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SanDisk Reduces USB Drive and Memory Card Prices

We said that makers of memory products were doing poorly in terms of finances and, in tune with those reports, SanDisk is revealed to have decided to reduce the prices of its NAND products. What Digitimes says about SanDisk is not so different from what Kingston was revealed to be doing a few days ago. Basically,...

7 February 2012
04:28 GMT

Kingston Drops USB Drive, Memory Card and SSD Prices by 15%

Kingston didn't officially say this yet, but rumors are roaming around that it will cut the prices of all its products made out of NAND Flash chips. That is to say, all Kingston USB flash drives, solid state drives (SSDs) and memory cards will end up cheaper by the end of the year (2012). Digitimes is the sou...

4 February 2012
06:16 GMT

Literally See the Power Flow to Your iPhone with This Magic USB Cable (Video)

Dexim, creator of accessories and applications for consumer electronics, is making a splash with its cool “Visible” USB cable for iDevices that uses cool light effects to show how current passes through the cable to your Apple gadget. The Dexim Visible Green Smart Charge & Sync Cable for iPhone, iPod Tou...

1 February 2012
08:09 GMT

USB Encryption with EasyLock

Currently, there are several reliable solutions specially designed to help you keep data on portable devices safe from prying eyes. EasyLock is a $22 (€16,99) solution for encrypting data on your USB drives. The application is very versatile and offers enterprise-grade portable data encryption solution; it uses...

30 January 2012
16:51 GMT

Ali Spagnola Releases Shot Glass USB Cup and Stick Party Packs

You'd think an USB flash drive would have to be kept as far away from wet things as possible, but Ali Spagnola decided it was time for the opposite to hold true. Right to the point, in order to draw attention to the Power Hour Album, Spagnola came up with the Shot Glass USB party pack. Basically, two plastic...

27 January 2012
05:45 GMT

16-Port Professional USB Charging Station Revealed

Charging consumer electronics is simple enough, but things may get tricky when more than one or two need to be fueled at once, so Datamation Systems created the Power Pad 16. Power Pad 16 may be a somewhat misleading name, since the word “pad” has been and still is used for things like tablets, mouse ma...

26 January 2012
09:33 GMT

VIA Makes USB 2.0 Devices Actually Work Fast on USB 3.0 Hubs

Contrary to what the rapid popularity rise of USB 3.0 would have one believe, the USB 2.0 interface had not managed to reach the apex of its capability when its successor gained traction. USB 2.0 supposedly has a maximum bandwidth of 480 Mbps, which is about the same as 60 MB/s. Unfortunately, when plugging an...

7 January 2012
04:06 GMT

iPhone Case Features Built-In Cable - Never Miss a Charge

CaseInity co-founders Lucky Rajeswaran, Nate Trunfio and Cuan-Chai Megghross are proud to announce their new iPhone accessory, Cord-On-Board,  an iPhone case that carries a USB cord alongside your phone in a truly compact manner.As its name implies, the product allows you to carry around a spare USB cable for yo...

5 January 2012
16:51 GMT

Velocity Micro VMUltra Drive Has Both a DVD and an HDD Inside

This is one of those things that could have been invented earlier but wasn't, possibly because connectivity hubs in general are just now maturing as a market. What Velocity Micro released alongside its Cruz tablets and projector is the VMUltra Drive. Most simply it can be described as a combination of a DVD ...

4 January 2012
18:21 GMT

ASUS Also Launches HS-W1 Wireless USB Headset

We have already seen how ASUS created a new USB speaker so now we move to the other audio product that the company built. This one is more of a portable solution, one that goes as far as to integrate wireless support (the 2.4 GHz technology). Bearing the name of HS-W1, the headset has 70 mm leather earpads, 40 mm d...

29 December 2011
12:11 GMT

ASUS Reveals New USB Wireless Speaker

ASUS decided this was a good time for a new audio product, so it developed a new speaker. This isn't just any speaker, though, but one that adds the advantages of USB connectivity (USB 2.0 or 3.0). There is no need for any software installation, provided users have the Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating syst...

29 December 2011
11:31 GMT

Silicon Power Intros Three New Colors for LuxMini 720 Flash Drive

Silicon Power did not exactly launch a new flash drive unit, but it still decided to issue an announcement about new color options for the LuxMini 720 flash drive.The new models are colored Peach, Bronze and Deep Blue and are supposed to “represent consumers' individualities through the language of design....

29 December 2011
11:23 GMT

World's Smallest Flash Drive Is made by Deonet

There aren't many better ways for a product or company to stand out, in any segment of the industry, than by claiming one of those coveted “world's first/best/smallest/fastest/etc” titles. It so happens that Deonet just did something of the sort, specifically build the world's smallest US...

23 December 2011
09:19 GMT

Buffalo Finishes New 1TB USB Hard Disk Drive

USB 2.0 is already getting the old fashioned epithet, even though USB 3.0 isn't actually, truly mainstream yet, not really. In fact, Buffalo decided to try and dispel that notion, or at least stave it off for a month longer, or a week, or at least a day, with its latest product. The company updated the MiniSt...

22 December 2011
16:41 GMT

Behold, USB-Connected Jewelry Exists, in Theory

We've seen various attempts at marrying jewelry and tech, so we weren't all that taken aback by this newest project, but some may still like to know about what may but will probably never be. Designers Yoo-Kyung Shin and Hanhsi Chen created a concept known as Empty Memory. Essentially, it is a jewelry col...

16 December 2011
10:44 GMT

PQI Launches Small Flash Drive with Spring

PQI just did one of the oldest tricks in the book and revealed a product without actually saying how much it sold for. Granted, there is more than one product, fifteen of them in fact, since there are five capacities and three color options. More precisely, the i817L, as the flash drive is called, has 4 GB, 8 GB, 1...

14 December 2011
16:21 GMT

PNY Unveils Puny Flash Drives, HP v240b/v240g

PNY figured this was as good a time as any for a new flash drive to make its appearance, so it went ahead and launched the HP v240b/v240g. The HP v240b/v240g can be called a flash drive with multiple capacities just as easily as it can be dubbed a flash drive series with five (or really ten) members. Overall, the ...

14 December 2011
05:58 GMT

Kingston DataTraveler Micro Flash Drive Is Small and Blue

Kingston figured this was as good a time as any to launch one of those average, albeit very tiny, flash drives that strove to neither awe nor shock their prospective buyers. The DataTraveler Micro may be compact and colored a bright blue, and even has rubber on the outer body and a provision strap, but isn't al...

13 December 2011
15:41 GMT

Universal USB Cable Fits Every iPhone, iPad, iPod

The people at Innergie have come up with a cool accessory that should eliminate some of your wire-caused clutter by building three USB connections into one. Care to see how they did it? Read on.The idea pretty simple (though I’m sure it’s not as easy to envision without seeing it done first). It's an...

7 December 2011
14:21 GMT

Lost USB Sticks Reveal Malware and Tons of Unencrypted Data

With the purpose of making an experiment, Sophos researchers obtained a number of 50 USB sticks lost by their former owners on the trains owned by Australian Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp). Researchers analyzed the data and the pieces of malware found on them just to see how many contained infections and...

7 December 2011
09:36 GMT

IOGEAR Launches USB 3.0 4-Port Hub

IOGEAR launched several things this week, one of them being a USB 3.0 device that promises to transfer data between a computer and up to four USB 3.0 devices. That's right, this is one of those hub controllers, one that can switch between the devices linked to it on the fly. That includes cameras, HDDs, other ...

6 December 2011
04:02 GMT

PNY HP v112b Tiny USB Flash Drive Is Translucent

PNY decided it was time for a flash drive that stood apart from most of its cohort, at least from the perspective of design. PNY did not actually try to go outside the realms of expectations in terms of performance when it built the HP v112b. Instead, it decided to offer an item that can potentially captivate owne...

25 November 2011
10:51 GMT

MIMO Launches Touchscreen USB Magic Touch Monitor

As the Universal Serial Bus really starts owning up to its name, technology really gets more and more intercompatible, and MIMO just made its latest contribution to that effect. What MIMO launched, or at least formally unveiled, is the Magic Touch Monitor, or monitors. The product isn't available yet, that wi...

22 November 2011
12:21 GMT

SMSC LAN9730 Converts USB 2.0 into 10/100 Ethernet

USB and Ethernet are two different connectivity technologies, used for distinct applications, but it so happens that SMSC decided it was time the latter enjoyed the power efficiency benefits of the former. SMSC just issued an announcement in which it reveals the LAN9730, a fully-integrated Hi-Speed Inter-Chip (HSIC...

21 November 2011
18:51 GMT

FXI Cotton Candy Is a Flash Drive-Sized Computer

FXI just made an item that, if one were to wax poetically, can be succinctly described as the flash drive that is not a flash drive. More precisely, though, outwardly, it has the appearance of a flash drive unit, whereas the interior is anything but. Granted, there is enough space for a micro-SDHC card reader, so ...

21 November 2011
04:06 GMT

USB 3.0 Will Let Processors Communicate with Each Other

The Universal Serial Bus 3.0 SuperSpeed interface is about to gain a new role, one that will be different from enabling communications between storage units and host products. Not too different, though, since intercommunication is still what it will accomplish, only between the processors of a single device. USB-IF...

20 November 2011
05:52 GMT

Buffalo External Blu-ray Writer Has BDXL Support

Buffalo does tend to release something new at least once a month and, this time, its labs have put together a new optical disk drive for travelers or anyone else that owns a PC. For people who like their disks capacious, Buffalo has created the BRXL-PCW6U2-BK. This is a less than ordinary Blu-ray disk writer, as i...

7 November 2011
07:33 GMT

Kingston Again Releases Flash Drives, DataTraveler 109

Kingston has exercised its ability to not be surprising at all by once again coming forth and launching a DataTraveler flash drive, or two of them in this case. Not that releasing a new device of this sort is a bad thing to do, but Kingston does tend to launch DataTraveler drives on a fairly regular basis, borderin...

27 October 2011
11:17 GMT

New USB 3.0 Host Controller Introduced by Fresco Logic

The fires of youth aren't something easily associated with most technological endeavors, since IT isn't exactly young anymore, but some sub-segments, like USB 3.0, do get to fan such flames, like when a new host controller shows up. The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface standard is one that has already travers...

21 October 2011
08:15 GMT

ADATA Intros Three New USB Flash Drives

ADATA released flash drives before, so it is no wonder that it would do so again, especially if it has the chance to deliver something for all prospective customers. ADATA just made the official introduction of the C103, the S102 Pro and the N005 Pro flash drive units. In that order, they are intended for the low...

18 October 2011
08:52 GMT

ViaSat UK Releases Encrypted Portable USB Flash Drives

Flash drives don't often get most recognized for their security capabilities, but this is precisely what happened to the Eclypt Nano, which ViaSat UK just released.Portable storage devices are very handy things, but they aren't precisely very widespread among government agencies and some corporations.That ...

17 October 2011
10:48 GMT

Origo 3D Printer Targets Kids

3D printers are nothing new, but lately these have become a lot smaller and simpler to use, culminating with the Origo 3D that is designed to let kids build their own toys.In order to make this process a lot easier for kids, Orico's creation will come with a special software that enables users to create 3D objec...

13 October 2011
05:36 GMT

US and UK Citizens Can Now Order the PhotoFast iFlashDrive

Flash drives with extra capabilities aren't all that new, but what Sanho Corporation created definitely isn't something people have a high chance of seeing anywhere else. The PhotoFast iFlashDrive, as the new invention form Sanho Corporation is called, would qualify as any other flash drive if it didn�...

12 October 2011
10:18 GMT

Santa Comes Early Thanks to PQI, Brings Stores of Empty Space

If anyone was looking for an early Christmas present, they might be able to get a chance to ask Santa for it early (or get Santa himself as one) now that PQI has released the U827 Santa Claus limited edition. In all seriousness though, PQI has broken the silence to introduce a new flash drive for the holiday seaso...

6 October 2011
10:52 GMT

Genesys Logic Expects Great Things from USB 3.0

As the latest iteration of the universal serial bus standard gains prominence, companies involved in the market see good things ahead, and this goes especially well for Genesys Logic. Right now, Renesas is the major supplier of USB 3.0 controller chips in the world. In fact, the company has held that spot sinc...

23 September 2011
10:22 GMT

DataTraveler R400 USB Flash Drive Wears Kingston's Black and Red

Kingston didn't want to let the week go by without some sort of product launch, so it expanded the DataTraveler collection of flash drive units with a model aimed at so-called road warriors. After having said its piece on the memory card and SSD fronts, Kingston is now using the black and red color theme on ...

21 September 2011
10:54 GMT

Verbatim Go Mini USB Mouse Surfaces

There are many sorts of mice out there, and Verbatim chose to make one that is best suited for travel, so it made liberal use of retractable cables, lightweight components, USB connectivity, etc., all in a compact package. The market for consumer peripherals is one where companies really like to let their creativ...

21 September 2011
07:39 GMT

USB-Powered Monitor from AOC Incoming

Displays don't usually come in an USB-connected package, but AOC created one of these things anyway, giving it the name of e1649fwu and HDCP compatibility, among other things.The Universal Serial Bus is thus called because, with some effort, any piece of computer hardware, and devices of other sorts, can be des...

21 September 2011
03:24 GMT

Europe Gets Sony's Micro Vault Click P Flash Drives

Sony has made one of those moves when an already existing product line, in this case the Micro Vault Click P series of flash drives, reaches a larger number of stores than before. Sony has definitely been active lately, in pretty much every market segment it has a stake in, so it isn't too shocking to hear o...

20 September 2011
04:22 GMT

SanDisk Memory Vault Can Keep Data Stored for 100 Years

Storage solutions meant to withstand time crop up from time to time, and it looks like SanDisk is the latest to offer something of the sort, in the shape of the Memory Vault flash drive. When it comes to storing data, there are many means of doing it, each one with a different degree of reliability and affordabil...

14 September 2011
10:31 GMT

New USB 3.0 Lets Devices Link to Each Other Without PCs

The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 has already gained speed, but it may gain even more of an advantage once the USB 3.0 Promoter Group finishes their latest pet project.SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is the most recent iteration of the Universal Serial Bus standard and has a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 5 Gbps (4.8 Gbps).It has alr...

30 August 2011
10:57 GMT

USB 3.0 Gets Cheaper Early Next year

One obstacle that the latest USB standard has to surpass before truly becoming mainstream is pricing, and this might just happen early next year if recent rumors turn out to be true.The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology has already established itself as the latest best thing on the I/O industry.Naturally, this is becaus...

20 August 2011
04:59 GMT

Transcend Uses USB 2.0 and COB in JetFlash T3S Flash Drives

Transcend has once again built on its name as worldwide purveyor of various storage products, having put together a new series of flash drive units featuring a storage capacity of up to 16 GB.As always, storage devices are coming out all the time, so it is not all that shocking to hear that Transcend joined in on th...

9 August 2011
04:56 GMT

StarTech USB to HDMI Adapter Stalks Forth

Coming to extend the number of displays that can be connected to PCs or Macs, as well as the variety of supported monitors, is Startech, whose latest product is a fairly unique adapter.Displays and computers may feature multiple connectivity solutions by default nowadays, but there are still enough situations where ...

8 August 2011
10:19 GMT

Super Talent ST2 USB 3.0 Flash Drive Delivered

The past week has seen a fair share of SSD launches, but flash drive releases were not as numerous, something that Super Talent is, apparently, determined to change with the ST2.There is much that can be done with just a small USB flash drive, especially those with support for the latest Universal Serial Bus Standar...

8 August 2011
05:04 GMT

Verbatim Wireless USB Edge Mouse Debuts

Verbatim may be more of a storage solutions developer, but it knows how to do other things from time to time, like it did last week, when it delivered a new wireless mouse for desktops.The more time passes, the faster the IT industry moves closer to a cable-free era, what with both the consumer and enterprise segmen...

8 August 2011
02:41 GMT

IOGEAR USB Sharing Station Goes Wireless

Wireless technologies have been made for almost every consumer device out there, but there are always extra costs associated with them, something that IOGEAR tried to solve by making it so that only one wireless device need be purchased.Some changes come as a shock or surprise, while other just creep up on the IT ma...

5 August 2011
03:55 GMT

Sony DRX-S90U Portable DVD Writer Inbound

Sony may not have gone through its most auspicious first two quarters of 2011, but this doesn't mean it slowed by any degree in its product development and manufacturing efforts, as shown by yet another product. Sony is one of those companies that are working more than a few angles of the IT industry at the ...

15 July 2011
02:52 GMT

Verbatim Trumpets Store 'n' Stay Tiny USB Drive

Flash drives are known to be compact by definition, but Verbatim seems to have taken the aspect of miniaturization up to eleven when it designed the Store ‘n’ Stay model, despite managing to cram up to 16 GB of storage into it.When making an USB drive, companies have a choice between sticking to standard...

12 July 2011
04:15 GMT


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