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PortableApps Review (Applications For Your USB Memory Stick)
December 11, 2009
Some things in life are truly frustrating… Having to use Internet Explorer on a public PC, being without an e-mail client that has all my settings already saved – you get the idea, but what’s the solution? Actually, I think I’ve just found it, and all you need is a USB memory stick!
In case you hadn’t already guessed, I’m talking about the PortableApps platform, which is a completely free download, and allows you to install portable versions of many applications on your USB pen drive so that you can take them with you, and can use them on any PC. When downloading PortableApps, you have three packages to choose from: “Platform Only”, “Suite Light” and “Suite Standard”.
Continue reading »Patriot XT Boost 150x 8Gb USB Flash Drive Review
December 8, 2009
I’d seldom care to review an everyday item such as a USB flash drive, but when my old Kingston drive was pulling errors every time I removed it from a Windows PC I suspected that it was about to stop working all together – I was right, the next day the whole thing was a corrupted mess (2 days after I had to buy a new Netgear DGN2000 ADSL wireless router!) so I was on the lookout for another USB pen drive.
When I saw the claims that the Patriot XT Boost (8GB) USB memory stick was “Ultra Fast, Rugged, Waterproof and Shock Resistant” I couldn’t help myself from clicking the little shopping cart in the corner of the screen to try it out for myself… and test those claims in a Gadget Show kind of style! Naturally, the first thing I did after un-boxing it was throw it off the top of my roof. Twice! In case you’re wondering, yes I did throw it pretty hard (which probably isn’t hard at all) and yes, it did survive the fall. Ruggedness? Check.
Continue reading »Star Trek: The Movie Future Begins On USB! (Or Not)
December 2, 2009
I just had to buy this. It’s the new Star Trek movie on a cool all-metal USB key, and it’s in DIVX!
Well, that’s just what the Xbox 360 / Archos / just about everything (apart from the crapple) I have, loves the most! It will play on six devices and well and.. OH MY GOD. Let’s start at the beginning, and then painfully work our way through everything that’s wrong with it, shall we?
I imagine that most people will go through the following sequence, and please bare with me if this isn’t exactly the same for you…
Continue reading »5 Christmas Gadget Present / Gift Ideas For Your Boyfriend Or Husband (2009)
November 20, 2009
Here are some of the best gadgets you can get for your fella this Christmas. The ultimate list of blokes’ gifts. Should be fantastic…
Beer Bottle Goblets
Upside down bottles of Grolsch. Brilliant! How could you ever live without one? Well the truth is, we all could. Quite easily. But these novelty gifts will get their money’s worth of use throughout the year. Plus they have a decent capacity being the same as a bottle. It’s not a pint but it’s a reasonable amount none the less. I’m sure your man would be extremely grateful. Now you can get smaller glass tumblers almost like small cans of Grolsch too. A twin pack of those will set you back just under a tenner from Firebox.com and a pair of the two goblets £12.95. What are you waiting for?
Continue reading »5 Christmas Gadget Present / Gift Ideas For Mum (2009)
November 17, 2009
Now it’s mum’s turn. Find the perfect fun gifts for your mother this Christmas. She does all the wrapping and the majority of the shopping for almost everyone in the family, so don’t forget it when you’re dipping into your Christmas savings for this year’s top gadget gifts.
The Slanket
Available from Firebox.com for just under £30, is The Slanket. Basically, an extra warm, extra long dressing gown/blanket. Perfect for staying warm and comfortable whilst performing simple tasks like sipping your steaming mug of coffee or switching over or off during the queen’s speech (god forbid any such thought would cross your mind). It is available in several different colours although I would avoid the beige or the brown if you’re not 100% convinced your mother really wants to look like a jedi yeti this Christmas. The Slanket really is a great gift for any mum.
Continue reading »Windows 7 Digital Download To Install On Netbooks Via USB (US Only)
October 28, 2009
With sales dwindling, the economy taking a nose dive and Vista failing to impress the masses Microsoft are pretty much jumping on any bandwagon going with the latest version of Windows, and now (after months, or quite possibly years, of rumblings) Windows 7 has been made officially available to the netbook market.
That isn’t to say that it would have been out of bounds to anyone with a netbook (they would just have to have gone through the irritatingly tedious method that I had to do with XP) but now it will be easy to just download Windows 7 onto a USB stick, which will then install it straight onto your ‘optical-drive-lacking’ device.
Continue reading »Lego Brick USB Memory Stick
October 27, 2008
You can now get a lego brick USB memory stick keyring to carry around your all important data around with you!
In recent years I’ve somewhat re-discovered Lego after leaving it behind as a kid, but now this memory stick means I may have to add to my growing Lego collection.
Continue reading »Sandisk Cruzer Titanium USB Memory Stick Review
July 3, 2008
It took me a while to decide upon getting a Sandisk Cruzer Titanium 4GB USB memory stick after my previous Corsair Voyager died on me after around 3 years of loyal service. This was mainly because there are so many USB memory stick out there to choose from, it took a while research what exactly was worth spending you money on, but I believe I’ve managed to find one!
It’s encased in a very solid-feeling titanium casing which not only seems robust, but also looks rather smart too. I found the rather innovative sliding mechanism of the actual USB interface to be a really good feature because it means you’re not going to (inevitably) lose the cap as with many other standard USB memory sticks. However, I don’t know about you, but give me something like this and I will tend to fidget with it all day – which I often do if it’s sat on my desk and not plugged into the computer! 
Star Wars USB Memory Sticks
June 4, 2008
Have you seen these Star Wars Character USB memory sticks before? When I first saw these ‘Star Wars Mimobots’ I thought they were just a little novelty item that somebody had faked in photoshop or something, but you can actually buy these!
Corsair Voyager USB Memory Stick Review
June 23, 2007
USB memory sticks are immensely useful devices, essentially being modern-day floppy disks for moving data around, but they have much larger capacities, often being able to store more than CDs or DVDs. When I leave the house, I normally have one in my gadget bag! This is my Corsair Voyager review!
I bought a 1GB Corsair Voyager USB memory stick over 2 years ago (which cost me nearly £90 at the time!), it has high speed transfer rates and never had a problem using it with any computer I’ve tried it on. Also thanks to it’s robust rubber casing, it’s still in one piece and working very well for me!
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