114th Gadgets and Technologies

It’s been nearly three full years since we’ve heard a peep from Malata, but the outfit has chosen an opportune time to reemerge into the spotlight. The R108T netbook is one of the convertible variety, boasting a swiveling 10-inch touchscreen (similar to ASUS’ Eee PC T91) and Windows 7 to boot. Internally, things get a lot more boring — there’s a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 1.3 megapixel camera, WiFi, Ethernet, a pair of USB sockets, VGA output and a 3-in-1 card reader. We’re told that the asking price on this one will hover around $439, though there’s no clear indication that it’ll ever head stateside.

Panda Security’s corporate solutions continue to receive awards and acclaim around the world. Most recently, Panda Cloud Office Protection (the cloud-based corporate SaaS protection solution) has been named Most Innovative Product at the Infosecurity World fair in China, recognizing it as the first corporate solution on the Chinese market based on cloud security. Similarly, Panda GateDefender Performa series 9000 was voted User Recommended Product by those attending this prestigious event.

Panda GateDefender Performa recently won the Byte 2010 Award for the Best Hardware Security Solution organized by Byte magazine (Spain). According to the magazine: “As Internet-borne threats account for 99 percent of threats to reach networks, corporate perimeter protection is a necessity, not a luxury. This is a UTM device that protects networks from all types of threats that can reach companies over the Internet”.

In a similar vein, SC Magazine (USA and UK) has given the Panda GateDefender Performa 9500 an Overall Rating of four stars in an April Group Test product review, underlining the simplicity with which the product can be installed and managed through its web interface. The magazine’s technology editor, Peter Stephenson, concluded that the product represents “a good value for the money.”

When it comes to external portable hard drive, LaCie is probably one of the leading brands alongside the likes of Samsung and other high-end brands. However, if you want something even more stylish than an all-black or all-white portable hard drive, then you should probably take a look at this new Rugged USB 3.0 External HDD from LaCie.

The LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 External HDD has a lifevest-like design with its bright color orange. Majority of the hard drive’s design has a raft-esque style while the LaCie logo is placed exactly on the middle of the device.

This design can resist drops up to 2.2 meters, and it even throws SuperSpeed USB to its features. The 500GB (7200 RPM) model will be available in May for about $150.

If you’re in a business or work where your files are so important you cannot even dare for your laptops to stay away from you, then this device might just be what you need. In cases where you have to leave your laptops alone (like when you have to go to the bathroom or what not), this USB Notebook Crime Prevention Sensor will help protect your laptops. How can this device do that?

This device simply plugs into your USB port, turn it on… and if anyone tried to unplug it and take your laptop, the alarm in this device will simply go off. Now, if you got an intelligent stealer, then he/she might be able to turn off the alarm before he/she actually takes your notebook.

Anyway, if you’ve got the bucks to shell out, expect the USB Notebook Crime Prevention Sensor to retail for about ¥2,400.00 or about $25.82.

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