Is Thunderbolt a True USB Challenger?

Just when you thought the world of technology couldn’t get any more exciting, Intel finally releases information about their Light Peak technology now codenamed “Thunderbolt”. Now it’s actually been a couple of weeks since Intel’s big announcement but many are still left wondering if Thunderbolt will be a true competitor for the already existing and [...]

World’s Smallest USB Flash Drive

Some things really are good in small packages; in this case it is the World’s Smallest USB Flash Drive! Buffalo Technology, a company known worldwide for their innovative memory solutions, sells a flash drive so small that even experts in the field have trouble believing it is actually a working flash drive.
Buffalo has managed to [...]

Hit the Road with USB Flash Drives

The USB flash drive, perhaps one of the most influential technological breakthroughs of the modern age, just got a little more diverse. In an attempt to perhaps boost sales as well as make their models stand out from the crowd, car manufactures such as Toyota and Ford have begun putting USB ports in their newer [...]

Emerging Alliance: Flash Drives and the Supercomputer

The same USB and flash technology that plugs into your home computer or powers your iPod is progressively embarking on a completely different frontier:  supercomputers.  Yes, supercomputers—the innovative techno-giant machines which generate the highest, fastest processing capacities to date.  They take up thousands upon thousands of square feet in massive rooms, and yet their operators [...]

Ajay Bhatt: What He is Working on Now!

It has been a while since we last heard the name Ajay Bhatt, you know the guy who co-created the USB device and was portrayed by an actor in Intel’s famous Rock Star commercials. But recently Mint had a chance to catch up with him and ask him what he has been up to since [...]