Call it OCD or something else, but I like to offload any data that I can to my 2TB external hard drive. Earlier, the only ...

IDG All in all, this does not make a USB stick the ideal storage medium for long-term ... you should even consider using archival tapes or optical media. And remember: It’s never a good idea ...

That same year, Singaporean company Trek 2000 International also began selling its 8 MB "ThumbDrive." Today you can purchase USB flash drives with hundreds of gigabytes of storage on the cheap.