Gear up for your own great American road trip

Break out the maps, load up the kids and camping gear and make the most of summer’s waning days — and with these 10 products, you'll enjoy the journey and your stay.

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Battle brewing over eliminating all those wires

LAS VEGAS - The dream of eliminating the rat’s nest of wires connecting your computer to your printer and other peripherals could be turning into a nightmare.

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Review: Wireless USB Hubs Show Promise

The back of a computer tends to be a messy, messy place, with cables snaking like an overturned bowl of spaghetti.

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Alereon to Release New Wireless USB Chip

Chip designer Alereon Inc. said Monday it is releasing the first chip that uses a frequency band that is legal all over the world for wireless USB, a technology with the potential to cut the tangle of cables surrounding computers.

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Invention: Rocket-repelling 'parachutes'

A relatively low tech way to protect military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) is being patented by a US electronics company.

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Travelers in need of frequent Internet access have more options than ever these days, but the choices aren't always satisfactory. You can try to find a Wi-Fi hotspot, but sometimes one isn't handy.

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USB 3.0 is Sexy, Blue, and Wicked Fast

According to gizmodo.com, guru of everything gadgets, computer hardware company ASUS is ready to release the first ever USB 3.0 compatible motherboard.

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Accoring to the USB die-hards over at EverythingUSB.com the "chainsaw possibly opens a whole new category of USB weaponry tools." And warms the heart of geeky lumberjacks everywhere. Some stats from the official site:

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FCC documents originally believed to have revealed that the PSP Go had a 480MHz processor -- over 40% more than the PSP (1000-3000) -- were actually talking about another part of the device ... the USB.

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"A new rumor has sprung up that suggests Microsoft is looking at a third alternative for sending out copies of Windows 7: USB drives. There are currently two known ways to move to Windows 7 without buying a new computer: via retail or via download.

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Linux users should soon be able to use USB-connected monitors that incorporate DisplayLink's chips.

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USB stick modem for wireless internet access

Wifi hotspots are yesterday. 3G dongles are today. Affordable for consumers, not only businesses.In essence, mobile lifestyle ( mobility ) is all about your mobile devices and connectivity .

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A computer programmer who lost his ring finger in a motorcycle accident has had it replaced with a USB drive. Jerry Jalava from Helsinki, Finland, has built the special prosthetic finger which he can peel back from the 'nail' and plug into the USB slot on his computer

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A computer programmer from Finland who lost his ring finger in a motorcycle accident has had it replaced with a USB drive.

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UBS & Offshore Banking Practices -Interesting, Huh?

I saw this several days ago and it got me to thinking: "The Swiss banking giant UBS has entered into a $780 million deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department over its sale of offshore private banking services to wealthy Americans." source:

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Well, that was quick. This morning at the GSMA Mobile World Congress conference taking place in Barcelona, a mammoth pile of cell phone manufacturers have agreed to a universal cell phone charger standard. That format? Micro USB...

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If you've got a lot of photos, music, videos, other random massive files that you'd like to back up and keep in your pocket, then the latest memory stick from Sandisk and Sony may be for you.sd

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CD collections may soon be a pile of USB sticks in a box if fans take up an Australian digital format launched today. DDA albums were created to include online extras with a physical music product

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The ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus, better known as USB, is on track to make its first major upgrade in eight years — a tenfold speed increase over the current USB 2.0 standard.

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Tighten your seat belts. Data transfer is going into overdrive as the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus, better known as USB, prepares to make a tenfold jump in speed.

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Excerpt: In keeping with our legal requirement to cover every piece junk that plugs into a USB port, we present you with the heated USB mouse pad.

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At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2008, USB-IF President, Jeff Ravencraft revealed that the new specifications for USB 3.0 would be fully released on November 17 at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose.

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Today Apple announced the Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange program.

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Are you the USB keymaster? You could be soon if you pick up PNY's new 2GB USB flashdrive, which comes with Ghostbusters pre-loaded.

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No doubt you're familiar with the Universal Serial Bus – we ranked it as our top PC innovation of all time.

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German hackers have constructed a route around the great firewall of China. The Chaos Computer Club said its technology will help athletes and journalists travelling to Beijing for the Olympic Games to circumvent censorship.

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e put up with too many cables. There are at least four different kinds of USB plugs, two kinds of FireWire and like a million different ways to connect something to TV or monitor. Modern gadget life can be kind of retarded in this way.

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A new stable kernel is out. Three months in the making, Linux 2.6.26 boasts read-only bind mounts, better USB webcam support, 802.11s mesh WiFi, virtualization and paravirtualization improvements, and a ton of new peripheral drivers.

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Most USB 2.0 flash drives look the same, but that doesn't mean they perform the same.

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There has been a lot of unanswered speculation recently regarding USB 3.0 and Intel's involvement; I thought it was about time to set the record straight. By the way: USB 3.0 will be a new wired USB standard – operating at faster speeds than previous USB generations.

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