A review of the SynCharger Mini

Written by Martin Regtien | 31 January 2012
Posted in Reviews - Accessories

Written by Charlie Marraffa

The Scenario
I'm sure that many others have looked at their desks in disbelief when they see the multitude of cables beginning to slowly take over their confined work spaces. Some are for your keyboard, monitor, or any other multitude of wired devices that zig zag and criss cross your slowly shrinking personal workspace.

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NAStastic - Synology 5 Bay DiskStation DS1511+ NAS RAID Storage Device Reviewed

Written by Paul Moons | 30 January 2012
Posted in Reviews - Storage

Synology DS1511+

In a networked home or small business, a Network Attached Storage - or in tech parlance, NAS - is a near essential piece of equipment these days. The Synology DiskStation DS1511+ offers a scalable RAID storage solution with a maximum capacity of 45TB. Forty-Five Terabytes!

Read on for our full review.

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Bigger is Beautiful - Dune HD Pro Modular Series Announced

Written by Paul Moons | 25 January 2012
Posted in News - Industry News

Dune HD Pro

Dune HD, makers of the Dune Smart Series reviewed last year, have recently announced the development of a new Pro line of HD Media players: The Modular HD Pro series.

While we haven't been able to get any firm street dates, our tip is to start looking for these beasts for around mid year. For more information including some loose specs, check out Dune HD's news release.

Choiix Wave Stand - Reviewed

Written by Ronald | 19 January 2012
Posted in Reviews - Accessories

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QNAP TS-419P II Turbo NAS Server - Reviewed

Written by Martin Regtien | 12 January 2012
Posted in Reviews - Storage

 For years we have been using a 4 bay QNAP NAS unit in our home office which has been quietly whirring away doing its duty.

Today we are having a quick look at a more up-to-date version of this stalwart work horse of today's home and small-business need for network attached storage: the QNAP TS-419P II.

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SteelSeries Diablo 3 Stereo Headset - Reviewed

Written by Jake Vander Ende | 10 January 2012
Posted in Reviews - Audio

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The Corsair Show: SSD, Water Cooling and Power Supply – Reviewed

Written by Martin Regtien | 29 December 2011
Posted in Reviews - PC Hardware

We are by no means the typical PC builders who love to modify their rigs every week but when Corsair sent us their latest SSD as well as a power supply and water cooling unit, we figured that it is high time we build ourselves a kick-ass system that incorporates these components and then some!
Our main focus is on the Corsair Series GT 120GB SSD and the HX1050 ATX Power Supply and the H80 Water Cooling unit as well as the Antec TAKE 4 case it’s all housed in and this is how we implemented them.

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Aegis Secure USB Key from Apricorn -- Reviewed

Written by Martin Regtien | 21 December 2011
Posted in Reviews - Storage

What a nifty, brilliant device! That's my first reaction when I opened up the nonretail packaging that Apricorn sent it in. On the outside it is rather nondescript but when you pull the cover off it looks like a mini Fort Knox with three LEDs, 10 buttons for inputting your pin number and a slightly larger button with a key symbol on it.
Is this the most secure USB key?
Well, let's put in the default pin to get started and let's find out.

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Jabra Extreme 2 --Reviewed

Written by Kevin Cheng | 19 December 2011
Posted in Reviews - Accessories

Jabra Extreme 2

 Both the Drive and Supreme rated highly, let's see how the Extreme 2 performs.

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