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Osama bin Laden Used USB Flash Drives To Stay Current
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last 7 days, we all know Osama bin Laden was killed on May 1, 2011 by US Special Forces. Reading through many articles that week, it’s interesting to learn the al Qaeda leader kept quite and under the radar for nearly 5 years by living in a […]
Digital Camera is USB Hub by Samsung No Less
Samsung is looking to put a new twist to the classic digital camera with multiple USB ports. The idea is simple, once a picture is taken, the folks in the picture can turn over their thumb drives for a quick download of the picture just taken. Not a bad idea considering most of us now […]
Hitachi Launches Hybrid Drive – Optical Drive and Solid State
With netbooks gaining popularity, the fact that no optical drive is included with the product has become a bit of an issue. With out an optical drive, software manufacturers are forced to provide download links for the installation packages. With very large installation packages, a download option may not be available, so vendors need to […]
How To: Duct Tape USB Holder / Wallet
I’ve seen some USB holders at Staples and Office Max for over $20 dollars and that’s just for a fancy pouch to place your USB sticks while on-the-go. What about a DIY duct tape USB holder? You get the satisfaction of making it yourself, save yourself some cash and a hint of coolness to your […]
How To: Use Physical Lock To Enable / Disable USB Ports
I came across this very interesting USB hack from TechOat the other day. The concept of this modification is taking the key of a power box in your computer and turning that into the physical on/off switch for USB communication. The premise is disassembling the wires of the USB cable and port and weaving that […]
Chat Stick – USB Flash Drive To Recover All Her Dirty IMs
Several weeks ago I reported on the flash drive which detects p0rn and today I’m letting you know about the Chat Stick. A flash drive which recovers all those dirty Instant Messages. The USB Chat Stick is loaded with software which scans the host computer for all instant message conversations, deleted or not, and uses […]
Review: Adesso Wireless USB Trackball Keyboard
Review: Adesso Wireless USB Trackball KeyboardDon’t you hate it when you buy a new gadget and don’t have the batteries it needs? This new keyboard from Adesso avoids that let down. Batteries ARE included. No more scrounging around for those AA Batteries that you need just to get this keyboard to workThis little keyboard is […]
Sleeptalking USB Stick
Here is a tricked out USB stick that does the downloading work while your PC is in standby mode. The sleeptalking USB stick is aptly named, Somniloquy [medical term for talking in your sleep] and provides a great service when you take a closer look. A team effort between University of California and Microsoft Research […]
Never Leave Your UFD Behind With Flash Drive Reminder Utility
It’ is very possible many of you have left a USB stick in a work computer or friends computer simply because you forgot to pull it out upon leaving. To help in those moments of lapsed memory, there is a utility that take care of your temporary Alzheimers. The Flash Drive Reminder utility is a […]
World’s Largest USB Stick: 64GB From Transcend
This isn’t the first time we’ve reported on the World’s largest USB flash drive as that bar continues to rise. Yesterday [Sep 23, 2008] Transcend announced their newest V20 drive is available at 64GBs. That’s as big as my laptop from 10 years ago. Now it’s the size of my thumb. I put the date […]
USB Lock Keeping The Honest People Honest
Engadget reported on the new USB luck from Thanko. The not-so-clever device uses a 3 wheel number combination lock which attaches to the USB connector of your USB drive, or anything else with a USB connector. Although this looks like something more to keep the honest people honest as disassembling the lock itself doesn’t look […]