Type of Article: MacNews News Article

5-Port FireRepeate-800 Pro is new FireWire 800 repeater hub

EveryThingHerePlus has released the 5-Port FireRepeate-800 Pro (http://www.everythinghereplus.com/electronics/unibrain-firerepeater-800-pro-firewire-800-ieee-1394b-repeater-hub-5-port), a FireWire 800 repeater hub. The US$102.25 device provides port expansion on FireWire 800 IEEE 1394b device chains.

Oriented towards industrial and machine vision applications, the FireRepeater-800 Pro provides the ability to connect up to five FireWire 1394b devices. Its metallic compact case is designed to minimize the risk of physical damage.

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Intego releases Washing Machine 2 for the Mac

Intego (http://www.intego.com), the Mac security specialist, has released Washing Machine 2, a Mac OS X (10.5 and higher) app that cleans up files left behind by web browsers and other Internet programs.

Version 2, optimized for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”), helps Mac users delete files that take up space or present privacy risks, created by a number of programs that access the Internet. Users can clean files quickly, manually or automatically, and use secure cleaning to ensure that the files can never be recovered, according to the folks at Intego.

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Samsung introduces four new, color laser printers

Samsung (http://www.samsung.com) has unveiled its latest range of color printers for small to medium sized business users. They incldue the single-function Samsung CLP-670ND and CLP-620ND, and CLX-6220FX and CLX-6250FX multifunction printers.

The color printers include the Samsung TonerSave feature that allows users to monitor and limit toner usage for extended cartridge life and reduced cost per page. The printers also include a PowerSave Mode that reduces the cost of printing by lowering the temperature of the machine.

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