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HGST Ultrastar HDD is a 10TB helium monster, aims to cope with data overload

By Darren Allan Western Digital has announced the shipping of the new HGST Ultrastar He10, which is the world’s first ever 10TB PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) hard disk drive. This is WDC’s third-gen helium drive, offering 2TB more space than the biggest disk (8TB) of the previous generation managed. It will be available as a…

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HGST Ultrastar HDD is a 10TB helium monster, aims to cope with data overload

By Darren Allan Western Digital has announced the shipping of the new HGST Ultrastar He10, which is the world’s first ever 10TB PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) hard disk drive. This is WDC’s third-gen helium drive, offering 2TB more space than the biggest disk (8TB) of the previous generation managed. It will be available as a…

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Rever is a cheap 3D printer which is so safe and simple kids can use it

By Darren Allan 3D printers are dropping in price, with options like the Ooznest PRUSA i3 on the menu these days, but an even cheaper device is hoping to make 3D printing more affordable still. And the Rever, which has just fired up its Kickstarter campaign (as spotted by Creative Bloq), wants to be in…

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Rever is a cheap 3D printer which is so safe and simple kids can use it

By Darren Allan 3D printers are dropping in price, with options like the Ooznest PRUSA i3 on the menu these days, but an even cheaper device is hoping to make 3D printing more affordable still. And the Rever, which has just fired up its Kickstarter campaign (as spotted by Creative Bloq), wants to be in…

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Cyber Monday: The best Cyber Monday deals: PS4, Xbox One, TVs and laptops

By James Rivington Cyber Monday Loading Cyber Monday deals links… Welcome to Cyber Monday on techradar! While this day doesn’t quite have the same reputation for deal mayhem, if you’re in the market for cheap tech you should definitely pay attention to it. Why? Because retailers have stocked up their warehouses for Black Friday, and…

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Cyber Monday: The Best Cyber Monday deals 2015

By TechRadar Deals Cyber Monday deals in the US Loading Cyber Monday deals links… The best Cyber Monday deals for 2015 have officially started in the US, and retailers are offering discounts on the PS4, Xbox One, iPad, 4K TVs and just about everything else you can think of. Stores across America like Amazon, Walmart,…

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New Raspberry Pi Zero sells out in just 24 hours

By David Nield We definitely liked the look of the new super-cheap Raspberry Pi Zero when it launched earlier this week – and it seems we’re not the only ones. All 20,000 of the initial batch of devices have been sold in the first day. Supplies are also running low of the official MagPi magazine…

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New Raspberry Pi Zero sells out in just 24 hours

By David Nield We definitely liked the look of the new super-cheap Raspberry Pi Zero when it launched earlier this week – and it seems we’re not the only ones. All 20,000 of the initial batch of devices have been sold in the first day. Supplies are also running low of the official MagPi magazine…

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Black Friday: The best computing and component deals for Black Friday 2015

By TechRadar Deals There’s deals all over the place this Black Friday and in PC-land is no different. There are a host of fantastic prices hitting for everything from graphics cards and SSDs to controllers and full blown desktop PCs. So whether you’re looking to upgrade your current gaming rig, find something awesome to plug…

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A4 printing goes portable with Brother’s PocketJet 7 series

By Rob Edwards While thermal printing has been commonplace for decades, Brother‘s latest line of printers is taking it on the road. Aiming to help mobile workers who need to print documents on the go, Brother’s introducing its PocketJet 7 series, the market’s first A4 thermal printers. Capable of printing eight pages per minute, and…

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Raspberry Pi Zero launched, smallest ever Pi costs literally next-to-nothing

By Darren Allan A new flavour of the Raspberry Pi has been launched, and if you thought previous models were cheap, then this one takes the budget biscuit. The Raspberry Pi Zero doesn’t quite cost nothing, but as its name might suggest, the device’s price tag is very close to it and you can pick…

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Raspberry Pi Zero launched, smallest ever Pi costs literally next-to-nothing

By Darren Allan A new flavour of the Raspberry Pi has been launched, and if you thought previous models were cheap, then this one takes the budget biscuit. The Raspberry Pi Zero doesn’t quite cost nothing, but as its name might suggest, the device’s price tag is very close to it and you can pick…

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A laptop battery pack is your dream travel companion

By Chuong Nguyen Introduction and design We’ve all been there: you’re sitting at a coffee shop trying to crank out a presentation at the eleventh hour when all of a sudden, your laptop blares out a warning that you have less than 5%remaining battery life. In an age when manufacturers trade the functionality of removable…

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A laptop battery pack is your dream travel companion

By Chuong Nguyen Introduction and design We’ve all been there: you’re sitting at a coffee shop trying to crank out a presentation at the eleventh hour when all of a sudden, your laptop blares out a warning that you have less than 5%remaining battery life. In an age when manufacturers trade the functionality of removable…

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Black Friday: Amazon UK goes Black Friday crazy with phone accessory deals from Anker

By TechRadar Deals While Argos has already gone live with its Black Friday deals, Amazon is sticking to a calm and collected ‘deals of the day’ approach until Friday. Yesterday we saw some good prices on the Moto X Play smartphone as well as some other pretty good deals. But today Amazon has teamed up…

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