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Acer’s Ferrari 4000

Features: The Ferrari 4000 notebook PC is based on the AMD Turion 64-processor technology. It is backed by the ATI Mobility Radeon X700 graphics card, which utilises the PCI Express architecture for better graphics.

The Windows XP-based Ferrari 4000 notebook comes with an ML-37 (2.0 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache) or ML-30 (1.6 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache) processor, and simultaneous 32- and 64-bit Windows compatible support. It has 512 MB or 1 GB of DDR333 memory upgradeable to 2 GB using dual SODI MM modules, CD/DVD optical drive and a 15.4” Acer CrystalBrite colour TFT LCD screen. The notebook also provides integrated wireless LAN, integrated Bluetooth support, gigabit Ethernet and 56 Kbps ITU V.92 modem. Additional features include a multi-format five-in-one memory card reader, 124 pin Acer ezDock connector, 4 USB 2.0 ports, Kensington lock slot and BIOS user and supervisor passwords.

Price: Rs 99,999
Contact: Ravi Hansdak
Tel: 080-2521 9520
E-mail: ravi_hansdak@acer.co.in
Web site: www.acer.co.in

Genius’ EasyTouch Optical II

Features: It is a combination of the multimedia keyboard and optical mouse. The keyboard is provided with the Euro sign for European countries. Keyboard-KB-12e Multimedia centre provides one access to music or videos along with Internet hot keys.

The Xscroll Mouse allows enhanced precision with an optical engine. The system requirements are IBM PC Pentium-compatible or higher, Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/Me/2000/98, and CD/DVD-ROM drive for software installation.

Price: Rs 1,450
Contact: Narendra Dubey
Tel: 080 5770 4846
E-mail: narend@quantusinfo.com
Web site: www.geniusnet.com.tw

Netgear’s Digital Hot spotter

Features: It searches for transmission of IEEE 802.11b/g networks and provides information to the user about most wireless networks. Digital Wi-Fi is a handheld device with an LCD display. It has a frequency range of 2.4 GHz to 2.462 GHz and comes with 13 operating channels.

Its Digital Hot Spotter gives an indication if encryption (WEP/WPA) is enabled. Other features include Modulation Technologies Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. Power consumption is 160 mW in a standard operating mode.

Price: Rs 6,500
Contact: Navinder Chauhan
Tel: 2822 1013/1024
E-mail: navinderc@rptechindia.com
Web site: www.rptechindia.com

Eurotech’s BestNet KVM Switches

Features: BestNet KVM switches are designed to give you control over multiple computers using just one keyboard, video display and mouse. The switches use advanced microprocessor emulation which allows simultaneous boot-up of all the attached computers. BestNet KVM Switches support VGA, SVGA and MultiSync monitors up to 1920 x 1440 resolutions. In addition to PCs with a USB port, they can also be connected through a BestNet USB-PS2 adapter. It comes with 19” rack mount size design, daisy chain up to seven additional units to control up to 64 computers from a single console, and supports many platforms like DOS, Win9x/NT/ 2000/Me/XP, Netware, and Unix/Linux.

Price: Rs 2,500 plus taxes for 2 port
Rs 16,000 plus taxes for 16 port
Contact: Anuj Jain
Tel: 080 2220 7966
E-mail: anuj@eurotechindia.com
Web site: www.eurotechindia.com

Ncomputing’s +One PC Ex

Features: +One PC Ex is a CPU-less Windows XP/2000 desktop terminal.

Its features include remote access over DSL, data security and scalability, low power consumption and ultra-quiet operation; it is also compact. +One PC Ex comes with hardware and software copy protection and proprietary Windows-over-IP protocol. It has real-time audio/video streaming Windows desktop screens.

Price: Rs 8,500 plus taxes
Contact: Sudhansu Sahu
Tel: 044 521 60477
E-mail: info@pcconnexon.com
Web site: www.pcconnexon.com

SMC’s EliteConnect

Features: EliteConnect 2.4 GHz 802.11g Wireless Hotspot Gateway SMCWHSG44-G is an all-in-one solution for the Internet environment. SMCWHSG44-G offers a combination of a maximum of 4 LAN ports or 4 WAN ports to which multiple ISP links can be connected. Those using wireless devices such as laptops and PDAs can roam over a large area while remaining connected within a wireless network.

The gateway supports a host of security features such as NAT, SPI firewall and MAC. An additional feature is that it offers a Mini-POS (point-of-sale) ticket printer that prints out a receipt based on access time. In addition, information for the client that gets printed on the ticket includes log-on username and password, SID, security method and encryption key.

Price: Rs 52,200 onwards
Contact: Sanjay Koul
Tel: 011-5143 6361/62
E-mail: sanjay.koul@smc-asia.com
Webwsite: www.smc-asia.com

H&M’s StudioLine Photo 2.10

Features: H&M’s Studio Line Photo 2.10 is the latest version of the software for digital imaging archiving, management, editing and presentation of digital photos. The technology protects original images against accidental changes and generational loss in quality. Users can choose the folder to which images are to be loaded. Alternately, StudioLine can mimic the folder tree that exists on the source media. Features like a drop-down menu on the toolbar allow images to be ranked or marked for subsequent actions directly from within the album view. Images can now also be sorted by ranking. The integrated web gallery preview allows users to get a glimpse of the outcome—if necessary, they are only a single mouse-click away from the settings to make their changes.

Price: Rs 2,616
Rs 2,305 (downloaded version)
Contact: Ralf Stede
Tel: 0049-6074 9130
E-mail: ralf_stede@HM-software.com
Web site: www.studioline.net