When I was young, I invested a penny in that whole “twelve cassettes for a penny” offer. (I actually spent more than a penny on that, by the way, but I’m sure you already know that.) I’m pretty sure that they probably don’t do that deal anymore, unless iTunes has some sort of thing like that. However, I still have the cassettes.

Actually, my mother has those cassettes, because she’s probably the only person in this millennium that I know that still listens to that format of music. It might take a while before she gets into digital format, but I am ready for that day with the ION Audio Tape Express.

All a user needs to do is connect the Tape Express to the PC via USB, and allow the EZ tape converter software to turn that tape into an MP3 in hardly any time at all.

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My external hard drive is much like others, it’s plastic and not very interesting.  However, I have had no problems with it, so I see no need to replace it.  Yet I’m still a little envious of those that have managed to get their hands on an external hard drive that actually looks good.  Well this Brinell is another one of those drives that’ll leave many green with envy.

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This walks a very delicate line between cute and just plain wrong.  Sure, the bear is absolutely adorable, however, the place to plug in the charger seems a bit unfortunate.  It might be better if they chose to plug him in at his mouth or even the center of the bear’s back.  Yet for some reason they had to go for the rear, we’ll just think of it as an overly long tale.

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If you have a co-worker that really just needs paid back for their charming personality, here’s the way to do it.  It’ll allow for you to sneakily drive them crazy, but not do any actual harm to their computer.  This USB drive can be jammed into the back of the computer where they’re highly unlikely to find it, unless they should inspect the back.  However, by that time you’ll have gotten at least a little enjoyment out of their frustration.

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At first this ruler flash drive seemed more ridiculous than useful.  However, after looking it over, it’s actually not such a bad idea.  After all, school aged kids do need rulers every so often for their school work.  This would mean they’d have both their school papers saved and handy as well as the ruler always around.  Plus the drive could also function as a bookmark and hold their place in any school books.

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Keeping your USB drive from getting lost isn’t always the easiest task out there.  On occasion it almost seems close to impossible.  Especially for those that have a hectic lifestyle, it’s easy to lose track of something so small.  Well the design of this drive might help things out a bit.  It’ll clip to anything you need it to stay clipped to, because not only is it a USB drive, it’s a clothes pin as well.

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Western Digital seems to be on a roll lately, rolling out its new My Book Elite desktop external drives that boasts something most of other external hard drives from different manufacturers don’t – a customizable e-label which will remain visible even when there is no power supplied to the unit. Yes sir, this means it allows you to check out at a glance what is on the drive exactly alongside how much storage space you have left available to upload those naughty pictures you copied from the office server to your thumb drive while you’re at work. Users who pick up the new My Book Elite will also benefit from the inclusion of WD SmartWare software that offers automatic and continuous backup to make sure all your data within remains safe and sound most of the time (there are no guarantees in the world, but we’re pretty sure for most folks, this is as safe as it gets for a commercial solution). Accompanied by 256-bit hardware-based encryption, you can be sure that the new My Book Elite desktop external drives won’t disappoint when it comes to performance and capability.

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For those of you who want a numeric keypad for your laptop, you have several options. You could buy the Adesso 19-key USB numeric keypad and mouse combination with a plastic cover.

Another option is this TK-TCT005BK from Elecom, which has a touchscreen with numeric keyboard. Just push the “Num” button on the top corner to get this function going on.

The TK-TCT005BK can also recognize certain gestures, like an iPhone. For example, if you want to zoom in and out, you just place your two fingers together and spread them out or in.

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