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Asus Announces a Pair of 4K Ultrabooks – Computex 2014

4K displays have been one of the hottest pieces of tech in 2014, however one of the main setbacks for most consumers is the lack of devices which feature or support it. Well, two of Asus’ brand new Ultrabooks announced at Computex 2014 — the Zenbook NX500 and the ROG GX500 — actually feature 4K displays.

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Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock Review

That’s where the Thunderbolt Express Dock by Belkin comes in: a beautiful looking docking station that offers access to eight other connected devices via a single Thunderbolt connection.

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Microsoft’s Brand New 12″ Surface Pro 3 Announced With 2160×1440 Display

Microsoft have essentially produced the 12″ Surface 3 to remove the need to own a tablet alongside a laptop, a common occurrence based on their stats that highlight 96% of iPad owners own a laptop, too. With this larger, higher resolution display

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Computing Storage Devices

WD My Passport Pro (4TB) Review: Powerful Thunderbolt Performance On The Go

Designed with creative professionals in mind, My Passport Pro’s dual-drive setup packs super-fast Thunderbolt performance — around 230 MB/s read & write speeds according to WD

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Snugg MacBook Air Wallet Case: Luxurious Protection Without Breaking the Bank

The MacBook Air, with its reduced weight and extended battery life, is ideal for a mobile worker such as myself. Most times I’ll resort to using my backpack when commuting, but there are other times when all I need is to throw my Mac under my arm and head off to a client or remote…

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WD Black² Dual Drive Review: A Convenient Combination Of SSD Performance & Storage

The WD Black2 excels in it’s ability to combine a significant performance boost with plenty of storage in a single drive. If that’s a combo you’ll value; this may be the hard drive upgrade for you.

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How To Access the Wi-Fi Scanner in Mac OS X Mavericks

If your Wi-Fi signal keeps dropping off, then changing the wireless channel your network is using can be a great solution. To find the best wireless channel to use, Mac users would typically use the native Wi-Fi scanner but since the upgrade to OS X Mavericks, it seemingly disappeared from the Wireless Diagnostics Utility. So, if you…

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Computing Storage Devices

OCZ Vertex 450 (256GB) SSD Review

In the SSD space, OCZ has already established themselves as one of the leading brands with products like the Vertex 4 and the flagship Vector.

With their acquisition of Indilinx back in 2011, they’ve now produced the Vertex 450 using in-house components giving them more control…

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My 2nd Brain: A Bag Made For Apple Devices

My 2nd Brain is an Apple-centric range of bags from Think Tank Photo, a company that otherwise specialises in photography equipment.  Available in Black, Harbor Blue and Mist Green, the range consists of bags for the iPad as well as 11″, 13″ and 15″ variations for the MacBook Pro and Air. At a time when we’re…

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WD My Cloud NAS Drive (2TB) Review: Personal Cloud Storage For Your Home

Working with cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive is easy, fast and efficient, but for a while now there have been concerns about levels of data privacy & security. As a solution, Western Digital launched My Cloud, a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device that lets you have your own personal