Brief information on new products and developments.
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Samsung today announced its upgraded versions of the Samsung PRO Plus and Samsung EVO Plus SD cards and their microSD versions. The new cards are essentially the upgrades to the older versions released October 2020, which I took out for a spin and was impressed with their performances. Samsung PRO …
Almost two years after the first announcement, NETGEAR finally made the MR5200 Nighthawk M5 5G Mobile Router available today. This is the company’s first 5G mobile hotspot that you can use both on the go and at home. In many ways, this little cellular hotspot is similar to 4G counterparts, …
NETGEAR today announced a potentially exciting development in its router-based add-on online protection feature, the NETGEAR Armor Powered by Bitdefender. First available in April 2019, NAPD is an add-on feature available in select Nighthawk routers and Orbi mesh systems. It’s designed to protect your entire home network from online threats …
If you think the entry-level WAX214 I recently review doesn’t cut it for your needs—and you’re probably right—here’s some good news. The NETGEAR WAX630 Insight Managed Wi-Fi 6 AX6000 tri-band Multi-Gig Access Point, announced today, is an excellent alternative. NETGEAR says the new access point is ideal for environments with …
On June 24, 2021, Microsoft announced its latest Windows 11 via a special streaming event that contained no surprises. That’s because the new operating system had been leaked days in advance, enabling folks, including your truly, to install and experience it first hand. At a glance, Windows 11 is basically …
If you haven’t heard of it, Amazon Sidewalk is a nice-sounding concept that you likely don’t want to be a part of. Why? Well, the fact that you have only four days left to make that choice alone is self-evident. Indeed, according to Amazon, starting June 8, a long list …
If you use hard drives or generally computer storage, you must have heard of Western Digital. You might not have been aware that the company actually uses its full name as a brand for enterprise products only. Indeed, for consumer-grade devices, like the WD My Passport SSD, it picks the …
