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LaCie MosKeyto Cuts USB Thumb Drives Down to Size

Peripheral and accessory maker LaCie is looking to re-invent the USB thumb drive with its new MosKeyto, a tiny USB storage device that measures just over 0.75 of an inch long—not much more than a USB connector itself—and weird just 10 grams. The idea is that the MosKeyto is tiny and innocuous—and since it sits flush against many devices, can even be left in a USB port when packing up a notebook ...

LaCie cuts flash drives down to size with MosKeyto

Have you ever wondered why USB thumb drives are so large? Someone at LaCie has. If thumb drives weren't the size they are, they probably would never have got that name. But comparing the size of a MicroSD card with the typical thumb drive does make you wonder why the latter is so large. Some Bluetooth dongles and certain other USB devices are a fraction of the size of a thumb drive, so clearly ...

Corsair's HS1 USB Gaming Headset Is Comfortable [Headset]

# headset Corsair might only be known for their PC components—memory, SSDs, thumb drives and power supplies—but they're branching into USB audio gaming headsets as well. It's a natural progression, since their customers are gamers that want to optimize their setups. More »

LaCie catches ultra-small USB Flash drive bug

MosKeyto flies in Ordinary USB Flash drives to darn big for you? LaCie's new MosKeyto protrudes a mere 6mm from the USB port it's connected to.… Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

LaCie unveils tiny MosKeyto USB key

In the world of USB keys, security, storage space, and key size are the 3 areas that sell a product. In most cases consumers want the largest amount of secure storage they can get, but in the smallest available space. LaCie is setting the standard for tiny drives this week with the introduction of the MosKeyto. [...]

Portable Hard Drives deliver USB 3.0 speed and security.

Along with AES 256 hardware encryption, eGo(TM) 500 GB and 1 TB capacity portable HDDs are equipped with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface for data transfers at rates to 5 Gbps. These host-powered, 2.5 in. drives, compatible with all USB 2.0 computers, are protected against drops of nearly 7 ft and come with bundled Protection Suite, which offers backup and anti-virus software titles such as ...

Iomega eGo USB 3.0 Review

Introduction USB 3.0 has arrived, and with it, a whole new batch of drives designed to let you push around those Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoints, and Blu-ray rips of Pulp Fiction, even faster. While most USB 3.0 drives still command a premium, Iomega will be one of the first to drop the USB 2.0 entirely and fold [...]

Could USB Flash Drives Be Your Enterprise's Weakest Link?

The Pentagon last week conceded that a USB flash drive carried an attack program inside a classified U.S. military network. Could your company be next?

USB 3.0 SATA bridge now qualified

The Fujitsu MB86C31 USB 3.0-SATA bridge IC builds on the functionality of the MB86C30 series released last year. Key new features include support for the state-of-the-art UAS (USB attached SCSI) protocol, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) functionality, and hot-plugging of ATA devices.

Why we can't have nice security

A recently discovered flaw in many encrypted USB drives provides an object lesson in why IT security is so blessed hard.