UniFi vs Gl.iNet Pocket Router – Which is Better? Travel routers provide a convenient way to connect several devices through a single wired, wireless or phone-tethered internet connection, while keeping the user’s own network settings and security in place. The UniFi Travel Router and GL.iNet Mango 2 approach this requirement from slightly different positions, but […]

Gl.iNet Launching Portable Dashcams and AirBnB Cameras – No, Really… GL.iNet is best known for its travel routers, networking hardware and increasingly broad range of portable connectivity products, but at IFA 2026 the company showed that it is looking at expanding into another part of the travel market. Under its Umino branding, GL.iNet revealed the […]

Minisforum MS-01 SE Launched at IFA 2026 The Minisforum MS-01 SE is a lower-cost variation of the company’s established MS-01 mini workstation, first shown at IFA 2026 as a way to retain much of the original system’s compact workstation design while trimming back some of the more expensive hardware. Rather than replacing the MS-01 outright, […]

Mango 2 Review: A Smaller Kind of Gl.iNet Router I have reviewed quite a few GL.iNet travel routers over the years, but the Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) takes the range in a slightly different direction. Instead of adding faster wireless standards, more powerful hardware and an increasingly large enclosure, GL.iNet has returned to the compact and […]

The New UGREEN HomeAgent Series Revealed UGREEN has spent the last few years building out its NAS range, but its latest announcement takes the company in a rather different direction. I was in Boston for the reveal of UGREEN HomeAgent, a new family of systems designed to bring local storage, AI processing, home surveillance and […]

UniFi UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 1 Year Later Review When Ubiquiti introduced the UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 in September 2025, the company was attempting to bring its comparatively simple UniFi Drive storage platform into a pair of compact desktop systems. The UNAS 2 targeted smaller deployments with 2 HDD bays, while the UNAS […]

A New Pocket Travel Router on the way – The Mango 2 Revealed I have followed GL.iNet’s travel routers for years, but many of its recent models have become increasingly powerful, expensive and physically larger. The newly revealed Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) takes the opposite approach, returning to the small and relatively affordable format of the […]

QNAP has now listed the TS-262A and TS-462A, two new Intel-powered desktop NAS systems that appear to replace the older TS-262 and TS-462 in the value-focused x62 family. The headline change is the move from the older dual-core Intel Celeron N4505 platform to a quad-core Intel Celeron N5095, while keeping the same core idea: affordable […]

Shrge Disk Pro 2 Mobile Dock – Problems Solved? The SHARGE Disk Pro 2 combines an M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure with a compact USB-C docking station designed for use with phones, laptops, handheld consoles, cameras and other portable devices. It follows the original Disk Pro but takes a more flexible approach, allowing users to install […]

Amazon Prime Day 2026 Bargains on Synology, QNAP, UGREEN, Terramaster, Seagate and More to Watch That’s right, it’s that time of the year again—Amazon Prime Day 2026 is officially here! The mid-summer mega sale is rolling out across the globe, and for those of us whose Prime subscriptions have been quietly ticking over all year, […]

Asustor Lockerstor Gen 2+ – Tiny  Refresh or Solid Value in 2026? The ASUSTOR Lockerstor 4 Gen 2+ and Lockerstor 2 Gen 2+ arrive as modest updates to the earlier Gen 2 series, keeping much of the same hardware foundation while adding dual 5GbE as the main headline improvement. Both models still target buyers who […]

ZimaCube 2 NAS Review – The Difficult ‘Second Album’… The ZimaCube 2 is IceWhale’s latest desktop NAS and self-hosting system, and this review is focused specifically on the standard non-Pro model priced at $799. It follows on from the original ZimaCube and ZimaCube Pro, but it arrives in a very different context. IceWhale is no […]

Synology DSM 7.4 – What Is Included and Should You Upgrade? UPDATE – Synology has reached out to me to correct a presentation point regarding the supported devices for DSM 7.4 and one that I covered at 04:01 . DSM 7.4 will continue to support the 20-series models; it’s specifically the new Storage Efficiency feature […]

New QNAP TS-h467X, TS-h667X and TS-h867X (Finally, the TS-x73A Series Gets a Refresh!) At Computex 2026, QNAP has revealed the TS-467X, TS-667X and TS-867X, a new 4-bay, 6-bay and 8-bay desktop NAS series that appears to refresh the position previously held by the TS-473A, TS-673A and TS-873A. The older TS-x73A range became a long-running option […]

A First Look Around the Minisforum Stand at Computex 2026 Computex 2026 is now underway in Taipei, and I am at the Minisforum stand looking over what the company has brought to the show floor this year. There are several compact systems on display, including the S5 all-flash NAS, the MS-03 workstation mini PC, and […]

Minisforum MS-03: First Look at the New Workstation Mini PC The Minisforum MS-03 is on show today at the company’s Computex 2026 stand, following its earlier Q1 appearance in prototype form at Minisforum’s Intel Core Ultra Series 3 event in Shanghai. At that earlier showing, the MS-03 was presented as part of Minisforum’s next wave […]

Synology Free License and Subscription C2 Charge Changes AGAIN??? Here is Everything Affected Synology has announced a set of changes to several of its online services, including Active Insight, C2 Storage, C2 Object Storage, C2 Identity, C2 Password, and C2 Transfer. Some of these changes are simple pricing or license adjustments, while others are larger […]