This is good news for those who use the USB Flash drives.  Next time you are in the market for a portable flash drive, be sure to look at the U3 drives.  These are a little different from the normal usb drives in the fact they load as a drive and a CD.  When you insert the usb drive, you can easily see both under Windows Explorer.  Are you transporting sensitive medical data on on USB Drive?  The U3 drives contain their own menus, virus software and other included software that will allow you to encrypt the information on the drive, a must today as you do not want to be carrying around a drive that someone could easily intercept and accidentally divulge any patient medical information. 

If you are an Outlook user, you can also use the drive to take with you as an email client to read email anywhere and then synchronize the content with Outlook when you return to your "matched" home computer.  You pair the device with a PC, similar in nature to how you match with blue tooth.  Outlook and any files carried on the drive are encrypted, so if you loose or misplace the drive, it's not going to be easy for someone to find your files and information.  I use one all the time and it works well.  BD

                              

REDMOND, Wash., and MILPITAS, Calif. — May 11, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. and SanDisk® Corp. today announced they have signed an agreement to deliver a next-generation software and hardware solution to place application programs and personal customization on USB flash drives and flash memory cards, expanding on and replacing SanDisk’s existing U3 Smart Technology.

Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will develop a new software experience and SanDisk will develop new hardware capabilities, including the addition of TrustedFlash™ security technology. SanDisk will incorporate the combined software and hardware solution on removable flash memory cards and Cruzer® USB flash drives. The new offering is expected to be commercially available starting in the second half of 2008.

More information about U3 flash drives can be found here:

http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=3196

http://www.dmailer.com/site/dmailersync/dmailersync.html

Source:  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-11SanDisk07PR.mspx

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