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The Soliom Bird S60 outdoor wireless solar home security camera sure looks the part. It’s a beautiful piece of hardware that includes a 1080p night vision camera with a solar panel “wing” wrapping around it. The whole package looks like a real deal, so out of the box, it sets …
There are secure portable drives with hardware encryption options, like the Samsung T5 or the WD My Passport, and then there’s the iStorage diskAshur PRO2. This is an ultra-secure storage device, a tamper-proof vault, complete with a numeric keypad, with ample storage space inside. Yet, it manages to remain almost …
The TP-Link EAP245 v3, not to be confused with the EAP225 V3 which has a similar look, is the latest in TP-Link’s Omada wireless access points (WAPs), and the fastest. Apart from being a standalone AP, it can also work as part of an Omada mesh system. The most significant …
The Arlo Ultra ditches the standard micro-USB charging port for a proprietary magnetic connector.
The WD Blue SN500 NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) — announced on March 14 — is not to be confused with the existing SATA WD Blue. The new internal drive, among other things, is much faster. But it’s in no way the fastest on the market due to its modest NVMe …
The Arlo Ultra — Arlo’s first security camera since its spin-off from NETGEAR — is once again available for purchase, starting today. The camera’s initial launch was back in January, but Arlo pulled it from the market soon after due to some technical issues. Compared with the existing Arlo Pro …
The Synology DS1019+ is a formidable alternative to the DS1618+. The severs is the second revision of Synology DS10xx lineup since the DS1010+ that came out in 2010. The new server is affordable — costing just $650 disk-less — while delivering an excellent feature set. That includes dual-channel 4K transcoding …
If you’re looking for a replacement solid-state drive (SSD) for your budget computer, here’s my recommendation: The Crucial BX500. This drive takes SSD affordability to a new level. You can get the newly-released maximum capacity of 960GB for just $130, or about 13 cents per gigabyte. There are also 480GB, …
