Logitech’s Harmony 525 remote available from Pinnacle

Logitech’s Harmony activity-based remote controls is widely appealing to both home-theatre enthusiasts as well as by people upgrading their home-entertainment systems with new high-definition TVs and digital video recorders (DVRs).

The Harmony 525 remote has been designed with a very simple and visual setup to speed them through the process. Using a PC, people are likely to spend less than a half hour on the Web-based setup process to fully customise their Harmony remote for their home-entertainment system. Once the setup is complete, any member of the family can watch television, play a DVD, or record a program, by pushing a single activity button.

The Harmony 525 is the first universal remote in its price category that works with all types of components from all manufacturers – including satellite set-top boxes, DVRs and widescreen televisions – without the complex setup process usually associated with a universal remote.

Find out more about the remote here....

Top 10 security predictions for 2006

As the importance of information security continues to rise, organisations around the globe are looking at revising their existing strategies to ensure that their information assets are optimally secured.

Gary Middleton, general manager of security solutions at Dimension Data, outlines ten predictions that will impact the information security landscape in 2006:

1. Expect more damages, but fewer epidemics. Infection rates are likely to increase in 2006, and organisations can therefore no longer rely on the media or mass attacks to alert them of problems. The assumption that no news is good news will lead to a false sense of security.
2. Attacks will move beyond Microsoft’s operating system. More applications and other infrastructure elements within organisations will be targeted, resulting in increased workloads to patch vulnerabilities.
3. Spyware will remain a major issue. Organisations can expect more spyware infections, which will deplete bandwidth, drive up the number of helpdesk calls and ultimately affect employee productivity. There will be a greater need to invest in additional technology to combat spyware.
4. Instant Messenger (IM) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) will become a bigger headache. Widespread adoption and use of IM and P2P applications can expose organisations to new threats. Organisations need to be aware of, secure and manage these technologies.
5. Messaging security will get serious. Two years ago, organisations invested in email security products that controlled spam. Today, the focus has shifted towards solutions that incorporate policy compliance and encryption capabilities – in addition to the ability to deal with viruses and spam.
6. Boards will pay more attention to security. In line with the global trend of good governance practices, boards continue to pay greater attention to ensuring that their organisations’ information assets are protected from a growing number of internal and external threats.
7. Wireless security will get more attention. As the end-user demand for mobility continues to grow, organisations need to ensure that their wireless access points are secured from unauthorised access.
8. Patching will become selective. The number of patches that are released for operating systems, applications and other IT infrastructure elements continues to grow at an alarming rate. Implementing all patches is becoming too cumbersome and costly, and organisations will start to selectively patch their IT assets based on value and the particular threats that they face.
9. The trend towards secure infrastructure will continue. As security becomes embedded in the infrastructure layer; we are witnessing the convergence of network, systems and security management as a single competence. As a result, customers will increasingly look at one provider to supply, support, manage and secure the end-to-end infrastructure.
10. There will be a greater focus on end-point security. There is going to be a much greater focus on how insecure end-points; such as laptops, desktops and other devices; connect to the network.

The new Logitech Mouse is in South Africa

The Logitech G7 Laser cordless mouse gives gamers the opportunity to play with a cordless mouse that is truly gaming-grade, with lightweight, quick-swap, rechargeable batteries. And the Logitech G5 Laser mouse features a highly versatile weight-tuning system, enabling gamers to customise the weight and balance of the mouse according to individual preference, resulting in superior control.

The G7 Laser cordless mouse and G5 Laser mouse include an extremely powerful tracking system. Both include resolution of up to 2 000dpi, which can be adjusted on the fly to as low as 400dpi; gaming-grade laser illumination and tracking; full-speed USB data transfer; a fast 6.4 megapixels of image processing per second. Altogether, these specs allow gamers to experience unparalleled precision and speed from their G-series mouse.

Find out more about the mouse here....

RAZR V3 PINK

The small dimension and sensory experience of the Motorola RAZR V3 does not compromise the performance of the product – though ‘thin in style’ it is ‘thick in features’, which include an integrated speakerphone, crisp, high quality internal colour displays, video playback, integrated camera, MP3 ring tunes and downloadable Java™ games. The unlimited range of black and silver V3s is joined by only five thousand handsets, together with an array of pink accessories. From the matching hot pink inbox pouch to an unlimited range of H500 pink headsets, a Bluetooth device that is discreet and stylish, and communicates with compatible Bluetooth accessories up to 100m away, while still remaining connected. The H500 pink headset is currently available in SA, to be purchased separately from the handset. This handset makes a statement about individual expression – it is a talking point with all the functions needed to remain in touch with the world – from wireless connectivity to photography! Measuring just 13.9mm and combining metals such as aircraft grade aluminium, with new advances including internal antenna and a chemically-etched keypad, the super slim yet hardy Motorola RAZR V3 range has set a new design standard for markets. By adding a significant touch of pink, the design has become that bit more of a style statement! Recommended Retail price R2200

Maxtor Backs Digital Life

It can be a person’s worst nightmare. You have just come back from holiday and are uploading your holiday pictures, when your PC crashes! Gone are the holiday snapshots, your MP3 collection, the home video of little Jimmy’s first birthday and everything else you ever wanted to access on your PC. Unfortunately, most people don’t think about a backup solution until it’s too late.

Maxtor has taken the hassle out of backup and introduced the OneTouch III range of intuitive backup solutions that will give your readers peace of mind that their digital memories are safe and secure whether on a laptop, desktop, home network or small business server.

With the touch of a button or at predetermined automatic intervals, the Maxtor OneTouch III backs up virtually everything on your system’s local disk drives, including all Microsoft Outlook emails, address books, Internet favourites, My Documents folder, operating system, applications and more. Once installed, the Maxtor OneTouch III drive runs quietly and automatically.

With capacities ranging from 100GB to a massive one terabyte (1,000 GB) of storage, Maxtor will ensure that there is a OneTouch III drive that matches your lifestyle.

Stock up on sunblock cream, and take your gadgets out into the field with a fold-up solar power panel

Gimme a PowerFilm 10 Watt Foldable Solar Battery Charger f15-600, please. Pretty please? This is the solution to never having to ask for power in a restaurant. Granted, you'd have to be sitting outside with direct access to sunlight, which means you might not be able to see your screen. But who cares? The sun is your friend.

These solar chargers were originally designed for... take a guess.. yup... the military. But now that there are no more wars to be won and world peace is with us, power is now portable.

When you buy one for yourself, please add one in the shopping cart for me. In fact.. .add two, cos you can daisy-chain them for added power.

So you've got a Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone and you wanna listen to it loud?

Praise be to the-god-of-your-choice! At last! An audio accessory for something other than an iPOD!!!

I don't know about you, but I'm getting rather frothy about all the iPOD iPOD iPOD happening in the world today. I don't LIKE the iPOD. Instead, I bought an iRIVER. Which is very nice, thankyouverymuch. But where does one buy accessories for these devices?

Thanks to Sony Ericsson, their W810i Walkman Phone now has a killer fold-up set of portable speakers... the MDS-60. Available in white, grey, silver, and, that wonderful Sony Ericsson colour that we all love... orange!

So throw away your iPOD. And get something else.