SeV Performance T-shirt

SCOTTEVEST has unveiled the new SeV Performance T-shirt just in time for the holidays. The SeV Performance T-shirt enables you to discretely carry and utilize digital music players, cell phones and other personal electronic devices. Think of SeV apparel as the ultimate accessory for your iPod and other digital devices. Its three hidden pockets offer the ability to control your iPod through the special lightweight performance fabric from 3M. It merges utility with fashion for the ultimate, affordable, gift.

Posted on: August 4, 2006 9:00 am

Get the most out of battery

In a new white paper, LXE Inc. educates handheld mobile computer users on best practices for getting the most out of the technologically-advanced Lithium Ion batteries powering most wireless handheld computers. The company has developed a white paper, Getting the Most From Your Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Battery Technology, addressing widespread warehousing market concerns over inadequate battery performance in today’s handheld mobile computers.

Posted on: August 4, 2006 9:00 am

BoxWave handheld batteries

BoxWave announced the release of their Standard Capacity Battery for handheld devices. The Standard Capacity Battery is the perfect on-the-go solution as a spare battery. It is a rechargeable lithium ion (Li-Ion) battery that is specifically designed for your device, so now you can extend the use of your device between charges. BoxWave’s Standard Capacity Battery has a capacity of 1250 mAh and doesn’t add bulk to your device.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

Cell phone credit

Soon you’ll be able to pay for goods simply by swiping your cell phone a few inches from a cash register with a new wireless standard called Near Field Communication. An NFC chip in your phone will send your credit-card number–stored on your phone or on the chip–by way of short-distance radio waves.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

Critical Wi-Fi flaw

Wi-Fi-enabled computers are sitting ducks for code execution attacks because of gaping flaws in wireless drivers shipped on both Mac and Windows systems, security researchers warned at the Black Hat Briefings security conference. A pair of hackers demonstrated such a break-in on an Apple MacBook laptop fitted with a wireless card that was broadcasting its presence to another computer set up as an access point.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

Apple fixes 26 Mac OS flaws

Apple Computer has issued updates for its Mac OS X operating system to fix 26 security flaws, some serious. Several of the vulnerabilities affect the way in which Mac OS X handles images and the file-sharing capabilities of the software, according to an Apple security advisory. Other flaws were found and fixed within components such as Fetchmail, file compression features, and DHCP networking functionality, Apple said.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

Verto GeForce 7600GS

PNY Technologies and NVIDIA have launched the new Verto GeForce 7600GS AGP8X video card. Based on the NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series graphics processing units, the PNY GeForce 7600 GS is the ideal solution for anyone with an AGP8X motherboard and wants to upgrade their machine to play new games and use Windows VISTA when it is released next year.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

BlackBerry in the Netherlands

KPN and Research In Motion announced the immediate availability of the BlackBerry 7130g for customers in the Netherlands. The elegantly designed, light handset provides all the power of BlackBerry, including support for push-based email, phone, text messaging, Web browser, organizer and other data applications. In addition, the BlackBerry 7130g features premium mobile phone features such as speakerphone, speed dial, call forwarding and Bluetooth support for hands-free use with wireless headsets and car kits, as well as other accessories.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

K-PEX, Kingston media device

Kingston Technology announced its new line of Personal Media Players. With its highly stylized design and ultra-slim form factor, K-PEX (Kingston Personal Entertainment experience) allows users to watch videos, listen to music, play video games and store/view photographs. Kingston’s K-PEX will be available with embedded memory capacities of 1 GB and 2 GB and will provide a miniSD slot for easy downloads of music, video and photographs directly onto the memory card. K-PEX will be available as a complete kit and include a USB 2.0 cable, USB host cable, line-in cable, earphones, transcoder software CD, protective cover, lanyard, comprehensive user manual, and quick start guide. As a special promotion, Kingston will ship the first 4k 2GB players bundled with a Free Kingston miniSD card.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am

Two new BlackBerrys

Vodafone Australia and Research In Motion have launched two new BlackBerry handsets–the BlackBerry 8707v and the BlackBerry 7130v. The BlackBerry 8707v and BlackBerry 7130v support push email, phone, text messaging, Internet, organizer and corporate data applications. Both handsets feature a high-resolution LCD screen that supports more than, 65,000 colors and incorporates intelligent light sensing technology that automatically adjusts the screen and keyboard lighting to provide an optimized view indoors, outdoors and in dark environments. Featuring a full 35-key backlit QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry 8707v is the first UMTS-enabled BlackBerry handset that can take advantage of Vodafone’s mobile broadband network and supports roaming internationally. The handset also supports 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS (quad band) networks.

Posted on: August 3, 2006 9:00 am