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Are you a USB Ninja?

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Do you have what it takes to be a PC Ninja? Apparently, it takes $125 and some willingness to take public ridicule. The 2GB Ninja Kunai USB Drive is on the market for $125.35, and is for the most hardcore. Would you buy one? Sure it looks cool, but for just 2GB? At least show [...]

How USB drives are made

Friday, August 28th, 2009

You probably take the USB (Universal Serial Bus) drive for granted. Plug it into your computer, copy something on or off the drive, pop it out, and stuff it into your pocket. You probably got it for pretty cheap, too.
You can use it just about anywhere, too, and on any computer. USB flash drives [...]

The biggest tech-related mistake you’ll ever regret

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

You might be wondering what the headline means. The biggest tech-related mistake you’ll ever regret?
I’m not talking about throwing your computer out the window. That I can understand, even if it is pretty dumb (at least cash it in if you want to get rid of it…but I suppose that’s not as satisfying). A computer [...]

Bento Box USB

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Thai food might be cheap ($7 for lunch + appetizer, yum), but hardly anything can beat the value of a bento box. My favorite thing about bento boxes is the variety. Typically, I can get a box of rice topped with teriyaki salmon, some seaweed, pickles, mushroom, dumplings, and a little omlette for 5 or [...]

Tiny thumbkey holds 16gb

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The tiny 5mm flash drive from Buffalo holds an unbelievable (for its size) 16 gigabytes. But it will set you back $136. via Engadget.

USB Vampire Slayer

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Vampires don’t just inhabit the night and your AC power strips. They come in USB flavors, too, and so far only Buffalo seems to be doing anything about them and their wasteful ways, introducing the charmingly-named BSH4A02 four-port USB hub. It sports one switch per plug, making it easy for you to put a stake [...]

128 GB Flash Drive

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

128 gigabytes is a monstrous amount of memory for a mere USB thumb drive. The internal hard drive of my last computer wasn’t even that capacious. But I wonder what you’d need that kind of memory for. And I’d hate to think what I’d do if I filled it up with important data and then [...]

You’ve got a penguin in your computer

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

No, not a Linux penguin, you big geek. It’s a USB storage drive, oh so cleverly dubbed the Penguin Drive. It comes with anywhere between 2 and 16 GB of storage, and costs $12.95 to $42.95 on Amazon. And apparently, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund.