We've chanced upon several kinds of novelty USB file storage devices already, but this is something that you may want to get your hands - or a couple of fingers - on. Imation has recently released the Atom Flash Drive, which could be the smallest USB flash drive ever to grace the market, and it's beefed up with features you'd expect from its bigger cousins like password protection, among others.

About the size of a standard paperclip and weighing less than an ounce, the Atom Flash Drive is also packed with partitioning software and support for Vista's ReadyBoost feature aside from the aforementioned password protection.

The Atom Flash Drive also comes in four flavors - 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB, all of them encased in a sturdy aluminum shell. Depending on the storage size, the tiny USB file bins ranges between US$ 17.99 to US$ 99.99, just about right price for tiny powerhouses that pack a lot of punch.