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G-Drive Slim SSD 500GB review: Speedy storage at a reasonable price

External drives are getting faster, smaller and larger in storage capacity every year. With so many options to choose from, it can be difficult to narrow down the right one for you. The G-Drive Slim SSD by G-Technology has a few things going for it: a nice design, fast storage, a light/compact form factor and…

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My Passport SSD from WD: Fast data storage in your pocket

This article has been sponsored by Western Digital. (All opinions remain our own.) It’s crazy to think that I can now fit 1TB of blazing-fast digital storage in my pocket. It’s not so long ago that a 2GB USB stick felt like a luxury! Now Western Digital may be late to the portable SSD game,…

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WD My Passport Wireless Hard Drive Review

The Good: Strong plastic build and the SD card slot makes it nice and easy to offload media. Works really well as a backup drive for your smartphone & tablet content too. The Bad: The app needs work. Viewing photos can be a real pain with very slow speeds. The Bottom Line: As a backup device or…

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Toshiba TransMemory ID USB Stick (64GB) Review

The Good: Impressive read performance of over 130 MB/s, with a simplistic design. Also comes with a 5 year warranty. The Bad: The TransMemory USB stick’s write performance isn’t great for a USB 3.0 drive, at under 15 MB/s. The Bottom Line: Despite its low write performance, a price tag under £30 makes the Toshiba TransMemory USB a decent purchase. Toshiba has…

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Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 Review

The 64GB DataTraveler USB is an inexpensive yet very fast pocket data storage unit. Priced at an average of £0.78 per GB and featuring a sleek aluminium outer shell, it’s not hard to tell why it is one of the more appealing choices in the market.

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WD My Passport Slim External Hard Drive (1TB) Review

Western Digital recently announced the newest addition to their range of external hard drives, the My Passport Slim. Available in 1TB and 2TB capacities, this drive is a follow up to the My Passport Ultra that we recently reviewed, and now comes in an aluminium topped enclosure with 256-bit hardware-based encryption. It’s definitely one of Western Digital’s…

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WD My Passport Ultra External Hard Drive (1TB) Review

If you’re on the search for a well-built, compact and reliable storage device for your media, the Western Digital My Passport Ultra could be your answer. A follow up of the ‘My Passport Edge’, this external drive offers top of the range performance with extra software features like Dropbox & WD’s SmartWare backup facility that…