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Portable storage seems to be increasing rather quickly, and the latest to see a nice increase is the DataTraveler 150 USB flash drive from Kingston.  The DataTraveler 150 is now available in storage capacities up to 64GB.  Personally, I am far from needing anything this large, but would imagine that there are plenty of people that will be happy to see this size available. 

The one downfall here is the price, the MSRP is listed at $177.  Of course, you could always opt for the smaller 32GB, which is priced at a little more affordable $116.  Aside from the pricing, the DT150 has the usual features and support found with USB flash drives.  It is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems and measures in at 3.06 x 0.9 x 0.47-inches in size.

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If Santa is looking for stocking stuffers, or if you are just looking for some portable storage at a good price, you may want to check out one of Newegg’s latest “Special Buys.“

Right now, they are offering the Kingston DataTravelor 100 4GB flash drive for just $7.99 complete with free shipping.

I’ve compare shopped the item at some other sites.  Overstock is actually asking $21.99 for the same item. (Which is just ridiculous, even Newegg doesn’t list that as the regular price). . . .

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SD cards are increasingly becoming part of consumer electronics.  A big problem is finding the right SD card for your gadget.  Most people have no concept of gigabytes, let alone SD card classes.  Kingston is looking to make SD cards more consumer-friendly.  I got a chance to speak to a representative at Kingston and he let me in on their plans.

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Kingston’s Elite Pro line of SD cards just grew a little larger, now topping out at 32GB of storage. The new 32GB card joins the already existing lineup, which included a 4, 8 and 16GB card, and will retail for $308.

Personally, its a little expensive for my taste, but with today’s camera and camcorders capable of higher and higher qualities, it sounds like an option to at least consider. The 32GB Elite Pro SDHC card will be able to capture and store around 6,000 still images at a 10-megapixel quality or eight hours of video at a 6Mbps HD Extended recording quality.

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Kingston has recently announced the latest addition to their flash drive lineup, the DataTraveler Mini Slim USB Flash drives. These new drives are super small and thin, measuring in at just 1.529 x 00.645 x 0.253-inches which should make portability issues a thing of the past. Of course the danger with drives becoming smaller and smaller is the concern for of losing them grows, thankfully these have an option to attach it to something else such as a keychain.

The new Mini Slim USB drives will be available in either a 2GB or 4GB storage option and retail for $11 and $19 respectively. They are currently available and come in either black/grey, blue/grey or pink/grey color options.

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Kingston has introduced one of its most secured data storage device yet with the new DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB). We’re finally talking about real data security here with a 256-bit hardware-based AES encryption that automatically locks itself after ten unsuccessful password attempts. Even the US Government was excited about the DataTraveler BlackBox, so much so, that it has given it an FIPS certification. FIPS certification is given to data devices which have passed the Federal standard for data management and security.

Going back to the USB drive itself, we learned that it comes in 2GB, 4GB or 8GB storage capacities and retail for $165, $242, and $424 respectively. While the DataTraveler BlackBox is more expensive than your standard USB flash drive, its not a bad price to pay for ensuring that your personal data security will not be breached.

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Typically USB thumb drives don’t offer much as far as excitement, they have storage space and you can store files. The newest drive from Kingston offers a little bit more, the DataTraveler Micro Reader offers your standard onboard storage but also includes a built-in card reader. The DataTraveler Micro Reader can read microSD, microSDHC or Memory Stick Micro (M2) and is available in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB storage options. The reader retails for $19, $28 and $42 respectively and are currently available.

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Kingston has increased their SDHC memory card storage size, now available in up to 16GB. The new card will be able to hold up to 7,500 images taken with a 6-megapixel camera or more than four hours of 6Mbps HD video. While its great to see Kingston increasing memory card size, their announcement has come just after SanDisk introduced their new lineup of cards. The 16GB Kingston SDHC card will retail for $231 as opposed to SanDisks $179.

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Recently at CES, Kingston - known for their flash storage devices, announced the availability of a few new flash drives.

The first is called the DataTraveler (DT) 400, comes preloaded with MigoSync, which is a form of data synchronization software which allows you to work with many computers and synchronize files, emails, etc. pretty easily. This flash drive is available in a few different models, a 2GB, 4GB, and a 8GB. They will be selling for $31, $56, and $137, respectively.

Next we have the DataTraveler HyperX, this name, you may or may not know, comes from Kingston’s HyperX D-RAM gaming module. This device comes with a fast write speed of 20MB/second and a read speed of 30MB/second. It also comes with

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