Plug the drives into the dock, go through the set-up procedure and, as with PogoPlug, the drives become available online – an instant private cloud. “If you’ve read about the Cloud Engines Pogoplug, ...

I was puzzled to find that the smaller, 640GB version of the FreeAgent Desk I reviewed also costs $149.99. At first I thought maybe there was some difference other than capacity between the products, ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

A couple of weeks ago Seagate announced their GoFlex "Flexible Hard Drive Solution" and boasted: For the first time, Seagate will include an NTFS driver for Mac® OS X on all GoFlex portable and ...

When a gadget has a doppelganger, the differences between the two are automatically thrown into sharp relief. Because Seagate’s DockStar runs on Pogoplug technology and uses the Pogoplug interface, ...

USB 2.0 is the most popular connection technology for external devices, with FireWire (either 400 or 800) a close second. However, if you really want extreme speed, eSATA is the way to go, as Seagate ...

I use lots of portable external hard drives both at home and at work as an IT Manager. I’ve lately gone exclusively to getting USB 2.5-inch 500GB drives because they are powered by the computer’s bus ...