Archive for March 23, 2007

OS Encryption Showdown: Vista’s BitLocker vs. Mac’s FileVault

Both Windows Vista and Mac OS X can encrypt files and protect them from the prying eyes of thieves and snoops. Vista’s new BitLocker feature and Mac OS X’s FileVault are especially useful to those of you toting laptops that contain sensitive data.

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Look Ma, I’m Playing PC Games With Brain Waves!

OCZ technology has been showing off the Neural Impulse Actuator over at CeBIT this past week and the device is worth a look. The actuator uses three neural sensors that are resting on the forehead of the user to create unique commands based on the specific permutation of brain, eye and facial muscle activity. Freaked out yet?

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WiMedia UWB becomes a standard, opening door for 480Mbps Wireless USB

Wireless USB gets a boost as WiMedia UWB, the technology underlying it, gets official approval from the ISO and Ecma, but not the IEEE

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