The original wax seals were simply melted beeswax poured over the flap of a letter. The wax would range in color from nearly transparent to brown, depending on the quality of the wax. In the 11th century, artisans began adding colors to the waxes, such as red and black. These first seals were not tamper-proof, […]
There is nothing more satisfying for a finger work-out then using a laboriously slow old school typewriter. Or on those cloudy days where you feel a bit melancholy and in the mood to write the start of a novel you’ll never finish, you may need to punch down on those exhausting keys of a manual […]
For those just not willing to give up their old school analog headsets, or gaming headsets that plug into an audio card, you can now have an easy and convenient direct connect through USB with Plantronics new design Audio 625 USB Stereo Headset. And to make sure background noise doesn’t interfere, the Audio 625 features […]
So the grandparents have the Ion Audio USB Turntable for converting vinyl records to MP3 and now Ion introduces the TAPE2PC USB cassette archiver for the 40 Somethings. With a dual dubbing cassette deck and advanced software to convert directly into your iTunes library, those old cassette tapes will never feel left out again. Ion […]
New Launches posted this old school eraser which houses a USB flash drive. The clever design is an irony of sorts, the eraser erases your mismatched efforts while the USB Drive stores them! The flash drive is a 1GB size and is available for about $100 USD. What is hard to get my hands around […]
Rasberry Pi’s Pixel is a lightweight operating system released by the foundation behind the affordable $35 Rasberry Pi computer and it is now available for PC or Mac users who want to renew their old hardware! The Linux-based OS comes as a downloadable image you can either burn to a DVD or load onto a […]
I wouldn’t suggest throwing away those classic cassette tapes just yet. Put aside the fact you wont listen to them, might as well convert them to MP3 before the final dump. It will at least relieve some guilt. The PlusDeckEX cassette archiver allows direct connection via USB to the PC. Rip those cassettes to MP3 […]
TeamViewer is one of the most popular applications to share computer screens with other people. However TeamViewer is very expensive. Is there a TeamViewer alternative? Yes there is… and it’s 100% free. We found a TeamViewer alternative one day because, as a business, we had to provide technical support to a remote Windows computer. TeamViewer […]
Microsoft is looking to make their OS more portable. With Windows8 one of the features the Redmond Washington company is featuring is a bootable OS. True, we’ve seen both Windows and Linux distro’s bootable off a flash drive, but what makes this a bit different is 1) being legal and 2) officially supported. This seems […]
Parrot is launching their new car stereo receive which has strayed away from the trend of all touch screen interface. The Asteroid is a Google Android based receiver with loads of features and functionality. The receiver still has a graphical interface to display the content being played, but the navigation is all “old school” buttons […]
Here at GetUSB.info we are a fan of the USB key logger technology. After all, what better way to find out what employees, girlfriends and such are doing with their spare time. Especially with all the social network, it’s important to know what is, or is not, being said about you. We have reported about […]
ReplayTV is not the first to introduce a USB dongle for DVR use, however, they are the first to integrate a format easily playable on Apple hand-held devices like iPhone and iPod touch. The Personal HD system bundles both digital ATSC and analog NTSC technology and play over-the-air HDTV signals or old school analog TV […]
