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    The best encrypted flash drives

    Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:30 am

    If you're physically transporting data you don't want other people to see, you should be doing it on secure media. And what better than something that hides easily within a pocket? Secure flash drives that are only about the size of a small cigarette lighter feature robust hardware security to make them super secure. You'll pay a premium for the integrated security, but you can't put a price on the peace of mind you get by knowing that your data is locked down.

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    Crucial Adrenaline review: SSD cache drive speeds up your PC

    Posted May 10, 2012 - 11:22 am

    The Crucial Adrenaline SSD cache drive will enable you to easily improve your PC's performance for less than $100.

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    Review: Dell EqualLogic SANs make the most of automated tiering

    Posted May 3, 2012 - 10:36 am

    Dell EqualLogic SSD and SAS hybrids highlight no-muss, no-fuss, fast storage tiering across multiple arrays

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    Review: Elgato's bus-powered Thunderbolt SSD

    Posted May 3, 2012 - 7:36 am

    Coming in 120GB and 240GB capacities, and priced at $430 and $700 respectively, Elgato's Thunderbolt SSD is a solid-state drive that offers a nice speed boost over FireWire 800, but is overall slower than other Thunderbolt drives we've tested. (We tested the 240GB version.)

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    Google Drive review: Adding cloud storage to the mix

    Posted April 25, 2012 - 12:07 pm

    The new Google Drive cloud storage service offers 5GB of storage and some nice features, but it's not yet an undisputed winner.

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    Hands on with Google Drive

    Posted April 25, 2012 - 7:03 am

    Start your engines: Google’s long-rumored Drive service is officially out and ready for a test… well, drive. The search giant’s answer to services like Dropbox, Drive offers 5GB of free online storage space that also syncs with a local folder on the desktop of your Mac or PC. (An Android app is currently available, with an iOS app in the works.)

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    Helium 1TB portable hard drive offers hardware encryption

    Posted April 23, 2012 - 9:18 am

    The Iomega Helium is a sleek, pocket-sized portable hard drive with a durable aluminum case. The Helium’s compact design and matte silver appearance is the perfect aesthetic complement to the Mac, but it boasts only a USB 2.0 interface.

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    Elgato's Thunderbolt SSD drive delivers speed, sticker shock

    Posted March 18, 2012 - 7:13 am

    Elgato's external SSD is the first of its kind with a 10Gbps Thunderbolt port, which enables data transfers at more than three times the speed of USB. But there are drawbacks, too.

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    Review: LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series 6TB RAID array

    Posted March 7, 2012 - 1:35 pm

    The LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series is an external desktop RAID system that uses two 3.5-inch, 7200-rpm drives pre-configured as RAID 0, but you can reconfigure as RAID 1 or JBOD using OS X’s Disk Utility application.

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    6 data recovery tools for SD cards, USB drives and more

    Posted March 5, 2012 - 11:35 am

    As USB thumb drives and memory cards get larger and cheaper, it's getting easier to trust much more of your data to them. It's also much easier to mistakenly erase data or have them hiccup on you. And if you're in the habit of holding on to that data for too long -- for example, not transferring photos from your camera's memory card -- disaster is almost guaranteed to strike at some point. What happens then?

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    Free and affordable software to sync your work and your life

    Posted March 4, 2012 - 8:36 am

    If you're like plenty of people these days, you have more than just one computer--and I don't mean just a traditional desktop or laptop PC, but also a smartphone or a tablet. A smartphone is little more than a computer wrapped around a cell phone; and a tablet, of course, is merely a computer in a convenient portable package.

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    Hands on with Amazon Storage Gateway

    Posted February 8, 2012 - 3:57 pm

    Amazon's new Storage Gateway offers a twist on cloud-based backups, but beware of the rough edges

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    Toshiba's 1TB USB 3.0 drive; winter gloves for touch-screening

    Posted February 7, 2012 - 10:24 pm

    The latest external hard drive from Toshiba features 1TB of storage capacity, a USB 3.0 connection (with USB 2.0 support), a free 30-day trial of cloud backup software, file/folder data encryption (256-bit, via password protection), an internal shock sensor to protect it from drops, and a drive space alert system that tells you if the drive is full.

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    Online backup services keep your data safe

    Posted February 6, 2012 - 3:26 pm

    It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2,257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7% of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.

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    Review: Intel's new 'Cherryville' SSD 520 drive

    Posted February 6, 2012 - 3:22 pm

    Intel today started shipping its fastest solid-state drive to date, the 520 Series SSD, sporting its smallest 25nm NAND flash memory and SandForce's SATA 3.0 controller with 500MB/sec-plus performance.

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    Sansa Clip Zip: A value iPod alternative

    Posted January 28, 2012 - 9:00 am

    When it comes to small MP3 players, the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano are tough acts to follow. The SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip is neither as petite nor as stylish, but it has features in spades: an FM radio, a voice recorder, a workout timer, and a microSD card slot for adding more storage--and all for a very modest price, making it well worth considering if you're on a tight budget.

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    TiVo Premiere Elite: Double the recording capacity, but at a premium price

    Posted January 28, 2012 - 8:02 am

    In an era when most cable and satellite TV companies will rent you a fully-functional HD digital video recorder for a few bucks a month, why spend $500 for a TiVo Premiere Elite (which also records high-def video)--plus $20 a month for the TiVo service? (Prices as of January 4, 2012.) TiVo provides four quick no-brainer reasons: tuners. It's the only DVR with four tuners, meaning it can simultaneously record up to four high-def programs--and with 2 terabytes of storage, it also provides plenty of room for all that content (up to 300 hours' worth of HD video, according to TiVo).

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    Review: Encrypted solid state drives protect laptop data

    Posted January 23, 2012 - 11:18 am

    Vendors are touting solid state replacement drives as a way to protect corporate data in the event of a laptop being lost or stolen, and to boost performance at the same time.

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    The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services

    Posted January 9, 2012 - 7:11 am

    These 2012 Technology of the Year Award winners make life better for the people who toil in service of the enterprises.

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    Hands-on: The ReadyNAS NV+ provides serious storage for prosumers

    Posted December 15, 2011 - 10:14 pm

    Netgear's ReadyNAS NV+ device includes storage for up to four 1TB hard drives along with three levels of RAID synchronization.

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    LaCie's Thunderbolt SSD combines speed, portability

    Posted December 9, 2011 - 10:50 am

    For owners of Thunderbolt-equipped Macs who want to put the fancy new interconnect port to good use, there are still precious few options. Thankfully, LaCie has released another, the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Edition 240GB SSD.

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    New Seagate hard drive offers 4TB of storage

    Posted November 28, 2011 - 11:13 am

    Seagate’s latest hard drive, the GoFlex Desk External Drive offers a whopping 4TB of storage. It also offers connectivity adapters and decent speeds. Don’t get your hands all over it, though, because it quickly gets dirty from too much handling.

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    Cool gifts for geeks, 2011: Personal storage tech treasures

    Posted November 26, 2011 - 9:05 am

    There’s a lot of shiny and flashy gadgets and home entertainment devices that will entice most of the population during the holidays – cameras, music players, camcorders and tablets are sure to be this season’s top sellers once again. But once gift recipients start to create content, listen to music, download apps or record videos, they will eventually need a good, safe and reliable digital place to store their stuff. That’s where storage comes in – it’s not always the sexiest product category, but there’s a lot of new innovations in storage that we think will make good gifts as well:

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    NAS shoot-out: QNAP TS-659 Pro II Turbo NAS

    Posted November 17, 2011 - 4:28 pm

    The QNAP NAS leads the pack with a smooth Web GUI and excellent performance

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    AeroFS could depose Dropbox as file-syncing ruler

    Posted November 10, 2011 - 7:49 pm

    AeroFS provides Dropbox-like seamless sync without using any servers, so you can sync unlimited amounts of data.
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