Don’t get too excited, the flash drive doesn’t blow up and take everyone with it, nor does it spit out harmful bio chemicals for mass destruction. Rather, the Fujitsu USB flash drive will self destruct using a much less flamboyant method…it will erase itself.
The drive is a prototype design whereby the internal workings include a processor and battery and after a certain amount of time, the data on the stick will erase itself. Or self destruct.
But just incase this method is a bit too hard-core, Fujitsu has an alternate method for data protection. The second method includes an auto erase feature if the USB flash drive is used to copy files to an unauthorized workstation or server. Using the Fujitsu re-direct software as the backbone, it can prevent data from being uploaded to file-sharing networks, sent as e-mail attachments, or printed, according to Fujitsu.
Since this is just a prototype you’ll need to wait a bit longer, but for those who are impatient, GetUSB.info knows of one flash drive which already offers USB Copy Protection. The drive will also Copy Protect PDF files, flash, MPG and a host more multimedia files.
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By default the Windows operating system assigns the Volume name of a USB stick as “Removable Disk.” However, there are times when you need a different Volume name…and many times the USB Volume name needs to be longer than 11 characters.
Using the standard Windows “Rename” function, limits you to only 11 characters. You can’t always get what you want with just 11 characters…so how do you make the Volume name of USB stick longer than 11 characters?
It’s easy, with the help of an inf file. An INF file (or Setup Information file) is a plain text file used by Microsoft Windows for installation of software and/or drivers. Today we are going to use the .INF file to increase the length of our USB Volume name past 11 characters.
For those of you who are familiar with .INF files here is the meat of the answer:
[autorun]
Label=type whatever you want here
For those of you less familiar with .INF files they are extremely easy to make and use. For the USB Volume name this is what you do:
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LG Electronics released their new MP3 player, the UP3 Neon. They got the name from the bright blue LED control lights on the menu. What is unique about this MP3 player is the face it doubles as a flash drive, but don’t they all?
Source:Â Aving.net.
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Limited Offer:Â GetUSB Dealz has a Dale Jr. 88 AMP Custom Flash Drive.
For a limited time Buy.com is offering the Dale Jr. 88 AMP Nascar custom USB flash drive. The 4GB stick includes exclusive video content of Dale Jr. along with exclusive audio and pictures.
The Dale Jr. 88 AMP USB stick is $36 + shipping and is officially licensed by Nascar. The USB stick is a 1:88 scale replica design of the original and includes a flashing tail-light for data read/write activity.
Grab your GetUSB Dealz now!Check out more GetUSB Dealz – see if anything strikes your fancy.
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The iTunes store offers hundreds of games for adults and teens, but what about the younger kids. The kindergartners, preschoolers and 1st graders? Today I am reviewing an iPhone application called Shape Builder.
Shape Builder is a puzzle game where a youngster drags puzzle shapes over a silhouette to build an image. Once the image is complete either a sound effect or spoke word is played for the graphic.
The game is amazingly simple. I have a 3 year old who figured it out instantly. The shapes are familiar and in sync with what kindergartners are learning. Shapes such as fire trucks, letters and animals.
The graphics are excellent. Colors are vibrant. The voice over was done by a speech thearapest so the words are phonetically correct.
Check out the video:
I look forward to additional puzzle sets for older kids, or focus on specific group of items, such as the just the alphabet.
The iPhone application for kids, Shape Builder, gets a five star rating from GetUSB.info. Well worth the pennies you’ll spend to buy it!
It’s not often you need a USB spy camera, but when you do, this is a quick and easy method. The setup is putting a USB camera into your hoodie pocket then running the camera from your laptop stuffed in a computer bag. The situation reminds me of a perfect setup for college days where you need to video a test or capture some funny footage at a party.
Plenty of applications for this type of setup, check it out.
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So lets clarify exactly what I’m talking about here…a TV spy remote is a device that allows you to control someone else’s TV without being around, thus wreak havoc in their life. After all, what could be more upsetting then turning off the TV at your neighbors house during American Idol or watching Jack Bower kick a$$ in 24? I don’t think there is a greater pleasure.
Since you can’t buy a TV spy remote at buy.com or Amazon, or anywhere else, check out this TV Spy Remote tutorial I found at Instructables.
The tools and materials you need could be found anywhere, as this hack was done at a college dorm room and you know those kids have not $$ or resources.
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The Resident Evil 5 limited edition USB stick is immediately available for purchase [about a hundie].
The game pack comes with a 3 DVD ‘making of’ feature, the flash drive and some additional marketing swag.
Imagine:Â The bio-hazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down players spines. Chris Redfield, returning Resident Evil hero, has followed the path of the evil literally around the globe. After joining a new organization, Chris heads to Africa where the latest bio-terrorism threat is literally transforming the people and animals of the city into mindless, maddened creatures. Chris must take on the challenge of discovering the truth behind this evi.
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It’s about “time” someone came up with a USB hub that looked like a watch. What better way to suggest to your boss it’s time to leave then prop up your USB hub just before quit’in time [like that would happen]. This should fair particularly well for those clock watcher types.
There is not conformation, but from the look of the images at USB Fever, the 4 port USB hub really does tell time. It connects via miniUSB with 4 port type A connectors.
The watch also illuminates blue if for some reason you are working in the dark.
Watch Style USB 4 Port Hub – only $14.
More USB Fever products.
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Gizmodo just did a review about the Pogoplug device which allows anyone to share their USB stick over the internet with just a couple clicks.
The box has it’s own internal client and makes installation and connection a snap. The device will support a number of formats such as FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ or EXT2/EXT3 Linux.
Using Pogoplug is just as simple as setting it up. You, as the account owner, can hit up your Pogoplug.com share from any web browser and upload/download/view files from there. If you’re on the same local network as your Pogoplug, it’s smart enough to use your Wi-Fi/Ethernet to transfer files faster. There’s also Mac and Windows software that loads the share as a network-mounted drive.
Other cool things you can do: Grab the iPhone app and stream MP3 files, view JPG files, open PDF/Doc files over Wi-Fi or 3G.
The great thing about the Pogoplug is that it only costs $100 and no monthly access fee. Given this, along with it’s universal accpetance to OS support, it’s one slick answer to easy file sharing.
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The Register.com website has been down far to long [over 3 hours]. I’ve got customers from California, to New York to Israel who don’t have a site running – anyone know what is going on?
Is this another story of a big boy falling in these uncertain times or we just talking about some serious technical support issues?
Corsair put an interesting twist on backup technology. They have devised a one touch USB flash drive backup adapter. The adapter has a female USB port sitting on the top of the device. This is where you can plug in any flash drive. The adapter then connects to your PC via miniUSB cable.
At this point, the USB backup adapter is ready to suck information off your PC and stuff it onto your flash drive, with the push of a single button.
Of course you need to set some configuration options in the NovaBackUp software, but once set – you’re ready at any moment.
“Our research indicated that over 80% of users have a My Documents folder of less than 64GB, and more than 85% need to regularly transport less than 64GB of data between different PCs. This shows that USB flash drives are an efficient method of backing up your data, and with high-capacity USB flash drives, there is still plenty of room for your favorite music, photos and even movies,” said Jim Carlton, Corsair’s vice president of marketing.
This is also an excellent marketing tool to encourage users to break away from their 2 year old 1GB drives and saddle up for a larger 16GB, 32GB or 64GB flash drive.
I for one, am a lazy backer-upper and a device like this might encourage me to be more vigilante about data backups.
The Corsair USB backup adapter has an MSRP of $35.
Corsair product page.
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