Razer is a company located in California, focused on developing gaming devices using its proprietary technologies and a strong collaboration with gamers, so that its products always meet the latest industry requirements.
At CeBIT this year, Razer introduced its first entry-level gaming mouse, Razer Salmosa, the lightest mouse in its class, available at a price of $39.99 starting with Q3.
Industrial designers and graphic artists use their monitors to view 3D images of the products they are projecting but it would be easier for them to access a special device that would display the images in three dimensions on a high resolution screen or something similar that would make them look like they were real.
Well, this is the role of Bloom, a PC concept designed to enhance their creativity by bringing next-generation technologies in a powerful and advanced set of devices with extremely friendly user interaction.
This computer can be accessed via a biometric scanner that can recognize the right user and allow the access to all the stored files and applications, or directly via verbal commands based on powerful speech recognition software with voice commands libraries.
AMD has lived up to their word and are releasing their 780G chipsets H1 2008. They announced availability at the CeBIT 2008 event in Hanover, Germany. Manufacturers out of the gate include ASUS (M3A78), Gigabyte (GA-MA78GM), and ECS (A780GM), ranging from $70-100USD.
Utilizing HyperTransport 3.0 (15 GB/s @1.8GHz / 20GB/s @2.6GHz), the 780G calls for DDR2 1066 and has four banks directly connected to the AM2+/AM2 socket. Specifications leaked last year (image) called for DDR3 in a 240-pin 128-bit interface, but memory pricing and AM2 compatibility encouraged the use of DDR2. The AMD 780G chipset is also directly connected to the socket and has a dual 16x link for input/output.
t’s not often that computers are sold on their “spiritual warmth” and “refreshing fragrance” but the star of the world’s biggest IT fair was something different. Instead of shiny plastic it was encased in laminated bamboo strips. The result, said its Taiwanese makers, Asus, was “both aesthetically pleasing and good for the environment”.The Eco Book was the answer, they said, to the growing concern about the use of plastics.
“Bamboo is the most sustainable raw material there is,” said Jellent Sun, a senior director.
The system from SecurEnvoy offers two-factor authentication that transforms mobile phones into virtual network tokens.
Instead of using tokens or smart cards, the SecurAccess system sends a passcode to users’ mobile phones.
When users wish to log on to the corporate system, they enter their Microsoft User ID and password, and then the passcode that has been pre-enabled on their mobile phone.
Once the passcode has been used, it is superseded with a new one sent to the phone.
This pre-loading function eliminates the need to install any software on to the mobile device, and provides users with access to their passcode as soon as they need it, rather than having to wait for an SMS message to be delivered.
John Lewis expects to make considerable savings by swapping from token-based two-factor authentication to SecurAccess.
The user licence is cheaper than purchasing, replacing and distributing tokens, and deployment costs are lower with no need for training courses.
Matthew Clements, principal programmer for John Lewis, said, “We have been using traditional token based two factor authentication for remote access systems since the late 1990s.
“However, after reviewing the capital, revenue and administration costs associated with the existing system, we decided to look for a cheaper alternative, and found SecurEnvoy’s tokenless approach to be far superior, and a cost effective solution.”
Source: ComputerWeekly
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