How To Run Linux From A USB Flash Drive

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Most of the time, Linux is run from either an installation on a hard drive or a live CD/DVD distribution. The first is fast, but not very portable; the second can be run anywhere you have a computer and a CD drive with boot access, but typically isn't very fast. ...

The case of the tampered USBs

Monday, May 12th, 2008

For years, organizations have focused on the evil outsiders that were behind attacks on their networks. Firewalls, IDS, IPS technologies have come to the rescue and have resulted in impregnable walls protecting organization networks. Now with strong walls, the challenge is ensuring the trusted insiders don't walk out with the ...

High-Security Flash Storage

Monday, May 5th, 2008

If you think of flash memory, people typically think of USB memory sticks or memory cards for digital cameras and camcorders. But the potential applications for flash have expanded tremendously. The media started off as non-volatile memory for firmware on PCs and consumer electronics devices. It then became an ultra-portable ...

Glowing video tape USB hub

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Nowadays, usb hubs are getting smaller and smaller (and then, they fall behind your desk because the cable is heavier than the hub an then you have to crouch behind your computer to recover it) So I needed something better (of course, i could have simply glued it in place ) I ...

IronKey Unveils 8GB Version of Secure USB Drive

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

IronKey Inc., maker of the world's most secure flash drive, announced today availability of the 8GB-capacity of its IronKey secure USB devices. IronKey brings unprecedented mobile data convenience and security to individuals and organizations with its rugged, waterproof and tamper resistant USB drives that include always-on hardware encryption, strong authentication, portable ...