Thumb drives used to be so cool. They came in every shape and material, from little plastic rectangles to rubber wristbands, novelty animals, and pens sporting a built-in USB-drive.

The freeware program automatically adds drive icons to your desktop. It detects USB drives, fixed drives (i.e., your hard drives), CD/DVD drives, network drives, and even RAM disk drives.

USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.0, USB 3.1 Gen 1, USB 3.2 Gen 1) The third generation of the USB protocol , USB 3.0, launched in November 2008 and brought with it a huge bump in theoretical maximum speeds to 5 ...