Wiki page: 1996 - USB 1.0 released 1998 - USB 1.1 released 2000 - USB 2.0 released 2007 - USB 3.0 - demo 2008 - USB 3.0 - specifications released

Just a small timeline, dates varry depending on introduction/specification, to show that it has been over 8 years since a new USB standard has been released.

But! The good news is that Intel just released a draft of USB 3.0 specification that will/should/might/justwatch to see if a new release will occur.

I'm ready for a 10-fold increase in bandwidth. How about you? Yes, I thought so. Look for products in 2009 or 2010.

DataCase at the iTunes App Store allows you to turn your iPhone or iPod into a wireless storage devices that can be accessed by other network devices.

Features:
DataCase keeps your files close by turning your iPhone or iPod Touch into a hand held wireless drive.
Drag and drop files just like it was another hard drive.
DataCase makes it easy to view your Documents, Audio, Video, and Photos on you iPhone.
Works with any computer that has wireless capabilities or is connected to a wireless network.
DataCase allows you to create multiple volumes to separate your data any way you like.

Cheep, and probably worth a test drive

Have you ever felt like you've been pushed out with the garbage?

Well, the some 2,000 abandoned Linkup users will be able to sign up with spideroak.com for free 10GB of storage for a year.

Now I'm not privy to what happened over at Linkup, I really try and stay away from free online storage providers, but it seems that SpiderOak is a paid service (why else would it be free for 2,000 only) and this might be something to look into for ex-Linkup users.

Personally I think that paid offline storage is a good idea, just don't get caught in the still vol ital mix of free-paid-may-not-be-around-tomorrow scams.

Did that get your attention? With a recent release of AOL unveiling Xdrive's 5GB free storage for Mac, I just wondered how much free space would it take for you to sign up for one of these services?

5GB is good, but it really is just a teaser.

Granted, you can purchase additional storage but what does it get you? You can upload, download, and share files all you want.

But what do you really want?

Wouldn't you really want to be able to run applications while accessing this storage. Wouldn't it be cool if I could access a small embedded database? Wouldn't it be nice if I could run an application of my mobile device and access this external storage just as if it were local?

One of these days corporations will start issuing laptops and personal computers without USB drives, CD burners, and connectivity to the Internet for file transfers.

Case in point: It is just too easy for employees to steal sensitive data as can be seen by the recent incident at the former Countrywide Financial Corp. Where an employee admitted to taking customer data on a flash drive and then selling it. FBI: Flash drive used to steal Countrywide customer data

I personally don't know the solution here other than total distrust for all employees. I know one bad egg doesn't mean the other eleven are bad but what are our corporations going to do to safeguard your data and mine?

Sound off! I'm lost!

So you've paid some big bucks for your iPhone and you actually use it. Now you are finding that the 16GB of storage it comes with just isn't enough because you are constantly thumbing through your pictures and mucis all the time.

Now since that iPhone can and should be always connected to a network. After all, how are you going to utilize the phone if you're not. And so, you should be able to virtualize your iPhone storage through the network. Sounds like a pretty cool idea to me.

Take a look at the plans at an article published titled: Apple looking to infinite iPhone and iPhone 3G storage capacity - Stream media from desktop iTunes library. WOW! that's a title :).