Kingston DataTraveler Reader for SD/MMC at Tech Without Wires

Since SD/MMC cards have been around since the paleolithic age, they have been considered a cheap solution for portable storage for cellphones and digicams (yeah, there's also Compact Flash, but its too bulky to be versatile). Kingston has a USB drive that actually serves as a SD/MMC card reader. Just pop open the hood of the DataTraveler and stick your memory card inside to simulate some 4GB Thumbdriving! [source] [...] Read More


Gmail Your Personal Nerve Center at Tech Without Wires

Ruud Hein in "walk the walk" outlines a way for you to make Gmail your personal information nerve Center. The idea seems simple enough to implement, I don't know why I didn't think of this before. The idea is that as you read in Google Reader you can nominate those items that you want to follow-up and keep for later reference. The idea is that using the mashup provided in this [...] Read More


Kingston Combines Flash Memory and Card Reader at The Gadgets Weblog

That image you see there is a picture of the new 4 GB Kingston DataTraveler Reader, unleashed on the world along with its 1 GB and 2 GB siblings on March 8 (although the 4 GB version won't hit the streets until next quarter). As you can guess from the name, the DataTraveler Reader combines a USB drive with a memory card reader, allowing you to carry around two forms [...] Read More


Review of the Kingston DataTraveler Secure at The Gadgets Weblog

I've always thought the heavily armored USB drives were a bit of a gimmick, but ComputerWorld writer Robert Mitchell seems to need one - he lost his last USB drive in the snow and ended up crushing it with his car. To replace the lost drive, Robert purchased a Kingston DataTraveler Secure, which has a titanium-reinforced hide, claims of being waterproof and data encryption and put the drive through some [...] Read More