Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Seagate Wireless Plus Wi-Fi hard drive review

500 GB hard drive with WiFi access. Access days of media from your phone, tablet or any othe device with Wifi.

Sound good? Get all the details in the item linked below.

Note that there is some question over capacity of the drive. The article says it has 1 Terrabyte, but the Seagate web site only lists a 500 gigabyte version.

http://dvice.com/archives/2013/01/seagates-wirele.php

Google attempts to stymie Android fragmentation by locking down the SDK

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Gorilla Glass 3 promises 40 percent fewer scratches


Credit: Corning/ PCWorld

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Bacterial quantum tricks could help solar power

Photosynthesis in green sulphur bacteria under 2,000 metres of sea water!

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Toyota & Audi to unveil their driverless cars at CES (video)

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Robots replace gardeners as sales surge for auto-mowers

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