…you can redirect your iTunes backup location to be an external storage drive, or a 2nd hard drive on your system. By using a Windows symbolic link routine, you can take control of where the backup location will reside.
If the benchmark claim rings true, LaCie has a new USB 3.0 flash drive which is living up to the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed promise. Things might be coming to fruition with the most recent product from LaCie, the FastKey. The FastKey has print on the box claiming a whopping 260MB/s transfer speed. If it true, […]
We have already seen USB sticks getting to the 64GB capacity, but it doesn’t go without some serious trouble or expense in making them. Currently all 64GB sticks are made up of four 16GB NAND chips. The drives are huge and far more expensive than a 1TB USB hard drive. But this will all change… […]
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 […]
Mitsubishi is paving the way for hi-end 3D TVs with their recent announcement of a 40, 46 and 55 inch HD set. The specifications are impressive but it seems there might be a disconnect on what they are making verse what people want. Lets start with the specifications. Given the sizes above, you also have […]
Just last week GetUSB.info reported on a solar charging USB hub and a USB power strip and for noting more than to recharge your gadgets. It’s clear that USB is the common thread in recharging – and moving forward I only expect this trend to continue. Speaking of continue, now we have a 13 port […]
Warpia is a wireless docking station for your laptop to easily connect your keyboard, mouse, monitor and just about anything else without using cables. Using just a wireless USB dongle to your laptop it will then connect with the base dock station where you’ve connected the keyboard & mouse dongle, the monitor, hard drive and […]
Happy 4th of July for 2010 from GetUSB.info. Here is a great image of a USB drive branded with the US flag. Did you know why we celebrate the 4th of July? I’m sure you do, but for a friendly reminder, read this: Most people in the US celebrate the 4th of July, but do […]
How To: Remove a Virus From a USB Stick The easiest way to remove any virus from a USB stick is this: format it! Be sure to use the Full Format function, not the quick format function.In the very unlikely event you get an error messages saying you cannot format the drive because it’s being […]
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is just hitting the market and while we spend our time trying to obtain the 3.0 hard drives and 3.0 flash drives, we might get stuck with trying to make the connection. USBFever just launched a full line if USB 3.0 adapters to help you with the connection problems you might have. […]
GetUSB has reported on monitors which connect via USB, but now Samsung has fine tuned this product to include connection AND power to be exclusively through USB. The Korean electronics giant made this possible by including two USB connections to the host so that one transmits data and some power and the 2nd USB connection […]
Nexcopy is getting ready to release a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Duplicator with a 16 port capacity. Nexcopy is currently optimizing the SuperSpeed thumbdrive copier so details are still somewhat sketchy. What Nexcopy is reporting is the USB 3.0 Duplicator will be out in about 5 weeks. It can copy at a peak rate of 65MB/s […]
