Here’s a perfect example of a product being developed for no practical reason other than to prove that it can be done. Don’t get me wrong, 256GB of flash storage squeezed into a USB thumb drive is technologically cool and all, but in the infamous words of former Philadelphia Eagles’ running back Ricky [...]
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Kingston’s 256GB USB Flash Drive…Are You Scared Yet?
February 19th, 2010
Posted in Flash Memory, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB 
Tags: Flash Memory, Kingston DataTraveler 310, USB thumb drive 
No Comments »A Tale of Two mini NAS’s
November 17th, 2009
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Dicken’s iconic opening line to A Tale of Two Cities easily describes the life of someone with or without access to a NAS server. The increasing number of consumer electronics and computer devices incorporating various levels of interconnectivity, coupled with the performance enhancements [...]
Posted in NAS, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: Addonics Mini NAS, ethernet, HDD, iTunes, NAS, network attached storage, networking, servers, storage, Thecus N0204 miniNAS 1 Comment »It’s Written in Stone
November 13th, 2009
We’ve discussed the importance of data redundancy at length on TechClicker. As our lives and memories become increasingly digital, the importance of insuring their preservation is more important than ever. While computer errors and viruses make it easier than ever to annihilate entire collections of family photos, videos, important documents, or enterprise data, the technology [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: Cranberry DiamonDisc, DVD backup, hard drive, NAS, RAID, stone DVD, storage 1 Comment »The Super Talent[ed] USB 3.0 Thumb Drive
November 4th, 2009
Well it’s finally happening. Products supporting the much anticipated (and blazing fast) USB 3.0 standard are slowly trickling out. And while it’s unfortunate that Intel isn’t integrating support for the standard into its chipsets until 2011, consumers can upgrade their PC motherboard or add a PCI expansion card to take advantage of a few of [...]
Posted in Flash Memory, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB Tags: bootable pen drive, Flash Memory, Super Talent, USB 3.0 thumbdrive, USB thumb drive 2 Comments »CTERA CloudPlug NAS with Online Backup
October 22nd, 2009
It’s always exciting for us to see new data backup solutions that could genuinely help the average person preserve and protect their valuable data. We’ve written about the importance of regular backups to USB devices such as Western Digital’s MyBook Elite and the benefits of moving beyond single drive devices to RAID capable network attached [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology, NAS, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Technology, Wired Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, CloudPlug, hard drive, NAS, network, QNAP, RAID, storage 3 Comments »Western Digital My Book External HDD’s Get A Spine
October 6th, 2009
Despite the benefits of network attached storage with RAID and QNAP’s recent attempt to bring the technology to the home user, consumers generally still seem to prefer external USB hard drives for additional storage capacity and data backup, due mainly to the convenience, ease, and cost of these devices. For those employing multiple external hard [...]
Posted in Hard Drives, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB Tags: backup, hard drive, My Book, storage, USB, WD, Western Digital 2 Comments »Network Attached Storage for your home…
October 5th, 2009
Someday I’m going to create a time based plot of the average amount of data I accumulate requiring permanent storage. Like most people whose lives are becoming increasingly digital, the graph will undoubtedly highlight an upward trend. Since most of this data is irreplaceable pictures, movies, and documents, it’s important to regularly back it up and understand what products [...]
Posted in NAS, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Wired Tags: backup, hard drive, NAS, network, QNAP, storage 3 Comments »Freecom releases first USB 3.0 external HDD
September 26th, 2009
Oh, how the USB standard has changed the world. Gone are the days of finicky 9-pin serial port connections requiring proprietary driver installations that never seemed to work correctly. Having thus far truly lived up to its name, the Universal Serial Bus standard has become as ubiquitous as the computer itself thanks to its ease of use, [...]
Posted in Hard Drives, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB Tags: eSATA, Firewire, Freecom, hard drive, storage, USB 2 Comments »Freeze your PC
September 21st, 2009
While Linux users are well versed with the concept of the LiveCD/DVD (or the very cool PenDriveLinux variant of it described here), which allows a PC to boot an entire operating system and software in a temporary and unwritable state, those married to the Windows operating system may be unaware of this technology’s features and benefits. [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage Tags: Icebox, Linux, LiveCD, spyware, USBfever 1 Comment »What do you see in the cloud?
September 20th, 2009
An exciting technological trend is emerging that will undoubtedly change the way we interact with computers, software, and each other. Termed “cloud computing“, which implies basing software and hardware computing requirements remotely on the Internet, and showing increased acceptance and utilization within both consumer and business environments, it stands to completely alter how we create, [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology, Google, Internet, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Technology Tags: Cloud Computing, Google, Google Apps, Internet, Microsoft, Office Live, online 2 Comments »
