Folks by in Europe looking for a secure USB flash drive will be happy to know that the DataTraveler 5000 USB Flash Drive from Kingston is now available in Europe. We previously told you that that drive is FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified with Level 3 pending, and offers built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption for another layer of protection. To further enhance the defense of your input, the drive uses both XTS cipher mode and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms that so that it meets Suite B standards approved by the US government. The DataTraveler 5000 is currently available in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities for 82 Euro (about $108), 103 Euro (about 136), 129 Euro (about $170) and 298 Euro (about $394), respectively.

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Microsoft has rejected claims that it intentionally put a backdoor in Windows 7 at the inquiry of NSA (National protection Agency) which would allegedly allow NSA to spy on users. Some parties are additionally concerned that Microsoft might be compelled to do so as the US government is one of its most critical customers, though other experts note that the consequences of allowing such a thing to be included could be even more severe. Do you think Microsoft would put such a operate into Windows 7? Drop us a comment and let us know what you think.

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