We love eco friendly gadgets; promotional products that run of green sources of energy. If you’re looking to spread your eco friendly message through corporate gifts, then have a browse of ecoproducts2order for a complete range of branded goods.

Their friendly staff can advise you on promotional calculators, clocks, torches and many other gadgets that are powered by eco friendly means. One thing they can’t supply is promotional cars unfortunately, like the “poo-powered” VW Beetle which has taken to the streets of Bristol in an attempt to encourage sustainable motoring.

The Bio-Bug runs on processed methane gas generated as part of the raw sewage treatment process. Engineers from Wessex Water estimate the waste from 70 homes would generate enough gas to run the car for 10,000 miles (16,100km).

Despite being powered by fuel created from sewage, the car does not smell unpleasant. “It performs like a normal car - you wouldn’t know it was powered by biogas,” a company spokesman said.

Promotional mobile phone accessories are big businesses, as they seem to physically attached to most people. However mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret.

Security researchers have released tools that, they say, make it easy to see what security systems operators use to stop eavesdropping. The researchers want to expose those operators that have not updated security systems to prevent others listening in.The tools are based on an attack first demonstrated in late 2009.

“We do want people to go out and study how secure these networks are and to put pressure on the operators to improve,” said Dr Karsten Nohl, the lead security researcher behind the project. Dr Nohl gave a presentation about the tools, called Airprobe, and how to use them at the Black Hat hacker conference held in Las Vegas from 28-29 July.

Most mobile calls are protected with an encryption system that uses a huge number of keys to stop eavesdropping. The vast amount of time it would take to try all the keys just to get at the contents of one call makes it effectively impossible to eavesdrop.

Dr Nohl said he, his colleagues and a few dozen others have found a way to shrink the amount of storage needed to hold a complete list of the keys and speed up the way to find the one that unscrambles a conversation.

Is somebody eavesdropping, or are we just being paranoid?

USBs, data sticks, flash-drives, memory cards these are all popular names for the same thing, but many people don’t know much about them, despite being a very important product for all kinds of industries.

What is a flash memory?

In your promotional USB stick, you will find a flash memory chip, which is a component of almost every electronic device. This memory is super-portable, and importantly is constantly powered. This allows the user to program or erase data safely and quickly, without requiring outside power to maintain date stored on the chip.

Why is there often no prices on promotional product distributers website?

Branded USB sticks vary in price because the memory chip inside varies in price. Why would there price fluctuate? Flash memory is treated as commodity product, as only a couple of manufacturers (Samsung, Intel etc) supply the entire world. This leads the supply and demand ratio open to easy manipulation, as there can be a very large demand from only a few organisations. Apple Computers for example is responsible for buying 20% - 30% of the entire market.

How long will my promotional USB last for?

Branded USBs are extremely robust, leave one in your jeans while there in the washing machine, and they’ll still probably work (I said probably, don’t sue me if it doesn’t). Partly because they have no moving parts, they aren’t prone to wear and tear.

There is some disagreement over how long your USB flashdrive will keep running for. Some say they will last forever, but I would disagree. It is safe to say that for all intents and purposes your USB won’t break down on and you, and will very likely last longer than you.

Apple’s iTunes system has revolutionized the music industry, with Johnny Cash’s Guess Things Happen That Way’, becoming the 10 billionth track to be sold at the ITunes online store.

Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling was officially named the site’s most downloaded track, with their single ‘Boom Boom Pow’ the third biggest seller. Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia bought the 10 billionth track winning a$10,000 (£6,500) iTunes gift card.

There are plenty of promotional products within the corporate gift industry, which enable your organisation to associate themselves with the music industry. Promotional iPod accessories include; branded covers, branded skins, branded cables – even branded iPod voice recorders. Promotional iPod protective cover are all you need to keep your pride and joy safe and sound from the elements, and offer a great branding area for you to spread your corporate identity.

Promotional iPod accessories are sure to give a modern feel to your brand, and have the benefit of being inexpensive, and popular with practically any music lover. If you have a particular branded iPod accessory in mind which you can’t find, let the friendly teams know at Gift Selection and Gadgets2order, who are likely to be able to source it for you.

Top promotional product supplier Gift Selection and Gadgets2order have added a new range to their technology business gift range, with the launch of a new range of audio speakers designed especially for the promotional products market.

The new range has ten models, with big flat surfaces which are ideal for vibrant full colour prints, at relatively low prices. You can have the majority of these quality branded speakers for under the ten pound mark.

There are three series within the range; the round ball series which features two separate speaker systems merged into a coloured ball design, the square series with a unique textile surface finish that can be used for any full colour transfer printing; and the PVC and paper foldable series, which are lightweight with a flat design, which easily slips into a laptop bag.

Their range is looking to strengthen their speaker range with top end design, but at a reasonable price point.  If require any information at all, contact the friendly teams over at Gift Selection and Gadgets2order.

My favourite promotional product these days is still the branded USB men.  I’ve been spending probably too much time of late, living in my own little fantasy branded USB men land as you can see. The fact that I mainly pull their body parts off, probably doesn’t reflect well on my character, but there you are.

In our office we have a range of branded USB men taken from the standard range. If you’re not interested in splashing out on a completely bespoke USB man, then you’ll want to know what standard branded USB men are available. My favourite branded USB man is the surgeon (pictured), but there is quite a range of other characters. Giftselection are one quality supplier of branded USB men, and if you give them a call they will be happy to send you images of what is available.

When ordering a standard branded USB man, the minimum order quantity is only 50 pieces. While the USB men are available in every memory capacity up to 4Mg, and can be printed in up to four spot colours - but only the chest area.

If you require a sample of a branded USB man, contact the friendly team at Gift Selection or call 0845 481 8090 for more information.

Printed promotional USB drives are popular corporate gifts for all sorts of businesses. If you’re planning on giving lots out, you probably won’t want to spend a fortune on an individual USB.

Bracelet USB drives are one the cheapest promotional flash drives available, but their quirky appeal means despite their low cost, they are still popular. A younger audience in general I think would approve of a printed bracelet flash drive, as it’s a promotional gadget that they can really get to grips with. The beauty being that silicon branded USBs are extremely hard wearing – which is ideal for kids.

Silicone wristbands are available in a few different styles, and if ordered in quantity can even be pantone matched. A quality supplier of promotional Silicon USB drives is gadgets2order, who have a full range of memory sizes available.

Anyone involved in the promotions industry or in marketing in general, would have had to be living in a cave on Mars, not to have noticed the Twitter revolution. Apple obviously doesn’t see this as a flash in the pan, as they are set to make an offer of £465m for the company!

Industry experts have said that the iPod creator is involved in deep talks with Twitter, and aims to seal the deal by the 8^th of June, when Apple is set to hold its Worldwide Developers Conference.

Someone somewhere is making a lot of money, as the chaps at Twitter don’t come cheap. Last November they turned down an offer of $500 worth of cash and stock, from their rival social media giant Facebook.

The fact that Twitter hasn’t even made any money yet, and there being offered a mountain of cash seems bizarre to me, but there you are.  The implications are thought to be massive, as the social media site would go hand in hand with Apples phenomenally successful iPhone.

However this isn’t the first time that Twitter have been linked with business, so the truth still remains to be seen.

This eye catching gold bar is certainly for those who like to stand out. This quality promotional ‘Memogold’ USB is a sliding metal flash drive - in the shape of a mini gold bar.

For those businesses associated with the finer things in life, this gold USB would certainly make for an eye catching promotional gadget. This flash drive is a little different from everything else on the promotional market, and can be laser engraved with your businesses’ details.

The gold USB stick wouldn’t be every business’s cup of tea, but for the right company this could be an unforgettable promotional product. One supplier of these novelty USBs is gadgets2order, who have recently taken on board a whole new range of USB flash drives, so check out their latest stock.

Here are my top 5 groups who would benefit from this promotional gold USB drive:

1.) The British Olympic Team (Fingers crossed for 2012)

2.) Going For Gold (The Game Show, Channel 5)

3.) Gold Chocolate Bars (McVities)

4.) Spandau Ballet (Chrysalis Records)

5.) The Treasury

With my favourite promotional product the being the USB man, I’m pleased to announce that gadgets2order have the full range of promotional USB men available. The classic promotional USB man is now available in a whole range of new versions, for you to promote your business with!

A side from the regular USB man and the metal USB man, now there is a; mini USB man, micro USB man, rubber USB man and a USB man car! As many marketing budgets have been cut, promotional USB men haven’t been an option for some businesses, however the mini USB man is extremely affordable.

The rubber USB men really make eye catching promotional items, due to the bespoke options available such as spikey rubber hair if you want a rock star USB man for example!

These little USB men have been difficult to get hold off, especially in the UK until now. However gadgets2order have the full range in stock, in sizes; 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB. What’s great is that they will create a visual of a little USB  man free of charge, so you can see exactly what your bespoke USB man will look like. Think how impressive your business’s own USB mascot will look!