What Starts as a “Free Storage System” Turns Into a Slow-Motion Disaster the Moment USB Flash Meets NAS-Level Workloads Everyone has that drawer. You know the one. A tech graveyard packed with five different charging cables from extinct phones, a random SIM tool that’s definitely not from your phone, and a fistful of old USB […]
Beginning with macOS Ventura, a new layer of protection offers some reassurance to enterprise IT against USB device-borne attacks. Mac computers using the new Apple silicon will require USB and Thunderbolt accessories to be approved by the user before the accessory can communicate with macOS. When a new USB or Thunderbolt device is connected to […]
CD and DVD optical duplicators have been popular for years; however, with the disc drive no longer sold in computers, the only device left for moving files around are USB flash drives – well, most common device at least. With that in mind, let us provide a USB duplicator review and our observations about them. […]
Does the title of this article even make sense? Yes, but not to most. USB enumeration is the process a host computer goes through to identify the type of USB device connected and what the operating system should do with the newly detected device. Fingerprint would simply imply the different steps a computer operating system […]
Fuzzing is a method of testing with automated software which provides invalid, unexpected, and random data as inputs to a computer program. The testing program then monitors for crashes, assertions and potential memory leaks. A research team based from Purdue University came up with USBFuzz, which pushes enormous amounts of random data through the USB […]
USB-C is a great technology, offering ultra-fast data transfer rates close to 10Gbps and increased power delivery for charging laptops, monitors, and TVs. However, the power advantage of USB-C diminishes over longer cable lengths. According to the USB-C (USB 3) specification, optimal power and transfer rates are maintained only when the cable length is under […]
These are 1450mAh batteries that are rechargeable via standard USB port. This is the better way digital devices should be designed. I am not a fan of, for example, my portable speaker going south because the device can no longer hold a charge. I’d much rather have my portable speaker take batteries which I can […]
For those into home-brew programming projects, its easy to make a microcontroller spit out some Morse code with the post shown below. What makes [pavlin’s] take on this project interesting is that it resides on a tiny USB board with an ARM processor. The design for the board is available with single-sided artwork suitable for […]
Infinite USB is a concept which dates back five years. The concept is brilliantly simple. The USB cable design allows multiple devices to be charge from an extending USB plug, and at the same time, allow data transfer through that one original USB port. Today, Infinite USB has released a new version for the Mac […]
Review: Nexcopy 3.0 USB Duplicator EverythingUSB posted a review of the Nexcopy 3.0 USB Duplicator with a bunch of “thumbs up” marks. Let’s take a closer look. Design and Build Quality As far as USB duplicators go, the Nexcopy SSUSB160PC is actually pretty stylish. Its form certainly flows from its function, but Nexcopy has made […]
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. […]
About three weeks ago I started the process to design a USB power strip where the device would be a dumb down version of a USB hub…it only gives power. The reason why I wanted to design something like this was for the infinite number of USB items I have. Just in my house alone, […]