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Falling prices in computer memory have made little flash drives — which connect to a computer’s USB port and also are called pen, thumb or key drives — into enormously powerful tools that are on the verge of changing the concept of “personal” computing.

This inexpensive digital storehouse can hold important data as well as entire software programs, so everything you need to interact with a computer, even down to the appearance of the desktop, can be carried with you and used on almost any computer.

Read more about flash memory and its expected impact on personal computing in Technology Monday.