QNAP Security today unveiled the NVR-104, the most affordable and reliable network surveillance system for SOHO and SMB. The NVR-104 supports high quality 4-channel M-JPEG/ MPEG-4 recording and up to 120-channel real-time monitoring with the innovative multi-server monitoring feature. It is a Linux-based, low power consumption, and high performance network video recorder with abundant enterprise-grade monitoring, recording, and playback features.

The NVR-104 is highly compatible with the IP-based security cameras from AXIS, ACTi, Arecont, Canon, D-Link, EDIMAX, ELMO, EtroVision, GANZ, iPUX, IQeye, LevelOne, MOBOTIX, Panasonic BB/ BL/ i-Pro, SANYO, SONY, TOSHIBA, TRENDnet, VIVOTEK, and Y-CAM, etc. As a standalone surveillance system, the NVR-104 supports complete monitoring, recording, and playback. The recording features include schedule recording, alarm recording, alarm recording schedule, motion-detection recording, pre-alarm, and post-alarm recordings, etc. Up to 120 channels from different NVR servers can be added for real-time monitoring. Different display modes, smart PTZ camera control, digital zoom, real-time snapshot, E-map, on-screen alarm notification, etc. are provided. The monitoring, playback, and system configurations can all be maintained by the IE browser without hassles.

Continuing its momentum and leadership in virtualization technology, Advanced Micro Devices today released the first video and images demonstrating live migration across three generations of AMD processors on VMware ESX 3.5, including the Six-Core AMD Opteron processor code-named Istanbul. Live Migration of virtual machines across physical servers is key to providing superior flexibility for managing todays data centers.

The AMD ecosystem of hardware and software partners like Microsoft, Sun and VMware illustrates a strong confidence in the advanced virtualization capabilities AMD-V offers, said Margaret Lewis, director, Commercial Solutions, AMD. Enabled in part by RVI, Live Migration across our 65-nm and 45-nm Quad-Core and upcoming Six-Core AMD Opteron processors provides further evidence of the flexibility of AMD-V technology for data center customers upgrading their systems.

MotionDSP today released vReveal, an easy-to-use Windows application for PCs that fixes common problems afflicting consumer-generated video. vReveal features patented “CSI”-style super-resolution technology adapted from the forensic applications used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Using the massively parallel processing power in NVIDIA CUDA-enabled GPUs, vReveal instantly cleans up videos that are shaky, dark, noisy, or blurry.

With vReveal, consumers can dramatically improve the quality of videos captured by cell phones, digital cameras and other handheld devices. It uses familiar one-click touch-up tools to stabilize, brighten and sharpen flawed videos. It has the unique ability to increase detail in low-resolution videos and to remove video noise, such as graininess and pixelation. The application can even capture print-quality still images from enhanced videos.

We’ve all captured precious, one-of-a-kind moments on video, only to find that the recorded image didn’t look that great. Perhaps the video was too shaky, dark, blurry, or grainy. Or perhaps the device used to capture the video wasn’t ideally suited for capturing video, such as you might see with video captured by a digital camera or mobile phone. But what if you had an inexpensive application that could rescue your video quality and make it look significantly better–much like the expensive video enhancement

Targeting professionals in fields such as computer-aided design, digital content creation, and oil and gas, Lenovo announced two powerful new desktop computing solutions, the ThinkStation D20 and S20. The two new workstations feature a choice of the latest Intel Xeon processors 5500 and W3500 Series as well as optional Intel Turbo Boost technology for extra performance during peak processing. By adding the NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU platform to the workstations, you’ll also get 240 additional cores of dedicated

Lian Li launches the all new PC-B10 Mid-Tower Chassis March 24, 2009, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd has launched the PC-B10 Mid Tower chassis. The all aluminum design features two fans on the front (1x 140mm@900RPM + 1x 120mm@1500RPM) and one rear 120mm@1000RPM extraction fan. The sleek brushed aluminum chassis has a front door with lock which gives access to 5x 5.25” bays for ODD’s. The fans have removable filters which are easily removed and washable. The dimensions stand at 210x440x515mm

Placing a product in the “audiophile” category automatically opens it up for scrutiny of the highest order. The new Asus Xonar Essence STX “headphone amp card for audiophiles” is Asus’ latest in a line of audio card offerings that pretty much cover the spectrum of PC audio applications. Asus now offers audio cards designed for gaming to Home Theater PC applications. Today we’re looking at the latest iteration of the product, targeted at those of us with a more discerning ear–The Xonar Essence STX. The Xonar

Not too long ago, it was Intel demonstrating its newest, hippest family of 32nm Westmere processors; today, it’s AMD’s turn to strut its stuff. Advanced Micro Devices has just revealed to the public the first video and images demonstrating live migration across three generations of AMD processors on VMware ESX 3.5, including the six-core AMD Opteron processor, often referred to as “Istanbul.” For those unaware of the strains in server environments, live migration of virtual machines across physical servers is

Many small business owners operate without any dedicated IT support, while sole proprietors often find that one of the many hats they have to wear is that of CTO. Even if you are technically minded, the time commitment often needed to keep equipment up and running can take you away from your core business goals. What small businesses need is easy-to-use, reliable equipment. With this exact scenario in mind, Seagate Technology has just added two new network storage devices, the BlackArmor NAS 420 and BlackArmor

Only a few weeks after a teenager lost a job because of a Facebook update saying her job was boring, a person with “foot in the mouth” disease may have tweeted his way out of a job offer. His update on Twitter: Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.A fat paycheck, but work he hates and a rotten commute, eh? He may not get a chance to decide if he wants the offer, as Tim Levad at Cisco tweeted back: Who is the