Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage provides a cost-effective ...

Editors' note: This post was originally published on May 10, 2016 and is periodically updated. The cloud is great. But if you need a serious amount of storage, online backup is never quite enough.

What's more portable than a laptop, tablet, or smartphone? Answer: A USB flash drive. If you want easy access to applications like Firefox, Chrome, OpenOffice, and more, all you need is your USB flash ...

Zip drives were a revolution in the mid-90s, but despite their promising capabilities, they quickly fizzled out. And that's ...

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Portable FireWire hard drives spark the imagination. Holding one in the palm of your hand, you think of all the ways you could use it: to back up or transport files, as a Mac OS X boot drive, for ...

Many gamers want a simple, portable way to play retro games anywhere. Some invest in handheld gaming devices, while others build Raspberry Pi setups. However, there's an even easier solution—turning a ...