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Latest Snap Server targets corporate workgroups

Quantum Corp. last week announced the latest addition to its Network Attached Storage (NAS) product line, the Snap Server 4000.

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Palm's new colors

Palm Computing Inc. will add a little color to its popular line of handheld computing devices Tuesday when it introduces the Palm IIIc. The company, a 3Com Corp. company, also is adding several new features that should make the devices more convenient and easier to use.

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Making documents safe for workflow

With governments starting to lay a foundation for electronic commerce, many state and local agencies are looking to commercial solutions for building public-key infrastructure systems.

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Toshiba, Gateway lineup behind SpeedStep technology

In conjunction with Intel Corp.'s launch of several mobile Pentium III processors that use a new power-saving technology, Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and Gateway Inc. on Tuesday announced systems that are among the first to offer the new capability.

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Making documents safe for workflow

With the federal government starting to lay the foundation for electronic commerce, many agencies are looking to commercial solutions for building publickey infrastructure systems.

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Sit up straight!

Proposed regulations aimed at reducing aches and pains caused by poorly designed working environments could be a real headache for federal information technology managers whose employees spend hours at a time hunched over their computers. Under the regulations proposed last month by the Occupationa

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Goldtouch ergonomic products enrich desktop experience

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposing a new program to police workplace ergonomics, agency managers may be on the lookout for products to improve employee comfort. One way to combat the hand, arm and shoulder strain that often comes from using traditional flat keyboards and mice is to use the Ergo Suite of ergonomic desktop products from Goldtouch Technologies Inc.

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Biometric solutions unveiled at Comdex

With the everincreasing need for security, many companies are turning to biometrics as a way to protect against the potential security breaches common with passwords, which can be easily stolen, lost or forgotten.

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Go ahead, forget that password

No longer the stuff of science fiction, biometrics the use of a person's physical characteristics and habits to identify that person was hot enough at this year's fall Comdex show in Las Vegas to warrant its own pavilion. Not limited to recognizing body parts such as fingerprints, irises and fa

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You can take it with you

Remember when the term 'portables' brought to mind notebook computers? Next came mininotebooks and handheld organizers such as 3Com Corp.'s PalmPilot. Now the list of gadgets seems endless. Vendors also are constantly improving existing products to make them more functional, durable and mobile. A

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Internet on the go with the Palm VII

If you thought previous versions of 3Com Corp.'s Palm organizers were useful and fun, just wait until you get your hands on the Palm VII, the latest offering in this popular series. For the first time, you can access the Internet including email from the Palm device.

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Picture this: Visio 2000 logical, intuitive, fun

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a welldesigned diagram may be worth several thousand. That's where Visio comes in. We looked at Visio 2000 Standard Edition, a package designed for general business diagramming needs and the successor to Visio Standard 5.0 [FCW, Jan. 25]. You don't need

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Microsoft and InfoImage tackle information overload

Microsoft Corp. and InfoImage Inc. on Oct. 13 announced a strategic alliance to develop a "digital dashboard" solution that consolidates data from many sources and offers desktop computer users a single, unified view of their computing environment.

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PIII Entry-Level Servers: Great Performance at Great Prices

Testing by Andreas Uiterwijk and Pat McClung For our latest server roundup, the Test Center took a look at 500 MHz Intel Corp. Pentium III entrylevel workgroup servers. These fileandprint servers are not meant for departmentlevel use or critical data storage. Rather, they are basic workhorses g

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Speed to burn: Intel debuts new chips

Intel Corp. last week announced 15 processors based on a new generation of technology that increases speed, reduces power consumption and makes it possible for manufacturers to offer completely new classes of systems, even as they lower prices. Computer manufacturers are ramping up to deliver serve

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Toshiba offers consistency with new desktop, notebook lines

Toshiba America Inc. today released its Equium 7100 desktop PC series powered by Intel Corp.'s latest line of processors and announced that it is offering the Tecra 8000 series of builttoorder notebooks with Intel's new Mobile Pentium III 500 MHz processor and highcapacity hard drives.

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Entry-level servers: Workgroup workhorses

The latest entrylevel workgroup servers, 500 MHz Intel Corp. Pentium IIIs, are ideal for small workgroups. These file and print servers are not meant for department level use or critical data storage. Rather, they are basic workhorses for printing, email and standard file storage, and perfect fo

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Notebook Class of '99 Earns High Honors

You couldn't ask for much more from the notebook computer industry. Since the Test Center's annual notebook roundup last fall, vendors have improved nearly every aspect of their systems, from processor speeds and hard drive capacity to system weight and battery lifeall while dropping the average p

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Virtual Ink makes note-taking a science

This probably has happened to everyone: You sit through a meeting or lecture and attempt to furiously copy notes and diagrams, only to find that you either missed parts of the lecture or your notes are incomplete.

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Unisys online shopping delivers

Remember when you had to hit the computer superstores to go shopping? Or when you had to go leafing through bulky catalogs to find the products you needed? If you're a federal information technology buyer, you can say goodbye to traditional methods of shopping, which seem almost quaint today, and j