Tag: USB DRIVE

Opera 11 already looks like it's going to be a solid browser once complete, with support for extensions, and even faster JavaScript and rendering engines. Over at TechieBuzz, they spotted one more feature addition: the option to install Opera 11 to an external device. During the install, just click the options button instead of accept and install. You'll be taken to the screen above, where you ...

When you delete files on your computer, they're really not gone for good. Only once it's been emptied from your recycle bin is the file truly deleted. People tend to make mistakes and by saving fragments of the file it can be retrieved in a desperate "whoops moment". This has always been a pretty straightforward process on your computer, but USB drives and removable media makes it a little ...

With USB drives getting larger in capacity but smaller in size every day, the space on which you can scrawl your "If found..." contact info is becoming more and more limited. The solution? Make your USB drive identify itself and ask to be sent home if someone finds it and plugs it in to their computer. The Daily Cup of Tech has a tutorial and a little program for making a box with your contact ...

Portable apps are really taking off. Portable Gaim is a version of the Gaim multi-protocol IM client that you can install onto a USB drive. That means you can take all of your contact, settings, and logs for AIM, MSN, Yahoo! IM, ICQ, and Jabber and keep them with you whether're on your own computer, a friend's, or one in an Internet cafe. Currently Portable Gaim is based on Gaim 1.5 for Windows, ...

InformationWeek is reporting that Lexar and Google have made a deal that will ship Google's apps, including Picasa, Google Desktop, and Google Toolbar, on Lexar's USB flash drives. The Google apps will be included on Lexar's JumpDrive product line. The article goes on to describe Lexar's product VP Steffen Hellmold's vision to put users' an entire operating environment on USB drives, stating, ...