You personal security for on-line shopping has finally arrived.  No more malware keylogging your credit cards, pins and CID number.  With this personal credit card swipe machine you are very secure to buy all that gadget crap off eBay.

SmartSwipe is the first to introduce this brilliant product.  What the USB swipe credit card machine does, is read the mag strip, encrypts the data and sends it (more…)

There are some fundamental differences between USB copy protection and USB encryption to files on a flash drive.  I have seen many companies confuse and muddy the terminology between the two.  It’s time to clear things up and explain the difference.

In short; USB copy protection secures a file or set of files so they cannot be copied - thus copy protection.  USB encryption scrambles the source files so they cannot be read unless you decrypt them.  Take a moment and think about this…there is a BIG difference.

Encryption is the process of scrambling files and data so they cannot be accessed unless a password or key is supplied to reassemble the content and put everything back together.  This process is known as decryption.

The fundamental use for USB encryption is to protect files and data in the event the USB stick is lost or stolen.

Where encryption and USB copy protection differ is with “encryption” once you have the password you can (more…)

Did I miss something?  Somehow we jumped from cheap knock off gadget sunglasses with USB to Calvin Klein doing expensive sunglasses with USB.  Have we been so bombarded with USB gadget crap, that now mainstream designers are jumping on board…thinking they are missing something?

I think my theory is right.  Look at these Calvin Klein sunglasses that sport a 4GB detachable arm.

A second theory could be this poor economy and now the big boys are reaching for just about anything.  Either way, it just seems wrong, even to a guy who likes USB stuff.

BTW - Aren’t sunglass arms already flimsy enough?  Now we’ve got a detachable arm.  Just doesn’t seem right. (more…)

A dude named Robotic Evil introduced a new version of his Atari USB case collection.  This time an Atari 2600 cartridge.  Bulky in design, but cool in style the USB Atari case is getting 2GB of inserted flash memory.

Given the size of the cartridge, it might be more appropriate to stuff a Western Digital Passport USB hard drive in there and really make some good use of the space.

I also think he could tip the scale of coolness with a retractable USB cable rather than the clunky one attached.

However; kudos to Robotic Evil for even thinking it up in the first place. (more…)

DomainMonster.com is giving away a 2GB flash drive with new registrations for .asia web extensions.  The offer is good only while supplies last.

Even if you don’t have business in Asia today, it’s still smart to get the domain name because I’ve seen plenty of domains get snatched up with me-to or look-a-like sites for the real American or UK company.

Now is a good time with a 2GB UFD bonus.

Here are some details for the required two year agreement from Domainmonster which is one of the top 50 fastest growing ICANN accredited registars:

Once you’ve purchased your qualifing .asia domains at Domainmonster.com you’ll receive an email directly from info@freeb.asia (the .asia registry) 5 days after your registration¹. Once you receive the email containing your redemption code and qualifing domain, you can go to freeb.asia to confirm your shipping details.

Your USB Drive will be shipped to you within 28 days of successfully redeeming your code at freeb.asia. No other purchased is req.

Enjoy.

Happy 4th of July for those of you located in the USA.  I found this themed USA Flagged Flip MinoHD which you should consider if you don’t have one.  I just recently made the switch from MiniDV video tape to a solid state memory video recorder like this MinoHD.  It’s so much nicer because there is no more transfer of analog to digital process.

With the USB Flip MinoHD you just connect via USB and start downloading your video.  This translates into doing (more…)

How about a real Cigar that glows when connected and stores data on the USB memory?  You can build this authentic smelling USB Cigar flash drive yourself in jest 10 or so easy steps.

Before you get started, here is a list of items you’ll need: (more…)