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Apricorn Aegis Padlock Secure Hard Drive

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Good news for those users who always worried for the safety of the data on their hard drive. Apricorn has just released a unique product. This new hard drive from Apricorn is called the Aegis Padlock hard drive. Well, as the name shows this hard drive ensures the security of the data with the help of a Apricorn Aegis Padlock Secure Hard Drivepadlock.

The Aegis Padlock Secure Hard Drive can be locked or unlocked via a PIN number that the user selects. The information stored on the drive cannot be accessed without entering the PIN number selected by the user.

The drive includes a USB 2.0 cable that assists in connecting the drive to the computer. The Aegis Padlock features a choice of AES-128 or 256 bit hardware encryption. The drive also allows ten user ID and one administrator ID that can assign permission to the users ID. Its weight just over six ounces.

The Apricorn Aegis Padlock Secure Hard Drive is currently available in 250GB, 320GB and 500GB capacities. The drives are available in both 128-bit and 256-bit versions. Approximate price of the drive are given below.

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250GB???????????? AES-128???????? $100??? AES-256???????? $120

320GB???????????? AES-128???????? $110??? AES-256???????? $130

500GB???????????? AES-128???????? $140??? AES-256???????? $160

Philips SBA1500 Portable Speakers

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Philips SBA1500 Portable SpeakersPhilips launches SBA1500 Portable Speakers. Now boring old box designed speaker?s days are gone. Now companies are thinking about new creative design. Case in point the new Philips SBA1500 Portable Speaker System which looks more like cricket ball than a speaker set. Perfect for carrying, the speaker set can be easily folded for carrying in your pocket or bag. The new Philips SBA1500 Portable Speaker System comes with their own power pack to amplifier-packing base unit, making a small yet powerful package. The speakers can be placed apart for wide stereo sound stage and one can store the cables inside the stereo because of its clever design. The new SBA1500 Portable Speaker System is available now in market for around $47.

World’s first 3D digital camera

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Fujifilm has now announced that they are putting out a camera that can take 3D images. The world’s first camera to take 3D video and pictures without the need for special glasses is to go on sale in market this September.

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Digital cam created by Japanese camera company Fujifilm, it will allow users to see their holiday snaps in full 3D, with bicycles and beach balls jumping out from pictures. It can also capture movies with the same special effect.

To view the 3D images, users need to put them on a special 3D enabled digital photo frame or print them with a special 3D printing process that needs no glasses to view.

It can come through this wondrous feat using dual lenses that are spaced out just like human eyes. This technology is not cheap, as this 10 Mega pixel camera is priced at $600.

Asus P6X58 Premium Motherboard

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Asus has unveiled a new P6X58 premium motherboard with many new features never comes before.

  • USB 3.0 Super Speed with speeds upto 4.8Gb/s
  • SATA support with speeds upto 6Gb/s
  • DDR3 memory slots

Asus has left competition far behind because P6X58 is a first motherboard that comes out with USB 3.0 ports. Standard USB 2.0 can only transfer data at maximum speeds of 480Mb/s. USB 3.0 marks significant increase in data transfer abilities now data transfer in portable HDDs much faster. The premium motherboard also features six DDR3 memory slots, three PCI-Express 2.0 slots, couple of USB3.0 ports and three standard USB 2.0 ports.

D-Link launched new Wireless Router DIR-600

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The networking company D-Link has launched its Wireless Router DIR-600 which is based on draft 802.11n technology on July 21, 2009. The DIR-600 provides better wireless coverage and speeds over standard 802.11g1.

The DIR-600 extends the wireless range, speed as well as also support with your existing 802.11g wireless devices. The DIR-600 also supports WPA and WPA2 authentication. The DIR-600 includes Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) with a push button feature that sets up and activates your network security functions.

DIR-600 features Wi-Fi scheduling which can shut down your wireless network when not in use and automatically powers down ports that have no link, for further power savings; reduces energy consumption by using an Energy Star qualified power adapter.

The DIR-600 is available at an approximate $56 with three year warranty.