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Motion J3400 Tablet PC Now Verizon Wireless Network-Ready

The rugged J3400 Tablet PC now features integrated access to the Verizon Wireless 3G mobile broadband network. The Motion C5, F5 and J3400 Tablet PCs are available now as Verizon Wireless network-ready under the Open Development program, which is designed to offer businesses and consumers the ability to use wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company on its nationwide wireless network. When purchased with the integrated Gobi mobile broadband technology, users can easily activate wireless service through Verizon Wireless. New and existing customers can access information at Motion's J3400 product page.

AMD Free Digital Molecular Matter For Game Production

AMD and partners Pixelux Entertainment and Bullet Physics are offering game developers access to the newest version of the Pixelux Digital Molecular Matter (DMM). Pixelux has tightly integrated its technology with Bullet Physics, allowing developers to integrate physics simulation into game titles that run on both OpenCL- and DirectComputer-capable platforms. Both DMM and Bullet work with Trinigy's Vision Engine to create and visualize physics offerings in-game. Open physics development environments now add Bullet Physics as the default rigid body physics system provided with Pixelux's DMM2 material physics engine. Developers can now design and interact with rigid body systems familiar to them and easily add DMM objects incrementally, enabling them to bend and break based on real physical properties. The Free PC version has no DMM license fee for development or production deployment and includes all the features of the premium version, including GPU acceleration. Free PC DMM2 is expected to be made available shortly to interested developers.

Phihong's New 21W Splitter

Phihong has developed a new 21W splitter that has outputs of 10W over PoE to a powered device such as an IP camera and 12W DC to an accessory device including heaters and illuminators. The splitter splits off power for the heater and passes the remaining power and data through to the camera; therefore, this splitter may only power IEEE 802.3af devices requiring up to 10W of power. The gigabit-compatible splitter features a nonvented case with diagnostic LED to indicate connection and power. The unit also complies with SELV, LPS and has overvoltage, overcurrent and short-circuit protection. Pricing for the POE21-120H starts at $57.18 in single unit quantities.

Avistar Launches Desktop Videoconferencing Editions

New editions of the Avistar C3 Communicator and the Avistar C3 Unified Microsoft OCS solutions are packaged as Standalone, Pro or Business Edition, each optimizing the desktop visual communications experience. The Avistar C3 Communicator Standalone Edition provides users with a primary "buddy list" window to initiate and receive video calls and a secondary video "session" window used only during active calls. The Standalone Pro Edition of both the Avistar C3 Communicator and Avistar C3 Unified solutions include an integrated SIP and firewall traversal server. Avistar C3 Communicator and C3 Unified Business Editions offer multiparty videoconference management, full transcoding and transrating. These solutions are available through Avistar's channel partners worldwide and priced to fit small, midsize and large businesses starting at $199 per seat.

NEXT: DS410 DiskStation By Synology America DS410 DiskStation By Synology America

Synology America recently introduced the DS410 DiskStation, a four-bay network-attached storage server for workgroups and small businesses that need reliable and economical solutions for file sharing and backup. Built on the company's DiskStation manager firmware, DSM 2.3, the new DS410 is faster and offers more features than its predecessor, the DS209. Additional features include encrypted filing sharing, automatic backup to the cloud using the integrated Amazon S3 service utility, desktop and network backup, multimedia streaming, built-in Surveillance Station software for support of up to 12 IP cameras, e-mail and Web hosting, and more. The DS410 DiskStation holds up to 8 TB of storage across four bays of hard drives and includes ecofriendly features such as hard drive hibernation, a smart fan and scheduled power on/off.

Atomic9 BT Wristband Speakerphone Style meets functionality with the Atomic9 BT wristband speakerphone and new headphones, Grunge Buds. Compatible with any mobile phone with Bluetooth support, the wristband offers up to 4 hours of active talk time and 160 hours of standby time. By speaking directly into the Atomic9 BT, one can answer or decline calls and give call commands while the mobile phone is up to 30 feet away. The Atomic9 BT wristband also has the ability to play music. New headphone Grunge Buds are compatible with iPhones and MP3 players and offer noise-isolation in addition to their trendy Swarovski crystals and unisex styles.

Velocity Micro Unveils Immediate

Availability Of Intel Core i7-980X Powered PCs Velocity Micro, builder of high-performance desktop computers, notebooks and peripherals, adds to its portfolio for the extreme performance processor market with six-core processor desktop computers powered by Intel Core i7-980X. Building on the innovative Nehalem architecture, the i7-980X allows Velocity Micro to unleash an array of PCs, offering performance boosts of up to 40 percent on applications that utilize the i7-980X's 12 hyperthreaded virtual cores and extreme overclockability. VelocityMicro.com customers will be able to get their hands on all of that power with the fully upgradable Edge Z55 with the Raptor Lx665 and Lx775.

Spatial Data Functionality In Sybase SQL Anywhere Release

Sybase is including advanced spatial data functionality as part of the next release of its SQL Anywhere database and synchronization solution. The next major release enables development of data-driven spatial applications for leading smartphone devices and allows synchronization of the on-device spatial data with spatial databases, application servers and enterprise systems. The new spatial data support capabilities include support for the PGC and SQLMM standards for spatial data types and APIs, native import for shape files and built-in functions to export KML, GML and SVG formats, use of spatial data on all of the platforms supported by SQL Anywhere from Linux, Unix, Mac OS, Windows, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile, and bi-directional synchronization of special and standard data between field worker and many popular enterprise systems. The next release of SQL Anywhere is said to be available in the second half of 2010.

Kingston Technology Develops Fastest Intel-Certified Memory

Running at 2,400MHz, Kingston's HyperX dual-channel DDR3 memory kit was subject to OEM-quality production and testing standards to gain Intel XMP certification on the Core i7 platform. The 2,400MHz kit runs at 9-11-9-27-2 timings at 1.65 volts and was developed for enthusiasts, gamers and benchmarkers looking to scale new memory heights. The memory was tested to great success on several P55-based systems, including the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P motherboard. The 2,400MHz kits will be available in second-quarter 2010.