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TUAW review: LaCie Network Space 2 low-cost NAS
Everybody needs storage, and lots of it. The race for space began when we started taking digital pictures, accelerated when we began purchasing music online, and went positively orbital when movies and TV went digital. While big drives in desktop machines are becoming commonplace (1 TB drives are now standard in most iMac configurations), what happens when you have a couple of laptops or older machines that you want to back up, or if you want to share data with others in your office or home? That's when some sort of network-attached storage comes in handy. Network-attached storage is nothing new; you can even consider Apple's US$299 Time Capsule to be a wireless NAS. Now storage manufacturer LaCie has released the US$190 Network Space 2 device, providing 1 TB of storage and speedy connectivity. LaCie provided TUAW with a Network Space 2 for review purposes, so we put it through its paces before sending it back to the company. Read on for a review of this attractive and useful peripheral.
TUAW TV Live: The after-vacation episode
TUAWloha, y'all. This episode of everybody's favorite hour-long Apple-fest should be a lot of fun. I've got some videos queued up and ready to roll, we'll talk about the Internet piracy on the high seas, and there's even a somewhat live hardware review planned. Of course, the topics of discussion are ever-changing on TUAW TV Live, so you might find that we don't follow a set agenda. If you've never joined us for TUAW TV Live before, it's easy and fun. Just click the "Read More" link below, and that will open up this post in a full page. You'll see two windows; one is where the live video shows up, the lower one is where you can chat with the crowd and ask questions. The show lasts about an hour, and I'll try to answer as many questions as possible, although sometimes the best answers come from our viewers.
It's showtime! TUAW TV Live returns at 5 PM ET today
If you've missed the fun of TUAW TV Live the last few weeks, you'll be happy (maybe even ecstatic) that the show is back this week. Your host Steve Sande is back from cruising around the Caribbean, and he's tanned, rested, and ready to fill an hour with talk of iPad, iPhone, Mac, and maybe even a touch of iPod. Today's topics include: Pee-Wee Herman has an iPad Auto Smiley emotes for you How expensive and slow is cruise ship Internet? Very. How to reduce Internet costs while traveling Why there's no need to wait for the 3G iPad LaCie Network Space 2 NAS And as always, anything you'd like to discuss (within reason, of course) To join the show, just drop by at 5 PM EDT today (2 PM PDT) and we'll have a post up that will feature the Ustream livestream as well as the chat tool.
LaCie's Network Space 2 will assimilate your data, resistance is futile
It's not as compellingly styled as the Starck Mobile Hard Drive, nor as ostentatious as the Golden Disk; in fact the Network Space 2 is visually identical to the earlier Network Space, featuring improvements where it counts: on the inside. The Network Space 2 can act as either an external drive over USB or as a NAS, with UPnP, DLNA, and iTunes compliance for media streaming -- but that's old hat. New is integrated torrent support for all of your non-copyrighted download needs and some enhanced eco-friendly tweaks, like the ability to power itself down at certain times of the day then wake-on-LAN when needed. Storage is still capped at 1TB and there's no RAID in here to protect your infos, but we're not expecting this one to stray too far from its predecessor's $160 mark when released before the end of the year. %Gallery-77270%
