Showing posts with label USB Key. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USB Key. Show all posts

Monday, June 6, 2011

A USB "secure" from Green House

The Green House builder has announced the launch of the PicoDrive Secure, a USB (2.0!) Receiving a compact data encoding (AES 256bit). Showing the dimensions of 65 x 19 x 8 mm and weighs only 11 grams on the scale, this USB stick can also be locked by a password, or be configured as "read only". Available in capacities of 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB, Secure PicoDrive should be given to respective rates of $ 160, $ 230, $ 300 and $ 355.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 G2 at 100 Mb / s

Kingston has just announced the arrival on the market for DataTraveler 3.0 G2 Ultimate, a USB controller using a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed. Showing the dimensions of 73.7 x 22.2 x 16.1 mm, this key is available in capacities of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB level performance, the manufacturer announced proudly speeds up to 100 MB / s reading and 70MB / s write.

USB 2.0, the flows are logically limited to "only" 30 MB / s five-year warranty, the DataTraveler 3.0 Ultimate G2 should be offered at prices of 77 dollars for the 16GB version, $ 116 for the 32GB model and $ 213 for version64 GB

Friday, April 22, 2011

A USB drive that thinks it's a chameleon

The manufacturer Silicon Power has announced the launch of the Blaze B10, USB 3.0 compatible SuperSpeed, showing dimensions of 72.4 x 17.4 x 10 mm and weighs 9.5 grams. Capable of reaching speeds of about 70 Mbps, this USB drive has the ability to change color (from red to blue) as a function of operating temperature.

More precisely, part of the hull is covered with a pattern printed with ink that reacts to temperature. Needless, therefore necessarily essential? The Blaze B10 should be offered in capacities of 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB The price and date of availability have not yet been provided by Silicon Power.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Verbatim USB 3.0 at 120 Mb / s

The manufacturer has launched its Verbatim Store 'n' Go USB 3.0, USB compatible SuperSpeed capable - on paper - to attain speeds of around 120 MB / s read and 70 MB / s writing. Available in capacities of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB, this USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. Flows will be significantly lower then of course ...

waited for the end of the month, the Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 does not yet have prices.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

A USB 3.0 64 GB at Green House

In addition to its N PicoDrive 64 GB USB 2.0, Green House manufacturer recently announced the launch of the F3 PicoDrive, a USB key this time with USB 3.0. Offered in capacities of 16GB, 32GB or 64GB, this key displays the dimensions of 73 x 20 x 9 mm and a weight of 13.5 grams. The flow rates indicated by the manufacturer reach 120 MB / s read and 80MB / s write by using a quad-channel interface.

Monday, April 4, 2011

A key PicoDrive N 64 GB at Green House

The manufacturer has recently launched Green House on the market a 64 GB USB on PicoDrive N. Showing the dimensions of 54 x 18 x 8 mm and weighs 7.5 grams on the scale, this USB stick rather compact must unfortunately be satisfied with a USB 2.0 interface. We note in passing that a "Demo" version of Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 is delivered with the key PicoDrive N.

Already available in Japan, this 64 GB USB drive is displayed at 206 dollars.

Friday, March 25, 2011

AMD is first on the USB 3.0 (well almost ...)

AMD has just received certification for two USB 3.0 chipsest Hudson, ahead of Intel, which should take care that this bus at the exit of its chips Ivy Bridge. The certifications will chip in Hudson D3 (AMD A75 FCH) for desktops and M3 (AMD A70M FCH) for laptops. (See "Three Hudson chipsets for AMD Llano) Llano They will decorate the platform that is expected for September 2011.

Taking a step back to the classic match Intel - AMD, VIA is who was the first manufacturer to have received such certification (see "The first controller is USB 3.0 certified"). Texas Instrument is also seeing some certified controllers, but as you have noticed, motherboards, hard drives and other products already offer USB 3.0, even without certification, which causes problems with images USB-IF.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Kingston DataTraveler Secure Key

Kingston recently launched two new lines of USB 2.0: The DataTraveler 4000 (DT4000) and DataTraveler Vault - Privacy Managed (DTVPM). Available in capacities ranging from 2 GB to 16 GB, DataTraveler 4000 has a system hardware data encryption AES-256. She is also certified FIPS 140-2 Level 2 (a standard established by the United States on security conditions necessary for the processing of sensitive data, but non-confidential).

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

USB sticks disposable cardboard

Art Lebedev Flashkus just presented his concept of disposable USB to share. The principle is simple. The key is printed on a card and costs so cheap it can tear it and give it to facilitate the sharing of data. There is obviously no information on price or availability. Manufactured in version 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB, these keys are for now a concept that more and more about him on the Web.

However, we doubt its relevance. At a time when the cloud is growing now, where it is possible to pass information between smartphone with a simple application and file sharing by email is more simple and practical such a tool appears to be based on a technology already obsolete. In addition, there are fears a USB cardboard is too fragile to be really interesting

Monday, February 14, 2011

A USB key is protected by password

The manufacturer Super Talent has unveiled a new USB named DataGuardian. Available in capacities of 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB, USB 2.0 is the ability to protect data entrusted to it. A small program stored in the firmware of the key, automatically launched when it is inserted into a computer, loads in effect asking the password required to access the data.

This operating principle can also inactivate a hypothetical malware that would be configured to start when the key is connected to a PC. SuperTalent has unfortunately not yet given the prices of different versions of the DataGuardian.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Sharkoon: a USB 3.0 110 MB / s

The manufacturer has launched Sharkoon Flexi-Drive Accelerate Duo, a USB interface with USB 3.0 and capable of reaching speeds of about 110 MB / s read and 70MB / s write through presence of a quad-channel controller. Available in both 32 GB and 64 GB, this key displays the dimensions of 72 x 19 x 8 mm and weighs only 16 grams.

It is of course backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.1. Posted at 69.90 euros and 124.90 respectively euros, the Flexi-Drive Accelerate Duo 32 GB and 64 GB are already available in Europe.