Super Talent introduces world’s first USB 3.0 flash drive

USB 3.0 devices are just now starting to peek their heads out at retail, and it looks as if Super Talent is doing its darnedest to not be left out of the spotlight. Said company has just introduced what looks to be the planet’s first USB 3.0 thumb drive (or “RAIDDrive,” as it were), promising transfer rates of up to 320MB/sec when relying on a separate UAS Protocol driver with a USB 3.0 port. If you’re using a stock USB 3.0 socket, you’ll see speeds as high as 200MB/sec, while those bold enough to slam this into a USB 2.0 connector will see it slow to USB 2.0 speeds. There’s no mention of a price or release date, but it should ship relatively soon in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB flavors.

[Via Hot Hardware]

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Super Talent introduces world’s first USB 3.0 flash drive originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IronKey ships uber-secure D200 USB flash drives

IronKey has never been one to shy away from sensational claims, but for whatever reason, it’s announcing its newest secure drive in a rather low-key fashion. Or, somewhat so. The D200 range of USB flash drives are said to be more manageable and secure than ever, offering up the peace of mind necessary in government and enterprise scenarios. The new devices include policy enforcement, usability and field-maintenance capabilities, a dual-channel architecture for rapid transfers, the ability to double as an authentication token and a self-defense mechanism designed to resist “physical, malware and password attacks.” It’s available in 1/2/4/8/16GB capacities and should withstand most encounters with water and shock, though it’s on you to dig up the presumably lofty MSRPs.

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IronKey ships uber-secure D200 USB flash drives originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Crapgadget: ‘Hopefully USB 3.0 can avoid this path’ edition

With USB 3.0 on the horizon, we can only hope that the world’s purveyors of crap have a little respect for the forthcoming standard. By and large, USB 2.0 is plenty fast to handle the awful data transmissions between USB hand grenades, alien flash drives, moody card readers, Japanese fans and your PC, and frankly, we’re not sure if the world can handle oodles upon oodles of SuperSpeed rubbish. Have a peek at the latest roundup from the worst of the worst, but please, not while you’re eating.

Read – Bear hand warmers
Read – Solar cap fan
Read – USB hand fan
Read – USB moody card reader
Read – Alien flash drive
Read – Mosquito repellent USB dongle
Read – USB hand grenade

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Crapgadget: ‘Hopefully USB 3.0 can avoid this path’ edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sonic brings CinemaNow films to flash drives, connected devices

We can only hope that the travesty that is slotMusic isn’t coming over to the film side, but just days after Disney announced its intentions to offer up major motion pictures on microSD cards, Sonic Solutions has stepped in to bring CinemaNow flicks to USB flash drives. Unlike you’d probably think this would work, Sonic has actually developed these to function in more than one place. Each stick contains a movie along with an integrated media player and the necessary video codecs, but aside from enabling users to play back content locally, there’s also the option of catching it remotely. Once connected to the ‘net, owners can add the title to their Roxio CinemaNow Digital Locker to access it on network-connected Blu-ray players and HDTVs. If all goes well, the first drives will start showing up in Q4 of this year, just in time to puzzle your young ones when they unwrap their favorite film on something other than a round disc.

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Sonic brings CinemaNow films to flash drives, connected devices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Split Stick double-sided USB drive keeps personal / private matters seperate

It’s sort of like Wite-Out(R). Or Mighty MendIt[TM]. Or sliced bread. Yeah — we just put quirky’s Split Stick on that pedestal. Rather than forcing users to carry around two flash drives just to keep personal and private files separate, this here double-sided USB drive gives you 2GB for each half of your life (on one single stick). Just think: left for loathly, right for, um right. The anodized device is available in orange, blue, pink, red, black, violet, grey, or green, while the onboard plastic button enables users to easily navigate between the two different sides of the drive. Go ahead and hit the read link with $19.99 in hand — you won’t be leaving that checkout page without an order confirmation number, we promise. Full release is after the break.

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Split Stick double-sided USB drive keeps personal / private matters seperate originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IronKey boasts ‘world’s most physically and cryptographically secure’ thumb drive

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen one of IronKey’s encrypted USB thumb drives ’round these parts, but if you’re an enterprise user, government contractor, or some sort of renegade corporate spy you’ll want to take note of this next item. The S200 is being touted as the world’s first and only USB flash drive certified for FIPS 140-2, Security Level 3, and features: hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption in CBC mode, a tamper-resistant and tamper-evident rugged metal case, hardware-based malware protection, trusted network restrictions (which prevent the device from unlocking on untrusted PCs), and all the other goodies you expect from the company. Of course, this level of protection doesn’t come cheap — with their consumer grade products starting at $79.99 and ascending pretty quickly from there, we can only imagine what enterprise customers are shelling out. Then again, if you have to ask what it costs, this one is probably not for you. PR after the break.

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IronKey boasts ‘world’s most physically and cryptographically secure’ thumb drive originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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