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D-Link DIR-510L Portable Storage Router May 23, 2016 - While the mobile market has grown, there are still places with spotty cell coverage and then you have to worry about your data plan while on vacation. Most hotels come with some sort of internet connectivity, but it is limited to a device or two. What happens when you travel with lots of devices and need to connect them all? D-Link has a solution for you in the DIR-510L portable router and charger with storage capabilities. Read full article

Kingston DataTraveler 2000 April 15, 2016 - We are fans of security products. We are even bigger fans of security products that don't require custom software solutions or have limited operating system support. The Kingston DataTraveler 2000 is a secure flash drive that requires no software on the host computer. All of the security is built into the drive and it works with anything that supports USB mass storage. Read full article

Kingston Mobilelite Wireless G3 March 1, 2016 - We still accept that devices run out of storage. Our mobile phones and tablets can have lots of storage for cheap (flash prices are cheap), but the market still accepts devices with 16GB of storage as the norm. Without having expandable storage, that space runs out quickly. Kingston steps in with the Mobilelite Wireless G3 to solve that need. Read full article

Kingston Mobilelite G4 December 10, 2014 - You're sitting with a slightly older laptop or other type of computer that lacks a SD card reader built in and you think to yourself... "I should get a card reader for this thing." Two things to make sure of are the portability and that it can read the most common sizes of cards along with the current formats. Thankfully, the Kingston Mobilelite G4 reads SDXC cards in both full and micro sizes and is $10 to boot. Read full article

Kingston Mobilelite Wireless November 21, 2013 - There's a trend in mobile devices. More and more of them are removing the external storage option. What was once a big feature has now been pushed aside for unified internal storage. Sure, it makes it more streamlined in the user experience, but you lose the ability to expand your storage. Worse, you lose the ability to backup data directly. Enter Kingston with the Mobilelite Wireless to fix this problem. Read full article

Kingston Wi-Drive February 19, 2013 - Nothing beats a vacation. Well, except when you bring your mobile device with you and can't decide on what videos or music you should load since you don't have enough storage space. That part isn't so good, but why should you have to make that choice? Enter the Kingston Wi-Drive to mitigate your extra storage needs. It works with Android and iOS devices and is a portable NAS for your mobile devices. Read full article

Kingston SDX10V/128GB SDXC Memory January 5, 2013 - Technology marches forward. Remember SDHC topping out at 32GB? Yeah, we are over that now. Move over, Kingston has a new 128GB SDXC card to handle all your content creation projects with a single card. Don't want to juggle multiple, low capacity, cards? This review is for you. Read full article

Synology DS712+ Network Application Server June 22, 2012 - Small and medium business may look to the SOHO market to find inexpensive devices to fulfill a requirement without thinking down the road. Thinking ahead saves you time and money and that's where we find ourselves with the DS712+ from Synology. This NAS is targeting to the higher end crowd than the previously reviewed models and the horsepower proves that it is capable of delivering where it counts. Read full article

Synology DS211 Network Application Server November 24, 2010 - While the DS210j was a nice simple server, there are people that require more horsepower from a dedicated storage and application server. Synology has just released the DS211 which doubles the speed and memory from the older, SOHO targeted, unit. The DiskStation Manager 3.0 software rounds out the product for a smash hit. Read full article

Imation Defender F200 Biometric Flash Drive November 9, 2010 - There are occasions where you need to transport information of a sensitive nature while not worrying if it gets into the wrong hands. For that reason, many companies have created flash drives with a focus squarely being on security. We at ASE Labs have reviewed such products in the past, but the Imation Defender F200 Biometric Flash Drive is the first one we have seen that forgoes using traditional password encryption. Instead, it uses a fingerprint scanner to protect your data. Read full article

Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 32GB USB3 DTU30 October 27, 2010 - Another flash drive? You're probably sick of seeing flash drive reviews that basically show a slow device with a moderate capacity. This is different. The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate is a new USB3 version with write speeds of 60MB/s and reads of 80MB/s. This is more like a SSD than a flash drive. Read full article

Verbatim Titan XS 320GB Portable Hard Drive July 19, 2010 - Portable hard drives have come a long way in the last few years. Increases in efficiency and design advancements have allowed them to be viable alternatives to USB flash drives. Verbatim has several portable hard drives on the market. Today, ASE Labs has the Verbatim Titan XS 320GB up for review. Read full article

Thermaltake BlacX Duet April 30, 2010 - A few years ago, Thermaltake released the BlacX. It was one of the first (if not the first) hard drive docking stations for sale. Thermaltake was the company to really push the product to market. Now, Thermaltake is upping the ante by supporting two drives at once. Read full article

Lexar JumpDrive FireFly April 25, 2010 - Flash drives are fairly common in today. Lexar has been in the flash field for years. Today, we have the small and sleek Lexar FireFly on the bench at ASE Labs. While Lexar has geared this product towards the youth, anyone will enjoy it just the same. Read full article

Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn April 4, 2010 - What flash drive design do you prefer? Some people prefer swivel designs with rotating covers, some people like ones where the connector slides out, and still others prefer the classic cap design. Today, ASE Labs has the JumpDrive TwistTurn up on the block. This is Lexar's entry-level submission in the first category. Read full article

Verbatim InSight 320GB Portable Hard Drive March 26, 2010 - Compact but big on storage capacity, the InSight drive is available in a sleek piano-black finish with capacities of 320GB and 500GB and carries a 5-year limited warranty. With an Always On display, the Verbatim InSight hard drive is a plug-and-play external drive that keeps you in the know - even when it’s disconnected. Read full article

Imation Pro WX 1.5TB Wireless USB February 24, 2010 - Remember when Bluetooth came out? No one bothered to care for a long time until an explosion happened a few years ago. We believe that Wireless USB is in the same boat. The technology solves a problem that people need; the ability to connect peripherals to their computer without a wire. It is just that we are suffering on the implementation and faced without market saturation, the Wireless USB field seems to be stagnating. There are glimmers of hope and Imation brings the first Wireless USB enclosure to the table. Read full article

Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ 16GB USB Flash December 11, 2009 - Tax documents, company memos and even personal files are just some of the things that you might not want others to be able to see. With those security needs in mind, Kingston has created the DataTraveler Locker+, and ASE Labs has the 16GB model up for review. Read full article

D-Link DIR-685 Xtreme N Storage Router December 8, 2009 - Take a router, a NAS, and a picture frame. Now smash it together. What is the end result? The D-Link DIR-685 Xtreme N Storage Router. This convergence device matches a router with a LCD picture frame and even manages to squeeze in a drive based NAS as well. Read full article

Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive November 24, 2009 - SSDs are here to stay. What changes is the segment they can be used in. Kingston has a new approach to a new product in the SSDNow V Series line; The SSD is the boot drive while your spindle drive takes care of all the large amounts of data. You can get the best of both worlds. Read full article

Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB September 2, 2009 - Kingston has waited a long time before entering the SSD market. Was it worth the wait? The SSDNow V Series shows what a low priced SSD can be given the proper time for the bugs to be worked out. Consumers should be thankful that Kingston waited until the SSD was mature enough to be brought to market with a low price controller. Kingston's brand name still stands strong unlike those of other companies that rushed out SSDs only to have problem after problem. Read full article

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB HDD WD20EADS April 28, 2009 - A very long time ago, "experts" in the technology field shouted that the end of magnetic storage was soon to be. It was at the release of the pre-Gigabyte drives that those experts said that magnetic storage would hit a wall in terms of density and the entire storage solution would move to flash. Western Digital scoffs at those so-called "experts" to release a brand new Caviar Green 2TB drive. While those same experts were wrong about magnetic storage limits (for now), SSDs are the future of computer only due to the non-moving parts and high transfer speeds. That being said, magnetic storage brings the highest density possible in the same form factor. SSDs can't touch this yet. Read full article

LiteON SATA DVD-RW 22x March 17, 2009 - There are a few trends in computing technology that are happening now. One of them seems to be the moving away from optical media in favor of some type of flash memory. While the death of optical media may be premature, the majority of boxed hardware comes specifically on this type of media. Optical drives are here to stay for a bit longer and LITEON's latest 22x iHAS422 is a good drive to own. Read full article

Honeywell SecuraDrive RFID March 7, 2009 - ASE Labs has taken a close look at Honeywell's new SecuraDrive. These slim USB hard drives will be released as 250GB and 500GB units. A simple wave of the little RFID tag over the drive, activates and deactivates the AES 128 bit encryption, ensuring that private data is kept secure. Read full article

Intel X25-M SSD January 20, 2009 - Solid state disk technology is one of the best things to happen to computers and Intel hits a home run with the X25-M SSD. Read full article

Western Digital MyBook Studio 2 WDH2Q20000N November 25, 2008 - The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II combines dual 1TB drives in a very sleek and well made package. The unit has excellent performance and works great. Read full article

Kingston DTMS 4GB USB Drive November 10, 2008 - Kingston releases a new slim type flash drive specifically made for consumers that care about size. This tiny 4GB unit handles daily tasks with ease.
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Thermaltake BlacX August 26, 2008 - Data backup and storage have come a long way since the use of floppy disk to house that precious data. Today we can use the hard drive as the removable storage thanks to products like the BlacX. Read full article

ATP ToughDrive 4GB Camo USB Flash August 21, 2008 - Many flash drive companies claim superior performance, pricing or in some cases even design. But how many flash drives can claim to be waterproof and heat resistant? Today we look at a product from a company that does just that, in the form of the ATP ToughDrive 4GB Camo. Read full article

Icy Dock 3.5 Inch Screwless Internal HDD Enclosure MB672SKGF August 18, 2008 - Icy Dock seems to make amazing products that work just as they are designed and marketed. It really is a breathe of fresh air when you pick up the 3.5 internal enclosure and it works perfectly. Read full article