Booq (http://www.stores.booq.com) has released the Taipan shadow for
laptops, blending a messenger bag style with a professional
appearance. It’s available in small, medium and extra-large sizes for
US$79.95, $89.95 and $99.95, which will fit 13-inch, 15-inch and
17-inch laptops, respectively.
Booq’s exterior design keeps the bag looking professional and
polished, according to the folks at Booq.
Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com)
has announced its new OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro
mini
(http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB),
a bus powered portable storage solution line. It
features a “quad interface” of FireWire 800/400,
USB 2.0, and eSATA connectivity in a portable, no
AC adapter required plug and play footprint.
Measuring 3.8 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches, the OWC Mercury
Elite-AL Pro mini offers storage capacity up to
750GB in its fanless, aircraft grade brushed
aluminum enclosure.
Epson announced has introduced the US$299.99
PictureMate Show (http://www.mypicturemate.com),
a two-in-one digital photo frame and 4 x 6-inch
photo printer. It boasts a seven-inch, 16:9 tilt
digital photo display with 800 x 480 dpi (dots
per inch) WVGA resolution.
The PictureMate Show also offers 12 slideshow
formats for digital images, as well as a remote
control to conveniently view and display photos
in your home or office. Epson says it offers the
highest maximum print resolution in its class
(5760 x 1440 dpi).
Markzware has released PageZephyr (http://pagezephyr.com/), a content
search and extraction engine. It was developed using Markzware’s
Common Reader Architecture (CRA), the technology at the heart of
Markzware’s current and future products.
PageZephyr technology makes it possible to search proprietary
documents, and then takes that to a higher level, allowing users to
examine and extract text from the most popular publishing native file
formats, such as Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, and soon Microsoft
Publisher, PageMaker and other document types.
WinMagic (http://www.winmagic.com), which
specializes in disk encryption, today launches
SecureDoc v4.9 for Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow
Leopard. SecureDoc v4.9 will support Snow
Leopard in both 32 and 64 bit kernel modes.