flash Gordon, 1936, Universal Studios) Knowledge and imagination are [...]
OCZ ATV 4GB USB Flash Drive Review
In America we know that excess is never enough. The technology industry provides us with portable solid-state disks that can hold every Atari 2600 cartridge ever created, and that still isn’t enough. We take these little gadgets with us everywhere, and I should know as I’ve destroyed more USB drives than the company’s Quality Control [...]
Kingston’s Products at WCG2007
Many PC enthusiasts are already familiar with Kingston, primarially as a source of name-brand “value” memory that doesn’t suck. Their ValueRAM is only one of their product lines, and Kingston is bringing new RAM and Flash products to the table to compete with the likes of OCZ, Corsair, and Crucial. Kingston was showing off their [...]
A-Data Nobility PD17 2GB Flash Drive Review
There are alot of flash drives available today with several different features. Some focus on portable applications, others on speed, or even ultra-portability. While some of these units have some nifty features, it doesn’t do any good it you don’t have it with you. Many flash drives come with a lanyard, but let’s face it: for [...]
5 Ways to Backup Your Data
The data on your hard drive is the most critical item inside your computer, and the only item which can not be replaced. It may be an unwanted hassle and expense to replace a defective memory module, monitor, or processor, but there is no replacing data once lost. In addition to the possibility of a [...]
ATA vs SATA
The performance of computer systems has been steadily increasing as faster processors, memory, and video cards are continuously being developed. The one key component that is often neglected when looking at improving the performance of a computer system is the hard drive. Hard drive manufacturers have been constantly evolving the basic hard drive used in [...]
Convert Your VHS to DVD
Remember the holidays from three…five…ten years ago? Birthdays? Family outings? The great times you had with your parents, grandparents or great grandparents? Aren’t you glad you captured all of those special, precious moments on videotape? You’ve got dozens of taped memories stacked in a cabinet or tucked away on a shelf in closet. Disappearing Past The problem is consumer [...]
Cirago CST2010 Smart Mobile Storage
If you are serious about digital photography, then you’ve almost certainly found yourself without enough storage out in the field. Even though high capacity media cards are very affordable, many people end up taking more pictures with higher quality. Many digital video cameras are starting to use flash memory also, as a 2GB card can [...]
How to Professionally Repair DVDs Without Spending $500
If you are a technology junkie then you no doubt have thousands of commercial CDs or DVDs, not to mention thousands more of your own archives. Even if you take care of your collection like a scientific laboratory, you are bound to scratch some of these discs. Replacing these discs may be very expensive (if [...]
Verbatim 12GB Store’n'Go HDD
Flash drives have been getting larger and larger, and our need for portable storage is only getting greater. It wasn’t long ago that we reviewed Verbatim’s 2GB U3 flash drive, and we thought that was plenty of space for all of our portable data needs… but we quickly found ourselves starving for more data. I [...]
Vizo Mirrorbox 32 in 1 Card Reader Review
I love VIZO! This company makes all these cool little gadgets that actually are made well and help scratch that itch I have… You know the itch, the one that constantly scratches and irritates you because of your overwhelming need to have more gizmos and electronic devices. It’s one of those things that I have [...]
DVD Formats Explained (Bluray, HD-DVD, Plus, Minus)
The number of different formats available in DVD drives can be confusing to anyone in the market for one. The list is much longer, but to address a few of the common formats, we have DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM ,DVD+R DL and DVD±RW. Wow! This list of common formats is long enough, no [...]
OCZ Secure Duo 2GB SD Card
There are tons of digital gadgets these days, and many of them require an SD card (or other flash memory) for storage. Every company has some initiative that they’re going to create some proprietary form factor, but this ends up hurting the consumer. We have over 10 different flash memory standards, and each of these [...]
SanDisk 1GB miniSD Memory Card
SanDisk has been a manufacturer of flash cards and portable media for many years. They produce flash memory in every form factor, the latest being mini-SD. There are currently many different form factors, and have reduced in size over the years. They have become pretty standardized, as 6-in-1 and even 8-in-1 card readers are widely [...]
Verbatim Store’n'Go 4GB USB HDD
It’s hard to imaging a portable device today without some sort of flash memory. They are ubiquitous among technology consumers, and enthusiasts use them to transport files between home and work. Now “portable apps” are starting to emerge, whereas you can run an all-inclusive program from a flash device on any PC. All the configuration [...]
1TB Drives and the End of the World!
Everything is going as I have forseen… well, almost. 1 terabyte drives are almost a reality! My original prediction was that the unholiest of relics, the 1 TB drive, would be unveiled on June 6, 2006 (6-6-06) and spawn the end of the world. Nazis will ride on dinosaurs and bring a new world order, [...]
Vantec EX-Swap 2 Hot-Swap Hard Drive Bays
Removeable hard drive racks offer users a convenient way to move lots of data around. The emergence of Serial ATA now allows users to hot-swap hard drives like SCSI. Finding a quality hard drive rack can be quite a task, however. The drive enclosure should support cooling the drive, should be lockable, and should be [...]
Mad Dog Multimedia 39-Inch UV SATA Cables
In the past few years, increasing hard disk transfer rates have forced the ATA interface to be continuously updated beyond its limits. Consumers have adopted new uses for their computers, which require vast amounts of storage for digital audio and video, file sharing, and other data-intensive transfers. Serial ATA (SATA) was developed to overcome the [...]
Athena Power SNT-2312B2 External HDD Enclosure
In today’s world, people need to carry their data with them wherever they go. Memory sticks and USB drives are fine for small files, but transporting large amounts of data from work to home is impractical. An external portable hard drive can be just the thing to lug alot of data between home and the [...]
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