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Lenovo Mobile Vault is super secure hard drive

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Nov 17th 2008 No Comments

securehdd If you are genuinely concerned about the security of your computer’s hard drive, then you might be interested in the Mobile Vault, which was introduced by Lenovo. This USB Portable Secure Hard Drive, comes with a keypad and lets you safeguard your drive with a super secret password.

It might seem excessive, but amping up security with a passcode is a great way to keep your information protected. Plus, up to ten users and one administrator can use the drive with their own user IDs.

With 128-bit advanced encryption and a small form factor, you can rest assured this device will be unobtrusive and very safe. Available in 160GB and 320GB versions, this hard drive will be available soon and is expected to cost $179 and $219, respectively.

XPod Active Speakers: tiny portable stereo audio

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 17th 2008 No Comments

High-fidelity is all well and good, but there are times when you care less about quality and more about portability. The XPod Active Sound speakers definitely cater to the latter scenario: measuring 3.07 x 1.34 x 0.33 inches they’re stuffed full of two piezoelectric speakers and a stereo 770mW amplifier.

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Navigon 7200T GPS Review

By Ewdison Then on Thursday, Nov 13th 2008 No Comments

With prices of basic standalone PNDs (Personal Navigation Devices) racing to the bottom, and increasing threats from navigation apps on mobile devices, what’s a company to do when they want to make a premium GPS device? If you’re Navigon, and the PND is the 7200T, you stuff it full of real-time updates, 3D visualizations and incredibly detailed mapping, together with a vast touchscreen and slick design. Does the Navigon 7200T stand out or get lost in the crowd? SlashGear decided to find out.

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Mio Knight Rider GPS Review

By Ewdison Then on Wednesday, Nov 12th 2008 2 Comments

A GPS unit with classic 80s Knight Rider styling and the original voice of K.I.T.T. to give directions: Mio could’ve filled the box with rocks and still sold thousands to loyal fans of the TV series. Mio insist though that, behind the gimmicks, there’s a solid PND (Personal Navigation Device); SlashGear strapped on a chest-wig, unbuttoned our shirts to the waist and released a hit record in Germany to find out.

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Western Digital Passport and Essential lines get larger capacities

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 16th 2008 No Comments

Western Digital announced the increase in capacity for their My Passport Elite and Essential lines on Monday. These portable USB drives now can store up to 500GB of data.

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3M MPro110 Pocket Projector on sale September 30th

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 16th 2008 2 Comments

If you’ve ever dreamed of carrying a projector in your pocket, the 3M MPro110 Pocket Projector will go on sale on September 30th and it’s perfect for those times when you need to project small images from a, well, small device.

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OHM Gadget Charger concept derives energy from biking

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Sep 12th 2008 No Comments

The OHM portable device charger is a totally green way to charge up all of your on-the-go gizmos like your cell phone, PMP or gaming gadgets. This concept relies on the energy created by your bike riding to recharge your gadgets.

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AMD is gearing up for a new chip to rival Intel’s Atom

By Satsuki Then on Thursday, Sep 11th 2008 No Comments

amd1 Atom has been making its way into the majority of netbook systems and Intel’s success with Atom has triggered AMD to work on its own chip to compete with Atom. AMD has not publicly discussed the upcoming chip much but has shown some indication that the CPU is in the works for quite sometime now.

Leaked information shows that AMD’s UVC (Ultra Value Client) chip will be announced as early as November and will be sold directly to OEM.

The new chips will be paired with 740G platform that AMD recently announced. The 740G features Radeon 2100 GPU with full support for HD decoding and uses SB700 southbridge. The report did not reveal power consumption of the chip and platform.

New pics of collapsible Microsoft Arc Laser Mouse

By Brenda Stokes on Sunday, Sep 7th 2008 No Comments

The Microsoft Arc Laser Mouse has been on our radar for a few months but now a few more pictures have surfaced of the mouse and so far, it’s looking pretty cool. Especially the folding part.

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ASUS F6V Series brings new sense to laptops

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Sep 4th 2008 2 Comments

If you’ve ever thought your laptop was missing something, perhaps the ASUS F6V Series laptop is the right choice for you. After being revealed at Project 2008 in Las Vegas last week, this portable smells–literally. It’s a laptop with a scent and you can pre-order your own on Amazon right now.

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