For Every Style, There’s a Flash Drive : Change We Can’t Believe In

By Edouard le Ricque , published on February 20, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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LaCie has created a flash drive in the form of a Euro coin. Made with either 4 or 8 GB, it has a shiny, metallic surface and looks like the real thing. Luckily, for those of us in the U.S., confusing this USB with actual money shouldn’t be a problem! The total comes out to $19.99 for the 4 GB and $29.99 for the 8 GB.

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hellwig 02/20/2009 8:57 PM
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I got a Kooky Klickers pen for christmas as a gag gift, now I see them all over the place. They're very disturbing, and why are they shaped that way?

All these designer and cutsey USB drives must make IT security a pain in the ass. If your company doesn't allow people to copy files off the company computers (for security reasons), how do you stop someone from taking in one of these completely non-usb looking flash drives?

Anonymous 02/21/2009 4:58 AM
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I really wouldn't say they're disturbing, just stupid.

Curnel_D 02/21/2009 7:42 AM
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Where do I get the newton effect drive? I REALLY want that. lol

whiz 02/21/2009 2:04 PM
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Nice to see a DIY project turn commercial =)

AngryClown 02/22/2009 9:04 PM
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I stopped at the 18th picture, when I decided to manufacture a 3-coiled turd USB drive with 256 Mb of memory. People WILL buy it.

Anonymous 02/22/2009 10:05 PM
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How do you stop someone from using one of these to computers files off a computer? Well, Windows will let you disable ALL removable storage, if you're looking for a technology-oriented solution. Realistically, though, you have to trust your employees -- if any of them actually *want* to get the information off of a computer, they'll find a way.

Also note that it's been shown that IT personnel tend to have one of the highest rates of both stealing confidential files as well as infecting networks with viruses! (Although I suppose that if the "regular users" are using machines where they really are locked out of doing much of anything harmful, this is a natural consequence...)

redhat 04/20/2009 5:07 AM
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Flash drive is now has become a indispensable device for our daily life and it also become more and more beautiful and lovely !

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