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• simplicITy to 'revolutionise' computing with USB software system

  By Nermin Bajric | 17 April, 2012 13:06

  simplicITy computers is aiming at revolutionising computing with its Homekey memory stick built with Envelope software, a device targeted at individuals who have trouble operating existing systems.

• APP OF THE DAY: gPad remote touchpad/keyboard

  By Hafizah Osman | 20 March, 2012 10:55

  gPad remote touchpad/keyboard

• The amazing shrinking computer

  By Mark Gibbs | 08 December, 2011 06:28

  The quest for smaller and smaller computing devices usually involves a tradeoff between processor power, battery life, communications features, memory and storage. While the product I'm looking at is in some respects the result of the intersection of a vision with compromises, the WiMM One from WiMM Labs is one of the slickest miniature computing devices I've seen to date.

• Android in 2012: What’s next?

  By Armando Rodriguez | 06 December, 2011 01:42

  Google only scratched the surface with the latest improvements to its Android mobile operating system. Users have been left wanting more, and they are likely to get it in 2012.

• Google TV to Launch in Europe

  By Christina DesMarais | 29 August, 2011 01:15

  Google TV isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. It will launch in Europe early next year despite a shaky start in the United States.

• PRODUCTS: Kingston introduces Earth Angel USB Drive in Australia

  By Hafizah Osman | 29 July, 2011 11:43

  Kingston introduces Earth Angel USB Drive in Australia

• APP OF THE DAY: Remote RDP Lite

  By Spandas Lui | 22 July, 2011 11:51

  A few weeks ago, I had written up an article on my home computer, saved it on my USB thumb drive, brought it to work only to realise I had saved the document file in the wrong place.

• LATEST: Android Honeycomb 3.1 update for Acer Iconia

  By Hafizah Osman | 05 July, 2011 17:21

  Acer Iconia consumers can now access the latest Google Android Honeycomb 3.1 update on their tablets.

• Apple updates iMacs with Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 May, 2011 12:08

  Apple has refreshed its iMac desktop line, which now sport Intel's second-generation quad-core processors and the new Thunderbolt connectivity technology that debuted in February on the company's MacBook Pro laptops.

• Learn how to run programs from your flash drive

  By Rick Broida | 27 April, 2011 08:15

  Reader Patricia has a question: "Why can't application software be put on USB drives instead of [hard] disks?"

• MacBook Pros may debut Light Peak, Intel's USB slayer

  By Jared Newman | 24 February, 2011 07:19

  Apple's next-generation MacBook Pros may thicken the plot to kill USB, using Intel's Light Peak optical technology and rebranding it as "Thunderbolt."

• Rocstor Embraces USB 3.0 For New Hard Drives

  By Elizabeth Fish | 05 January, 2011 12:51

  Storage company Rocstor has added two new USB 3.0 devices to their product line up, just in time for CES 2011.

• Fearing more Wikileaks, military bans DVDs, thumb drives

  By Jared Newman | 11 December, 2010 05:39

  Removable media such as CDs, DVDs and USB drives are no longer allowed on classified military computers.

• Hackers claim 'jailbreak' victory with PS3 USB key

  By Matt Peckham | 21 August, 2010 04:29

  In the four years since Sony's PlayStation 3 has been with us, it's never been hacked to play pirated games--until now, that is, if claims by hacker group PSJailbreak prove true.

• USB connector can be plugged in any way up

  By Chris Brandrick | 15 July, 2010 10:43

  How many times have you gone to plug in a USB device, only to get it wrong and try to plug it in upside down? Ultratek is guessing that it's a fairly common occurrence, and it's recently introduced a USB connector that can be inserted regardless of its orientation.