• BlockMaster boasts of 'supersonic' USB stick

  Swedish outfit BlockMaster has launched what it claims to be the world's fastest secure USB stick, curing, it says, the problematic trade-off between security and performance.

  By John E. Dunn | 29 August, 2009 01:10

  Tags: flash drive

• Transcend launches rugged USB flash drive

  Transcend has added a new rugged USB flash drive to its range of memory products. The Transcend JetFlash V70 is claimed to have anti-shock features, survive dust and splashes. For this, its exterior casing is made of rubber, and has a tethered cap holder that will help prevent losing the cap.

  By PC World India staff | 25 August, 2009 07:55

  Tags: flash drive, transcend

• Corsair claims world's fastest 128GB USB flash drive

  Corsair Memory Inc. today announced what it claims to be the world's fastest a 128GB USB flash drive, the Flash Voyager GT. The newest Flash Voyager GT is based on a dual-controller architecture to achieve what Corsair said is single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory performance levels using less expensive and higher density multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash.

  By Lucas Mearian | 14 August, 2009 04:21

  Tags: corsair, flash drive

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  Corsair releases one-touch backup USB flash drive adapter

  Corsair Memory Inc. Tuesday introduced a USB flash drive adapter that it said creates a push-button file backup for computers when any flash drive is plugged into it.

  By Lucas Mearian | 01 April, 2009 09:42

  Tags: corsair, flash drive, usb

• How-To: Run applications from a flash drive

  Joseph Mott wants to know if he can put applications, specifically Microsoft Office applications like Word and Excel, onto a flash drive.

  By Lincoln Spector | 13 August, 2009 02:00

  Tags: flash drive

• The computer maintenance flash drive

  In "Applications on a Flash Drive," I mentioned that I keep a flash drive with portable diagnostic tools I use for fixing friends' and relatives' PCs. Andy Ludlum asked what programs I keep on that flash drive.

  By Lincoln Spector | 08 December, 2009 03:43

  Tags: flash drive, software maintenance

Whitepapers about flash drive

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  Two May Be Better Than One: Why Hard Disk Drives and Flash Belong Together

  This white paper will explore the need for a caching and buffering technology between DRAM and HDDs and why Flash memory can be used to fill this need. We will go on to look at various ways that Flash and HDDs can be combined in a computer storage hierarchy. These technologies to combine Flash memory and HDDs include hybrid HDDs, Flash on the computer motherboard, and a combination of Flash and HDD storage devices in the same computer – paired storage systems.