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Kingston Unveils the World’s First 256GB USB Flash Drive

Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive, the Kingston Technology DataTraveler 300. It allows users to carry around ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 11

RCA's Airenergy charger converts WiFi energy to electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Airenergy is a gadget that can harvest free electricity from WiFi signals such as those from a wireless Internet connection, apparently with enough efficiency to make it practical for recharging ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (29) | comments 38 | with audio podcast weblog

256 GB USB flash drive shipping in the US

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kingston has released a new 256 GB USB flash drive for sale in the US. The drive is called the DataTraveler 310 and is basically the same as the model DataTraveler 300, also with a massive ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

Energizer Duo battery charger hides a Trojan

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Energizer Duo USB battery charger has been hiding a backdoor Trojan in its software that affects computers using Windows. According to Symantec the Trojan has probably been there since ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

German tablet PC sets out to rival Apple's iPad (Update)

(AP) -- The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 6

The $25 educational PC

(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever played Elite? What about games in the Rollercoaster Tycoon series, Thrillville, Lost Winds, or Kinectimals? If so, then you have enjoyed the work of David Braben. Mr. Braben ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

The Raging Windows Worm has attacked over 8.9 Million Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week the global internet community was hit by the Downadup worm also know as Conficker, or Kido. This worm is now using multiple ways of infecting computers, including USB sticks. If s ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 10 weblog

Getting files from a failed hard drive

A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 10

Charge your cell phone using light, courtesy SunCore

SunCore is a little known Irvine, Calif.-based company that's on the cusp of shipping some potentially revolutionary technology.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Panasonic releases a solar charger with USB, AA battery slots and LED lights

(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of a solar charger is not a new one. There are a whole host of them for the mobile device, but a lot of them are too expensive to be purchased by the average consumer. Other charge ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Beyond flash -- memories are made of this

(PhysOrg.com) -- The race is on for a successor to the popular 'flash' memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Transcend says USB stick capable of 2 TB storage

"Imagine that going into your tablet!" The presenter at the Display Taiwan 2011 Technology Show recently was demonstrating a finger-length, thin USB flash drive of 16 gigabytes. She told visitors, however, that what was re ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast weblog

This hard drive is hardened to disasters

Anyone who has been reading my column or listening to my radio talk show "Computer America" knows I have been preaching the back-up mantra for years. If I ever decide to have a bumper sticker on my car, it will read: "It's ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Amid iPad frenzy, HP promotes its tablet computer (w/ Video)

Amid the hoopla over Apple's iPad, US computer giant Hewlett-Packard has released a video promoting an upcoming touchscreen tablet computer of its own.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Review: $550 Tablet Doesn't Make Windows Look Good

(AP) -- Apple brings out its iPad tablet computer in late March, but other companies are already preparing a new batch of tablets running Windows. Judging by a model that's already out, the $550 Archos 9, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 13