D-Link introduced a sweet little 7 inch LCD display powered by USB.  The SideStage, which I think is a great name, is a 800×400 resolution monitor which extends your primary screen.  It’s great to stream stock quotes, or run IM applications or other small utilities you don’t want to use on the main monitor.  Yet not the first one we’ve seen.
The SideStage would also be ideal for Photoshop users and such who want to move the toolbar out of the main screen.

The SideStage from D-Link is expected to sell for about $100, although no price point has yet been announced.  The other piece of info we didn’t get is launch date.  Set to be summer time, which isn’t soon enough.

According to D-Link’s representative Les Goldberg, the SideStage is compatible with virtually all CRT and flat-panel monitors, has standard and wide-screen aspect ratios, 32-bit True Color depth for high-quality images, and ultra-low power consumption, which is consistent with the D-Link Green initiative.

USB sticks come in many different sizes, shapes and colors, but today is the first time we’ve seen a custom USB drive with the look and feel of RAM memory.  The Segon Turbo drive is another release from Brando on unique USB shapes.

Brando claims it’s ingenious and exquisite, which I think is a bit too much on credit, but definitely a different look.  Too bad you can’t use the PCI looking slot to boost your real RAM needs.

The Segon Turbo drive includes a push-pull design for the USB connector making it a good portable product with protection to the connector.

Some notable software functionality comes preloaded on the IC controller chip, such as:

1. Security Manager
2. Boot Manager
3. Flash Mail Manager
4. PC Lock Manager
5. Bookmark Manager
6. Security Folder

Available in a 2 and 4GB sizes, starting at just $12.

USB Fever is looking for some fun with their new USB photo frame shaped like a person and a bobble head type photo frame.

The cute little frame will spin 360 degrees and rotate forward and backward by 60 degrees.

Yes, it’s cute, but also useful.  The USB photo frame also doubles as a 4 port USB hub…so you’re not just taking up valuable desk space, but making it a bit useful too.  After all, with everything USB, a couple extra ports wouldn’t hurt.

What else doesn’t hurt is the price tag – just $12.99 plus some change for shipping.

Source: USB Fever.

Sirtified is a web company that sells all things cool for guys.  Their most recent release are three models of hand symbols with a USB stick embedded inside.

The Hand USB stick is a 2GB flash drive for $35 and carries the ultimate gesture in the form of USB geekness.

Source:  Engadget via Sirtified.

Backing up your data is probably the #1 item most computer users neglect, ignore or simply don’t pay attention to.  Most times it’s because the software is too difficult or you don’t have the right storage device to back up your data [sat DVD, DLT tape etc].  Well, this article should change your mind.

ClickFree has a very unique and convenient solution for data backup.  Using their USB cable and embedded backup software [embedded on the cable] you can backup any computer to your USB hard drive, USB stick or anything else USB.

No software to install or setup.  Works right out-of-the-box.  Just plug the Clickfree Transformer into the computer, then plug any external USB hard drive into the other end of the Transformer and it converts the external hard drive into a Clickfree backup drive.  Automatically starts, finds, organizes and backs up all of your data onto the external hard drive.

The ClickFree software is robust enough to support over 400 file types.  Here is the category breakdown for you:

What is more simple than connecting via USB?  Especially for projectors.  Sure the VGA isn’t hard, but who wants to screw in the anchors.  That’ why the BenQ projector is so appealing.

Once more, BenQ turns the USB connection into an easy way to upload images, video and slide shows to the portable projector.  So not only is the USB an easy way to connect a laptop, it’s also an easy way to data load for a standalone projector.

The GP1 USB projector from BenQ offers a throw of 100 lumens, which is nearly twice of some other brands of the same size.  It’s 1.4 pound unit with a distance of 80-inch diagonal for imaging.

The GP1 from BenQ is offered at the MSRP of $599.