Category Archives: Technology News
Protecting Your USB drive’s Data
The news of a policeman losing a USB flash drive filled with the contact information of police informants shows the importance of protecting your data from prying eyes. With just a few steps, the police department could have locked down the information with one of several products on the market today.
The reason USB flash drives [...]
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 fast, [...]
Finally a Promotional Gift that Looks and “Sounds” Terrific
In a sea of promotional pens, stickies and koosh balls, it’s hard to find a product that will make your branding message stand out loud and clear. Well, we think we’ve found one that is not only highly valued, but which will quickly become part of your recipient’s ever day life, whether at home, work [...]
Promotional USB Outlook – prices to increase through 2010
Those of you that regularly purchase USB Memory sticks should be familiar with fluctuating prices. During 2007 and 2008 the prices for USB’s was relatively cheap due to a good exchange rate for the dollars and oversupply of flash memory. Today the prices are going up due to a weak pound and undersupply [...]
New Generation of Flash drives to be based on USB 3.0 specs
Boasting 10 times the speed of the USB 2.0 ports that have become the standard in connectivity, USB 3.0 ports and cabling should begin to make their way onto the market sometime in early 2010.
Offering transfer rates of up to 4.8Gbit/second compared to the USB 2.0’s rate of 480MBit/second, the 3.0 standard will eventually revolutionize [...]
End of AutoRun a boost for the promotional USB industry
Preloading marketing messages onto a USB flash drive that’s being given away as a promotional gift has been standard practice for many years. Unfortunately, the AutoRun feature found in Windows causes the message to load and run every time the drive is inserted.
That’s pretty annoying and has caused marketers to second guess their desire to [...]
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 files [...]
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 that [...]
The Franken Flash Project- Creating Awareness And Fighting Against Counterfeits
As a customer you would never want to be fooled of your money, what’s more why should your precious data be at risk? Buying a flash drive that is a fake could cost you your money and your information security as well.
We at USB Company would like to make you aware of the Franken Flash [...]
USB Company attending Bett 2009
The Bettshow is the world largest educational technology event and USB Company will be showcasing our latest products at stand U101(1st floor). We welcome existing and new clients to drop in for a chat and demo of our latest USB Gadgets.
USB Company team have also teamed up with Edugeek and created an Emergency Launch [...]