Lexar Media announced its LockTight CompactFlash security system is an essential solution for digital photographers who want to protect their stored digital images and information. When used in conjunction with a camera that supports the LockTight system, access to the digital content stored on a LockTight card is restricted to authorized users and authorized cameras through card level, 160 bit authentication. Once the card has been registered to users and cameras, it will only work in those specific cameras and can only be accessed on a PC or MAC by those users with the login information established by the system administrator. A Lexar Professional CompactFlash Reader completes the security solution, as only the user’s registered cameras and Professional CompactFlash Readers can recognize a secured LockTight card.

Lexar Media announced the availability of JumpDrive Secure II, a second generation USB flash drive featuring 256-bit AES Encryption to secure folders and files so consumers can easily store and protect valuable files, data and images. JumpDrive Secure II offers a dashboard onscreen interface that makes it easy for consumers to navigate the drive’s advanced security features. Users can quickly create secure files on either the USB flash drive or on the host computer using the new unique ‘Encrypted Vault’ feature. Another new feature of the Secure II software is the File Shredder that discards files including the ‘digital trail’ normally left behind when files are deleted. Files that have been deleted using the File Shredder feature are wiped out and cannot be recovered by file recovery tools.

Splashpower announced the Multi SplashPad. The device lets you power multiple devices simultaneously by placing them on the pad surface. Mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players and digital cameras can all be powered without the need to plug in to a charger, and in no extra time.

The BBC reports that an intelligent beermat that alerts the bartender that your glass is empty could be in pubs in the future. The beermat will detect the weight of the drink above it, working out how much is left before sending a signal to the bar for a refill.

Cingular Wireless and Nokia introduced the Nokia 9300 business device with BlackBerry Connect. The Nokia 9300 will be available in the U.S. through Cingular Wireless beginning in November. In conjunction with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, corporate users of Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino can have synchronized access to their corporate email as well as calendar functions, remote address book lookup and attachment viewing capabilities.

A $100 laptop designed for children in emerging markets is expected to be unveiled later this fall, according to its creator, the MIT Media Lab. The machine will be equipped with WiFi and will be able to hook up to the Internet using a cell phone connection. It will run the free Linux operating system.

Broadcom has unveiled a software tool that it claims simplifies the process of connecting PCs and cell phones via Bluetooth. Blink features a graphical user interface (GUI) that creates a graphic image of the user’s cellular phone on their PC monitor. The tool lets users manage and synchronize contact information between their mobile phones and PC programs including Outlook, Outlook Express, and Lotus Notes by dragging and dropping contact information from the PC to the mobile phone vice versa.

MobiMate announced that its WorldMate product line will fully support Palm, Inc.’s future line of Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Palm Treo smartphones. Both WorldMate Professional Edition and WorldMate Expense will support the new Treo smartphones.

ZDNet reports that Skype has formally released its latest Windows VoIP service, which includes call forwarding and downloadable ring tones, pictures and sounds. The new Skype version is designed to make it easy for users to import contacts from Microsoft Outlook directly into their Skype buddy lists and to make one-click calls to numbers and names from Internet Explorer and Outlook.

Sybase and its iAnywhere subsidiary announced plans to support Palm’s future line of Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones. Windows Mobile devices such as the upcoming line of Treo smartphones, combined with Sybase iAnywhere mobile technology, will enable companies to manage and move data and content from the data center out to the front lines of business and back.