Transcend has built a great name for themselves with the Jetflash UFD product line. It’s been tested as one of the fastest drives on the market, simple designs which are small and compact. The new Transcend Jetflash V33 is no exception. At just 60 x 16 x 8 mm in size and 7g of weight […]
With spring just around the corner it’s a great time to get some digital gear for summer. Nothing would fit that ticket better then a USB SurfDrive. Obviously you couldn’t hang-ten with this board, unless you where a USB Star Wars Pez but a great Easter basket stuffer for your little one. USB SurfDrives are […]
Solid Alliance creates the limit for expensive flash memory with their $800USD flash drive called the Mottainai. It’s got 24K gold and crystal settings from Satsuma Kiriko (a who’s-who glass maker in Japan). Although gold is the shinny layer on the outside the enclosure is mostly made of bronze. The heavy weight goes along with […]
So What Is H-Testing for USB Drives, Really? I’m at a wine tasting. The kind where nobody is actually tasting anything. Everyone’s holding a glass, nodding politely, and trying to look like they belong in the room. I bump into a tech mogul. Big CEO energy. Knows markets, valuations, and boardrooms — not flash controllers. […]
Why Multi-Pass DoD Erase Schemes Don’t Translate to Flash Memory, Despite Being Widely Referenced For a long time, secure erase meant one thing: overwrite the data. Then overwrite it again. And maybe again, just to be safe. That approach worked, it was measurable, and it aligned neatly with Department of Defense guidance written in the […]
When One USB Drive Shows Up as Two: What’s Really Going On At some point you’ve probably plugged in a USB flash drive and thought, “Why are there two drives showing up?” Or maybe Windows refused to delete a mysterious read-only volume. Or Disk Management showed something you couldn’t remove no matter how many times […]
CompactFlash is The “Original Gangster” of Portable Storage That Quietly Built the Foundation for Today’s Removable Media Pull up a stool, grab whatever’s in the glass, and let’s talk about a piece of technology that doesn’t get nearly enough respect. Everyone thinks the USB flash drive is the hero of portable storage. That tiny plastic […]
Nexcopy’s USB HDD “Fixed Disk” appears to act like a local hard drive, which can help teams operate in environments where removable drives are restricted. In high-security environments, USB drives can be good and bad. What I mean is, the flash drive is essential for information deployment, imaging, and data transfer, but we’ve also heard […]
There’s buzz in the dev and IT circles about a new type of USB drive being tested by a Southern California tech group — and it’s not your average thumb drive. Unlike traditional models, this device identifies as a Local Disk instead of a removable drive. That subtle shift could have a big impact for […]
Who Are: The Top 5 NAND Flash Memory Manufacturers in the World as of 2025 First off, it’s important to know that NAND flash memory powers everything from smartphones and laptops to massive data centers and cloud storage systems. In 2025, just five companies control over 90% of the global NAND market which is a […]
The Romotow T8 is a conceptual caravan that has taken the world of mobile homes by storm for its sleek design and creative form. One of the most intriguing features of the Romotow is its swiveling design, which strongly resembles the USB swivel drives often featured on this website. It was created by the renowned […]
This article will show you how to create a website shortcut that works from a flash drive. The article includes the instructions, a video on the instructions and a template file one can download and tweak for their own use. The reason for this topic of creating a website shortcut on a flash drive is […]
