Yes, there are million flash drives in the market. This one is a bit clever don’t you think? Buy the 4GB drive off Urban Outfitters. Create your own multimedia message with audio, video or text and save it to this flash drive. Throw it into the ocean and see what happens. Source: Buy from Urban […]
Brando, a USB gadget distributor located in Hong Kong, now has available a massive USB charging station. The 60 port charging station can charge sixty devices at 1A or charge 30 devices at 2A. It is not clear if the 2A charge would require a USB Y-Cable. The box does not support data transfer capability […]
Sometimes you will connect a USB to the PC and get an error message saying the drive has a GPT Protective Partition and you cannot format the drive. Here is the fix to resolve the issue: First, what is a GPT USB stick? The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is the successor to the Master Boot […]
There are two ways to make a USB read only. One method will make the USB read-only on 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 on any computer […]
Press Release: Lake Forest, CA — Jun 11, 2014 — Nexcopy Inc., launches an all new inkjet printer for printing to USB flash drives. The USB Flash Drive Printer is capable of printing full color logos on USB clips used with the popular USB swivel styled drive. The printer is targeted for small business, marketing […]
One of the most classic and – yet still perversely prevalent – issues IT staff face is resetting Windows passwords for users who have forgotten them (again). While remote administration has reduced the need to physically reactivate and reset passwords in most scenarios, a copy of L0phtcrack still remains in every experienced admins ‘toolbox’. Of […]
History of portable storage devices – An interesting topic and starts earlier then you probably think. Starting in 1928 the punch card is what started it all. Like the punch music you probably remember on your grandmothers piano where the piano played automatically from the punch roll. 1928 – Punch Card Storage: One of the […]
The above InfoGraph was provided by Nexcopy Company and highlights the current options and services available for Protecting IP on USB, often referred to as USB Copy Protection. The concept behind this USB copy protection solution is the ability to share digital files on a flash drive with others while restricting their ability to duplicate […]
Burning CDs is slow and impractical when at a clients site. In addition, who wants to leave behind their 16GB flash drive with a mix of personal and professional information? With that said, we designed a small pack of drives we could tear and use when needed. Since we travel and present files to clients […]
BlurPort is putting a cool twist to securing your USB devices. From flash drives to hard drives BlurPort has you covered. The product can be found (and funded) on Kickstarter right now. The concept is the BlurPort device is an 8GB stick…but it’s more. The BlurPort uses a multi-factor authentication method to unlock your digital […]
In what is easily one of the strangest weight loss ideas we have seen in a long while comes word of a new Kickstarter project called the HAPIfork. The USB HAPIfork or Happy Fork is a smart fork which can track how fast you are eating and make recommendations on how fast you should be […]
ComputerWorld did a nice write up about the IronKey Workspace product for Windows 8 operating system. Read the full article here. “IronKey storage devices have also been validated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to meet the stringent Level 3 criteria of FIPS 140-2. Combined with the cloud -based IronKey Enterprise Management […]
