SanDisk Supports Windows ReadyBoost in Upcoming USB Flash Drives and Memory Card. Windows Vista ReadyBoost speeds up performance by storing frequently used data in an unused area of RAM). Unallocated areas of the Sandisk USB flash drives or flash memory cards can be used by the system. According to Sandisk, "all data held in the ReadyBoost cache is encrypted, so there is no security risk if the flash drive or card is lost or stolen. A copy of the cached data is also kept on the computer’s hard disk at all times, so no data is lost in the event the flash drive or card is removed."

Kingston® have launched the new DataTraveler® Mini with Migo® available in 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB. It includes E-mail Clients — Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 and above, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 and above Supported Browsers – Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 1.5. For added protection it has a sliding retractable USB connector.

Disgo & Busbi U3 USB producers have launched the first U3 enabled device to include the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. It will be available on all disgo (www.mydisgo.com ) and busbi (www.busbi.biz ) U3-enabled USB flash memory drive products.

Lexar increases performance of High-Capacity CompactFlash to 133X. Lexar Professional flash memory cards like the new 8GB CompactFlash include the full version of Lexar Image Rescue™ 2.0, the company’s award-winning image recovery software, and Paint Shop Pro® 9, the image editing and management software program from Corel.

The new Kingston DataTraveler USB Drives Offer 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption & Waterproof Data Protection. Joining the Kingston® DataTraveler® family are DataTraveler Secure and DataTraveler Secure – Privacy Edition drives. USB drives feature titanium-coated stainless steel casings that are waterproof and 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware-based encryption that enables information to be encrypted and decrypted by authorized users.

Lexar introduced several new usb flash drives at CES2007. These include the Lexar JumpDrive® 360 available in 1GB and 2GB with Secure II software. Also upgrades of Lexar JumpDrive Mercury with PowerToGo, JumpDrive Firefly and JumpDrive Secure II Upgrades with their 'Encrypted Vault' feature.

iDefense the provider of security intelligence and analysis is to offer $8,000 - $12,000 reward for vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows Vista.

SanDisk have created a 32GB 1.8"inch flash drive to replace Hard Disks in notebook / laptop computers. The drive stores information on flash memory chips rather than the magnetic platters that make up a traditional hard drive. This will reduce power consumption as they don't contain moving parts.

The cards, offered in 32-megabyte, 50-picture capacities, are aimed at consumers who are transitioning from film-based cameras to digital photography or who want the simplicity of storing their images without downloading to a computer or saving to an optical disc. The first cards shipped will be the popular SD and CompactFlash formats, followed later in the year by other cards and capacities, including Memory Stick PRO.

Apex Technology are pleased to provide the new facility to recover data for Apple Mac users. Whether you own a Mac G3, G4, G5 or you lost your data on CD DVD USB or Firewire device, we have the equipment to bring your data back. All your hard work for Graphics, Images, Photographs and Multimedia video files need not be lost forever. We recover from HFS and HFS+ file systems and CD’s and DVD’s formatted in the Apple Mac Superdrive. We can return your data burnt to an Apple Mac formatted DVD+-R.