Do u know that the ThumbDrive was invented by a Singaporean?

• RaTtY81

  27 Apr 06, 13:00

  we invented a peanut tat cost $600k, how abt tat?
• Gordonator

  27 Apr 06, 15:00

  still off topic.
• DailyFreeGames.com

  27 Apr 06, 15:35

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• stellazio

  27 Apr 06, 15:38

  and the trek company went to sue other companies, 3 of them in fact when thumbdrives started appearing..
• Gordonator

  27 Apr 06, 15:43

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  and the trek company went to sue other companies when thumbdrives started appearing..

  they have the copyright to the name 'thumbdrive'. but maybe not sue lah, just collect the copyright fee from whoever uses the name to market their own thumbdrives loh.
• chenc

  27 Apr 06, 19:03

  Originally posted by blackchickenahkai:

  sg got many foreigners as Pr?

  Just looked up Microsoft Encarta. 1 quarter of the population living in Singapore are foreign talents.
• stellazio

  27 Apr 06, 19:05

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  they have the copyright to the name 'thumbdrive'. but maybe not sue lah, just collect the copyright fee from whoever uses the name to market their own thumbdrives loh.

  noo..they went to sue 3 other companies in year 2000 or something like that..
  
  i did a case study on it before..but seem to have lost my files..
• ndmmxiaomayi

  27 Apr 06, 19:06

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  noo..they went to sue 3 other companies in year 2000 or something like that..
  
  i did a case study on it before..but seem to have lost my files..

  Sued them for infringing copyright, ST reported.
  
  But I think it failed.
• LazerLordz

  27 Apr 06, 19:10

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  cos if you want swiss standards of living ... you must be prepared to pay swiss prices mah ....
  
  idiots seem to want their cake and eat it too ... ...
  
  oh my ... is this the elections syndrome or what ... every thread is getting politicised .....

  talk about it.. i just had my exam paper for politics today..
  
  oh what the heck, even Cafe Casual is having elections of a new mod. aka By-Election.
• kaobeikaobu

  27 Apr 06, 19:25

  is there a thumbdrive that can download a person's vast knowledge and experiences databank?
• chenc

  27 Apr 06, 19:35

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  that's right. Local company Trek 2000 first introduced the ThumbDrive in early 2000. The tiny product proves to be success and as the saying goes, the rest is history. their website can be found below.
  
  http://www.trek2000.com.sg/index.htm

  The facts are only half true.
  
  The first flash drive was invented by IBM in 1998, design for ThinkPad products. Later, IBM decided not to continue and pass on this technology to a few smaller cooperations, leaded by M System Inc.
  
  What follows is mainly some improvement and also putting the drive in a small casing, thus called thumb drive. It meet the market in 2000. Other companies quickly followed the idea but reform the technology, like Sandisk and Memoriex.
  
  While M System held the patent for years, Trek recently sued and successfully won over the rigths. The patent has no much use, as all other compact memory companies in the world now has developed their own technology. Edison invented lightbulb, but today tens of thousands of companies sell their own lightbulb. Same concerp
  
  Also, it is not Singaporean who invented it, not even developed it. Yes, Trek is a Singapore-based company, but its developers and scientist are all citizens from other countries.
  
  I know this can be disappointing. But its good to know the fact. Besides, we still have Sim.
  
  Source : Microsoft Encarta 2006 Premium Edition
• Gordonator

  27 Apr 06, 19:48

  Originally posted by kaobeikaobu:

  is there a thumbdrive that can download a person's vast knowledge and experiences databank?

  here u go. (copy and paste the URL as i cannot make it clickable)
  
  http://www.talkingcock.com/html/article.php?sid=1925