Posts Tagged ‘usb’

Ask Readers: USB Storage Sticks

I've gone and lost my second USB stick. In the first case, the stick had some documents pertaining to my company's business. Nothing damning, and nothing especially illegal, but annoying to lose and imagine out there in the wild. Oh, not to mention that it had a personal journal written in straight text that I'm sure gave someone a few laughs. On the plus, my resume was on there, so… Continue reading

July 6 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: memory, portableapps, security, thumbdrive, u3, usb | 37 comments»

Micro-Hack: USB Cords

Is it just me, or do you run into that situation often where you try plugging in a USB cord for something like your memory stick, or a peripheral like your scanner or your iPod, and you get it wrong the first few tries? Bonk. Nope. Bonk. Nope. Slot. That really started bugging me, so I took action.This is so simple, I'm almost embarrassed to put it out as a… Continue reading

June 15 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: cables, cordmanagement, hack, hacks, Lifehack, microhack, usb | 11 comments»

Open Source USB Privacy Suite

Traveling Forever has a very informative and useful article on how to set up a USB stick for encryption and anonymous surfing, if you're concerned about your internet privacy, especially when it comes to your government's use of your data.You see, there are fundamental problems with the way the internet was designed in regards to security and privacy. Every email message or web address sent unencrypted (probably every message… Continue reading

May 31 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: data, eff, freedom, privacy, protection, security, software, usb | 4 comments»

Ditch the Laptop for A USB Key

Travelingforever.com talks about how USB memory stick could replace a laptop - with all of the essential applications and files. If you are sure you could access machines along in your travel, you could really save your bag space but taking your USB memory stick - and it is more convenient than bringing your laptop:Nowadays, whenever someone plans a long distance trip, staying in touch with the world is… Continue reading

May 26 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: travel, usb | no comments»

28 thumb drive apps suggestion

David Findley in his blog posted his current list of apps and tools from his portable thumb drive. Some of them are popular ones such as PortableFirefox, PortableThunderbird, Media Player Classic, others are fresh good suggestions such as Microburner, and ZoomIt. Check it out!My portable thumb drive toolbox as of May 2006 - [David Findley's Blog]…

May 23 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: software, usb | no comments»

Great Apps for Your USB Stick

I'm a big fan of using USB sticks for standalone applications. For instance, I use a portable version of Firefox written by Jonathan Haller at PortableApps.com, and I carry this to any Windows machine when I want the same look and feel for my browser. The trick behind the portable applications is that they store all their files on the stick and don't muck with the guest machine's registry… Continue reading

April 29 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: software, usb | 2 comments»

Application Launcher for your USB Drive

PStart is a simple application which helps you to organize your application. Think of it as a start menu. Because it is a portable and smart on using relative paths, you can use it in USB drive and the application will still launch it properly. This will speed up your access to applications in your USB drive:

PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications… Continue reading

February 3 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: software, usb | 2 comments»

How to secure your USB thumbdrive

TrueCrypt is a free open source which allows you to encrypt your disk. This is really useful for securing your USB thumbdrive as you wouldn't want your documents and datas exposed to third party when it got stolen or lost. Main features are:

Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
Encrypts an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as

January 27 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: software, usb | 11 comments»

USB Email Client: Mobility Email

Here is the portable email client based on Mozilla Thunderbird. Bring it along with your USB Stick or any portable drives (like iPod Shuffle etc) and you can take all of your contacts and emails with you. It is only available in Windows - How about a Linux or Mac version, please?Do you use email? Mobility Email is a powerful new way to use email. At the core of Mobility Email… Continue reading

October 22 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: email, portable, software, usb | 5 comments»