Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 - All in One Desktop

Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre A600, the All in One Desktop which is very slim and is great for entertainment purposes. You can enjoy HD movies or even watch TV using the TV Tuner Card. It can also double up as a Home theater system and is good for playing games also.

It has 21.5 inch screen having a 16:9 aspect ratio screen offering 1920 X 1080 HD resolution. So you can enjoy all your HD movies with great image quality. The integrated speaker system with Bass, Sub Woofer and Dolby certification making it a perfect candidate for Home Theater. You can even get a Blu Ray player and your Home Theater is complete. You can also watch and record TV series with the Digital TV Tuner card. It comes with a 4 in 1 remote controller which is ideal for gamers as they can play games using its motion drive feature. It can also be used as VoIP handset to receive calls and can also be used as an Air mouse.

Intel and Ericsson Collaborating on Laptop Anti Theft Technology

If you are a laptop owner, then Laptop security is of prime concern to you as laptop stealing is becoming quite common. If your laptop is stolen, your private and confidential data also gets stolen and that is a major cause of concern. To counter Laptop theft, Ericsson and Intel are collaborating to develop a killer technology which makes use of Intel Anti Theft Technology and Ericsson WWAN modules.

Using the new technology, Laptops can be disabled and enabled using a SMS. If a Laptop gets stolen, the technology will locate the Laptop globally and will disable it via SMS. The disabled laptop will not boot and a third party software will take care of the Encryption of Data. Thus the Laptop will become unusable for the thief. It uses the HSPA and GPS technology to protect the stolen laptop. The Laptop can also be disabled if it goes outside a particular range. The Anti Theft function on Intel chips will be triggered by cellular networks. Using it, Laptops can be prevented from Booting, data can be locked and encrypted, data can even be deleted or Laptops can even be traced using the GPS built in the laptop.

Microsoft Announces OLED Based Touchscreen Zune HD

Microsoft Zune family goes HD with all new Zune HD with features like OLED Multi-touchscreen, FM, Wi-Fi, HD Output and several more, The device has been named Zune HD as it can output HD Movies via HDMI docking station(sold separately) to a HDTV, the new Zune HD also sports a widescreen display with 16:9 aspect ratio at 480 x 272 resolution. Additionally the HD PMP is expected to have a 3.3 inch screen size and will integrate full screen web browser with multi-touch capabilities and built-in HD Radio receiver. Nothing enticing, as it seems to be just another PMP, lets see how it stands up to compete against Apple iPod Touch when full details gets revealed at E3.