Tag Archive for Hard Drives & USB

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This is One Happy USB Family
By Chip Chick Staff on October 22, 2013
It’s 2013, and nothing is allowed to be boring. Granted, kitschy USB hubs (yeah, the hubs, let alone the drives) are far from a new...
Give Your iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S4 the Finger
By Ali Heriyanto on August 2, 2013
We guess that creating unique accessories for smartphones is really getting more difficult to come up with, because why else would you make a finger...
Mimoco Cartman Flash Drive Will Eat His Weight in Storage
By Chance Kinney on July 19, 2013
Time has come for San Diego Comic Con to roll around once again, and that means Mimoco will be in tow with all new flash...
USB Lipstick Flash Drive II is a Lovely Shade of Storage Space
By Chance Kinney on July 15, 2013
The USB Lipstick Flash Drive II isn’t great for what it is, it’s great for what it could be.
Iron Man Right Hand USB is Ready to Give You the Finger
By Chip Chick Staff on July 5, 2013
It’s nice to see that some companies are still putting effort into making creative USB drives. Case in point, the Iron Man Right Hand USB...
Buffalo DriveStation DDR Review
By Helena Stone on May 31, 2013
We all want the performance of an SSD, but when it comes to large amounts of storage, SSDs get real pricey, real fast. That is...
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USB Utility Charge Tool is a Geeky Swiss Army Knife
By Chance Kinney on April 22, 2013
I have always been a fan of the Swiss Army Knife. Its practicality, that it is always there for you when you run into trouble....
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Seagate Wireless Plus 1TB Drive for iOS and Android Review
By Scott Schaen on March 4, 2013
Last year we reviewed Seagate’s Satellite Wireless Hard Drive and were impressed; this year we’re reviewing Seagate’s Wireless Plus, the 1TB big brother, and we’re...
Samsung HomeSync Brings 1 TB of Storage to the Living Room
By Chance Kinney on February 25, 2013
Samsung will be releasing a set-top box (of sorts) this year, which will also serve as local cloud storage for the whole family. It’s called...
Mimobots Just Got Cuter with Hello Kitty and Ugly Dolls
By Scott Schaen on January 21, 2013
Flash drives are essential these days… so you might as well store your files in style! To that effect, flash drives really don’t get cooler...
Speed Up with Kingstonâ€™s DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 Flash Drive
By Tiffani Buteau on January 7, 2013
USB 3.0 is fast. Very fast. The G3 has read speeds of up to 150MB and write speeds of up to 70MB. When used in...
LaCie Blade Runner Starck Craft Limited Edition Hard Drive
By Chance Kinney on January 6, 2013
It has nothing to do with the movie (new or original), but it sure does look cool. I’m sure the name doesn’t hurt when it...
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LaCie XtremKey USB 3.0 Will Gladly Take a Beating
By Chance Kinney on December 12, 2012
Do you need a USB drive that can survive a dip into a deep fryer? Probably not. Do you want one, though? Great news.
Samsung 840 Series SSD Entices with Free Far Cry 3 Download
By Chip Chick Staff on November 19, 2012
If you were on the fence about getting Far Cry 3 or a new solid-state drive, here’s a deal that might knock you off. During...
OCZ Vertex 4 Solid State Drive Review
By Scott Schaen on September 4, 2012
Know this: SSDs are the wave of the future. Their benefits far outweigh any type of hard disk drive that’s ever existed. Now that the...
Western Digital Delivers Thunderbolt Speeds with MyBook VelociRaptor Duo
By Chip Chick Staff on August 31, 2012
Straight out of Jurassic Park comes this new external hard drive from Western Digital. Now, that’s cause for concern, because external hard drives don’t sound...
Your Data’s Single and Ready to Mingle with Mass Effect’s Liara Mimobot
By Chance Kinney on August 20, 2012
Everyone’s favorite love interest from the original Mass Effect, and by extension the entire series (unless you cheated on her, you space philanderer), is now...
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Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt Portable Drive Review
By Helena Stone on August 20, 2012
The Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt is the first portable hard drive to sport both USB 3.0 and Thundrerbolt connectivity, also making it the first Thunderbolt hard...
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Akitio Neutrino U3+ USB 3.0 and Firewire 800 Enclosure Review
By Scott Schaen on August 10, 2012
If you’ve ever upgraded your laptop’s hard drive, you may have a 2.5 inch hard drive laying around. You can easily put that extra drive...
Mimoco Rolls Out New Transformers and G.I. Joe Flash Drives at Comic Con
By Chance Kinney on August 7, 2012
Mimoco is showing off a few new models of designer USB flash drives at San Diego Comic Con this weekend, including extensions of their Transformers...