Say Goodbye to Your Computer’s RAM

From TechChee:

Memristor is a new elusive fourth element in electronic circuitry, different from the existing Random Access Memories used in gadgets and computer. It consumes extremely low or zero power. Meaning it’ll drastically change the way our computers use power on storage of data.

Using memristor in computers or gadgets, data can be stored even when power is turned off or with very low power supplied to it. Since memristor is claimed to be able to replace RAM, it also means memristor will give the kind of high speed data access that RAM provides. And most probably memristor can be used both as the permanent storage and also works as RAM, which means there isn’t a need for a separate memory module. (HP is the researcher).

 

USB Lost

Lost, forgotten, I’d have it for ten seconds? Nope, it’d never make it to work.  Link

Biometric Document Box

We’ve experimented with biometrics since the early days.  This is a cool device to help guard important documents.

From their site-It’s a small security box that will hold your documents and goodies just like any other security box, except the BioBox uses a biometric security system that only allows access if the correct fingerprint is provided. The system will allow up to six users to add their prints to the access list and the information is stored in flash memory so you can still gain access even if you let the batteries run-out. The box is made of steel and has a locking cable that can be used to attach the BioBox to another object to prevent it from being carried-away.

Toshiba Secured Biometrics

The new hard disk drive comes with an array of sophisticated protection and security features: besides the spill-proof enclosure, SecuRed has an integrated Free Fall Sensor. It detects free falls, shocks or vibrations in all directions. On sensing this, it rapidly moves the HDD head from between the platters and prepares for impact, protecting valuable data. After the incident the user is able to log back on and access all the data without any problems.

Besides protection against outside influences Toshiba attached great importance on securing stored data against unauthorised usage. The integrated fingerprint sensor allows only the authorised person to access the stored data and files. Password authentication based on a powerful AES-256 algorithm and an embedded software engine which supports hard disk encryption enables very strong data security.  Source

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Thumbdrive - Ironkey

Ironkey makes one of the most incredible usb drives on the market.  The strong encryption helps to keep your data safe.  For more information, click on their picture above.

From Ironkey:

The encryption keys used to protect your data are generated in hardware by a FIPS 140-2 compliant True Random Number Generator on the IronKey Cryptochip. This ensures maximum protection via the encryption ciphers. The keys are generated in the Cryptochip when you initialize your IronKey, and they never leave the secure hardware to be placed in flash memory or on your computer.