Category: USB News & Press Releases
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I can’t Format FAT32. Where did FAT32 go? Where did it start and end?
Has anyone noticed FAT32 format option is gone in Windows? Microsoft has not issued an official statement explaining why the FAT32 formatting option is unavailable for storage devices 32GB and larger but we’ve done some digging and came up with a possible answer. On both Windows 10 and Windows 11, users are typically presented with…
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Review: USB Write Protect Switch Verse USB Write Protect Controller
Review with pictures and video When it comes to making a USB stick read only, or USB write protected, there are two options. The first is the original technology of using a physical switch to toggle on and off the flash drive writing. The more recent technology is a programmatical way to toggle the write…
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Press Release: USB Write Protect Switch Has Been Replaced With Better Technology
Lake Forest, CA – [June 24, 2025] — Nexcopy introduces the Lock License USB drive as a secure, modern alternative to the USB write protect switch — offering firmware-level data protection with no physical toggle. A leading provider of advanced USB technology solutions, Nexcopy is emphasizing that the Lock License USB flash drive is a…
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Legacy USB Write Protect Switches Are Getting Replaced — Here’s the Tech That’s Taking Over
Update [June 13, 2025]: The official press release is now live. Click here to read the full announcement. Since 2008 when USB flash drives really started getting mainstream most IT folks and systems integrators leaned on USB drives with physical write protect switches to safeguard files from tampering or corruption. But that hardware toggle —…
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Why My USB-C Isn’t Working – Microsoft Is Cleaning Things Up
Microsoft is trying to ending USB Type-C port confusion by addresses the user issues they face with USB-C ports on Windows 11 devices. Even though USB-C is ‘supposed to be’ universal the ports themselves do not offer the same functionalities – leading users to confusion and frustration. To combat this, Microsoft has implemented new standards…
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Keysight Press – System Designer Design Solution for USB4
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced System Designer for USB, a comprehensive design solution that supports the latest USB4® standards—Gen2, Gen3, and Gen4. Tailored for high-speed digital USB applications in personal computers, mobile devices, and edge AI, the platform delivers an integrated environment for modeling, simulating, and validating USB4® interfaces. By combining a smart…
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Top 5 NAND Flash Memory Manufacturers in the World as of 2025
Who Are: The Top 5 NAND Flash Memory Manufacturers in the World as of 2025 First off, it’s important to know that NAND flash memory powers everything from smartphones and laptops to massive data centers and cloud storage systems. In 2025, just five companies control over 90% of the global NAND market which is a…
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Serial (DB9) to USB-C Connector
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…
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What Is GPMI? Or General Purpose Media Interface?
If you’ve been hearing about a new technology standard called GPMI and wondering what it is, you’re not alone. So what is GPMI? To the best or our knowledge this is what GPMI is: A group of over 50 Chinese companies also known as the “Shenzhen 8K UHD Video Industry Cooperation Alliance,” announced this new…
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Hologram PC Fan by COOLIFY
Hologram technology is difficult to develop and manufacture. We list the reasons below, but in the mean time, COOLIFY has a hologram PC fan people can take advantage in very short order (available soon). The Holo Fan by COOLIFY is the world’s first holographic PC case fan. By placing a small LED bar across the…
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ChatGPT Had an Image Create Tool Update Earlier Today
ChatGPT had an image create tool update earlier today. The service called DALL-E is a playful blend of two influences which was the root for how the name came about. Salvador Dalí is the famous surrealist artist known for his imaginative and dream like imagery and WALL·E is the robot from the Pixar movie and…
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Freeware for Running a Server from a USB Stick
Freeware for Running a Server from a USB Stick There are several free software options which allow people to set up a portable server on a USB stick. Probably the biggest sector looking for freeware to run a server on a USB stick would be students looking to learn more about server functionality or developers…