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Western Digital introduces two new My Passport Essential SE portable hard drives

by Natesh Sood on Jul 27, 2009 at 06:50 PM

As HD movies become more abundant and files generally increase in size over time it becomes almost necessary to have ways to transport large files.  Portable external hard drives have been limited to 256GB and 500GB in memory size.  However, Western Digital announced the availability of a 750GB My Passport… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Review: The Seagate Showcase DVR Expander

by Adam Berger on May 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM

I am not sure about you but I am regularly running out of space on my living room DVR (from Time Warner Cable) and am forced to delete movies and/or TV shows that I haven’t have time to watch.  I could opt to record in SD instead of HD (which… Continue Reading »

The Seagate Replica, a data back-up solution for your grandmother

by Adam Berger on Apr 27, 2009 at 01:20 PM

Unlike most external backups, the new Seagate Replica external hard drive is super simple system.  It is a complete PC backup system without any added bells or whistles.  Like the Flip camcorder, anyone can figure this out.  All you need to do it plug it directly into your PC and… Continue Reading »

Drobo adds new Drobo Pro to line up

by Iyaz Akhtar on Apr 7, 2009 at 02:30 PM

Drobo, the device that lets you create a giant hard drive from your SATA drives, has come out with a giant new addition.  Called “Drobo Pro,” it lets you install up to eight hard drives and supports up to 16TB of space.  Like the latest Drobo, the Pro has USB… Continue Reading »

World’s thinnest external hard drive: Buffalo’s Shinobi

by Iyaz Akhtar on Sep 19, 2008 at 03:00 PM

Buffalo is set to introduce what they are claiming to be the world’s thinnest external hard drive.  The official name of the product is the MiniStation Shinobi and it is just 5mm thick.  While the device looks like a run-of-the mill flash drive, it actually houses a 1.8-inch hard drive. … Continue Reading »

Western Digital increases the capacity of its portable USB drives to 500GB

by Arnold Zafra on Sep 16, 2008 at 10:11 AM

Not only is Western Digital concern with introducing various colors of its portable USB hard drives, but it looks like it has also been working on giving us more storage capacity for their My Passport HD product line. If the 320GB capacity of previous models of both the My Passport… Continue Reading »

SimpleTech intro’s the [re]drive, a 500GB ‘green’ external hard drive

by Robert Nelson on Jul 28, 2008 at 11:06 AM

More and more products seem to be going green now-a-days, the latest comes in the form of a 500GB external hard drive from SimpleTech. The new drive is called the [re]drive and is being touted as the “World’s Most Eco Friendly External Drive.” The [re]drive’s outer casing is made from… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Peep Show: Western Digital My Passport Essential HD

by Adam Berger on Jul 7, 2008 at 04:00 PM

Hard drives are the next set of tech gadgets to get a fresh shot of color. As we told you about before, the WD My Passport Essential HD is coming in a range of 11 colors, including black and white (I always forget if they are considered colors or not),… Continue Reading »

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