USB Swiss Army Knife For Legacy Interfaces
If you find yourself working on old machines and peripherals or simply like cobbling together your own kit you often need to use connections which have always been, or slowly become, relatively…
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HyperX QuadCast USB Microphone Review: A New Contender
HyperX has released the Quadcast USB microphone today and we had a chance to test it out early for this launch-day review. Introduced at CES...
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The State of USB: Renaming USB 3.x is a Confusing Mess for Consumers
There was a time when USB simply meant Universal Serial Bus, and we watched as devices that had previously relied on serial and parallel (etc.) ports moved to the new, more convenient standard; and in the…
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DeepSpar Guardonix – Forensic write blocking error skipping via USB3
DeepSpar is the big name in data recovery, making all sorts of data recovery hardware used by many of the big data recovery warehouses. They've recently ventured into getting their recovery...
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Quick Look: PENGO 4K HDMI Grabber USB Capture Card
Recently, we got the opportunity to take a look at an interesting video capture device from a company called Pengo. While we had never heard of this company before, the promises of…
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Synopsys Presents USB 3.2 Demo
Synopsys has just published a video on YouTube where they connect two bonded lanes over a standard Type-C cable. This was accomplished with a host USB 3.2 controller embodied by an FPGA…
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USB-IF Publishes USB 3.2 Specification Rated At 20 Gbps With Multi-Lane Operation
The USB Implementers Forum recently published and made official the specifications for the USB 3.2 standard first introduced in near-final form by the USB 3.0 Promoters Group back in July. The…
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CES 2017: Kingston Launches 2TB DataTraveler Ultimate GT USB 3.1 Portable SSD
Kicking off the storage announcements at CES 2017, Kingston announced a 2TB thumb drive: Ok, well it's a bit big for a thumb drive, but it is definitely a high capacity portable SSD…
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Western Digital My Passport Wireless Pro 2TB Review – More Power
Introduction Western Digital launched their My Passport Wireless nearly two years ago. It was a nifty device that could back up or offload SD cards without the need...
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Qualcomm Announces Quick Charge 3.0
Qualcomm has announced Quick Charge 3.0, the latest iteration of their fast battery charging technology. The new version is said to not only further improve battery charging times, but also better maintain…
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That’s not a USB charger, this is a USB charger!
Bask in the glory that is this hacked together 33 port USB charger, created in the Netherlands as a workaround to connet the charges to the three rounded prongs used in…
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Logitech G230 and G35 Headsets Review: Immersive Gaming Nirvana?
Logitech has been around seemingly forever. The Swiss based company is ubiquitous in the peripherals market, providing products ranging from keyboards and mice, to speakers and headsets. There…
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Lexar Professional Workflow HR2, UR1, SR1, CFR1, DD256 Review – Fully Loaded Media Hub
Lexar is Micron’s brand covering SD Cards, microSD Cards, USB flash drives, and card readers. Their card readers are known for being able to push high in...
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Inateck HB7003 7 Port USB 3.0 Hub With BC1.2 Charging Review
Inateck sent along a small group of connectivity devices for us to evaluate. One such item was their HB7003 7 port USB 3.0...
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ICY DOCK ICYRaid MB662U3-2S and ICYCube MB561U3S-4S Review
Introduction The other day we took a look at the ICY DOCK ToughArmor MB996SP-6SB and ICYBento MB559U3S-1S. Today we'll move onto a couple of larger products in their lineup: To...
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ICY DOCK ToughArmor MB996SP-6SB and ICYBento MB559U3S-1S Review
Introduction Today we're taking a quick look at a pair of drive enclosures sent to us by ICY DOCK. To the left is the ToughArmor MB996SP-6SB, which is a 5.25"...
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MSI Unveils First AMD AM3+ Motherboard With USB 3.1
Last week, MSI launched a slew of new USB 3.1 equipped motherboards. Today, the company is releasing more details on one of the AMD-based products: the MSI 970A SLI Krait...
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Beware strange USB drives, they can be killers
It is not easy to kill something via USB as the plugs deal with all sorts of devices that are off spec but it can be done. If you short ground and…
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