Expensive but potentially very useful for those whose Wi-Fi has failed.

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At first glance, the Seagate Pocket Hard Drive appears very similar to a yo-yo in both size and mechanics. No, you won't be able to perform tricks with it, but … the attached USB cable does wrap around the device in a stringy sort of way.

Improved handling of templates, tracing, text and layers along with new table support, but ultimately X4 disappoints

This version brings some real improvements, but there are still a few features missing.

When everything from your movie collection to your photo album is digital, why would you want to watch it all on a tiny monitor with tinny speakers while your big television and surround sound sits idle in the lounge room?

A mixed bag of features, with some fundamentally flawed defaults and too many opaque alerts.

The widest format support, plus flawless wireless streaming, put this among the best network players we’ve seen so far

A modular scanning tool that catches most unwanted software – but not quite all

Small screen, but it's packed with features, including DivX playback, slot loading DVD, HDMI, and a digital TV tuner.

Pocketable, but expensive and lacks high-speed internet access.

Kaspersky's first integrated security suite relies too much on the anti-virus component.

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One of the cheapest 500GB drives here, but this is reflected in the lack of features and slow transfer speeds.

Feature-packed and good value, but it’s slow, has too many pop-ups and a less-than-perfect firewall.

USB 2.0 hard disks are a convenient way of backing up your data, but if you want to share the files with other computers over a small office or home network they're not ideal. But Linksys has an alternative. The Network Storage Link (NSL) takes a USB 2.0 hard disk or flash drive and puts it on the network.

A versatile single-socket rack server with a wide range of processor choices, plus a good warranty for the price.

For those users after goliath capacity drives with fast seek and access times, there's the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus.

Good value if purchased with a plan, the telstra’s speed impresses