Review: Intel 520 Series
240GB 2.5-inch SSD
Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 | 1 comment Chip giant Intel has been at the forefront of solid-state storage for a while now, but its new Cherryville represents a slight departure from past models.
Review: Kingston SSDNow V+200
Solid-state drive
Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 The SSDNow V+200 series is designed for business users after a performance boost without massive cash outlay, and by and large, the drive delivers on this promise.
Review: Seagate Momentus XT
750GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drive/SSD hybrid
Thursday, 22 March, 2012 Storage maker Seagate continues to develop hybrid hard drives, which boost performance, affordability and capacity by combining solid-state and mechanical technology.
Review: Sony HD-EG5
External hard drive
Friday, 9 March, 2012 We’ve seen a few USB 3.0 gadgets, but the 500GB Sony HD-EG5 is the first truly pocket-sized USB 3.0 external hard drive we’ve tested.
Iomega Mac Companion 2TB
External hard drive
Monday, 23 January, 2012 This surprisingly bulky drive provides 2TB of external storage, optimised for Mac use with two FireWire 800 ports and an all-purpose USB 2.0 hub.
Sandisk Cruzer Fit (8GB)
USB 2.0 flash drive
Wednesday, 11 January, 2012 If you’re in the market for a plug-and-stay USB flash drive, the Sandisk Cruzer Fit should satisfy your desire for lilliputian gadgets. At 21 x 14 x 6mm, it’s possibly the easiest-to-lose USB key we’ve ever come across.
Lexar Echo ZX (16GB)
USB 2.0 flash drive
Thursday, 5 January, 2012 The Lexar Echo is a tiny USB flash drive at just over 2cm in length and 1.5cm wide. When it’s plugged in, only 7mm protrudes from your USB port. Our review model came as a 16GB version, but you can also get 8GB and 32GB versions.
Western Digital My Book Studio 3TB
External hard drive
Tuesday, 27 December, 2011 The Western Digital My Book Studio 3TB is designed for Apple’s Mac computers. It’s pre-formatted for Mac as an HFS journalled partition, and it’s compatible with Mac OS X’s backup software, Time Machine.
ioSafe Rugged Portable
External hard drive
Wednesday, 30 November, 2011 | 4 comments The ioSafe Rugged Portable is a toughened, damage-resistant external USB 3.0 hard drive designed to keep your data intact under the most adverse conditions a hard drive is likely to encounter.
Kingston Wi-Drive
Wireless hard drive
Monday, 10 October, 2011 | 4 comments | 1 reviewIt has to be said that the Kingston's wireless-enabled external hard drive for iPod, iPad and iPhone, the Wi-Drive, is not the most intuitive of devices.
Apacer AH552
USB 3.0 flash drive
Wednesday, 21 September, 2011 | 2 comments We take a look at a USB 3.0 flash drive - is it worth the extra cost?
Apacer AH130
USB 2.0 flash drive
Wednesday, 21 September, 2011 | 2 comments As if USB flash drives were not easy enough to lose, Apacer has just released an 8GB USB 2.0 drive so small that this reviewer actually lost the unit ten minutes into testing it.
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0
USB 3.0 flash drive
Friday, 2 September, 2011 Love the convenience, but tired of the slow transfer speeds of USB flash drives? Paul Urquhart checked out Kingston's latest USB 3.0 high-speed drive.
OCZ Vertex 3
Solid-state drive
Tuesday, 30 August, 2011 | 1 comment If you’ve been lamenting the “lacklustre” performance of old SATA 2.0 hard drives, OCZ have a solution for you with their new Vertex 3 series of SSD.
Seagate GoFlex Home (1TB)
NAS unit
Monday, 6 June, 2011 | 1 comment Seagate’s GoFlex Home is a single-drive NAS unit, with an exceptionally cool - if exceptionally limited - video streaming ability.
Verbatim 3.5-inch Gigabit NAS Hard Drive
NAS unit
Wednesday, 1 June, 2011 Verbatim’s NAS is feature-packed, but limited by a clunky, taped-together interface that’s sure to intimidate all but the geekiest of PC geeks.
Welland NetShare ME-747AN-S
NAS enclosure
Monday, 30 May, 2011 | 1 comment | 1 reviewWelland’s NetShare ME-747AN-S is a one-bay NAS enclosure, with added USB and eSATA options for direct, high-speed connection to your PC or Mac.
Western Digital My Book Live (2TB)
NAS unit
Monday, 30 May, 2011 Western Digital’s My Book Live is a cross between a full-blown NAS device and an external hard drive that delivers much in terms of price and performance.
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