For example, because it is normally strapped to its owner, it is harder to misplace than a flash drive or memory stick.

ECONOMIST: MONITOR

The YP-Z5 flash player is one thin stick of audio.

ENGADGET: Samsung's CES booth tour

It tried to popularize technologies like flash memory, but strangled Memory Stick with high prices and licensing restrictions.

FORBES: Is Samsung Invincible?

The camera can also shoot short video clips that can be saved to a Memory Stick--Sony's chewing gum-sized flash memory device.

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Announced in January, the Roku Streaming Stick is a tiny, wireless streaming player that is the size of a USB flash drive.

ENGADGET: Roku Streaming Stick ready devices will come from Insignia, Mitsubishi, Onkyo, Oppo and others