There seems to be no genie behind U2’s musical success except for the name, Bono which comes from the Latin phrase for “Good Voice.” But being Irish there might be leprechauns somewhere in the mix. When it comes to portable apps, U3 could be described as the genie in the flash drive. Though it isn’t always clear who fits the definition of either. As anyone who uses Windows well knows, the operating system is far from perfect. U2 has Bono whose real name is Paul Hewson, who has been known to travel around with a security detail that keeps paparazzi and riff raff at arms length. U3 compatible USB drives can be configured with security, requiring passwords before loading data. Well not narcissism but the other ones for sure. U2 tries to clean up the world by working on issues such as poverty, disease, social justice and narcissism. U3 applications are required to clean up data from the guest PC after an application has been launched from a USB drive. U2 records material which is proprietary and they collect royalties whenever it’s “implemented” on radio stations or advertisements. U3 is a proprietary format owned by SanDisk which collects royalties whenever it’s implemented in USB flash drives. Carry all your documents, music, videos and any other data always with you. And their members are probably smart musicians. ![]() What makes these drives so interesting is the availability of Portable Apps these are programs specifically designed to run on flash drives without leaving any data on the host PC and run easily on flash drives (Links to portable app compilations are at the end of this article). ![]() U2 is a band which is definitely not a flash-in-the-pan, though they could conceivably release their music on a flash drive. One example I reviewed is the Corsair Survivor 32 GB USB Drive. U3 is a platform that allows users to take their USB applications to any Windows PC where they can be launched from a USB flash drive.
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