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By Kevin Lee Das Keyboard has kicked off its first-ever Kickstarter for of all things a cloud-connected keyboard called the 5Q. The Das Keyboard 5Q has everything you want from a modern, mechanical keyboard including a RGB lighting system that’s customizable down to each individual key. On top of giving the keyboard your personal flair,…

By Desire Athow USB memory sticks (or flash drives as they’re often known) are key to how we use our PCs these days. If you want to shift some huge pictures or videos around, then the best option is to throw them on a USB stick or a memory card – if you’re lucky to…

By Desire Athow Introduction Size does matter. And when it comes to SSDs, size costs too. At least, it did. Back in 2008, Intel launched its first solid state drive aimed at mere punters rather than enterprise customers. You forked out £400 and you received 80GB in return. Yeah, just 80GB, that’s equates to around…

By Desire Athow Introduction Size does matter. And when it comes to SSDs, size costs too. At least, it did. Back in 2008, Intel launched its first solid state drive aimed at mere punters rather than enterprise customers. You forked out £400 and you received 80GB in return. Yeah, just 80GB, that’s equates to around…

By Kane Fulton Logitech’s K380 multi-device keyboard was a boon for mobile device owners who wanted to quickly switch between typing into their main computer and a smartphone or tablet. The peripherals giant has followed it up with the K780, which looks like a more convincing option for desktop (or even laptop) users thanks to…

By Kane Fulton Logitech’s K380 multi-device keyboard was a boon for mobile device owners who wanted to quickly switch between typing into their main computer and a smartphone or tablet. The peripherals giant has followed it up with the K780, which looks like a more convincing option for desktop (or even laptop) users thanks to…

By Kevin Lee AMD is hoping to capture the minds and hearts of all gamers by introducing a new line of Polaris graphics cards that focuses on affordability on top of performance. First announced at Computex 2016, AMD has finally pulled the wraps off its new flagship Radeon RX 480. The GPU is based on…

By Kevin Lee SanDisk is breaking new ground with a pair of microSD memory cards with 256GB of storage capacity and lightening quick transfer speeds. First up is the new 256GB Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card, which SanDisk claims to offer read and write speeds up to 100MB/s and at 90MB/s, respectively. If the speeds are…

By Kevin Lee SanDisk is breaking new ground with a pair of microSD memory cards with 256GB of storage capacity and lightening quick transfer speeds. First up is the new 256GB Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card, which SanDisk claims to offer read and write speeds up to 100MB/s and at 90MB/s, respectively. If the speeds are…

By Darren Allan A new study has shown that people selling on their old used hard drives or SSDs aren’t taking the proper precautions to fully wipe their data from them, with the obvious danger that the buyer may be able to access their personal information – or indeed corporate data in some cases. This…

By Darren Allan A new study has shown that people selling on their old used hard drives or SSDs aren’t taking the proper precautions to fully wipe their data from them, with the obvious danger that the buyer may be able to access their personal information – or indeed corporate data in some cases. This…

By Parker Wilhelm Instant cameras may be a hit at parties, but a wasted shot of that precious single-use film can also be a hit to your wallet. Enter Fujifilm’s Share series of printers, which help alleviate these woes by printing out instant photo version of shots taken from smartphones – a process upgraded further…

By Parker Wilhelm Instant cameras may be a hit at parties, but a wasted shot of that precious single-use film can also be a hit to your wallet. Enter Fujifilm’s Share series of printers, which help alleviate these woes by printing instant-photo versions of shots taken from smartphones, a process upgraded further by Fujifilm’s new…

By Desire Athow Introduction Despite the rise of cloud and solid state storage, demand for hard disk drives has never been so high. Be it internal or external hard disk drives, businesses and end-user can’t get enough of them. The arrival of ultra-high definition content delivered via personal devices like smartphones means that even a…

By Kevin Lee Western Digital is fluffing up its wireless drive offerings with a new My Passport Wireless Pro portable hard drive and My Cloud Pro NAS solution. The earlier is a follow up to Western Digital My Passport Wireless released in 2014. The Pro version brings a redesigned drive with AC Wi-Fi and a…