ASUS Lamborghini External Drives Overpriced and Underpowered
3 Feb 2011 - By Omar Mariño

ASUS has given us some of the best (and some of the worst) portable computing options around.  However, there has been a disturbing trend in the company’s releases as of late:  ASUS is bumping up their price tags!  This latest release, the ASUS Lamborghini External Hard Drive is no exception.

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Small Computer- Compulab’s fit-PC3 is Super Tiny and Fairly Powerful
21 Jan 2011 - By Omar Mariño

If you’re looking for a tiny computer (I’m talking really small) or a media streaming device that has more brass than your average bargain basement desktop, Compulab has your back.  Their new fit-PC3 is a little black box (just 1 inch thick and 6 inches across) that’s jam-packed with goodies. Read more >>

Hitachi Deskstar Hard Drive Hits 3TB
16 Dec 2010 - By Omar Mariño

If those cheap 1TB external hard drives just aren’t enough for you, Hitachi has a pair of new Deskstar hard drive that might be right up your alley.  But first you have to choose, internal or external. Read more >>

ADATA’s S007 is the USB Drive Built for James Bond
13 Oct 2010 - By Omar Mariño

Okay.  So the flash drive wasn’t exactly built for James Bond but you can bet if Bond needed a flash drive, this one would be in the running.  It’s constructed to US MIL-SPEC measurements and features impact and electrical shock resistance unlike any other flash drives around.  Not only that, it’s wrapped in a rubber coating and water resistant! Read more >>

Sony’s BDX-S500U Blu-Ray Drive Shows Us How Fast is Too Fast
30 Sep 2010 - By Omar Mariño

The BDX-S500U from Sony is an external Blu-Ray drive that really pushes the limits of the USB 2.0 technology it’s saddled with.  It can shred through single layer BD-R discs at up to 6X and dual layer discs only slow it down a little.  (They suffer a mere 4X burn speed.)  Sounds great until you realize that that exceeds the max transfer speed for the cable between it and your PC.  Read more >>

A-DATA eSATA-Capable N909 Gives You Storage with Speed
30 Jul 2010 - By Omar Mariño

When fast just isn’t fast enough (or you just don’t have a USB 3.0 port on your computer) you can rely on A-DATA’s new N909 to give you the speed you need when storing and retrieving your files from a portable stick.  That’s right, this USB thumb drive slots right into your eSATA port giving you read/write speeds approaching USB 3.0 and doesn’t even need another port to draw power.  But is it worth the hassle? Read more >>