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Pure Gold USB Memory Stick from the Middle East October 17th 2011 | Posted in Gadgets Having just written about the nearly million dollars that a Kate Moss statue in gold sold for, its almost as if yellow Gold just came back into fashion. What else can explain this pure gold USB memory drive from Jamil Pure Gold ? Its not the first USB memory stick in a gold bar form, but it is definitely the first one to be made from 24 karat gold that is 999.9 percent pure gold leaf. Also, unlike the memory sticks of yore ,...

David Braben is a very well-known game developer who runs the UK development studio Frontier Developments, but is just as well known for being the co-developer of Elite. Over his career his studio has brought us the Rollercoaster Tycoon series, Thrillville, Lost Winds, and most recently Kinectimals. In the background, however, Braben has been trying to tackle another problem: getting programming and general learning of how computers work back into schools. Braben argues that education since we entered the 2000s has turned towards ICT which teaches useful skills such as writing documents in a word processor, how to create presentations,...

If you are among the growing legion of porn addicts that spend your employer’s time or resources viewing and downloading graphic images, be very afraid. There is a new tool your boss (or spouse) can use to catch you.

Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my headline gets you all worked up, consider what I'm saying here. The CD and other optical discs, like DVDs and Blu-rays, are obviously going to live on for a while as a way to transport media. But make no mistake that today, with two unveilings, Apple has effectively sealed the fate of the optical disc in the computer industry. Soon, it will go the way of the floppy disk... First of all, the first-generation Airs were a bad combination of underpowered and overpriced. That is no longer the case. Second, they required some...

I have an HP Laserjet4P printer that I connect to my Dell Vostro 1320 laptop via a parallel-to-USB cable. If I plug this cable into three of my four USB ports, I cannot print. I see, in my printer queue, the document, plus the remark "use printer offline." Only when I plug into the fourth USB port do I succeed in printing. When I do so, the "use printer offline" message disappears, the printer light blinks and prints and the queue entry disappears. What is going on? Thanks.

What can you do with a few gigabytes and a USB port? Quite a lot, with the right software. Learn how to encrypt your work, run whole systems, rescue Windows, and customize your thumb drive with these USB-geared tricks.Photo by Debs (ò‿ó)♪.Note: Gina previously rounded up 10 thumb drive tricks in April 2007, and we've borrowed a few of those ideas here. But many of the apps have updated, some have been replaced with better offerings, and a few totally new cool things (Chrome OS! XBMC!) have made their way into this mix.10. Give Your Drive a Custom Icon An...

iPhone 4 bursts into flames, burns hand by Boy Genius on July 8th, 2010 at 3:47pm One of our very close AT&T sources just sent us in these images. Yes, it’s a fried iPhone 4. Apparently a customer brought the phone into the store to try and get help with it, although it’s pretty evident that the phone is unrepairable. It’s the first time our guy has seen this happen (us too), but the brand new iPhone 4 caught on fire while being hooked up to a computer using the Apple USB cable that accompanied the device.

Wonderful, just one more way for our benevolent federal government to spy on us.

I've recentluy been mulling getting a new portable PC, and have been considering getting a Netbook, rather than a notebook. While a netbook is much smaller and lighter for traveling pirposes, I still want to be able to hook it up to a larger monitor, keyboard and mouse at home, and be able to watch movies with a USB connected DVD drive. Looking at the specs of some Netbooks, it appears this can be done as easily as with a full sized notebook. But I find myself wondering, if these Netbooks can handle..basically replacing a Notebook as the central componant...

The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has warned that the software included in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a backdoor that allows unauthorized remote system access. In an advisory, the US-CERT warned that he installer for the Energizer DUO software places the file UsbCharger.dll in the application’s directory and Arucer.dll in the Windows system32 directory. For more: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5602&tag=wrapper;col1

You’ll be hearing a lot about USB 3.0 this year. And well you should, because its potential is vast. But will system vendors step up to the plate to deliver all of USB 3’s goodness?Speeds und feeds USB 2.0 has never delivered the advertised 480 mbits/sec because that number technically correct and operationally bogus. If you have data transferring in both directions at the same time it could happen - but for USB disks it never does. That drops the theoretical transfer rate to 240 mbits/sec, but because of protocol overhead - for example, some signal redundancy to increase data...

Trinity Anderson, the Longmont toddler who suffered severe burns after sticking a USB cable in her mouth, is in critical but stable condition after a surgery Friday morning. ... Trinity received third-degree burns to the right side of her tongue, her hard and soft palates, and both of her lips on the right side. ... Doctors managed to restart the child’s heart, and later that night, Trinity was flown to The Children’s Hospital. Jeff Anderson said the doctors told him these sort of accidents weren’t unheard of, though this was the first one they knew of involving a USB cable.

USB 2.0 is so last millennium. No, seriously. We've had the specification since the year 2000, which is technically the previous millennium. Given how quickly the PC industry moves, though, it might as well have been a full millennium ago. Back in 2000, Intel was pushing Pentium III CPUs, 3dfx was still selling graphics processors, and Windows XP was a year away. Things have certainly changed since the so-called Hi-Speed USB spec was released, and its 480Mbps peak data rate has been grossly inadequate for quite some time now. In the real world, you're lucky to push more than about...

After waiting around for what feels like ages, USB 3.0 can now say it has its first certified product in NEC's xHCI host controller. We know this may not be the most exciting first product to get the all-important seal of approval, but you've got to start somewhere... a number of manufacturers would likely try to get USB 3.0-equipped wares onto store shelves before that magical day in December... a Buffalo external hard drive, an ExpressCard-to-USB 3.0 adapter and even a full-on laptop with a functioning USB 3.0 port... USB 3.0 wares will be able to connect via older USB...

I suspect that China might be stealing our confidential data that is stored (or backed up) on external USB hard disks, such as those 1 TB commodities sold as Costco for $100. Early this year, I bought two 1 TB external USB drives to backup my computer. These drives cost a little over $100 with a five-year warranty. I figured, for redundancy, I’d copy my main C-drive data files to both drives, just in case one dies. Sure enough, six months later, I get the Windows XP error message “USB Device Not Recognized: one of the USB devices attached to...

Want to make a lasting impression at the next Junior Republican Convention? Just tell everyone you have the President in your pocket,...

European banks among top beneficiaries of AIG bailout ...http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/03/15/business/OUKBS-UK-FINANCIAL-AIG-COUNTERPARTIES.phpGerman and French banks got $36 billion from AIG Bailout ...http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/03/german_and_fren.html[US tax dollars at work] Societe General (FRANCE) - $11.9 Billion Deutsche Bank (GERMANY) - $11.8 Billion Calyon (FRANCE) - $2.3 Billion Barclays (U.K.) - $8.5 Billion UBS (Switzerland) - $5.0 Billion DZ Bank (GERMANY) - $700 Million Wachovia - $1.5 Billion Rabobank (HOLLAND) - $800 Million KFW (GERMANY) - $500 Million Banco Santander (SPAIN) - $300 Million Danske (DENMARK) - $200 Million HSBC Bank (U.K.) - $3.5 Billion Bank of Montreal (CANADA) - $1.1 Billion Royal Bank of Scotland (U.K.) -...

FORT HUACHUCA — For people who like to watch the post Commander’s Access Channel 97 on cable on and off the post, all that is currently available is a live feed from the Pentagon. Local stories cannot be provided due to a Department of Defense-wide shutdown of USB ports on computers because of a global virus found on Department of Defense networks, fort spokeswoman Tanja Linton said. “The Public Affairs Office is unable to upload or download video from other systems or our cameras,” she said Friday. The problem began early last week. Network Enterprise Technology Command spokesman Gordon Van...

Federal regulators should consider revoking the US banking license of the giant Swiss Bank UBS because of its role in helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars in taxes, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) told ABC News today. "I don't think that any bank that goes to the extent that UBS has gone through to avoid doing what their agreements with the United States require them to do, should be allowed to continue to do business unless they clean up their act," Levin said. UBS's role in arranging "undeclared" accounts for an estimated 19,000 US citizens was one focus of a...

A USB flash drive containing troop deployment maps used in Japan-U.S. military exercises, which had reportedly been lost by a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) member, was actually stolen and dumped by another member, the force has admitted. The 33-year-old captain stole the memory stick along with 2,000 yen in cash and a 10,000-yen airline coupon for shareholders from a colleague in mid-February last year. The GSDF announced on May 24 last year that it had suspended the captain for 60 days for stealing the money and coupon, although it covered up the theft of the USB flash drive. Defense Minister...