Remember the AirStash – the SD card toting USB thumb drive that incorporates its own wireless access point? It’s a novel concept with lots of practical applications. We mentioned it early last year as a clever way to share data among several WiFi enabled devices. Unfortunately, the original AirStash’s data sharing capabilities were a one [...]
Posted in Flash Memory, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Tablets, Wireless 
Tags: AirStash, Flash Memory, Ipad, iPhone, iPod, storage 
1 Comment »As we enter a new decade, it’s time to look beyond the physical storage media of the past and embrace newer, more advanced data storage technologies. While cloud storage and flash memory certainly have a strong foothold as alternatives to traditional forms of fixed storage, optical media such as CD’s, DVD’s, and – more recently [...]
Posted in Optical Storage, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: BDR-206MBK, BDXL, Blu-ray, Pioneer, storage No Comments »While we won’t go so far as to say that Blu-ray is a dying technology, it does seem like the next logical form of ubiquitously adopted entertainment media will involve streaming content via online sources. The success of Netflix streaming business (and the conflicts created by this success) and Internet connected devices like the Roku [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, DVD, Home Theater, Personal Media Players, TV and Video Tags: Blu-ray, carousel, Disc Vault, dvd, home theater, Kaleidescape, media, storage 1 Comment »There’s nothing worse than the feeling of losing your data forever. Cherished family photos, important documents, and valuable digital music collections are all susceptible to the failures of the media on which they’re stored. While devices and methods exist to significantly reduce the chance of a personal catastrophic data storage failure, most require more than an average [...]
Posted in Hard Drives, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, hard drive, Memorex, Mirror for Photos, NAS, storage 2 Comments »
