Content and news by Greg King

In this industry, we see quite a few press releases on any given day.  One that caught our eye this morning was the announcement that Kingston has acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey from Imation.  No strangers to encrypted USB flash drives, Kingston has had its own offerings for over 10 years…..

There are few manufacturers in the PC industry more respected than Lian Li.  What it lacks in quantity is more than made up for in quality.  Known for its unique designs and use of aluminum in manufacturing, Lian Li has been covered by us a handful of times. Announced this week, the…..

Bringing affordability to entry-level users, Toshiba announces the refreshed OCZ Trion SSD.  Providing 550MB/s read speeds, 530MB/s sequential writes, and random write I/O speeds of up to 91,000 IOPS, the Trion 150 series helps bring improved boot times and system responsiveness to the masses.  Built with Toshiba’s 15nm Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND…..

System builders have long known the Thermaltake name. As different companies have entered and/or departed the industry, Thermaltake has remained a constant. With its longevity, we’ve come to expect some products that highlight the company’s ability to think outside of the box. Announced this week, the Core X5 and Core X5 Riing Edition (not…..

As mobile gaming has become more popular over the years, so to have ways of interacting with those games. Game controllers may be a bit bulky in comparison to phones and tablets, but they offer much greater finesse. SteelSeries’ Nimbus offers support for mobile devices, but has its target set on another market – Apple TV.

We all need to tell the time – and worse still, wake up at a specific time. Power supplies for digital clocks are fighting over USB chargers for that last remaining wall socket. The Sandman Clock scores points for practicality by being an easy-to-see alarm clock, while providing four USB ports for charging. Let’s check it out.

Never shy to try new ideas, QNAP has announced that the QTS and Android dual-system TAS-168/268 NASes now support Netflix.  The TAS-168/268 NAS is the first Android-based NAS that supports Netflix, and users can now download and install the app from Google Play.  As with many of QNAPs offerings, you can simply…..

With the launch of its newest 2-bay NAS, the N2810, Thecus has added another device to its multimedia-centric portfolio. With a focus on its new NAS operating system, 7.0, the N2810 will be Thecus’ first product shipping with the updated code. Speaking to this, Thecus CEO Florence Shih recently said that, “With the…..

Computer cases come in all shapes and sizes, and In Win offers some rather unique designs. Under review here is In Win’s D-Frame Mini, a elegant mix of aluminum tubing, tempered glass, and an open-air design to keep it cool to touch, as well as to look at. The Mini-ITX form factor keeps it small, but there is plenty of space for full-sized components. Let’s take a look.

We’re familiar with SteelSeries. Last year, their Sentry was included in our best of CES piece and we’ve looked at many of their devices over the years. Meeting with the team earlier today, it was happy to show us its new Rival 700 gaming mouse. To some, a mouse is a mouse…..

One of our primary tasks at CES, is meeting with the companies that we cover. One that we always make a point of meeting is TRENDnet. We’ve covered them for years, and they have always been very accommodating when it comes time to scheduling a meeting. This year, we met early in the CES week.…..

With our inboxes inundated with CES related content, sometimes a news story gets overlooked.  Case in point: on Christmas Eve, Thecus announced the availability of its latest NAS operating system, ThecusOS 7.0.  While still in beta, 7.0 is designed for a 64-bit architecture and is fully compliant with HTML 5.  These two details combine to offer…..

If the July 4 weekend doesn’t give Americans enough to celebrate, add the release of two new Synology enterprise-focused NAS devices to the list of reasons to light fireworks and grill food. Announced this morning, the powerful RS1810xs+ and it’s partner in expandability, the RX1216sas, promise to deliver more than 1PB of expandable…..

Expanding upon its already established backup appliance lineup, Dell introduces brand-new DL4300 and DL1000 devices. Powered by the company’s PowerEdge server hardware and AppAssure software, both backup appliances are available as of today. The DL4300 is an entirely new offering from Dell and ships with the latest version of the award-winning AppAssure backup, replication and…..

Techgage hasn’t had much of an enterprise presence in its ten years of existence. Brett has penned some incredible editorials, at times extending a bit into the world of big business, but on the whole we have been devoid of stories, articles, and news from that side of the industry. As we’ve mentioned in…..

Announced today, Synology updates its lineup with two new NAS models. The DS1515 and RS815 are logical updates to the current products offered in both the desktop (DS) and rack-mounted (RS) lines. With a focus on value and scalability, both models are priced competitively and have the ability to accommodate data growth with…..

We’ve seen WD make a good impact on the NAS market with its My Cloud series over the past couple of years, and now, it aims to continue that impact by breaking into a new segment: business. With its DL2100 and DL4100 NASes, WD claims to bring ease, security, and important functionality to the small business. Does it succeed?

It hasn’t been a great week for Lenovo, but who can feel bad for it? Last week, it was discovered that the company has, in recent months, preinstalled a piece of adware called ‘Superfish’ onto many of its shipping PCs. It seemed like a simple ad-injector at first, but it didn’t take long before…..

Pre-built NAS appliances might be easier to set up and use than a DIY server, but could they be even easier? Synology seems to think so. Its just-released BeyondCloud NASes come preconfigured with hard drives and provide a straightforward setup process. That’s right – your excuses for not owning a NAS just became fewer.

What a nice mid-week surprise! FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler took to Wired to tell us about a new proposal that would make net neutrality a reality: Classifying it as a Title II utility. Make no mistake, this is the big one – the move that will help us preserve our open Internet.…..