CES 2008: Yoggie’s Firewall On A USB Stick January 08, 2008
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Yoggie Security has been doing some interesting things on the consumer PC security front in recent years and have the awards to prove it.
At this year’s CES 2008 show it unveiled an ultra-portable USB key-sized hardware-based firewall product, Firestick Pico. It’s more than just a firewall on a stick though since the Firestick Pico is a fully functioning Linux PC with a 300MHz core and a dual Flash memory mechanism that allows it to be an ‘untouchable operating system’ running an independent firewall application.
Like other Yoggie products, the Firestick Pico offloads the security function – in this case the firewall - off the PC so that threats never actually hit your system. Unlike some of its pricier siblings, this one is more affordable.
It costs around £60 and comes bundled with Kaspersky security software suite. You can get it online now at places like Buy.com and Amazon.com.-Martin Lynch
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
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£60 sound great, but I assume thats $120 from the likes of buy.com and amazon.com, when it goes on sale here it'll be more like £100 :(
I should have looked before posting, cheapest I can find it on sale in the UK is £89. Or $99 on Buy.com which is £50 at current exchange rates. Go go rip off Britain!