While other data-storing companies rush for the biggest, baddest, and most expensive, Apple has taken a sharp diversion on the road to data storing from their earlier offerings.  A source close to the company had this to say:

“While we remain proud of our past-gen devices such as the Mac Mini and Time Machine, we’ve discovered a huge market potential for tiny, ridiculously cheap data storage options.”

Apple’s new device stores up to 1.44 megabytes onto a 3.5″ plastic “disk.”  What the company loses in hardware power they gain in their price offering.  These new “disks” will retail for roughly 15 cents (!!!) a piece, allowing even the most cash-strapped Mac users a way to store and move their data.

The company doesn’t expect power users to use the new devices, but assumes the tipping point will come when millions and millions of users stack up on more than one of the devices in order to cheaply back up their data on the fly.

And the best part?  Since they’re so cheap and small, there is no need to hold on to them like you would an external drive.  Simply back up your data, move it, and throw the “disk” away when you’re done.

Gotta hand it to Apple for this novel new concept!

Summize reports:

Hello blogosphere, it’s me Bobby.  Over the past week, we’ve gotten to know each other pretty well and we’ve had our laughs.  You made us viral, we kept you informed about what’s REALLY going on in the Tech world.  We’ve had some good times together. Unfortunately, I’m going to have to ask you to set that all aside for a moment, put on your serious face, take a big gulp of water and hold it in your mouth because this is no laughing matter.

Now, you all know that as a blogger, part of my job is to stay on top of blogs, big and small, to keep up on the daily news so that I may repeat it over and over until I’ve sucked every last hit off of the search engines and the story has lost all meaning. Well, today, during my usual really simply syndicated rounds, I stumbled on to a little known weblog called TechCrunch, only to find the following:

THAT’S RIGHT Bloginites, TechCrunch’s own John Biggs stole material from the blog of yours truly, in which I asked LazyBean’s John Thompson: Will there be an API? I could not believe it! How could anyone have been so insensitive? My honor as a professional blogger is clearly at stake- my good name has been soiled and I demand justice!

So I say to you, John Biggs and Mike Arrington, show me the money! You guys ripped me off and I demand payment. Don’t think I’m not familiar with the case of AP vs. Themselves, I know the score.  I demand my $12.95 (payable in Sacajewea’s) and 10,000 page views.  In fact, I call on all our loyal readers right now- effective immediately we are issuing a BAN on TechCrunch until they either pay up, or dissapear off the face of the net like so many shunned Power CEO’s.

That may seem a little harsh, but considering that we here at TechCrunch TechFaux have been sending numerous cease and desist messages to TechCrunch over their blantent use of our brand, I think enough is enough. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Not ME. Not NOW.

It seems that even with the recent hikes on the price of stamps, attempts to charge for email, and all those red envelopes, the United States Postal Service has really been struggling.

But today marks a milestone for the legendary government agency, who took their first step into the new millenium with what they’re calling RSUSPSS.

The new syndication format, which stands for “Really Simple United States Postal Service Syndication” offers new hope for an old dinosaur to grow new teeth.

Simply put:  the service allows you to subscribe to news stories and headlines “really simply” (the process only involves a few clicks of the mouse) and then receive updates from your favorite websites in the mail for only the price of a stamp plus a service fee plus the “content publisher” fee (the USPS is hoping to elevate adoption rates of their new technology by paying content publishers, bloggers, and online journalists a small amount for each new subscription).

Techfaux was given the chance to participate in the pre-beta test, and to say we were impressed is an understatement.  Below is a photo of your favorite TechFaux editor Bobby Whitney with his first feed.

And below is a scan of his mailed RSUSPSS feed: