If you need a new computer or a laptop with a built-in serial port, you are in trouble, especially when it comes to mobile computers. In almost all home or office environments, the old serial protocol was replaced by the Universal Serial Bus, the USB, so PC manufacturers stopped providing them as standard hardware. But […]
The need of faster data transmission between external devices and host computer is higher and higher and mostly because of this, the global sales of USB 3.0 devices are projected to reach at least 3 billion units by 2018. As we all know, today, the USB standard has become a need for most electronic devices […]
We are all curious about the designs of some customised USB flash drives and almost all of them are provoking interest, mostly because of their unique nature. This applies even to a USB drive stuck inside a Lego brick or one with its electrical parts just wrapped in electrical tape. But in this article we […]
Most all computer users still have some USB sticks that are not used anymore, just sitting around, waiting to be useful again. But why not put them to good use once more? Imagine that you’re at your home or work computer, you have a dozen tabs opened in your browser window and you’re writing or […]
Part 2 – USB 3.0 versus Firewire, eSATA and ExpressCard 2.0 Just as before, in the Part 1 of our comparison, we’ll try to be as brief as possible in comparing the USB 3.0 with the other popular computer interfaces, to present you just the facts and a few impressions. USB 3.0 versus Firewire The […]
Part 1 – USB 3.0 versus USB 2.0 and Thunderbolt We’ll try to be as brief as possible in comparing the USB 3.0 with other popular computer interfaces. Today, we’ll compare it with Thunderbolt and USB 2.0, unbiased facts and impressions, so you can make the best decision for your devices, gadgets and mobile or […]
Many of our customers asked us a lot of questions on this topic, so in this article we will try to bring into light the main differences between USB flash drives and SSD. Basically, they are both storage mediums that can ass more capacity to our computers and both are flash memory based and programmable […]
Since it was launched, in the late 1990s, the Universal Serial Bus connector’s technology has been found in all computers and almost every PC connectable gadget. In 2013 alone, over 4 billion USB enabled devices were sold, but most of us take it for granted, just like we do with the paper clips and staplers. […]
Because we like to stay informed about what is new in IT and we love gadgets, we want so share with you the latest cutting edge innovations and technologies on the market. This year, in the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, a lot of wacky tech, offbeat and strange lurking devices and […]
There are some moments in our lives when we find ourselves in the situation of looking over our desk to find a place to plug-in the USB devices. We talk about our smartphones, a USB flash drive or a portable hard drive, a new wireless mouse or some other peripheral. And surprise, we find out […]
If often happens that we only realise how important is what we possess, when we’ve misplaced or lost that particular individual, object or data. Something similar is happening with the files that we have on our USB flash drives, as we do not fully realise the importance of the USB caps. These small storage devices […]
If you are a person that spends a lot of time working on the computer, then you can understand the importance of the USB ports and devices. Today, as the USB has become the standard connection method, our keyboards, pointing devices and a very large array of other devices use this port, making our work […]