Over the years the computer has evolved a lot. Think back to how big they used to be, they used to take up whole rooms. Now we have laptops that we can take with us wherever we go. The Internet has even become wireless to accommodate those who need it.

You can go to local restaurants or hotels and find wireless Internet at many of them. This is especially convenient for those who travel for their jobs and need their computers as well. Computers allow us to share information with each other with ease.

You can send an e-mail to someone and get it there much faster than by regular mail. Another technological advance that has made it easy to share information with each other is the flash drive. The key chain and pen flash drives have become very popular recently. When the flash drive first came out it was kind of big, and didn't hold much information. The flash drive is now in a more compact form that can actually fit on your key chain, which is nice since it's a key chain flash drive.

Who wants to carry around a huge bulky key chain? As its size decreased, its capacity increased. How it Works The key chain flash drive is very easy to use and convenient too. All you have to do is plug your flash drive into your USB port and copy your files onto it. Can't get much easier than that. Now you can take your personal files, or files you would like to share with you without taking your whole computer.

Once you get to a computer you would like to transfer your files to all you do is plug the flash drive into the USB port and download your files and there you go. This even works with Windows, Mac or PC users. This is a great way for you to keep personal information with you wherever you go. If you decide to do some work at home you can download it onto your flash drive and take it with you to work the next day.

You can also keep personal things on your flash drive such as your address book, appointments and others. You will always have this information with you and have access to it as long as you can get to a computer, which is not hard to do these days. One problem with the key chain flash drive is what do you do if you misplace it. I'm sure we've all misplaced our keys at one time or another.

The problem is you now have misplaced your keys and some very important information that you probably want protected. This is an easy problem to solve. You can get software to secure your key chain flash drive. When purchasing your securing software make sure you know if it will work with a Mac, or Windows, or a PC. You don't want to end up with something that will only work with one of these. You can purchase a key chain flash drive that is already secure, or you can purchase software that will secure the flash drive you already have.

Do make sure you read all the instructions before you start securing your flash drive. Some models will make you wipe your flash drive clean, so you will want to make sure you have another copy of your file elsewhere.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as BMW, Corvette, Mustang Keychains at http://www.5starkeychains.com