Category Archives: Hard Disk

Top Five USB Powered Devices

Posted on October 25, 2011 by David Allen
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The USB port on computers is as important now as is was when it first appeared, it allows the speedy connection of devices and can be an easy way of transferring data between computers with the help of a flash drive. In this Top Five, we are looking at some of the more interesting devices around that would be nothing without the USB connection.

The Kingston USB urDrive

Flash drives have been around for a long time and because of advances in technology, you have wonder just how long the flash drive will be in use. One of the key movers in the market Kingston, believes that the

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Top Five Clocks That Have Been Designed With Geeks In Mind

Posted on August 28, 2011 by David Allen
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Clocks have been around for a long time, but it is only recently that designers have realised that there is a huge market in gadgets for geeky type people. So for this Top Five, we are looking as clocks that have been designed especially for geeks.

Star Wars Alarm Clock

This figurine needs are hardly any introductions it is part of the Lego stars design, except this time the mini Darth Vader and Stormtrooper figure come with built in LCD clock display and alarm clock.

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How to make sure that your hard drive is unreadable

Posted on April 22, 2011 by David Allen
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Disposing of a computer may seem like an easy thing to do, but is it, do you know what happens to it once it leaves your possession? Well the data stored on your hard drive could come in handy to identity thieves, who can scan the drive and get all sorts of data including financials, usernames and passwords!

There is only one sure way of ensuring that your hard drive does not fall into the hands of these p

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USB Porn Detection Stick

Posted on April 10, 2011 by David Allen
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There are a couple of uses for a device such this, first of all checking a home network and secondly for IT managers to check a company computer system. Both of these are important as detection can mean an early end to something that could easily get out of hand and in the workplace, it could mean the end of a career! Of course, there are other reasons why you would need to know why Porn is stored on a computer, but that is another matter.

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How to Install SSD (Solid State Drive) Hard Disk on Your Laptop!

Posted on April 9, 2011 by max
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Yesterday, I installed my very first SSD (Solid State Drive) because my ASUS UL30Vt‘s hard disk suddenly died on me. Of course, I remembered that SSD can be a great enhancement for your laptop or desktop because the file transfer rates are near 200MB+/s in real life and 2-4X faster on most IO tasks.

Anyways, installing SSD on a laptop can be pretty darn easy.

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How to Backup and Restore your Computer(s) FREE!

Posted on April 2, 2011 by max

There are far too many tools you can pay for to backup and restore your computers out there but for those of you looking to save a dime, perhaps because you run your own business, you might want to look into Clonezilla, which allows you to backup multiple computers (like upto 41) in just 10 minutes.

Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partclone and udpcast, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clon

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Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player Unveiled

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Tanya Palta
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Iomega recently announced the ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player/Server available in capacities like 1TB and 2TB. Features include access to services like Netflix and Pandora,  802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity via an adapter and 1080p video playback with Dolby / DTS decoding. The DLNA certified media players come with a a wireless QWERTY keyboard as well which will help to navigate the brewer and apps. The ScreenPlay DX HD Media P

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Dolly Drive to Debut at MacWorld

Posted on January 26, 2011 by David Allen
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The Dolly Drive is a Time Machine back up service for Mac owners; it uses Time Machine backups and simply stores them in the cloud. The service allows the user to access their data anywhere and at anytime, it is ideal for Smartphone access as the user hard drive does not need to be present. This is service is due to be launched at the MacWorld Expo this week!

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IoSafe Announces Rugged Portable SSD, HDD

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Tanya Palta
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If you life is a series if mishaps or you are a spy or in an equally dangerous profession then the  ioSafe  Rugged Portable SSD and HDD is perfect for you. Designed to protect your data even  during a level-five disaster, the Rugged Portable is available in aluminum HDD and SSD or titanium SSD models and is one tough cookie. The enclosure is  CNC-machined from solid billet, and is crush resistant to 2500 pounds for the aluminum model, and  

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Synology DiskStation DS1511+ Offers 15TBs Of Storage

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Tanya Palta
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The Disk Station DS1511+ is a new server from Synology which offers a mammoth  15TB of data storage. Retailing for $900, the  device can hold up to five 3TB SATA hard drives which can easily be configured into a  variety of RAID arrays. Running on the Synology’s Disk Station Manager (DSM) 3.0 operating system, the os can be remotely accessed via any Windows, Mac, or Linux workstation. “The DS1511+ is the most scalable and ful

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