Archive for September, 2009
LaCie USB Speakers – Sweeet
LaCie nailed it again with their new USB speakers, the Sound2 Speakers. I thought their previous design was sweet, but this is sweeeeet.
USB Hello Kitty Mimobots
Mimobot introduces three new Hello Kitty USB flash drives. As with all the Mimobot creations, these are fun and colorful USB flash drives with a very unique look. Forget about those rectangle sticks China cranks out month after month, get a Mimobot. The USB Hello Kitty models are “Fun In Fields,” and “Apple,” and finally, “X.”
GetUSB Dealz: Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Only $10
Buy.com has a very good special going right now. The Kingston 4GB DataTraveler for only $10. What’s even better – buy in bulk as your limit is 100 units. Shipping is also free within the US.
USB KVM Kit Turns Your Laptop Into Portable KVM Station
Have you ever thrown your hands up in frustration because you simply want to use the Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse of a laptop to access a server or other standalone device? I have, but never know what product could help…now I do. The Portable Laptop KVM Adapter from StarTech is specifically designed to turn your notebook into a portable KVM station. Simply connect the adapter between your standalone [or GUIless device] and notebook and you’re off and running.
“Aside from a rack mount LCD console, which can be expensive, server administrators and technicians would typically have to use a server room ‘crash cart’, which is a cart comprised of a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Although a typical ‘crash cart’ is somewhat mobile, it lacks the portability of our Laptop KVM Adapter, which provides identical but more convenient controlâ€.The NOTECONS01 USB 2.0 Laptop KVM Adapter offers immediate BIOS-level access to the connected computer from the laptop control point, as well as the ability to handle full configuration of the attached PC, server, or other headless machines such as ATMs, kiosks and VLTs.
USB Ban at DoD to Be Lifted?
Lets face it, USB sticks are an everyday tool for doing business. That’s why I was surprised to hear the ban on USB flash drives at the Pentagon back in November of 08. However, I can see the security concerns they would have with the power a USB stick can behold.
Today, we found out the ban will be lifted from the DoD in the coming months.
Robert Cary the CIO for the Navy states. “In the future, we expect that a government-owned and procured USB flash media that is uniquely and electronically identifiable for use in support of mission-essential functions on DoD networks will be permitted for use by authorized individuals,” Cary said in his blog. “The bottom line is, the days of using personally owned flash media or using flash media collected at conferences or trade shows are long gone. What we connect to our home PCs is very different from what is and will be allowed to occur on DON [Department of Navy] networks.”This policy is more in line with what I’d expect from the military and devices like the Encryptakey I would think become a staple at locations like the Pentagon. Source:Â DarkReading. Continue Reading
USB Ferris Wheel
I had doubts putting this post up today. Honestly it’s just for the pure novelty of it all. Brando has a USB Ferris Wheel for your office. Yes, that’s right, a ferris wheel to make your work day just that much more fun. The problem is how annoying the USB toy really is. You’ll either throw it out the window or you’re co-workers will. I’m not even sure if kids would enjoy this after 3 or 4 seconds.
USB 3.0 Webcam With Streaming 1080p
2010 will be a fun year of USB reporting and blogging with USB 3.0 just starting to break with new products. Today we have the first USB 3.0 WebCam from Point Grey. The webcam has the bandwidth and capability to push a full 1080p video stream without compression.
Since USB host controllers are not yet available, Point Grey has teamed with Fresco Logic to include a USB 3.0 PCI interface card.
EverythingUSB brings up a good point with these new USB 3.0 devices, they will actually become cheaper than their slower, 2.0 predecessors. The reason being: less logic and hardware is required inside the device to do processing such as compression and decompression, USB 3.0 now simply push the data through the pipe.
The Point Grey Webcamera is slatted to display at the IDF 2009 conference in San Fransicso in a couple weeks.
Point Grey USB webcam product page [here].
Continue ReadingStandalone 35mm Slide Scanner
I have mentioned other 35mm Slide Scanners, but today I found one which is 100% standalone, no PC required! This standalone 35mm Slide Scanner allows even the most technologically challenged person easily scan old 35mm slides into digital archives.
USB Silent Keystroke Recorder
Here at GetUSB.info we are a fan of the USB key logger technology. After all, what better way to find out what employees, girlfriends and such are doing with their spare time. Especially with all the social network, it’s important to know what is, or is not, being said about you.
We have reported about USB key loggers before, but this one is especially nice with the old school PS/2 connector. Great for the older machines.
The device comes with 2MB of internal memory, but check it often as that amount of space will be filled quickly.
Pricing is a bit different depending on the connection type you need. $60-$75.
Here is the USB key logger product page.
Reminder from UberGizmo.
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USB IceBox by Windows
The Windows IceBox is an interesting little tool. It’s a software program which runs from a USB stick that locks down partitions on your hard drive. The concept is that you lock down partitions on your hard drive so that other users, like your kids, don’t get in there and start accidentally deleting important files, registry entries, uninstalling software,etc.
We Say Thank You to Thanko For Their USB Record Player
GetUSB has seen the Record to USB players from Ion Audio before and we’ve seen these filter into Costco, Wal-Mart and even Urban Outfitters, and now Thanko has joined the ranks with their new USB Record Player.
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