It’s kill or be killed in office warfare so you need every advantage you can get and this USB Wireless Rocket Launcher gives you 15 extra feet from your base station to smite your enemies, er co-workers, down. No longer do you have to worry about an abduction of your Red Swingline Stapler, your special neon-colored dry-erase markers or that last piece of your boss’ birthday cake while this Rocket Launcher’s got your back!
Suggested Price: $44.99
Where would we be without Instant Messaging? It lets us stay in contact and chat with friends all over the world (especially delightful during work hours). But sometimes the urge to reach out a shoot someone is unbearable. And that’s where the USB MSN Missile Launcher comes in. Don’t be content with sharing images, jokes, and assorted links with your friends – it’s time to share missiles!
You’ll have your USB MSN Missile Launcher set up within minutes and that’s when the fun begins. For you see, as you chat you and your buddies can control each other’s launcher. And since each USB MSN Missile Launcher has an integrated webcam (which can be used as just a webcam if you haven’t any buddies), you’ll know exactly when you are aimed at your buddy’s head. Then fire away! The only downside is that your buddy can do the same to you! The upside is, you can always retaliate by turning your buddy’s USM MSN Missile Launcher to face the door of his office and peg his boss in the gut when he/she comes to lecture your buddy about using IM for non-work-related matters. Ah the joys of progress . . . and revenge.
Suggested Price: $59.99
Some USB gadget manufacturer somewhere decided to stick several USB objects together and slap a label on the product resulting in the USB Desk Assortment and Gift Set. What gadgets are included?
There’s a light so you can see in the dark, a warmer to keep that java fresh and warm, a lighted cup to stick stuff in and a mini vacuum to pick up those crumbs from your flavor saver. There’s also a button, but whatever you do, don’t press it. Don’t.
Suggested Price: $14.99
Geek Rockers rejoice and get your bang on with this USB Drum Kit that rolls up and plugs into your USB port. The kit has six different pad areas (snare, kick and a couple of toms) and the included software allows you to control and select the various sounds programmed to each pad from 50 percussion sounds, 20 preprogrammed percussion sets and 100 preprogrammed beats.
Girls will flock to your cube as you become a Geek rockstar!
Suggested Price: $29.99
Here is some more USB goodness for you. This time, it’s not a toy or some novelty that sits on your desk sucking small amounts of power out of your computer, but something with a great deal of utility. The Powerstick is a essentially a portable battery that charges up by plugging into any USB slot.
It can then in turn re-charge practically any mobile device, as long as there is an adapter available for it. So far, they (Powerstick) have adapters for things like cell phones (popular brands include: Sony Ericsson, LG, Nokia, Apple, Blackberry, Samsung and Motorola), iPods and other devices that charge using mini-USB adapters (ex: Bluetooth headsets).
More info from the manufacturer
Price: $69.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Olfactory senses will rejuvenate your body with this USB Aromatherapy Oil Burner USB drive by freshening the air (especially useful around nerds that tend to forget bodily cleansing) and affecting your mood for the good… at work.
There are two simple steps including adding one drop of the included aromatherapy oil onto the clearly marked X then insert the USB drive in your machine and wait until your USB drive warms up. Once the drive is warm the normal smells around the office will disappear with a wonderful rosy smell helping to put you and others in a better mood. The rose scent is known for its antidepressant and aphrodisiac qualities so watch our for increased sexual harrassement.
Suggested Price: $5.99
As IT Security Geeks, one of the vendors the Geeks had to visit was Yoggie Security Systems. Yoggie’s Gatekeeper Pico was described as the “next generation of Internet Security” and is a Linux-based (520MHz computer) USB key-size security tool with 12 built-in security applications. Yoggie also has a Gatekeeper Pico Pro which is designed to off-load installed security software from your PC that extends corporate-level security to mobile laptops.
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While we’ve talked about using USB Flash Drives to hold your life in times of disaster, as part of that preparedness you can use these devices to help save trees. The first step is simply requesting to receive your statements online instead of receiving paper statements from your banks, credit cards, cell phone carriers and sometimes even your utilities. Usually, the online statements come in the universal PDF format so you may want to grab the latest Adobe Reader, or better yet FoxIT Reader which is an alternative to Adobe’s Reader. While you can save these on your computer, being the Geek I am, I need multiple copies of important data and I want to store that data securely especially if it is mobile.
The IronKey 4GB Secure Hardware-Encrypted Flash Drive fits the bill perfectly using always on AES encryption capable of encrypting everything written to the drive on the fly. The encryption keys are generated in hardware by a FIPS 140-2 compliant true random number generator on the IronKey cryptochip so they never leave the IronKey secure hardware. The 4GB of space should handle ALL of your PDF statements for at least a decade with spare room to keep track of other information as well.
I4U performed a full review on the PNY IronKey worth reading.
Make it a New Year’s Resolution to go through all your banking accounts, credit cards and other companies that send you paper bills and change your statements to online statements. While you’re at it, grab a copy of CutePDF so you can “print to PDF” instead of printing out your various confirmations and receipts for online transactions. If you must print out to paper, print using a duplex printer on both sides with either two or four pages on each side. If you can read four pages per side, a 200 page document can print out in 25 pages!
If you must create paper, when finished make sure you can recycle. While you should already be recycling, if you aren’t check with your waste disposal company and check to see if they have a recycling program. You can usual recycle for less than $150 a year.
Show others in your office whose USB is better and louder with the Motorcycle Engine USB hub. Use the starter pedal and gear shift to bring the engine to life by revving the engine or shifting for the sound of a different gear.
Oh yeah, the Motorcycle Engine USB hub has 3 USB 2.0 ports you can plug USB devices into to actually use as a USB hub. As ThinkGeek puts it…
Each rev will let your whole office know that you mean business; each idle will make their USB hubs quake with fear. Just like a motorcycle chews up and spits out the road, so will the Motorcycle Engine USB Hub chew up and spit out all other hubs. Get one now, and join the USB Gang: Hub’s Angels. Booyah!
Suggested Price: $39.99
In the vast desert wasteland of your cubicle farm, where corporate standards for decoration only allow for limited expression, this little tree says the most in the littlest package – “Merry Christmas.”
This Christmas tree is stuffed full of fiber-optics that pulse festive rainbows of red, blue, and green throughout. Plug the little tree into your computer’s USB power, or go “wireless” with two AAA batteries.
Suggested Price: $12.99
