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Toshiba Canvio Slim portable hard drive
A slim and attractive external hard drive that's a great companion for an Ultrabook
Buffalo MiniStation Air Wi-Fi hard drive
Buffalo's 500GB wireless hard drive is great for streaming content to mobile devices, but battery life could be better
Seagate Wireless Plus 1TB hard drive
This wireless hard drive is perfect if you want to stream media content to an Android or iOS device
Thecus N5550 NAS device
Do much more than just store data with this 5-bay network-attached storage device
OCZ Vector SSD review
A high-performance solid state drive that's aimed at gamers and professionals
Intel Solid-State Drive 335 Series review (240GB)
This solid state drive is fast and will upgrade your computer noticeably if you're used to slow hard drives
OCZ Vertex 4 solid-state drive
This SSD is fast, but it’s also good value -- apart from the lowest capacity model
OCZ Vertex 3 LP (low profile) SSD review
OCZ's low profile Vertex 3 SSD is designed to be an upgrade for laptops that can only take 7mm drives
Synology DiskStation DS112 NAS device (user review three)
Our third and final Synology DS112 user review shows how this NAS device can be used in schools
Synology DiskStation DS112 NAS device (user review two)
Our second user review of the Synology DS112 highlights how this single-drive NAS can be used in the medical field

Latest Articles

Article | 9/05/2013 APC Messiest Office competition winners announced
From the look of the entries that we received for our Messiest Office competition, it seems many of us still have a deep desire to hoard every little ...
Article | 23/04/2013 Western Digital rolls out ultra-slim 5mm Ultrabook drives
The drive towards dirt-cheap Ultrabooks is getting a big boost with the release of Western Digital's new ultra-slim spinning hard drive, a barely ther...
Article | 4/03/2013 Seagate to halt production of 7200rpm laptop hard drives
When it comes time to buy your next high-performance laptop, chances are good that it will feature a solid state drive (SSD). But what if you'd prefer...
Article | 3/12/2012 Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics disagree...over the cloud
When the Brooklyn Nets traveled to Boston to play the Celtics last week, it became apparent that the two organizations disagreed about something - the...
Article | 23/10/2012 Apple announces hybrid drive technology in Macs
Apple announced it will be including hybrid drive technology in its new iMac and Mac mini desktops, which will offer flash-like performance with up to...
Article | 22/10/2012 Hybrid hard drives: How they work and why they matter
An SSD can read and write data many times faster than the best mechanical hard drive. On the downside, flash memory is many times more expensive than ...
Article | 11/09/2012 Synology Showcase winners announced
The winners of PC World's Synology Showcase competition have been announced. Three lucky readers have been selected by Synology to test out a Synology...
Article | 10/09/2012 Western Digital releases samples of its thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks
Western Digital announced what it said is the industry's thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks, a 5mm-thick model that has 500GB capacity.
Article | 6/09/2012 WD launches new portable hard drives for Windows PCs, Macs
Western Digital subsidiary WD recently unveiled two sleek, thin 500GB portable external hard drives for Mac and Windows PC users. The two new drives, ...

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