PNY Technologies today introduced the Mini Hook Attache USB flash drive. Available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB of storage capacities, the flash drive features a unique hook and lock mechanism that ensures maximum security and portable storage and sharing of images, videos, documents and more. It is compatible with all existing versions of Windows operating system and Mac OS 10.3 above. [techPowerUp]
The ADATA Wine Bottle USB flash drive features an integrated strap hole for use with a keychain or lanyard. Measuring 50mm x 19mm x 11mm, the flash drive supports a high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, offering a fast data transfer connection. Available in 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of storage space, the ADATA UC500 Wine Bottle USB flash drive is priced at $10.99, $15.99 and $26.99, respectively. [ADATA]
Software support and security certificates are coming to an end for Victorinox’s line of secure USB drives, but the firm announced on Facebook that it’s offering customers full refunds until December 31 if they’d like to return their products in light of the developments. In order to avoid losing data, owners of the flash drives should perform a backup before the encryption application meets its untimely end on September 15th. However, files stored on non-encrypted areas of the device will remain accessible without further action. The Slim, Secure and Presentation Master storage sticks can still be used as run-of-the-mill thumb drives after the cut-off date, but the Swiss Army Knife maker’s application will no longer be able to scramble or unscramble their contents.
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Victorinox offers refunds for secure USB drives in light of discontinued software updates originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Victorinox may have offered a hefty bounty to crack its secure USB drives’ encryption, but the storage sticks seem to have met their match another way: the end of software support. In an email sent to customers and a pair of Facebook posts, the firm announced that it will halt updates as of next month and that its security program’s VeriSign certificate is only valid until September 15th. As a result, customers are urged to backup their data lickity split. According to the outfit, the economics of continuing application development just weren’t reasonable and it’ll now refer to a third party for all software. However, the Swiss Army Knife maker isn’t out of the flash drive business — it’s committed to putting more of the devices on the market. We’ve reached out to the company for more details on how the thumb drives will be affected and we’ll update when we get word. In the meantime, hit the source links for the notice or check out the e-mail below.
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Victorinox nixes software updates for USB drives, security certificate to expire in September originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Aug 2012 03:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jui-Min Huang has creatively designed the MEMOME. It is a unique USB stick that is equipped with an e-ink display. The integrated e-ink display enables you to check the content of the flash drive without the use of computer. The MEMOME is a cool concept that will hopefully hit the light of production in the near future. Find out more pictures after the jump.
[Yanko]
If you are searching for a fancy gift for your friends, then check out the USB Toaster Hub. As its name suggests, the hub has a bread toaster design and provides four USB ports and an SD card slot. The USB Toaster Hub is equipped with four Bread thumbdrives that are sold separately. Each thumb drive offers a 4GB of storage space, while the USB Toaster Hub features data-transfer speeds of up to 480mbps. The USB Toaster Hub is priced at $27.99, while the Bread thumbdrive retails for $24.99 a pop. [ThinkGeek]
I’m sure you have a thousand and one flash drives by now, but as far as gimmicks go, you don’t see USB hubs with matching flash drives that often. Too bad this toaster USB hub doesn’t pop the flash drives out when they’re ejected.
The flash drives come in four variants, including one that seems to have been burnt to a crisp already:
The toaster also has an SD Card reader built-in. You can of course use the USB hub with any flash drive (and the toast drives with any USB hub), but, well:
Unfortunately, this delicious combo costs a lot of bread. ThinkGeek is selling the goodies separately, $28 (USD) for the hub and $25 for each of the 4GB drives, so for a fully-loaded four-slice toaster, you’re looking at $128.
There’s seemingly an infinite supply of novelty USB flash drives and hubs for consumers to waste their money on, but none come close to the gag-inducing adorableness of this tiny toaster hub and accompanying anthropomorphized slices of toast. More »
LaCie has proudly introduced the RuggedKey USB 3.0 drive. Designed by Neil Poulton, the drive features a rubber bumper that protects it from an extreme temperature and a 100-meter drop. The LaCie RuggedKey is also IP-54 certified, which is water- and dust-resistant. The LaCie RuggedKey provides up to 100 MB/s transfer rates, allowing it to transfer an HD movie, 3,000 photos or a 5GB file in less than 60 seconds. Available in a 16GB and a 32GB variants, the LaCie RuggedKey USB 3.0 drive is priced at $39.99 and $69.99, respectively. [PCLaunches]
If you are looking for a new ultra-portable USB 3.0 flash drive, then check out the Patriot Memory Supersonic Rage XT. Available in 32GB and 64GB of storage capacities, the Supersonic Rage XT offers read and write speeds of up to 180MB/s and 50MB/s, respectively. The storage device features a custom retractable USB housing and a high quality NAND/IC controller. The Patriot Supersonic Rage XT USB 3.0 drive also provides plug-and-play compatibility with Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. [Patriot]
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