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This Two Terabyte Flash Drive Packs More Storage Than a MacBook

For those eager to easily misplace two terabytes worth of photos, videos, MP3s, and other important documents, today Kingston unveiled a three-inch USB flash drive packing more storage than even a fully spec’d MacBook Pro. The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate Generation Terabyte (GT) flash drive isn’t exactly tiny, but compared to the external backup drive sitting…

Discounted Today: USB3 Sticks, SD/microSD Cards, $2000 Flash Drives

Today’s Amazon Gold Box features flash storage ranging from 16GB to 2TB, and we’re not talking external hard drives. Pick up a new flash drive or memory card, or get your hands on the DataTraveler HyperX Predator 1TB USB3 Flash Drive, which is sitting at a new low by $100. [Amazon] USB3 Flash Drives Kingston…

Kingston Squeezed 64GB Onto This Tiny Android-Friendly Flash Drive

Is this tiny flash drive from Kingston with a standard USB jack on end and a smartphone-friendly microUSB jack on the other the first of its kind? Absolutely not. Is it the smallest we’ve seen to date? Most definitely. When connected to your smartphone—boosting your mobile device’s storage by up to 64GB—it’s small enough to…

Fifteen-ton “fatberg” removed from London sewer

Dear God. A hunk of “festering food fat” the size of a bus has been removed from a sewer beneath southwest London. According to the BBC, the 15-ton “lump of lard” is the largest ever encountered in the Thames Water sewage system. The unholy coalescence of congealed fat and – let this be a lesson…

Kingston’s HyperX Predator Flash Drive Is the Easiest Way To Misplace a Terabyte Of Data

Last year at CES Victorinox surprised everyone with a one terabyte flash drive that the company estimated would sell for almost $3,000. It sounded too good to be true, and given there’s been no sign of it since last January, it apparently was. So can Kingston fill the void left in our hearts with its…

Kingston USB 3.0 Flash Drives Starting at $89 for 16GB

Kingston has just debuted three USB 3.0 flash drives. Available in 16GB ($89), 32GB ($138), and 64GB (a hefty $270) models, the flash drives can attain write speeds of 60MB/sec and read speeds of 80MB/sec. [PR Newswire via Crunchgear]

Now Available

A Micro Four Thirds camera with some surprising extras, the cutting edge of SDXC cards, a portable thumb drive unrivaled in capacity, and a shameless and lazy MacBook ripoff. Come see what’s Now Available. SanDisk 64GB Ultra SDXC SanDisk sure has a penchant for pushing out the fast and furious compact storage mediums before most…

Even Kingston Knocks Off Kingston microSD Cards?

Bunnie Huang, one of the minds behind the famous Chumby, encountered a strange production problem when building Chumby Ones with Kingston microSD cards—namely, some microSDs appeared to be dysfunctional counterfeits. The catch? They were bought directly from Kingston. https://gizmodo.com/chumby-one-review-totally-frivolous-but-totally-adora-5403517 Huang’s observations took him down a rabbit hole of microSD manufacturing, a fairly epic quest to…

Kingston MobileLite G2 Card Reader Protects Your Cards Like They’re Delicate Flowers

Kingston’s followup to its MobileLite, the MobileLite G2, brings a new, dual-slider design that aims to protect your SD/HC and microSD/HC cards from harm. It’s the most caring card reader on the market. https://gizmodo.com/kingston-mobilelite-9-in-1-card-reader-is-small-conven-258399 The MobileLite G2 features a dual-slider design: On one side lies the USB plug, and on the other, the card readers.…

The Inevitable 256GB Thumb Drive Comes to Pass, Courtesy of Kingston

Here’s your cold, bitter, daily dose of hardware obsolescence: Just a month after passing the already-ridiculous 128GB barrier, Kingston has released the 256GB DataTraveler 300. It isn’t available in the US, but if/when it is, it’ll run around $900. [Kingston] https://gizmodo.com/kingston-launches-worlds-first-128gb-usb-flash-drive-5292392

Kingston Launches “World’s First” 128GB USB Flash Drive… For The Price Of A Laptop

Remember those heady days when USB drives used to cost hundreds of dollars? Well, thanks to Kingston’s latest 128GB monster, they can again. The DataTraveler 200 comes in three sizes 32GB, 64GB and the world’s first 128GB USB flash drive, which sells for a whopping $546. However it doesn’t look like they are expecting too…

Kingston DataTraveler150 USB Drive Packs 32GB of Space

Kingston has dropped a 32GB version of its DataTraveler USB drive, which could be a worthy addition to your gizmo collection if you own a netbook with limited storage (say, like the EeePC). The pocket-sized dongle measures at 3.06 inches x 0.9 inches x 0.47 inches and is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. The…

Giz Explains: An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Memory Card You Need

High on the list of gadget annoyances that make me want to scab my eyes out with a spork—just below cables and batteries—is the unfettered proliferation of memory cards. Even though they all fundamentally do the same thing—store data for handheld devices—they come in a million different sizes and shapes from almost as many companies,…

Kingston DataTraveler Micro is a USB Stick with MicroSD Card Reader

USB thumb drives stopped being cool about 10 years ago, but what happens when you stick a microSD card reader on board? It gets cool again, that’s what. Kingston’s DataTraveler Micro does just that, and even holds up to 4GB of onboard memory inside the thumbdrive itself. The reader can read not only microSD cards,…

Lightning Round: Kingston’s 19-in-1 Card Reader

The Gadget: Kingston’s 19-in-1 card reader that not only handles the standard SD, CF, MS and MMC cards, there’s a native slot for microSD and MMCmicro as well. What this means is you won’t need a separate adapter to fit your microSD cards into before docking—fantastic, since lots of phones now use these tiny ass…

Kingston’s latest 1GB microSD and card reader product has 10 songs and 50 additional tracks in the bundled free trial subscription to eMusic, and their latest 4GB miniSD card is available in class 2, 4 and 6 speeds. [Kingston]

Kingston is releasing two thumb drives: the 8GB DataTraveler II Plus – Migo Edition, which retails for $154, and the DataTraveler 100, which has a one-handed sliding construction and ranges from 1GB to 8GB and has prices of $19 to $116. [Kingston]

Hands-On With Kingston’s microSD Card Reader Bundles

It seems almost all the new cellphones we see have switched over to using the tiny microSD cards for external storage, which means in order to transfer up some data you’re going to have to carry around both a microSD to SD adapter and a standard card reader. What a pain. With Kingston’s microSD Card…

Kingston MobileLite 9-in-1 Card Reader is Small, Convenient

The main problem we’ve had with card readers over the years isn’t their performance—although the really cheap ones are quite lousy—but their size. Kingston’s solved that problem by making their MobileLite in the shape of a USB stick, which gives lets you easily take the thing around in your pocket or on your keychain. The…

Kingston DataTraveler Mini for Midget Businessmen

If the standard Kingston DataTraveler drives are somehow too big for you, these Kingston DataTraveler Minis should be more to your liking. The drives come in 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB sizes, and have a capless red sliding cover so you won’t lose the top. They also come with Migo, which is software that lets you…