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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

Toshiba StorE Canvio 500GB
Toshiba StorE Canvio 500GB review
External hard drives

A cheap portable hard disk, but the included software needs refinement

Published :
£50 inc VAT
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB review
SSDs

Excellent read and write speeds and a reasonable price per gigabyte make this a Best Buy

Published :
£223 inc VAT
Kingston MobileLite Wireless
Kingston MobileLite Wireless review
External hard drives

Not a bad wireless storage reader, but it’s not as polished as the competition

Published :
£41 inc VAT
Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1TB
Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1TB review
External hard drives

A fast, good value portable hard disk

Published :
£78 inc VAT
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 500GB
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 500GB review
SSDs

Provides good performance boost over hard disks, but it’s still no match for an SSD

Published :
£59 inc VAT
Adata Dash Drive Air AE400
Adata Dash Drive Air AE400 review
External hard drives

A clever if imperfect wireless storage reader

Published :
£54 inc VAT
Crucial M500 480GB SSD Review
Crucial M500 480GB SSD review
SSDs

A very fast SSD at a very reasonable price

Published :
£288 inc VAT
Freecom Mobile Drive Mg 1TB
Freecom Mobile Drive Mg 1TB review
External hard drives

A sleek-looking portable Thunderbolt hard disk, but it’s slow and expensive

Published :
£201 inc VAT
Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive 2TB
Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive 2TB review
External hard drives

The Iomega Mac Companion is a good idea, but we'd like USB3 at this price

Published :
£179 inc VAT
Batman Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City review
Gaming

A DC comic book fans’ dream, but there's not a lot of new ideas for veterans of the first game

Published :
£25 inc VAT