White Stripes, Nine Inch Nails push use of USB drives

Gramophone records, LPs, tape cassettes, CDs and downloads all revolutionized music delivery.

Are USB flash drives the next hot medium?

USB flash drives are data storage devices that essentially do the same thing as old-fashioned floppy disks,but are smaller, faster and hold much more data. Sales of these compact, portable and rewritable drives are expected to grow from 149 million units sold in 2006 to 242 million units in 2008. But that number could be much bigger if more musicians follow the example of the White Stripes and Nine Inch Nails, who have released their new recordings on these portable storage devices