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Star Wars Darth Vader USB Hub

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Be the envy of your friends while you silently worship the dark side with this Vader bust USB hub. If your alliance is with the Rebels, check out the R2D2 USB hub ($39.99).

Plug in to the dark side! Never will you have to disconnect that printer cable to make way for your iPod or anything else again! With this 4-port Darth Vader USB Hub, you can plug in your peripherals and listen to the Dark Lord breathe while you do. Imported from Japan, it’s a fun and functional adjunct to your Star Wars Mac or PC computer setup, and a Force-ful gift idea for a friend!

Check out the video below showing what happens when you plug in the Darth Vader USB Hub.
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Silex SX-3000GB Gigabit USB Sharing Server

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silex gigabit usb serverHere’s another way to do some ‘wireless USB’ sharing via Silex’s Gigabit USB Device Server. Plug your USB devices into this hub-like gadget, then plug it into one of the Ethernet ports on your wireless router. Et voila! Shared devices.

It only has 2 USB 2.0 ports, but you can share up to 15 devices by using a USB hub. The SX-3000GB also has a built-in web server, so you can manage it, see status, connect and disconnect attached devices.

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Price: $81.96
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Interface your Guitar to your Computer via USB

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guitar to usb linkHere’s an inexpensive way to get your guitar ‘hooked up’ to your computer (PC or Mac) – a Guitar to USB interface. Plug your guitar’s output into this, and then plug the USB cable into your computer.

It comes with a PC software driver and has this variable speed playback function, so you can slow down those tunes to learn. It also has a headphone jack so you can hear your jams.

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Price: $9.99
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USBCell batteries are rechargeable via USB

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usbcell rechargeable batteriesUSBCell is a new take on rechargeable batteries – they’re recharged via USB power – just pop the top and plug them into any available standard sized USB port.

They’re not as cheap, but they’ll last a lot longer than your regular one-and-done batteries. Now while the capacity of these are not quite as good as typical rechargeables (we like Energizers), the advantage is that you don’t have to lug around a charger, and any ubiquitous USB port will do.

Get rechargeable batteries (like the USBCells) if you’re a huge battery user. Stop dumping old toxic batteries back into the system. Remember that even recycling takes energy and isn’t 100% efficient; there’s still waste.

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Price: $18.85 for 2AA cells
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Lockheed Martin makes self-contained PC on a USB Thumb Drive

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In what seems like a strange jump for a defense contractor, Lockheed Martin just introduced IronClad, a complete PC on a USB flash drive. IronClad contains all of the operating system, applications and user data in the 8GB stick made in conjunction with storage vendor, IronKey.

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The entire stick is encrypted with 256-bit encryption and there’s anti-virus protection for when you plug into unknown computers to run your ‘stick laptop’. The technology to run the OS from the stick was developed by LM.

Makes it sooo much easier to lose your ‘laptop’ now doesn’t it?!

USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) is Fast! What to Expect and When

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usb 3.0 superspeed logoAlthough the specs for USB 3.0 were nailed down in late 2008, production of devices that support or run USB 3.0 have really only now started showing up. Here’s a bit of insight as to what you can expect in the next 2 years.

At CES, a few manufacturers showed off their USB 3.0 wares. In particular, a few like Gigabyte and Asus have motherboards with USB 3.0 ports, while laptop makers HP, Asus and others joined the party, and of course external hard-drive makers like Western Digital and Seagate had their new gadgets with USB 3.0.
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Transformer USB Thumb Drive and USB Laser Mouse

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transformer usb driveLooking for a more practical version of your favorite toy/comic book model? Then how about a Transformer bot that is also a USB drive? Sounds good right? No? Transformer mouse then?

Takara Tomy has made 2 USB drive models – Tigatron and Jaguar, and 2 laser pointer mice – Trypticon and Grimlock.

The USB drive models are 2GB large and the mice are 3-button 800dpi laser mice with scroll wheels.

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Price: $42.99 – $59.99
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Cooper Mini USB 2.0 Thumb Drive with Union Jack Flag Paint-job

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mini cooper usb 2.0 thumb driveNot interested in those boring USB thumb drives that just look like little rectangular boxes? Need something a little more colorful? Like Cooper Minis? Perfect. Here’s your match made in heaven.

Unfortunately, this USB 2.0 stick only has 2GB of internal storage, but it makes up for that in style!

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Price: $29.99
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Belkin Home Base Wireless-N Access Point – Network Share Your Printer, Other USB Devices

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If you don’t already have a WiFi-connected printer, and would like to locate your printer away from your home router, how do you do that? Well, Belkin has a solution called Home Base that is a Wireless 802.11n Access Point that you can plug in your printer and/or other USB/1 wired Ethernet device(s) and voila, they’re on your network.

The Belkin Home Base has 1 wired 10/100Mbps Ethernet port and 4 USB 2.0 ports. It is also DLNA compatible.

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Price: $129.99
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Mini Portable Motorcycle Helmet Office Home USB Humidifier

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Ok, this may seem and look crazy, but hang on a sec… This is a humidifier that’s powered (by USB of course) but the ‘unorthodox’ part is that it’s shaped like a motorcycle helmet. Hehe… maybe it’s too easy to make ‘stuff’ these days.

Yup, so you actually put some water in it (up to 185ml) and either plug it into a USB port or it can run off of 3 AAA batteries. The more I think about how many super air-conditioned offices I’ve worked in, the more I think this would be heaven for my eyes which get dried out after a few hours.

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Price: $33.99
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