Limited Edition Resident Evil 5 USB Stick
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.
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Matt LeBoff
Kicking around in technology since 2002. I like to write about technology products and ideas, but at the consumer level understanding. Some tech, but not too techie.
Visual News: LG UP3 Neon – Both MP3 & Flash Drive
Time For Some USB Hub Action
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.
Dale Jr. 88 AMP Custom USB Flash Drive
Limited Offer: GetUSB Dealz has a Dale Jr. 88 AMP Custom Flash Drive. For a limited time Buy.com is offering the Dale Jr. 88 AMP Nascar custom USB flash drive. The 4GB stick includes exclusive video content of Dale Jr. along with exclusive audio and pictures.
Pogoplug – Make Your USB Stick Easy To Share
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.
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. Continue Reading
Review: iPhone App – Shape Builder
Review: iPhone Application – Shape Builder
The iTunes store offers hundreds of games for adults and teens, but what about the younger kids. The kindergartners, preschoolers and 1st graders? Today I am reviewing an iPhone application called Shape Builder. Shape Builder is a puzzle game where a youngster drags puzzle shapes over a silhouette to build an image. Once the image is complete either a sound effect or spoke word is played for the graphic. The game is amazingly simple. I have a 3 year old who figured it out instantly. The shapes are familiar and in sync with what kindergartners are learning. Shapes such as fire trucks, letters and animals.
Is Register.com About To Die
The Register.com website has been down far to long [over 3 hours]. I’ve got customers from California, to New York to Israel who don’t have a site running – anyone know what is going on? Is this another story of a big boy falling in these uncertain times or we just talking about some serious technical support issues?
How To Make a USB Spy Camera
It’s not often you need a USB spy camera, but when you do, this is a quick and easy method. The setup is putting a USB camera into your hoodie pocket then running the camera from your laptop stuffed in a computer bag. The situation reminds me of a perfect setup for college days where you need to video a test or capture some funny footage at a party. Plenty of applications for this type of setup, check it out. Continue ReadingOne Touch USB Backup By Corsair
Corsair put an interesting twist on backup technology. They have devised a one touch USB flash drive backup adapter. The adapter has a female USB port sitting on the top of the device. This is where you can plug in any flash drive. The adapter then connects to your PC via miniUSB cable.
“Our research indicated that over 80% of users have a My Documents folder of less than 64GB, and more than 85% need to regularly transport less than 64GB of data between different PCs. This shows that USB flash drives are an efficient method of backing up your data, and with high-capacity USB flash drives, there is still plenty of room for your favorite music, photos and even movies,” said Jim Carlton, Corsair’s vice president of marketing.This is also an excellent marketing tool to encourage users to break away from their 2 year old 1GB drives and saddle up for a larger 16GB, 32GB or 64GB flash drive. I for one, am a lazy backer-upper and a device like this might encourage me to be more vigilante about data backups. The Corsair USB backup adapter has an MSRP of $35. Corsair product page. Continue Reading
Canon 5D Custom Flash Drive
Every company is looking for a way to make a custom flash drive and Canon is onto something hot here with the 5D minaturized down to a USB stick. Well, not the entire device, but the lens pops out to become the flash drive.
Turtle 4 Port USB Hub & Card Reader
Don’t know about you, but I’ve been searching for a USB hub with a change tray. It would also be ideal if the hub was in the shape of a turtle. Oh wait, here we go. Thomas of USBFever answered my prayers. The 4 port high speed 2.0 Hub is a nice addition to your desk where you need a space to store the extra lunch change, post-it notes or small paper clips.
Review: 16GB USB Drives – What’s Worth Your $$$
Review of 16GB Flash Drives
Our friends at Test Freaks gathered up 17 different 16GB drives and did some hands on benchmark and testing. First off, props goes out to Mr. Brozio for convincing all the manufacturers to give up free 16GB drives. Second, I give him kudos for the in-depth analysis and benchmarking test. Well done. The 16GB USB review includes the following drives:- Adata Sport Series RB19 16gb
- Corsair Flash Voyager
- HP USB Flash Drive v125W
- Imation Swivel Flash Drive
- Kingston Data Traveler100
- Kingston DataTraveler HyperX
- Memorex Traveldrive
- OCZ Diesel
- OCZ Throttle
- Patriot Exporter XT
- PNY Attache
- PQI Traveling Disk 1221
- Ridata EZdrive Lightning Series
- Sandisk Cruzer Micro
- Super Talent Pico-C
- Transcend JetFlash Elite Enabled
- Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go
If I’m looking for a USB drive, the first thing I look at is the Copy To or Write speeds, this is what is most important to me, the next thing would be the Copy From speeds, as for me what I do most is put data on it, then take it off, reading from the drive is not that important to me really. So it all depends on what your priorities are concerning USB drives, the results are here, you can judge for yourself which is best for you.For the full 16GB USB Drive review please visit Test Freaks webpage. Continue Reading