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 [...]
Kingston launches DataTraveler Micro Reader USB Flash drive
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Kingston launched its DataTraveler Micro Reader USB Flash drive at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The drive features onboard Flash memory up to 2GB and an expansion slot to read microSD, microSDHC, or Memory Stick Micro cards.
The device is designed to allow mobile phone owners to easily connect their handset’s memory cards to a [...]
Western Digital launches My Passport Essential USB Drives
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Western Digital has extended its range of Passport products with the introduction of new My Passport Essential Portable USB Drives.
The smart, glossy-black drives weigh less then five ounces, and can be slipped easily into a pocket or handbag.
The drives are USB powered, eliminating the need for an external power adapter.
They provide nearly [...]
Toshiba announces USB modem HSDPA handset
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Toshiba has announced a new device in its Protege series - the G450. The phone is also a modem, a USB data storage device and an MP3 player.
The G450 plugs into any USB socket to provide broadband PC access to the web, emails or office network over 3G/HSDPA mobile networks, or EDGE or GPRS connections. [...]
G-Tech announces world’s first 1TB portable drive
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California-based G-Technology Inc has announced the G-Raid mini with Raid 0, the world’s first 1TB portable external storage drive.
The drive features a triple FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interface for universal connectivity to Mac and PC workstations and laptops. FireWire 800 is currently the fastest firewire interface on the market.
The device makes [...]
ATP launches environmentally-friendly EarthDrive
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ATP Electronics Inc, a leading manufacturer of flash and DRAM memory solutions, introduced the EarthDrive at CES 2008 in Las Vegas.
The environmentally-friendly flash drive’s casing is made of bio-recycled plastics and is also recyclable, and the drive is waterproof, dustproof and shock proof.
ATP also launched Project: EarthDrive at CES - a partnership with [...]
Kingston launches Data Traveler USB flash drives
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Kingston Technology and launched new USB flash drives - the Data Traveler HyperX which provides ultra-fast read/write speeds and the cost-effective Data Traveler 110. Both drives provide up to 8GB of storage.
The DataTraveler HyperX provides data transfer rates of 30MB/sec read and 20MB/sec write. It is compatible with any Windows platform but is optimised for [...]
Novatel Wireless demos USB 3G modem at CES
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Novatel Wireless is demonstrating a USB 3G modem at the CES technology even in Las Vegas.
The modem has an integrated micro-sd storage slot which appears as a drive and provides storage for downloads.
All the drivers are stored on the modem, eliminating the need for pre-installation. The user can just plug the [...]