By Eddie Wrenn

PUBLISHED: 11:08 EST, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 11:48 EST, 11 June 2012

The very personal computer: A generic memory stick - the new floppy - can become your own PC

If you are either super important, super paranoid, or a super spy, there are times when you need to be able to use a computer - and not leave a trace.

Now, a clever piece of software lets you carry your own personal PC which you can carry inside your pocket - and once you have finished using it, no-one will ever know.

Technically, what you are carrying is not a whole computer - instead it is a simple USB memory stick.

But within it is a full operating system (like Windows), and when you plug it into a PC, that computer will restart into your own personal set-up, called Tails.

When you have finished, shut down the computer, put the USB stick back in your pocket, and the PC will never know it has been used.

The Tails software, which uses an operating system called Linux, can even be skinned to look like Windows XP

As everything the user does is contained within Tails' - the software on a stick - not a single trace is left on the original PC.

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The PC which is truly personal: 'Computer' on a memory stick offers COMPLETE privacy for browsing and documents