The modern Christmas tree is more than a thing to put presents under. It’s a representation of your tastes, your hobbies, even your personality. Mash up some wildly outside-the-box creativity with the kind of devotion that only a geek can have, and you get some amazingly awesome Christmas trees. Like these. Dalek Tree Such a [...]
XBox 360 Update Allows USB Hard Drives
Posted on April 7, 2010 Written by 1 Comment
When the XBox 360 first came out, the hard drive that came standard – at least on the higher up model – just seemed like it wouldn’t be enough. After all, with all the DLC that Microsoft was planning for the console, there was no way that 20GB would be enough. The upgrades kept coming [...]
Storage Problem? 1TB Toshiba Canvio Introduced
Posted on April 1, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Got a storage problem? I know I do. That’s why when I first head about these new portable hard drives by Toshiba, I got a little excited. They come in four different flavors: 500GB, 640GB, 750GB, and 1TB, all for under $200. These are USB 2.0 drives, with no eSata or Firewire options. Right now [...]
Storage – The Great Debate
Posted on March 16, 2010 Written by 4 Comments
I do a lot of different things for work. I write, I blog, and I take lots and lots of pictures for magazines. As a result, I have tons of pictures stored in various places, and I’m triple backed up at all times. Right now, it’s a fairly simple setup, but it’s going to get [...]
LaCie unveils first rugged eSATA hard drive
Posted on February 22, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
We like our LaCie hard drives at Forever Geek. They’re well designed (two of them made it into our top 12 best looking hard drives) and up-to-date with the latest tech. Take the latest announcement: that of the first Rugged eSATA hard drive. LaCie is keen to point out the cost savings of getting an [...]
Buffalo Dualie: iPod dock and portable hard drive in one
Posted on January 7, 2010 Written by 1 Comment
Mac users with an iPhone or iPod who want a docking station and some additional, portable storage might want to take a look at the new Dualie from Buffalo. This compact desktop companion features a dock that’ll take a range of iPhone or iPod models, plus a separate dock at the back that is ready [...]
Iomega introduces v.Clone: take your entire PC with you on a hard drive
Posted on January 5, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Iomega has announced the launch of its new v.Clone software which allows you to clone your PC’s contents onto a hard drive and then use it as a virtual machine on any other PC. Backing up, travelling with important files on a USB stick or accessing your home PC via the Internet are all possibilities [...]
Attack of the killer porn: hilarious article on deleting it from your hard drive
Posted on November 2, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
I found this article on deleting pornographic images from your PC’s hard drive absolutely hilarious, I must admit. No offence meant to the guys over at Beastmoon.net, but I thought I’d recreate the article here with some nice images (no, not those kind of images) in place of the **** asterisks.
False sense of security with Data Locker hard drive?
Posted on September 9, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
This hard drive may look fairly secure, being all rugged and fitted with a touchscreen for entering a numerical passcode to unlock the drive, but is it really that secure? It may well thwart the casual thief who, unable to simply plug it in to a spare USB port and peruse your precious porn stash [...]
