Flashdrives are a dime a dozen these days, hell, you can even get them in cereal boxes. But what if you needed to store something really, really big, and probably confidential on an easy-to-lose stick? Kingston's got you covered with its ludicrously expensive 512GB HyperX Predator USB 3.0 flashdrive. Just imagine how many nuclear codes, confidential files, and how much, errr, porn you could lose on this thing. WikiLeaks eat your heart out. Read More >>
Thunderbolt has arrived on the PC after being exclusive to the Macintosh platform for more than a year. With its promise of 10Gb/s‑per‑channel throughput, what self-respecting power user wouldn't opt for a Thunderbolt-based external backup solution? Well, before you get too excited, let's compare T-bolt point-by-point with its natural competitor, USB 3.0. After all, there's more to a technology than pure performance, as we found out. Read More >>
Featured comment by theran24:
"Thunderbolt PCIE enclosures already exist, the main issue right now is driver support (not only with GPUs but other PCIe devices too)." More »
USB data transfer is about to get a hell of a lot faster. The USB Promoter Group is rolling out SuperSpeed USB, a supplement to USB 3.0 due out later this year that should surge your speeds two-fold. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spazturtle:
""10 Gbps USB data rate, which is the same as Thunderbolt."
No its not, Thunderbolt [1] is 100Gbps in both directions, its the current cables that onl..." More »
Charging via USB is something we all take increasingly for granted; hell, it's become so ubiquitous you can have USB ports alongside your wall outlets. So it bodes well for a future ruled by USB charging that the powers-that-be have decided that the connection should be able to supply a whole 100 watts of power—enough to power a computer. Read More >>
USB sticks are those devices you know you should own, but just aren't any fun buying. Kind of like insulation, or a new garden hose. I mostly use freebie sticks that once contained junk press releases, but for real power, ex-Gizmodo ed Brian Lam (over at his new site Wirecutter) has researched all the best available sticks, and discovered Patriot's Supersonic USB 3.0 is the bee's knees. Read More >>
Featured comment by lancsDavid:
"am still surprised no-one's made one that...
(a) has a lid that keeps dirt away from the connector, &
(b) is fixed to the drive with a wire or..." More »
USB thumb drives that are bigger than my hard drive circa 2001 are great. Waiting 5, 10, 15 minutes for the files to move to that USB 2.0 drive isn't so great. Now that USB 3.0 is becoming a common thing in laptops and devices, we can finally get faster flash drives as well. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kushan:
"I Picked up a relatively cheap Patriot USB3 thumb drive (I think it was about £17 delivered for a 16Gb model - just under 2x the cost of a USB2 model..." More »
Intel and Apple's Thunderbolt data transfer format could soon be a bullet-point on your new PC's tech spec sheet, with Intel reportedly preparing to launch a PC version of the adaptable daisy-chain interface next spring. Read More >>
Featured comment by miocene:
"I doubt the additional circuitry would add much to the price of a system. Also, it's not just for plain old copying files; you can plug other stuff li..." More »
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