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See how we rate banking products to write unbiased product reviews. Synchrony Bank pays some of the best CD rates for people who don't have much money to open an account. It's also a good choice ...

Although interest rates have dropped slightly at many banks after the Fed’s half-point September rate cut, it’s still an excellent time to lock in a solid rate on a certificate of deposit (CD).

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One of the easiest ways to seamlessly continue using your old 2.5-inch SSD is to install it in an external hard drive enclosure. Such an enclosure is suitable for both HDDs and SSDs and can ...

CDs are also enjoying a resurgence for the first time in nearly 20 years. According to data from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales rose by 11 per cent to $537 million in ...

and CD transports, which can only read the data on the disc and require an external DAC to work. There are budget to premium recommendations below, and the best models offer excellent, no-nonsense ...

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External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to quickly back up your important files, as well as store any data that you don’t need on your ...

By far, the simplest way to update your drivers is through Windows itself. If the device manufacturer sends out a driver update, you should get it through an official Windows Update. Windows 10 ...

That’s why we’ve collected some of our favorite external hard drive deals below, although if you aren’t too keen on lugging around an external hard drive, there are a lot of solid internal ...