Items tagged with 'USB'
Corsair Introduces Survivor GT Family Of Rugged USB Flash Drives
It's tough to stand out in the USB flash drive game. It's easy to pick a favorite MP3 player, a favorite TV brand and even a favorite game console, but does anyone really pay attention to USB flash drive marketing? We'd argue that one company that has managed to stick out is Corsair, particularly with its Survivor line... Read More
Centon Rolls Out MLB Flash Drives A Week Too Late
The Major League Baseball season may be over, but you can bet fans of the New York Yankees won't be forgetting the 2009 season anytime soon. Just a few months after Dell announced that it was selling notebooks with MLB covers, along comes Centon Electronics with a ploy of its own to milk ardent supporters of the club (or... Read More
AT&T's USBConnect Lightning USB WWAN Card To Support 7.2Mbps 3G
While AT&T struggles to stop Verizon Wireless from calling out its 3G network on national television, the company is still plugging along by selling more and more devices that can be used on it. Sierra Wireless has had a long standing relationship with the US carrier, and that relationship seems to be growing with the... Read More
Super Talent Announces "World's First" USB 3.0 RAIDDrive
Super Talent unveiled a new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive which supports transfer speeds up to ten times faster than USB 2.0 drives. The new drive will come in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities and is backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports. (Of course, when plugged in to slower ports, you'll be limited in speed.) Using a separate... Read More
Microsoft Announces Help for DVD-less Netbook Win7 Installers
Microsoft previously announced (or rather, trumpeted) that unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 would run just fine on a netbook, thank you. But what about the fact that most netbooks are DVD-less? Well, there's an app for that, to steal a line from Apple. Microsoft has released the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. This tool... Read More
Corsair Announces Updated Flash Voyager GT Family
Corsair Announces Updated Flash Voyager GT Family - New high-speed USB Flash Drives in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacity - FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 13, 2009 - Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced a revamped Flash Voyager GT product lineup. The new product suite... Read More
Conan Interviews The Real Intel USB Port Rock Star
Ah, those USB ports. From 1.0 to 2.0 to the upcoming 3.0, they are near ubiquitous, so much so that Firewire has taken a back seat. And speaking of back seats, since Jay Leno left the Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien has taken a back seat to David Letterman as well. In an attempt to raise his ratings, O'Brien interviewed one... Read More
Kingston's MobileLiteG2 USB Card Reader Redefines Tiny
HDTVs just keep growing larger and larger. So do prices on data plan rates. But we can think of a few things that just keep shrinking: CPUs, GPUs and USB card readers. Frankly, it's amazing just how small some USB flash drives and card readers are these days. Some of 'em just seem too small for your own good, and some of... Read More
Freecom's Hard Drive XS 3.0 Is World's First USB 3.0 External HDD
USB 3.0 splashed down in earnest this past week at IDF in San Francisco, but aside from a webcam and a few prototype devices on the show floor, we've yet to hear of any real groundbreaking USB 3.0 products. Until now. Freecom, a lesser known maker of external hard drives and the like, has today confessed that it has a USB... Read More
Kingston Cranks Up The Speed On DataTraveler 410 USB Flash Drive
When it comes to Kingston, you can bank on it being about one of two things: new memory or new flash drives. Today, we're taking a peek at the latter, with Kingston Technology taking the opportunity to increase read and write speeds on its DataTraveler 410 USB flash drive.Shipping in capacities up to 32GB, the drive can... Read More
Kensington Serves Up Two USB DisplayLink Notebook Docking Stations
Timing is a funny thing, isn't it? Just a few short days after Toshiba revealed its new universal docking station, along comes Kensington to give them a little competition. But Kensington's new pair of universal docks have something that Toshiba's doesn't: DisplayLink.The sd300v and sd400v are both designed to pass along... Read More
Point Grey Camera Becomes World's First USB 3.0 Product
USB 3.0 is here. Or, it might as well be, as Point Grey is already announcing that it'll have a finalized product on display at this week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. Officially, the USB-IF has yet to announce that any USB 3.0 products are on the chopping block, but considering just how long the protocol... Read More
Toshiba's Universal Docking Station Cuts The Cord, Goes Wireless
Docking Stations. What comes to mind when you hear the phrase? If you're anything like us, you're thinking of that device your corporate owner gave you on your first day in the cube, and you're probably thankful it's there. But for those that try to use docking stations at home, having to connect your machine to the actual... Read More
Kanguru's 64GB USB Flash Drive Does eSATA As Well
When you think of buying a new flash drive, the company "Kanguru Solutions" probably doesn't come to mind. Well, until now. Said outfit has just released one of the most interesting and unique USB memory drives to come out in quite some time, and considering just how hard it is to make a flash drive "unique," we couldn't... Read More
Products Can Now Receive SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Logos
Can you feel the excitement? We can. USB 3.0 is inching closer and closer to reality, which means your current PC is inching closer and closer to being a token of yesteryear. USB 2.0 has been around for years now, and by and large, it has been sufficient. Transfer rates are fairly quick, and industry support couldn't be... Read More
Mimo 720-S USB Monitor Adds Touchscreen Functionality
We're not sure we agree with introduction two similar products to close to one another from a business standpoint, but from the consumers' eye, there's nothing better to really expand your field of options. Nanovision has just unleashed its newest secondary display not even a month after debuting the Mimo 710-S. This one,... Read More
StarTech First to Market with DisplayPort KVM Switch
StarTech.com First to Market with DisplayPort KVM Switch -- New DisplayPort KVM Switch supports next generation display resolutions and audio capability, ideal for high definition imaging, graphic design, CAD and other demanding display environments -- Groveport, OH - StarTech.com, a leading manufacturer of hard-to-find... Read More
iBuyPower's USB IES Controller Adds Power To Front Ports, Bluetooth Internally
iBuyPower is a company generally associated with custom gaming PCs and notebooks. If you need a high-octane machine to handle the latest games, they're the company to turn to. What they aren't known for, however, are things such as this. Of course, you won't find us griping about a company spreading its wings and trying... Read More
Verbatim’s InSight Hard Drive Displays Name, Free Space On LCD
Verbatim announced a new hard drive called the InSight Portable USB hard drive with a built-in LCD that can display the name of the drive and available free space, even when the drive is disconnected from the computer. The drive weighs less than 6 ounces and measure 6 x 3.4 x 0.63 inches. The InSight is available now for... Read More
Verizon Wireless & ZTE USA Introduce AD3700
World travelers now have another option when it comes to mobile broadband connectivity: Verizon Wireless and ZTE USA recently introduced the AD3700, a mobile broadband USB modem with global connectivity capabilities. This new modem provides access to high-speed networks in more than 175 destinations. The modem supports... Read More
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