Victorinox Launches Un-Hackable Secure Pro USB drive

Victorinox, the family company behind the famed Swiss Army Knife, has launched a pioneering memory stick device. The firm reports that its Secure Pro USB flash drive is the most secure of its kind available to the public. It uses several layers of security including fingerprint identification and a thermal sensor - so that the finger alone, detached from the body, will still not give access to the memory stick's contents. The Victorinox Secure has also been made tamper-proof. Any attempt to forcibly open it triggers a self-destruct mechanism that irrevocably burns its CPU and memory chip.


Victorinox was so confident of its new product's elite security standards that it offered a £100,000 prize to a team of professional hackers if they could break into it during the two hours the launch event lasted.

And what was the result? The money went uncollected.

The drive comes in 32GB storage capacity and supports AES 256 technology.

It further uses integrated Single Chip Technology, meaning that there are no external and accessible lines between the different coding/security steps, as on multi-chip solutions; this makes cracking the hardware impossible.

What's more, it even packs typical Swiss-knife features such as a retractable ball point pen, blade, scissors, nail file, screwdriver and key ring!

The Victorinox Secure Pro is available in three different sizes, ranging from 8GB to 32GB for $75-$270.
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WD AV-25 hard drive for AVDVR and surveillance applications

Western Digital today announced a new hard disk drive for AV/DVR and surveillance applications. The 2.5-inch WD AV-25 hard drive provide high reliability with a Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of 1 million hours and is engineered specifically for demanding, always-on multimedia streaming applications, while running at cool and quiet temperatures. In addition to high reliability, WD AV-25 hard drives meet the demanding requirements of the AV/DVR and surveillance markets by offering customers universal compatibility, low power consumption and the ability to simultaneously record multiple audio and/or high-definition video streams.


"Customers that market audio and video recording applications, such as DVRs, media centers and mainstream surveillance systems, often require 24x7 operation from hard drives," said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of WD's branded products and consumer electronics groups. "WD AV-25 hard drives are designed to withstand these demanding environments and offer consumers a small form factor solution that consumes less power, generates less heat, and operates quietly and, most importantly, reliably."

The WD AV-25 hard drive is offered in capacities of 160GB, 250GB, 320GB and 500GB with price ranging between $50 to $80.
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