Flash-drive makers form booster group

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Flash-drive makers forming group

Flash-drive makers forming group 12/08/2003 12:05 AM
Several companies are creating an industry group to promote a kind of portable data storage device that's small enough to fit on a keychain.

TikiMac Unveils "Big Tiki Drive", the
World's First Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive
in the Form of a Grinning, Glowing Tiki
Idol

TikiMac Unveils "Big Tiki Drive", the
World's First Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive
in the Form of a Grinning, Glowing Tiki
Idol 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
TikiMac today unveiled the Big Tiki Drive, the world's first hi-speed USB compatible storage device in the form of a big, grinning Tiki idol, complete with hypnotic glowing eyes and a blinking "aura", for Macintosh and Windows PC-compatible computers and starting at $59. [PRWEB Feb 23, 2005]

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive 06/30/2004 12:37 PM

The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for only the price of additional hard drives.
Read - Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]

Flash card makers bump up the volume

Flash card makers bump up the volume 02/12/2004 03:23 PM
The two biggest makers of flash memory cards are introducing formats with higher capacities, with which they hope to capture a larger piece of the growing digital camera market.

Drive makers ready 5x DVD-RAM burners

Drive makers ready 5x DVD-RAM burners 05/25/2004 11:50 AM
We're the fastest format, claims trade body

Car makers drive software standards

Car makers drive software standards 09/09/2004 04:52 PM
ZDNet Sep 9 2004 8:30PM GMT

"Adobe heeft de makers van DreamWeaver
en Flash ingelijft"

"Adobe heeft de makers van DreamWeaver
en Flash ingelijft" 04/18/2005 03:10 PM

Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire
flaw

Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire
flaw 10/31/2003 01:57 PM
A number of hard drive manufacurers release patches designed to prevent a glitch that has caused some FireWire 800 drives to lose data when used with the new version of Mac OS X.

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw 11/03/2003 05:53 PM

Drive makers ally to push portable data

Drive makers ally to push portable data 12/08/2003 04:36 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 8 2003 4:08AM ET

Happy holidays for makers of disk-drive
parts

Happy holidays for makers of disk-drive
parts 12/23/2003 04:35 PM
CNET Dec 23 2003 3:15PM ET

It's a Happy Christmas for Disk Drive
Parts Makers

It's a Happy Christmas for Disk Drive
Parts Makers 12/23/2003 03:51 AM
Boston Globe Dec 23 2003 3:18AM ET

Flash, Long-Form Narratives, and the
Wonderful World of DVD Video

Flash, Long-Form Narratives, and the
Wonderful World of DVD Video 03/22/2005 09:10 PM
Find out what it takes to render, compress, encode, and master your Flash stories for distribution on DVD.

Disk Drive Makers Tighten Belts, Also
Fire People

Disk Drive Makers Tighten Belts, Also
Fire People 07/05/2004 10:47 AM

Om Malik, who changes website themes like I change shirts, which is to say 'every once in a while', opines on the future of hard drive manufacturers, who are currently in the process of losing their shirts right off their kicked-asses' backs, despite an ever-increasing demand for their product.

Now that is conventional wisdom! However, some of my friends who work in the disk drive business, are suggesting an unconventional logic. They believe that instead of focussing on churning out higher capacity drives at neck-snapping speeds (i.e. Moore's Law), the industry needs to become more responsive to the real market trends and offer many types of drives. (Moore's Claw)

Which is better? More reliable, more expensive hard drives, or large, cheap, and unreliable drives that can be rolled into a more-reliable RAID? I guess the answer is, "Both."

Maybe hard drive makers could take a tip from Taiwan's wildly-successful cameraphone imaging chip manufacturer Pixart, who is in an mildly-related bit of news is making noise about going all IPO on that ass. The ass of commerce, I guess I'm saying.
Read - The Disk Drive Conundrum [GigaOm]
Read - Taiwan's Pixart Reaps Camera Phone Boom, Eyes IPO [Reuters]

optical drive makers predict entry-level
DVD recorder drop

optical drive makers predict entry-level
DVD recorder drop 04/21/2004 05:02 AM

Security execs form advisory group

Security execs form advisory group 11/11/2003 06:51 PM
Chief security officers from nine companies and one government agency are set to launch a council to advise industry on protecting their information systems better.

ISPs to form national lobbying group

ISPs to form national lobbying group 04/15/2004 07:49 AM
WASHINGTON -- A group of independent Internet service providers (ISPs), fearing they will be denied access to the broadband pipes owned by major cable and telecommunications companies, are forming a grassroots group to lobby the U.S. Congress.

Large Companies Form Group to Fight
'Phishing'

Large Companies Form Group to Fight
'Phishing' 06/15/2004 04:42 PM
Boston Globe Jun 15 2004 9:37PM GMT

New group aims to form regulations for
tech industry

New group aims to form regulations for
tech industry 03/22/2005 03:23 PM
eTaiwanNews.com Mar 21 2005 2:33AM GMT

EBay, Microsoft Form Internet Security
Group

EBay, Microsoft Form Internet Security
Group 11/13/2003 04:16 AM
Los Angeles Times Nov 13 2003 3:25AM ET

Under fire, e-vote companies form a
trade group

Under fire, e-vote companies form a
trade group 12/09/2003 04:53 PM
As electronic voting machines prepare to go to the polls in large numbers, major vendors are collaborating to shore up support for them.

Mozilla, Opera Form Group to Develop Web
App Specs

Mozilla, Opera Form Group to Develop Web
App Specs 06/07/2004 07:16 AM

Brief: 17 companies form group to fight
phishing, spoofing

Brief: 17 companies form group to fight
phishing, spoofing 06/15/2004 04:23 PM
The companies, including AT&T Wireless, IBM, Best Buy and ABN Amro, plan to announce the formation of the Trusted Electronic Communications Forum to promote technology standards, best practices and prosecutions against cybercriminals.

PSA: Flash Drive Madness

PSA: Flash Drive Madness 09/27/2004 09:04 AM

Okay, it would seem we have a serious problem. I love flash drives as much as the next guy (I use them when I need to, sure, but only when necessary), but when one of our nation's most precious resources - college football players - start shoplifting from Wal-Marts just to feed their portable data addition, well... something has to be done.

According to Durham County court records, he is accused of stealing "an assortment of jump drives" -- portable data storage units that plug into PCs -- Sept. 12 at Wal-Mart at New Hope Commons in Durham. The computer equipment was valued at $374.49.

We need college football, and if these "jump drives" (known on the street as 'flash,' 'hotplug,' and 'taking the D train') are going to affect our young mens' ability to play ball, I say we ban them as soon as possible before we wake up to a society plagued by thousands of "pluggies."

Also, isn't calling this kid a punter a little over the top? He has a disease; show a little respect. (Thanks, Joe!)

UNC punter arrested, suspended [NewsObserver]

Disgo Pro 1GB USB Flash drive

Disgo Pro 1GB USB Flash drive 12/15/2003 07:04 AM
Reg Review Capacious

New USB Flash Drive Plus Ink Pen
released

New USB Flash Drive Plus Ink Pen
released 05/07/2004 09:18 AM
Peripheral Enhancements Corp. has released the latest addition to the company's DiskGO! product line: the USB Flash Drive Plus Ink Pen. It's an aluminum barrel ink pen with a twist-off cap that reveals a USB 2.0 connector for the Flash Drive hidden within. It features 32MB, 128MB and 256MB capacities for US$39.95, $69.95 and $89.95, respectively. Mail-in rebates of $20 for all three models are available through the company's authorized reseller Web sites. The USB Flash Drive Plus Ink Pen ships with a USB extension cable and a replacement ink cartridge.

KanguruMicro 4GB Flash Drive

KanguruMicro 4GB Flash Drive 05/27/2004 07:51 AM
Oh good, I'd been worried it'd be a long time before we'd get to purchase $1,700 Yet Another Flash Drives, but nope, Kanguru is launching a 4GB NAND flash memory thumbdrive that will sell for, amazingly, that very amount. With...

Waterproof USB Flash Drive

Waterproof USB Flash Drive 07/21/2004 09:30 AM

I guess a waterproof USB flash memory drive is a good thing (I mean, I am the person with the open aquarium in his floor, like, four feet from me), but in most instances, it might be the sort of added feature that doesn't ever really get used, like those annoying "seat belt" things they insist on cluttering up my death pod with.
Read - Clef USB Waterproof [AkihabaraNews]

Big 3 Apple, Mozilla, And Opera Form
Browser Plugin Group

Big 3 Apple, Mozilla, And Opera Form
Browser Plugin Group 06/30/2004 08:53 PM
The rash of ActiveX Microsoft IE based exploits and viruses have prompted three traditional competitors to banned together in an effort to build a new standard for plugins.

Large Companies Form Group to Fight
'Phishing' (Reuters)

Large Companies Form Group to Fight
'Phishing' (Reuters) 06/15/2004 01:41 PM
Reuters - More than a dozen large companies from the financial, telecommunications and technology sectors have formed a group to fight "phishing," in which thieves steal sensitive information by posing as banks and credit card providers in e-mails.

Raiders of the Lost Flash Drive

Raiders of the Lost Flash Drive 04/23/2004 06:51 AM
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite geeky goth, death metal fan, or Nazi? Look no further than this eagle-winged USB flash drive, currently selling for around ¥6,000 in Akihabara. Unfortunately, when opened, the swirling shreaks and shafts of holy light melt off the heads of you and your...

Son of the USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive
roundup

Son of the USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive
roundup 04/13/2005 04:36 AM

USB flash drives have become more common, due both to their utility and decreasing prices. They are a great tool for transporting files around, especially when the network is down. They are supported on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux right out of the box. And best of all, prices have come down considerably since our review last year.

In this edition, we pit ten drives against one another, testing them for durability, style, construction, bundled software, and read/write speed. And once again, the flash drive RAID array makes an appearance. So if you are looking to get your first flash drive, or are thinking about replacing your small and aging USB 1.1 flash drive, you've come to the right place.

Flash drive gets biometric protection

Flash drive gets biometric protection 12/10/2003 07:46 PM
ZDNet Dec 10 2003 6:46PM ET

Stuffed Animal MP3 Flash Drive

Stuffed Animal MP3 Flash Drive 04/20/2004 04:54 PM
It was bound to happen. Now that Yet Another Flash Drives have become such a commonplace commodity, they're starting to be shoved into surprising places--specifically, the insides of this knock-off stuffed Pooh Bear. Although the manufacturer's page doesn't make it clear exactly where the flash player is lodged, one can...

Put contacts, more on Flash drive with
BitPal

Put contacts, more on Flash drive with
BitPal 05/14/2004 06:18 PM
BitPal 1.0 is a new mobile Address Book and To Do task manager...

SPY PEN USB Flash Drive with SD Card
Reader

SPY PEN USB Flash Drive with SD Card
Reader 06/29/2004 08:49 AM

It's sad that these days, almost anything that refers to itself as a 'spy something' is probably pretty pedestrian when it's all said and done. So while this "SPY DISK with card reader" isn't amazing, it is surprisingly enough that it actually does something cool at all. Available with internal memory sizes of 128MB or 256MB, the cap-end also functions as an SD/MMC card reader. You can't copy directly from the SD cards to the internal memory -- you'll have to copy to your PC, then back -- but it's a pretty great idea in general, even if it doesn't shoot lasers or eject poison gas. And hey, it's USB 2.0! Maybe the cheap gear is finally starting to see the light of fast transfer rates.
Read [Thanko via Akiba.SorobanGeeks]

Nexcopy USB Flash Drive Duplicator

Nexcopy USB Flash Drive Duplicator 07/26/2004 06:03 PM

Although its limited to USB 1.1 speeds, the new USB Flash Drive Duplicator from Nexcopy could come in very handy to the select few that could make use of it. Functioning as a standalone device (no PC needed), up to 20 USB flash drives can be duplicated from a single source; you can even daisy-chain multiple units for more mass copying. Loading up the day's data for your fleet of pestering salesmen has never been easier!

Read - PC-free USB Flash Drive Duplicator [EverythingUSB]

10 Way Flash Memory Drive Review

10 Way Flash Memory Drive Review 06/03/2004 12:22 PM

If you thought all Yet Another Flash Drives were the same, leave it to Ars Technica to prove you (us) wrong with a hugely informative (if pedantic) review of 10 different USB 2.0 Hi-speed flash memory drives, with benchmarks, read/write tests, and even an experiment involving two flash drives and RAID 0. It's a great place to start if you're interested in any of the drives, with include units from PNY, SanDisk, Mushkin, SimpleTech, FujiFilm (a write-speed beast), Verbatim, Transcend (the overall winner), and Iomega (who did very well all around).
Read [ArsTechnica]

Kanguru offers 4GB flash drive

Kanguru offers 4GB flash drive 05/26/2004 01:43 PM
Kanguru Solutions on Wednesday announced a new 4GB model of their KanguruMicro Drive 2.0. It's a USB 2.0-equipped flash drive that measures 3 inches long. It sports 4GB of data storage capability. Compatible with Macs, PCs and Linux devices, the new KanguruMicro Drive 2.0 is equipped with 128-bit data encryption as well. The new 4GB model costs US$1,699.95. Other capacities ranging from 32MB to 2GB are available as well.
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