You can be forgiven for ignoring all the advice when it comes to sharing USB Drives. After all it’s just so easy to swap work files, presentations, or personal files such as photos and music. Lots of people do it all the time. However two researchers from the German Security firm SR Labs have clearly […]
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10 Unusual USB-powered Models That Can Change Your Desk’s Appearance
August 6, 2014No matter how rich your imagination is, someone must have already foreseen your brightest idea and attached a USB chord to it. Here are some of the most unusual USB-powered life companions. 1. Bouncer Functions: This professional bodyguard will keep your computer safe each time you need to leave it. Though he won’t punch […]
How to Fix USB Port Problems
August 4, 2014Many times users complain about their USB ports not working, or that the PC or laptop can’t detect the USB sticks. Here are five potential ways to fix the problem, if the problem is not driver-related. First, you must find out what is the source of your problems with the USB ports. It can be […]
Are solar panelled USB benches a thing of the future?
July 30, 2014A solar panelled USB bench sounds a bit odd at first. Why on earth would we need these fancy gadgets replacing the good old wooden bench? Well, a group of researchers from MIT in the US think their product can do exactly that. The ‘Soofa’ is fitted with two USB ports, solar panels, and data […]
One socket to charge them all
June 6, 2014We always need just one more socket for our gadgets. And to solve this problem, the Midlands-based company Group Gear came up with a simple, yet ingenious solution. We’re referring to their new power plate that features two UK 3-pin sockets plus two built-in USB ports. This is a £20 device that fits any backbox […]
Another 5 Useless USB Gadgets
June 4, 2014Because people found our previous ten useless USB gadgets very interesting, and useless, we’ll present you today, another ten of them. Technology and mass production gave us, Earth inhabitants, an amazing ability of creating pointless or superficially interesting items whose novelty disappears right after acquiring them. So, if in your life there is room for […]
10 strange and useless USB gadgets
May 22, 2014At work or home, you use your laptop’s USB ports for different accessories. Usually, we use them for a mouse or an external hard drive, a laptop cooler or a USB lamp. But on the market, for every one of these very practical gadgets there are some stupendously tacky and whimsical devices that also use […]
Doodle in Air with Lix 3D USB 3.0 Pen
May 21, 2014We are sure that, sometimes, when you heard the old saw “You would not download a car”, you had moments when you would have like to immediately say “Yes, I would”. With the Lix 3D Pen, you will most surely not be able to create your own car or create the latest FX extravaganza, but […]
Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0 with bootable USB drive Rescue Kit
May 16, 2014On 8th of May, Panda Security announced the release of Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0, the latest edition of its very popular cloud-based antivirus application. We’ve tried it and we have to say that it is fast and ultra-lightweight without making any compromises to functionality. The 3.0 version comes with a Windows 8 styled interface, as […]
Keepod, the socially responsible bootable OS for USB drives
May 15, 2014In Nairobi, Kenya, there is a 500,000 resident slum, Mathare, where there is no school system, water supply or even basic sanitation. Except for the “street” schools, people living there have no other access to the most basic learning facilities, so only 10% of the local youth manage to reach college or other form of […]
Europe supports the call for a universal smartphone charger
May 6, 2014Today, smartphones come in all shapes and sizes and to find the right charger for the one we own can become a maddening scramble. But all this may come to an end as European politicians backed up a regulation to force smartphone manufacturers to use for their devices just one type of charger. Universal […]
Intel’s Thunderbolt 3
May 5, 2014To keep up with the trend generated by the announcement of the new USB 3.1 connectors, Intel is coming with the Thunderbolt 3, which also promises a smaller connector and double the speed of the previous versions. But the release of this new technology will have to wait a while, most probably until 2015 at […]