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Review: Recoverit Free Data Recovery Software

Posted on February 26, 2021

It’s a fact of modern life: If you use a computer you WILL lose important files at some point due to a drive crash or some other unforeseen catastrophe.

Of course you’ll probably be able to recover those lost files if you have a recent backup on hand, but what if the file(s) you need to recover aren’t included in your backup set?

Even worse, what if your backup gets lost or corrupted?

Luckily, there are data recovery tools you can use to recover lost files from a damaged or corrupted drive when the need arrives.

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Review: Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop

Posted on February 23, 2021

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Most gamers have long preferred desktop gaming PCs over gaming laptops because of their superior power and upgradability.

However, recent advancements in CPU and video technology have reduced that gap quite a bit.

A great case-in-point is Lenovo’s new Legion 5 Gaming Laptop.

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Review: WD My Book 6TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive with Backup

Posted on February 20, 2021

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Western Digital has been making some of the world’s best hard drives for decades, and their current My Book line of external USB hard drives are simply outstanding.

External hard drives are perfect for backing up large amounts of data, and the WD My Book 6TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive with Backup will store a ton of it.

6TB of storage is more than enough space to hold all of the average user’s data with plenty of room to spare.

Photos, music, video…you can keep it all safe and secure with this excellent drive and its included backup software. [Read more…]

Review: Anker PowerLine+ MicroUSB Cable

Posted on January 1, 2021

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Many modern mobile devices still connect to a charger with a standard MicroUSB cable, and if you use them as often as I use mine your cables probably become frayed and worn out pretty quick.

The typical MicroUSB cable just wasn’t designed to withstand frequent use with multiple devices, but I recently had the opportunity to check out one that was.

The awesome Anker PowerLine+ MicroUSB Cable was definitely designed with durability in mind. [Read more…]

Review: Azulle Inspire i5 Fanless Mini PC

Posted on December 29, 2020

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As you probably know, every generation of technological innovations packs more power into ever smaller packages.

One prime example is the wide array of mini-PCs that recently began to flood the computer market.

I love testing and reviewing these machines so I was pleased when I recently received an Azulle Inspire i5 Fanless Mini PC for review.

After all was said and done I came away quite impressed. [Read more…]