Ease of use is massive to me, and I am sure that’s the same with most. M.2 SSDs, as sweet as they are for capacity, size and speeds, are at the best of times difficult to install simply because of the size of the #$%&^% retainer screw. Can this be concerning? Well, I can remember some time ago when that …
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Kingston Reveals World’s Largest Flash Drive and More – CES 2017 Update
CES 2017 and all the chaos that comes with it has just begun. One of our first booth tours is with Kingston, where they just revealed the world’s largest flash drive, the DataTraveler Ultimate GT. Just how big is this flash drive? It comes in 1TB and 2TB in capacities! Made out of a zinc alloy metal casing and high-density …
Read More »Kingston Demos E1000 PCIe NVMe SSD Capable of 1.25 Million IOPS and More! – CES 2016 Update
CES has been quite interesting so far, with many new consumer storage devices on the horizon. This year, however, Kingston hasn’t announced anything new on the SSD front, that is, for consumer storage. They did, however, show off some of their newest enterprise products including the E1000 PCIe NVMe AIC and announced a new client SATA SSD, the KC400. The …
Read More »Toshiba Cuts Back Production Of NAND As Flash Drives Become Passe’ For Consumers
Toshiba has announced it will be cutting back its supply of NAND flash memory. Toshiba didn’t state a specific reason for ramping down production, though they did talk about a general trend when it came to “weak pricing” of storage products meant for consumer electronic devices, presumably due to nothing more than waning demand for what have pretty much become …
Read More »RunCore Introduces Xapear SSD with Remote Data-Deletion and RFID Protection
About a week ago, RunCore announced their InVincible self-destructing SSD, taking user-data security to a whole new level. Unsatisfied, they decided to add another exclusive hallmark. If frying circuitry isn’t your thing, it seems as though the Chinese-based company is tackling the security issue at a different angle, this time creating an SSD offering remote data-destruction via text messaging. I can’t decide which method …
Read More »Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home Network Storage System Review – NAS At Its Finest
External drives have given rise to NAS (Network-Attached Storage). Accessing and accumulating data at one central location has become all the rage, as HTPC, media streaming, and HDTV-ready devices and technologies have become more affordable, and thus have made the push into the homes of consumers. Our report today will examine the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home Network Storage System and, …
Read More »PNY Introduces New Line Of Professional SSDs As Extras Become Essential
PNY Technology, well known for its storage and graphics products, has announced the release of its fourth generation Professional SSD line. The new LSI Sandforce based SSDs will deliver read and write speeds of 550MB/s and 520MB/s as well as random write performance of 60,000 4k IOPS. The ‘Professional’ series will be available in capacities of 120GB, 240GB and 480GB. Pricing starts …
Read More »Victorinox Announces 1TB Swiss Army SSD – CES 2012 Update
Victorinox, well known for their Swiss Army Knives and high quality cutlery, has managed to integrate a desktop class SSD into, you guessed it, a Swiss Army Knife! Dubbed the Victorinox SSD, the new device will be available in capacities of 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and, get this, 1 TB! The unique device will offer both eSATA 2/3 and USB 2/3 …
Read More »Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus Mini Portable RAID Review
In today’s mobile environment, everything that users can do to move data easily and effectively is a welcome tool. Newer Technology has come up with a novel solution for users looking for large capacity data on-the-go with the Guardian MAXimus Mini. The intent of the MAXimus Mini is to provide the best of both worlds, large capacity and ‘on the …
Read More »Cooler Master Storm Xornet – Arming the Budget Gamer
The peripheral market is filled with tons of different products, but rarely do you find one that fits everyones needs perfectly. Perhaps the pickiest of all of them is the mouse, or more precisely, the gaming mouse. There is never just one mouse that takes the cake, simply due to the fact that the nature of such devices is based …
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