storage

iomega StorCenter: Storage-tastic

Crave With more and more devices going digital, the need for digital storage has never been greater. As Confucius said, the stultifying dullness of backing up is infinitely preferable to the nightmare of losing all your tracks.iomega thinks it has the...

Tags: iomega, storage, hard drive, disk

5 September 2006, 9:44

Canon M30: Storage with a screen

Crave But storage is still an issue with cameras -- and non-hard drive camcorders -- expecially as image and video resolution climbs into the 12-megapixel and high-definition brackets. Invest in a fistful of memory cards, perhaps, or a portable storage...

Tags: canon, camcorders, hard drive, storage

18 January 2008, 8:00

Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card: Bottomless storage

Crave As predicted, the card functions as a standard 2GB memory card, which then allows you to transfer your images via Wi-Fi to any of 17 online photo storage sites. There are many questions we ponder on a daily basis here at Crave, such as, "Who, me...

Tags: eye-fi, eye, cameras, fi

1 November 2007, 10:34

The Augustus Gloop of storage: Terastation

Crave This storage system really can wolf it down. As our demands for storage capacity grow ever more furious, there's only one rational way to deal with the snowdrift of digital photographs, videos and assorted email attachments that daily existence...

Tags: storage, capacity, storing, gigabit ethernet

19 September 2005, 10:48

BenQ, Diino MyPix and Flickr: Photo storage update

Crave If you've tracked down a BenQ camera, such as the DC C1050 or DC E1000, any time in the last year you can claim a free 25GB online storage account at Diino.com. You can then share, publish and backup with four month's free storage.

Tags: benq, cent, storage, books

3 December 2007, 10:55

Crave Talk: How flash will destroy optical and magnetic storage

Crave Apple's launch of on-demand movie rentals compliments its -- and others' -- existing download-to-own services, and opens up a new market for portable storage -- the flash drive. This could ultimately help flash grow further, negating the need for...

21 January 2008, 10:53

Buffalo MiniStation: Armour-plated storage

Crave What else can this armour-clad portable-storage monster offer to hardcore hard-drive animals? As long-distance frequent fliers know, the average laptop hard drive just isn't big enough to hold the music and video required to stave off the boredom...

Tags: buffalo technology, portable, hard drive, microsoft windows

17 January 2006, 9:57

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9: Hardcore storage

Crave Rewritable DVD discs, memory cards and USB memory sticks are great, but they're useless if you're a major file hoarder. What you really need is a big, dirty hard drive to prevent your burgeoning collection of multimedia files from spilling out of...

Tags: street, prevent, sample, operation

21 December 2005, 10:46

Freecom Mobile Drive XXS: Coolest storage gadget ever?

Crave Our friendly neighbourhood Freecom reps popped round yesterday to show off its latest hotness. This, friends, is the Mobile Drive XXS -- claimed to be the smallest and lightest 2.5-inch USB drive on the market.

19 August 2008, 11:59

Western Digital My Book Pro Edition II: £399 terabyte drive

Crave Multimedia file hoarders rejoice: Western Digital has just announced a new terabyte storage device for under £400. The gorgeous Western Digital My Book Professional Edition II not only makes most of its rivals look like the brittle shavings of a...

Tags: storage, hard drives, western, western digital

5 October 2006, 11:32

Drobo: Automated data robot

Crave Data storage is usually as dull as ditchwater, but our ears pricked up when we heard about Drobo -- the world's first storage robot. It's basically a whacking great USB storage device that accepts up to four separate 3.5-inch SATA hard disks.

Tags: data robotics, disk, remove, storage

21 December 2007, 8:00

Drobo 2: Return of the data robot

Crave While we're on the subject of cool storage devices, you really should know about the second-generation Data Robotics Drobo -- the sequel to the totally drool-worthy Drobo we reviewed back in February.

Tags: storage, disks, gen, final cut pro

20 August 2008, 10:55

Crave Talk: It's too soon for flash-based video iPods

Crave Today's super rumour is that Apple is aiming to replace all hard-disk-based iPods -- the 30GB and 80GB models -- with NAND flash storage, placing the hard disk in the box of toys that nobody wants to play with anymore.

Tags: apple, storage, disks, hard disk

9 March 2007, 10:59

Photos: Popcorn Hour B-110 DIY media motherboard

Crave The idea is, you'll buy your own case, fit the motherboard and add all your own storage as you see fit. Not everyone wants a specific case, and not every user needs the same amount of storage, so the Popcorn Hour B-110 is simply a home cinema PC...

13 August 2008, 11:00

LG GBW H10N: Economy Blu-ray drive

Crave LG's latest Blu-ray disc drive, the GBW H10N, is an optical storage device that lets you read, write and erase data using Blu-ray discs. The GBW H10N will be available in two formats -- as a component for your PC and as a free-standing device...

Tags: lg electronics, discs, disc, ray

15 September 2006, 11:44