OmniForm Premium 5.0 software from ScanSoft combines a database with a design tool to help users build the key elements of electronic forms. The forms then can be filled out on any Windows-based PC and converted to PDF format, which can be filled out or deployed to a Web site via HTML. Other options include forms that can be e-mailed or hosted remotely. Additional features include Form Assistant, a wizard that quickly identifies labels and fields on a paper form; Logical Form Recognition technology, which helps automate the process of scanning in paper forms; a table-creation tool; and support for digital signatures using PKI or Entrust authorization, making digital forms legally binding and eliminating the need for paper altogether. OmniForm Premium 5.0, priced at $699.99, includes a license for 20 seats plus 100 e-mailable fillers and five hosted forms for a year at eOmniForm.com. www.scansoft.com
Everyone seems to be going digital these days, but transferring legacy videotape to digital video storage can often be a cumbersome process. AVerMedia Technologies aims to simplify that task with its AVerDVD EZmaker kit. The product combines a PCI capture card with video-capture software, boiling down DVD and video CD creation to a one-step affair. All users need to do is connect a VCR or camcorder to the S-Video or RCA jacks on the capture card and then run a user-friendly wizard to capture and burn video. Solution providers can use the product, priced at $49.99, for transferring videotaped content such as company events and training courses to optical storage. www.avermedia.com
The Dual Band A G Wireless PC Card (model WPC55AG) from Linksys is designed to give notebook users multistandard wireless access through a single device. Priced at $99, the card arms laptops with seamless, trouble-free roaming across the myriad of wireless infrastructures in service today, according to the company. For example, by installing the card in a notebook, a user can go from a 54-Mbps 5GHz 802.11a network at work to an 11-Mbps 802.11b network in a coffee shop and then to a 54-Mbps 2.4GHz 802.11g environment at home. Linksys said the Dual Band A G Wireless PC Card is the first product released for its Wireless A G product family, which also includes a dual-band PCI card, access point and broadband router. www.linksys.com
The CF-T1 is the latest addition to Panasonic's Toughbook line of ruggedized notebooks. Based on an Intel 866MHz Pentium III processor, this full-blown laptop weighs only 2.4 pounds,yet it sports a 12.1-inch XGA screen, a 40-Gbyte hard drive and 256 Mbytes of memory. Also included is a PC Card slot, a Secure Digital memory slot, integrated 802.11b and 10/100 wired LAN capabilities, a V.90 modem and two USB ports. The CF-T1, priced at $2,235, comes with Windows XP preloaded, and although it lacks built-in drive bays, external floppy and DVD/CD-RW drives are available as add-ons. Though built to be more lightweight than rugged, the CF-T1 features a shock-dampened hard drive and display panel. Its magnesium-alloy case has reinforced screen edges, a convex lid for increased rigidity, stainless steel hinges and a scratch-resistant outer coating. www.panasonic.com
Princeton Graphic Systems is offering a low-price, large-screen digital LCD thin display for $599. The VL1812 has an 18.1-inch active-matrix TFT screen with an XGA native resolution of 1,024 x 768, enabling it to provide sharp, large-size text viewing for a variety of proprietary vertical applications, the company said. The plug-and-play monitor offers a 150-degree viewing angle, 16.7 million true colors, a wall/arm mounting interface, a self-diagnostic screen, Energy Star-compliance and a three-year limited warranty. It's compatible with Windows, Unix, Macintosh and high-resolution third-party graphics standards. The VL1812 is the maiden offering in Princeton's new Digital Value Line of LCD monitors, which is slated to include 17-inch and 15-inch models as well, according to the company. www.prgr.com
While many businesses transport data-backup tapes to an off-site location for safekeeping, the fact remains that nothing can be restored if the backup tapes are destroyed. One fail-safe solution is to back up data over the Web. LiveVault's Online Backup And Recovery Service, offered in tandem with data-vaulting services provider Iron Mountain, provides IP-based online server backup, off-site electronic vaulting and data recovery. The service,which supports Windows NT/2000/XP, Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux,provides continuous backup, no-wait recovery and remote-management capabilities, and there are no tapes to deal with. Off-site data is stored in secure Iron Mountain facilities and can be restored from anywhere in the world. The service costs $295 per month for up to 10 Gbytes of data, $695 per month for up to 25 Gbytes, and $1,250 per month for up to 50 Gbytes. www.livevault.com
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OmniForm Premium 5.0 software from ScanSoft combines a database with a design tool to help users build the key elements of electronic forms. The forms then can be filled out on any Windows-based PC and converted to PDF format, which can be filled out or deployed to a Web site via HTML. Other options include forms that can be e-mailed or hosted remotely. Additional features include Form Assistant, a wizard that quickly identifies labels and fields on a paper form; Logical Form Recognition technology, which helps automate the process of scanning in paper forms; a table-creation tool; and support for digital signatures using PKI or Entrust authorization, making digital forms legally binding and eliminating the need for paper altogether. OmniForm Premium 5.0, priced at $699.99, includes a license for 20 seats plus 100 e-mailable fillers and five hosted forms for a year at eOmniForm.com. www.scansoft.com
The Dual Band A G Wireless PC Card (model WPC55AG) from Linksys is designed to give notebook users multistandard wireless access through a single device. Priced at $99, the card arms laptops with seamless, trouble-free roaming across the myriad of wireless infrastructures in service today, according to the company. For example, by installing the card in a notebook, a user can go from a 54-Mbps 5GHz 802.11a network at work to an 11-Mbps 802.11b network in a coffee shop and then to a 54-Mbps 2.4GHz 802.11g environment at home. Linksys said the Dual Band A G Wireless PC Card is the first product released for its Wireless A G product family, which also includes a dual-band PCI card, access point and broadband router. www.linksys.com
Princeton Graphic Systems is offering a low-price, large-screen digital LCD thin display for $599. The VL1812 has an 18.1-inch active-matrix TFT screen with an XGA native resolution of 1,024 x 768, enabling it to provide sharp, large-size text viewing for a variety of proprietary vertical applications, the company said. The plug-and-play monitor offers a 150-degree viewing angle, 16.7 million true colors, a wall/arm mounting interface, a self-diagnostic screen, Energy Star-compliance and a three-year limited warranty. It's compatible with Windows, Unix, Macintosh and high-resolution third-party graphics standards. The VL1812 is the maiden offering in Princeton's new Digital Value Line of LCD monitors, which is slated to include 17-inch and 15-inch models as well, according to the company. www.prgr.com
