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A Gift for All Those Graphic Artists...

posted onMay 7, 2001
by hitbsecnews

When we reviewed the consumer level Graphire Art Tablet, we gave it great marks, but promised to review a more professional one so that all you graphics junkies out there can have something too. Well, we've just finished up a review of the Inutos, WACOM's pro quality tablet and it is right here for you to check out! Here's a clip:

Build your own DivX player

posted onMay 5, 2001
by hitbsecnews

Constantly downloading movies off the net? How about building your own
standalone DivX player? Sure, it's just a dedicated PC for watching movies, but it's
geeky, and that's what counts here. This guy even wrote a special OS just for
playing MPEG-4/DivX movies. That's beyond geeky. Check out his page, and
download the OS if you want to play.

Digital ID cards pose civil liberty risk

posted onMay 3, 2001
by hitbsecnews

Single digital ID cards - or "smart cards" - are technically feasible in the U.K. and Western Europe. But a rollout of the technology almost certainly will be delayed because of civil liberty concerns, a new report says.

The study, "Digital Identities: The Single Touch Point for E-Commerce," was published Tuesday by info-tech research firm the Butler Group.

New skinny server fuses Linux, Xeon chips

posted onMay 3, 2001
by hitbsecnews

A start-up believes a mixture of Linux, ordinary Intel chips and high-end hardware will vault its servers ahead of established giants such as Compaq Computer and IBM.

Egenera, a 50-person company in Marlboro, Mass., has begun describing a sophisticated server design it hopes will appeal first to financial services companies when it goes on sale this fall. And the company has a strong calling card for that market: Chief Executive Vern Brownell was chief technology officer of Goldman Sachs before he left to join Kenneth Zolot in starting Egenera in March 2000.

Kodak's Smallest Digital Camera...

posted onMay 2, 2001
by hitbsecnews

As Yoda once said "Size Matters Not. Look at me! Judge me by my size, do you?" With that in mind, we have a look at the super small Kodak DC3800 camera. Here's a clip:

Mobile GPS for your Pocket PC Device

posted onApril 30, 2001
by hitbsecnews

This must be one of the coolest gadgets that you can buy for your Pocket PC! We had a chance to test out this product and was most impressed with its performance and usefulness albeit some of its shortcomings. Here's a clip:

Quantum3d GeForce3

posted onApril 28, 2001
by hitbsecnews

Do you still remember Quantum3d from the Voodoo2 days? If you don't, they were the ones that put Voodoo2 SLI into one card therefore enabling 2x Voodoo2 SLI in one PC. In other words, making it possible to have the power of 4 Voodoo2's in one computer. Well, they just did it again, and this time with a graphics processor that can already do everything under the sun smooth enough. Quantum3d announced their Obsidian Nv technology containing 2 GeForce3 processors or more on April 23rd at the ITEC conference in San Jose. More information at Quantum3d.

Camera Built Like a Brick House!

posted onApril 25, 2001
by hitbsecnews

This ain't your ordinary Digital Camera. It's a Sherman Tank! If you're in the habit of dropping and breaking your favourite tech toys, you may have finally met your match! The Kodak DC5000 is one durable camera that is able to take drops, bumps, and even water! This all condition camera is the perfect match for those of us who live on the edge and take risks in the rugged outdoors. Here's a clip:

Kodak PalmPix Digital Camera

posted onApril 24, 2001
by hitbsecnews

It's not a brand new product on the market, but it is still fairly new and is one of the most popular aftermarket addons for your Palm III series Handheld. With all the Hanspring stuff we've done lately, we couldn't neglect the Palm side. Here's a clip:

Preserve those Negatives Forever!

posted onApril 23, 2001
by hitbsecnews

Those old negatives and slides don't have to sit in the shoebox waiting to rot away into oblivion. You can digitize and imortalize them forever with the Prime Film 1800u Digital Film Scanner! Here's a clip: