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Technological advancement has exploded in the past 30 years. In the past decade, we’ve gone from the buggy, inefficient first incarnations of smartphones to sleek, practical devices in almost every adult’s pocket in the United States. Apple’s trademarked tagline, “there’s an app for that,” seems to apply literally to almost …

QNAP Systems this month is launching an all new NAS series, the TS-x53BU featuring expandable PCIe M.2 SSD and 10GbE connectivity. This particular series is available in 4, 8 and 12 bay models and offers optimal performance with 4 Gigabit LAN ports and room for M.2 SSDs and 10GbE connections. …

QNAP has launched its latest business-class, AMD-powered NAS known as the TS-x73U. This latest addition to its AMD-powered offerings comes in 8,12 and 16-bay models and are equipped with AMD Embedded R-Series RX-421ND quad-core CPUs running at 2.1GHz with a boost to 3.4Ghz. Beyond that, the TS-x73U comes with single …

Synology's DiskStation DS1517+, a quad core powered 5-bay NAS which has been designed to handle data intensive tasks.

This is one of the fastest external drive systems we have tested - its blisteringly quick.

Last week, we began hearing whispers of a potential Corsair buyout, with sources coming forward to claim that a company known as ‘EagleTree' was looking to acquire Corsair for as much as $500 million. Today, the acquisition was confirmed, with EagleTree Capital buying up a majority stake in the company …

Virtual reality is starting to take off, but so far, most of its applications are focused on gaming. Over the past few years, consumers and industry experts alike have been building hype around a presumed explosion of VR tech, set to revolutionize the world, but with 2016 revenue of only …

Update (06/07/17): Today, Microsoft confirmed that it would be going through another round of restructuring, meaning thousands of job cuts will be made. In a statement sent out today, a Microsoft spokesperson said that the company is “implementing changes to better serve” its customers and partners. While the company did …

Today, ARCTIC has signed a new distribution deal with CI Distribution in an effort to expand the company's presence here in the UK. CI Distribution, which is based in Basingstoke, will soon begin making more of ARCTIC's product portfolio available across the UK. The deal was announced today, with CI …

It looks like even those who did decide to make the jump to Windows 10 will start to receive Microsoft's persistent update messages. These update reminders first began popping up on Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines while Microsoft was offering free upgrades to Windows 10. Now, those same reminders …

For a 4-bay NAS, the TS-435B is a really compact design measuring just 226 x 170 x 168mm.

KitGuru has reviewed a handful of Drobo products in recent years and today we present our analysis of their latest Thunderbolt 3/USB C DAS called the Drobo 5D3. Drobo are still working on finalising Thunderbolt 3 Windows support so we were asked to review this particular sample on an Apple …

When we first got our hands on the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, we were bowled over by the challenge it poses for Intel's top-end Core i7 processors. Intel may have taken up that challenge with the announcement of the Core i9, but despite this the most astonishing feature of Ryzen …

AMD has been keen to keep the momentum up ever since it launched the first batch of Ryzen desktop processors in March. We've already heard a bit about the company's plans to take on Intel's Xeon lineup but today, we see the full launch of AMD's EPYC processors, scaling the …

GlobalFoundries has today announced that it will soon be open for business as far as 7nm FinFET is concerned. GF's jump to 7nm (7LP) FinFET semiconductor technology delivers a 40 percent generational performance boost to meet the demands of cloud servers, networking infrastructure and mobile processors. Design kits are available …

QNAP made an appearance at Computex this year, bringing along some impressive new systems, the most interesting of which is the new Ryzen-powered NAS. This is the first NAS device to make the jump to AMD's new platform, signifying AMD's transition into other key markets beyond the desktop. The Ryzen …

Synology this week has announced that it would be launching an extended warranty in 27 additional countries, covering 52 countries in total. The extended warranty adds an extra two years of coverage to several Synology DiskStation systems, giving buyers additional peace of mind. With today's extension, buyers in the UK, …

Yesterday, Leo had the chance to stop be the Streacom booth at Computex, getting a peek at some upcoming PC cases and benches for test systems. Firstly we took a look at the DA4, an actively cooled prototype of the DB4 with the extruded panels replaced by ventilated variants. This …

If any of you are looking to grab a NAS system in 2017 then you may want to keep an eye on the new offerings coming up from Thecus. We had a chance to stop by their booth at Computex this year and got a look at three new NAS …

Designed for small and medium businesses of up to 50 employees, the W5810 uses Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials as the OS.

The Asustor AS6208T is powered by an Intel Celeron J3160 quad-core processor clocked at 1.60GHz

This is no ordinary NAS, it is Fireproof and waterproof and built like a tank.

In a classic case of “better late than never” Intel has informed customers it has finally eradicated its INTEL-SA-00075 bug and provided a set of tools to diagnose, mitigate and/or resolve the issue. From Nehalem to Kaby Lake, every Intel CPU built since the introduction of the Core microarchitecture has …

If you want to get your hands on some prime Intel server rib, then you can head along to eBay and check this matched pair of what the seller is claiming to be Skylake-EP processors, or as they describe it, an “Intel Xeon E5-2600 v5” CPU. The heatspreader is engraved …

For a long time now, many of us have bought power supplies based on the 80Plus certification standard, which rates PSUs on a bronze, silver, gold and platinum scale based on efficiency. Cybenetics thinks it can do things a little better, which is why it has formed a new efficiency …

One of the biggest advantages to owning a 4K display right now, is the multitasking capabilities, allowing for four 1080p windows to be on screen at once. Now, if you ever happen to need to display more than two inputs at once, then your options are fairly limited, though LG …

During the NAB 2017 event, Intel has announced a spruced-up Visual Computer Accelerator, the second of its kind, to take video-crunching to the cloud. With HD and UHD Video workloads in mind, the Visual Compute Accelerator 2  (VCA 2) has been designed with the purpose of creating smooth real-time UHD …

A year, almost to the day, after launching the original Radeon Pro Duo dual-chip workstation-class graphics card, AMD has announced a refresh to its professional line-up. During the NAB 2017 show (an event for the broadcasting industry) in Las Vegas yesterday, AMD announced a new version of the Radeon Pro Duo …

Finding a good NAS system for business can be an important task. Fortunately, it looks like QNAP is pumping out quite a few at the moment. This month, QNAP Systems has introduced three new models, the TVS-1282T3, which focusses on transferring media across Mac and Windows, the TS-431X- a four …

Inside is a quad-core processor, professional NVIDIA Quadro graphics, and two storage devices. Its less than 2kg.