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Review
Reviews of hardware
Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook
Sep 3rd
A very brief review of the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook (USA people click HERE). There is a few good reasons why this might suit your needs over the Acer and others out there and the price range is $400+ or £289 – a lot depends on the specs your choose of course such as operating system, memory and hard drive etc. This is just an overview as I only had one day to take a look at this device and get it ready with Windows XP.
Synology DS110+ Review
Aug 21st
The Synology DS110+ is a One Bay NAS Box aimed at the small to medium business market. It comes supplied with no hard drive (you fit your own capacity), has an eSATA and 3 x USB ports to add additional storage to the device plus it is fitted with a gigabit Ethernet port for high speed data transfer.
Ninite Easy PC Setup
Aug 16th
Ever wanted to set up a PC with a bunch of freeware and useful applications, we here is an much easier way. Head off to http://ninite.com/ – Pick the software you need, download the installer, run and your done.
DuckCapture – easy to use screen capture
Aug 16th
DuckLink Screen Capture (AKA: DuckCapture) comes with four capture modes that make screen capture easy! Capture a window on your screen, region of your screen, or the contents of a tall web page that scrolls. Don’t waste time cropping your captures. DuckCapture exactly what you need.
Synology DS210J NAS Device
Aug 4th
I recently bought the Synology DS210J NAS Box plus a couple of Seagate Barracuda ST32000542AS 2TB 3.5″ SATA II Hard Drive, this was to give me a shared network storage space of 4TB (well under 4TB once formatted) and be able to store all of my data requirements for now and in the future. I agree that 4TB will be used up and as this is only a 2Bay device – no way to expand internally but we shall cross that bridge when we come to it.
PogoPlug – Ongoing thoughts
Jul 31st
After messing with this device for a week now, I felt it was only right that I add my thoughts on how it has been going. I wanted to show the good, the bad and the downright ugly sides of this device. What you can also see is that so far I have not returned this to the store, it is either because I am lazy or I feel it *might* turn out good in the end – let us see.
PogoPlug – A Tech Review
Jul 27th
After seeing various reviews littered about the web and watching video’s of people using and unboxing a pogoplug, there was not enough detailed write up about how it works on a day to day unit rather than just something to shares your files across the internet. I had spotted this device in a local store for £79, the retail price was £99, so a saving of £20 to be had. Was this a cheap NAS box that could suit my needs or would it turn out to be something slow and unusable.
Format Factory – Convert Movie files
Jul 11th
Ever needed to convert a movie file from one format to another, which includes FLV and you are sick to death of installing what they say is free but in fact is a demo? Well Look no further – Format Factory is a 100% Free Utility that will do the job you need.
Icy Box Dual Disk RAID Gigabit NAS IB-NAS3221-B
Jul 11th
I have been looking into NAS and this one device I have seen which interests me. The website is HERE and we shall go through what it is, what it does and why you might want one (or something similar). First of all let us explain that NAS is Network attached Storage and this allows a box dedicated to sharing space across the network so that any computer can get at the information stored. Some boxes just share the drives but some come with a whole range of extras such as Web Server, Torrent client and iTunes Server.
Soluto – Speed up your Boot time
Jun 13th
Have you ever wondered why it takes so long for your Windows Machine to load up ever day? While there is tools out there that can help yo in the process, what about a nice graphical and very easy to use FREE piece of software to do the task for you? Soluto is that very tool and I gave it a whirl – read on to see what I thought.
