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iStorage Datashur PRO+C Encrypted Flash Drive review – protecting your personal data

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REVIEW – We all have data that we need to protect, data like passwords, tax information, financial investments, social security and passport numbers, security clearance information, medical and dental records, and so on.  It’s data that we don’t want anyone else to see, and we really don’t want it stolen and used for identity theft.  […]

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OneModern S8 Fingerprint Encrypted Portable 500GB SSD Review

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REVIEW – I have a cadre of portable backup drives that I use on a regular basis.  Most of them are your standard sized backup drive about the size of a man’s regular sized wallet. In the past I have experienced computers that just died and I lost all the files on the harddrive. So

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Need to nail some storage? Seagate is bringing the HAMR!

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NEWS – Gadgeteers keep a lot of stuff, and much of that is digital stuff.  Photos, videos, miscellaneous files – they all take up storage space.  For business, it’s even worse as all employees have that “can’t get rid of it” mentality. Seagate is bringing the HAMR down with their brand new Exos 20+ series

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Never run out of storage with the ThunderBay 128 TB Thunderbolt 3 RAID system

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NEWS – How much data do you need to store? Chances are you can store it all in OWC’s new ThunderBay 8 external RAID array. Compatible with Mac and Windows systems, ThunderBay 8 connects via Thunderbolt 3, with two connectors for daisy-chaining capabilities. Additionally, a DisplayPort 1.2 connection gives you the ability to connect to

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Alxum USB 3.0 dual bay hard drive docking station review

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REVIEW – With so much data to access and store, connectivity options and the option to access additional drives add good functionality to my workflow. I think that this Alxum USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone will also be of great use when I need to replace my hard drives with larger

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StarTech USB/SATA Drive Duplicator and Eraser review

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The StarTech Drive Duplicator and Eraser for SATA and USB Flash Drives is a powerful, simple to use, and versatile tool for IT professionals or consumers who routinely need to manage a number of different types of data drives. Although it’s lacking in documentation and is a bit expensive at the suggested retail price of $796.99, the

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Connect SATA hard drives to your new MacBook with this USB Type-C adapter

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Are you the owner of a shiny new 2015 Apple MacBook with the USB Type-C port? As you’re building up your collection of USB Type-C accessories, the USB 3.1 Type-C to SATA Combo Adapter from Brando is a handy device that you might want to consider adding to your gadget toolbox. Although flash storage is

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Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Converter Adapter review

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My overflowing drawer of semi-obsolete computer parts and cables contains a number of hard drives from old computers. I hold on to them partly to keep any personal data under my control, but also because “you never know” when I might need to recover that data, or maybe even find a way to repurpose an old hard

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StarTech Portable eSATA USB to SATA Standalone HDD Hard Drive Duplicator Dock Product Review

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With the move to eSATA, many consumers are looking for a way to quickly and easily clone or move their content from their current SATA or IDE disk drive to a new eSATA drive, or they may be looking for a way to connect a new eSATA drive to a USB port for quick and

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Seagate Announces 4TB External Hard Drive

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Seagate has upped the ante for desktop external hard drives with their new FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive that is available in a 4TB capacity. That’s currently the highest capacity hard drive in the industry. The 4TB version ships with USB 3.0 connectivity, but it is possible to upgrade it to use a FireWire 800

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Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 + USB 2.0 320 GB Ultra Portable Hard Drive Review

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Adding more storage capacity to a desktop or laptop computer used to involve having to take the computer apart and adding in the extra drive, not to mention on some computers the pain and frustration of getting to the drive to remove it. Not so anymore with all the external drives coming out on the

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Unitek USB 3.0 SATA HDD Dock with One Touch Backup Review

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If you are like me you probably have some old hard drives lying around from computers that you no longer have or have worked on for friends and family. I know I have a hard time throwing away any computer item I have even if it is so old it will not work in today’s

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