There are various factors that actually affect a hard drive’s performance such as CPU speed, RAM, motherboard, etc. Being a non-tech savvy user, it is probably quite difficult for you to have a comprehensive analysis of the overall performance by looking at the different elements. To ensure your hard drive is in good shape and to avoid any potential errors, one of the ways to test the hard drive is to check the standard performance metrics of the hard drive, e.g. the read and write speed. This type of simple benchmark uses a unified scoring system to paint a full picture but also gives an indication about your hard drive’s performance. CrystalDiskMark is a free hard drive benchmark utility like HD Tune that allows users to quick measure the reading and writing speeds of the hard drives by running a series of tests.

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Being a frequent traveller, you may be concerned whether your luggage has exceeded the weight allowed by the airport authority. It can be quite embarrassing and inconvenient if you are asked to remove some belongings from the bag or to pay additional airport charges for it. For travellers’ convenience sake, a Swedish investor has rolled out a creative product to assist travellers to measure their luggage via a handheld scale, Digigrip.

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Wonder what could be the top new consumer technologies in 2010? Just recently, Radar Detector has been named as one of the new consumer technologies by Consumer Electronics Association during the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) New York Press preview.

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Portable thumb drive usage is so common nowadays that almost every computer users will have one for file storage and transfer. With the technology advancement, it has been evolved from ‘thumb’ size into smaller form factor so that it can be handy to be carried around. In order to compete against Super Talent which is famous for its tiny USB flash drive series, the recent release named as Active Media Wink has replaced it as the world’s tiniest USB flash drive in consumer market.

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How much do you know about your skin? There are a huge number of skincare products for various types of skin available in the market. Hence, choosing the right product for the right skin is pretty essential to ensure the nourishing effect is being taken care of. If you are particular when it comes to skin care principles either for beauty or health reasons, check out what the Dutch electronics giant, Philips, via its new consumer product, Crystalize, bring to you.

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The leading designer and manufacturer of digital video products, PrimeDTV has announced its new advanced PrimeDTV PHD-HM5 networked HD media player, which able to play almost every popular video format files up to 1080p full HD resolution without spending time or money to convert files, allowing users to watch (1080p) high-definition videos or blu-ray like movies directly from external drives and network.

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The facial plastic surgeon trained at Harvard and Stanford, Dr. Steven Denenberg has designed an intuitive new Before and Afters iPhone application that allows people interested in plastic surgery to view more than 300 of before and after photos of Dr. Denenberg’s facial plastic surgery patients. The Before and Afters app for iPhone and iPod touch also performs as a free online consultation by sending your photographs with questions to Dr. Denenberg for review. Watch the promo video of Dr. Steven Denenberg’s Before and Afters iPhone app below.

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AT&T has announced the upcoming availability of BlackBerry Curve 8520, the compact, easy-to-use smartphone that offers global access via phone, email, text, IM, picture messaging as well as social networking, aiming to give the best value for business and personal users who looking for BlackBerry service.

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