Posts Tagged ‘USB key’

Lockheed Martin Unveils USB Flash Drive, Not a Fighter Jet
In turn, an unusual event, Lockheed Martin decided to turn away from the usual ammunition, ballistic missiles, and aircraft manufacturers have developed and rather than something we can all relate to: a highly-secure USB flash drives tagged as ” PC on a stick. ”
USB drive tight stuff could be enough to handle the data that your laptop, including the entire operating system and application software, thanks to 8GB of storage space. Users can now simply plug the flash drive it to a computer or laptop and have access to their own personal desktop. Tight will automatically run the operating system directly from a flash drive, Read the rest of this entry »

Lexar Echo SE and ZE Back-Up Drives
You never have enough advice about the support and your valuable data every now and then because more often than not, we forget about it. This can be a tedious process, but faster at a later date your notebook crashes and you do not know what to do.
Good recently introduced flash drives do the dirty work for you. The Lexar Echo SE and ZE (pictured) back-up drive is very portable you can only install and forget it is a blessing including software. While Echo SE Lexar drives come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB versions, Echo small Lexar ZE model in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB.
Echo the Lexar flash drives are expected to become available in the U.S. in February 2010. Pricing has not been revealed.
Image source: Lexar
It’s amazing how much webcam technology has taken off, hasn’t it? I mean, if a webcam can recognize a certain code for an augmented reality program, then I don’t see why it cannot recognize a face.
This is what Futen, a Japanese company, has realized as well. Their Lockface program is a USB key that can be stuck into any USB port and then works better than a biometric scanner. Lockface as it uses your face to make sure you are the right user, rather than a fingerprint.
Lockface is designed to work right out of the box, without using any separate software. It starts by taking a number of pictures of the user, and then using this data to verify the user when he or she logs on again.