Content and news by Greg King

Last month, the overriding theme of CES was the “Internet of Things.” The focus on this was so great that Samsung’s CEO, BK Yoon, crafted his entire keynote around the idea of the connected world. A good example of the idea of the connected world is home automation. As more and more…..

Towards the end of last year, the XBMC team released their latest build, codenamed Helix. With v14, we got a new brand name and logo as well. One of the biggest draws for the application, outside of its supreme usability, is that is supports so many different hardware platforms. Have an old…..

Somebody has to be first. Announced today, QNAP has partnered with AMD to release two new models of NAS devices. Powered by an AMD 64-bit G-Series quad-core CPU, the 4/6/8-bay TVS-x63 and the 10GbE-ready TVS-863+ are the first NAS devices to feature an AMD embedded CPU. “QNAP is renowned for providing comprehensive…..

Sticking to tradition, ASUS has inundated us with product announcements at this year’s CES, and fortunately for our gaming audience, many products have been designed just for you. JD has already given his thoughts on ASUS’ latest Republic of Gamers peripherals, so here, I’ll talk about two gaming monitors the company’s showing…..

I think few would argue that Microsoft had many missteps with Windows 8. Some have even gone as far as calling it a failure on par with Windows Vista. For those reasons, Microsoft has a lot riding on its next OS, Windows 10, and so far, it seems to be doing well…..

We have taken a look at many NAS solutions over the years, but it’s not often that we get to check out a model from a vendor we’ve never had the chance to look at before. So, it’s with great intrigue that we check out ASUSTOR’s AS-204TE, a four-bay NAS solution designed for home use.

With countless companies disappearing after a short while on the market, ASUS has been a pillar of the computing industry since early 1989. Never afraid to try new things, its product offerings span a wide range, including everything from motherboards to routers. We’ve looked at its PC cases, motherboards, video cards, routers,…..

There have been a few companies in the consumer electronics industry that Techgage has worked with more than a few times.  Corsair, Logitech, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Synology; just to name a few.  With over ten products reviewed at Techgage in our ten years, Zalman absolutely deserves to be included in that list…..

Piper, the all-in-one home security, video monitoring and automation device can now be found in Amazon.com’s home automation store.  With the holidays creeping up on us, giving the gift of Piper has been made that much easier. Fresh off of its win as one of the CTIA’s “Hot for the Holidays” award recipients…..

If our news about the DS415+ wasn’t enough to ignite renewed excitement in Synology, its newest version of DiskStation Manager (DSM) that has just been released for public consumption might take care of it. With a broad range of supported DiskStations, the DSM 5.1 beta is free to download and brings with…..

It’s been a quiet few months where the Synology camp is concerned. Short of addressing security vulnerabilities, the company has quietly bided its time until today, with the release of its 4-bay DS415+. Armed with an Intel Silvermont-based Atom quad-core 2.4 GHz CPU and 2GB of DDR3 RAM, the DS415+ promises averages of…..

Clever marketing can capture its target audience’s attention better than most anything planned or unplanned.  With society becoming ever more connected through social media, the way that messages and ideas get propagated can pay significant dividends for successful marking departments. When it comes to Intel, they’ve had some considerable success. Remember this guy?…..

Finding a “great” keyboard for an HTPC is tough. It seems that most models do a lot of things right, but then miss the boat on the others. With its Illuminated Living Room K830, Logitech is hoping to deliver an option that hits all of the marks, and on paper, the chances look good. Let’s see if it manages to pull it off.

ASUS has a great reputation on the router front, and its latest model, RT-AC87, is sure to turn some heads. Utilizing Quantenna’s 4×4 MU-MIMO (multiple user, multiple input multiple output) chipset, the RT-AC87 is being marketed as the fasted 5 GHz router available for purchase. Going beyond speed, the router promises to provide…..

Using 3 or more displays on a single desktop PC is a breeze nowadays, thanks to the efforts of the three main GPU vendors. The situation is different on the mobile side, however, and that’s where Matrox, with its TripleHead2Go series comes into play. For this article, we’re taking a look at one of the company’s latest models, the Digital SE.

Launched earlier today, the Synology DS415play is being presented as the two bay DS214play’s bigger brother. For those adept to finding informational meaning from the device names, the four bay DS415play continues the example set by its two bay sibling by featuring hardware video transcoding, enabling the NAS to deliver full 1080p…..

QNAP has just rolled out what it’s calling “Virtualization Station”. Hoping to extend its product’s functionality, the company has now made it possible to run multiple VMs on a single Turbo NAS. By using a “simple and centralized management interface”, users now have a single window into the health of their VMs, as well…..

ioSafe has long been building NAS boxes that can take some serious, real-world abuse. We’re talking water submersion, or something even more severe, like a house fire. What could make a solution like that even better? Synology’s DSM software on-board sure doesn’t hurt. With the 214 dual-bay option, that’s just what we’re dealing with.

It’s been quite some time since we last checked out one of NETGEAR’s NAS offerings, so we’re going to use the ReadyNAS 102, a dual-bay offering, to help us get up to speed. Unlike the last ReadyNAS we looked at, the 102 features OS 6, and one of our favorite, understated features: Btrfs support.

Have a pair of speakers kicking around, not being used? Want to kick back and stream audio from your phone, rather than sit in front of the PC? Both of these scenarios can be aided with Logitech’s new Bluetooth audio adapter. Connect it to a set of speakers, pair up, and listen. As we find out, it truly is that simple.