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Swiss Army knives and memory sticks are two famous staples by Victorinox, but what they exhibited at CES may well become their most sought-after product, distinguished both as an army knife and as a memory stick ! The first feature their new SSD memory stick boasts is the capacity that comes up to 1TB! Moreover, this bundle comes protected with a software suite with hardware and software encryption that promises hack-resistant, impregnable security for your data. The graphic display is an integrated bi-stable LCD with perfect display functions. The dual connector capabilities are up-to-date providing for both USB and eSATA II. The drive is designed to fit into the black knife body that is empty waiting to hold it, while the other knife body, the red one, is a common Swiss Army knife carrying a blade and all the usual fittings including scissors, a screwdriver, and a nail file. Supposedly the largest flashdrive in existence, the Victorinox knife’n’drive will hit the shel...

What would you say a USB flash drive can resemble most? This week’s answer is – a vibrator. If you guessed right, you can treat yourself to the Duet stick that combines the functions of a USB drive and a vibrator, provided by women ’s-needs-mindful designers from San Francisco. You never thought how entertaining may be your favorite films and music or, for that matter, a bunch of necessary documents. Ti Chang and Michael Topolovac discovered a new use you can put your stick to – with five power and four vibrator options it sounds quite impressive! Crave’s spokesperson described the electronic and physical Duet as a toy made from metal and body-safe silicone with two motors and great abilities to customize the vibs by differentiating intensities on the tip and edges, both inside and outside. “Powerful and precise vibration exactly where you want it” is guaranteed. The Duet is available in a leather case and is said to be waterproof. If you’re going to use it as a flash drive...

Upon seeing the new Colorful Rhinestone LV Handbag Pattern USB Flash Drive Louis Vuitton handbag owners would naturally want to grab it, whereas ladies who don’t yet possess an LV purse may hurry to purchase one in order to get the perfect handbag- flash drive match. For here is the match, cute, handy and sold at a modest price of $14.68. What will men who may also want the Rhinestone flash drive have to do about it is hard to say – buy the gadget , an LV handbag and give both to their wife or girlfriend to carry along?Anyway, the plastic Colorful Rhinestone LV Handbag Pattern USB Flash Drive can be gotten in two colors – black and white – and three capacities – 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB. See how many LV bags you have and you will know how many flash drives you need.

When it comes to insertions a computer’s USB port is a very vulnerable place, liable to suffer many thrusts, inputs and penetrations on a daily basis. Designer Eugene Filatov was horrified at the idea of all this amount of unprotected intrusions and came up with a wonderful idea to keep your computer fully protected from virus impregnations.His Condom USB Flash Drive that looks exactly like a condom packet fitted with a strange metallic projection. It is guaranteed to faithfully keep everything you pour into it, so it’s not just for your friends to slip in jokes about when and how you make use of the gadget ! So far it’s on the concept stage, probably while the would-be manufacturers are pondering over the guarantee terms of the product which stands a good chance of being ripped open in fairly large quantities.

Flash drives are all right but external hard drives are a notch better – especially if they are so compact you don’t have to think twice about where to slip them in. This one goes the way of portability so far that you may even have problems catching sight of it among other stuff in your purse…For the HD in question may well be the slimmest of its kind throughout the world. It’s Seagate ’s latest external hard drive called GoFlex Slim , and it’s a serious proposition for purse room economy. No thicker than a pencil, Seagate’s anorexia-dwindled HD is a match for anyone in functionality featuring a USB 3.0 connectivity, a desktop-speed 7,200rpm platter and 192-bit encryption. GoFlex Slim knows no bigger size and requires an investment of $100 for the capacity of 320GB.

While CDs are losing ground to USB storage devices that are far more capacious, erasable, comparatively cheap and handy from all points of view, designers are rejoicing. They could do but little to re-invent CDs and come up with a luxury or quirky model; now with USB devices they can pull as many rabbits out of their hats as they like.USB storage device by designer Hyun Kim is worth considering – a compact shiny affair that swivels round to open, it’s a cute little thing that will store up whatever you need and look elegant to boot.

Looking like a troop of glorious boys from some upcoming computer games (which may justify the name “Heroes”, otherwise sounding somewhat jocular), here storm in a bunch of USB flash drives making up an outlandish team of Owl , Ninja , Spaceman , Penguin and Reindeer . These guys can do a lot: take care of your 2GB or 4GB carry-files-around problems, look uncompromisingly toyish (and maybe even cute for some), and fight away stray raindrops, being made from water resistant silicone. Marred as toys by USBs sticking from their backs, these midget Heroes that are a little over 4cm in height and 3cm in width have small rings for clasping them onto your handbags and keys where they may scare off evil spirits as a complementary job. Try them in both capacities for £14.99 (or approximately $24 USD) and £19.99 ($32 USD) 2GB and 4GB Heroes respectively.

We’ve moved a long way past the time when flash drives were just flash drives. What’s the point of having them muddling about on the bottom of your purse and then go rummaging for them when you can wear them as a bijou – or a watch , for that matter?Here is a 4GB’s worth of your needful files flash drive that is an elegant crystal watch, useful and eye-friendly, a cool gadget for the price of $25.

Sprint has introduced the USB 250 WWAN Modem from Sierra Wireless to provide broadband access using its 4G WiMAX network with download speeds of 3-6 Mbps. If you are outside the WiMAX network, the modem reverts to 3G using EVDO Rev A, which gives download speeds of 600 kbps-1.4 Mbps. The 180-degree rotating USB Connector features an integrated GPS capability to provide location, navigation and mapping solutions when connected to the Sprint 3G network. The device is equipped with two external antenna ports and separate LED displays that let users know if they are connected to Sprint's 3G or 4G network. It supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.5/10.6 The USB 250 comes free with a two year data plan from Sprint.

These days you can always find something that is an accessory and a gadget at the same time, and the idea of wearing USB flash drives on your shirtsleeves as cufflinks is not a bad one, too. This simple arrangement deprives you of a chance to forget or misplace useful information or presentations. Engravable, with functional USB drives, these cufflinks are 2GB each offering you the overall capacity of 4GB. You can get this convenient two-in-one device for the price of $195 for a pair.

Jean Paul Gaultier has come up with an outstanding Valentine’s Day gift idea . Everybody is quite familiar and fascinated with original bottle for Le Male fragrance that made a revolution on the perfume market at its time. Now the recognizable stripped male torso has turned into a comfortable device – a flash drive .

Samsung’s green concept has been augmented by new G Series 2.5-inch external hard drives displayed at CES 2010 . They are eco-friendly , designed to be as noiseless as possible and require less power. Normally they consume only 0.09W and, being inactive for over 5 minutes, they switch over to the standby mode. They contain no halogen. The hard drives come in four different capacities – 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB – with the G3 Station in three densities – 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB. They also have USB 2.0 interface, the Samsung Auto Backup, encryption and password protection features. The transfer speed comes to 480Mbps. Samsung’s new portable HDs are colorfully done in silver white, olive green, coral blue, and glittering cobalt black. They are to be expected this month, the retail prices estimated at $199.

Yes, that’s the latest from TakeMS : bona fide diamonds is their new concept for the MEM-Drive series. Two USB flash drives have just been launched decorated with jewels from Goldsmith, complete with authenticity certificates for every diamond ! MEM-Drive DeLuxe , the one that has an appearance of a woman’s thing, proudly exhibits three IF clarity white Top Wasselton (a rare color, this), 0.01ct round. It makes a pendant together with a snaky necklace 45 cm long fashioned from 925 Sterling silver. The pendant’s size is 60 x 80 x 33 mm. MEM-Drive Superb , carrying one 0.03ct round brilliant, goes with a keyring and is meant to be carried in a pocket or a purse attached to some small object. This one is larger at 90 x 90 x 42 mm. Both new MEM-drives are of chromed zinc alloy that can easily take the user’s laser-engraved initials. a

Data storage producer Verbatim has made an impressive attempt to combine style and storage capacity in its latest brainchild called the InSight . Although what it will be called is actually up to you. It is designed to be named by the owner, and its 32×128-pixel display will show its name and the amount of memory remaining. This new portable hard drive with a personal name is the size of the palm and the shape of a quaint food platter, boasting perfect polish and pleasing gloss. Besides, this elegant-looking gadget is pretty capacious, coming in 320 and 500GB. It is fitted with Nero BackItUp Essentials for safe backup and system restore. The joy of sliding your well-turned-out InSight (oh yes, Joe or Nigel!) out of your purse for easy use for five years (the warranty period) will cost you $119 or $149 depending on the capacity you choose.

Another attempt to make your data safe, easily transported and always at hand is the new Personal Pocket Safe USB Drive . Since being able to always carry your data around means incurring the risk of losing it, extra measures are taken to provide its safety – like online backup software designed to automatically backup the data from your Personal Pocket Safe USB Drive. Measures against theft include getting access to your data by punching your pin code on a built in keypad. Also the handy device features 256bit encryption, and a forced attempt to access your data will result in deleting your safe drive clean. The Personal Pocket Safe USB Drive is expected to be out shortly at the price of £59.99 (appr $99).

Going on full tilt to her 35th birthday this November 1st, our indefatigable Hello Kitty loses none of her stride, vigor and charm. Birthday gifts are to be had by all, and first ideas as to what we are going to be treated to are starting to leak out. It will be raining Mimobots ! In preparation for the great event Sanrio, Hello Kitty parents, having done some creative thinking in co-operation with Mimoco , USB flash drive manufacturers, came up with the new Hello Kitty X Mimobot . The drives will come in different versions from 2GB up to 26GB and their appearance is sure to set eyes alight with delight, do wonders onto our spirits and convert new neophytes into admiring the Hello Kitty paraphernalia. The line is expected to grace the stores early in September, the stores meaning SANRIO.com and MIMOBOT.com, the grandest of SANRIO boutiques and several other retailers. How much you will pay to become early owners of the new Hello Kitty joy is still classified information, but this s...

Maybe Joel Escalona Studio that is responsible for this startling design of a USB flash drive was really thinking around the perfect and eye-pleasing shape of a sphere, but they ended up making a bomb , however gaily colored. Naturally there are practical jokers who would like to have one rolling about their desks and have their visitors jump should it accidentally fall down on the floor or even – just imagine – take it with them aboard a plane, but they will have to wait and see if this concept finds a willing producer.

Freecom has launched a stylish flanker to its original the ToughDrive . Now the USB drive with 250GB memory comes in a sleek pink-colored protecting sleeve. Why is it tough? The gadget is shock-proof, withstanding falling from two meters. All your important files now can be safely stored. It’s very compact, too, with dimensions of 5.5 x 3.15 x 0.74 inch. ToughDrive Pink is the perfect storage solution for women on the move.

Brando is keeping up the line of appetizing USB flash drives and this time they made one looking like a chocolate popsicle . It bears a stunning likeness to a chocolate-covered vanilla ice and is sure to make your mouth water while you are busy transferring files from or onto external storage device . To enhance the tease it’s made with a bite taken off it. It is – unsurprisingly – called the USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive , with the weight of 16 grams and the size of 72 x 27 x 12 mm. It is connected via USB 2.0, works with any operating system and supports plug-and-play. The gadget is released in three capacities, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB, priced at $19, $22 and $32 respectively.

Two new PFD1 flash drives have been released by Prestigio , a remarkable Canyon brand, to enable you to easier transport any kind of files wherever you may fancy. They measure 64.5 x 22 x 10 mm and are protected by a firm metal coating. Looking extremely stylish in silver and gold colors, they witness to Prestigio’s perfect combination of usefulness and impeccable design – and therefore are sophisticated and elegant enough to be seen in any woman ’s purse. The new Prestigio flash drives come in various capacities from 4GB to 16GB and will be read by any operating system which includes plug-and-play possibilities. The high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity allows for a writing speed of 10MB/s max and twice that much reading speed. Data transfer can be performed at 480MB/s. There’s a two-year warranty.