CDRLabs has put together a brief review of Kingston's new DataTraveler 150 USB flash drive. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities, the DT150 gives users the ability to transport and share entire libraries of music, photos, documents and video on a device no bigger than a pocketknife.
CDRLabs has put together a brief review of Imation's new Atom Flash Drive. Roughly the size of a paperclip, the drive is less than 1.5 inches long and weighs in at less than an ounce. The Atom also includes password protection and drive partitioning software and is enhanced for Windows Vista ReadyBoost.
With the SimpleSave DVD, Memorex has tried to take the hassle and confusion out of backing up your PC. Unlike traditional backup software, which requires you to install software onto your PC, SimpleSave runs directly from the DVD. Just insert it into your DVD writer and the SimpleSave software will find and organize your photos and music and then back them up onto the very same disc.
Unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, SecurDisc protects data on optical media at both the user and storage levels. At the user level, it uses password protection and AES-128 encryption to prevent unauthorized access. While this concept is nothing new, SecurDisc adds an extra layer of security by utilizing a hardware and software-based solution. To prevent modification, a digital signature can be applied to data so that its authenticity can be verified.
Today, CDRLabs brings you a brief review of Plextor's new CD/DVD destructor, the PlexEraser PX-OE100E. An high-tech alternative to disc shredders, the PX-OE100E uses a laser to completely destroy the data layer of a CD or DVD, making it unreadable and unrecoverable. In this review we take a look at some of the features found on the PX-OE100E and then see how it performs.
Today, CDRLabs brings you a review of Ritek's first DataPlay-enabled device, the TOPY Mini Writer. Offering big storage in a very small package, the TOPY Mini Writer lets you store up to 500MB of data onto a disc the size of a quarter.
While best known for their recordable media, Memorex offers a wide range of storage products including memory cards and USB flash drives. This spring Memorex announced that they had given their TravelDrive USB 2.0 flash drive a brand new look. The list of improvements included a slimmer, more ergonomic design, pen-like cap, cool looking blue wrap-around LED and a reinforced lanyard connection point made out of cast aluminum. Best of all, it comes with a limited 2 year warranty.
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface, or ASPI, is the glue that binds most major CDR software packages to the CDR drives. With so many different types of hardware out there, it's hard for software developers to add support in for each and every one of them. Adaptec, Inc. took that as a problem and created the ASPI layer that SCSI owners have grown to love.