PACid Group sues Microsoft, Sony, HTC, others for patent infringement
Last week Texas-based limited liability company The PACiD Group has filed a complaint through which it accuses over a dozen technology companies of patent infringement. According to PACiD, Asus, Microsoft, Nintendo, Samsung, Sony, Fujitsu, LG, Gigabyte, MSI, RIM (Research In Motion), HTC, Nikon and Palm are willfully violating two of its patents - # 5,963,646, issued in 1999 and titled 'Secure Deterministic Encryption Key Generator System and Method' and # 6,049,612 (issued in 2000) dubbed 'File Encryption Method and System'.
PACiD's complaint was submitted with the Texas Eastern District Court and it demands for a jury trial. With the lawsuit, PACiD seeks an injunction to prevent further infringement, as well as damages, costs, interest, enhanced damages and attorneys' fees.
Patent No. 5,963,646 is also the reason for another case in Texas, one targeting the likes of Apple, Dell, HP, Intel, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Broadcom, Realtek, Marvell, Atheros and Edimax.
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Fractal Design release new Home Server chassis
This is for the Windows Home Server self-builders. Fresh out of Sweden, the Fractal Design Array Mini ITX NAS Case boasts a marvellously compact size and brilliantly sleek front fascia.
Packing in an amazing 6x 3.5" Desktop hard drives, with room to spare for an extra SSD, the chassis also boasts a "silent" 300W PSU and Fractal Design's own award winning 140mm Silent Series temperature-sensitive fan.
Full specifications are as follows:
- Built in high quality aluminium
- Silent, efficient 300W SFX PSU included
- Room for six silicone mounted 3,5-inch HDD
- Room for one SSD
- Removable HDD cage for easy mounting
- Silent Series 140mm fan included in front, with washable filter
- Fits Mini ITX motherboards
- One expansion slot
- Case dimensions (WxHxD): 230×223x350mm
- Net weight: 4.1kg
- PSU Specs:
- 80 PLUS rated SFX 300W PSU
- Silent, temperature controlled fan
- 7x SATA-connectors, 1x Molex, 1x 4-pin and 1x 20/24pin
- Meets CE, TUV safety requirements
- 140mm Silent Series
- Dimensions: 140 x 140 x 25mm
- RPM: 600 +/- 10% RPM
- Noise: 9 dBA
- Airflow: 39 CFM, 66 m³/h
- Connection: 3-pin
- Power: 2.52 W +/- 10%
- Textile covered electrical cable and you’re well on you way to home server heaven!
Pricing starts at around $193.00 USD (1395 Swedish Kronor), and the stock information is available on Fractal's website.
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Wireless camera solution appears for iPad
Whilst the iPad did not ship with a built in camera of any variety last Saturday, a pair of apps have appeared on the Apple AppStore this week that will let you do something arguably better - to pair an iPad and an iPhone 3GS via Bluetooth and use the latter as a wireless camera!
To get this going, users need to download the Camera A and Camera B apps onto your iPad and iPhone respectively.
Camera A costs $1.00 (USD), and Camera B is completely free. Once you have both applications on both devices, run them, switch Bluetooth on and pair them within the applications.
To take a picture, tap the camera icon at the bottom of your iPad's screen. A pop up prompt will ask you if you really want to save the photo... and if you want photos to save to both your iPhone and your iPad each time, then you can flip the little toggle switch in the lower right of the screen!
Of course, this means you have to actually own both an iPad and an iPhone 3GS... but let's face it, most iPad owners probably do!
Gizmodo reported that the probability is that this application allows the iPad to mirror the contents of the iPhone display - which, if true, could lead to other interesting apps that allow the iPad to tap into the iPhone's functionality.
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Cisco announces UCS upgrade to 2nd Generation
Cisco are launching new updates to their Data Center 3.0 portfolio, and are claiming that businesses will now be able to take much better advantage of improved agility and support for data centers.
Amongst the updates, is the move of Cisco's range of Unified Computing Solutions (UCS) into its second generation, which means it will be getting some new features that have been driven by demands from customers and partners.
"There is a need among companies to reduce IT infrastructure costs and complexity in the datacentre, while also supporting virtualisation and improving agility for businesses," said Wendy Mars, Director for Data Centers and Virtualisation. "These are critical areas for the enhancement of services, and we think that the upgrades to the UCS that we first introduced last year can deliver a significant strategic competitive advantage."
With Cisco's UCS portfolio upgraded to the next generation two and four socket servers, coupled with up to 400% of the original memory capacity, they now offer 50% more processor cores and 300% greater application performance.
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Bull unveil Bullx S-series supercomputer node
Bull, the French supercomputing specialists, have introduced a new line of commercial high-performance systems that are set to introduce the 'supernode' platform, where four socket server nodes can be expanded to support as many as 128 cores and 2TB of RAM.
The company has said that these new systems, which they have branded the Bullx S-series, are based on a project that the company worked on in cooperation with the French Atomic Energy Authority.
The series are designed to work as modules in part of larger supercomputing clusters, and are to be offered up as part of a multi-unit rack. Bull pins these units at high-performance markets, including but not limited to aeronautics, physics simulation and engineering calculations.
Utilising the new Intel Xeon 7500 series processors, Intel themselves are boasting a record breakthrough in performance in the 64-bit x86 processor realm.
"Our message to businesses and research establishments is, refuse to compromise, and open up new horizons for your organisation, while at the same time minimising the risks and reducing your carbon footprint," said Philippe Miltin, Bull's Vice President of Products. "For Bull, innovation has to be unlimited and unconstrained, our bullx supernodes are a concrete example of this principle."
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Toshiba S20, H30 and X100 camcorders to make their US debut this month
In less than two weeks Toshiba will officially make its entrance in the US digital camcorder market through the release of the CAMILEO series S20, H30 and X100 models. Pictured below, Toshiba's camcorders can record 1080p Full HD video, and have 3-inch LCD screen, an SD/SDHC memory card for storage, a YouTube hotkey for quick and easy uploads on the popular sharing site, and also USB 2.0 and HDMI connectivity.
"The CAMILEO line is a very natural extension of our consumer electronics offerings in the U.S. and provides the quality consumers expect from the Toshiba brand," said Ron Smith, vice president of marketing, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. "The line is meeting a growing consumer demand for affordable HD camcorders that make sharing memories with friends and family easy and fun."
The thin and light S20 camcorder features 4x digital zoom, the ability to take 5MP stills and costs $180, while the H30, with its 5x optical zoom and 10MP still shooting goes for $250. Last but not least, the X100 is priced at $400 and has 10x optical zoom.
All three CAMILEO camcorders will hit US shops on April 19.
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I-O Data reveals new Full HD 21.5-inch LCD monitor
I-O Data has today also announced the MF222X, a 21.5-inch LCD monitor with a slim (18mm) profile that features white LED backlighting. The new display has a typical power consumption of 17.8W (0.4W in standby), a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, a 5ms response time, a brightness of 250 cd/m2, a 1000:1 contrast ratio (800,000:1 DCR), D-Sub, DVI and HDMI connectors, and two 5W speakers.
The MF222X is set to be released in Japan by the end of this month and can be found on pre-order for around $268.
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US software company CA to lay off 1,000 people
New York-based business software supplier CA has outlined a restructuring plan through which it will cut 1,000 positions from its 13,200-people workforce. According to a filing make with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the layoffs, which are to be completed by the end of Q2 of fiscal 2011, will "better align the Company's cost structure with the skills and resources required to more effectively pursue opportunities in the marketplace and execute the Company's long-term growth strategy."
CA's restructuring is expected to have a charge of about $50 million, including severance costs of approximately $47 million and global facilities consolidation costs of $3 million.
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Asus Eee PC T101MT convertible tablet available in the US
Asus' more or less eagerly-awaited Eee PC T101MT 10-inch convertible tablet has now begun shipping in the US with a price tag of $499. Asus' portable machine features a 10.1-inch (1024x600) touchscreen, a 1.66 GHz Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM, GMA 3150 integrated graphics, a 160GB hard drive, a 0.3 megapixel webcam, a multi-gesture touchpad, 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, an SDHC card reader, and a 35W/h battery enabling up to 6.5 hours of operation.
The Eee PC T101MT is pre-loaded with Windows 7 Starter, and is backed by a one-year warranty.
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I-O Data adding 2TB USB 3.0 external HDD to its offer
I-O Data's HDJ-UT line of USB 3.0-enabled external hard drives is going to be expanded by the end of this month to include a model with 2TB of storage space. The upcoming 2TB HDD measures 46 (W) x 223 (D) x 155 (H) mm and weights 1.6kg, is compatible with USB 2.0/1.1 devices, makes use of active cooling and offers transfer speeds of up to 139 MB/s on USB 3.0.
I-O Data's HDJ-UT2.0 drive is expected to debut in Japan with a price tag of $315.
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