64GB SpongeBob – Do We Really Need It?
Yes we do…or at least the 64GBs of memory…and yes, I said gigabits, not megabits. No word or price for the Spongebob drive, but it’s expected to display at CeBiT 2009, so we’ll find out soon enough.
Ion 35mm Photo Negative Scanner – Not a Single Negative
Ion Audio, the guys known for their vinyl record ripper, expands their analog conversion product line, with the Ion 35mm Photo Negative and Slide Converter. Quickly and easily transfer slide film or 35mm film into beautiful, high resolution, digital images with the Ion unit. USB 2.0 connection and USB 2.0 port. There is fixed focus range and auto exposure/color balance with high-quality 4 glass optical element to bring you the best quailty of digital copies.
USB Hack: Run USB Cable Through Phone Line
TinkerNut ran a great video on how to turn a typical phone line into an extended USB cable. Excellent DIY project for a security camera at the front door. Home brew a video baby monitor system or just extended some USB devices past the range of that 15 foot $30 USB cable you got at BestBuy. Source: YouTube. Continue ReadingCustom Flash Drive With Post-It Note Dispenser
This should really be a post about a DIY project. This custom flash drive stores your data and gives you a post-it note dispenser to write down what’s on the drive. You can buy the official version for about $30 overseas [here] or you could spend a few hours this weekend and create your own. What you need: Flash drive, wood, post-it note pad.
USB Tutorial: Home Brew USB Popcorn Maker
Here is a guy with a bit too much time on his hands and clearly in the need for a healthy meal. Check out this USB tutorial on making a USB popcorn maker: Source: YouTube. Continue ReadingPower Packed USB Wall Charger
USBFever has a 5 port USB wall charger for those a bit light on USB ports, yet need something to charge those iPhones, iPods and PDAs. The USB SuperTravel has 4 standard USB ports and one miniUSB port. It’s no longer required to haul around your laptop just to power up your gadgets while on the go.
Track Your Laptop With USB GPS Device
The individual user wouldn’t need this, but a GPS dongle for the corporate world would have it’s benefits. For this reason, I-O Data released their first USB GPS key.
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exFAT – No More Limitations For FAT32 – USB Rejoice
USB stick manufacturers will rejoice with this news. No longer will their flash memory be limited with the FAT32 file system, but rather an unlimited size of storage space.
Up to this point FAT file systems had a limitation of 4GB for a single file size and up to 32GBs for an entire volume. But no more. Microsoft has released a new exFAT file system. This means our USB sticks will become supersized and no longer need to worry about dynamic file structures of NTFS. With USB memory getting bigger each year, this is great news for mobile storage.
The exFAT file system is the successor to FAT32 in the FAT family of file systems. The exFAT file system is a new file format system to address the growing demand and size of mobile storage like USB sticks, PDAs, and solid state hard drives. What’s nice about the exFAT file system
Plantronics USB Phone For Social Butterfly
Skype has been a great resource for those social butterfly’s who must talk 24/7. It allows them to speak with anyone in the world at an extremely low price. Well, the new Plantronics USB phone would be a great addition to those talk-a-holics.
USB Birthday Cake – Best Surprise Ever
Engadget reported on this just a few minutes ago, “USB cake design worst birthday surprise in history” but I beg to differ…at least for a guy like me.