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Power consumption: How much are your gadgets costing you?

With Earth Hour making us aware of the need to conserve electricity, we conduct a real-world test to see just how much our TVs, computers and other home electronics equipment costs to run.

Apple Time Capsule (1TB) Network Storage

Apple's hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, but Windows users and those who demand speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed.

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Reviews

  • LaCie LaCinema Premier

    The LaCie LaCinema Premier is a relatively quick and easy-to-use media streamer and external drive that won't burn holes in your coin pocket.

  • LaCie Biggest FW800

    If you need the fast throughput of a locally connected RAID setup, the LaCie Biggest FW800 is a good choice, but if you don't mind the slower transfer speeds of Ethernet, a NAS RAID can be less expensive and offer more features.

  • Lacie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive (80GB)

    It's hard to fault Lacie's Rugged Hard Disk drive, which matches up high speed performance and an entirely portable solution within its enticing rubber skin.

  • LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini (250GB)

    LaCie's Ethernet Disk Mini brings networked storage into the home in a simple, straightforward way.

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  • Data dumping ground: external hard drives

    You can now store hundreds of gigabytes of data in a compact external hard disk drive. But not all external drives are created equal though, so we've compiled four popular options to see how they stack up.

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DIYs and How-to

  • 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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Downloads

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The Explain Series