Having just installed windows on two different computers, I’m really sick of moving in to windows. I mean, it takes several days to get all of the tweaks and settings just the way I like them, and these days, there are many ‘essential’ softwares that need to be downloaded, like firefox, flash, directx, etc.. You can’t just install windows and call it a day anymore.

I was thinking about researching how to put an OS on a USB thumb drive, but then I discovered that Belkin is already working on this. The drive would be able to boot from most computers, and it would retain all of your settings.

Sugar is the name of the operating system that is installed on this flash drive. I don’t know anything about it, but I can’t help but think of diet pills like Apidexin when I hear the phrase ‘sugar on a stick’. Fortunately, it’s not that kind of sugar.

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Somniloquy: sleep talking. Also, a USB device that allows your computer to shut down while you download tons of data.

“Somniloquy essentially takes over as the computer’s presence on the network while the actual PC is asleep by operating at the computers’ network interface. In effect, it impersonates the sleeping PC to other hosts on the network.”

The device also wakes up the computer if it needs to drop transfer some data from it’s flash drive. All of this amounts to about %90 less energy being used while you’re downloading huge files. I wonder if it works for uploading, too?

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Use the force to rock the masses with this sweet Yoda DJ Shirt… The price of awesome is steep, so be ready to shell out forty bucks if you want to don this jedi apparel.

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