The Hacked USB flash drive you see here is a pretty interesting concept - it carries 2GB of storage space and looks as though somebody pulled your USB cable in half, or you weren’t too careful when getting up from your desk with a USB device just attached to it. Nice concept though.

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I received some emails asking me what kind of USB am I giving out this time. I know I haven’t written some info about the prize which usually I would do. Canada Computers sponsored us the A-Data 8GB USB Thumb-drive, it looks pretty cute.

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Support USB specification version 2.0. Hot Plug and Play. LED indicator when Rubber Disk is in use. Support Windows ME, 2000 and XP without device driver. (I think it also support Vista) Driverless solution for Linux Kernel version 2.4 or later version. Driverless for MacR OS 9.X or above. Dimension: 67.0*25.0*13.0mm(L*W*H ) Weight: 18g

Asus launches a new device called MS71 - it is a USB Thumb Drive and a mouse. MS71 is a wireless laser mouse with built in flash memory. The device consists of two parts: mouse transmitter and receiver (mouse itself). The two parts attaches together in a magnetic locking mechanism forming a USB drive! The other thing is that when the device is plugged into USB port, it charges built-in mouse battery. Read the rest of this entry »

You have lots of data to store or backup? Buffalo just released the new 1TB LinkStation Mini (USB) that holds a couple of 500GB 2.5″ hard drives inside a single unit, making a whopping 1TB of storage level. It will hit the retail store this month with a price tag of $824. Now your valuable photos, MP3s, documents, movies can all be backed up by running a script, ntbackup or a backup software.

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Transcend has just announced its newest USB flash drive with whopping 32GB capacity - double the Budget 16GB USB Drive. It measures roughly the size of a cigarette lighter and comes with hand full of tools such as Website AutoLogin, PC-Lock, Mobile Favorites, Secret-Zip encryption, Data Backup and Online Update.

Why need more storage capacity?

With ReadyBoost feature in Vista, you can increase your PC physical memory by plugging in your USB drive. Compatible with Windows Vista/XP/2000. Retail price $194 before tax.

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You don’t need a web server (IIS / Apache) or host a website for you to access your files. You can run a web, FTP, and database server straight from a USB drive!! A slim web server package called XAMPP fits on a USB stick and can run database-driven webapps like the software that powers Wikipedia, MediaWiki. Read the instruction on how to setup MediaWiki on your flash drive from Lifehacker.

Do you feel ordinary USB drives are not secured enough to store your confidential data and you do not prefer fingerprint device? Well, we recommend you with this new USB flash drive from Corsair. This new package contained the Flash Padlock, an ingenious idea that protects your data with a PIN number. The key comes in a rectangular plastic housing with a keypad on the front, featuring five sets of numeric keys (0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9) and a set key. (Corsair’s website)

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For about $120, you can get yourself a whopping Transcend 16GB USB Flash Drive. As you know that Vista’s ReadyBoost allows you to use your USB Flash Drive to beef up the memory cache in Windows. The design is not great but the capacity and price make this a good deal.

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Personally, I hate carrying coins in my pocket, it’s dirty and heavy but it’s inevitable in North America. Errrr…. On the other hand, it’s normal to see a cellphone is being used as credit card to buy stuff in Japan, like the M-Wallet system feature found in Motorola Mobile’s payment system. Over 10 years ago in Hong Kong, its government already launched the Octopus Card where you can buy almost anything using it - even most kids have one.

Lets talk about this USB thingy. In Korea, they have the credit stick. Shinhan Card, Korea’s biggest Bank rolled out Korea’s first ever USB type credit card recently. (It’ll take 10 years to see in North America… joking) Unfortunately, thisUSB media is strictly as credit card system only, it is not a portable storage device. The system sounds really neat to me!

What’s the relationship between shoe and USB? Don’t be surprised if you see a USB Shoe Drive at a retail store. These USB shoes come in 1, 2, or 4GB of storage, making it not only stylish, but fairly useful. They come in basketball and futbol varieties, meaning that if you’re more of a baseball fan, you need to wait for the next version.

Source: Gizfever