Smartronix has a USB power monitor and it’s ideal for those who want to regulate what power is coming from a USB device. Most notably would be the ability to test power from a suspect defective drive or gadget. With so many useless USB toys made in cheap factories over seas, one can get a […]
Despite every effort for the world to go paperless, there is always one more idea or product to use it. Today we hear about IntelliPaper USB drives. This is a new technology where the parent company, IntelliPaper, is trying to raise funds for it’s manufacturing. The idea is putting a controller chip embedded between several […]
What is it about USB steampunk flash drives? Am I the only one with a keen interest in showing off these hand crafted USB drives? Could it be the material used which draws my attention? Could it be the fine detail of each device which peaks my interested? Could it be the impressive number of […]
If you look up ambiguous in the dictionary [or wiki page] you’ll probably find a picture of a USB flash drive. After all, aren’t they? Not with standing, Zana Design has put craft, materials and resource to the limit with their Apophis meteorite flash drive. Of course, just being made with a meteorite seems like […]
USB pistol gun flash drive could become a great fundraiser for the NRA. USB capacity range from 4GB to 16GB and just a couple bucks shipping. If interested here is the USB pistol gun link.
The new Super Talent USB 3.0 flash drive with 4 channels can copy 1GB of data [about 2000 files] in less then 35 seconds. Check out the 2min video for all the details:
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 […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last 7 days, we all know Osama bin Laden was killed on May 1, 2011 by US Special Forces. Reading through many articles that week, it’s interesting to learn the al Qaeda leader kept quite and under the radar for nearly 5 years by living in a […]
Why Doesn’t Microsoft Allow USB Flash Drives to Autorun Programs? Can USB Flash Drives Autorun From Windows? The short answer is NO. Microsoft disabled USB autorun functionality on standard USB flash drives primarily for security reasons, following several high-profile malware outbreaks that exploited this feature. Here’s why this change was necessary: Autorun Was a Major […]
Verbatim announced their 32GB flash drive today in the form of a USB dongle no larger than a nickel. There is no lanyard loop and it’s damn small, so will most likely get lost if you place it in your pocket – but that is all okay. It seems Verbatim is gunning for this product […]
Here at GetUSB.info we love the USB steampunk drive. We’ve reported on at least a dozen of them over the past couple years and I’m sure we’ve missed three times that many. Today we are tipping you off to a great tutorial on how to USB steampunk your own flash drive. Instructables has a very […]
Corel Paint Pro + 2GB Flash Drive = $19 Adobe Photoshop is a great product, expensive, but great. You can do amazing things and take any picture and make it look like a million bucks. The trick, layers. The deal about Photoshop is the average user only takes advantage of 10% of the features. Meaning […]
