Have 50GB+ of digital junk sitting around needing to be archived? Usually I’d say get a couple of external hard drives and be done with it. Cheap and easy. But I can see the need for high-capacity physical media as well. For the time being anyway, Blu-ray is pretty much your best bet at cramming the most 1′s and 0′s onto a portable and easily sharable disc. Putting said data on the disc is another thing entirely however. Since Blu-ray burners and such...

One problem I have with external hard drives is that all too often, USB 2.0 is relied upon, with increased input/output support costing more than it should. USB 2.0 isn’t all bad, I mean, it is a very popular and reliable standard. But it’s old news. USB 3.0 is finally coming. Intel’s Light Peak is on the near horizon. Heck, even current gen eSATA is better yet it doesn’t get much attention until you pay for those higher end external drives. ...

I’m not exactly a “pack rat” per say. But if you stopped by my house and took a peek inside my desk drawers, you’d final all kinds of miscellaneous computer parts, cords, and adapters. I’ve amassed quite the collection. Naturally, upgrading a computer here and there will result in a few extra hard drives. In the case of upgrading laptop hard drives more than is usual, I have a couple collecting dust. Why not put them to good use? Normally...

How about some more USB 3.0 goodness? Fresh off of Buffalo’s 4-port USB 3.0 hub, another little USB 3.0 compatible piece of gadgetry you’ll want to add to your collection is the SIIG USB 3.0 to eSATA adatper. The gist of the adapter is pretty straight forward — it turns a USB 3.0 port into an eSATA port for that external USB 3.0 hard drive you don’t have yet. Hey, it never hurts to be ahead of the curve now does it? For now, the adapter is Windows...

In the world of high end gaming and custom rigs, the general public always sees the higher-end Dell, Gateway, Asus, Alienware, etc. A rather unknown yet experienced custom computer manufacturer, “MinWin”, has quite the collection of gadgets to entice. The first juicy tidbit is their military grade 2.5″ USB 2.0 external hard drive. With USB 3.0 now on the verge of going mainstream, why go 2.0? Well, this particular USB 2.0 drive features shock protection...