If you want to remove viruses and spywares from your USB drive then first take a look how they affect your system.Most common viruses such as ’Ravmon’ , ‘New Folder.exe’, ‘Orkut is banned’ etc are spreading through USB drives. Most anti virus programs are unable to detect them and even if they do, in most cases they are unable to delete the file, only quarantine it. Here are the things
We will use a software called Thinstall. Thinstall is an Application Virtualization Platform that enables complex software to be transformed into self-contained EXE files which can run instantly with zero installation from any data source. It creates a virtual operating system, a type of sandbox, around each “Thinstalled” application with it's own virtual registry and file system. Everything i
USB Backup You can backup your data to a USB drive or from a USB drive using Backup4all. This is a practical backup destination as it allows you to store important files to external devices, offering increased portability. It can be considered as an additional protection against data loss as the result of hardware failure or other disasters. Backup to USB or FireWire hard drives There
WINDOWS is not recognizing my USB drive. I got all the drivers installed and also the USB drive is working fine. I solved it by following a simple procedure. If you too are facing the same problem then this will help you solve it.
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Green-House of Japan has released a new usb pen drive with 8GB storage capacity. The PicoDrive RC features a nice rotatable design that is not only stylish but also useful in that you don’t have to worry about losing the cap.
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If your pen drive or USB drive is containing some kind of important or classified data and you are worried that some one else could see that data if your USB drive is handed to your friend or some one with which this USB drive is shared.Well this is very obvious in this case the most important thing you will wish to some how hide that data on that USB drive.Now you can protect your USB drive data
If your pen drive or USB drive is containing some kind of important or classified data and you are worried that some one else could see that data if your USB drive is handed to your friend or some one with which this USB drive is shared.Well this is very obvious in this case the most important thing you will wish to some how hide that data on that USB drive.Now you can protect your USB drive data
What makes the Sellgino Dragon Security biometric drive unique from the existing USB drives with built-in security features? Well, it has a biometric-enabled fingerprint sensor that detects the live skin layer while sensors found on other devices scan only the surface of the finger.
By detecting the live layer of the skin, the Dragon Security [...]
OCZ has released a new USB flash drive called Spyder which features a slide-top design. It is another USB drive that prevents you from losing cap. It features 21-35MB/s read speed and small lanyard keyring. The OCZ Spyder is currently available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB. More pictures after the break.
OCZ Spyder USB Drive - OCZ introduced its slide-top design Spyder USB 2.0 flash drive.The Spyder design eliminates the possibility of losing the cap along with providing protection. The drive offers a read speed of 21-35MB/s and small lanyard keyring.The flash drive is currently available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB capacities.More related:Wine Stopper USB Memory StickSteampunk USB Flash DrivePoker Chip
USB flash drive; despite being use as a storage to save and transferring files, could be changed as a portable computer or a portable office that will always accompany you. How’s that? Simple, get a flash drive with a good specification and a collection of portable applications.
OCZ today released its Spyder USB 2.0 flash drive that features a slide-top design. It means that you don’t have to worry about losing the cap. The drive offers 21-35MB/s read speed and small lanyard keyring. The OCZ Spyder USB Drive is currently available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB.
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OCZ Technology Introduces the High-Capacity Diesel USB Drive, a Portable and Affordable Option for Students and Professionals
Sunnyvale, CA—June 16, 2008 —OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the all-new Diesel USB 2.0 Flash drive that made waves at Computex earlier [...]
We’ve shown you how to turn your classic Xbox and Mac into a super-powered media center using Xbox Media Center, but what about everybody else? Well, if you’ve got at least a 1 GB USB drive and a computer that can boot from it, you’re in luck. LiveXBMC, a blend of the XBMC and Ubuntu [...]
Today i would like to have product key giveaway for USB Disk Security software. USB Disk Security is protection against any threats via USB drive and protect offline computer,especially for autorun.inf and kavo.exe virus,it can prevent your PC infected by this kind of auto,inf virus and no need for signature database update regularly.You can visit USB Disk Security website for more details.The fea
How would you like a Swiss Army Style Knife with an 8GB USB drive?
Chinavasion.com is offering this kind of too, a 34mm knife, pen, scissors, nail file, flat screwdriver along with an 8GB USB flash drive to store you data. it also has a light emitting diode (LED) which can be used as a [...]
Apparently there are still places in the world where the brains of a product matter for less than the looks. I prefer my gadgets to look nice just as much as any girl and this product is indeed cute. However, it is a whopping 4GB, which has its uses of course. You could always have it tossed in your purse for those very random emergency situations. Beyond that, 4GB just seems like far too
Is the perfect choice for the avid file saver who doesn’t mind their device garnering them a little attention. Hailing from Russia, it rocks the typical SteamPunk decor, namely brass and copper. Check out the entire gallery after the break.
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The previous post was related to Windows XP...but also Linux can easily installed (and run) from an USB device....and the procedure is definitively simpler, thanks to the work made by PenDriveLinux. This site explains, step by step, how to install different Linux versions on a pen drive: Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Fedora, Portable SUSE, gOS, MCNLive, PCLinuxOS MiniMe, Knoppix, Gentoo, NimbleX or SLAX. Just
Is it possible to install a FULL Windows XP a USB pen or an USB Hdd? For Microsoft this isn't possible. If you have tried my same search, surely you have found lots of articles that explain how to start your Windows XP from an USB device (for repairing purpose) or how to install a lite Win XP version (BartPE). But, honestly, I'm not interested in these little installations because, at the end of
This is the Swiss Army Style Knife with USB drive. There’s a 34mm Knife, Pen, Scissors, Nail File, Flat Tip Screwdriver etc. in it and also an 8GB flash drive to store you data. Besides that there’s also an LED light which is quite useful when doing things in the dark and you can write [...]
Today, I picked up a Western Digital 160 GB USB Passport drive for about $71.99 [Best Buy– on sale and a coupon]. I love it. Initially, I thought I was going to have a problem with a driver for a Windows 98SE platform, but I was able to locate a driver on the [...]
When we format our pendrive then file system is by default FAT or FAT32. Windows automatically select FAT file system to format a pen drive and doesn't provide the option to format the pendrive in NTFS file system but you can easily format your pendrive in NTFS file system by following tweaks.1.Plug in your pendive and right click on the my computer icon on the desktop and select manage2.Now computer management window will open now select device manager3.In device manager you will find your pendrive under disk drives (expand disk drive ) , go to pendrive properties by right clicking on it.4.Now move to policies tab and select the second option "optimize for performance " and click ok 5.Now when you will format your pendrive by right clicking on it, then you will find NTFS, FAT32 and FAT un
Descrição: USB DISK SECURITY fornece 100% de proteção contra quaisquer programas maliciosos tentando atacar através de armazenamento USB (USB disco, drive USB, stick USB, flash drive, flash disco, memória flash, flash card, cartão digital seguro, armazenamento removível, portátil de armazenamento, ipod , Media player). Compare USB Disk Segurança contra outras soluções antivírus, você vai descobrir seus destaques: Disco USB Security fornece 100% proteção contra eventuais ameaças via USB drive, porém, a maioria dos outros produtos ainda não são capazes de garantir a protecção de 90%. USB DISK SECURITY é o melhor software antivírus para proteger permanentemente offline computador, sem a necessidade de assinatura atualizações, mas outros programas antivírus
Entonces quizás quieran considerar este USB drive, que tiene toda la apariencia de un cable usb roto:
Estéticamente espantoso, pero vamos, quién se robaría algo como eso?
No está a la venta, pero Evil Mad Scientist ha puesto todo un tutorial para crearnos el propio, con básicamente dos requisitos:
Un USB drive pequeño
un cable USB
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Wikigiz is having a contest to show appreciation to all his readers. It’s only six months old, but it’s got an attractive track record for such a short period of time. The prizes are: $50 (via PayPal)4GB USB driveFeatured 125×125 ad on his blog for 1 year So what do yo have to do? Easy. You can either subscribe to his RSS feed via email or write a post about the contest linking back to the contest post and letting him know your URL. You can even increase your chances of winning by doing them both.
Do you have a USB flash drive laying around? Speed up your Windows Vista with the ReadyBoost feature. It allows you to use that spare space on a USB stick reduce wait time when using Vista.Basically Windows ReadyBoost allows Vista to use a compatible USB flash drive as cache instead of the hard drive. Microsoft suggests that you provide enough space on a flash drive for ReadyBoost so that you are in at least a 1:1 ratio with your installed physical RAM. So if you have 1Gig of Ram installed, would be best ot have a 1Gig USB drive, or at minimum 512Meg free of space on it.Without getting too picky if you have a really old USB drive, see if you can find out the specs for it, it is recommended that the USB drive you have be at least: 5 MB/sec throughput for random 4k reads across th
Axxen is about to launch the I-PASSION Pearl in Korea market, targeted on females with its pearl colored pendant attached to USB cap. It features reading speed of 22Mb and writing speed of 12Mb and will comes in 1GB to 8GB capacities. One more shot after the jump.
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One of the most challenging issues for enterprise data security is securing and managing flash drives. These innocent seeming devices are commonly used to steal data from corporate networks and when lost can put confidential data into the wrong hands.
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"It is important that you understand how the install procedure works, because you might encounter situations where things are a little bit different, and a good understanding of the process will allow you to get over this kind of situations."
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This USB drive is crushed like a paper. It is considered to be the World’s smallest USB drive. The USB’s casing is made of silicone and use of other smart materials. These devices are flexible because of its natural elasticity to reveal the plug when it is pushed to the socket
and it will automatically slip [...]
Kingston's DataTraveler Mini-Migo Edition is a colorful, mini-sized, USB 2.0 Flash drive that gives you the freedom to work on multiple PCs. Migo allows you to use Microsoft Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird content, Microsoft Internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox settings, favorites, cookies and history, plus your files, folders and icons.
Was watching the CNET Live video podcast on my iPod Touch today and saw the Insider Secret session aired on 21 March which talks about how to run Linux off your USB drive. As usual, Tom Merritt, Executive Editor over at CNET was very informative on the topic and after watching the video, I [...]
The San Quentin State Prison has announced that it has lost a flash memory drive with information on more than 3500 people. The information included driver’s license numbers, names, and dates of birth. The 3500 people were volunteers or groups who toured the facility.
Toured the facility. Considering that San Quentin is still an active prison—in other words, more like Sing Sing than Alcatraz—it’s kind of hard to understand how (or why) groups tour the facility. However, it is true that Johnny Cash performed a live concert there, and in 2003 Metallica filmed their entire music video for St. Anger from that location as well. Which, actually, is testament to why you wouldn’t want to tour that place: not only because of the charming guys in orange
To keep the introduction short, Microsoft denies that booting Windows off a USB drive works.
See this page for example. It says:
Q: Can a USB storage device be the primary (and only) means of storage?
No. USB-based mass storage devices cannot be the primary hard disk storage solution on a regular system …
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TechwareLabs has published a review of the OCZ Rally 2 USB Drive. Here’s a clip from the review:
Quote: With the current predictions that flash and Dram prices will stay low or go even lower there is no reason not to own several good sized flash drives. These devices are ultra portable and ultra useful. If [...]
Here’s yet another free USB drive that I doubt any of us will ever get. But hey, IBM is giving them away and they’re solar! Wait, what? A solar USB stick? What the heck is that? I don’t know about you, but my computer gets on average 6 minutes of sunlight on it a week. [...]
via Reward Programs"You can find numerous programs designed to run specifically from a USB drive. Best of all, almost all these programs are free, so put that Amex back in your wallet. Simply install them on your USB drive and they’re ready to travel with you anywhere. Here’s a list of 55 of the most useful USB programs around."
Title: Kingston 8GB Hyper-X Data Traveler USB Drive Review @ Virtual-Hideout
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Quote: “The Hyper-X 8GB Data Traveler is one good option among the droves of lesser on the market. It’s nice to see the Kingston Hyper-X 8GB Data Traveler with its larger capacity and its 33MB/s transfer rate. This is basically just as fast [...]
Western Digital has (WD) introduced its new 320 GB My Passport Essential Portable USB Drives.Weighing in at less than 5 ounces, the My Passport Essential Drives are bus powered therefoe not requiring an external power adapter. It is also equipped with sync and encryption software (Windows-compatible only).WD Sync software allows consumers to take desktop content with them by simplifying the synchronization of essential personal files and Microsoft Outlook data on a PC. Google software on the drive allows users to quickly locate files with the Google Desktop Search search tool, manage photos with Picasa photo organizer software and simplify Web searches with the Google Toolbar search bar."The newly designed My Passport Essential drives are the perfect travel-friendly storage device to hold
Western Digital has (WD) introduced its new 320 GB My Passport Essential Portable USB Drives.Weighing in at less than 5 ounces, the My Passport Essential Drives are bus powered therefoe not requiring an external power adapter. It is also equipped with sync and encryption software (Windows-compatible only).
WD Sync software allows consumers to take desktop content with them by simplifying the
Microsoft StartKey will put your entire Windows desktop on a USB Flash drive including the software programs, files and settings.
You can then plug this USB stick into any PC and use it as if it were your own personal workstation. Related: Carry Your Windows Computer on a USB Drive While this is not a new concept and existing applications like MojoPac do offer similar functionality, Microsoft Startkey will definitely help in popularizing this whole idea of converting a portable storage device into a computer, especially among the non-techie crowd. The first public beta of StartKey is expected later this year. For more on Windows Startkey, check out ZDNet.
Some time ago, Enagadget reported that Microsoft announced that it was teaming up with SanDisk last May to conjure up a suitable U3 replacement, to create a “new experience” for USB flash drives and memory cards. According to the two companies, the new technology will expand on and replace U3, and will let users carry [...]
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Here’s another interesting concept designed by Sang-Hoon Lee, but this time it’s a USB Drive. Weird, or maybe not, this one looks like a chocolate bar and each piece is made of a modular flash drive. It the middle of this chocolate we find a touchscreen which is used to organize collective files. Even if the design of this concept is very interesting and quite tasty, we wonder if this would work in the real world.
The whole Star Wars franchise has spawned not only one of the most memorable movie series of all-time but also created a serious sub-culture with few rivals. Regardless of your dedication to Star Wars, you will often associate with a favorite Star Wars characters. mimobot has just debuted their Series 2 USB Flash Drives which incorporate the franchises’ most iconic characters. The following characters from Series 2 include Princess Leia, Han Solo, Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker. These characters join the likes of Darth Vader, R2-D2, Chewbacca and Stormtrooper from Series 1. Each USB drive is available in 1 GB, 2 GB and 4 GB formats, and are available for pre-order. A tentative shipping date is set for January/February. (more…)
If you are working across multiple computers that are not connected to each other, you probably use the good old USB drive (or external hard drive) to store and carry your Office documents, Photoshop drawings, personal pictures and other multimedia files. Perfect. Now imagine a situation where you have all required data on the USB drive but the computer you are currently working on (say in the cyber café or a friend’s place) doesn’t have the necessary software programs that are required to view or edit those files. That computer neither has Microsoft Office for creating PowerPoint presentations or Excel sheets, nor Photoshop and AutoCAD for you to edit those important CAD drawings. Even the media player is missing so you cannot watch your personal video and music collection that you have been carrying in the pocket. What if you could carry all your favorite software applications (and their settings), Office files, emails and everything else with you on a portable drive? You just p
By default, Windows XP will not allow you to use anything but the FAT and FAT32 file systems to format your USB drives. With a little fiddling you can also enable the NTFS file system on your removable devices though. As for whether you would want to, there are pros and cons.
On the positive side, enabling NTFS allows you to encrypt your documents with Windows XP’s built in file encryption (though you should only do this in a Windows 2000 or 2003 domain network). It also allows the use of file compression to stretch the capacity of your disk. You can also use NTFS to allow and deny permissions for individual files and folders within XP, something you can’t do with FAT file systems. You can also set disk quotas. In short, enabling NTFS on flash drives might have several benefits for IT departments that use or issue these devices as standard. (more…)
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This is why I like flash drives like the Sandisk Cruzer Contour. That drive doesn’t need a cap; it has a slider connector. Most flash drives don’t give you that sort of luxury. I can’t tell you how many caps I’ve lost. One problem with losing your drive cap — most [...]
If you are working across multiple computers that are not connected to each other, you probably use the good old USB drive (or external hard drive) to store and carry your Office documents, Photoshop drawings, personal pictures and other multimedia files.Perfect. Now imagine a situation where you have all required data on the USB drive but the computer you are currently working on (say in the cyber café or a friend’s place) doesn’t have the necessary software programs that are required to view or edit those files.That computer neither has Microsoft Office for creating PowerPoint presentations or Excel sheets, nor Photoshop and AutoCAD for you to edit those important CAD drawings. Even the media player is missing so you cannot watch your personal video and music collection that you have been carrying in the pocket.What if you could carry all your favorite software applications (and their settings), Office files, emails and everything else with you on a portable drive? You just plug
These stylish eco friendly USB bracelets are made of environmentally safe materials. Unlike most of electronics which are made from harmful chemicals and go to the landfill when you get bored of them. Available in memory sizes of up to 128 MB to 2 GB.
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Corsair launched their newest flash drive this week called the Flash Padlock. The drive is available in a 1GB capacity for $29.99 and a 2GB capacity for $39.99. Those are both pretty mundane amounts of storage these days, but the Flash Padlock offers a feature you won’t see elsewhere. The front of the drive has a five button keypad that allows you to set your own, custom pin number of up to ten digits long. A hardware-enabled auto-lock function secures the drive each time you unplug it from your PC once you choose a pin number. Once the drive is secure the data on the drive can’t be accessed unless you know the pin number. The drive won’t even be recognized by Windows when plugged into a computer without entering the pin number. No software is required on the attached computer for the Flash Padlock to work and it is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.
As a follow up to a previous article about Portable Web Development on a USB Drive, here are a couple programs you can include to make it Ruby on Rails compatible.
InstantRails
In the original article, I recommended XAMPP Lite as a portable Apache, PHP, MySQL server that doesn’t require installation. You can add a Rails installation to XAMPP but an easier way is to get InstantRails.
InstantRails includes an Apache, PHP/MySQL and Rails preinstalled and preconfigured, all you need to do is to unzip it to your USB drive. InstantRails is based off EasyPHP (similar to XAMPP) so it is also extensible if you wish to install other software onto it as well.
RadRails
RadRails is a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. It streamlines many of Rail’s features so you don’t even have to touch the command line to create or migrate your rail files. RadRails is currently supported by the Aptana team so you can get it from the Aptana site as either a plug-in for Aptana/Eclipse.
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I know this looks like it’s for “businesses” only, but a free 1 gig usb drive is too good to pass up. Plus, I already get credit card offers in the mail addressed to “Ryan Hey It’s Free” asking if I want a platinum business account, so why shouldn’t I be able to say HIF is a business and get a few perks? And yes, I actually get mail addressed to me with my first name and then my last name as “Hey It’s Free.” I really would like to meet the person who saw that name floating around out there and thought it looked legit enough to send a credit card offer to. He needs to be reassigned to the Moron Department, where employees are kept in a padded room and only allowed paper with round edges and dull pencils.
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I've been looking out for a tool that will let me easily backup and restore my USB drives as I've been using NT Backup for sometime. The ideal thing would be when I insert a USB drive one of the options in the list to be'Backup Drive' - but until this happens a utility is needed.I happened upon a Microsoft tool earlier and I'm testing it now. It is called Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager (Standard) and is available here. It's an old program by the look of it and has a work-in-progress feel about it - for instance it detects my usb drive as a 2gb/4gb drive. At the moment it's backing up my 8Gb drive and its taken around half and hour so far which seems a little slow to me but I will persevere in the short term as it seems like an interesting utility. It does need the .NET framework only and will only run on XP. For another useful utility try this link for KeePass.
One more USB flash drive! Although it’s still in conceptual stage, Art Lebedev Studios has unveiled this newest drive that that makes a literal representation of the device's purpose as a file holder. It includes an exposed, direct USB connection and leaves a large flat surface on either side that can be labeled much as with actual folders.It’s still just the designer’s blueprint…..and will take its time to hit the production level.No news on the storage space nor availability and pricing.via luxurylaunches
The Humping Dog USB key is a memory stick shaped like a wee doggy that mounts your laptop, humps your latop as soon as it’s plugged in.Plug this USB drive in and let the computer humping beginMore related:Orange Mini Wind-Powered Phone ChargerGeekPark Web CamHard Drive Desk ClockWebble - Foot RestDisney iRiver MplayerFujitsu Fab PC LaptopMagnetic Rubik's Dice CubeLv Zhongfang Matchbox Concept Cellphone12 Unique Aurora Colour Changing Alarm ClockUSB Mini FridgeA Poison-free, Healthier eCigaretteThree-in-one Breakfast MakerTop Ten Gadget Must Have 2007Instant Laser Coffee
Last week I mentioned that Eclipse is now my favorite IDE for web development in PHP, HTML, Ruby on Rails and Java. I also mentioned that you can run Eclipse off an USB drive and said I’d write a how-to… well as promised, here it is!
Running Eclipse or Aptana from your USB drive is fairly straight forward. Both programs are available in a standalone zip file that does not require any installation. So to install to USB, simply extract the downloaded zip file anywhere on your USB drive.
However, since both are Java applications, this requires that the host computer you are running on to have the required Java run time files installed. Luckily, there is a way of including these Java runtime files on your USB drive as well. These instructions are for Eclipse but should work with Aptana as well.
Download and unzip Eclipse SDK to your USB drive (version 3.2.2 at the time of writing).
In the folder where you installed Eclipse, create a folder called “JavaFiles”
PGP Corp. has given its PGP Encryption Platform a boost by adding support for new platforms, applications and expanding encryption support to other potential areas of vulnerability. Version 9.6 of the PGP Encryption Platform adds support for 32-bit Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Lotus Notes. It also updates support for whole disc [...]
Just in time for Valentines Day, Mimoco introduces their first Artists Series '07 characters. Meet One Love (designed by Hanazuki, above center), Ripple (Sket One, above right) and Gloomy Bear (Mori Chack, above left). Click on images for a detailed view. All three are available at Mimoco.
Engadget today is reporting on a plan by French authorities to issue USB drives stocked with Open Source software to 175,000 Parisian high school students. For now the list of OS programs is up in the air. The Greater Paris Regional Council, which appears to be in charge of the initiative, will be taking bids from firms interested in providing the drives. Apparently the wining bidder will be choosing which Open Source apps make the cut.
Just about everyone is expecting Firefox and Thunderbird to end up on the drives but I thought I’d include a few other “must have” open source apps that would be great for students.
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The Passport Portable USB hard drive from Western Digital is easy, light, and compact. It is USB bus powered and requires no external power adapter for added portability. It weighs only a few ounces and holds tons of valuable data. The glossy-black enclosure with soft-touch base is designed to protect your data. Instantly add [...]
