USB gadgets

Beatles offer 16GB apple-shaped USB drive

The Beatles have perennially refused to put their catalogue on any digital download sites, despite a little-known site called BlueBeat stocking the fab four's tracks at knock-down prices.

But if you want to get your hands on legitimate digital recordings of your...

Firebox offers USB Snakescope camera

Almost falling into the NSFW category, Firebox is offering the USB "Snakescope" camera, a still slash video borescope for under £30.

With a "robust", semi-flexible insertion tube, the camera head and cable are waterproof, so ideal for checking out your, er,...

Vulcan salute flash drive available

Audio Cubes is offering a flash drive that will appeal to Spock fans as it's shaped after the famous "live long and prosper" Vulcan salute.

Perfect for storing your episodes of Star Trek on - although not that many as it's only a 2GB capacity - the drive is up...

Brando offers USB foot pedal

If you've always dreamt about controlling your computer with your feet, then Brando has the perfect product for you with its new USB "foot switch".

The black plastic device sits under your desk, and with the tap of toe, can launch, or do, whatever the heck you've...

Olympus WS-560M digital voice recorder launches

Olympus has introduced the WS-560M digital voice recorder and mass storage device with the bold claims that it's "the sleekest and most eye-catching product on the market".
 
With six recording modes including Windows Media Audio and three stereo options, the...

Gadget4All launches shift and control lights

More lighting options for geeks has arrived with Gadget4All's launch of its new shift and control lights.

The light-up, giant keys are turned on and off with a push and measure 155 x 130 x 77mm.

Available in white or yellow, the lights are on sale...

Firebox offers penguin flash drives

When we first spotted these available as a Far Eastern import way back in 2007 they were being sold for near on $90, which makes Firebox's from £14.99 pricing seem positively reasonable.

The cutesy, penguin-shaped drives are available complete with scarf, in...

Multi-format card reader comes complete with storage slots

Brando is offering a new multi-format memory card reader that comes complete with storage for a variety of cards, presumably for the true gadget fanatic.

The new USB gadget can read all the cards you'd expect with the upper case section designed with slots to...

Hoshino launches biodegradable USB drive

Prowling around the quieter corners of the floor of the IFA tradeshow, we discovered a company from Shenzhen in China called Hoshino that's selling what it claims is the world's first biodegradable USB flash drive.

We were told by the company that once you've...

USB hub with paper-clip holder launches

We don't know about you, but a peripheral has to earn its space on our over-crowded desks by offering as many useful features as possible.

Our somewhat occasional use of the humble paper-clip then would not necessarily mean this new device is a shoe-in, but...

Hand grenade flash drive launches

Purveyor of novelty USB equipment, Gadget4All, is offering a flash drive fashioned after a hand grenade.

Available in white, black, blue and orange, the storage device offers 4GB of memory for $20.

It doesn't do anything hand-grenade-y but it might...

Bluelounge launches "Refresh" charging station

Bluelounge, the company behind a number of cable management devices, has built a charging unit that attempts to reduce the number of unsightly chargers that you have to cart around.

The Bluelounge "Refresh" has six universal connectors, including MicroUSB, MiniUSB,...

Exspect launches triple USB travel charger

Exspect is offering a travel charger that offers not one, not two but three USB ports for charging up your essential gadgetry.

As you can likely guess, the device allows you to charge up to three devices at the same time from one wall socket, pretty much anywhere...

Daily Tech Deal: Mini car USB charger under £5

Being both useful and cheap, today's tech deal ticks all the right boxes and it can be yours for under a fiver.

The Santok mini car charger is just £4.95 from e4deal.com (that's the cheap bit) and can replace you car's cigarette lighter with the plug-in USB...

Brando offers light bulb-shaped flash drive

Yup. It's another daft memory solution from Brando.

This time round you're looking at a flash drive shaped like a light bulb.

Available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, the drive boasts plug and play operation and the fact that it looks like a light...

Gadget4All offers winking penguin USB hub

Another novelty hub for your amusement or derision, depending on which side of the USB tat fence you sit on, Gadget4All is offering a new penguin-themed effort.

The USB 2.0 hub gets four ports, plug and play operation, weighs in at 55 grams and measures 78mm...

Gadget4All offers key-shaped flash drives

A little less realistic than LaCie's recent key-themed offerings, Gadget4All is offering key-shaped flash drives.

Less realistic but more colourful, the devices are available in red, purple, blue, brown and black.

With a 4GB capacity, the tiny...

Calvin Klein USB sunglasses revealed

Apparently due from ck Calvin Klein this autumn, the designer label has decided to add a bit of USB chic to its sunglasses.

The sun goggs get a detachable arm that pulls away from the main frame to reveal a USB flash drive good for 4GB of data storage.

USB engagement ring launched

Got a geek partner that you'd love to pop the question to, but you haven't quite found the right ring yet? Perhaps this is it. It's a USB engagement ring, with a whopping great big Swarovski crystal on the top.

Cutely, as well as storing files (PDF of your wedding...

USB chainsaw goes on pre-order

We're not entirely convinced of the legitimacy of this new USB gadget, or indeed the sanity of anyone wanting one, but a USB chainsaw has just gone up for pre-order.

For only $59.95 - plus shipping - the 385mm long spoof "iSaw" device could be yours, for all...

Brando offers "USB Tube Delight Audio"

Brando is offering an audio solution for your PC, the "USB Tube Delight Audio", that gives the appearance of a vacuum tube system.

Hooked up to your PC via USB, the sound card offers stereo microphone-in and stereo headphone-out.

Measuring around...

Brando offers Super Tiny Multimedia Keyboard

Brando has unveiled an update to its Super Tiny Keyboard, dubbed the Super Tiny Multimedia Keyboard. As you might imagine, the upgrade brings multimedia keys to the wee device.

12 to be precise - WWW, Email, Media, Play/Pause, Stop, Vol-, Vol+, Word, Excel,...

Cannon-shaped USB hub launches

Sadly this does not fire flash drives at your fellow office-dwellers, but it does make a sound is if it was.

Upon connecting the device to a USB port, there will be a 3-second clear artillery sound effect, promises Gadget4All.

Perfect for all...

Brando offers USB-stick/webcam combo device

Brando's cooked up another USB gadget - this time it's a combo usb stick and webcam, with 2GB of onboard storage. You can either plug it in to a USB port or use the provided stand, the choice is yours.

It's got a VGA resolution (that's 640 x 480) and 30fps video...

Penguin mouse launches

Sadly not a new hybrid species, but a new novelty peripheral from Gadget4All.

The penguin-themed mouse is a wireless input device offering 800dpi resolution for Windows-based PCs.

Available in black, blue, pink and green, it's on sale now for...