I am not sure whether there is a limit to what a promotional thingie could be; one thing is certain, though: the moment I've seen the beer-laden USB thumbdrive was simply glorious and the idea was funny and innovative at the same time. Now, that's a completely new dimension for advertisers and for their clients as well; and the advertising horizon has just gotten wider, allowing creatives in ad-agencies to further explore the new possibilities. So, what's with the beer-USB, you will most likely ask. Well, it's nothing more and nothing less than what its very name says. We're talking about a common-size US... [read more >>] As the very name of its producer (SimpleTech) says it, things are quite simple and fair with this new line of storage solutions, going by the name of DuoPro Drive. It's time to welcome three dual-hard-drive models that not only boast a whole lot of space but at the same time they come with a very extensive array of connectivity options sworn to integrate in pretty much any setting. The SimpleTech DuoPro Drive units come in three flavors for now: 1TB, 1.5TB and the biggest one summing up 2TB. [admark=1]Nevertheless, in case you still think that 2 TB is not enough for your current needs, you'll just have to wait one or two... [read more >>] You need not be a billionaire to have already learned things about Europe's most extravagant luxury gadgets company, Russia's Gresso. Some of its best-known works have been seen in the field of turning mobile phones from simple communication devices into true pieces of technological art, priced accordingly, of course, and available only to a select few. It seems that Gresso's success has driven even more thoughts in the direction of the luxury technology and it's with a rather pleasant surprise that I now introduce to you the new line of USB flash memory sticks, the Enigma collection. In fact, "collection" might seem a b... [read more >>] Now, before going any further, this is not at all a top, simply because I haven't been looking all over the Internet for weirder stuff... besides, choosing the most uncanny thing from a heap of other bizarre ones is a rather difficult task. Nevertheless, I've encountered some very funny USB drives, some of them looking absolutely delicious and well worth buying and using, just to see the look on your friends’ faces.Among so many manufacturers that launch new USB drives every day, some of them are not thinking about the sleek and precious corporate design but about how to make work more fun. This is why all sorts of wacky and... [read more >>] As some of you might remember, Pretec launched back at CES one of the world's largest CompactFlash cards, providing 48 GB of storage space. Then, at CeBIT 2008, one of the company's representatives talked to Softpedia about the speed of their cards, which was far superior even to SanDisk's most impressive offerings.However, that was a long time ago, so Pretec has decided that it was about time to upgrade its offering and launched several new cards, each of them breaking some sort of record, whether we're talking about storage capacity or speed.First of all, the company released two CF models that offer 64GB and 100GB of ... [read more >>] Without a single doubt, hardware manufacturers are taking the question of the future of storage very seriously. To put it differently, nowadays everybody seems to be concerned with developing, manufacturing and releasing SSD storage solutions. And this is precisely why major companies, such as Intel, SanDisk, TDK or Samsung, have already announced and released flash-based storage devices. On that note, it appears that another major manufacturer is planning to roll out its own SSD solution - and it actually aims to do so by the end of this year.The manufacturer in question is the US-based Kingston, from which we should expect a flash-based s... [read more >>] Pretec, which was the first to offer the 8GB SDHC and 16GB CF in 2006, is once again making a sort of compact flash "fashion statement" by announcing the first 48GB CF (that's forty-eight gigs of storage space). As the company's press release puts it, this is as much the 12 DVDs or 69 compact discs. If 48GB are a little bit too much, even if you own a 1Ds Mark III that produces humongous files due to its 22-megapixel resolution, you can go for the lower capacity versions, 24GB or 16GB. You won't find too many 24GB CF cards from SanDisk or Lexar, so this one is no small achievement either. You'd be tempted to think that ... [read more >>] This year marked a milestone in terms of computer sales. It was the first time when notebook PCs have sold better than desktop machines, and that says a lot about users going mobile. Solid-state drives arrived just in time to store the laptop users' data. Various notebook vendors have already included them in their configuration so it would not be too far-fetched to say the SSDs are pretty much going mainstream. The new frenzy in the storage business are RAM drives. The performance factor would easily qualify them as favorites in the storage world, but their major shortcoming is (still) their price. Even so, recent prices of the DDR2 m... [read more >>] Solid-state drives (or SSDs) are becoming increasingly popular nowadays, due to the fact that they provide relatively high storage capacities, as well as a very high degree of reliability and shock-resistance, especially for mobile or portable applications. However, said storage solutions are generally quite expensive (after all, they're the latest innovations in the field of storage) and this is the reason why the people over at Addonics came up with a PCI adapter that can add as many as four Compact Flash (CF) cards to any system with RAID redundancy support, allowing for the development of a low-priced, yet very effective SSD devic... [read more >>] The partnerships between various technology developers and sports teams are becoming increasingly popular nowadays, as they provide numerous benefits for both parties involved. And the latest example of the successful outcome of such a business relationship is the Ducati Edition USB Flash Drive launched by SanDisk, a device whose design is directly inspired by Ducati's racing motorcycles currently competing in the MotoGP. Thus, the new flash drive sports the same glossy red chassis and black trim as the Ducati Corse team motorcycles. Moreover, it features the Ducati Corse logo on top, as well as a red tail light that illuminates whenev... [read more >>] | 
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