With more and more entertainment content being released as ‘special edition’ USB flash drives, here are two of the more extreme examples of drive packaging that have been announced this week.

First, here’s a submachine gun-shaped drive for US rap group Get Busy Committee’s new album, released later this month.  And here’s a special edition 4GB drive for the home release of the latest Star Trek movie.

The good news is, with designs as striking as these, users are much less likely to lose them.  However, the temptation to use the huge capacities of the drives to store personal data is also strong.  Despite the novelty and the wow-factor, we would advise keeping such special drives for entertainment only, and using a secure flash drive for any business or sensitive personal data.