Check Flash is a small portable software program for Microsoft Windows operating systems that can be used to benchmark usb flashdrives. The application will automatically recognize connected removable media devices upon startup and provide the means to run benchmark tests to test their read and writ...

I want Tinyxp Rev09 to to boot and install to a system's hard drive from a USB key, no CD's involved. How? My googling turned up lots of linux knowledge about this, and I imagine I could make it work if I were installing a Linux distribution, but it seems like there's comparatively little out there ...

We've seen plenty of cute flash drives in our day, but this one that looks like spare change -- you know, cold, hard, days of yore currency -- well, let's just say this USB 2.0 drive is like heaven on earth. You can get it in an 8GB silver "dime" size, or the 4GB copper "penny" variation for a start...

Forget about that old adage that goes, "Where's There's Smoke, There's Fire". How about if we slightly changed that to, "Where's there's an USB device, then there's a lighter". It seems that anything goes these days in pairing (a polite way of saying "stuffing"), a flash drive into a portable USB de...

Filed under: Storage We see so much insane USB crap around here that we were pretty apprehensive of a link entitled "Accordion USB drive," but color us magenta if the damn thing doesn't actually look incredibly useful -- instead of an easily-lost cap, the connector simply pops back into the case. Sa...

Filed under: Features, Linux, Open Source digg_url = "http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/02/04/flipping-the-linux-switch-damn-small-linux-not/"; Last week we took a look at Puppy Linux, a small Linux distro optimized for installation on a flash drive. There are (many) others, of course. One of the mo...

Filed under: Storage We've already taught you to not use syringes USB flash drives that you find on the street, but we know all sorts of unwanted invaders can meander on into your hard drive when you're not looking. Enter LG's aptly-named Vaccine USB flash drive, which comes pre-loaded with anti-vir...

Filed under: Storage Make no mistake about it, there's a couple of 32GB flash drives out there to be found if you look hard enough, but Buffalo reckons one more alternative won't hurt a thing. The capacious SHD-U32GS features USB 2.0 connectivity along with the company's heralded Turbo USB technolog...