I4U Gadget Model of the Month

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iPhone Flash Player almost finished

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iPhone Flash Player almost finished Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Adobe said that they are almost done with a Flash player for the Apple iPhone. Apple is in control of when Flash support will be rolled out for the iPhone though.
The details on what the iPhone Flash player would actually be supported are still unkown.
Given that many sites use Flash in the layout it is important to support Flash on web pages. Additionally many videos are only offered through Flash video players, which do not currently play on the iPhone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:07:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Locket Secure Flash Drive Debuts

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Locket Secure Flash Drive Debuts Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review The Locket flash drive is intended to be one central location that allows you to keep all of your vital facts and information safe and secure, but accessible. The device is intended for medical records, contact information, and other vital facts.

The drive can also be used for photos, journals, and recipes. The Locket drive will work on Windows XP, 2003 or Vista computers. The drive has 1Gb of storage space and retails for $109.95 normally. Exactly what type of encryption Locket uses is unknown. Read more

Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Duracell Daylite LED Flashlight Review

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Duracell Daylite LED Flashlight Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today we are looking at a very good flashlight from Duracell called the Duracell Daylite LED Flashlight. The flashlight comes in three versions defined by the light output and the battery type used.

The flashlight is available in CR123, AA, and AAA versions. The light produced is very bright and better than many much larger flashlights. Read more

Posted on Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:50:52 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Military Tactical Flashlight is I4U Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide Tip #7

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Military Tactical Flashlight is I4U Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide Tip #7 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review A flashlight cannot be missing in a Holiday Gift Guide. We picked the most versatile U.S. Military Tactical Flashlight available from cult gadget shop Hammacher Schlemmer.
Slightly longer than a cell phone the flashlight provides 20 tactical light functions.

The flashlight has a 185° articulating head that houses four different LEDs. It has a bright 1/2-watt bright white LED housed inside a waterproof, gasket-sealed polycarbonate lens used for general lighting purposes.
Its red LED is used for ambient illumination by military aviators at night, and can be used at night for reading maps or observing insects.
The green LED is used to preserve night vision; can be used with night vision goggles during wildlife observation. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Lexar Announces 16GB FireFly Flash Drive

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Lexar Announces 16GB FireFly Flash Drive Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Lexar has announced a new version of its FireFly flash drive with 16GB of storage space. The drive is very small physically and still provides lots of storage space to carry large files and applications. The FireFly is also available in capacities of 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB.

The drive includes a keychain hole to make carrying easy. A removable cap keeps the USB connector safe when not in use. The drive also features a blue LED that blinks during data transfer. Windows users also get a 30-day trial of Dmailer V7 for synchronizing of email from Outlook and Outlook Express. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:06:17 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

ATP EarthDrive 4GB Flash Drive Review

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ATP EarthDrive 4GB Flash Drive Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today I am looking at an eco-friendly flash drive made from biodegradable and recycled materials. The drive is called the ATP EarthDrive and can be had in capacities from 1GB to 8GB.

The drive uses a retractable USB connector and most internal components are encased making the drive water, dust, and shock proof. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:41:07 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Duracell Introduces Daylight Flashlights

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Duracell Introduces Daylight Flashlights Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Duracell has introduced its latest line of flashlights called the Daylite series, which is available in three models. Duracell uses patented TrueBeam technology that captures, focuses, and projects more light than the typical LED or bulb technologies used on most flashlights.

Duracell says that a standard flashlight only captures 70% of the total light in a 180-degree pattern. Its TrueBeam technology is able to capture and project up to 100% of the light, illuminating dark spots that are common with typical flashlights. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Numonyx and Hynix Extend Effort to Introduce New Flash Products

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Numonyx and Hynix Extend Effort to Introduce New Flash Products Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Hynix and Numonyx announced today that they had extended a five-year agreement to expand their joint development programs for new NAND flash product lines. Under the new agreement, the companies will expand the scope of development efforts to deliver new NAND flash products.

The two firms will also collaborate on mobile DRAM used in multichip packaged for mobile phones. The DRAM operations will involve a joint manufacturing initiative for the production of 300 mm low power DRAM. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:13:34 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

E3 2009 possibly flashier again

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E3 2009 possibly flashier again Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review The E3 2008 is over and has left us with mixed feelings. Only Microsoft pleased us with their E3 press briefing. Nintendo and Sony held back with only a few interesting announcements, and did not dazzle most of us.
This was the 2nd year of the E3 in its cut back invitation only and almost Booth Babes free version. But this might change again for E3 2009.
The San Francisco Chronicle captured some voices from video game executives that say that they want a bigger event that reflects better the current video game industry success. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:24:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung and Sun Develop Ultra-Endurance Flash for Server SSDs

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Samsung and Sun Develop Ultra-Endurance Flash for Server SSDs Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Samsung and Sun Microsystems announced today that they have teamed up to develop single-level-cell NAND flash memory for use in SSDs to offer much higher levels of endurance than other flash memory on the market. The relatively low endurance of flash memory compared to traditional hard drives is one of the key points holding the adoption of SSDs back for some users.

The new memory developed by Samsung offers a five times increase in data write and erase cycles over standard SLC flash memory. The memory is expected to deliver the highest endurance ever offered in 24/7 mission critical computing. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:04:14 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

RingCube Managed Virtual workspace on Biometric Flash Drive

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RingCube Managed Virtual workspace on Biometric Flash Drive Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review RingCube Technologies has announced that it and MXI Security have teamed up to bring MojoPac Enterprise to users on MXI Securities Stealth MXP Biometric USB drive. The product will let users carry their applications and full desktop environment on a USB drive and access it on any computer anywhere.

The MXI flash drive adds high levels of protection to the virtual workspace by utilizing 2-factor biometric authentication and AES 256-bit encryption. The product will allow users to safely and securely access any data and programs from a custom windows desktop without fear of losing the flash drive and the data getting into the wrong hands. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:32:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Google crawls Text in Adobe Flash now

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Google crawls Text in Adobe Flash now Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Google announces that the Google crawlers can now "look inside" Adobe Flash files and index the textual content.

Now that Google has launched the Flash indexing algorithm, web designers can expect improved visibility of their published Flash content, and you can expect to see better search results and snippets. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:19:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How to Get Adobe Flash working on 64-bit Browsers

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How to Get Adobe Flash working on 64-bit Browsers Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review OCModshop tackles to problem that Adobe does not deliver Flash players for 64-bit Windows Vista.

Quote: "Adobe must really want their users to start using Microsoft's new Silverlight technology (a rich media technology similar to Flash). Adobe has recently released a new version of Flash, and yet there is no version for 64-bit browsers. That means that the person using Vista x64 either has to miss out on the latest websites, or they have to use a 32-bit version of Firefox. Trying to install Adobe onto Internet Explorer (32-bit or 64-bit) seems to work, but users are still met with the infamous "you need to install flash" message. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:34:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

A-DATA unveils World's fastest CompactFlash Card 350X

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A-DATA unveils World's fastest CompactFlash Card 350X Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review A-Data announced what they call the World's fastest CompactFlash Card 350X.

The A-Data Turbo Series CF 350X memory card is suited for professional photographers.
The data transfer read speed clocks in at 52MB/sec and the write speed at 47MB/sec.
A-Data offers the Turbo CF 350X in 8GB and 16GB sizes. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:48:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Alpha HVL-F58AM Flash with Quick Shift Bounce

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Sony Alpha HVL-F58AM Flash with Quick Shift Bounce Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Sony is expanding its a (alpha) system of accessories to include the new HVL-F58AM flash unit with exceptional features for versatile and flexible external lighting control.

This new flash features a new and innovative Quick Shift Bounce system.
The flash head can pivot 90 degrees left and right on a horizontal axis in addition to the conventional up and down vertical adjustment. With this system, the camera and flash unit can keep the same orientation regardless of portrait or landscape shooting. This gives a higher degree of flexibility when arranging the direction of light. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:26:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mobile Armor and IronKey Team Up for Secure Flash Drive

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Mobile Armor and IronKey Team Up for Secure Flash Drive Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Mobile Armor and IronKey have teamed up for a new product called KeyArmor. KeyArmor incorporated technology from both companies to create the world’s most secure, portable, flexible, auditable and tamperproof USB key.

KeyArmor USB is aimed at the needs of civilian and federal enterprise security marketplaces and the product meets and exceeds critical governmental standards. The KeyArmor drive allows enterprise users to authenticate using existing Smart cards, RSA SecurID or policy based passwords to access the encrypted USB drives and will disallow other USB keys from being connected. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Pretec Debuts Highest Capacity Flash Drive Ever with Biometrics

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Pretec Debuts Highest Capacity Flash Drive Ever with Biometrics Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pretec has unveiled a new flash drive at Computex that sports a huge 48GB capacity and features biometric security. Pretec also announced a new high capacity SSD at the show that has 192GB of data.

The flash drive is called the i-Disk Touch S660 Databank. A fingerprint is used to gain access to the data stored on the drive. The surface of the drive is waterproof, scratch proof and can endure heavy impacts. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SanDisk eyes ultra low-cost PCs for Flash Drives

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SanDisk eyes ultra low-cost PCs for Flash Drives Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review
TAIPEI (Reuters) - SanDisk Corp , the world's No.1 supplier of flash memory-based data storage cards, said it would target ultra low-cost personal computers and business-use laptop PCs to drive demand for its solid-state drives.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Adobe Acrobat 9 supports Flash

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New Adobe Acrobat 9 supports Flash Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced Adobe Acrobat 9 software.

Acrobat 9 delivers native support for Adobe Flash technology, the ability to unify a wide range of content in rich PDF Portfolios, and access to real-time capabilities for co-navigating a PDF document with colleagues. Read more

Posted on Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:39:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Spotlight Rechargable Car Flashlight Review

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Spotlight Rechargable Car Flashlight Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today we are checking out a tiny little flashlight that is big on brightness. The Spotlight is less than 2-inches long and is designed to be charged in a car cigarette lighter. It may not fit in your cars accessory power port, it didn’t fit in mine.

If you want a small flashlight for the car or home the Spotlight is a great option. Accessories are available that allow it to be charged in car accessory power adapters and AC outlets in the home. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 13:58:56 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Imation Launches its Smallest USB Flash Drive

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Imation Launches its Smallest USB Flash Drive Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today Imation launched its smallest swivel cap USB flash drive in the US called the Nano Flash Drive. The drive features Windows Ready Boost capability and up to 8GB of storage. Overall dimensions of the drive are under 1.75 inches long and 0.5-inch wide.

Weight for the drive is under an ounce. The swivel cap means that users will never lose the cap and the drive will always be protected. Pricing for the Nano is from $14.99 to $89.99. Capacities available are 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun