By default the Windows operating system assigns the Volume name of a USB stick as “Removable Disk.” However, there are times when you need a different Volume name…and many times the USB Volume name needs to be longer than 11 characters.
Using the standard Windows “Rename” function, limits you to only 11 characters. You can’t always get what you want with just 11 characters…so how do you make the Volume name of USB stick longer than 11 characters?
It’s easy, with the help of an inf file. An INF file (or Setup Information file) is a plain text file used by Microsoft Windows for installation of software and/or drivers. Today we are going to use the .INF file to increase the length of our USB Volume name past 11 characters.
For those of you who are familiar with .INF files here is the meat of the answer:
[autorun]
Label=type whatever you want here
For those of you less familiar with .INF files they are extremely easy to make and use. For the USB Volume name this is what you do: (more…)
The Resident Evil 5 limited edition USB stick is immediately available for purchase [about a hundie].
The game pack comes with a 3 DVD ‘making of’ feature, the flash drive and some additional marketing swag.
Imagine: The bio-hazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down players spines. Chris Redfield, returning Resident Evil hero, has followed the path of the evil literally around the globe. After joining a new organization, Chris heads to Africa where the latest bio-terrorism threat is literally transforming the people and animals of the city into mindless, maddened creatures. Chris must take on the challenge of discovering the truth behind this evi. (more…)
LG Electronics released their new MP3 player, the UP3 Neon. They got the name from the bright blue LED control lights on the menu. What is unique about this MP3 player is the face it doubles as a flash drive, but don’t they all?
Source: Aving.net.
It’s about “time” someone came up with a USB hub that looked like a watch. What better way to suggest to your boss it’s time to leave then prop up your USB hub just before quit’in time [like that would happen]. This should fair particularly well for those clock watcher types.
There is not conformation, but from the look of the images at USB Fever, the 4 port USB hub really does tell time. It connects via miniUSB with 4 port type A connectors.
The watch also illuminates blue if for some reason you are working in the dark.
Watch Style USB 4 Port Hub - only $14.
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Question: Have you ever used a WiFi printer setup? It may sound like nothing special, but trust me, once you try it you’ll wonder why you waited so long. Some printers have WiFi built into them already [Brother for only $109] and some printers need a wireless print server. This is where the D-Link wireless print server comes into play.
The D-Link DP-301U allows you to connect those older laser and inkjet printers to the wireless print server. Meaning everyone in your office will have access to the printers without the cables. Consider I work off a laptop and so do most others, walking around and being to print on demand is insanely convenient. You may not think so now…but that means you don’t have a wireless printer connection [otherwise you’d agree].
The $20 price tag is from Buy.com and includes free shipping [limited time]. The unit is not refurbished and does not use coupons or rebates…just a bare bottom price.
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The Dale Jr. 88 AMP USB stick is $36 + shipping and is officially licensed by Nascar. The USB stick is a 1:88 scale replica design of the original and includes a flashing tail-light for data read/write activity.
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Gizmodo just did a review about the Pogoplug device which allows anyone to share their USB stick over the internet with just a couple clicks.
The box has it’s own internal client and makes installation and connection a snap. The device will support a number of formats such as FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ or EXT2/EXT3 Linux.
Using Pogoplug is just as simple as setting it up. You, as the account owner, can hit up your Pogoplug.com share from any web browser and upload/download/view files from there. If you’re on the same local network as your Pogoplug, it’s smart enough to use your Wi-Fi/Ethernet to transfer files faster. There’s also Mac and Windows software that loads the share as a network-mounted drive.
Other cool things you can do: Grab the iPhone app and stream MP3 files, view JPG files, open PDF/Doc files over Wi-Fi or 3G.
The great thing about the Pogoplug is that it only costs $100 and no monthly access fee. Given this, along with it’s universal accpetance to OS support, it’s one slick answer to easy file sharing. (more…)
