Posts Tagged ‘USB Drives’
Paramount and Kingston team up for movies on flash memory
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 2nd, 2009
Movies delivered on memory cards isn't an entirely new development (Sony did it back in the early days of the PSP), but it looks like Paramount and Kingston think the idea is prime for a comeback, and have today announced a partnership that'll see some of the studio's movies delivered on SD cards and USB drives. That gets started with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on a (presumably reusable) 4GB Kingston DataTraveler I USB drive that's available right now for $29.99, and will apparently continue with additional movies offered across Kingston's full line of memory cards and USB drives, although both parties are staying mum on any further specifics. There's also no word from any other studios or memory companies just yet, but we can only presume this means slotMovies are right around the corner.[Via HotHardware]
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Storage
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Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsCorsair’s Flash Voyager GT: The World’s Fastest 128GB USB Flash Drive [Flash Memory]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on August 14th, 2009
Corsair, who seem to spend all their time finding speed records and then breaking them, announced their Flash Voyager GT USB flash drive at the droolworthy 128GB capacity. Even better, the speeds totally don't suck: 32MB/s and 25.6MB/s read/write, respectively.
The first 128GB USB flash drive we say, the Kingston Datatraveler 200, was mostly a proof of concept, with relatively slow read/write speeds of 20/10MB/s. It was also prohibitively expensive at nearly $550. Corsair's drive has the speed to be really enviable, and it comes in even cheaper than the Kingston drive. Note, however, that we didn't say it's affordable, at all—Newegg is selling it for $400. Still, it's pretty great to be able to carry around even a massive music collection in the change pocket of your jeans. [Corsair]
Split Stick Double-Headed USB Drives Separate Your Work and Personal Lives [USB]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on July 23rd, 2009
Whether you want to separate work from your personal life, his from hers, or your stuff from that other personality you call "Bad Charlie", the Split Stick gives you two separate flash drives in one USB device.
The drive is divided in half—2GB on each side. So separating files is as simple as choosing which side to stick into the computer. The drive also comes in several colors and includes the option of laser etching text or icons on either side of the switch to help you distinguish between drives. Available for $20. [Split Stick]
Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB [USB]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on July 10th, 2009
Calvin Klein's new sunglasses offer up a little storage with your UV protection thanks to a 4GB USB flash drive embedded in the right arm.
Too bad these glasses can't store the images you see. Last week at the beach I saw some things I would like to remember. Then again, I saw other things that I would reaaaally like to forget. At any rate, they will be available for $200 this October—just in time for...fall? [Men.Style via GetUSB via Technabob via Geekologie]
Swiss Army Knives get HiTech
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on July 2nd, 2009
Swiss Army's 32GB Laser Pointer is ideal for the corporate jungle.
Swiss Army Knives are always the standard in pocket knives. With high quality engineering, they are the desire of every camper and backpacker looking for a tool to use out in the wild. But sometimes, it’s a jungle out there in the workplace, but now the SwissFlash has you covered.
The SwissFlash 16GB Laser Pointer contains all the usual refinements of a Swiss Army Knife - namely the blade, nail file, screwdriver, scissor clippers, et al - but they a 32 gigabyte flash drive and laser pointer. This means that business types can not only bring their presentation on the drive, but use the pointer to provide proper emphasis as well.
Cost is a hefty $145, but how many times can you buy a piece of camping gear and have it deducted as a business expense?
Hat Tip - 7 Gadgets http://www.7gadgets.com/2009/07/01/16gb-swissflashknife/12703
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$10,000 USB Drive Makes Life More Difficult, Destitute [Luxury]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on July 1st, 2009
Mnemosyne's $10,000, 16GB USB drive is housed inside a puzzle that must be solved to physically get to the memory within. Apparently simple encryption is just too middle-class for anybody rich enough to afford this thing.
"Mnemosyne," in Greek mythology, is the personification of memory, which you of course did not know, and that's why you'll never be able to afford this USB drive. We sort of understand the impulse to create a physical barrier to accessing data, but one of the many things about this product that's puzzling is that reassembling the puzzle is just as difficult as unraveling it in the first place.
Mnemosyne wants to emphasize the "value of memory," so maybe the value of money doesn't really show up on their radar. [Mnemosyne via Crunchgear]
