Western Digital is out with a new Mac-compatible portable hard drive that pushes the capacity limits: the My Passport Studio drive packs a whopping 2 terabytes worth of digital storage.

How much is 2TB? According to Western Digital, enough to store about 400,000 photos, 240 hours of video or 500,000 songs. In other words, probably more than enough for your average consumer. The drive has a USB 2 and two FireWire 800 ports and is Apple Time Machine compatible. Expect to pay $300 for the…

Sony recently launched its new PlayMemories series of post-shooting solutions to enable you to view, edit and share your videos and photos on a variety of electronic devices, including LCD TVs, personal computers, tablets and smartphones.

Under the concept “Play More. All Your Memories,” the PlayMemories series is set up to provide an experience where personal content can be easily customized and enjoyed across multiple products after it’s captured.

The service consists of a Cloud storage service called PlayMemories Online along with three applications – PlayMemories Home, PlayMemories Studio…

We’re all going to die (sorry to break it to you). But in this age of social networking, we are creating virtual markers and monuments to ourselves that could potentially outlive us for a long time. This video demonstrates what happens to your virtual life when your real one ends.

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While everyone is busy clicking away and capturing life’s memories in record numbers how many of us are really taking the necessary steps to preserve these images from digital disaster? With digital photography comes a whole new set of potential problems. While forgetting to backup your files could be financially disastrous for a pro, the typical snap shooter is risking losing a generation of memories if they’re not more careful  about their digital lives.

Our friends at DriveSavers, an industry leader in data recovery, has compiled a list of tips…

From the first homerun to the final win of the season, milestone sports achievements should be remembered for years to come. Whether football, basketball, baseball or soccer, a dedicated sports team-focused photo album will help immortalize the memories that are sure to become regular dinnertime conversation fodder.

With big teams and lots of parents taking photos, making sports team albums can get overwhelming very quickly. Here are some tips to keep a great sports memory keepsake simple.

First, start with these basic parameters so you know you have enough materials, without wasting…

The USB flash drive market gets more interesting by the month and the latest product we eyed at the International CES Show from Victorinox continued this trend.

The company unveiled their latest in terms of USB flash drive storage – and did so in a massive way – a 1TB drive with build-in LCD display. And for those who may be worrying about traveling/flying with a pocket knife, worry not. You see, in addition to the massive amount of storage, these drives will also ship with two…

It looks like those sporting an LG branded Android smartphone have become the latest to receive 50GB of free Box.net storage. Yup, LG and Box.net partnered late last year and those carrying an LG Android smartphone can now step forward and claim their free cloud-based storage.

The terms of the offer seem rather simple. Download the Box.net app from the Android Market using your LG Android device, launch the app and then sign up for a Box.net account. Once that is complete, you will have 50GB…

One of the major trends emerging from the just-concluded Consumer Electronics Show is the migration of our digital content – photos, videos, music, documents, data – into the “cloud.” Of course, the cloud has been gaining steam for years now but with more and more people snapping photos and videos on their smartphones, a growing network of services like Apple’s iCloud are springing up to help you move your digital life off your phone and onto remote Internet servers.

Of course, many of these cloud services are pitched toward…

We’re intrigued by Sanho Corporation and their new CloudFTP, a pocket-sized adapter intended to turn any USB storage device (think camera, camcorder, etc.) into a wireless file server. The gadget is aimed at letting you share all your multimedia files through Wi-Fi across PCs, tablets and smartphones in your home.  It has a built-in battery with about up to five hours worth of charge.

It can also automatically connect to the Internet to backup and synchronize your data with popular online Cloud storage services like iCloud, Dropbox and box.net.

We’ll surely be taking a…

Few things could be worse than losing your camera, particularly if you’ve left a memory card full of images on it. A new service from GadgetTrak called CameraTrace won’t necessarily stop you from leaving your camera on a park bench, but can help you retrieve it faster. For a one-time fee of $10, you receive a  serial number sticker you can affix to your camera. If you lose it and an honest person finds your camera, they have contact details for how to return the camera to its…