Victorinox has added an ultra-secure USB drive to the Swiss Army Knife's bag of tricks.

"The latest version of the pocket knife, launched on Thursday, contains a memory stick that can store computer files and documents," writes Times Online's Murad Ahmed. "But realising its customers are more conscientious than most, its maker has developed technology which it claims is 'unhackable,' even self-destructing if it detects an attempt to break into an owner's personal files."

"According to the company, the device is the most secure of its kind that is available to the public," writes Crave's Dong Ngo. "To achieve this level of safety, the memory stick uses multiple layers of security including fingerprint identification and a thermal sensor."

"Aside from the security features, the Secure Pro still integrates a basic set of Swiss Army tools," according to Electronista. "Users can deploy the integrated knife, scissors, or nail file with a screwdriver point."

More here from The Inquirer ... more here from GadgetReview ... and more here from Telegraph.co.uk.

A fraud suspect recently swallowed a USB hard drive while awaiting questioning by the U.S. Secret Service.

"Florin Necula, from New York, ate a Kingston flash drive thought to contain mag strip dumps from credit cards shortly after his arrest outside a bank in Queens on 21 January," writes The Register's John Leyden. "He gobbled the USB drive while awaiting processing and questioning at a Secret Service office in Brooklyn."

"Necula was arrested outside a Queens bank for allegedly installing card-readers over A.T.M. slots to steal data (and $35,000)," writes Gothamist's John Del Signore.

"Investigators were not deterred by the gut-wrenching turn of events," writes Crimesider's Neil Katz. "They sent Necula to New York Downtown Hospital... where doctors pulled the offending flash drive from his intestines."

"Not only is Necula still in hot water for his alleged ATM scam, but he now faces obstruction of justice charges, had to undergo surgery, and will receive 5 minutes of fame as one of the dumbest crooks of the decade," writes HotHardware's Paul Lilly.

More here from CNET News ... more here from The Smoking Gun ... and more here from Gadgetsteria.

Paraben has introduced a new USB drive that detects porn on a user's PC.

"The Porn Detection Stick... is a $100 thumb drive stuffed with Windows-compatible image detection software," writes Gizmodo's Mark Wilson. "Give it an hour and a half, and the device can scan 70,000 images — even deleted ones — with algorithms that analyze 'facial features, flesh tone colors, image back grounds, body part shapes, and more.' The system promises less than 1% false positives."

"First, the software applies filtering to the images, 'cleaning' them to make them more easily discernible," writes Gearlog's Mark Hachman. "Skin detection looks for skin tones, while a background eliminaton tool separates the image from, well, the background. Other algorithms look for particular body parts and faces, using edge detection. After all of the image processing has been completed, the software renders a decision on whether the image is pornographic or not."

More here from Fudzilla ... and more here from Waleg.

OCZ Technology has announced a suprisingly affordable $100 solid state drive, the Onyx Series, for netbooks, laptops and desktops.

"Like all SSDs, Onyx can do several things faster than spinning disk drives," writes eWeek's Chris Preimesberger. "They load applications faster, offer quicker data access, enable shorter bootups and don't use as much battery power."

"The 'ultra-affordable' 2.5in SATA II MLC drives start at less than $100 MSRP for the 32GB version, which should be large enough to comfortably run the operating system and most applications, while content can be stored on a more capacious traditional spinning disk," writes The Inquirer's Ian Williams.

"According to OCZ, its new 'budget' Onyx SSD also comes with 64MB of cache memory and delivers up to 125MBps read and 70MBps write speeds," writes Crave's Dong Ngo. "The Onyx SSD also has a durable and lightweight housing, according to the company, and like all other SSDs, it has no moving parts and therefore uses much less energy than traditional hard drives."

More here from PC Mag ... more here from Computerworld ... more here from The Register ... and more here from ZDNet.