Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2009


Dec 9, 2008

Super Speed USB Logo and Cable Details - USB 3.0

 USB 3.0 uses different cable. But the connectors remains same. USB 3.0 cable carries 6 signals. The SuperSpeed USB carries 4 different signals, and can provide upto 50 percent more power for unconfigured or suspended devices, and 80 percent more power for configured devices.

USB 3.0 will support data rates as high as 5.0 Gb/sec— which is 10 times faster than USB 2.0 (High Speed USB). 

USB over IP Capabilities for your USB device. Silex introduced SDKs for network sharing of USB devices. It is called Silex Virtual Link SDKs.

For more information and features of this SDK visit here.


A USB Beverage Chiller?


Hmm.. that's an interesting Idea. 

This product is available here for 24.99 USD. But the web site also says it is out of stock.

Looks useful. Is in't it?

At Amazon also it is available. Here is the link.

What to do with small memory size USB Flash Drives

Today I found out an interesting article posted by Michael Kwan here that explains how to get benifit from existing USB Drives.

Here I will give the synopsis.
1. If you are using Windows Vista you can convert your USB drive to a Computer Lock. The process of doing this is explained here by Lifehacker.

2. There are versions of Linux that you can carry in the Thumb Drive. Visit http://www.pendrivelinux.com for the possibilities.

3. Again you can load portable Apps. This helps you when you go to internet cafe as suggested by Michael Kwan. You can find some USB portable Apps here(http://portableapps.com/). 

If you also have any more Ideas feel free to add them here.