Accessing the 2.5-inch HDD inside is easy peasy: just pop the top off and pull out the drive, and swapping storage is simply a matter of dropping another HDD in the cradle.

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As with any novel fuel production or energy storage method, it is the numbers that matter: efficiency is king.

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As mobile devices have become web browsers, storage devices and even banking gateways, those capabilities matter.

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The Chromebook Pixel, which boots up in a matter of a few seconds, has 32 gigabytes of storage on the Wi-Fi-only device (the LTE model has 64 gigabytes) and comes with one terabyte of storage space in Google Drive online file-storage program.

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Apple has worked on technologies for integrating DVR storage and iCloud, its online syncing and storage service, into the device, according to a person briefed on the matter.

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And just like we likey, the Hydra supports USB mass storage allowing you to easily drag and drop music to the player, or any file for that matter for some good, USB flash drive portability.

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