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	'IBM's New USBKey Device' | Login/Create an Account | 28 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 28 comments 0: 23 comments 1: 10 comments 2: 3 comments 3: 1 comments 4: 1 comments 5: 0 comments No Comments Threaded Nested Flat Oldest First Newest First Highest Scores First Oldest First (Ignore Threads) Newest First (Ignore Threads) The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. Slashdot is not responsible for what they say. Washing machine (Score:2, Funny) by gtada on Monday February 05, @09:16PM EST (#1) (User #191158 Info) Ugh, I'll have to keep it OFF my keychain. [ Reply to This | Parent ] No Floppy (Score:1) by Raffi Spock (raffir@nettaxi.com) on Monday February 05, @09:17PM EST (#3) (User #128916 Info) http://www.raffi.8m.com Yeah, great.But for small files, the best way is still floppy. And how do you transfer files from one computer to another? The world is coming to an end; Eat dessert first! [ Reply to This | Parent ] Security (Score:2, Interesting) by sl3xd on Monday February 05, @09:18PM EST (#6) (User #111641 Info) This would make a WONDERFUL way to secure a notebook - an 8 MB key!!! More than gratuitous, but it could hold keys for other computers as well. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Here is a link (Score:4, Informative) by jjr (jjr@theotherside.com) on Monday February 05, @09:22PM EST (#15) (User #6873 Info) http://theotherside.com/ Here is a link to the the USB Key at ibm it cost 49 dollars Shot that damn paperclip T-shirt [ Reply to This | Parent ] Guess what?! (Score:1) by FzyLogic on Monday February 05, @09:22PM EST (#16) (User #14009 Info) http://www.digitalsarcasm.com It sounds like nothing more than an iButton with extra memory. iButton has been selling these things for a while, but with java and less memory. Check it out here. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Liscensed? I doubt it. (Score:1) by Vijendrin Sujendrin on Monday February 05, @09:22PM EST (#17) (User #313223 Info) This sounds like another memory stick technology to me. Something that is proprietry and owned by IBM is unlikely to spread far while IBM attempt to use it to leverage their products. I can understand that the device would probably never have been developed if IBM had not had this intention, but I would like to see it open, like all the most succesful data formats have been. If you ask me, I think that memory technology's are the future in this field. Good flash rams are becoming cheap and are universally compatible. They are the future. --VJ: Calcutta DJ, high caste stud and man about town. A real Karma Whore. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Just get (Score:1) by BlackHat (peagreen!no.spam!intergate.ca) on Monday February 05, @09:23PM EST (#20) (User #67036 Info) http://www.lugnet.com/~295/ a 64mb CF cart and a 0.25$ rubber coin bag. [/;-) Ya can even boot Linux off it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Have a look... (Score:1) by dchant on Monday February 05, @09:23PM EST (#21) (User #86367 Info) It's been out for a while actually.... http://www.agatetech.com/products_q.html [ Reply to This | Parent ] Only if it's cheap... (Score:1) by psyclone (soundwave@SpamMyMom.csds.uidaho.edu) on Monday February 05, @09:23PM EST (#23) (User #187154 Info) I personally refuse to use floppys now (entirely too unreliable) and this seems like a great idea for students that don't have/use net access to transfer files between home and school. It'd also be nice to have a small battery and an IR feature for PDAs. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Not another one (Score:1) by hansendc on Monday February 05, @09:24PM EST (#27) (User #95162 Info) http://www.sr71.net My first reaction to this is: Oh no, not another portable storage medium! We already have SmartMedia, CompactFlash, and Memory Stick. But, this gets the distinction of being independent from all of those, if a computer has a USB port and the right software, it can read it! The only bad part is that the USB port on 95% of the computers I have seen is hidden away, not accessible like a floppy. [ Reply to This | Parent ] 17 replies beneath your current threshold.

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