Newer Technology, Inc. announced today the NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter for using an eSATA interfaced equipped external hard drive with computers offering the 'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0 interface. The ...

Without question eSATA is a superior way to connect external storage devices to a PC when compared to USB or even FireWire. eSATA is basically a fancy term used to say external SATA interface, the ...

Data Robotics' new Drobo S storage system comes with a faster computer connection that could make it good for active storage, not just backup. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

With USB 3.0 becoming the port of choice for many new notebooks and desktops, many accessory companies are now looking to provide peripherals that convert other formats to USB 3.0. It's a fight for ...

For whatever reason, Apple refuses to outfit a Mac with readily-accessible eSATA ports. The company seems to think that FireWire and USB are enough for external devices. OWC says there’s enough ...

Kathy Anton wants access to faster, eSATA external hard drives. But her PC, like most of them, lacks an eSATA port. eSATA, the external variation of the standard SATA internal hard drive interface, ...

We've just been sent a rather interesting picture from a Taiwanese motherboard maker. After MSI announced its first motherboards with Power Over eSATA recently, we just had to get a look at one of the ...

Most hardware manufacturers are finally rolling out USB 3.0 devices. We’ve seen motherboards, hubs, hard drives, and notebooks all rocking the new and improved USB standard. It’s clearly the future of ...

I wanted to try to speed up some imaging and backup tasks by booting Macrium Reflect Rescue CD (Linux-based version) and imaging some PCs directly to the Synology via eSATA. After booting the Rescue ...

Back at CES, we first got word of the LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series that would put two hard drives of the eSATA sort to good use. The company announced today that the storage peripheral is ...

Until recently, I had an 8-bay Areca hardware RAID system. Following a disaster, I wanted to get away from hardware dependent RAID (and, well, I didn't have the money to replace with the same until ...