WD’s inventory of hard drives embraces a large variety of universal handheld models, as well as ultrahigh volume specialized ones. Now the line of products welcomes a new, wireless external drive – My Passport Wireless. Its major peculiarity is the support of Wi-Fi technology that promotes for the usage of its all facilities by varied mobile devices. Official release is scheduled for October, 2014. Pricing will rely upon the volume: up to $129 — for 500 GB model, up to $179 and $219 — for 1 TB and 2 TB models respectively.



Along with wireless interface, My Passport features USB 3.0 port for the connection with PC. It ensures the highest data transfer speed, providing an ideal solution for storage, transfer and backup of operational data, archives, and other content. At the same time, the integration of Wi-Fi adapter allows the drive to create an individual wireless network with up to eight devices enabled. Moreover, MIMO technology is called to dramatically improve …

LG Electronics, a South Korean tycoon in consumer electronics market, is going to release a new stylish monitor, codenamed 23ET63V. This model features 23-inch display and Full HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. However, its basic flavor is an ultra-thin case (555x338x53 mm) and a touchscreen AH-IPS panel with the support of 10 multi-touch dabs. The latter also boasts a high gloss surface with 3H rigidity.



The other parameter that might be of interest to all potential users is absence of a traditional stand. Instead of it, there is a dedicated holdup that allows for tilt adjusting only (from 15 to 58 degrees). Such holdup positioning might be rather convenient to work with applications supporting a touchscreen data access. The display can be employed as a wall screen, thanks to the availability of 75x75 VESA bracket.


The rear panel of the display houses D-Sub, HDMI and USB 2.0 (for touchscreen input) ports for the connection of varied devices. Generally, 23ET63V consumes …

I-O Data, an all-around PC hardware developer, strikes the market with the launch of a new NAS series, targeting mainly corporate clients. Codenamed HDL-Z6WL6C2, it comprises four models with identical dimensions (260x235x180 mm, 9.6 kg) but different capacity: 6 TB, 12 TB, 18 TB, and 24 TB. In order to get such spacious network storages, businesses and individual customers will have to loosen purse-strings at the starting price tag of $3200.



The HDL-Z6WL6C2 employ the selected WD Red hard drives, which are bundled into RAID 0, 5 arrays. The models’ framework enables the installation of up to four removable drives; all of them support ‘hot-swapping’ options for a trouble-free replacement. All management processes are realized due to the incorporation of a 64-bit Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 OS.


This NAS comes with a dedicated Intel Atom CPU that operates at 2.13 GHz frequency. The layout also includes 4 GB of DDR3 memory, a pair of eSATA ports, seven USB ports (5x …