Flash guys show certified ReadyBoost drives
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(InfoWorld) - Flash memory stick makers are showing off USB (Universal Serial Bus) drives at Computex that have been certified to work with Windows Vista's ReadyBoot and ReadyBoost functions, which improve boot-up times and the software start-up speeds in PCs. The certification has been done to ensure users know exactly which flash devices they can use for the function, although it's not necessary. Windows Vista can scan any USB flash device and determine on its own if the device is fast enough and has the correct capacity to work with ReadyBoot and ReadyBoost. The idea is the same asÂ Intel's Robson technology, except that the flash memory sticks are external devices, while Robson is built inside a laptop PC. "It's not as fast as Robson," said Dave Lee, product manager for flash memory at Kingston Technology. Still, the flash sticks work faster and better than the hard drive for users who don't have Robson in their laptops. Robson is a relatively new technology for laptop PCs, so users with older models can use flash sticks instead. Microsoft is also offering to certify other forms of flash memory, including SD cards and CompactFlash for ReadyBoost and ReadyBoot. Initially, users need to set up their system to draw on the external flash drive for the speedier boot-up and software launch, said Lee. Flash devices with a Vista-certified logo from Microsoft ensures it works with the OS. Kingston is showing several devices that have been certified within the past month, as is SanDiskÂ and A-Data Technology.
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The partners develop flash technology that speeds data transfers by up to five times.
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Chuck Shotton has his Leopard, but hit a wall. "Leopard's migrate user function has failed 3 times on 3 separate clean installs. This is a seriously broken, critical piece of the OS."  Mossberg and Pogue missed it, didn't make it into USA Today. That's the motivation behind the flash conference idea. After two or three days, organize the knowledge as covered by the bloggers, really cover it as tech news has never been covered before. If necessary, have another flashconf two weeks or a month later.
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Clever 'perpendicular recording system' boosts storage capacity
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Samsung is showing off a new 128G-byte flash-based SSD (solid-state drive), one of the largest such drives shown to date, at CES.
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The code for the first open source "intimate interface" to connect sex toy hardware to Second Life is posted by qDot Bunnyhug. Have at it. In Sex Drive Daily.
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Platform-independent tool for Authenticode signing of EXE/CAB files - uses OpenSSL and libcurl. It also supports timestamping.   Includes padding fix and support for signing of already signed files.
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Flash memory maker next week to announce a product to help businesses manage and control the use of USB drives.
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Enter the DMD (Digital Memory Device) Exclusive The Official UK Charts Company (OCC), the organisation that maintains the UK's music sales tables, will include albums sold on USB Flash disks in its tallies from next Monday, 29 October, Register Hardware has learned.â¦
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If it can boot off smut peddlers, it can boot off copyright infringers
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Device offers remote programming, features a whopping 400GB of storage.
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Lacie today introduced a new series of external harddrives with SATA interface at the SMAU trade show in Milan, Italy. The drives are available in capacities up to 400 GByte.
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But it's all a Dell plot, say high-end rivals. The Storage Bridge Bay (SBB) working group (www.sbb.org) is to release version one of the SBB spec next week. This defines standard electromechanics for the controller modules that go into stuff such as disk arrays.â¦
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Newest models use flash memory, have high still-image resolutions.
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Users running Vista can supposedly use flash memory sticks to improve boot-up times and boost the start-up speed of their most important software.
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Storage Expo Iomega punts a hard disk autoloader
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Photo flash memory leader focuses on the masses.