USB Thumb Drive Working Environment From Lexar
Wouldn’t be great to stroll into an internet cafe, stick a flash drive in the USB port, and have your desktop, bookmarks and documents immediately available without leaving any traces on the host machine?
That is what Lexar is promising to ship in July with PowerToGo software on high-end 1 and 2 GB flash drives. The software comes from Ceedo Technologies, an Israeli software company, that says
Ceedo Personal is a powerful working environment for portable storage devices such as USB flash-drives and hard drives. It allows users to carry their programs, documents, e-mails and favorite browser with them, accessing them through an easy-access menu once connected to a computer.
The Ceedo [OS] provides Ceedo users with an independent, private working space, created separately from the host computer’s operating system. Ceedo users can run their carried programs on any [Windows] computer, work on their documents and access their e-mails on the go.
You don’t have to wait for Lexar. Go to Ceedo, download the software, and try it yourself.
Be aware that tiny hardware key loggers can capture passwords and messages on public PCs. Use an on-screen keyboard and the mouse for passwords. If the security of your messages is important, stick with a laptop.
You can also load “portable” applications on a thumb drive. Anyone competent to comment on the security of that?
on May 25th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Thank you, God!
on May 26th, 2006 at 11:17 am
How can the data really be separated if the user is using the host PC OS? Physical security is compromised. It sounds lto me like this is easily breakable.
on May 27th, 2006 at 6:27 am
If I read the Ceedo site correctly, their software is based on Linux. That being the case I *think* that a Windows virus would have to know how to fake being a superuser, with password, to alter the kernel.
on May 28th, 2006 at 12:30 am
How about this solution from ThinkGeek: Bio Computer-On-a-Stick. With builtin Biometrics and running Linux with a set of portable apps.
on July 19th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Portable launchpads for USB sticks…
After main branch release of “Bookmark Base” we will create custom builds for U3 and Ceedo laucnhpads.
I’m sure this will give us additional marketing exposure and also more sales.
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