Corsair , a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced today that it is expanding its Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor USB family lines with new 32GB capacity offerings. The new Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor USB drives will be debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 (CES) next week in Las Vegas in the Corsair Suite at the Wynn Hotel and at Showstoppers CES 2008.

Users now have the ultimate solution for storing, transporting and backing up large amounts of personal and professional data. Whether using the Corsair proprietary all-rubber Flash Voyager or the aluminum-encased water-proof Flash Survivor, the large amounts of data on the drive will be safeguarded for users with an active lifestyle. Corsair USB drives provide the added ruggedness and performance not found in other storage drives utilizing rotating media.

Corsair 32GB drives provide the storage capacity necessary to hold over 16 full-length, high-definition movies or even an entire season of your favorite TV series. These large density drives can also be used as portable back-up devices for critical or sensitive information. In addition, Corsair 32GB USB 2.0 drives are bootable, which means users can actually store full versions of operating systems and applications in order to quickly “re-create” the necessary software environments to troubleshoot system problems.

Corsair 32GB USB drives are immediately available:
Flash Voyager 32GB ~ $229.99 USD MSRP
Flash Survivor 32GB ~ $249.99 USD MSRP

“Whether with innovative designs, like the Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor, or industry leading large-density drives in convenient portable form-factors, Corsair is always pushing the limit of what USB portable storage has to offer,” said Jack Peterson, VP of Marketing at Corsair. “Our newest USB additions will allow a whole new set of users – multimedia, technical and data conscious – to take advantage of rugged, high-performance solid-state storage,” added Peterson.

Corsair 32GB USB drives are available through Corsair’s authorized distributors and resellers world-wide. Each drive is bundled with a lanyard, security software/driver preloaded, and USB extension cable. Corsair flash products are backed by a 10-year Limited Warranty. Complete customer support via telephone, email, forum and TS Xpress is also available. For more information on Corsair USB drives, please visit http://www.corsair.com.

Ya, ya, ya. We like SanDisk stuff. We’re not going to hide it. Hey, when you make killer stuff, you make killer stuff. When you make crappy stuff, then you make crappy stuff. Either way, we tell you which way it is.

SanDisk is always making the kill and we think you’ll like its newest and Ferrari-like sleek Contour. But you may be surprised by our recommendation. UFD needing folks, read on…

Corsair today launched the “Flash Padlock” family of affordable USB 2.0 drives, the safest way to secure your data while on the go. Priced starting at only $29.99 USD MSRP, the Flash Padlock line of affordable USB 2.0 flash drives address the need for secure data storage through hardware technology, rather than software. Flash Padlock features “Auto-Locking,” so the user doesn’t need to remember to enable the protective feature — It will automatically lock and protect itself after removal from the computer.

With its simple touch-pad security PIN entry system, Flash Padlock can be unlocked quickly and confidentially for use as a standard USB flash data drive. Flash Padlock is impervious to “brute force” hacks or keystroke loggers that would defeat a software secured USB flash drive.

Flash Padlock is immediately available in two capacities:

• Flash Padlock 1GB ~ $29.99 USD MSRP
• Flash Padlock 2GB ~ $39.99 USD MSRP

Flash Padlock Security Features Include: Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, if you’ve been looking for a rightful companion to your Panasonic Toughbook, then are you in luck today! Corsair has today unveiled its, “extremely rugged,” line of USB thumb drives called the Flash Survivor. Stop with the “Eye of the Tiger” singing! This Survivor will let you bring either the 8 GB or 4 GB flash drive into 200 meters (650 feet) of water on your next deep sea dive. No need to yank it off your key ring (though your cars key fob may no longer function after your dip.) The Flash Survivor is encased in CNC (Computer Numerical Control) milled aluminum which keeps this puppy safe from massive shocks. The drive also has geek protection with 256bit AES encryption for all files stored on the UFD. The GT models are, “5 Times faster than other drives,” to top it all off.

The Flash Survivor GT 8GB sales at $129.99 USD MSRP while the Flash Survivor 4GB will front a $59.99 USD MSRP price tag. More info at the jump.

Is SD (Secure Digital) just too large for you? Do those micro SD cards poke you in the leg when in your pants pockets? Looking for something smaller…yet faster in speed for data transfer rates? Whelp, we’ve got it for you. May we introduce to you the SQ flash card. It’s an itsy bitsy tiny weaney card that measures in a perfect square at 2.0×2.0×2.0mm. Your eyes read correct. That makes it smaller than an SD or micro SD card.

While small, this card ain’t no square when it comes to moving data. It’ll read at speeds of 32.4MB and writes at 21.5MB for the 2GB version. The fastest Smokey caught this on radar was a scorching 60MB’s.

The cool thing about the SQ card is that it’s based on the USB 2.0/OTB standard. That means you should be able to see transfer speeds at 480 MB's. Ala, when future SQ cards reach higher speeds, you won’t have to purchase new hardware. Further, the USB spec allows manufacturers to utilized the 127 USB device per host limit to its advantage. Multiple SQ card sockets into a CE product. Piece of cake. Read: add more than one SQ flash card at a time to help feed the hunger of certain memory aggressive applications.

Now if you’re wondering about the four sides all having contacts on them, well that’s been done on purpose with a purpose, and the purpose being (I swear I’ll stop with purpose) it increases the life of the card by 400%. Nice.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said many times that his number one desire is to make the Macintosh the digital hub of the computer industry. For the most part, his vision has become reality. But ironically, in the hardware realm, old time iPod reseller buddy themselves, HP, seems to be more fitting that description than Macs.

Nearly every HP computer, notebook or desktop, comes with a flash reader. Usually a 10-in-1 set up, reading from Compact Flash (CF) to SD to other less popular formats. Yet, check a Mac for such a built-in reader and you won’t find one. Period. SandDisk, Delkin, or some other third-party manufacturer is the one that’s going to have to help you in this need. Not Apple.

So what gives, Apple? Why can’t you put a built-in flash reader in your Macs? I can understand maybe not the MacBook or Mac mini, but the iMac and MacBook Pro both seem like the perfect home for such a few slots. I grow tired using external adapters or paying $50 for a Delkin CF reader for my MacBook Pro (read our article on that reader.) I know I can’t be the only one.

I don’t write this to be critical of Jobs and his vision or to be negative about the Mac. I only write this in hopes that maybe an Apple engineer or two (or maybe Steve himself) will read this and say, “Ya, he’s right! We do need built-in readers to complete the vision.” That’s all.

So, how are you going to stuff that Compact Flash (CF) card of yours from your DSLR into your MacBook Pro or new fangled PC laptop with its ExpressCard 34 (34 for 34mm in width)? Since your CF card is a bit wider than the ExpressCard slot, you have to either use a USB or Firewire reader to grab your contents off the card. But not anymore thanks to Delkin.

The Delkin eFilm ExpressCard 34 CompactFlash Card Adapter (available at Amazon) will allow you to plug your CF card into your MacBook Pros or PCs ExpressCard slot. With a slight amount of the card sticking out from the slot, this bulge is what helps you get a larger fit into a smaller slot. All the electronics fit into the 34mm slot and the card into the mouth of the adapter. This, of course, means that your CF card will also stick out, but what small price to pay for an ExpressCard CF reader.

The adapter card will smoke the files off the CF card at 20 MB per second and it requires no drivers for either platform. Plug-and-play and it is hot swappable. Nice. And since you probably already have those SD-to-CF card adapters (and then all those other flash to SD adapters, too), you’ll be set with just one card! While a bit pricey at $50, this adapter is still worth it for its size and performance.

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SvenOnTech informed you of one way to watch Flash-based movies from your Mac last week and this week we’ll show you another one entitled Democracy Player. As America spoke yesterday with swinging the House to the Democratic party, the Participatory Culture Foundation has cleared its throat and brought to the Mac, Windows, and Linux world an interesting player for us all to enjoy and love for free.

Democracy Player is an open-source player that brings all sorts of content to you. With over 700 channels to chose from, you could spend a lot of time with this nicely laid out player. If you find a channel that you really enjoy, you don’t have to even view the movie in a small window. With a flick of a few keys or a click of a mouse, you can delight it in full screen.

But what really is Democracy Player? Well, the authors themselves tell us that it is a player that lets you get, “the best internet TV shows in one powerful application: any video RSS feed, video podcast, video blog, or BitTorrent file. Fullscreen, high resolution, 100% free and open source. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide.”

In a nutshell, that’s it. Using the freeware Quicktime plug-in Perian, the Democracy Player will bring you hours and hours of fun to your Mac, PC, or Linux host for sure. Now go download it and waste esteem some time!

Swiss Army sure has changed since I was a kid. Now you can grab one of these cool new pocket knives with an LED flash light, ball point pen, a 2 GB USB drive, and oh ya, a knife.

The new Victorinox Swiss Army SwissMemory 2GB Flight is sure to make any geek manly and sure to put yet another twist on the USB flash drive market. The 2GB USB knife comes with a key ring to keep it close to you at all times (’cause what true geek goes anywhere without his USB drive?) and is compatible with USB 1.1/2.0 interface, Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/MAC OS X, OS 8.6 and higher, Linux 2.4 and higher. If you’re still in the last decade and are using Windows 98, drivers are available at www.swissbit.com/drivers. As an added bonus, you also get Secure-LOCK software will keep your data safe from unauthorized access. www.swissbit.com/securelock.

Sweet, now where can I find one? Look hard, supplies are limited at this time.

YouTube’s got some cool stuff on it. Me, I’ve been pulling down lots of videos of various engines and how they work. The basic in-line engine, the rotary engine, heck, even how to make bio-diesel. But once they’re down on your Mac, how do you watch them? With a Flash (SWF/FLV) player.

Appropriately titled, SWF Movie Player, this player will do the task of playing those YouTube or any other Flash based movie on your Mac. In fact, it’s the only player for the Mac that will play FLV files. With a nice interface and the ability to make a playlist, SWF Movie Player is simply one nice player. Add the fact that if gives details about the movie itself (size, SWF version, frame rate, shapes/morphs/fonts/ActionScripts/sounds/etc.) and it’s free, how can you go wrong?

Thanks, Eltima Software!