Whether it’s a phone carrier charging you for services you don’t need or a cashier pushing pricey protection plans for your tablet, the tech-world is filled with Mobile Madoffs trying to con you out of your hard-earned cash. Fortunately, you don’t have to be the victim of information superhighway robbery. These are the 10 worst gadget rip-offs and how to avoid them. More »
Western Digital has introduced a new line of USB 3.0 external hard drives, the My Book AV-TV. Available in both 1TB and 2TB capacities, this plug and play hard drives come with a fanless enclosure, a USB 3.0 connection interface and TV recording support (corresponds to the continuous operation of 24 hours a day, 365 days a year). The My Book AV-TV will hit the market soon, prices unannounced. [Western Digital]
Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.
In a pre-Valentine’s Day edition of our gadget shopping wrangling, we offer up yet another diverse set of high-tech wares. From a Virgin Mobile prepaid handset to a Lenovo IdeaPad and more, today’s batch of deals is definitely worth inspection. Head on past the break to do just that, where you’ll find those tempting purchase links as well.
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc, Home Entertainment, Laptops, Storage
Source: Slickdeals
Century, the company that brought us the HDD Stage Rack or the HDD USB SATA and IDE Dock, announced today the launch of the CROSU2TV, a USB 2.0 HDD Stage Rack with HDMI out and support of pretty much every SD or HD Videos format on the market including DB-ISO! Announced at 12,800 Yen and available from today onward the CROSU2TV is the perfect little buddy for every Geek and Video fans, pity though that we are limited to USB 2.0 only!
Super Talent hits back with a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives, the Express RC4. Available in 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes, these Windows To Go certified flash drives feature four channels of NAND Flash memory chips, a USB 3.0 connection interface, a JMicron SSD/bridge controller and can deliver read and write speeds of up to 240MB/s and 100MB/s, respectively. Prices unannounced yet. [Super Talent]
Elecom has unveiled their latest microSDXC UHS-I memory card, the MF-MRSDX64GC10R. Coming in 64GB capacity, this tiny card has Class 10 speed specification and comes with a data recovery service (one time within the warranty period of one year at no charge). The MF-MRSDX64GC10R will start shipping from late February for unannounced price yet. [Elecom]
Although Dropbox made a concerted push into pro-grade cloud storage with Dropbox for Teams more than a year ago, it didn’t have a truly centralized place for a team’s overseers to keep tabs on everyone involved. An update today brings in a console to make sense of it all. Along with providing a much simpler at-a-glance view of goings on across an entire group, the console lets administrators tighten access limits from user to user: they can prevent people from using their personal smartphones and tablets with the corporate account, for example, and can ask certain people to sign in with two-factor authentication if there’s more of a risk. The refresh might rain on the parades of those who want to use their Teams accounts for both work and play, but it’s good news for companies that would rather not risk malware or other rude surprises.
Filed under: Storage, Internet
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Dropbox for Teams
Adobe has suddenly knocked 20 percent off its prices in Australia just one day after it was summoned to publicly defend those prices in front of a parliamentary committee. The monthly fee for a subscription to Adobe’s full Creative Cloud has dropped from AU$63 to AU$50, so it’s now only $1 more than the US price when you factor in currency. The no-contract monthly cost has also fallen to match how much Americans pay — from AU$95 to AU$75 — which is exactly what Australian lawmakers have been demanding since 2011. We can’t decide if this is a move of brilliant cunning on Adobe’s part, or just a blatant effort to side-step blame for how much it’s been charging up to this point. Either way, it puts Microsoft and Apple in a sticky situation, because they’ve been summoned to the same inquiry and may be left with fewer excuses to cling to.
Filed under: Storage, Apple, Microsoft
Via: ZDNet
Source: Australian Financial Review
Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.
Scouring the web in search of the day’s best tech deals? Allow us to lend a hand. Two cameras, a Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 and more get penciled in on the list to begin the week. As always, just mosey down beyond the break to see all of the selections and be mindful of coupon codes when needed.
Filed under: Cameras, Laptops, Portable Audio/Video, Storage
Source: Slickdeals
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