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Fujitsu U820 UMPC gets Windows 7 upgrade [Video]

Chris Davies, May 8th 2009 Discuss [1]

The Windows 7 RC testing continues, and after we've seen how reasonably it runs on an Atom N270 netbook its time to turn to a slightly more niche gadget. Fujitsu's U820 UMPC (aka the Loox U/B50N, aka the U2010) may be small enough to lose under a hamster, but it gets a new lease of life with Windows 7: Steve from UMPC Portal has been testing it out, and he's finding longer battery life, faster boot-up and improved touchscreen functionality versus Vista. Demo video of Windows 7 on the U820 after the cut Read The Full Story

Toshiba and Fujitsu hard drive agreement explained

Brenda Stokes, Apr 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Toshiba and Fujitsu recently came to an agreement regarding a transfer of Fujitsu's hard disk drive business to Toshbia, and both companies announced today the terms of this deal, including when it will be completed and what will take place. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu LOOX U gets expensive 2GHz Atom Z550 option

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu are the first to outfit a model from their ultraportable range with the Intel Atom Z550 running at 2GHz. The Fujitsu LOOX U - variously known as the LifeBook U820 and U2010 in different markets - can now be specified with the faster Atom chip; the existing 1.33GHz Z520 and 1.60GHz Z530 options remain. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu Secure USB protects your info

Brenda Stokes, Apr 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

If you are looking for a way to protect your personal information so that you know for sure it will be safe, you might want to consider the latest device to come from Fujitsu Labs. It's called a Secure USB Memory Device and this gadget makes good and sure your data is secure. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu Siemens Celsius workstations get new Xeon boost

Chris Davies, Apr 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu Siemens have announced three new workstations under its Celsius brand, all using Intel's latest Xeon processors. The Celsius M470, R570 and R670 are all multi-core capable, support up to 24GB, 48GB and 96GB of RAM respectively, and dual graphics. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu FLEPia color e-book hits Japan next month

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

After successful trials earlier on in the year, Fujitsu has finally put its FLEPia color e-book reader on sale. The FLEPia has an 8-inch XGA-resolution 260,000 color display, paired with both WiFi b/g and Bluetooth connectivity, and a casing just 12.5mm deep at its thickest. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu LifeBook A1120: bring color ‘back to life’ with ugly lids

Chris Davies, Feb 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu have announced a new notebook in their LifeBook range, setting itself the arduous task of "bringing colors back to life". The Fujitsu LifeBook A1120 attempts that resuscitation with three interchangeable lids, while underneath lurks an Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor, up to 4GB of memory and up to 250GB of SATA 5,400rpm hard-drive. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX120 S2 compact eco-friendly server

Chris Davies, Feb 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu have announced a compact server that uses less energy than a desk lamp and offers a variety of RAID setups for home-office and small business users. The Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX120 S2 resembles a compact desktop PC, but uses Intel's latest power-saving Core 2 Duo processors paired with up to 16GB of RAM and remote ServerView Server Management control. Both the P8400 (25W) or T9400 (35W) CPUs are available, using 25-percent less power than rival systems. As for storage, the TX120 S2 can be fitted with either four 320GB SATA or 146GB 15,000rpm SAS hard-drives. Nonetheless, according to Fujitsu it's still whisper-quiet at 27dB. Read The Full Story

Triple-LCD setup boosts performance by over 35% claim researchers

Chris Davies, Feb 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

While many people are still struggling to find the desk space (and money) for a dual-monitor setup, according to Fujitsu and the Fraunhofer IAO laboratory we should actually be squeezing three displays into our workspace if we want real performance improvements. Compared to users completing tasks on a single 19-inch LCD, those with three such screens linked together saw a 35.5-percent jump in efficiency. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu FLEPia color e-newspaper trialled in Japan

Chris Davies, Feb 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

All that Amazon Kindle 2 and Plastic Logic news yesterday managed to distract us from something potentially even more exciting: Fujitsu's first public trials of a color e-newspaper called the FLEPia. Running since February 4th, and scheduled to go on until the end of this week, the trial saw four of the devices - which use color epaper - left for customers at a Tokyo restaurant. Each has a "BB Mobile Point" wireless LAN connection to regularly update. Read The Full Story

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Fujitsu’s LogonDirector integrates windows sign-on in the palm of your hand

Daniel Lim, Feb 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Retina scanning, face recognition and fingerprint reading are common biometric systems for physical security accesses or computer logon systems, and in recent years the latter has become more widespread in consumer products such as laptops or handheld devices. Fingerprint readers, despite being nearly ubiquitous on notebooks these days, aren’t exactly popular mainly due to the concerns of public hygiene. Fujitsu’s approach, palm vein scanning, on the other hand, is non-invasive and contactless scanning: PalmSecure advanced biometric authentication technology comes in the form of a standard PC mouse and offers highly secure and reliable personal identity verification. SlashGear caught up with Dan Miller, business development manager at Fujitsu, to find out more.

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Fujitsu AMILO Sa 3650: new driver will boost notebook graphics too

Chris Davies, Feb 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu's AMILO Sa 3650 notebook has a clever solution to the ultraportable graphics problem: an separate video card, the External Graphics Processor (XGP), that can be plugged in for a pleasant burst of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB memory. Thing is, they also dropped the ball in making the XGP only work with external displays. Handy when you're at your desk, but useless if you want to crunch some video while on the move. Thankfully the company is now preparing to release a driver that will let you access the boosted graphics performance on the Sa 3650's own 13.3-inch display. Read The Full Story