SanDisk's Cruzer Titanium Plus flash drive

If a 4GB USB flash drive just isn't enough to meet your needs, SanDisk's introducing a new device at CES that not only does the whole storage-of-zeroes-and-ones thing, but comes with six months free online backup with BeInSync (which costs $30 annually thereafter), as well as two years of BoomerangIt lost and found service. It'll be available in March for $60. One more shot after the break.

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Lenovo rolls out Olympic-themed USB drive

Lenovo formally launched in the Beijing Olympic torch flash memory, this is the first Olympic torch to the theme of action for storage products.
Its innovative technology and symbol of China's impression of the Millennium "lacquer red" color and "Xiangyun" pictorial beauty, the 2008
Olympic Games are approaching footsteps, we are prepared to use the telephone to see what size event live?

Of course, this is not practical products, but in 2008 the time should have been given for foreign friends as souvenirs.

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SHD-U32GS, a new 32GB TurboUSB memory Card

If you are desperately looking for a way to download all your company's client database before running away with it and selling it to any competitors, here you are, maybe the ultimate USB Key, which will allow you to store up to 32GB of data and which will be 20% faster than any other USB Key thanks to the Buffalo’s TurboUSB…

Oh by the way, I am not responsible if someone will actually do what I just wrote previously…

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Adobe Debuts New Flash Products

  Adobe Systems is rolling out the Adobe Flash Media Server 3 family of products, which offers streaming media and real-time communication capabilities.

The new products, announced Dec. 4, offer industry standard H.264 video capabilities and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support. They also feature increased protection for streaming high-quality video and for the delivery of interactive media applications that work consistently across multiple browsers and operating systems.

In addition, the Adobe Flash Media Server 3 provides a more efficient instant-on video experience to the Web, the desktop with Adobe Media Player and to mobile devices with Adobe Flash Lite 3.

The new product line includes two offerings: Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 for live and on-demand video streaming and Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3 for customized scalable video streaming services, plus multi-way social media applications.

"By offering the Flash Media Server 3 product line coupled with new pricing options, Adobe is reducing the barrier to entry for content owners who want to deliver streaming video or real-time communications online," said John Loiacono, senior vice president of creative solutions at Adobe. "Whether they opt for interactive social media services or linear streaming, our customers can feel confident that their media is more secure and that the end-user experience is the highest quality."

Adobe Flash Media Server 3 is expected to be available in January 2008 and will ship with special pre-built services, making it easier to stream Flash Player-compatible video. Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3 will be offered at $4,500. For single-server deployments, Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 will be available at $995.

Meanwhile, Adobe also announced the availability of Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 software, previously code-named "Moviestar." Adobe Flash Player 9 now includes H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and HE-AAC audio capabilities. The latest update also features hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced, full-screen video playback for high-resolution viewing across major operating systems and browsers. The combination of Adobe Flash Player 9 and Adobe Flash Media Server 3—also announced Dec. 4—enables the delivery of HD-quality video to the broadest online audience. Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 is available immediately here.

Adobe Flash Player 9 is immediately available as a free download for Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms.

 

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USB 3.0 -- 10 Times Faster -- In the Works for 2009

USB, that little rectangular plug that can be found on just about every computer peripheral cable you come across, is one of the biggest success stories in the history of computing. Ditching the slow serial and parallel cables of yore and replacing them with a fast, universal standard that could draw power and allowed connecting of dozens of peripherals without rebooting... well, it was genius. When USB 2.0 arrived, with much faster performance, it got even better. It's not hyperbole to say that USB, despite its humble status as a mere connector, is one of the most important computer technologies to ever
be invented.

Well, USB fans, things are going to get even more interesting and soon. USB 2.0 may be fast enough right now, but with
more high-definition video products arriving and bigger and bigger files being transferred, that won't be the case forever. Enter USB 3.0, which moves the bandwidth needle from 480Mbps to roughly 4.8Gbps, 10 times faster than the current version.

The new standard, which was recently demonstrated using a new optical cable (but the same connector), will be backward compatible with older USB formats and promises better power efficiency, too, in order to decrease the load on portable devices. Possibly in the works: Better ability to charge devices over USB, some of which still require an A/C adapter or
two USB connections to draw enough juice.

Specs are planned to be delivered early next year with commercial availability for 2009. Just do us a favor and clearly label USB 3.0 products with an appropriate logo this time! (USB 2.0 got caught up in a mini scandal when vendors started labeling USB 1.1 products as "USB 2.0 capable," with vendors later claiming they only meant the products worked with USB 2.0
connections. Fail!)

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