As the only remaining high definition DVD format, BluRay is here to stay. And although its adoption has been relatively slow (but improving), more people are standardizing on the technology for storage uses beyond that of the high definition movie industry. With a 50GB capacity per dual layer disk and rapidly falling BluRay burner and [...]
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A 12X External BluRay Burner – Thank You USB 3.0!
November 28th, 2009
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, USB 
Tags: Buffalo Technology, external burner, storage, USB 3.0, USB BluRay burner 
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 »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 »100GB Blu-ray may be on its way
September 12th, 2009
Hey! I say today that Blu-ray may be 100GB, OK? While I clearly have no business attempting tech-poetry, my interest was piqued when I learned that Sharp has developed a laser that, when used in conjunction with theoretical triple and quad-layer Blu-ray disks, could increase the storage capacity of that medium up to 100GB.
Existing Blu-ray [...]
LG and WD introduce consumer directed storage solutions
September 10th, 2009
Having previously touched on the vast amounts of data the average consumer is generating these days thanks mostly to the wide variety of digital cameras, camcorders, iPods, and other personal media players available, I thought it might be interesting to look at a few consumer level backup storage devices released today.
First up is the LG [...]
Posted in Hard Drives, NAS, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: backup, LG, NAS, networking, storage, USB, WD 1 Comment »Dangerous Precident Being Set
August 20th, 2009
I’m going to try and prevent this from turning into a rant, but I want to point out a dangerous trend to which nobody is paying much attention. I was reading about recent additions to Canon’s line of Vixia camcorders, and noticed that there seems to be a feature war between the various video camera [...]
Posted in Cameras, Consumer Electronics, Flash Memory, Hard Drives, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Video Tags: backup, Camcorder, flash, HD, media, memory, storage 3 Comments »
