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  • Lok-it secure USB drive protects your data

    Lok-it secure USB drive protects your data

    I love this device. It's always bothered me that if you lose a USB key, you lose the data as well. The Lok-IT secure USB device makes it so I don't have to worry about losing it. Well, other then the purchase price. The technology is pretty cool in that the computer can't see the drive until the PIN is entered, so it's not easy to hack.

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  • Combination lock USB drive doomed to stay as a concept

    Combination lock USB drive doomed to stay as a concept

    When I first saw the picture of this USB drive, I immediately thought, "Why am I being assigned to write about a pregnancy test?" Then I actually realized that it's not a pee test, but rather a really bad idea for a secure USB drive.

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  • Germany ousts BlackBerry for government VIPs

    Germany ousts BlackBerry for government VIPs

    RIM may have recently opened a facility in Bochum, but that apparently wasn't enough Bavarian love to save it from being canned as the German government's platform of choice for its high-security needs. Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems has been selected to lead up an effort to procure "several thousand" customized handsets with mega-uncrackable encryption, winning the deal over the old BlackBerry standby thanks to concerns that state secrets are being transmitted overseas -- to Canada, specifically. Canada has always struck us as a pretty trustworthy bunch of good, hard-workingfolks, but then again, it's all fun and games until Canadian Motor Works, Canadawagen, Canada-Benz, and Canadorsche all come out of nowhere.

    [Thanks, Toby]

    Germany ousts BlackBerry for government VIPs originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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