Package Factory is a utility to convert your favorite application to run on U3 platform USB drives. But remember, to take full advantage of U3 platform the application you convert also needs to be U3-aware, or at least rely minimally on Windows Registry. Which this requirment isn’t a big deal anyway. Find out more from Eure.
Car engine light on? This USB powered gadget, CarMD, will help you diagnose the problem before reaching out for help. Several steps will give you the negotating power to insure a good deal on fix-up.
myPodder might be the easiest way to manage your audio and video podcasts. It’s a U3 podcast management utility that is free of charge. You can select single episodes or entire seasons with your subscription and syncronize with the U3 myPodder client. Podcast Ready allows you and your friends to share your favorite podcast episodes with each other easily. Search, browse and share podcasts for free and have them downloaded directly to your U3 smart drive. You can sign up for a free account at PodCastReady.com
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Could Turbolinux really develop a true portable PC which fits on a flash drive? Turbolinux introduces (what I call) their version of U3 called Wizpy. The USB Wizpy device is 60GB of flash storage with 1.71 OLED display and together with Linux create a portable computer system. The flash device then uses any PC for it’s input capability (monitor, keyboard and mouse) to function as a normal PC. No files, records or maleware are left on the host computer system after disconnect. Along with running Linux,
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SLAX is a mini Linux operating system which fits onto a USB flash drive and runs directly from it without installation. It’s fast and beautiful. This nicely refined compilation is based on Slackware Linux and is packaged up in a little zip file specifically made for use on a USB flash drive. Make the jump to Pen Drive Linux for all the grub on Linux on USB flash drives.
Here’s a little How To for obtaining a complete 360º model of any object. Just four items are needed. 1) Free software from Institute for Robotics, Germany. 2) USB Webcam. 3) 90º angle backdrop. 4) Laser from local hardware store.
The heavy lifting is done by the free software which has an advanced algorithm that automatically puzzles together the scans made from different sides.
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You know it’s been asked: Is there a way to Zune hack any knowledge of a transferred song on the Microsoft Zune, circumventing that share-once restriction in the player’s WiFi routine?
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So the Zune is Microsoft’s iPod killer? Well at least iPod lets one use the device as a mass storage device. Out of the box the Zune doesn’t mount as an external device but this Zune hack solves the problem. Lets thank the guys over at Phaleux for their Zune hack.
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Shutterfly Studio has a nice utility for your U3 flash drive. Most features are typical but here are some highlights which stand out. View photos any number of ways, including keywords, captions or simply date…but Shutterfly includes a 5 star rating system – nice. Included in the studio package are 10 easy tools for photo editing like crop, auto-fix, red-eye removal and even pet-red-eye removal! You can download the free U3 utility from U3 and when signed up for a Shutterfly account you get 15 free 4×6 photos and unlimited on-line storage.
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PQI released the world’s first retractable USB port on a USB flash drive. By doing this, PQI completely eliminates the need for a cap to cover the USB connector, just simply slide the connector back into the chassis of the flash drive. Like other PQI Cool Drive series, the Cool Drive U350 comes with USB Notebook Professional security and personal management software. In September,
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Molly Maid on a U3 flash drive, the XOFTspy portable anti-spyware software gives you the tools to clean all your PCs – home or work – from a single flash drive. XOFTspy is an affordable way to purchase a portable application that can legally be used to clean up an unlimited number of PCs. The software also insures you that whatever host PC is letting your U3 drive run, is also free of malware and spyware. On the flip side,
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Soon all things cool will be found at U3. If you’ve never heard of Yahoo Widgets then please, read on. U3 offers the popular Yahoo Widgets engine (Version 3.1) for U3 enabled devices. Widgets are useful, mini applications which run from your storage drive. Maybe you want local weather, customized alarm clock, WiFi signal strength for your location or simply count down the hours and minutes until Jack Bower is back on TV…then Yahoo Widgets is for you.
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