Ubiquiti UNVR-Instant Review: An Excellent Consumer-Friendly UniFi Protect Surveillance Solution

Oct 10, 2025

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Ubiquiti UNVR-Instant hosting a screen via its HDMI ports

The UniFi Network Video Recorder Instant (model UNVR-Instant), unveiled on September 10, 2025, is Ubiquiti’s first consumer-friendly UniFi Network Video Recorder—it hosts the UniFi Protect application on the inside. Prior to it, the company only had rackmount versions designed for businesses. As I have already reviewed the Protect application as … Continue Reading

Synology Releases DSM 7.3 to Walk Back 2025 Storage Lock-In HCL Policy, Allowing All Servers to Use Third-Party Drives

Dong Ngo

Oct 7, 2025

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With DSM 7.3 remove Synology 2025 storage lock in HCL policy and Synology branded drives are no longer the requirement on any NAS server

Today, October 7, 2025, Synology announces the availability of the latest incremental release of its DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, DSM 7.3, for its network-attached storage (NAS) servers. This update adds security fixes and some notable improvements, but you’ll likely be more interested in what it removes. Indeed. DSM 7.3 … Continue Reading

Zyxel Unveils Four New Sub-$100 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 Access Points

Dong Ngo

Sep 29, 2025

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Zyxel today introduces four new business Wi-Fi access points to its existing Wi-Fi 7 portfolio, including the NWA90BE PRO BE6500 4-Stream WiFi 7 Dual-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point (model NWA90BE PRO), the NWA50BE PRO BE6500 4-Stream WiFi 7 Dual-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point (NWA50BE PRO), and their non-PRO variants. These new APs … Continue Reading

Ubiquiti Unveils Four Next-Gen UniFi Storage NAS Servers

Dong Ngo

Sep 19, 2025

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Ubiquiti Next Gen UniFi Storage UNAS 2 drive bay

In October 2024, Ubiquiti, known as a major networking vendor, introduced its first network-attached storage (NAS) device, the UNAS Pro. With a full-scale rackmount design, the 7-bay server was clearly made for big business. At the time, I decided to take a pass on it, waiting for a more consumer-friendly … Continue Reading

Massive and Super-Fast Storage Alert: Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB Is Now Available

Dong Ngo

Sep 2, 2025

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Since my review of the 9100 PRO series, Samsung’s first 4-lane PCIe Gen 5 SSD and currently one of the fastest on the market, folks have been asking when the Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB version would be available and its cost. I have the answer now. The electronic giant today … Continue Reading

Ubiquiti Releases UniFi Network 9.4 with Powerful Object Oriented Networking Feature and More

Dong Ngo

Aug 21, 2025

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Here’s some exciting news for fans of UniFi Network. Ubiquiti today announces the release candidate (RC) of its UniFi Network 9.4 application with a host of improvements and new features. Among those, there’s an all-new feature called Object Oriented Networking (OON) that makes access management effective and super easy to … Continue Reading

Synology DS225+ Review (vs. DS224+): A Solid Upgrade to 2.5GbE Connectivity

Dong Ngo

Aug 4, 2025

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The DiskStation DS225+, available in the US market on July 23, 2025, is Synology’s 2025 continuation of its 2-bay Plus series. I found this release somewhat unexpected, given that the DS224+ came out in 2024. Generally, Synology refreshes its Plus servers only when a model is at least two years … Continue Reading

Synology’s New DS725+ and DS1825+ Servers: Underwhelmingly Familiar NAS Releases

Dong Ngo

Jul 8, 2025

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Synology today officially releases its two additional DiskStation NAS servers in its Plus family, the DS1825+ and DS725+. Judging from their hardware specs, while the former can pass for a minor four-year upgrade to the previous DS1821+, the latter, like the recently available DS925+, is an outright downgrade compared to the … Continue Reading