USB "Thumb" Drives Get Smaller--Sony Released Micro Vault Tiny USB Flash Drives

Sony Micro Vault Tiny USB Flash Drives come in capacities of 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB and are about 1/2" by 1" by 1/16" thick. A 4GB model is due out soon. They use USB 2.0 and are backward compatible to USB 1.1 and have a compression application to hold more data. They range in price from $25 for 256MB to $100 for the 2GB model, shipping included, with a $5-10 price drop until August 17. Check them out on this Sony Web page. [Dana Baggett]