640GB USB hard drive from Verbatim
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Verbatim’s 640GB USB hard drive doesn’t fit with the usual industry-standard capacity sizes, and at 3.5in is bigger than the usual 2.5in portable hard drives.
However, at 961 grammes, it isn’t too bulky to carry around, and costs a modest £69.99 from UK stores.
The plug and play device connects to a PC via a [...]
Buffalo launches MiniStation Pro
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Buffalo Technology has launched MiniStation Pro, a portable storage device for business users, which comes in 160GB and 320GB capacities.
MiniStation Pro is a 2.5-inch, USB hard drive, with automatic AES 128bit hardware encryption for data security.
Files stored on the device can only be accessed after the correct password is entered.
Designed [...]
Key Revolution announces Mobiu
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Key Revolution has announced the Mobiu portable office, a USB dongle with a SIMAssured chip and PIN, which give users secure access to the cloud of the Internet.
The device gives added security to mobile workers, who can ring Key Revolution if they misplace the device, to have all the data wiped.
The company [...]
Imation announces smallest USB drive
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Imation has debuted its Atom Flash Drive which is just 1.5-in long, weighs less than an ounce and boasts up to 8GB of storage capacity.
1GB, 2GB, and 4GB versions are also available, ranging from $18 for the 1GB version to $100 for the top of the range drive.
With flash drives being increasingly used [...]
Imation Nano USB flash drive
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Imation has launched the Nano which, at under 1.75 inches long and 0.5-inch wide, is the company’s smallest swivel cap USB flash drive.
The Nano is available in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, retailing for $14.99 to $89.99 in the US.
The drives offer password protection and drive partitioning software, and are enhanced for [...]
Imation launches Apollo Portable Hard Drive
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Imation, the leading provider of removable data storage products, is launching the USB-powered, Apollo Portable Hard Drive in June, initially in India.
The USB connection eliminates the need for batteries or an external power supply.
The ultraslim, 2.5-inch hard drive is available in 250g, 160GB, 250GB and 320GB capacities.
Imation has paid great attention to [...]
Sony launches MicroVault USB keys
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Sony has unveiled new USB drives featuring Virtual Expander compression software, which compresses data so that up to three times as much can be stored on the drive.
The MicroVault Click and Click Excellence drives have a special “click” function to retract or expose the USB connector.
The drives range from 2 GB to 16 GB [...]
Bluetrek Bizz - USB headset
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Bluetrek, the Bluetooth headset manufacture, has announced the Bluetrek Bizz, a Blutooth headset with a built-in USB flash drive.
As well as providing portable storage, the device can be recharged from a USB port, and gives six hours of wireless-free talk time.
A microSD card slot is tucked away under the removable cover, so photos [...]
Touch360 develops innovative WUSB flash drive
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Product innovation company, Touch360, has come up with an idea for a USB flash drive, that can connect with a PC without leaving the user’s pocket.
The pictures on Touch360’s website show a standard looking USB stick, with its own docking station.
The flash drive uses LAN (local area network), or PAN (personal area network) [...]
IronKey announces 8GB secure USB drive
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IronKey Inc has released an 8GB version of its secure USB drive, providing military grade hardware-encryption which cannot be disabled.
Tampering with the device, or a pre-determined number of failed login attempts, will cause the IronKey Cryptochip to lock out the encryption functions and erase all the encrypted data.
The rugged, waterproof drive, is suitable [...]
LaCie releases 500GB rugged drive
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LaCie has boosted its range of rugged hard disks with a 500GB version.
The portable device comprises a 500GB Hitachi Travelstar 2.5-inch drive, packed inside an aluminium and rubber chassis designed by Neil Poulton.
The aluminium is scratch-resistant and the rubber bumper is designed to absorb shocks, providing safe data storage in challenging environments.
The drive comes [...]
Zpen converts handwriting to digital text
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Dane-elec Memory’s Zpen, which the company first announced last December, is now available to buy from CCL online.
Zpen comprises a transmitter pen which can write on any kind of paper, and a receiver.
The device would be ideal for students, as it can convert hand written notes, such as lecture notes, into digital text. [...]
SanDisk secures data with Cruzer Enterprise
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SanDisk makes data more secure with its Cruzer Enterprise USB flash drive, which features a new two-factor authentication technology.
Firstly, the Cruzer Enterprise is managed by SanDisk’s Central Management and Control (CMC) server software, which allows an enterprise to provision and monitor all of the drives.
Secondly, the drive features RSA SecurID software tokens for [...]
PNY Technologies launches design-driven flash drive
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PNY Technologies has launched a new USB flash drive targeted at style-conscious female consumers.
With its 4GB capacity, the Lady Attaché can store over 66 hours of music, 2,160 photographs or 24 hours of video, on a floral USB flash drive, which will take up no more room than a lipstick in a handbag or [...]
Ultra releases SpaceStation USB hub
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Ultra has announced its latest USB hub - the SpaceStation - which provides up to 12 GB of storage in an innovative design.
The credit card sized device can be plugged into a computer to act as a hub for USB devices.
It also comes with 6 USB flash drives, which slot into it. Each [...]
LG readies 8GB mini retractable USB drive
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LG is preparing to launch an 8GB version of its Mini Retractable USB Flash drive.
The slim drive features a retractable connector, which eliminates the need for a USB cable.
There is also no need for an easy to lose protective cap - the USB connector emerges from the end of the case, and [...]
Buffalo launches 500 GB portable USB Drive
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Buffalo Technology has launched its latest MiniStation TurboUSB in the US, a 500-GB portable storage device which connects to a computer via a USB port.
The drive is ideal for people who want to transport data-intensive media such as photos. It allows business people to take high-definition videos and presentations to meetings, wherever their location. [...]
Microsoft plans USB StartKey for Windows
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Microsoft is developing a new product known as ‘StartKey’. The product will work on USB sticks and flash-storage devices such as SD memory cards, allowing Windows users to carry their Windows and Windows Live settings with them.
The company is developing the devices for both developed and emerging markets, and expects to launch a beta version [...]
Corsair to demo Voyager GT USB Flash drive at CeBIT
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Memory specialist, Corsair will debut its new ‘GT’ 16GB USB 2.0 Flash drive, at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany next week.
According to the company, the drive offers transfer rates that are up to four times faster than those provided by standard USB 2.0 drives.
Corsair claims that a 1.63GB movie can be transferred in just [...]
Secunet SINA Mobile Disk protected from Trojans
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German IT security company, Secunet Security Networks AG, is launching a Trojan protected external USB hard drive at Cebit 2008.
The SINA Mobile Disc features an integrated Krypto chip which encodes the hard drive in AES 256 bit. The drive has a storage capacity of 60 GB.
There is a touch pad on the outside [...]