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One of the more interesting
Android tablet designs so
far, the Asus Eee Pad Slider will
appeal to anyone who prefers to type
documents and emails on an integrated
QWERTY keyboard rather than on-
screen or via a separate accessory.
In this case, the keyboard is hidden
beneath the 10in screen and accessed by
sliding the tablet up and back – hence
its name.When you no longer need it, you
can slide the keyboard back under
the screen.
Available in pearl white or metallic
brown, the Eee Pad Slider has scratch-
resistant Corning Gorilla glass; an NVIDIA
Tegra 2 dual core processor; Abobe Flash
for a full web experience; 10 finger multi-
touch support; and an array of utilities
including ASUSWaveface and Polaris
Office 3.
It costs £429.99 for the 16GB version
and £479.99 for the 32GB version.
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Laptop case thwarts bag snatchers
One of the UK’s oldest safe manufacturers has developed
a solution to that most modern of security risks, laptop
theft, after one of its directors twice had his bag stolen at
the airport.
Phoenix Safe Company’s Venice laptop security case
(£79.99) and overnight trolley case (£149.99) incorporate a
retractable, lockable steel cable that can be looped around a
fixed object, such as a table leg, to prevent it being snatched
by a passer-by while the owner is seated.
According to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute
and Dell (July 2008), 3,000 laptops are stolen from passengers
every week at the eight largest airports in the EMEA region
(Europe, the Middle East and Africa).
The cases are shock-proof and water-resistant and can
accommodate screens up to 17in in size. They include a
cushioned laptop compartment with combination padlock and
document compartments for files, business cards and mobile
phones. The trolley case has an overnight compartment with
ample space for clothing and personal effects.
The Phoenix Safe Company also has a hard case range,
the Madrid Laptop security case (from £85), featuring a high
security cable and lock that allows the case to be fitted to
fixed items in a car, hotel room or office.
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innovations
Smart technology for business people in the
office, at home or on the move
Slide-out keyboard adds
extra dimension
Remote access from the
device of your choice
The new HTML5 version of Cortado
Corporate Server gives true desktop
functionality on any web-enabled
device, including iPads, Android and
BlackBerry smartphones and, for
the first time with this release, PCs
and Macs.
Cortado cloud desktop services
connect mobile, web and virtual
desktops with centrally provided IT
resources.
Carsten Mickeleit, CEO of Cortado,
said that Cortado Corporate Server
meets the needs of mobile, home-
based and corporate workers who
want to access corporate data using
the computing device of their choice.
“Cortado’s cloud desktop services
with HTML5 is the only solution
that concentrates on providing the
business class of desktop services in a
flexible and secure cloud environment.
It offers a radical new approach to
remote access that is faster and
less consuming than other solutions
because it uses the local intelligence
and software licenses of the devices,”
he said.
Tarmac aids smooth
running of mobile fleet
Tarmac 1.6 from equinux is an off-
the-shelf mobile device management
solution that allows IT managers to
integrate employees’ own iPhones
and iPads into the corporate IT
infrastructure and remotely manage
all devices within their corporate
environment.
To simplify integration, Tarmac
automatically creates personalised user
profiles from existing directory services
data and wirelessly delivers individually
tailored settings to iPhones and iPads.
Tarmac Inventory Management allows
administrators to access key device
information remotely, including installed
user profiles, iOS versions, installed apps
and the current configuration of security
preferences and certificates.
Security settings can be updated
centrally without the user having to do
anything; and if an iPhone or iPad is lost,
the IT manager can lock it, reset the pass
code or completely wipe the device.
The TARMAC App
Catalog provides
employees with access to
internal iOS applications
that can be made available
company-wide or to
restricted user groups.
www.equinux.com/goto/
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Recite makes websites accessible
Businesses can make new and existing websites
accessible to dyslexic and visually impaired computer
users with the addition of a subscription service
developed by Newcastle-based text to speech specialist
Recite Me Ltd.
The Recite platform, which can be added to any website
by inserting a single line of code, offers a number of tools
to help visually impaired and dyslexic users make full use of
a site.
A single button prominently placed on the client’s
website gives access to tools that include magnified plain
text view, text-to-speech
capability and translation into
52 languages. It’s even possible
to change the colour and
layout of text to suit specific
conditions.
www.recite.me
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