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Earlier this year, I wrote an article called Is Apple On a Mission to Destroy Optical Discs? It was a valid question with plenty of evidence to support my - Afzal Khan

Netflix is splitting into Qwikster (DVD by mail) and Netflix (video streaming). Netflix will be renaming their DVD by mail service to “Qwikster,” which in all honesty is not a bad idea. He states, “Our view is with this split of the businesses, we will be better at streaming, and we will be better at DVD by mail.” - Afzal Khan

Windows 8 is getting a new partner in efficiency—the Windows 8 USB flash drive, according the online industry reports. Branded as “Windows To Go”, the device is geared toward businesses to equip employees with a portable operating system. From a custom USB flash drive, users can boot the new OS on a Windows 7 or Windows 8 compatible computer. As a result, employees with a Windows 8 USB drive can work easier from the home, the office or at another remote location. - Afzal Khan

UniKeep CD/DVD binders are a great way to store lots of discs, for all of your multi-disc packaging needs, check out the full line of UniKeep albums, unikeep binders, & sleeve inserts at CDROM2GO! Save big when on pages and albums together! please see our selection of UniKeep CD/DVD albums for details. - Afzal Khan

CDROM2GO offers a range of custom printing services for disc packaging, case inserts, posters, and more! Let's take a look at some of the custom printing services including custom printed CD/DVD mailers, custom CD/DVD case inserts & poster printing offered by CDROM2GO in detail. - Afzal Khan

Epson (Pro Cinema 6010), Marshall (ORCHID OR-70-3D), JVC (DLA-X90R) and Sony (SXRD) all announced 3D projectors and monitors within the past week. Each product improves on a different aspect of the 3D viewing experience, and JVC’s and Sony’s products especially provoke questions about the future of optical storage media. - Afzal Khan

USB TV tuners look like your typical promotional usb flash drive thanks to their connector and shape. Premium USB is here to help you distinguish the difference between USB flash drive and the newer up-and-comer the USB TV tuner. - Afzal Khan

Rimage 5400N so special is its versatility. The machine can be ordered with two CD/DVD burner drives, one CD/DVD and one Blu-ray burner drive, or two Blu-ray burners. Voting for Hardware Product of the Year and 22 other categories ends September 15th, 2011. The winners of each category will be announced at the 5th Annual Document Manager Awards ceremony on September 29th, 2011. - Afzal Khan

Document Manager is kind of like the Consumer Reports of office products. Their industry publication covers everything from scanning and imaging to storage, network printing, and multifunction devices. Each year, Document Manager holds an awards ceremony to recognize outstanding products in their industry. This year’s nominations are in, and the Rimage Corporation has been nominated for “Hardware Product of the Year” for their 5400N CD/DVD publisher. The 5400N offers disc burning and printing capabilities over a local area network (LAN). This allows multiple users in an office to send jobs to the machine from their own workstations. - Afzal Khan

Elise Morin and Clemence Eliard of Small Medium Large design studio used discarded CDs to create a meaningful art exhibit called “Waste Landscape,” which intends to impress upon viewers the consequences of everyday technological waste. - Afzal Khan

The artists believe that the reflective surface and the shape of the dunes create an immense motionless metal sea, which leaves an impression upon the observer between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. - Afzal Khan

Microsoft Corporation played a major role in pushing users towards optical CD/DVD media. Microsoft then went on to add support for writing Blu-ray discs in Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista. Now, official screenshots of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system show some major changes coming to the way users burn their blank CD-R and DVD-R discs. - Afzal Khan

A new feature coming in Windows 8 is the ability to mount ISO images as virtual disc drives. An ISO image is a file that contains a snapshot of all of the data on a particular disc in one single, convenient file. This will allow users to load discs to their computer from an external Blu-ray burner or other disc drive, then mount the images as virtual disc drives while traveling. In the past, this functionality required purchasing third-party software. Now, it will be included as a component of Windows. - Afzal Khan

Marissa Mayer, VP, Local, Maps & Location Services at Google announced that they had acquired Zagat today! - Afzal Khan

Techno music just got a lot more exciting as music producer and world famous DJ Carl Cox releases a USB music album featuring highly contagious tracks from All Roads Lead to the Dance Floor. With his label, Intec Digital, Cox was looking for a completely new album experience for fans to get hooked on. - Afzal Khan

As Cox puts it, “I didn’t want to just put it online and let that be that. I’ve spent too long on it, and it’s too important to me to be degraded that way. I wanted to do something special with this release, something really forward thinking, and I think we’ve achieved it.” - Afzal Khan

Each of these promotional USB drives also offers up to 2GB of free data preloading. This means that whatever files you want to distribute—software, multimedia, documents, brochures, web links and more—can be added to each and every flash drive with our duplication equipment. USB data loading is completed within your deadline no matter if your order is big or small. What do you look for in a promotional USB flash drive? Do you like custom shapes like the Brewski USB bottle opener and Expedition? Weigh in below. - Afzal Khan

More than two weeks after London rioters burnt Sony’s Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC)’s main London distribution warehouse of CDs, DVDs, and - Afzal Khan

The arrangement between the companies will allow Sony DADC to use storage and distribution facilities at Cert Octavian’s offices and Cinram will help ship Sony Pictures Home Entertainment products. - Afzal Khan

USB 3.0 is finally getting the confirmation and validation it’s been craving—mainstream support via Windows 8. USB 3.0 in Windows 8 is a significant milestone for the interface. For the average user who may have a new USB 3.0 flash drive or hard drive, but has lacked the proper ports to support it, he or she can now take advantage of the speeds these devices always intended. - Afzal Khan

Premium USB is committed to keeping up with these technology trends. As Windows 8 makes its way into PCs, we will continue to expand our product offerings to provide you with a wide selection of custom USB 3.0 flash drives. Be sure to stay tuned to all of our news and updates via our blog feed, Facebook and Twitter. Thoughts on USB 3.0 in Windows 8? Share below. - Afzal Khan

Flash Drives Go For a Ride with Car USB Audio Systems: USB Car MP3 Player automakers offer the ability to plug your flash drive into a USB audio interface: Hyundai, Honda, BMW, Jeep, Mercedes and more. Many of these USB music options feature center consoles to hold storage devices and insert flash drives that can be controlled through interface dials or the steering wheel. - Afzal Khan

At Premium USB, we love to hear about how real world consumers are taking advantage of the unlimited potential offered by custom flash drives.  Thomas Edison - Afzal Khan

Proper testing measures of NAND flash will go a long way in protecting you, your work and your memories. What are your thoughts on verification that eats up valuable write cycles? Also, when you’re looking for quality, check out Premium USB’s selection of Grade A, Tier 1 custom flash drives, retail USB drives and hard drives! - Afzal Khan

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"Congrats Chris...I'm looking forward for this book....thanks :-)" - Afzal Khan

On July 19th, the SATA-IO published the latest specification called SATA v3.1. SATA 3.1 includes mSATA specifications for mobile computing devices, Queued Trim Command for solid-state drives (SSDs) with SATA interfaces, & improved Hardware Control Features. SATA 3.1 is included a new feature called Zero-Power Optical Disc Drives. - Afzal Khan

When someone poses the question, who invented USB flash drive, there is no one name that pops up. What we don’t realize about most inventions—the flash drive included—is that it is actually credited to decades of building off one innovation after another. As a result, Premium USB will highlight both direct & indirect players that made the USB flash drive what it is today! - Afzal Khan

Super Talent, a top manufacturer for flash storage solutions & DRAM memory modules has come up with USB 3.0 Express ST2, a flash drive with same great features as other SuperSpeed products. The price of Super Talent USB 3.0 Express ST2 flash drive is cheap ($20 for 8GB), it is anything but a cheap USB product in quality. - Afzal Khan