Archive for July, 2006

Lexar recalls 66,000 USB flash drives

Written by Richard Blanchard on July 7th, 2006. Posted in Flash Storage, Press Releases, USB News

Peripheral and storage device maker Lexar, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission, has issued a voluntary recall of some 66,000 Lexar FireFly and 1 GB Secure II USB flash drives because the units could overheat and present a risk of burn, fire, or injury.

This USB device will NEVER let you down…

Written by Richard Blanchard on July 6th, 2006. Posted in Power for USB, USB News

Hewlett Packard’s UPS “G2″ family now provides USB support, from 1000 VA (650 watts) to 2200 VA (1600 watts), and extended runtime for servers, storage, computer equipment, and network environments. These Uniterrubtible Power Supplies are the T1000 G2, T1500 G2, and R/T2200 G2, respectively, succeeding the XR series. The UPS R/T 2200 G2 can be converted easily from

USB powered paper shredder is for the weak

Written by Richard Blanchard on July 5th, 2006. Posted in USB News, Useless Novelty

Just because our world is getting paperless doesn’t mean your paper shredder should just fit those post-it notes and ATM receipts. USB Geek is importing a mini paper shredder just 123mm wide on the opening and shreds, no more then two pages at a time. This is a clear cut case for a useless USB novelty item but GetUSB had to

Take two Tylenol and call Polycom in the morning

Written by Richard Blanchard on July 2nd, 2006. Posted in Audio, USB Input Device, USB News, VoIP

Tired of popping Tylenol for those splitting headaches caused by your phone headset? Well the Polycom Communicator gives you the ultimate hands-free experience and best of all it’s Skype certified. Based on the same technology used in Polycom’s legendary line of triangular SoundStation conference phones, the Skype-certified

Sony VAIO VoIP mouse doesn’t make much sense

Written by Richard Blanchard on July 1st, 2006. Posted in USB Input Device, USB News, VoIP

This is another piece of VoIP equipment that comes with a built in additional cool function. The Sony VAIO VoIP mouse is a mouse that claims to be the first of its kind with a built in voip phone that is skype certified. This sexy gadget ships in a variety of colors which are white, blue, red, green and black and weights only 67g with a dimension of 45.5 x 23.9 x 89.2 mm. The impressive feature of the Voip

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