There are two ways on “How to make a USB read only.” One method will make the USB read-only in anything it is connected to, so you could say this is a universal way of making a flash drive write protected. The other way is a PC-specific solution where some registry edits are required to […]
Corsair continues their reputation for high speed, high quality USB products. This year at the CES 2014 show Corsair is showing off their new Voyager Go USB drive. Two improvements with this device: 1) The USB includes a standard USB connector and a microUSB connector. This addition makes it easier to store files from a […]
It is all over the internet, the universal USB connector; however, it is difficult to find the physical design or look of the connector. Most websites are posting old style 2.0 or 3.0 connectors. From reading through the USB.org documentation, we have the following physical design specs. From the notes in the document, […]
You can’t help to think Apple’s push for Thunderbolt has something to do with the latest announcement from the USB-IF…in that transfer speeds via USB will double what the USB 3.0 specification currently is. If development can stay on target, this increased speed should be seeing implementation by end of 2014. The new specification will […]
The USB-IF released the Power Delivery [PD] specification for USB 3.0. In addition, the 2.0 forum approved it too. Because we are talking about 100watts over USB there is some risk associated with introducing such a spec. The USB-IF said the power can be sent, both ways, intelligently where power ramps up or down upon […]
Microsoft is looking to make their OS more portable. With Windows 8, one of the features the Redmond, Washington company is introducing is a bootable OS off USB. True, we’ve seen both Windows and Linux distributions bootable off a flash drive before, but what makes this different is 1) it’s legal and 2) officially supported. […]
Transcend and Taiwan’s ITRI are doing a joint venture design on an ultra slim 2TB USB flashdrive. The “Thin Card” was shown at the Display Taiwan convention. Not sure why the release was at a flat screen convention, but I guess a moot point. Nothing official from either company in regards to specs or a […]
Cell phone standards ditched the AC/DC adapter about a year ago and it’ll be a requirement all cell phones power only via USB. Now it looks like we could do the same for computers. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group introduced a new specification to offer up to 100watts of power over a USB 3.0 cable. […]
Thunderbolt is the new technology by Apple which is claiming better performance and speed then our new USB 3 specification. It all looks good on paper and plan, but will reality let Thunderbolt win? Thunderbolt is the copper wire version of Intel’s Lightpeak technology. Thunderbolt will produce transfer rates equal to 10Gbps which is about […]
Thunderbold, LightPeak and their magical 10Gpbs transfer rate have been the talk for some time. Well, at least the LightPeak version. Thunderbolt is just Apple’s spin on the technology. So will these new fangled technologies replace USB one day? Yes, I think so. Anytime soon? No way. LightPeak and Thunderbolt are currently designed off copper […]
USB 3.0 is gaining momentum with every new product launch, and millions of PCs and peripherals are expected to ship with the SuperSpeed interface this year. That makes the timing of the Nexcopy SSUSB160PC USB duplicator especially relevant, offering users a high-speed solution to manage modern peripherals without relying on slower legacy USB 2.0 systems. […]
If you haven’t noticed, Red Box Movie rental kiosks have popped up all over the place. Most notably are the Red Box’ at the grocery store, which makes perfect sense, you’re going to the store anyway, why not put a movie rental at check-out. Flix-on-Stix is looking to do the same thing, only difference is […]
