http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/ Engadget Comments for Lockheed Martin introduces 'PC on a stick' flash drive -- yes, Lockheed Martin http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/It might only be worth a dollar. But I am sure they are selling it over priced to the miltary.]]>Jan 19th 2010 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
ROFL! He needs this to keep his shit secure from Ahkmed!!

"I will hack you!!!"
]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.becrypt.com/emea/Products/trusted-client Becrypt were selling it real cheap, I guess you have to have a reasonably sized army before LM will talk]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
Its essentially the same @Andir now where can I get a reseonably sized army from?

Becrypt have had this for a while, basically Ubuntu run from pre-encrypted flash drive. Nice idea for secure connections to Citrix and web browsing, but there's limits on other functions and installs. http://www.becrypt.com/emea/Products/trusted-client Becrypt were selling it real cheap, I guess you have to have a reasonably sized army before LM will talk]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
That's probably the built in "virus protection". Any linux nerd with a flash drive can make one of these, out of any Linux distro.]]>Jan 20th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Feb 12th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
www.pendrivelinux.com]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-usb-bar]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/.what's this world coming to...next well see mcdonalds making home entertainmemt systems
]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/if you can't trust Lockheed Martin then we're all fucked]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
I guess if a company can make airships and laser weapons, they can handle making a USB drive. Like I bought a fan from Honeywell, cause I figured if they can make smart cluster bombs and nuclear missiles, making a fan is pretty trivial.]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Just remember, they worked with Intel to make the i740 graphics card]]>Jan 19th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
Plus this is for the lazy who want pre-configured goodness.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.mojopac.com/ basically does the same thing, tho its a bit limited. Tho it is free.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/I don't see this as being too far off.
Think how small mobile phones are and how close they are becoming PCs.

I don't think it's some fantasy to imagine a small portable device housing a CPU, free disk space, and GPU.
Imagine internet cafes with just a monitor (with built in USB port) and a wireless keyboard that can do most tasks just by plugging this device in. I think that'd be pretty neat.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
1) 5 partitions (android-ARM boot, Android-x86 boot, Ubuntu-x86 boot, Maemo-ARM boot, data partition)

2) shells that you can plug it into (tablet mobile phone, qwerty mobile phone, MID, tablet, netbook, laptop, nettop, all-in-one, etc.)]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Quit being a fucking nerd.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
Exactly what kind of non-nerd would even be remotely interested in "PC on a USB stick"?

Really, try it on your next date and see how blank her stare gets...]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
If you're not a gadget-geek/nerd, why are you even on this site?]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
Personally, I'd remove Maemo, add OS X, and Windows 7 to your list. I bet it could be done too, with some kind of bootloader on the stick. Or a set of them.]]>Jan 19th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://ww2.iomega-web.com/vclone/). There are plenty of alternatives, but Lockheed is simply bringing all of them together. The security and build quality of IronClad thumb drives + mobile virtualization. The virtualization is most likely based upon VMWare's MVP(Mobile Virtualization Platform). Iomega's solution is based on Parallels. Again a separation can be seen in the target of the 2 products, one being very consume oriented(Parallels) and the other very enterprise oriented(VMWare).]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
i think that comes with the territory whenever the .gov contracts out work. But in return, you get superior products churned out much faster and more efficiently than if a single government research agency tried to do everything. There's a reason the US military is the most technologically advanced - look at all the cutting edge technologies we have, and then look at how many of them have some private company's logo on it as well. Most of them do.

The flipside of such a large military industrial complex are the large dangers inherent in such a standing industry. But, that goes beyond the scope of Engadget comment boards.]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/Jan 19th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/I don't think it's weird that they're making it, but why are they selling to to consumers?]]>Jan 19th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
Because they can't sell it to the government (DoD) now. There is a new information assurance rule that no thumb drives can be used anymore. Whoops!]]>Jan 19th 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
DOD may not use them but plenty of other government offices do.]]>Jan 19th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
Does'nt that sound fishy at all?]]>Jan 20th 2010 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
What you do is set up one startup script for a PC, and a different one for the Q version of QEMU on OS X, set up as a self-contained "package". In this way, you don't even need admin access to do an install on the host system. All you need is a USB port, and execution privileges (a normal login).

The result is a complete environment you can pull up on any x86 system. It's state persists from one session to the next, meaning you can do installs and customizations of your environment. When you're done using it, just shutdown and eject the drive. Nothing is left on the host machine.

Using an encrypted drive like IronKey just adds a nice security measure so that if you lose your USB thumb-drive, the person who picks it up can't get to your system.

If anyone is interested in knowing how to set one of these things up, post your response here. I've been thinking about documenting the process. It has totally changed my work-flow.]]>Jan 20th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/lockheed-martin-introduces-pc-on-a-stick-flash-drive-yes-l/
I'm interested. I don't have a high capacity USB drive at the moment, but I am "into" VM's. Always was interested on how you get it to run without installing something on the host.

mel dot myers at live dot com

Thanks]]>Jan 20th 2010 11:48AM