Plantronics Introduces USB Unified Communications Products
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Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today simplified its growing Unified Communications (UC) portfolio and introduced new audio solutions that help IT departments deploy UC quickly and keep costs down.
The new solutions, including a USB desk phone and premium corded headsets, deliver brilliant audio, unmatched quality and ease of use across all work environments.
The Plantronics [...]
TechniSat Launches Freeview approved USB DVB-T Stick
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Expanding TechniSat’s range of PC TV products, the AirStar TeleStick 2 is a small form factor USB stick for the reception of Freeview digital TV and radio programmes on a PC or laptop – including interactive red button services when used with Windows® 7.
With Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality, the AirStar TeleStick 2 allows [...]
BlockMaster Launches SafeStick 4.0 – The Laptop Replacement
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BlockMaster (www.blockmastersecurity.com) a leading provider of manageable secure USB devices, today launches SafeStick and SafeConsole 4.0, designed to provide organisations with the ability to push out portable software (including virtualisation), backup data and to effectively stop the flood of data breaches.
The solution has been designed to provide more adequate access control over USB flash drives, [...]
Logic3’s ScreenBeat Pumps Up The PC Volume
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Logic3 today announced it had added the ScreenBeat USB – an easy to use stylish cylinder shaped metal speaker – to its popular range of iPod, MP3, PC, gadget and games accessories.
Designed specifically for use with laptops and netbooks, the ScreenBeat speaker is made of tough but lightweight aluminium, and its USB connection doubles up [...]
Christmas worst time for leaving devices in taxis
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According to a survey carried out by Credant Technologies, more people leave USB sticks, phones and other mobile devices in taxis at Christmas, than any other time of the year.
The company carried out the survey in London, among 300 licensed cab drivers.
It found that Londoners leave around 10,000 mobile phones a month in taxis [...]
Imation ships wireless USB hard drive
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Imation has announced the availability of the Pro WX, an external hard drive that connects by wireless USB to both PCs and Macs.
USB 2.0 devices can be connected to a computer wirelessly, from a range of up to 30 feet.
The device holds up to 1.5TB of data on a Seagate 3.5″ Barracuda hard [...]
CyberPower adds speedy USB 3.0 to Gamer Xtreme machines
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Gaming machine manufacturer, CyberPower Inc, is adding USB 3.0 and SATA-III as standard on all models.
From today, CyberPower customers can configure and order a Gamer Xtreme system with the super speed USB 3.0/SATA III interface.
Gamers will still be able to use their current peripherals as both USB 3.0 and SATA III are backward [...]
Intel snubs USB 3.0 in favour of Light Peak
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Although USB 3.0 devices such as Super Talent’s flash drive are already starting to hit the market, it seems that Intel is postponing plans to introduce USB 3.0 chipsets until 2011.
There is speculation that Intel might be favouring the Light Peak technology it demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum 2009.
This could see a [...]
Origin announces first 1TB portable hardware encrypted drive
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Origin Storage Ltd has announced the launch of the 1TB and 750GB versions of Data Locker, which secures data by AES hardware encryption.
The 1TB drive was introduced to meet the need to securely move large amounts of sensitive data.
320GB and 500GB versions of Data Locker are already available.
In addition to hardware encryption, [...]
Beewi WiFi and Bluetooth adapters released in UK
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Avenir Telecom released a new range of connectivity accessories from French technologists Beewi at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Mini WiFi Adapter 802.11n (BWA211-A1) is possibly the smallest WiFi USB adapter in the world.
It connects a laptop or netbook to 802.11n wireless, and is priced at £19.99.
Avenir Telecom also announced the [...]
Ironkey launches Enterprise Server v2.0
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IronKey has launched the IronKey Enterprise Server v2.0, which allows IronKey Enterprise flash drives to be managed remotely, improving mobile data security for users of the drives.
Ironkey’s flash drives, which are tailored for enterprises and government organisations, offer automatic encryption, active malware defenses and identity services.
Server v2.0 offers enforceable security and user device [...]
Verbatim announces Nano wireless laptop mouse
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Verbatim has released a 2.4 GHz wireless laptop mouse with a tiny USB receiver, not much larger than a penny.
The Nano mouse can be used with both PCs and Macs and comes in black, red, pink and blue.
Its high-resolution laser sensor can operate at speeds of up to 1,600 dpi and offers precise [...]
First USB 3.0 device certified
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The first USB 3.0 controller has been certified by the USB Implementers Forum, and several companies are hoping to have devices with the new, superspeed standard in shops by the end of the year.
With the race hotting up, Buffalo and Freecom are both vying to get their Hard Drives to the market.
Freecom announced [...]
BlockMaster’s SafeStick a hit with ambulance Service
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Following the release last month of its SafeStick SuperSonic USB Flash drive, BlockMaster has now announced a major contract with Emergency Services in the West Midlands.
The company has supplied West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust with over 300 SafeSticks, as well as a SafeConsole management suite.
This will allow the organisation to manage, audit, [...]
Silicon USB 3.0 will be revealed Monday
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Syamwave is due to reveal additional details about is silicon USB 3.0 at the Monday Hot Chips conference.
The USB 3.0 debuted in November of last year and is able to provide a transfer rage of 5GB per second over the previous USB 2.0 model which was only able to transfer at a 480Mbps.
Symwave [...]
BlockMaster’s 5x faster USB
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BlockMaster released a new USB Flash drive that is hailed by the company as the fastest secure USB due to the fact that it processes five times faster than comparative models and is still able to offer users a 256 bit AES encryption of hardware.
The new USB is called the SafeStick SuperSonic and will cost [...]
This USB will self destruct in 5 seconds
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Those who value the security of their data may want to take a look at the new Pocket Safe USB Drive. In order to even access the data stored on the drive you need to enter a pin number on the built in keypad.
An added benefit of the Pocket Safe USB Drive [...]
Verbatim portable USB HD
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Verbatim introduced a new USB device to the market that is portable and has a blue screen that is always lit up to help users see how much available disk space they have left to consume.
The device is known as the InSight and hit stores on Monday. The USB is black in colour and [...]
Verizon bridge new Mobile USB broadband gap
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With the world becoming more dependent on 3G broadband technology, it only seems logical that netbooks should begin to have similar equipment so that travelers can get an internet connection regardless of where they end up.
Verizon Wireless and ZTE USA will attempt to bridge the gap in networks with a new Mobile USB broadband that [...]
New Corsair USB flash drive
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Corsair Memory Inc has announced the addition of a new USB flash drive to their product line, the Flash Voyager GT which it claims is the fastest in the world at 128GB.
The architecture of the device is dual controller layered so that it can achieve a single level cell NAND flash memory with [...]