On 8th of May, Panda Security announced the release of Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0, the latest edition of its very popular cloud-based antivirus application. We’ve tried it and we have to say that it is fast and ultra-lightweight without making any compromises to functionality. The 3.0 version comes with a Windows 8 styled interface, as […]
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Keepod, the socially responsible bootable OS for USB drives
May 15, 2014In Nairobi, Kenya, there is a 500,000 resident slum, Mathare, where there is no school system, water supply or even basic sanitation. Except for the “street” schools, people living there have no other access to the most basic learning facilities, so only 10% of the local youth manage to reach college or other form of […]
Europe supports the call for a universal smartphone charger
May 6, 2014Today, smartphones come in all shapes and sizes and to find the right charger for the one we own can become a maddening scramble. But all this may come to an end as European politicians backed up a regulation to force smartphone manufacturers to use for their devices just one type of charger. Universal […]
Intel’s Thunderbolt 3
May 5, 2014To keep up with the trend generated by the announcement of the new USB 3.1 connectors, Intel is coming with the Thunderbolt 3, which also promises a smaller connector and double the speed of the previous versions. But the release of this new technology will have to wait a while, most probably until 2015 at […]
The super-secure USB drive Talis Operating System
April 25, 2014Maybe you have heard about the Lavabit.com, the extra secure and private e-mail provider that Mr. Snowden used. This service has shutdown rather abruptly, not to comply with the US government requests about the Snowden connections. Talis Operating System But we will not go into further details with this story, as we’d like to talk […]
The Kingston’s 1 TB USB flash drive on Lightning Deal
April 23, 2014In the last years, the USB storing technology advanced pretty fast. At the CES in 2013, the Kingston Technology, Inc. ‘s HyperX Predator of 1 terabyte USB flash drive had its debut. Kingston HyperX Predator Even now, this huge USB stick is still not quite affordable. With a Lighting Deal from the popular shopping portal […]
Portable wind turbine for charging USB devices
April 21, 2014If you travel a lot, portable chargers are very useful, even necessary. Everyone loves to have their USB devices charged on the go, without the need of having an electrical outlet available. Just hook up you smartphone, laptop or GPS, put it in your bag and go. But the problem appears when you need to […]
10 meters optical USB 3.0 cables
April 18, 2014Thanks to the new Corning’s optical cables, USB 3.0 connections are advancing to light speed transfers and, none the less, longer distances. With stretches of up to 10 meters, the USB 3.0 optical cable has transfer data speeds much higher than the standard copper ones. Plus, unlike the standard cable, which could only run for […]
Reversible USB 3.1 Cables
April 16, 2014For almost two decades computer users’ difficulties regarding trying and failing to plug-in the USB connectors will come to an end. The new Type-C USB connector model is going to be both symmetrical and reversible. The ends of the cable will the same at both ends and it will no longer matter which way the […]
The Radiation-Tolerant NAND Flash Memory
April 15, 2014Even thou the first glimpse at the product was at the Long Beach Convention Center during the April 1-3 Space Tech Expo, the TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. or TCS, one of the world leaders in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology announced this year, on April 8, the new radiation-tolerant NAND flash memory device. NAND […]
Is USB technology killing the desktops?
April 11, 2014At IDF 2014, in China, Intel released more details about the new revision of the USB technology, the version 3.1. The update was announced in 2013 by the USB Promoter Group and it may be formally approved in the next few months. The USB 3.1 The USB 3.1 comes with a new connector named USB […]
The Wireless Flash Drive
April 8, 2014In this article, we will give you a little review about the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive. This device is a quite new addition from the flash memory maker and it offers, basically, all the features that are found in other similar existing Wi-Fi devices. But its major advantage is it size, the SanDisk Connect […]