Flash memory on a USB stick is easy enough to understand concerning the way it works. The memory is a type of EEPROM and non-volatile, which is the reason it doesn’t require a battery or external power source to retain the information stored on it. But if you ever asked the question, "Is there a difference between brands?", the answer is yes and...

I recently bought a Sandisk cruzer micro 4GB USB stick and of course it comes with that U3 crapola preloaded on it. Formatting the stick does not get rid of it entirely.  If you click (in Windows XP) Start then Run then type COMPMGMT.MSC, click OK, then click Disk  Management from the window that appears, you’ll notice there are two partitions on...

Unless it’s the storage capacity of a CompactFlash card. The new Extreme III card from SanDisk will be available in October of this year for $300. This is SanDisk’s largest-capacity CF card ever to date. Who would want one of these things? Odds are video pros would use this more than anyone else. The 32GB translates to 80 minutes worth of HD video...

Sandisk recently acquired MusicGremin, a company who makes wi-fi enabled MP3 players. For those that ask “Does that mean you can share music between players wirelessly?” Yes. Microsoft has had this feature available on their Zune model. And for those that ask “Isn’t sharing stealing?” Not in the way this is done. The music is...