So the Zune is Microsoft’s iPod killer? Well at least iPod lets one use the device as a mass storage device. Out of the box the Zune doesn’t mount as an external device but this Zune hack solves the problem. Lets thank the guys over at Phaleux for their Zune hack.
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Here is a useless USB novelty item that definitely has a little fun to it. The Spongebob USB Stick is part of the Dima Komissarov flashbag USB stick series. They all have one thing on common: thanks to a micro air pump, they become larger when filled with data. A big round Spongebob indicates an almost full USB drive while
Powerstick from Ecosol just received a “best of” award from CES. It’s a USB shaped power adaptor with a fuel gauge. Although the Powerstick website only has a photoshop version pic the concept is great. Plug in the Powerstick and juice up via any computer. Tote it around for a while. When needed, plug in the Powerstick – juice up that USB powered gadget.
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Shutterfly Studio has a nice utility for your U3 flash drive. Most features are typical but here are some highlights which stand out. View photos any number of ways, including keywords, captions or simply date…but Shutterfly includes a 5 star rating system – nice. Included in the studio package are 10 easy tools for photo editing like crop, auto-fix, red-eye removal and even pet-red-eye removal! You can download the free U3 utility from U3 and when signed up for a Shutterfly account you get 15 free 4×6 photos and unlimited on-line storage.
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The MasterView USB KVM switch is massive in connectivity at 16 ports but slim on size with rack-mount design. Now take control of 16 resources via one Keyboard/Video/Mouse console access point. Aten designed the switch for daisy-chain capability to include another 31 KVM MasterView switch boxes – that’s a total of 512 computers
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Although this product was out in August the Samsung K5 MP3 player and speaker system is worth investigating. Using DNSe, Samsung’s proprietary Digital Natural Sound engine the K5 provides virtual surround sound in a hand-held device. The K5 has a back plane which slides up to allow the speakers to resonate. Although only two speakers Samsung claims an all natural sound with higher accuracy to tones and pitch.
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Many wannabe Internet and technology entrepreneurs think this new phenomenon called VoIP is a guarantee to make money – well think again – at least 85 VoIP services have shutdown in the past 15 months.
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Griffin, maker of all things iPod, is getting ready for the Holiday season with their 20% off sale on accessory kits. If you have a friend or loved one with an iPod then now is the time to save some coin.
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Icron is the industry standard for extended range USB connectivity. The ExtremeUSB technology from Icron can span 1.2 miles from host to device. Now, Icron is putting their skills to work on WUSB. As with wired USB technology there is high latency in wireless too. Restrictions of bandwidth and variable error rates of wireless media, Icron and ExtremeUSB developed technology
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Runtime Revolution published their AppSnapper U3 application this week. AppSnapper is a convenience utility to link documents which reside on your PC to auto link with U3 applications you have on flash memory. In addition AppSnapper has an on-line database to let U3 users know when new applications are U3 supported – thus always making sure you are aware of the latest applications available for linking.
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Although not flashy news, EPCOS introduced a new CeraDiode which provides protection to USB ports from either high or low voltages shot through the system from a, not so good, USB device. The CeraDiode CDA6 is a small diode placed on the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) that truncates positive or negative spikes of voltage to protect
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