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If you need a connection boost while travelling, then Netgear has you covered. The new Netgear Nighthawm M3 mobile hotspot router is now available.

Ugreen is a new entry to the NAS market, but let's see what this 4-bay unit can do

Netgear recently introduced a new device to its Orbi lineup, with the Orbi 970 series routers. Featuring a strong new antenna design and WiFi 7 support, Netgear claims the Orbi 970 is able to provide exceptional performance in 360-degree coverage throughout almost any house, regardless of layout. With faster internet …

It's WD's latest Red Pro NAS-focused drive - and it costs almost £600

QNAP is back with its latest NAS device. The new TS-410E stands out from the rest of the line-up by offering the quietest operation possible using a fanless cooling design. Primarily designed with multimedia-use in mind, the fanless TS-410E offers high-speed I/O, dual 2.5GbE ports, SSD slots, 4K output via …

This compact 4-bay NAS is well priced at £260, but the performance is worth looking at

If you own a modern Intel or AMD-based ASRock motherboard and have thought about upgrading the wireless connectivity, there is now a way to do it. ASRock has recently introduced AMD and Intel Wi-Fi 6E upgrade kits, allowing users to benefit from faster WiFi and Bluetooth 5.2. These upgrade kits …

Synology is back with a new 5-bay DiskStation for 2022. The new Synology DiskStation DS1522+ launches this month, providing a compact solution for all-in-one storage to help you store, protect and share data.  The DS1522+ integrates well as the primary storage solution for smaller setups or as an edge node …

We check out one of QNAP's latest 3-bay NAS devices

It's a NAS-focused 20TB HDD, packing in a ton of technology - but it doesn't come cheap

Synology's major DiskStation Manager 7.1 update is on the way and there is good news for current users – the public beta build becomes available today. With DiskStation manager 7.1 users will find expanded functionality, with more enhancements and features to help address various IT challenges.  DSM 7.1 brings key …

Over the last year, working and learning from home has boosted internet traffic dramatically, leading to +38% downstream and +56% upstream usage. With all of that extra load to deal with, upgraded WiFi systems are becoming more of a necessity. This is where the new Netgear Orbi Quad-Band Mesh WiFi …

Alongside Synology's recent DSM 7.0.1 upgrade, today the company is launching the new C2 Backup application. With C2 Backup, Synology storage device users can back up their data efficiently for Windows devices, whether they are located at home or across multiple office locations.  There are two versions of this, C2 …

Synology NAS owners are about to get a big upgrade. Today, Synology announced its new operating system, DSM 7.0, which is now available for the vast majority of Synology storage devices, including enterprise NAS and surveillance-focused systems. Since its official release, DSM 7.0 has received praise for its greater speed …

WD's latest SSD family is the SN700, the first NVMe drives to carry WD's Red label.  The SN700 has been designed and built from the ground up to work as a cache/storage drive to tackle demanding 24/7 NAS workload environments.

We check out QNAP's latest home/SOHO 4-bay NAS

QNAP is back with another AMD Ryzen powered NAS system. The new TS-x73A features an AMD Ryzen V1000 series v1500B quad-core processor, 2.5GbE networking, 8GB of memory and up to eight bays for storage drives. Speaking on the new Ryzen powered NAS, QNAP Product Manager, Jason Hsu, said: “With a …

Synology has released two new enterprise-grade M.2 NVMe SSDs for data caching and two high-bandwidth NICs to increase the performance of its NAS storage solutions.  Available with 800GB of storage capacity both the SNV3400-800G and the SNV3500-800G are used for caching large data sets, increasing the performance of HDD-based arrays …

With 5G slowly getting worldwide coverage, Apple is already working on its successor. According to new job listings on their website, the company plans to develop its own 6G technology, making it increasingly more independent from other partners. The company has posted new job positions (via Bloomberg) to hire 5G/6G wireless system …

This new NAS has a pair of M.2 NVMe slots for SSD caching and four Gigabit Ethernet ports.

We review an 18TB (!) NAS-focused HDD from Seagate

We check out this 400GB SSD, specifically designed for NAS caching duties

Priced at £370, this SSD is designed for use as a 24/7 cache drive in NAS devices

This is Synology's latest 4-bay NAS lineup in the Plus series.

Looking for a relatively affordable WiFi 6 Mesh setup? We check out this offering from Netgear

Analog Devices is back in the news this week, although this time we are focusing on a new partnership with Intel. Today, the company announced a collaboration with Intel to address 5G network design challenges and enable 5G networks more efficiently.  The new radio platform combines ADI’s radio frequency (RF) …

Today QNAP has announced that it entering a global strategic partnership with ownCloud. This new endeavour will see QNAP's network hardware combined with ownCloud's software.  QNAP described the partnership between the two companies as “long term” and said that it focuses on providing ownCloud's solutions for file sync and share …

Network and storage specialist QNAP has revealed the company’s first 2.5 GbE network switch. The new QNAP QSW-1105-5T 2.5 GbE network switch offers a balance between performance and cost. With the QNAP QSW-1105-5T 2.5 GbE network switch, users can simply switch out their old hardware and connect the switch to …

This week, GIGAIPC announced the QBiX-Pro-KBLB7100HD-A1, A new IoT device from the subsidiary of Gigabyte, which is said to be the “industry’s first 5G enabled embedded computing system”.  GIGAIPC, a GIGABYTE subsidiary, has introduced a 5G industrial embedded PC, called the QBiX-Pro-KBLB7100HD-A1. The company hopes that the system will aide “Machine Vision, Automated …

This week, Synaptics announced that it will acquire Broadcom's wireless IoT business – including assets and manufacturing rights – for approximately $250 million in an all-cash transaction. The $250 million agreement between the two companies lets Synaptics acquire certain rights to Broadcom’s existing IoT technology as well as “future roadmap devices …