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Make your USB HDD a Network Storage Device with LaCie LaPlug

If you’re looking for ways to share any USB hard drive or key over a local network, here’s the simplest and cost-effective solution you can find out there – LaCie LaPlug. This device provides every user with a very convenient way to access data either at home or on the go and share personal files with your family and friends. The LaPlug amazingly turns your USB hard drive into a network storage device, so you can share your files wirelessly to all the computers in your network. All you need is to simply connect it to your network and then connect your drive to this LaCie gadget and you’re good to go.

Another benefit you’ll get from LaCie LaPlug is accessibility whether you’re at home or while traveling since it supports remote access. This means, you can do away with emailing huge files by simply providing your friends with access to LaPlug. It will also be way easy for you to access those USB drives connected to the LaPlug from any networked device that’s UPnP/DLNA certified. Among such devices are PlayStation3, Xbox 360, or LaCinema Classic HD. With LaPlug, you also have centralized backup for your much-needed security and convenience. It has bundled backup software or Time Machine that you can use to automatically back up your computers into a central location.

Furthermore, the LaPlug also allows you to stream multimedia content as well as back up several computers into a central location. If you’re interested, you can click here and find out availability of this the LaCie LaPlug, along with other LaCie Ethernet products.

G-CONNECT – Wireless Storage and Internet Access Point in One

There’s no such thing as too much digital storage space – especially for the already byte capacity limited iPhone and iPad. If you’re a proud iPhone or iPad user and you want more than a few Gigabyte of storage space for your device then the new G-Technology G-CONNECT wireless storage device is the perfect gadget for you. The G-CONNECT is designed for easy on-the-fly access of digital contents like videos, music, e-books, images, and documents currently not stored on your portable device. The G-CONNECT can also stream content in real-time; it can wirelessly stream HD content for up to three devices or SD content for up to five devices at the same time. Additionally, this iPad/iPhone gadget can serve as a portable Wi-Fi Internet access point for five users.

Transferring contents to the G-CONNECT is as easy as connecting it wirelessly or via a USB 2.0 cable to a computer. Accessing the mobile drive is even easier – an iPad or iPhone app provides a fast, secure, and password protected means of control of the drive and its valuable contents. Package includes the G-CONNECT Wireless Storage, USB cable, power adapter, and a quick start guide.

Specifications:

Capacity – 500GB
Interface – USB 2.0
Connector – USB 2.0 with 5-pin Mini-B socket
Network Port – Gigabit Ethernet
WiFi – 802.11 b/g/n with WPA-2 security
Power – 5.0 VDC, 2.0 A
Requires – Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 or Mac OS 10.5 or higher

More G-Technology products can be found here!

LaCie CloudBox – Sky High Data Backup and Protection

Protecting digital data is a risky business that’s why an extra measure to keep them safe goes a long way. To the truly paranoid, where no regular back-up drives are safe enough and no solid steel vault is thick enough, consider securing your data where nobody but you can reach it – up in the cloud. Taking full advantage of the latest in cloud computing, LaCie developed the CloudBox – a hybrid hard drive and cloud storage and back-up solution. This easy to use device automatically and independently back ups your files online every time you transfer or copy paste your files on the CloudBox. Basically your data is backed up in an external drive and in the cloud for stress-free double protection. The 100GB online cloud storage is free for the first year and can easily be renewed to continue the service.

Lacie CloudBox uses a simple setup wizard to get you started and protected in no time. Furthermore, its drag and drop and automatic online back-up can support up to 10 Windows or Mac computers. In case anything happens to your CloudBox or your data has been compromised you can always recover everything through your online backup. For selective file restore, the online restore app will allow you to bring back up to 10 previous versions of selected files and folder.
Make sure with anything you are doing with cloud computing that you keep your cloud security programs up to date to get the best out of the cloud server. To experience ultimate security, the hard drive itself is password protected and user passwords are not stored online ensuring that only authorized personnel can access the online backup. All files are also protected with military-class 128-bit AES data encryption before upload to ensure safe and secure cloud storage even when the CloudBox itself becomes compromised.

More LaCie backup devices can be found here.

N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000

When choosing a router, what’s the first thing that you consider? Is it the speed? Probably yes since using a router means the speed has to be distributed among the devices connected to it, either wired or wireless. The more devices being used, the slower the connection would be. So it’s utterly frustrating if your router does not provide you with the fast speed that you need, especially when you need to transfer large files or stream HD videos. Good thing, Netgear has come up with a solution to that. Introducing the all-new N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000!

The N750′s main features include maximum combined speed of up to 750 Mbps, dual band which means twice the bandwidth, ReadySHARE® USB for shared storage, and ideal for HD video streaming. Netgear knows how important high performance wireless speed is for demanding applications like HD video streaming, multiplayer gaming, and large file transfers. So their N750 WNDR4000 offers only the best wireless speed and range of up to 300 + 450 Mbps. It also provides simultaneous dual band, so you can expect it to run both 2.4 and 5 Ghz bands simultaneously, without compromising speed yet minimizing interference. And if your old router does not feature ReadySHARE® USB, well this one does, allowing you to conveniently wirelessly share a USB hard drive with your MAC and PCs. No need to worry about setup too because this comes with graphical installation guide and multi-language support, so you can have it up and running in no time.

Want to have one? Purchase the N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000 here.

Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Rides the Alienware Mothership

High end gaming systems need high performance components and high end computer hardware needs a system that can proudly call home – no, not just some shabby garden variety computer but something more extra terrestrial, like Alienware. That’s why when Alienware decided to adopt and incorporate Bigfoot Network’s Killer 2100 gaming network card, it’s a match made in heaven, or deep space (depending on how you look at it). At present, Dell’s Alienware line can be customized with one of the top rated gaming network interface cards (NIC) pre-installed. The card can be added to the Alienware Aurora, Aurora ALX, Area-51 and Area-51 ALX desktops for just $89.99, $40 cheaper than buying the formerly $129.99 Killer 2100 a la carte. This means networking gadget will improve performance, intelligence and control of an Alienware system at a reduced financial cost, not a bad marriage indeed. Furthermore, this top of the line NIC will enable online game players to reach quicker response times, improved in-game performance and higher score resulting in total pwnage!

The Killer 2100 works by using Game Detect Technology to sense game traffic as it enters your PC, prioritizing it above all other network traffic, and get it back and forth from your game faster than any other network card. The Bigfoot Network’s Killer 2100 NIC is the online gamer’s millisecond advantage – when guns are blazing and spells are raining, you are assured to either dock or unleash a barrage of fire first.

Purchase VisionTek Killer 2100 Network Gaming Card here.