The Maxtor Blackarmor has one thing that other USB hard drives don’t - military grade data security in a very stylish package

We were unconvinced by the orange and brown livery of Seagate’s towering desktop drive, but for the miniature version the company has toned things down. It’s still brown, but the orange glow is restricted to the front of the unit and its simple low-profile shape is far easier to like.

Seagate's Freeagent series of external drives look stunning and perform admirably.

Superior real-world transfer performance makes it a winner this month.

The miracle of pocket portable data continues, with more storage in a smaller physical space.

A small, classy padlock-style portable drive that's the same size as a Zippo.

An interesting and secure way to share data, once you overlook some minor drawbacks.

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.

Devices that attach storage to the network aren't new, but until now they've been either very expensive or limited in ability. But this little marvel from Asus changes all that. The WL-HDD can put a hard disk on the network with no drivers or client software required, and it can do this wirelessly via 802.11g.

While it's not the fastest memory key we tested, the Microvault USM128B has scored impressively high for all of our rankings.

The extremely small PQI Travelling Disk 2.0 U190 comes with a large 256MB capacity but at a price around mid-range for the 256MB keys tested.

Another high-priced memory key from Sony that is saved from the gallows by impressive speed and features.

BenQ's U-Disk 256MB shares a similar slide-USB port as the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Labs Winner -- this keeps the unit fairly small and pocket-friendly.

Iomega's Mini USB drive is one of the more feature-poor memory keys reviewed however there is free software available for download from the Iomega website.

The Kingmax comes with a great deal of memory (512MB), and is priced at only $160 which makes it one of the most affordable memory keys on a strict price/capacity basis.