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PNY has offered us a solution to an issue that has always perturbed us and maybe even you. The hassle of file transfer, especially photos, from an Apple device to a PC. While there are ways to transfer, email, airdrop, etc. We have always longed for the simplicity to match that of a flash drive to PC transfer; click, drag, …

Patriot, a longtime leader in storage, has released a new member of their Supersonic family, the Patriot Supersonic Bolt XT. What makes this different from most USB Flash Drives is the built in FIPS 197 compliant hardware based 256bit AES encryption. If that wasn’t enough for you also take into consideration that the drive after failing the password 10 consecutive times …

Kingston, the storage giant, met up with us at the Consumer Electronic Show earlier this year. We were introduced to their entire product lineup, as well as their new products that will be launched later this year. It was at this convention where we received a Kingston DataTraveler Mini 3.0 16GB USB 3.0 Drive to test out. Let’s see how …

With the rapid progress of technology from one day to the next, concepts, ideas, inventions, and reinventions suddenly turn from wishful thinking into reality. In the case of solid-state drives the burning question was whether we would see a viable external solution. Conventional hard-drives already go their external variant primarily thanks to USB 2.0; with the raw speed and performance …

Yesterday’s advanced camera and video realm has become the norm of today and with that, the consumer needs to carry a bit more knowledge on their shoulders.  Where any SD card might suffice for newer consumer media recorders of just a short time ago, today’s equipment shoots in 1080P video, over 40 megapixels and has brought such advanced features as …

With the gaining popularity of SSDs, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing large capacity external SSDs hit the street and the time has come.  Whereas less than seven days ago we had never had an external SSD of 512GB capacity, today I have three 512GB and a 1TB external SSDs sitting in front of me …

TRENDnet today announces the availability of the AC1200 Dual Band Wireless USB 3.0 Adapter, model TEW-805UB – a wireless AC adapter with a USB 3.0 port which maintains high speed wireless transmissions to a Windows-based computer. TRENDnet’s TEW-805UB connects to a high performance Wireless AC network at up to 867 Mbps or to a common Wireless N network at up …

Kingston Digital is using CES 2013 to announce the DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 USB Flash Drive.  The DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 is the world’s largest-capacity USB 3.o flash drive in its 1TB capacity version.  The 512GB version is available now; with the 1TB version expected to begin shipping later in the 1st quarter.  The DT HyperX 3.0 is now the …

Taiwan-based VIA Labs, Inc. has announced availability of two new USB 3.0 host controllers — The four-port VIA VL805 and the two-port VIA VL806.  These new USB 3.0 host controllers in PCI Express form factor allow utilization of multiple Super Speed USB devices simultaneously for transfer rates up to 5 Gbps.  The VL805 and VL806 both retain backwards compatibility with …

Staying true to its name, Cooler Master has released their newest laptop cooling pad – The NotePal I300. Offering flavours across every conceivable notebook size, the I300 has a lot to live up to. Taking a look at Cooler Master ‘s website, it is astounding the amount of laptop coolers on display; from less than 12 € and greater than …