Karen Tokar

Believe it or not my interest in computers started before most of my generation even knew what one was. It was that interest and a move to Goose Bay, Labrador that began what would turn out to be a major turning point after the purchase of my first computer. The rest is history as they say.

Orico X50 Pro 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 SSD Enclosure Review – We’ve Reached Portable 6000MB/s Read and Write Speeds

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With the price of SSDs these days, people are looking elsewhere for storage solutions.  Many are also realizing that they have upgraded SSDs at some point… and they may have an SSD lying around that could now be of use.  This is no different with the consumer or the media professional, except for the fact that the media professional is …

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KIOXIA Showcases a Handheld Petabyte of Storage along with Their Newest BG7 Client SSDs | CES 2026 Update

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I guess…. most people might not know that companies aren’t always front and center at tech shows showing off their products with large displays on the showfloor.  There are times when they do attend, all flash aside (Bit of a pun… get it?), specifically for client meetings and low key introductions.  Such was the case with KIOXIA this year at …

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Samsung P9 Express 256GB microSD Express Card Review – A Performance Value Compromise

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We’ve been conducting comprehensive microSD Express card reviews for some time, and if you look back at our original charts, Samsung was included in that group. We initially held back on publishing the Samsung report because the card was supplied by a third party, never spoke of performance variables, and showed behavior that differed from the rest. It didn’t align …

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Lexar Professional CFexpress Type-A 4.0 2TB Memory Card Review – Sony Lovers Finally Get Twice the Speed & Capacity in Type-A

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Lexar has done it again… and this time, Sony Alpha and FX series owners finally have reason to celebrate. For years, they’ve been like kids watching from the sidelines while Canon EOS R5 users like myself enjoyed the benefits of faster CFExpress Type-B storage. But that all changes now. Thanks to Lexar, Type-A users are catching up in a big …

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Micron Ships Industry-First 1y LPDDR5X, Delivering Unprecedented Speed & Power Efficiency in The Thinnest Mobile Package

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We’ve accomplished something truly unexpected, and something we never imagined possible. Micron has generously provided us with two of their newly released, cutting-edge 1y LPDDR5X SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic  Random-Access Memory) mobile chips, giving us the opportunity to showcase the fastest, most power-efficient, and most compact memory package available in the world today. We’re always a bit amused when oversized packages …

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