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New 4GB Flash Drive Packs Quite a Punch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-even-easier-to-lose-with-your-keys dept.

PCPro has a neat little tidbit about a new flash drive from Corsair. This little drive, only half the size of a lighter, packs a punch with 4GB of data storage and a very reasonable price tag (approx $32 USD). "When a Corsair rep turned up at Dennis Towers yesterday he told us he'd brought something pretty special to show off. We were therefore distinctly underwhelmed when he said it was ... a flash drive. But this flash drive needs seeing to be believed. It's been passed all round the office, where it's invariably been greeted with ooohs and aaaahs of grinning appreciation."

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  1. Re:more information by Slashdot+Suxxors · · Score: 4, Funny

    See! Even the goatse trolls are less than enthusiastic. "Stories" like these bring everyone down.

  2. Re:!news by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell, even those uncontacted natives in the remote amazon wilderness were unimpressed.

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  3. Re:!news by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but what we don't have is 8GB Micro SD card vendors paying from front page Slashdot ads.

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  4. Geez, my dick is smaller than THAT! by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait a minute. Did I just say that out loud?

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    1. Re:Geez, my dick is smaller than THAT! by jcgf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Erect or flaccid?

    2. Re:Geez, my dick is smaller than THAT! by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      First one, then the other.

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  5. +1 Insightful +1 Interesting by xtracto · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would post that as an "ask slashdot" unfortunately, it would never be accepted :(

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  6. Re:Half the size of a lighter by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a lighter, the size of a flash drive. Maybe we can make these objects into standard units of measure!

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  7. Re:!news by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, they did throw spears at it.

  8. Re:Nice ad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, does Slashdot get paid for this kind of advertisement?

    Maybe not, but I bet they get alot of free flash drives.

  9. Re:Sony's Micro Vault Tiny is smaller by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maitre D: And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin USB drive.

    Mr Creosote: No.

    Maitre D: Oh sir! It's only a tiny little thin one.

    Mr Creosote: No. Fuck off - my wallet's full... [jingles]

    Maitre D: Oh sir... it's only wafer thin.

    Mr Creosote: Look - I couldn't fit in another thing. It's absolutely stuffed. Bugger off.

    Maitre D: Oh sir, just... just one...

    Mr Creosote: Oh all right. Just one.

    Maitre D: Just the one, sir... voila... bon jour...
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  10. So what does a media placement on slashdot go for? by AmazingRuss · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have an amazing computer that is battery powered and fits on your lap that I would like to promote.

  11. Re:!news by el+americano · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We were therefore distinctly underwhelmed when he said it was...a flash drive."

    Join the party, pal.

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  12. The best part of the whole "article" by jeffmeden · · Score: 4, Funny
    This guy should NOT be a "components" ANYTHING with a world-class knucklehead observation like this:

    Considering our components editor paid £50 for a single gigabyte of bulky storage just a couple of years ago, the inexorable march and miniaturisation of USB storage is plain to see. Jeepers! Only a few years in order for storage technology to get smaller, more capacious, and cheaper! Oh what wonders the future has brought!
  13. Re:Half the size of a lighter by RManning · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a lighter, the size of a flash drive. Maybe we can make these objects into standard units of measure!

    Sure: this flash drive measures 0.5 Imerial Lighers and holds 0.10 Libraries of Congress worth of data.

  14. Re:Who the hell modded this story up? by mattmcm · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This man in a lab coat says ____'s "Male Enhancement" product really works" Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
  15. Re:!news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think we should throw Spears back at them, Britney Spears.

  16. Re:Half the size of a lighter by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many Libraries of Congress can the lighter burn down?

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  17. Re:!news by l00sr · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're right. No wifi, less space than a Nomad. Lame.