InterKey 3.0: Finger-Friendly WinMo Soft Keyboard

If your Windows Mobile touchscreen device doesn’t have a hardware thumb-keyboard, typing on the default onscreen soft keyboard requires two things: a stylus and patience.  The latest version of InterKey from Paragon Software, on the other hand, seeks to provide a more finger-friendly onscreen keyboard experience for Windows Mobile devices.

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New features include larger onscreen keys, word completion, which simplifies text input by suggesting words as you type, and over 60 national keyboard layouts which allow you to type in 36 languages.

Find out more about InterKey 3.0 Professional…

New SanDisk SD Cards Retain Data For As Long As 100 Years

SanDisk Corporation today introduced the SanDisk SD WORM card, a Write Once Read Many (WORM) digital memory card intended for professional uses such as police investigations, court testimony, electronic voting and other applications where data files must be protected from alteration or deletion. SanDisk SD WORM cards are available now worldwide in 128-megabyte capacity and are expected to be available in higher capacities later in the year.

As digital media volume has grown and surpassed traditional analog media such as film and audio cassettes in the consumer market, law enforcement agencies and other professionals are facing rising costs and lack of supply, said Christopher Moore, director of product marketing for OEM memory cards at SanDisk. SanDisks new SD WORM cards offer professionals a one-stop solution for capturing and archiving critical data, along with many other benefits of moving from analog to digital.

XFX Offers GTX 200 Early Adopters Cash Back

Just before the July 4 Independence Day holiday, we broke some news that stated NVIDIA had plans to drastically reduce prices on their flagship GeForce GTX 260 and GTX 280 graphics cards.  Then a few days later, sure enough, the rumor became fact and prices dropped significantly for both products.Anytime a halo product like the GTX 200 series gets treated to a major price cut so close to its initial release, early adopters are inevitably disappointed.  After all, they paid a price premium for a product

Rock Announces Notebooks with Centrino 2 and nVidia 9800M Graphics

The new notebook line up from rock, the UKs no.1 performance notebook manufacturer, is packed full of Intel Centrino 2 platforms. Marrying raw power from the generals of the Micro processor world, Intel, and heart stopping, revolutionary gaming technology from graphics innovators, nVidia, the new notebook line up from rock boasts a serious combination of killer computing components for outright computing fanatics.

Intels Centrino 2 technology is complimented by nVidias new, revolutionary 9800M graphics power. Breaking the boundaries to deliver never before seen, unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects, the new nVidia 9800M graphics with full Direct X10 support opens up a whole new world of immersive entertainment. Featuring the second-generation NVIDIA PureVideo HD video engine, the GeForce 9800M GPUs delivers full 1080p, eye-popping visual clarity for Blu-ray, HD DVD, and high-definition videos and because PureVideo HD takes care of the video decoding, instead of the already hard at work CPU, battery life is extended, fan noise reduced and the systems CPU freed up for other important tasks such as multitasking.

Super Talent Ships Tiny Gold 8GB Storage Device

Super Talent Ships Tiny Gold 8GB Storage Device24K Gold Plated 8GB Pico USB Drive is World’s Smallest San Jose, California – July 15, 2008 — Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced the PICO-C Gold, a 24-carat gold plated, water resistant USB drive that weighs less than a nickel (~4.7 grams), is smaller than an SD card, and can store over 2,000 MP3 songs.Super Talent uses chip-on-board (COB) technology to squeeze 8GB of Flash into an

Thecus 1U4500 Passes IEC/ISO Certified Reliability Test

Thecus just sent us over a quick e-mail and press release letting us know that the Thecus 1U4500 1U rackmount NAS has passed the IEC/ISO Certified Reliability Test! That is good news for governments and corporations that need products that meet these specifications! The Thecus 1U4500 The 1U4500S 1.2TB is a four-drive SATA NAS supporting up to RAID 10 in a a 1U rackmount form factor and can be seen below.

Thecus 1U4500 series is one of the products that received CE marking (comply with CE standards EN 60950-1:2001+A11:2004 and IEC 60950-1:2001). In addition to the CE standards, in February 2008, Thecus contracted a TAF/ Chinese National Laboratory Accreditation (CNLA) certified independent laboratory to conduct the reliability test on 1U4500 to verify its performance under extreme conditions. The test items included shock test, initial random vibration test and extended random vibration test (all International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC, & International Organization for Standardization, ISO, certified). The results indicated that 1U4500 operated normally under unfavorable operating environment. These test results comply with several unique Australian and European qualifications.

Viacom-YouTube Reach Deal to Anonymize User Data

Earlier we reported a court decision that handed over all YouTube user data to Viacom. As we know Viacom and YouTube are enmeshed in a lawsuit over copyrighted material uploaded to YouTube. The information was to assist Viacom in its case, but it was unclear why they needed user data to prove the amount of copyrighted material uploaded or viewed.It seems (perhaps?) common sense prevailed, or maybe it was The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) chiming in (thank you), indicating that this was a clear violation

No, You Can’t Up Your Level with Bots …

A judge has sided with Blizzard in its against the maker of a third-party leveling-app, Michael Donnelly of MDY Industries, which sells the WoWGlider (or MMO Glider) utility for $25.U.S. District Judge David Campbell ruled that because using the Glider ‘bot is prohibited by Blizzard’s World of Warcraft license, “Glider users therefore infringe Blizzard’s copyright.”He did, however, reject part of Blizzard’s attempts to invoke the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s controversial anti-circumvention sections against

Lian Li launches the PC-7F and PC-60F Mid Towers

Lian Li launches the PC-7F & PC-60F; Advanced Midi Tower ChassisThe complete solution to your chassis needs 15 July 2008, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd today launches the PC-7F & PC-60F; the newest advanced Midi Tower chassis’ in their aluminum product lineup. These unique clean cut style cases dimensions stand at 215 x 440 x 490mm (W, H, D). They support ATX, and Micro-ATX form factors, with 4x 3.5″ drive bays; 7x PCI Expansion Slots, and 5x 5.25” ODD bays. The refined handmade craftsmanship

Hardware Round-Up

Video: An early peek at the Radeon HD 4870 X2 @ The Tech Report   ATI RADEON HD 4870 512MB @ Digit-Life ASUS & Zotac Overclocked GTX 260 Cards @ t-break Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Video Card 100243L @ Benchmark Reviews   ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Graphics Card Preview @ Legit Reviews ATI R700 Preview @ DriverHeaven BFG’s 8800GT OCX & 9600GT OCX w/ ThermalIntelligence  @ BootDailyMotherboards and Chipsets: Gigabyte EP45-DQ6 Intel P45 Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers.orgProcessors: AMD Phenom