EPOS introduces a revolutionary twist on the digital pen. This next generation digital pen will automatically scribe any writing to the USB flash drive. The key, is an EPOS chip on the flash drive which receives communication from the EPOS embedded chip on the digital pen.
IBM introduced the world’s first commercial storage system, the 305 RAMAC. in 1956. A magnetic disk was used to store data and was intended for a secondary storage system. RAMAC stands for Random Access Method of Accounting and Control and was designed for real-world needs of accounting in business. The first customers was the US […]
I want to copy protect a digital photo on a USB flash drive. The answer wasn’t as obvious as I had hoped, but I did find it. Below is the process I used to get what I needed. The first thing I want to emphasize is that I want to protect a digital copy of […]
I’ve had the problem of too many highlighter pens, no place to put them and a need for USB connectivity. Therefore, I’m glad Gadgets2Order came up with this Dexx USB design. The square design acts as a dock station for your yellow, blue and green highlighter pens. In addition, you’ve got a USB flash drive […]
It’s always been a gas to report on those strange USB drives floating around and I thought we had seen it all with the Spongebob drive, Biscuit drive and Star Wars Pez drives, but today I bring you yet another. Minimoo brings us four new USB animal drives to place into our “useless novelty” category […]
Why give someone a single still framed picture when you can give them an entire slide show? The MF-575 is an inexpensive hi-tech digital photo, MP3, and video player with a bright, high-resolution 5.6-inch color TFT screen and USB connectivity. When I bought my first MF-575 picture frame, I got it as a gift for […]
For a limited time Buy.com has a 9 inch digital picture frame which also plays MP3 music for that perfect Mother’s Day gift. List price is $119, less $20 rebate = $99 total price. ($89 bucks with Google Checkout) Free shipping. Here’s the sales pitch: The AXN-9900M 9-inch digital multimedia player supports both JPEG photo […]
The Venzero LifeSaver is a tiny USB stick with a sturdy 8GB microdrive. Almost as slim as a cigarette lighter, you really can take it everywhere and keep all your treasured digital belongings constantly at your fingertips. This backup device does come with one word of caution however, now that your data is on the […]
IOGear is like a rising tide when it comes to cranking out USB products for Geek consumption. It just never stops coming. From the long list of new IOGear products, here are the four most needed geek items you must have. 1) The IOGear wireless laser mouse with germaphobe coating. I mention this because not […]
Have you ever tried plugging something old into something new, and it just didn’t fit? Like trying to charge an old toy with a new charger? That’s the kind of problem some people have when working with really old computers and machines. One of the most common connector types starting in the early 1960s was […]
Yes, there is a tariff on USB flash drives coming from China. UPDATE as of April 9, 2025 The trump administration has no impossed a 120% tariff on USB flash drives. This move was after China did a retalitory tariff on US goods going into China at 84%. This is a “who will blink first” […]
The USB Mass Storage Device Protocol defines how USB devices which are attached to a host computer should interact (such as flash drives, external hard drives, and memory cards) and this protocol is critical for allowing stuff to talk with each other in the computer world. Here’s a breakdown of its core components: In order […]
