Digital Gadgets

Bamboo Keyboard

The Optimus has an OLED display, while the Das doesn’t have letters in the keys - nice gift for a person not used to type. There is also the i.Tech Virtual that is virtual, and then comes the unexpected kind.

Specifications of Bamboo Keyboard

1) 100% original bamboo mold
2) Unique touch feeling of bamboo, warm in winter while cool in summer
3) With notebook PC like structure, black keystroke
4) Capability of anti-dirty: the longer time you use, the brighter of the bamboo
5) Super thin, notebook PC like membrane keycaps
6) Pilot lamp of metal case, traditional bamboo of classical fascination combined
with modern style

7) Quality laser printed letters, superior stretch silica gel material adopted;
excellent elasticity makes a good feeling of keyboard reaction
8) Over 8 million keystrokes ensure the long service time
9) Rated voltage 5V, Rated electricity 100mA
10) Interface: PS2 (USB optional)

I’m talking about keyboards and in this world there is always space for more one, that’s why Link International made the Bamboo Keyboard.

This first of a kind keyboard will cost Y9,800 (=$83) and will be available to the Japanese public this Saturday

Apple kills the 17-inch iMac G5

Apple Computer this week official shifted its PowerPC-based 17-inch iMac G5 offering to “End-Of-Life” status, tipsters tell AppleInsider. Just days after slashing the price of the 20-inch G5 iMac by $200, Apple has apparently killed off the 17-inch version of the computer. The 17-inch G5 no longer appears in any of Apple’s online stores, though it is still available from some resellers, which have begun slashing prices to clear inventory.

It has only been a couple of months since Apple refined its iMac G5’s with the built-in iSight and Front Row. But now they have put it to death! A few days earlier Apple cut down the prices of the 17″ iMac by almost £150 and now they have completely stopped selling it at all online Apple stores.

It seems to me like they are discontinuing it, and replacing it with the Intel iMac. The price was lowered to sell of what stock they have, and now the only place to get it if you still want one is a 3rd party reseller. So the 17″ iMac is the first Mac which is Intel only (not counting the MacBook Pro of which there never was a PPC version).

At last check, MacMall was offering the 17-inch G5 for as little as $1,194 after a rebate, or about $100 less than the Intel-based version. We have to give Apple some credit here; they apparently managed to sell off all of their stock of 17-inch G5s without having to cut prices — though it looks like resellers won’t be quite as lucky.

The QuickerTek 27dBm Transceiver was announced today with the ability to deliver up to a mile of wireless range for the 17-inch iMac G5. “The QuickerTek 17-inch iMac G5 Transceiver delivers a full 500 milliwatts of RF power. By comparison, iMacs tend to average little more than 30 milliwatts. The internal shielding that keeps the other parts inside your iMac from interfering with each other, also limits the effectiveness of the built-in AirPort wireless.” The QuickerTek 27dBm Transceiver is available now for US$200.

The remote control would allow the users to view video content, listen to music, and view videos without needing to be right in front of the computer. While, Apple’s iSight, a video webcam is being offered as an add-on peripheral to enable video conferencing. Apple has also managed to take off some fat from the current generation iMac by making it 1/2 inch thinner and 15 percent lighter.

Like the current version, the new iMacs are available in 17-inch and 20-inch widescreen configurations.

Novell plans to release software on Tuesday that is designed to make it harder for new attacks to compromise existing Linux-based computers.

The software, called AppArmor, is one of several products in the security realm based on the idea of mandatory access controls. The technology limits a running software program’s privileges only to those absolutely necessary.

Novell’s chief rival, Red Hat, has been adding such features into its product through the use of SELinux, added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in 2005.

The AppArmor software is available for download and will be integrated into OpenSuse on Jan. 19, Novell said. It’s based on software Novell obtained when it bought Immunix, a Linux security company, in 2005.

AppArmor lets an administrator create a profile that describes which files a given application may use. The software then enforces that profile. Consquently, if a remote attacker takes over that application, it’s more difficult for the attacker to use the application for malicious purposes, such as taking over the entire computer.

More: news.com.com

Police say they are investigating the early morning theft of several computer towers, a monitor, keyboards and scanners from the Minot Daily News.

Editor Bryan Obenchain said the exact amount taken was still being determined Tuesday, but he said the newspaper would be able to continue publishing.

“We will definitely have a paper tomorrow,” Obenchain said. “We’re in the process of pretty much business as usual.”

The theft was reported about 6 a.m. Tuesday, Police Detective Bob Barnard said.

“We didn’t find any signs of forced entry,” Barnard said. He said no money was missing.

More: grandforks.com