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WD My Passport Elite 500GB

Desktop users who need a portable drive will find the My Passport Elite endearing, although the dock could stand to be a little more user friendly.

LaCie Starck

External hard drives get trendy, with the fashion touch of famed French designer Philippe Starck.

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Reviews

  • Seagate Barracuda XT

    The Barracuda XT is a 7200rpm 3.5-inch desktop drive featuring 2TB of storage capacity and a fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface.

  • HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB

    HP's SimpleSave portable drive does make backups simple, as long as your file names aren't too long.

  • Iomega Home Media Network Drive (1TB)

    The Iomega Home Media Network Drive, a single-volume NAS server, is easy to set up and use for even the most novice user; however, its lack of advanced features might lessen its appeal to savvy users.

  • Apple Time Capsule (2009)

    Apple Time Capsule is a convenient and simple wireless router and NAS server combo for your home. Unfortunately, especially in the case of the 1TB version, you can find better deals on devices that offer greater storage space and many more features for the price.

  • Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)

    Intel's X-25M solid-state drive enjoys several advantages over other drives, including better throughput, boot times and battery life. Cost aside, this is by far the fastest data drive available.

  • Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

    The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is an attractive drive with a decent price. Its size makes it great for travel, but we can't recommend it due to its lack of performance.

  • WD My Book Home Edition 500GB

    The WD My Book Home Edition 500GB is a cost-effective external hard drive which offers a flexible set of connections, but it's not very fast.

  • Western Digital My Book Premium ES Edition (500GB)

    With only a one year warranty and no included eSATA cable, it's worth checking out the My Book Premium ES Edition's competition.

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Features

  • Cloud computing: An introduction

    Cloud computing: a marketing buzzword or the future of the web? We take a look at the basics, including the dangers lurking in the cloud.

  • Top portable storage devices

    If you're looking to transport data between PCs, you're going to need a portable storage solution.

  • Please Explain: HSDPA

    Are you confused by the seemingly endless lists acronyms and jargon associated with technology? We're here to help. Check out our definition of HSDPA.

  • Don't get burned by RAID Zero

    To a computer nerd like myself, RAID refers not to a bug spray but to various ways of hooking together multiple hard disks.

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  • Optus: $9.99 to use iPhone as modem

    Optus has outlined the additional cost its iPhone customers face if they want to use their device as a modem.

  • 3 turns on Telstra 3G roaming

    3 Mobile customers will enjoy expanded access to 3G network services, provided they own a compatible handset.

  • Seagate releases 7200.11 fix – again

    Seagate has released an updated fix for some of its hard drives, the previous version having "bricked" the 500GB capacity Barracuda 7200.11 drives.

  • Seagate offers fix for faulty 7200.11 hard drives

    Seagate yesterday released a fix to a bug in its current generation of drives that caused them to become undetectable by a computer. Users have found, however, that the fix breaks 500GB drives — the fix has since been retracted.

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DIYs and How-to

  • How much mobile data do you need?

    Trying to add up your potential data usage may seem like a nightmare, but a little common sense could save you money when signing your next contract.

  • How to clean up your hard drive

    Whether getting rid of an old computer or just making a clean start for your favourite hard drive, it's important to wipe it clean.

  • Camcorder formats: which one is best?

    Prospective camcorder buyers are faced with a choice of four types of camcorder recording media: hard disk, flash memory, MiniDV/HDV tapes, or mini-DVD. We run through the pros and cons of all four formats to make your purchasing journey a little less like a trip through Dante's nine circles of hell.

  • The best ways to back up your data

    Backing up your hard drive is something you should do regularly, but because of forgetfulness, the unpleasantness, or just plain laziness, you put it off. Before you know it, the drive takes a dive, and all your files are gone for good.

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