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February 19, 2009

Beewi launches world’s smallest WiFi USB adapter

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Avenir, a European distributor of mobile telephony products will be bringing the smallest WiFi USB adapter in the world to the UK, through a new partnership with Beewi.
Beewi, a new company with its headquarters in France, was launched at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Its mini WiFi Adapter 802.11n (BWA211-A1) can be [...]


February 11, 2009

Verbatim launches Store ‘n’ Go micro USB drives

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Filed under: USB Storage

Data storage specialist, Verbatim, has continued the expansion of its Store ‘n’ Go range with the release of new Store ‘n’ Go Micro USB drives, providing up to 8GB of storage.
The tiny drives measure just 30mm long, 12mm wide and 2mm thick, and weigh in at 1.2 grams.
Obviously, at that size, they are [...]


February 5, 2009

Is concrete encased ‘harddrive’ green?

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Filed under: USB Gadgets, USB Storage

A competition, run in conjunction with this month’s Greener Gadgets Conference in New York, attracted some forward thinking design ideas for cleaner technology.
One of the quirkier entries was the harddrive, a USB flash drive encased in concrete.
The concrete is supposed to stop the toxic metals in the hard drive leeching out when the [...]