Western Digital My Passport SSD Mini-Review
Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have evolved rapidly over the last few years. Starting with simple thumb drives that could barely saturate USB 2.0 bandwidth, we now see...
22 by on 6/28/2017FreeTail EVOKE Series CompactFlash Cards Capsule Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
4 by on 6/23/2017Lexar Professional Workflow HR2 4-Bay Thunderbolt 2 / USB 3.0 Reader Hub Review
Content creators in the field often have to deal with large amounts of data spread over multiple flash media. Importing them into a computer for further processing has always...
33 by on 6/22/2017Lenovo Unveils ThinkStation P320 Tiny SFF Workstation
Lenovo has unveiled a new ThinkStation model, the P320 Tiny, based on a Kaby Lake / Q270 platform with NVIDIA's Quadro P600 GPU. The unique aspect is the dimensions...
26 by on 6/20/2017ADATA SD700 512GB External SSD Capsule Review
Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have been rapidly evolving over the last few years. The USB Type-C interface standard has prompted vendors to release updates to their lineup...
10 by on 6/8/2017FLIR ONE Pro Thermal Camera Review
We had written about the launch of the third-generation FLIR ONE along with the FLIR ONE Pro (and other professional thermal imagers) as part of our 2017 CES coverage...
40 by on 6/6/2017Test Driving Futuremark's PCMark 10 Benchmark
Futuremark is a well-respected provider of computer benchmark applications. Their PCMark and 3DMark benchmarks have been around for almost 20 years, and provide a good indication of the system...
18 by on 6/5/2017Qualcomm Announces Mesh Networking Wi-Fi Router Reference Design with IoT Functionality
The last couple of years has seen rapid proliferation of mesh networking kits / whole-home Wi-Fi systems in the market. Recent market research suggests that the mesh network segment...
21 by on 5/29/2017ECS LIVA Z Plus Kaby Lake vPro UCFF PC Review
Ultra-compact form factor PCs for business deployments have become popular in the recent past. Compared to traditional UCFF PCs, these business use-cases require ease of management and administration by...
12 by on 4/12/2017CyberLink Launches PowerDVD 17 with UHD Blu-ray and VR HMD Support
CyberLink has been regularly updating their multimedia playback software / PC DVD & Blu-ray players. While ArcSoft dropped out of the software Blu-ray player market a few years back...
29 by on 4/11/2017ECS LIVA Z Fanless Dual-LAN Apollo Lake UCFF PC Review
The market for UCFF (ultra-compact form factor) PCs has seen tremendous growth since the introduction of the Intel NUCs in early 2013. Various motherboard and system vendors have their...
30 by on 3/30/2017Netgear Expands Orbi Wi-Fi System Family with AC2200 Kits
Netgear introduced their first product in the Wi-Fi system / mesh category, the Orbi, in August 2016. Its dedicated wireless backhaul (4x4 802.11ac / 1733 Mbps) and 2x2 radios...
14 by on 3/28/2017Capsule Review: Logitech MK850 Performance Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo
We have been reviewing Logitech's multi-device wireless input peripherals for a few years now. The Logitech K480 was launched in 2014, and the Logitech K780 and M720 keyboard and...
19 by on 3/22/2017GIGABYTE GB-BKi7HA-7500 Kaby Lake BRIX Review
The emergence of power-efficient high-performance processors has created a bright spot in the desktop PC market. The ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) heralded by the Intel NUCs has experienced rapid...
32 by on 3/16/2017Logic Supply ML100G-50 Fanless Skylake vPro Industrial NUC Review
Passively cooled computing systems carry many advantages. Most of these turn out to be very important for industrial and embedded applications. The low power nature of the NUCs make...
37 by on 2/27/2017Qualcomm Announces 802.11ax Access Point and Client Solutions
Wi-Fi platforms have traditionally focused on peak speeds. However, evolving usage scenarios (such as stadium and campus environments and even households with multiple Wi-Fi devices) have led to the...
38 by on 2/13/2017ASRock Beebox-S 7200U Kaby Lake UCFF PC Review
The Kaby Lake-U (KBL-U) series with 15W TDP CPUs was introduced along with the 4.5W Kaby Lake-Y ones in Q3 2016. The first set of products with Kaby Lake-U...
33 by on 2/7/2017Synology at CES 2017 - RT2600ac Wi-Fi Router, DSM Value Additions, and New Business NAS Units
As part of my usual CES vendor visits, I caught up with Synology and took a look at the new products and DSM features that had been announced around...
28 by on 1/31/2017QNAP at CES 2017 - Thunderbolt 3 and Xeon D NAS Units, Residential Gateways, and More
As part of my usual CES vendor visits, I caught up with QNAP and took a look at the new products and QTS features slated to enter the market...
21 by on 1/27/2017SanDisk Launches A1-Class microSDXC Card
At CES 2017, we had the chance to catch up with Western Digital to check out the updates from their end in the direct-attached storage space. After the acquisition...
23 by on 1/23/2017