Netgear Offers Networked Storage for Consumers
Netgear has announced a network-attached storage device, Stora, that will allow consumers to bring their hard drives online and access files, photos, music and other information from anywhere. The...
View ArticleLacie’s 1TB ‘Network Space’ Is Almost Perfect
If you have a computer, it’s likely that it is a laptop. A handy, take-anywhere, do-anything computer that has one shortcoming: storage. You can of course stick in a bigger hard drive, but that doesn’t...
View ArticlePlaylist: New Tracks From Jónsi, Dr. Dog, Gil Scott-Heron and More
So much great music this week! From the frigid shores of Iceland, we have a track from jónsi, the new solo project of Sigur Rós guitarist and singer Jón Birgisson. We’ll also play a brand new song from...
View ArticleHow To: Stream Video to iPad From Network Drive Without a Computer
The innocuously-named FileBrowser is an iPad app which lets you access files on your computer over the local network or the internet. This is a function shared by roughly one zillion other apps in the...
View ArticleMaybe Women Just Aren’t Very Good at Science and Engineering?
No, we’ve been over that. So why such a low number of women among National Academy members*? Perhaps it’s reflective of fewer women in science and engineering overall? Not so fast, the percentages do...
View ArticleHitachi Wireless Hard Drive Streams Media Direct to Phones, Tablets
Hitachi’s G-Connect is another network hard drive that can be accessed by your iOS device, or from any mobile device with a web browser. The 500GB G-Connect has an 802.11n radio to allow you to connect...
View ArticleReview: LyveHome
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View ArticleThe Last Data Center On Earth? The Case for ‘As-a-Service’ Everywhere
Pundits say we’re headed toward a nearly data center-free future in which all computing infrastructure is consolidated in a few über-locations around the globe. The cost of maintaining an on-premises...
View Article12 Geeky New Year’s Resolutions — 2011 Edition
Last year about this time I posted 12 Geeky New Year’s Resolutions. How did I do, you ask? Well, not too shabby but not that great either. I went to at least one con, I didn’t go green but I played...
View ArticleFireproof and Waterproof, the ioSafe N2 May Be the Home Storage You Are...
The disaster proof hardware company ioSafe has a new product that could serve you in this way. It is called the ioSafe N2, and will be released in January. To put it in the words of one of their...
View ArticleDrobo 5D: Speed, Space, and Peace of Mind in a Box
When I was in college, many years ago, my media library existed on a wooden rack that held my DVDs, VHS tapes, and CDs. I would select the media I wanted to listen to or watch and put it in a player....
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