Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

A few days ago, we covered a Seagate 20 TB CMR BarraCuda deal. The hard disk drive (HDD) is still available for $230 so you're paying ~$11.5/TB making it a great offer worth considering. However, ...

I need an external DVD/BR drive for my next computer setup for sure. My next laptop will be an ultrabook (probably Dell's linux lappie, once they come out with a Haswell version), that will never have ...

Overview:  You can use an external hard drive or SSD to store more games on your Xbox Series X, but next-gen games must be moved back to internal storage o ...

Just ordered a Mac mini and want to get an external Blu-Ray/SuperDrive so I can watch/rip Blu-Ray movies (with the appropriate 3rd-party software). I came across this on a Macrumors.com forum post: ...

Finalized previews of the Xbox Series X confirm a few things about the console's storage options. The system's 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD has 802GB of free usable space after OS and formatting, which is about ...

The PlayStation 4 is one of the best-selling video game consoles of all time, and for good reason. From God of War and Bloodborne to Call of Duty and Fortnight, there are games of all shapes and sizes ...

Bottom line: The restriction, of course, is due to speed. Microsoft wants optimized games to take full advantage of their new hardware, and specifically the 2.4 GB/s of raw throughput afforded by the ...