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Get more for Your Business with Lenovo ThinkCentre M70e and A70 Desktops

by twinks on 15/08/10 at 6:03 am

If space saving equipments are a must have for business and personal comfort is a must have for employees, then the new Lenovo ThinkCentre M70e and A70 Desktops are the must haves in any business environment. The ThinkCentre M70e is an entry level enterprise PC while the A70 is designed for businesses that are just starting out looking for increased performance in terms of processing power, memory and graphics without usual the expensive investment cost. The M70e model begins at $559, while the A70 is tagged at $379 (USD).

Aside from the obvious price difference, both come in small form factor and tower designs and share the following key specs:

• Options for an Intel Core2Quad, Core2Duo, Pentium and Celeron processor. Core2Quad processors are available with the M70e
• NVIDIA GeForce FX380 Quadro or Intel integrated GMA X4500 graphic choices
• High speed DDR3 memory up to 4 GB
• Large hard drives up to 500 GB and up to 1 TB in the M70e
• Gigabit Ethernet and DVD burner
• ThinkVantage Tools
The pricier Lenovo ThinkCentre M70e additionally features easy to reach frequently accessed controls. The indicator lights and chrome ring protected power button are on a panel angled toward the USB and audio ports are placed conveniently next to the DVD drive with the familiar red-striped DVD drive eject button at the top of the machine. The M70e is also slightly lighter and thinner by 20% to previous ThinkCentre desktops and it’s also 10% cooler – thanks to the redesigned motherboard and added extra fan and side vent.

You can also check out Lenovo ThinkCentre M series here.

Lenovo W700 w/ Extended Screen

by bs04c on 03/01/09 at 1:46 am

This is not this first and we are not the first who covered the Lenovo ThinkPad W700, but I’ve just discovered that Lenovo is preparaing to improve this model with the W700ds, which has one of the coolest and amazing features of any of its kind, a slide out screen as an additional!

The LCD screen is a 10.2 inch LED display that you can drag out from the side, and has the alternative of slanting it forward or backward on a turning point. You can’t help other than find irresistible a characteristic like this, as a laptop will comprise an additional LCD screen for word processing, text messaging, or no matter what you didn’t have enough space to perform on your notebook screen before.

Additional characteristic on the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds comprise the Intel Core 2 Extreme or Core 2 Quad, 8 GB of RAM, 980 GB of storage memory, and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M. At utmost brilliance on the screens, the battery life is not long enough at about 2 hours.

Find out the model before this. You might bid it.

Lenovo IdeaPad 59-014898 Y510 Series 15.4″ Laptop (Intel Core 2 Dual T5750 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)

Lenovo, Personal Computers, $849.00

Online banking made safer

by jennyaguilar on 30/11/08 at 10:00 am

Almost everything is now being done online. Why? For one it is faster, easier and more convenient. This is also the reason why online banking is a bankable choice for almost anyone. With such capability, you could cut the hassle of going to your nearest bank. You could make the transaction right infront of your computer. Despite great technology, comes complicated security issues.

Nowadays, we have a big variety of viruses and hacks that any information can be potentially stolen or erased.

Of course our bank accounts are the ones that needed the most attention, with this urgency IBM presented its vision on Online Banking Security, which will do all online banking functions bypassing user’s PC.

How?

In guise of a seemingly ordinary USB stick, one could hardly perceive that it is also equipped with  a display and smartcard slot, that needs to be connected to user’s computer. Then, it creates secure connection channel to bank’s online transaction server.

This connection completely bypasses user’s PC, which means that no information is saved or stored on it. That way, even if PC is infected with unknown virus or malware, no precious information will be harmed – this is what this device is about. Built-in display could be used for transaction log and validation, and smartcard slot add an extra layer of security and protects transmissions
from man-in-the-middle interceptions.

Tagged as the Zone Trusted Information Channel, it works by running the Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) protocol, including TLS engine and a networking proxy. This was made to completely remove any risks of data interception by viruses on host PC, so even if PC is heavily infected, there will remain nothing from your online banking session to be worried for.

ZITC USB Stick

by ajii on 16/11/08 at 1:00 am

ZITC USB stick

The Zuric Research Laboratory has designed a new device that allows user to have secure online banking. This device is known as ” Trusted Information Zone Channel ” (ZITC) USB Stick. This device looks like a USB stick which is equipped by a screen and a control button.  This device will connect to a secure online banking server and a real time monitoring of transaction of data.

The ZITC is connected thorugh  a USB port on the computer and builds a TLS or SSL protocol connection to a secure online banking server. This device is alredy equippied with the necessary data, so that no log-in information stays in the browser of your pc. User can also make modifications to the device which only possible through the secure connection by the bank server. This device will protect you against malware, hacker attacks, and also “man -in -the-middle” attacks where the hacker hacks the data between the computer and the servers and manipulate the data inorder to get access  to the online banking.

The ZITC USB Stick is compatible with any operating system and does not need any kind of installation software. Users can use the security to log on and validiate all transaction via a display on the stick. Banks can also add smart cards via slot or use PINs validation code and other security layers for additional safety.