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  • PBS and The Jim Henson Company Launch New Science-Focused App

    Posted on September 19, 2011 | No Comments
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  • The TARDIS is up for auction

    The TARDIS is up for auction

    Posted on June 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Apparently the Doctor has fallen on hard times, because Bonhams (who else would he trust) is auctioning off the TARDIS used by the 9th Doctor, Christopher Eccleston. Unfortunately, the chameleon circuit on this TARDIS is stuck so it still looks like a police box, but it is larger on the inside, of course.

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  • Toshiba Canvio portable hard drives

    Toshiba Canvio portable hard drives

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    According to research sponsored by Toshiba, more Americans are afraid of losing digital data -- photos, documents, etc -- than they are about losing their wallet or an audit by the IRS. This is probably because more people have suffered a digital loss than have been audited by the IRS -- we all say "It can't happen to me!" until it actually does happen, and only then do we change our behaviors. But the reality is, backing up data has historically been tedious, if not actually challenging. And restores are so rarely done as to require the user to search for the long discarded product manual so they can figure out how to do it...

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  • Review: Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station

    Review: Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station

    Posted on March 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Short Version: We now have so much storage in our homes that we could probably, each of us, start our own Rapidshare service. But how do we get all that data to the other machines on our network or, better yet, out onto the Internet? Devices like the Iomega iConnect allow us to place storage [...]

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  • Outrage: School accused of using laptop to take photos of student at his home without his knowledge

    Outrage: School accused of using laptop to take photos of student at his home without his knowledge

    Posted on February 20, 2010 | No Comments
    It's the start of yet another lazy Saturday, so let's make things a little more interesting with a side dish of outrage. A 15-year-old student in Pennsylvania has accused his high school of spying on him using a school-supplied MacBook. The school had accused the boy “inappropriate behavior” that it found him engaged in via the built-in Webcam. Lawsuits are flying, as you might imagine.

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  • Review: G Drive mobile USB hard drive

    Review: G Drive mobile USB hard drive

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Short Version: It’s an external USB hard drive for your Mac. It’s white. Features Pre-formatted in HFS+ for OS X Time Machine compatible Bus-powered Color matches MacBooks $139 MSRP Pros It’s white like your MacBook Cons Bigger and heavier than most other bus-powered 500GB external hard drives Questionable build quality Review So this is just another external hard drive. Yeah, there isn’t anything special about it besides the white [...]

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  • Review: Iomega ix4-200d

    Review: Iomega ix4-200d

    Posted on January 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Short version: Iomega has been making storage devices for years, and it shows. I’m a fan of NAS hardware and technology, and Iomega has created a product that not only stores data, but has enough value add to make it stand out from the dozens of other black boxes for storing your data. Features: Dual gigabit [...]

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  • An AppleScript trick turns any NAS device into a Time Machine drive

    An AppleScript trick turns any NAS device into a Time Machine drive

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    You can turn any network attached storage device into a Time Machine back-up drive with one simple step. Simply download this app package and drag your drive onto it. The script adds the drive as a Time Machine capable device and then you can simply add it under Time Machine System Preferences.

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  • Preview: Snow Leopard (10A432)

    Preview: Snow Leopard (10A432)

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    scaled105579_boxWe're a few weeks away from the official release of Snow Leopard and I'm here to tell you things are really heating up in the realm of Exchange Support, OpenCL, and being able to click on an icon to make all of its windows appear. Sorry. I'm just a crank. Every time Apple comes out with a new version of OS X I expect bells, whistles, and dancing dogs. This is an incremental upgrade, as we described it back at WWDC, and it's a strong one. However, it's not nearly as exciting at first blush - at least visually - but it does give countless IT guys some serious tentpole action especially considering built-in Exchange support. This review is based on the purported Gold Master, 10A432, the version that will be shipped to stores world-wide this September. It may or not be the official final version but I've been using versions of Snow Leopard for about two months now.

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  • How to enable Time Machine backups to a Windows Home Server

    How to enable Time Machine backups to a Windows Home Server

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Well, the one big advantage HP had in the Windows Home Server game maybe about to disappear. Someone has found a relatively easy way to enable remote Time Machine backup to a WHS. It's probably only a matter of time before a rough GUI version appear followed up shortly later by a well-polished solution.

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  • CrunchDeals: 50% off the HP MediaSmart LX195

    CrunchDeals: 50% off the HP MediaSmart LX195

    Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments
    I liked everything about the HP MediaSmart LX195 Windows Home Server except the price. It's fast and quiet. The software suite is extensive and even includes compatablility to OS X's Time Machine. But the $399 MSRP is totally not worth it for only 640GB. Thankfully HP has a deal on the server right now.

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  • WD announces the My Book Studio Edition II, Mac-ready and up to 4TB

    WD announces the My Book Studio Edition II, Mac-ready and up to 4TB

    Posted on June 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Today, WD announced the My Book Studio Edition II in a 4TB variety. The RAID 0 configurable dual-drive storage system works with Apple’s Time Machine and has four interfaces: eSATA, FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0. WD is touting the 4TB behemoth as an eco-friendly product because of the GreenPower drives.

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  • 4TB MyBook Has Easy Swap Drives

    4TB MyBook Has Easy Swap Drives

    Posted on June 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Western Digital’s huge new 4TB external drive is aimed at Mac Users, but is just as good for anyone else. And with yesterday’s launch of new MacBooks bringing back a FireWire port to  the small Mac notebook, the drive looks like a rather good companion. The white MyBook Studio Edition II has four ways to hook [...]

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  • OS X Snow Leopard: September and for $29

    OS X Snow Leopard: September and for $29

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Goodness, that's cheap. Apple is releasing OS X Snow Leopard this September for only $29. Yeah, $29, but only for Leopard users.

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  • HP’s MediaSmart Server LX195 reviewed: impressive, but flawed

    HP’s MediaSmart Server LX195 reviewed: impressive, but flawed

    Posted on May 26, 2009 | No Comments

    After being introduced to the world late last month, we've heard little else about HP's lower-end MediaSmart Server LX195... until now, obviously. This little media streamer made its way into the HotHardware labs for a little Q&A, and it managed to escape with lots of praise, a mild amount of criticism and a price tag that'll likely be too steep for most to swallow. As for performance and features, the LX195 was found to shine; the Media Collector, iTunes server and Time Machine backup functionality all worked great. Unfortunately, the "endless loop of updates" seen during the initial setup and the lack of an April update -- which was sent out to the EX series last month -- left somewhat of a bitter taste in reviewers mouths. Overall, the system delivered and worked as advertised, but the $360 to $400 street price is apt to turn all but the hardest of hardcore HP fans away, not to mention that the aforesaid EX update (which will hit the LX195 this fall) will require users to completely wipe their HDD and start over from scratch. Check the read link for the full writeup.

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