Jul 29

Super Talent’s Pico USB drive: still world’s smallest, now 32GB

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While USB flash drives are now available in sizes that likely dwarf your own HDD, Super Talent’s Pico line isn’t looking to compete on sheer capaciousness. What it lacks in capacity, so to speak, it makes up for in size — or, the lack thereof, we should say. The outfit’s “world’s smallest*” drive just jumped from 8GB to 32GB, and considering that there’s at least a marginal chance that this thing slips out of your palm / pocket / etc. and into a puddle, Super Talent even threw in a dash of water resistance. A half dozen models are expected to ship this week, with prices ranging from $85 to $99. Too bad you won’t even be able to find it between the couch cushions after it arrives.

*Image probably isn’t to scale, but it might be.

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Super Talent’s Pico USB drive: still world’s smallest, now 32GB originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 26

Custom-made Luke Skywalker USB drive is impressive. Most impressive.

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In response to an Engadget Japan post entitled “Cruel Star Wars USB drives,” one incredibly talented reader went ahead and one-upped the entire collection with a custom made Empire Strikes Back Luke Skywalker drive. All you need to know is that the USB input is accessed by severing his hand. Search your feelings, you know this to be awesome.

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Custom-made Luke Skywalker USB drive is impressive. Most impressive. originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 24

Sonic brings CinemaNow films to flash drives, connected devices

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We can only hope that the travesty that is slotMusic isn’t coming over to the film side, but just days after Disney announced its intentions to offer up major motion pictures on microSD cards, Sonic Solutions has stepped in to bring CinemaNow flicks to USB flash drives. Unlike you’d probably think this would work, Sonic has actually developed these to function in more than one place. Each stick contains a movie along with an integrated media player and the necessary video codecs, but aside from enabling users to play back content locally, there’s also the option of catching it remotely. Once connected to the ‘net, owners can add the title to their Roxio CinemaNow Digital Locker to access it on network-connected Blu-ray players and HDTVs. If all goes well, the first drives will start showing up in Q4 of this year, just in time to puzzle your young ones when they unwrap their favorite film on something other than a round disc.

[Via HotHardware]

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Sonic brings CinemaNow films to flash drives, connected devices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 24

Split Stick double-sided USB drive keeps personal / private matters separate

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It’s sort of like Wite-Out(R). Or Mighty MendIt[TM]. Or sliced bread. Yeah — we just put quirky’s Split Stick on that pedestal. Rather than forcing users to carry around two flash drives just to keep personal and private files separate, this here double-sided USB drive gives you 2GB for each half of your life (on one single stick). Just think: left for loathly, right for, um right. The anodized device is available in orange, blue, pink, red, black, violet, grey, or green, while the onboard plastic button enables users to easily navigate between the two different sides of the drive. Go ahead and hit the read link with $19.99 in hand — you won’t be leaving that checkout page without an order confirmation number, we promise. Full release is after the break.

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Split Stick double-sided USB drive keeps personal / private matters separate originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 20

Kingston unveils 256GB thumb drive for well-heeled memory fiends

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We’re sure that it’s only a matter of moments before a 256GB thumb drive this bulky is something of a joke — hell, it wasn’t so terribly long ago that cramming 256MB into something this size was an accomplishment. That said, if you’re a netbook user looking for a storage bump, it looks like Kingston’s got your back: this guy boasts transfer rates of up to 20 MB/sec. read and 10 MB/sec. write, and for all of you Vista fans, supports Windows ReadyBoost. Now, for the bad news: only available in Europe and the UK, and custom made upon your order (presumably after the check clears) this modern technological marvel will run you £565.67 ($924).

[Via TBreak]

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Kingston unveils 256GB thumb drive for well-heeled memory fiends originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 19

Crapgadget: “USB, meet animals; animals, meet USB” edition

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Hey, real quick — are you a registered member of the Sierra Club? What about PETA? If you answered yes to either, we’re going to kindly ask that you continue scrolling down the page while whistling heartily and “looking the other way.” This week’s roundup of horribly crappy gadgets involves far too many innocent animals, from a USB-infused tortoise that doubles as an ashtray to a tank of jellyfish that only receive their nutrients when the USB cable is connected. And then there’s the Elmo that’s forced to do sit-ups while your data transfers onto his feeble brain. It’s sick, really. Once you’re over the shock and horror, feel free to cast your vote below for the lamest of the lame — and feel free to consult and / or hold a friend if necessary.

Read – USB tortoise hub / ashtray
Read – USB jellyfish tank
Read – Panda USB hub
Read – USB Crunching Elmo
Read – USB Chocolate Popsicle drive

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Crapgadget: “USB, meet animals; animals, meet USB” edition originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 15

Calvin Klein gets into the Crapgadget biz

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Yup, we see a ton of flash drives round here — but this is the first one we’ve seen from the august house of Calvin Klein. Somehow, these sunglasses with a 4GB flash drive stuffed into the right stem are simultaneously uninteresting and horrifying to us… though we certainly enjoy the mental imagery of spotting someone sporting these while half a stem-piece is jammed into their laptop. If you’re enough of a fashion victim to consider purchasing these bad boys, they’ll be unleashed on the waiting world in October, and run you about $200.

[Via Switched]

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Calvin Klein gets into the Crapgadget biz originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 13

IronKey boasts ‘world’s most physically and cryptographically secure’ thumb drive

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This isn’t the first time we’ve seen one of IronKey’s encrypted USB thumb drives ’round these parts, but if you’re an enterprise user, government contractor, or some sort of renegade corporate spy you’ll want to take note of this next item. The S200 is being touted as the world’s first and only USB flash drive certified for FIPS 140-2, Security Level 3, and features: hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption in CBC mode, a tamper-resistant and tamper-evident rugged metal case, hardware-based malware protection, trusted network restrictions (which prevent the device from unlocking on untrusted PCs), and all the other goodies you expect from the company. Of course, this level of protection doesn’t come cheap — with their consumer grade products starting at $79.99 and ascending pretty quickly from there, we can only imagine what enterprise customers are shelling out. Then again, if you have to ask what it costs, this one is probably not for you. PR after the break.

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IronKey boasts ‘world’s most physically and cryptographically secure’ thumb drive originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 06

Flash drive bonanza: 36 crummy drives tested and compared!

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The wild array of flash drives you see above — a veritable cornucopia of bad taste, if you will — has been put through some rather exhaustive paces by the freaks over at Test Freaks. That’s right, they rounded up the finger tip, the tiny skull, the truly disgusting chicken foot, as well as a wide variety of fake edibles — and poked and prodded them en masse until they came up with the answer we expected: most of these are actually pretty shoddily made. As if you buy a foul-looking shrimp tail flash drive because you expect it to get the best transfer rate. Hit the read link to check out the full insanity of this undertaking.

[Thanks, Vincent D.]

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Flash drive bonanza: 36 crummy drives tested and compared! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 02

Solid Alliance’s $10,000 Mnemosyne USB drive is built for style, not convenience

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The Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne, would surely be proud of this product bearing her name. For starters, it comes at a price few mere mortals can afford and is couched within an extravagant all-aluminum body. The puzzle cube certainly provides a ceremonial feel to accessing the data within, and makers Solid Alliance are pitching it as a luxurious receptacle for your most treasured memories. Yes, under all the sheen, you are still looking at 16GB of standard issue flash memory, but can we really put a price on mythology-infused style?

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Solid Alliance’s $10,000 Mnemosyne USB drive is built for style, not convenience originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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