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PNY Technologies, Inc. Expands USB Flash Drive Family to Suit a Variety of Professions, Personalities and Lifestyles.


LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States.  -- PNY Technologies PNY Technologies, Inc. is an American computer hardware company established in 1985. PNY is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey and maintains offices and manufacturing facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Taiwan. ([R]), Inc. announced today at CES 2007, several new additions to its family of USB Flash Drives with designs and features to fit every lifestyle.

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 Dean Delserro, senior marketing manager, flash for PNY Technologies, "The need for portable storage solutions continues to rise; however, everyone's needs are different whether the size, capacity, pricing and features. People are often looking to replace their existing storage solutions with new devices that feature larger capacities, or in other cases, adding new devices for a specific purpose. PNY PNY Piedmont Natural Gas (stock symbol)  can now accommodate all of these requirements."

PNY's new USB flash drives will be available to ship to retail and e-tail outlets in the first half of 2007 and include the following:

* Optima[TM] Pro Attache ATTACHE. Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister within the meaning of the Act of April 30, 1790, s. 37, 1 Story's L. U. S. ([R]) USB Flash Drive - is enhanced for Windows([R]) ReadyBoost([TM]) to optimize the performance of Microsoft's new Windows([R]) Vista operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
. A ReadyBoost-capable flash drive allows users to boot faster and launch software applications more quickly -- especially when there are already several applications running. The traditional method of storing "cache" data to a hard drive doesn't handle random data access as well as flash. Using the Optima Pro Attache with Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers.

Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities.
, cache data is stored on the ReadyBoost USB Flash drive, which is optimized for quick random reads and writes. PNY's Optima Pro Series will be available starting at an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
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 of $99 and a 2GB capacity.

* XLR XLR X-linked lymphocyte regulated
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XLR Accelar (Nortel/Bay network switch)
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8[TM] USB Flash Drive - is ideal for PC and console gaming, since users can easily store game saves and data, patches as well as game updates. This high-end USB flash drive is compatible with PCs and the latest gaming consoles with a USB Port A USB socket on a computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged. See USB. . Moreover, the drive can be used to play and share digital music, pictures, and video. PNY's XLR8 USB flash drive for gaming is starting at an MSRP of $99 and a 2GB capacity. Look for updates on the XLR8 line at http://www.PNY.com/XLR8.

* Micro Attache([R]) USB Flash Drive -is less than 1/3 the size of PNY's already compact Mini Attache, and among the smallest USB Flash drives available in the industry today. At only 32mm x 12mm x 2mm, the "baby" of the Attache family will be available starting in a 1GB capacity with 2GB and 4GB following shortly.

* Secure Attache([R]) USB Flash Drive - is for those who require their data to remain private and secure, even when being transported on a portable storage device. With government-level 256-bit AES encryption, users can safely take confidential documents wherever they go and it will be protected even if the device gets into the wrong hands. Plus, the intuitive interface makes it easy to use, because there are no requirements for software to be installed on a host PC. Moreover, the end-user can define the size of their secure and public partitions. PNY's Secure Attache will be available starting at an MSRP of $99 and a 2GB capacity.

* 8GB and 16GB Attache([R]) USB Flash Drives -have been added to PNY's original Attache family for those who require reliable drives and the highest available capacities at a great price. The 8GB Attache will begin shipping in January, with the 16GB available by the end of the first quarter.

PNY USB Flash Drives are compatible with most PC/MAC laptops, desktops and PDAs. The USB USB
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Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer.
 2.0 flash drives range in capacities from 128MB to 16GB and include a one year warranty and toll-free technical support.

ABOUT PNY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Established in 1985, PNY Technologies([R]), Inc. is a leading supplier and marketer of NVIDIA Quadro The NVIDIA Quadro is a series of AGP and PCI Express graphics cards created by the NVIDIA Corporation. The cards are designed to accelerate CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and DCC (digital content creation) and are usually found in workstations. ([R]) by PNY Technologies professional graphics boards and XLR8[TM] and Verto([R])-brand consumer graphics cards. The company also offers a full line of high-end memory upgrade modules, flash media, USB flash drives, portable hard drives and flash peripherals. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara and Orange County, Calif., Miami, Fla. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom,) and Asia (Taiwan and China). For more information, please visit http://www.pny.com

Please note: For flash media devices, 1 megabyte=1 million bytes; I gigabyte = 1 billion bytes. Actual useable capacity may vary. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.

The PNY logo is a registered trademark of PNY Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright [c] 2007 PNY Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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