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Chromium OS on a USB Flash Drive
A sneak peek at the next-generation Chromium OS from Google Chromium OS isn’t supposed to be released by Google to the public until late next year, but the early betas are already showing promise. If Chromium OS lives up to its initial hype you can count on having an open source operating system that is [...]
USB flash drives and Flight 1549
By now, just about everyone has heard the heroic tales of Captain “Sully” Sullenberger as he ditched his Airbus 320 into the Hudson River after striking a flock of birds. But what you may not know is that all of the passengers have been getting their items back, including the items from their luggage as [...]
Reformatting Your USB Flash Drive
While flash drives can be a real godsend for storing and exchanging data, videos, photos and audio, eventually, they get a little messy. Dragging and dropping files onto the drive can create an organizational nightmare, one where it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to find the files you need when you need them. Deleting the [...]
The Technology Inside a Branded USB Stick
Reliability and portability have always plagued the portable storage industry. Floppy drives didn’t have much space on them, optical drives were ploddingly slow to burn data on, and CDs can easily be scratched and damaged in transit. Then the flash drive was introduced. Small, portable and virtually indestructible, they could hold vast amounts of data [...]
Using USB Drives to Brand Your Business
One of the secrets to building a successful business is to create a strong relationship between you and your customer base. Good customer service, a solid product or service and attractive pricing are just a few of the many components of developing a sustainable brand. But there are other pieces of the puzzle that need [...]
10 Reasons to Love a USB Flash Drive
Imagine for a moment hauling around a large zippered case of CDs filled with music to share with friends. Sounds a bit silly today, but it wasn’t so long ago that CDs were considered the latest and greatest in technology. Fast forward a few years and you’ll rarely see anyone hauling around a stack of [...]
Price VS Quality in USB Purchase
Why we’re not always the cheapest Clients have come to us in the past with quotes from other companies, asking us if we really are the best choice, why it is we’re not always the cheapest? There are factories out there that cut corners in order to bring down the unit cost. The following is [...]
From Floppies to USB Memory Sticks
It wasn’t so long ago that transferring data required a pretty sizeable storage medium. First, there were 5 /14” floppies, then 3.5” ones and finally CDs. In between came Zip discs and other storage solutions that… well… weren’t very portable at all.. Today, leading a mobile data life is pretty easy; thanks to the universal [...]