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What do you get when you cross a hard drive, an SD card reader, and a Wi-Fi hotspot with cloud capabilities? You get WD’s My Passport Wireless. Available in 500GB ~ 2TB capacities, this My Passport hopes to become the ultimate mobile drive, and it offers even more than what’s immediately obvious. Let’s check it out.

At this point, it’s hard to believe that EVGA was once known only for its graphics cards. Today, the company also produces motherboards, power supplies, cases, and even some accessories. Oh – and peripherals, such as the TORQ X10 gaming mouse, which we’ve given a good test over the past month. Read on to learn how it fared.

Unlike most NASes, RAID enclosures have as simple a featureset as possible. They’re designed to give you robust external storage potential, without breaking the bank. It’s been ages since we last took a look at a RAID enclosure, so to break that dry spell, we’re taking Teratrend’s TS432U for a spin. Let’s see how it fares.

This cable company has been in the news a lot lately – from its shakedown of Netflix, to its attempt at monopolizing the market by wanting to absorb Time Warner Cable.  Now Comcast is making its intentions clear of wanting to start its very own YouTube competitor. The senior vice president of video Matt Strauss confirmed…..

Let’s face it – most people have heard of Logitech, and most of those who are tech savvy have become well-acquainted with the company’s various offerings over the years. I’ve been mostly pleased with everything I’ve tried from Logitech before, so let’s find out if the G502 Proteus gaming mouse continues the trend.

Compared to most other PC components, the fan controller market is far from large. It’s a good thing, then, that companies like NZXT continue to release models that we can call “awesome”. Does the company’s latest, the Sentry 3, earn the same praise? There’s only one way to find out – let’s get it installed.

It seems like almost every week, there is some massive security breach somewhere, and this week is no different.  According to The Verge, eBay will be asking all of its 112 million members to change their passwords, in light of a newly-discovered database security hole. The attack  took place some time between late…..

Yes folks, that is right – your TV choices continue to shrink.  In a BuzzFeed report Sunday, AT&T made its intentions clear to purchase satellite TV provider DirecTV for a whopping $48.5 billion.  As of currently, AT&T does offer its own brand of TV service known as “U-Verse”.  U-Verse has a very small footprint…..

Some of us didn’t even know data was still being backed up to tape, until Sony made headlines this week by shattering the old record of data density on magnetic tape media.  Extreme high density tapes are still in use by corporations and government agencies for archival purposes because they are cheaper,…..

This sounds intriguing: Microsoft is working on ways to integrate a trackpad with a keyboard.  I know that my desk sees its fair share of clutter, and one less device certainly could free up some real estate for me – to add more clutter.  A research paper published recently reveals that the Redmond company…..

Valve just released an update for its Steam desktop client.  This update addresses bugs and stability improvements across all platforms, and includes support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.  Gamers in Linux now can select a voice input device when using “Big Picture” mode. Some of the cross platform changes include support for regional…..

Apparently $1.27 billion in revenue and earnings of 86 cents per share justifies a price hike, if you are Netflix that is.  Just one year ago, Netflix showed earnings of just 5 cents per share, and $1.05 billion in revenue.  The company added 2.25 million new US subscribers, and 1.75 million new…..

Here at Techgage, we like to keep up on all the new and exciting things to enter the PC gaming world.  One product that grabbed our attention, that’s still in development and currently on Kickstarter, is the “Aimpad”.  Aimpad is a revolutionary idea, once you understand the theory around how it will…..

A dashcam might be a simple device, but it’s one that could prove invaluable in the event of an accident – nothing tells the truth quite like video. And as far as dashcams go, Papago! makes some attractive ones, including the P2 Pro we’re taking a look at here. So, let’s take it for a drive and see if it’s worthy of sticking to your windshield.

Known Apple parts suppliers are expected to begin mass production of larger displays for the new flagship phone for Apple.  The timing with these reports would be consistent with the fruit company’s normal release time period of fall.  According to Reuters, Apple is focusing its efforts on releasing two new iPhone sizes…..

Last year Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made his intentions clear that he wanted to bring internet to remote parts of the world where internet has never existed.   Thursday, Facebook confirmed rumors that engineers are working on a fleet of solar powered drones that will beam internet access to people in the most…..

In a move that some see as long overdue, Google just signed a deal with Luxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley among other brands, allowing the device to really go mainstream.  Luxottica will be producing an exclusive line of eyeglass frames that will cater to the Glass technology.  Initially, this deal…..

Two men have pled guilty to charges filed by the Justice Department.  Nicholas Anthony Narbone entered a guilty plea on Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.  Thomas Allen Dye, who was labeled as the “co-conspirator” pled guilty to the same charge earlier this month. These men are…..

If you were one of the people who paid $1698 for an Apple II with 16k of RAM in 1977, you probably bought it from Team Electronics in Minneapolis, now called FirstTech.  The store announced that it will be shutting down at the end of this month after 73 years in business,…..

The original Microsoft Surface had bleak sales numbers – okay, we don’t want to insult the term bleak, pitiful sales numbers.  Surface 2 has been selling better than its older sibling, and now that Microsoft is bringing LTE to Surface 2, this is sure to bring Microsoft further into running with the…..