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Lexar Intros USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Card Reader

Memory cards are nice and useful, but interfacing with PCs, especially desktops, can be a chore, so Lexar decided to do something about it. Even though they may not support all types of memory cards, laptops have integrated card readers, mostly. Desktops, however, don't usually have these things by default, ...

27 April 2012
09:47 GMT

SilverStone USB 3.0 Host Controllers and Card Readers Present at CeBIT 2012

While Sharp and Samsung are letting loose in Las Vegas, SilverStone is attending a different event, one that we consumers are more interested in, namely CeBIT 2012. The IT trade show is taking place in Hannover, Germany, so SilverStone decided to present some of the things it would ship this year. The company seem...

8 March 2012
05:56 GMT

Buffalo Launches Two USB 3.0 Memory Card Readers

Buffalo has announced a pair of items that people don't often hear or read about.Dubbed BSCR09U3 and BSCRD04U3, they are memory card readers that connect to systems over USB 3.0.Notebooks may all have card readers of varying support ranges, but the same cannot be said about desktops.As such, Buffalo made the BSC...

5 March 2012
16:11 GMT

BitFenix Releases 35-in-1 Card Reader for PCs

Most people probably don't even know just how many memory cards and card sub-types there are but, just to be on the safe side, BitFenix released a reader that handles them all. Priced at 23.90 Euro (31.16 dollars), the product revealed a short while ago is advertised as a 35-in-1 card reader. That means CF, MM...

4 January 2012
08:38 GMT

IOGEAR Has USB 3.0 Card Readers Up for Sale Too

IOGEAR may have launched an USB 3.0 hub, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have other things to promote and, sure enough, it prepared two card readers as well. The cheaper of the two is the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 SD/Micro SD Card Reader/Writer (GFR304SD), which looks like a flash drive and supports a whole bun...

6 December 2011
04:22 GMT

Transcend Also Delivers a Memory Card Reader

It appears that Kingston is not the only company with new card readers up for sale, as Transced also released one, more or less at the same time as its rival, though it seems to have an advantage as far as pricing goes.Most mobile computers nowadays usually have a built-in memory card reader, since it is not really ...

2 August 2011
05:29 GMT

Kingston Releases Media Card Reader with SuperSpeed USB 3

Kingston is already widely known as a maker of storage and memory product, and having just brought out the HyperX line of SandForce-based SSDs, the outfit decided to deliver another item, one that is more of an accessory than anything else.Kingston has a fairly solid collection of NAND Flassh-based storage products,...

2 August 2011
04:53 GMT

USB 3.0 All-in-One Card Reader Built by Silicon Power

Wishing to offer customers a solution to the issue of memory card readers unable to keep with the actual cards themselves, Silicon power developed the USB 3.0 ALL IN ONE.With how fast memory cards are getting nowadays, old memory card readers not only sometimes lack support for advanced formats, but they can't ...

7 July 2011
02:34 GMT

iPhone Square Credit Card Reader Now Selling Through Apple

Apple’s online store has added the Square Credit Card Reader as an offering for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad customers who want to accept credit cards. Shipping is estimated at under 24 hours. The hardware costs just $9.95.In fact, the Mac maker advertises the solution as being the simplest way for individuals a...

18 April 2011
07:47 GMT

Scythe Multi-Format Card Reader Fits Inside 3.5-Inch Drive Bays

There aren't all that many things that can come as a surprise on the IT market, but Scythe either managed it or got really close by creating the desktop-aimed Karma Reader Jr.There are some sorts of PC peripherals or accessories that do not get much attention on the part of the IT news sector.Granted, one reaso...

11 March 2011
03:35 GMT

Play Videos or Show Photos on TVs with Sony Memory Card Reader

It seems that Sony has been working on a lot of things besides its new OLED monitors, one of which being a certain device capable of playing media on TVs off various memory cards.While Sony was mostly quiet during the Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona, Spain, it was revealed to be planning on making S1 tablets...

18 February 2011
06:59 GMT

New Card Reader from PQI Is Known as the Ninja

It would seem that any and all IT companies are eagerly releasing new products, and PQI has just made an announcement of its own, one that consists of the revelation that its portfolio now includes a new memory card reader.Memory card readers are, one might say, an arguably peculiar type of PC accessory.Nowadays, pr...

28 December 2010
03:29 GMT

Transfer Data from microSD and microSDHC with New Silicon Power Card Reader

While most mobile computers come equipped with their very own card readers, desktops don't have such things by default, so Silicon Power figured it would make one that can handle the more compact variations of memory cards.Memory cards are one of, if not the most widespread storage solution based on NAND Flash ...

14 December 2010
06:59 GMT

ADATA MicroReader Version III Card Reader Now Official

It appears that ADATA decided it was time for it to release a product that is not exactly a new DRAM memory or NAND Flash product, so it came up with its newest Micro Memory Card Reader.Consumers will well know that most any laptop nowadays, from tablets and netbooks to the highest-end notebooks, have their own card...

29 November 2010
10:21 GMT

NanoUSB Dual from InnoDisk Is a Flash Drive-Card Reader Hybrid

There have been many so-called combo or hybrid devices released over the years, and InnoDisk has now come forth with its own latest such product, one that merges the functionality of two of the most common forms of Flash storage.NAND Flash memory has come to be used in various things, from smartphones to memory card...

2 November 2010
10:01 GMT

Turn Your BlackBerry into a Business Card Reader

Businessmen that prefer to store every piece of information into their smartphones would be happy to use Shape Services' small application called Business Card Reader. Fully compatible with the latest Blackberry devices (BlackBerry Tour 9630, BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Storm 9500/9530, BlackBerry Storm 2 ...

27 May 2010
11:03 GMT

Hundreds of Tampered Chip and Pin Devices Spread in Stores Across Europe

The US National Counterintelligence Executive, Joel Brenner, announced that an organized crime group succeeded into tampering with commercial credit card readers which were shipped to and installed in retail stores around Europe. These devices are believed to have been in use for at least nine months before they were...

14 October 2008
09:49 GMT

Major Credit Card Scam in Ireland

The National Police Service in Ireland is investigating a major credit card scam in which information of over 20,000 credit and debit cards has been stolen. The attackers posed as bank service personnel and attached rogue devices to card readers in stores from northeast Ireland. The captured data was then sent on the...

20 August 2008
04:49 GMT

AOC's New 22-Inch Display Features Integrated Media Player

Yesterday, AOC announced the introduction of what it likes to call "a new breed of multi-functional high-definition display technology." The new product comes in the form of a 22-inch HD multi-functional display that sports HD3 technology. Dubbed 2230Fm, AOC's new display is poised to considerably enhance the vi...

11 July 2008
11:16 GMT

Scythe Intros An Interesting Combo Unit

While the floppy disk drive is now considered a legacy device with few or no modern day applications, which are not even included on most high performance computer systems built by the major system integrating companies, there are some people out there that may yet find the old storage option a valuable addition to t...

26 September 2007
06:26 GMT

A Multipurpose Docking Station

For users that are using a barebone computer system or a desktop computer that is packed in a small form factor case, space to add hardware parts is always a problem and sometimes the only solution is to go for the external versions of the needed parts when they are available. Well, there is now another solution, at ...

27 August 2007
05:42 GMT

Transcend Launches a New Multi-card Reader

Transcend Information, better known on the market as Transcend, is a computer hardware manufacturing company that specializes in flash products, system memory and various peripherals. On the 16th of August, Transcend launched its newest card reader product called the Multi-Card Reader M3.This device comes packed in a...

17 August 2007
03:36 GMT

Brando's Grandfather of Connectivity

"It is a card reader? Perhaps. Is it a Bluetooth dongle? Perhaps. Is it a USB 2.0 hub? Perhaps." In fact it's a new product from Brando that combines all of the above. We're dealing with a card reading, Bluetooth dongle USB 2.0 hub that will make even the most demanding users say "Wow". As a card reader, t...

11 May 2007
05:53 GMT

MagTek Offers Bluetooth-Enabled Card Reader for Mobiles

MagTek Inc. has recently launched MagneSafe P55, a portable card reader authenticator. This model is the first to incorporate Bluetooth capability for bi-directional communication with a PC or mobile phone.Secure data transfer is the most important aspect of this device, for it is meant to ensure safe wireless data t...

20 April 2007
04:51 GMT

SanDisk Releases the Highest Capacity Card in SD Format

As the entire world becomes more and more digitized with the introduction of technology in each and every aspect of our lives, we see an increase in the number of digital devices being used in and around the house. Even though we have evolved a lot from the moment when it was believed the world was flat, the same men...

16 March 2007
10:53 GMT


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