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- November 13, 2010 2:36 pm
LTE phones may be the only thing we phone junkies think of, but there’s plenty of other good uses for those wireless waves floating through our heads. Take for instance, these two new LTE modems coming to Verizon. The LG VL600 and Pantech UML290 should be available for sale relatively soon to meet Verizon’s deadline of having useable LTE in 38 cities by the end of the year. As far as the hardware goes, the LG VL600 is a dual-mode CDMA/LTE unit while the UML290 by Pantech claims “global” compatibility.
For the road warriors of the bunch, having the power and speed of LTE in your hands is a god-send. Keep checking back…
- September 14, 2010 6:46 pm
As consumers tote around ever growing digital libraries, finding places to stuff said libraries is starting to wear thin. Ok, maybe it’s not that big of a crisis. But tech junkies and business professionals may have encountered at one time or another, a flash drive that had run out of room or was god-awfully slow. Thus far, there’s been a few USB 3 options that have come onto the market. Well folks, add another contender to your lists. Kingston has officially arrived.
The Data Traveler Ultimate 3.0 as the name suggests, adds in USB 3 support and promises some pretty substantial speed improvements over USB 2.0-only products. According to Kingston, their handy work present in the DTP 3.0 is good for 80MBps read and 60MBps writes. Blistering? Meh, for a flash drive it’s pretty awesome. Compared to higher end hard disk drives and SSD’s, however, shows that flash drives in particular have quite a ways to go.
You can pick up the Data Traveler Ultimate 3.0 in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB sizes for $89/$138/$270 respectively. Anyone going to bite?
If you happen to have an old Mac keyboard or two sitting around the house, why not get crafty and USB-ify it? Stuffing USB flash drive internals into mundane objects is the latest rage. But you know what, I love it. Many years from now, geeks will compare their flash drive collection as a sort of “right of passage”. No joke, I want this.
If DIY isn’t your cup of tea, thesleekgeek (Etsy) will happily do the grunt work for you, $60 donation provided of course. So what do you say: DIY or pre-built?
I’m honestly at a loss for words here. Food will probably taste better, odors smell more distinct, and colors more vibrant now that I have seen this Teddy Drive. Of course, the poor bear won’t ever taste, smell, or see anything again. But that’s besides the point.
I really don’t see how this can be topped. I have a sort of sick, twisted humor that finds headless bears crammed into computers funny. Forgive me if that offends you. Though I really don’t care. That’s just good stuff right there. Anyone else have a good rofl at this bear’s expense?
If you ever found yourself on the wrong side of the law, just how far would you go in evading the 5-0? Would you run on foot, by scooter, car, or plane? Would you pull knife, gun, rocket launcher, plasma shifting uber weapon? All of these and more are thoughts that go through a persons head in the few seconds in which they transform from innocent, frightened civilian to hardened criminal. I’m sure that running on a scooter and shooting plasma beams at the police is a much more favorable “goin down in a blazing glory” that Florin Necula would rather prefer. Unfortunately for Mr. Necula whom recently found himself on the wrong end of not the police, but the Secret Service, the only means to hide the sought after information from the men in suits was to literally keep his mouth shut — and swallow a flash drive.
Can you say ouch? It makes me barrel over and wince in pain when I think about all of the unsettling feelings a flash drive would bestow upon my innards. For Mr. Necula, four days was as much as he could take. After which, the dreaded “removal operation” ensued at a local NYC hospital. I’ll let you all use your grown up minds and imaginations on how it was removed. Was the data recovered fully? That information is MIA at the moment. Looks like we’ll have to follow up on this one a little on down the road.
As for Mr. Necula, he is currently facing (4) felonies, “obstruction” humorously and ironically being one. Now that’s what I call determination…(or stupidity)
Cnet
- February 24, 2010 2:30 pm
“Lightsaber flash drives” you say with abated breath and a racing heart. Yes, your very own futuristic death sword retired and sent back into the working world as a lowly flash drive. The storage size is a bit puny as far as modern flash drives go — only 1GB — but that shouldn’t stop the most obsessed Star Wars fans. The icing on the cake comes in the form of exterior illumination when plugged in.
For only $20 at ThinkGeek, why not?
NerdApproved
- February 22, 2010 3:08 am
After a brief 15-month hiatus, it looks like personal flash drives will once again be allowed inside the Department of Justice. Spurred by a rash of virus outbreaks and compromised computers, the DoD enacted the ban back in late 2008 to get a grip on the damaging and stubborn malware war path.
Don’t go all hogwild just yet though, bringing in a bin of flash drives and relying on them for home and work use. The new decree strictly mentions “mission critical” jobs as the only time in which flash drives can be used. So simple flyers for DoD employee of the month and luncheons probably won’t fit the bill. Sorry.
And not any old flash drive will do. Only a select few drives from only a couple of manufacturers have enough password or encryption security to stand up to the military’s and DoD’s strict standards. With that said, such high security features mean your little Hello Kitty talking head flash drive probably won’t cut it. To some, that’s a blessing. Hey, at least it’s good to see the DoD moving back to 2002 tech again, is it not? Flash drives FTW!!
DefenseNews
- February 9, 2010 12:14 am
Mentioning the word “Woody” to your elders — especially the “older” elders — will garner colorful stories and vivid accounts of years past when cars had actual wood on the outside of the body. Crazy stuff. Nowadays, the only thing slapped on the outside of most cars is some form of metal or carbon fiber. Different times, different toys. Seeing as how a ton of wood is now being freed up since it isn’t going to automobile designs, why not take the chance to do something crafty and put that non-used wood to good use?
If you’ve got a solid hour, a USB stick, a couple of blocks of wood, a tool of some sort to cut and/or drill (a dremel is preferred), some glue, and a small bag of patience, you’ve got all that you need to set out and make your own homemade flash drive. The full instructions can be found at Instructables. But really, how hard could it be? Just drill/dremel/cut a hole in the wood, pour in some super strong glue, place USB stick inside, and let dry.
One more thing. The directions and pictures on Instructables depict a rather thick block of wood being used. I can understand the added thickness for durabilities sake. If I decide to undertake “Woody Remake 2010″, I’ll more than likely go with a slightly thinner piece of wood. If you’re in the same boat as me concerning drive size, be prepared to color outside the lines a bit.
See, I told you it was easy.
Instructables
Turning anything and everything into a USB flash drive is still all the rage. While I haven’t personally seen as many novelty flash drives flood my inbox, I do still see quite a lot out there by searching on my own.
With that said, I’m a geek. You’re a geek. Many of us are geeks. What better way to show that than toting around your own custom flash drives? What would you do if you saw some special chap sit down next to your at the coffee shop and whip out his GBA Super Mario Bros. cartridge flash drive? I’d be geeked, that’s for sure.
The drives come in many different game titles and range from 4GB – 8GB for $39.99 and $49.99 respectively. If you’re sold, take that attitude and the appropriate amount of cash over to 8BitMemory’s Etsy Page where they’ll be more than glad to fill your bag with their latest creations. How many are you getting?
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