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Alan Lu

Alan Lu is currently external communications manager at Vodafone UK and has a background in corporate communications and media writing. An alumnus of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he has previously served as reviews editor for IT Pro and Computeractive.

Recent articles by Alan Lu

Western DigitalMy Book Elite 2TB
Western DigitalMy Book Elite 2TB review
External hard drives

The My Book Elite is surprisingly affordable, but at this price you may want to consider a USB3 disk if speed is important.

£140 inc VAT
Creative HS-930i
Creative HS-930i review
Headphones

The Creative HS-930i earphones aren't cheap but they sound great and have reasonably effective noise isolation.

£90 inc VAT
IOCell NetDisk 351UNE
IOCell NetDisk 351UNE review
NAS drives

It's a basic NAS, but it's still a great buy thanks to its simple configuration, fast performance and low price.

£61 inc VAT
LaCie Starck Desktop
LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive 1TB review
External hard drives

The LaCie Stark is an attractive, robust and good value 1TB desktop hard disk.

£83 inc VAT
Revo Heritage
Revo Heritage
Media streamers TVs

The Revo Heritage is a compact, attractive and easy-to-use network media player with some well-designed and useful features

£230 inc VAT
Samsung Story Station USB 3.0 2TB
Samsung Story Station USB 3.0 2TB review
External hard drives

Samsung's first USB3 desktop disk is very fast, but it's also relatively expensive

£160 inc VAT
LiteOn iHAS524
LiteOn iHAS524 review
DVD/blu-ray drives

The LiteOn iHAS524 is a good value DVD writer with a reasonably useful, if imperfect, disc labelling feature.

£21 inc VAT
Seagate Freeagent Go 500GB
Seagate Freeagent Go 500GB review
External hard drives

Seagate's 500GB Freeagent Go is quick and reasonably priced, but there's little to set it apart from the competition.

£75 inc VAT
Zyxel NSA221
Zyxel NSA221 review
NAS drives
£129 inc VAT
IomegaProfessional External Hard Drive 1TB
Iomega Professional External Hard Drive 1TB review
External hard drives

Iomega's USB2 and eSATA-equipped Professional hard disk isn't bad, but there are better value alternatives available.

£100 inc VAT