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I can’t believe it is already Movember.  A time of year when all the men grow the best mustaches in support of charity. Looking forward to all the great looks. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW First Look – Ceton Echo Windows Media Extender @MissingRemote The XBOX 360 has ruled the Windows Media Center (WMC) extender market since it killed off third-party completion with the release …

Many organizations implement a “rip and replace” model using cheaper consumer-grade SSDs, and when they inevitably meet their demise under intensive workloads, they’re simply removed and replaced with new drives, increasing the cost of storage. Instead of moving up to much pricier solid state storage options, simply burning though cheaper drives makes more financial sense. SMART Storage Systems’s new CloudSpeed …

A spooky start to the Halloween week here in Ontario.  The winds are howling, the rain is pouring down and above it all is a full moon.  We are expecting Mother Nature to work all night and into tomorrow leaving a lot of clean up in her path. A good night to stay in and play with electronics and hope …

It’s been roughly two years since the SSD industry transitioned to SATA 3 and many believed that Intel had missed the bus. Early leaks of the ‘Intel Road Map’ showed a mere X25 upgrade creating concern as the industry was graduating to SATA 3 and Intel had no 6Gbps design in place. Intel jumped back to reality with the ‘Marvel’ …

Every now and then its nice to break away from the SSD world just a bit and take a look at traditional storage innovations.  With that, I called up our friends at OWC and asked them to send me their Mercury Elite Pro Storage Solution for a quick look. After all, I thought it might be nice to see what …

Our SSD review today examines the new PNY XLR8 Pro 6Gbps SSD and one might think that, after reviewing SSDs for six years and having somewhere in the area of 100TB of SSD storage in the office, receiving a 480GB SSD in the mail wouldn’t be exciting. In that, you would be wrong.  As much as getting such an SSD …

ADATA, well known for their myriad storage solutions, has recently announced the release of their budget oriented SP600 SSD. The new drive will offer read write speeds of 360MB/s and 130MB/s respectively and deliver up to 40,000 IOPS. The SP600 will be offered in 32GB, 64GB and 128 GB variants priced at $49, $69 and $99 respectively. Well, just when …

It is Week 7 and we are doing it again!  Up for grabs this week is yet another amazing Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA 3 SSD with complete migration kit!  Last chance for A Hyper X folks! This month, TSSDR has teamed up with Kingston to give away a 240GB capacity Kingston HyperX ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD each week. This contest …

Up on TSSDR’s bench we have a pre-release sample of Runcore’s new Rocket Air SATA 3 SSD and it is designed specifically for Mid-2012 Macbooks and similar ultrabooks that might fit the same SSD form factor. The introduction of such an SSD today is like a breath of fresh air for many MBA and ultrabook owners as ‘blade’ or ‘gumstick’ …

It’s almost time to start considering what kind of electronics will be the top Christmas pick.  New phones, tablets, laptops or the ever loving games.  Stay tuned as we highlight options for your consideration. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Hands-On First Look: Motorola RAZR HD   By HotHardware Motorola Mobility, now a division of Google, has been on a tear as of late, releasing potent new Android …

Ever since the popularity of PC building boomed, computer cases have enjoyed a certain uniformity. An overpowering number of consumers look for sleek, professional looking cases. This notion has remained in balance in the DIY culture, and remains so today. While it is tough to change that, Cougar hopes to add some extra variety by installing their new and inexpensive …

It is Week 6 and we are doing it again!  Up for grabs this week is yet another amazing Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA 3 SSD with complete migration kit! This month, TSSDR has teamed up with Kingston to give away a 240GB capacity Kingston HyperX ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD each week. This contest will be open to Canada and USA …

The Micron P320h HHHL (Half-Height Half-Length) is a Gen 2.1 PCIe SSD capable of churning out 785K 4K random read IOPS and a little over 200K 4K random write IOPS at steady state. With Microns stash of SLC NAND flash memory, their custom controller, and some great command line and GUI tools, This PCIe SSD is ready to compete. Having …

Today is one of those magical kind of days,  10/11/12 (October 11, 2012). There are now 75 days until Christmas, 81 days left until the end of 2012, or the beginning of 2013, however you choose to look at it.  If it’s just another day for you then here’s hoping it’s a good one. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Just Dance 4 (XBOX 360) Review …

Much of modern day and future technology is focusing on making products smaller and smaller, yet still completely functional and easy to use. For personal computing, the thinking is reverse, as more people prefer to have mid-sized or XL-sized cases and builds for full functionality. It makes sense, and until recently, mini builds were typically utilized as NAS units, home …