Flip Your Bit USB Utility To Make Local Drive
BootIt is a Lexar based utility to flip the Removable Media Bit setting of a USB drive. What this means, is you can take a Lexar drive (and many other brands) and make it appear as a Local Drive on your PC rather than Removable Storage.
This is absolutely necessary if you are looking to partition your USB drive or try some trick hack like run your iTunes from a USB stick.
The RMB or Removable Media Bit is present on all flash drives, but whether the Lexar utility can flip it is something of trial and error. Although it goes without saying…and I’ll say it anyway…the utility works with Lexar drives, everything else, use at your own risk.
Flip your bit BootIt is a freeware program. Download it here.
Continue Reading No CommentsGetUSB Dealz: 8GB Flash Drive Only $22
Dane-Electronics is offering up their zMate 8GB UFD for only $22 plus free shipping. If you have never used Google check-out you could drop that 8GB drive to $12. Now that aint bad for 8GBs of memory.
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The company line:
Small, practical and high-performance, the zMate Pen lets you carry all sorts of computer files wherever you want (music, video, spreadsheets, texts, pdf, etc…). The Dane-Elec zMate Pen is certified High Speed USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible. The Dane-Elec 8GB zMate Pen is your perfect companion either at work, at home or abroad.
Dane-Elec zMate 8GB Dealz page.
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Steampunk USB
You may have seen the term Steampunk before, you may even have seen this USB Steampunk drive before – it’s a fantasy like design based off steam power for this USB gadget. Enjoy the detailed pictures then brush up on Steampunk history at the footer:
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Continue Reading No CommentsFlip Video Mino Now Available at Amazon.com
Flip Video Mino Now Available From Amazon:
Mind-Boggling Quality
Despite its diminutive size, the Flip Mino produces video that rivals that of camcorders costing much, much more. With 2 GB of flash memory, the Mino can record up to 60 minutes of VGA (Video Graphics Array)-quality video that looks sharp when played back on your laptop or television (TV cable included). The high-quality microphone captures crisp, detailed audio, whether you’re paddling down the Amazon, or rockin’ out at your favorite club.
Revolutionary Built-in Software
Flip Video’s revolutionary software is built into the camcorder, so there’s no need for clunky 3rd party software or cables. Just plug the Mino into any PC or Mac via the flip-out USB arm and you’ll be viewing, organizing, editing and sharing your videos effortlessly.
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Double A Battery Gives 15 Emergency Minutes of Power
IOGear releases their version of the USB battery, with the GearJuice Rescue charger. What IOGear has done differently from other battery shaped USB solution, is make a miniUSB connector for cell phones, PDAs and other handhelds rather than the traditional full sized USB connector.
USB Forum at GetUSB.info
There is nothing like getting involved and making a difference, no matter how small. In this case, we ask you get involved with the GetUSB.info Forum. The USB Forum is definitely an under-developed portion of the website, so with a little elbow grease and good discussion we can turn this into a valuable resource. If you haven’t already, Log In and register. It only takes a minute. From there you can post, link and other simple HTML functions to make your statement ‘clear as day.’
- Have you upgraded to Vista SP1 and still having USB problems
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- Is a USB Cup Warmer really worth it?
Vista SP1 Users Report Broken USB Devices
To many a service pack from Microsoft is the first sign their newest platform is becoming stable. For Vista the SP1 pack came out in April and it was a good sign. At least for some. The deal with SP1 is Microsoft sending a signal to corporate world it’s time to drop XP and make the upgrade. However, even with the Service Pack 1 revision from Microsoft some are still seeing problems with their USB devices. Most notably, users are reporting mice, keyboards and flash drives still not performing as they should.
“We are aware of concerns that a recent Microsoft update may be causing problems with USB devices,” stated a Microsoft spokesperson. “We are investigating the matter and at this time do not have any additional information to share.”It’s not clear how widespread this USB problem may be. For those installing Vista SP1, Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Windows Update, which checks and verifies if updated drivers are present before the upgrade. So now the question becomes – have you upgraded to Vista AND have you seen problems with your USB devices? Let us know and comment here… . Continue Reading No Comments
GetUSB Dealz: Sharp 1280×720 DLP Projector – CHEAP
Although you might not be able to afford a Runco home theater and projector system, you can still put together a decent projection system with the Sharp 1280X720 DLP projector. Buy.com has a good deal on the unit where the MSRP went from 1,799 to 999 and a limited time special down a couple more $100 bucks to a bottom line of $799.
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Spanish Website of GetUSB.info Gets New Look
Blogging is a tough gig that’s for sure. One way GetUSB.info stays on top is through real, translated websites from dedicated authors. The most popular translated website for GetUSB is the Spanish version. Today we went through the long process of update the look. Check it out: Spanish.getusb.info. The Spanish GetUSB looked similar to our older layout like the Dutch version. If you review the two, you must admit the updated look is clearly the better site for reading. The colors are easy on the eyes, less ads and large text. Carlos runs that Spanish site and is diligent about translating every post from the English mothership. The other domains we have include: If you’ve taken the time [which I doubt you have] to click the other domains you’ll see the Dutch, Indonesian and Italian sites are out of date. The authors from the Dutch and Indonesian site had personal issues and couldn’t continue the translation process. The Italian site was clicking along great, then a system crash deleted the Authors profile, and that killed all his posts. Needless to say he [Andrea] was very upset and gave notice for the position.
WordPress On USB
Back in July 2007 I made a USB tutorial post about putting WordPress on a stick. Shortly there after, several visitors emailed me indicating I had too much time on my hands and it really wasn’t worth the effort. But how do I disagree!
Even in the past year, WordPress has gain momentum in the blogisphere and becoming the #1 blogging platform. Even Alexa, a fairly decent gauge on web traffic ranks WP as #26 in most popular sites.
Given this information, I’ve seen more and more website – not blogs – use the WP platform to create their static website and webpages. So for those SEO and web designers out there, putting WordPress on a stick allows them to demo the site to clients, run SQL runtimes for testing and troubleshooting and isolating their web environment during development.
A good example is my RSS Filter website: FilterMyRSS. Take a look at the source code, you’ll see the script which runs the utility along with supporting pages and blog entries…all based off WordPress.
I do agree the masses wouldn’t care about putting WordPress on a stick, but if the web is your bread-n-butter it would probably be smarter for you to know how – than to not.
Install WordPress on a stick tutorial.
Continue Reading No CommentsMore Wood For Your USB Stick
Hmm, that title came out a little weird. Anyway, Vladimir released updated versions of his USB wood drives to include some odd shapes that include, what looks like to me, a mushroom, tree stump, wooden tooth and a fluted casing.
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