Review: Tiny flash drives improve their security

By RON HARRIS , Associated Press Writer, Electronic Devices / Hardware

The Yoggie GateKeeper Pico ($149),top, the IronKey ($149), center, and Take Anywhere's Pocket Safe ($59.95) bottom are shown Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008, in Atlanta. These small flash drives offer added computer security for the user. The IronKey and Pocket Safe units offer data encryption and password protection to keep the stored data on them private. The Yoggie serves as a plugin firewall and anti-virus tool to secure the user's online activities. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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(AP) -- Flash memory drives, the size of your thumb, are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It's tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road.

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