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Toshiba and SanDisk use 19nm process to shrink 128Gbit memory chips
Toshiba said this morning it has shrunk the size of its 128Gbit NAND flash memory chips, in the race to bring more storage to products like USB storage and memory cards.
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New USB stick comes with built-in PIN keypad
A US company has come up with an original take on ultra-secure portable storage, fitting a full PIN entry keypad to a USB stick.
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Freecom outs first ever USB 3.0 hard drive
After 8 years of success the USB 2.0 standard has begun its long journey into obsolescence. Dutch storage company Freecom has announced the first mainstream storage product based on ?SuperSpeed' USB 3.0.
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Microsoft Windows 7 security changes backported to XP, Vista
Four months after it modified Windows 7 to stop the Conficker worm from spreading through infected flash drives, Microsoft has ported the changes to older operating systems, including Windows XP and Vista, the company announced on Friday.
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New company launches cloud NAS
A start-up has developed a device designed to seamlessly connect network attached storage to online backup services such as Amazon's S3 Simple Storage Service
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Lexar releases 16GB encrypted flash drive
Lexar Media has 'dramatically expanded' the storage capabilities of its USB flash drives after announcing a 16GB memory stick that comes bundled with a number of security features, including encryption and a file shredder.
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Buffalo ships low-cost crypto drive
Buffalo Technology has become the latest vendor to announce a USB hard drive featuring built-in, hardware-backed encryption. Almost as interesting is that is costs almost the same as the same drive without security.
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InstallFree promises easy desktop virtualisation
A US and Israel-based company, InstallFree, has launched the first of a series of virtualisation products designed to give IT managers an easier and more secure way to manage and deploy virtual applications.
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Tiny Linux hits the streets
A very small Linux operating system, known as Puppy Linux, has had a "major upgrade" after version 3.0 hit the streets this week.
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Firms ignore wireless and VoIP threats
Organisations are ignoring threats from Wi-Fi, VoIP and USB storage devices. That's according to a survey by the National Computing Centre which found that 40 percent of British organisations had only partially secured their networks.
