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Solid State Disks, or SSD, are pretty the norm in computers nowadays. They offer the access speed and vibration/ shock stability unmatched by mechanical hard drives. However, how often do you take note of your SSD’s remaining lifespan or wear leveling count? For me, I peeked at it once in a blue moon and it was too late when the SSD failed.
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Seagate and Synology collaborated to include the IronWolf Health Management feature into Synology’s NAS. IronWolf Health Management monitors the health of Seagate IronWolf and IronWolf Pro series of hard disks more accurately than the usual S.M.A.R.T utility. Aside from monitoring the drive parameters traditionally used by S.M.A.R.T utility, IronWolf Health Management monitors more than 200 drive parameters that may influence the health state of hard disk.
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The Synology RT2600ac wireless Gigabit router is the latest addition to Synology’s router family. It is the successor to the RT1900ac. At the core of the RT2600ac is the Synology Router Manager (SRM) operating system. SRM offers an intuitive desktop-like interface for users to manage various aspects of the router like network settings, firmware management, reviewing intrusion logs, etc.
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I bought the Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation) together with some of my friends through the recent “Buy Five, Get One Free Echo Dot” promotion on Amazon. I had to use a shipping forwarder as it does not ship directly to Singapore. Each Amazon Echo Dot was originally US$49.99 (S$71.50) before shipping. With the promotion, it is US$41.66 (S$59.60).
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How many of you think that backing your data (e.g. pictures on mobile phone, documents on laptop) to your Network Attached Storage (NAS) is sufficient to protect you against unexpected data loss?
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The hard drives in my current Synology DS1515+ are due for a change as their warranties are up. In fact, they are still working well except for one of them which had developed a couple of bad sectors.
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The LG 360 Cam is a nice and affordable 360-degree/ VR camera. It is only missing a wireless remote to
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LG launched the LG 360 Cam at Mobile World Congress 2016. The LG 360 Cam allows you to capture 360-degree
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Introduction Wireless mesh network is a communication network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology. Some may
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