Mark Hachman

Abit Computer Corp. has added a “lockdown” feature to its latest motherboard, the IC7-MAX3. Built around Intels 875P chipset, the IC7-MAX3 motherboard includes a feature dubbed “Secure IDE”. Secure IDE allows the hard drive to be secured with a hardware dongle, securing the data by encrypting the entire hard drive. According to an Abit spokesman, […]

Digital-rights-management solutions could be present within smartphones in as a little as a years time, a senior executive at Philips said, one of a number of functions being added to mobile handsets. Wireless executives speaking at the Semico IMPACT conference in San Jose said their industry continues to face the constant pressures to increase the […]

Dell Computer announced two similar notebook PCs on Tuesday morning, one each in the Latitude and Inspiron brands. In an unrelated announcement, Dell officials confirmed the company will be reselling the Xplore iX104G Tablet PC from Xplore Technologies Corp. to the federal government. Dells Latitude X300 and the Inspiron 300m both contain Intels new low-voltage […]

On Monday, Mailblocks is set to introduce a new version of its spam-free email service that dramatically simplifies the process of fighting spam. Mailblocks.com currently provides a $9.95/year Web-based email service that receives, sends and archives email, and serves as a front end for other SMTP and POP3 accounts. Mailblocks blocks 100 percent of all […]

Dell Computer will issue a patch to fix performance issues on some of its Axim PDAs on Wednesday, according to company officials. A Dell official called earlier reports that the fix would be pushed out until September “bunk”. The patch will be out Wednesday, from Dells web site, support.dell.com, the spokeswoman said. However, users of […]

Bitboys Oy, a Finnish developer of graphics cores, announced its plans to develop the Acceleon, designed for the handheld and PDA market. Bitboys said it will showcase the three members of the Acceleon family at the SIGGRPAH graphics exhibition this week in Los Angeles. Although Bitboys was founded in 1991, the company has never been […]

Adobe Systems has added DRM technology to boxed copies of its Photoshop application in Australia, a trial that the company may extend to other products later this year. Like Macromedias Contribute 2.0 software and downloadable copies of Symantecs Norton Antivirus, Adobes Photoshop 7 photo editing tool for Windows contains digital-rights management software, which Adobe has […]

Iomega Corp. said it had begun sampling its 1.5GB small-form-factor DCT drive to OEMs, part of a bid to resuscitate the struggling company. The companys digital-capture technology (DCT) platform is about the size of a half-dollar coin and weighs only 9 grams. Iomega intends to sell the drive to portable device manufacturers as an alternative […]

A new email hoax is targeting customers of Wells Fargo, implying that the customers account has been hacked. The email, which is titled “Wells Fargo New Business Account Application” states that the users “application” has been rejected. If a user opens the attachment, however, a Trojan is placed onto the users system that will monitor […]

On Monday, Intel said it would work to improve the performance and interoperability of its Centrino platform with Ciscos Linksys line of wireless access points. Both Intel and Cisco will work together to develop a set of interoperability standards that goes above and beyond those set by the WiFi Alliance, the wireless industrys marketing group. […]