Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 7:38pm
All of us have essential information that we might need access to when we're far from home. This watch with a built in MicroSD card reader, makes sure that you're prepared no matter where you happen to be.
flash memory stories
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 5:01am
Toshiba is trying to push out a new standard in the kind of SDHC memory cards your digital camera probably uses. Personally, we hope the company succeeds. That's because if they do, Toshiba could be delivering wireless capabilities to all SDHC-compatible cameras — and even other devices — bringing a high-end feature to the masses.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 3:33am
When the iPhone first launched it came in two flavors: 4GB and 8GB. It's almost hard to imagine cramming today's movies, music and pictures onto a drive so tiny. Now it's up to 16GB and 32GB, but that still sounds on the smallish side. Hey, how about 128GB?
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 5:21am
Toshiba — the world's No. 2 NAND flash memory maker behind Samsung according to Reuters — is preparing the next advance in flash technology with even denser memory chips (similar to the silicon wafer pictured above). The company currently products...
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 7:16am
I remember my first USB thumb drive. It was a 256MB Samsung number, about the size of an old, Pez-dispenser-shaped iPod Shuffle (with the same annoying habit of blocking the USB port right beside the one you plugged it into)....
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 8:58am
The PhotoFast CR-7200 looks like an ordinary CompactFlash (CF) card, but it's really a holder for those tiny microSD cards. The remarkable thing about it is, you can put four 16GB microSDHC cards inside, resulting in 64GB of flash storage,...
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 3:11pm
As Congress debates the controversial bailout/bridge loan/taxpayer-money-down-the-drain for the Big Three American automakers, be glad camcorders are made by Asian companies. Why? Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic and Samsung are sliding down the same razorblade of doom as the Big...
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 4:00am
SanDisk's new 32GB SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash card hopes to draw folks such as serious video professionals, who often have to store and access large, raw files. At 32 GB, it has almost as much storage as plenty of...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 12:00pm
Here’s a reality check for you: Drives are shrinking even more. That 8GB Super Talent flash memory drive in the picture above is the smallest one in the world; it's barely an inch long. It’s easy on your pocketbook,...
Friday, March 28, 2008 - 2:00pm
Now cheap lensmaker Vivitar joins the likes of Canon and Sanyo in the tiny HD camcorder derby with its DVR565HD, recording 720p on a minuscule SD flash memory card. Adding to the fun is a relatively huge 3-inch viewscreen,...
