Reviews News: Notebooks and niche software

By
12 July 2002 04:40 PM
Tags: network attached storage, notebooks, nas, dell, ibm, canon, belkin, totalstorage
Dell has introduced two new notebooks, the Inspiron 4150 and the Latitude C640. They both weigh in at about 2.5 kgs, and cost AU$99 to deliver. The Inspiron 4150 has a 1.9 GHz P4-M processor, and starts at AU$3999. The Latitude C640 comes with a 1.6 GHz P4-M, 802.11b Wireless Antenna, a 56K V.92 modem and an integrated 3Com 10/100 ethernet chip. RRP is AU$4,771.

Uncorked Software, a Victoria-based company, has released the mid-year update ofThe Uncorked Cellar 2002, designed to help wine collectors manage their wines. The latest version is the major 2002 information update for USA and Canadian wines. Uncorked indicates the software holds information on over 19,000 different wines, or 36,000 vintages. If you have that many wines to catalogue, you probably won't even notice the AU$79.00 price tag. If you want a sample sip, they offer a trial version.

Canon has announced the availability of the imageRUNNER iR400, which can reportedly print 40 pages per minute. It ships with a Pentium III 500Mhz processor and a 10GB hard disk. It has a 5,550-sheet paper supply, and can print at 2400x600 dpi, although copy output is only 1200x600 dpi. It'll set you back AU$12,536.

Scalable Software has announced the availability of SurveyT v2.1, an asset management program. There are four programs, ranging from AU$35 to AU$95 depending on what it is you want to manage, and they are distributed through Express Software.

Belkin has released a series of USB single and dual media reader/writers, which are designed to allow users to transfer data between their computer and a media card through the USB port. The USB Media Reader/Writer for CompactFlash has an RRP of AU$59.95, the USB Media Reader/Writer for SmartMedia goes for AU$59.95, the USB Dual Media Reader/Writer for CompactFlash and SmartMedia has an ESP of AU$79.95, and finally, the USB Media Reader/Writer for MultiMedia Cards/Secure Digital Cards has an ESP of AU$59.95.

Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories has announced the availability in Australia of Genesys Express, through value added resellers. It is designed for contact centres with between 10 and 75 seats, and Genesys claims it offers the same functionality available to large corporations. It also announced another option for Genesys Suite 6 solutions, the Contact Navigator, which is designed to manage multiple customer interactions over multiple media channels.

IBM has announced a thin -pizza box" of storage on the market, the TotalStorage Network Attached Storage (NAS) 100. It is designed for sites with little or no IT support, and IBM claims it can be installed in 30 minutes. Starting from around AU$10,000, it is available through the usual channels.

GFI is touting its GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP, which includes an exploit detection engine, which recognizes and blocks Nimda, BadTrans.B, Klez.H and their variants in one go, according to the company. By recognising the exploit used rather than code, the software can prevent infection from new variants of the worms without the need for a security update, said GFI. Prices start from AU$590, increasing depending on the number of mailboxes protected.

Advertisement

Talkback 0 comments

Reviews by category

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Phil Dobbie Is wholesale-only backhaul just a pipedream?
    The potential acquisition of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia has raised the question about whether vertically integrated backhaul providers will mean higher wholesale prices for ISP customers.
  • Array Get extensions going in Firefox, redux
    Previously on Null Pointer we looked at getting extensions working in Firefox betas, and that was great until the fine folks at Firefox changed their minds.
  • Array How reliable is IP telephony?
    Have you ever heard a weird kind of hissing, crackling or popping noise when calling someone on an IP telephony line? How rare is the phenomenon these days?
  • More blogs »

Tags

Back to top

Featured