LaCie takes on Time Capsule

Wireless hard drive 'n' router to rival Apple product

LaCie has introduced its take on Apple's Time Capsule. The French firm's offering is the 2TB Wireless Space, an black-clad 2.4GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi base-station with built-in hard drive.

In addition to handling router duties, the Wireless Space has a UPnP/DLNA and iTunes servers. It's also compatible with Mac OS X's Time Machine automatic back-up system.

There are three USB ports for additional storage, and three Gigabit Ethernet ports for wire-connected clients.

The LaCie Wireless Space is available now, £180 for the 1TB model and £250 for the 2TB version - considerably cheaper than the Apple offering. ®