Once again, reality beats fiction: If your name is Jerry Jalava, the USB finger is more than just a concept. It's the real thing embedded in your own hand, carrying a Billix Linux distribution.......

Windows only: Don't mutter to yourself about how slow your drive is, benchmark it to know exactly how fast it is (or isn't) moving. HD_Speed gives you real-time feedback on any drive's transfer speed. All disks are not created equal, so if you have a nagging feeling that one of your flash drives is ...

Recently, I bought a new USB flash drive and wanted to know whether the specs matched up to what it can actually do. Usually these days most USB flash drives are advertised as USB 2.0, but the brands among the bunch come with differing price tags. Some of it can be put on the shoulders of brand mark...

Windows only: Tiny utility NoSleepHD stops external hard drives from powering down, bypassing the mandatory sleep mode built into many USB drives—and eliminating the delay while the drive powers back up. Using the utility just requires launching, selecting an external hard drive, and starting ...

Filed under: Computers, Peripherals In a move destined to create an uproar among chocoholics and anyone else who suffers from chocohol abuse, Hershey has announced a partnership with Jazwares to release chocolate-themed gadgets, including USB drives, speakers and cameras. The USB drives will not onl...

Data is always valuable be it anywhere. Most of the time we carry it on Hard disk or USB drives and sometimes we also use Online Storage for this.  However in all the cases your data is no doubt secured but not safe. Anybody who can get hold of your hardrive or USB can get your data and there is wh...

Need a 1.5 TB external hard drive for under $115? Head over to this product page on Dell.com, and enter T4346M$Q6GRJB$ upon checkout. Sale good until April 4 or until supplies last, so get going! The 1.5GB Seagate FreeAgent USB drive runs at 7,200rpm and plugs in via USB 2.0. Take note! It only work...

I don’t normally get into hyper geeky subjects on the Spark Minute, but the release of Samsung’s 256 GB solid state drive (SSD) or flash drive is a very big deal. Given the big jump in capacity, it’s going to significantly change computing to be lighter, faster, more reliable, and ...

Today’s Valentine’s Day, so of course something related had to come out on this website today. Without further ado, here are some heart-shaped thumbdrives: Complete with a ball chain and a tag to remind you that, yes, you’re using a USB gadget, these heart-shaped peripherals is tot...

It may have been a while since you considered using Windows' built-in tools for backing up your data, but for the average user with media and crucial file needs, Windows 7's default backup features look promising. Windows Vista was the first version of Windows to introduce a consolidated Backup and ...