Covansys eTABS Covansys has announced the launch
of their new unemployment insurance (UI) framework solution called
eTABS (enterprise tax and benefits solution). The Web-enabled solution
is highly scalable and designed for use across multiple programs.
eTABS is designed to improve UI services for citizens and employers
by streamlining business processes to improve overall speed and
efficiency. Additional benefits of eTABS include enhanced inter-agency
collaboration, reduced fraud and abuse and improved data integrity.
Creative LX200 Creative
has unveiled the Creative digital MP3 player LX200, an ultra-sleek
and easy-to-use digital MP3 player, which also serves as a portable
USB storage device. This high mobility digital MP3 player in classic
dark grey comes with built-in memory of 256 MB. The player has solid-state
construction to prevent skip-free music with high-quality music
playback up to 85dB SNR. The drag and drop functionality, has made
sharing, storing and transporting music and data files a much easier
task. LX200 is powered by a rechargeable built-in Li-Ion battery
that allows up to 10 hours of playtime. The player has a large and
easy-to-read LCD display that offers eye-catching visualiser effects,
music track and artist name to spice up the listening experience.
The LX200 weighs 51 grams and measures only 17.5mm in width. The
players are available with all major stockists for Rs 13,499.
Features:
Sleek memory-based MP3 player and
portable USB storage device in one.
Built-in 256 MB with classic dark
grey finishing.
USB plug-and-play simplicity for
transferring music and other files.
Solid-state construction prevents
music from skipping.
Equaliser presets: Jazz, Pop, Rock,
Classic, User EQ.
Powered by a built-in rechargeable
Li-Ion battery.
Comes with FM radio and FM/voice
recording capabilities.
Dynalog Moxa Port4511 Dynalog India has introduced the new
NPort 4511 programmable communication gateway from Moxa Technologies.
MOXA NPort 4511 provides a cost-effective, flexible, and customised
RS-232/422/485 network-ready solution that lets system integrators
create suitable applications for their communication system. With
its programmable nature, MOXA NPort 4511 can serve as a value-added
developing platform for real-time I/O control—to replace front-end
PCs—and protocol conversion applications in industrial automation,
SCADA systems, transportation, building automation, and more. System
integrators can also make use of Moxa’s complete and easy-to-use
software developing kit (SDK) for creating communication applications
suitable for NPort 4511.
Features:
Real-time I/O Control for replacing
front-end PCs.
Reliable system kernel suitable
for secure and long-running SCADA-type applications.
High speed RS-232/422/485 and Ethernet
interfaces for serial device networking.
Customisable programming for IA
communication protocol conversion.
Controlled and managed from a remote
location.
Contact:
Dynalog India
Tel: (22) 2518 1900
E-mail: sales@dynalogindia.com
STMicroelectronics Nomadik STMicroelectronics
has unveiled a new family of multimedia application processor chips
that will enable portable terminals to play music, take pictures,
record video, and host two-way visual communication in real- time.
Called Nomadik, these processors are aimed at 2.5/3G mobile phones,
personal digital assistants and other portable wireless products
with multimedia capability. In addition, the new family of chips
will find applications in automotive multimedia. The processors
offers ultra-low power consumption, which is facilitated by optimal
partitioning of the chip between hardware and software, combined
with ST’s low-power CMOS technology and low-power design know-how.
This translates into longer battery operation for consumers and
performance scalability for product manufacturers. The processor
chips are based on a combination of ARM926 core together with programmable
smart accelerators that operate independently and concurrently to
handle the key video and audio coding functions, including pre/post-processing.
This distributed processing approach simplifies software development
for developers because they only need to write code for the ARM
core. In addition, since multimedia functions are not typically
executed on the main processor core, there is more headroom for
adding new software applications in the future.
Features:
Compliant with OMAPI software and
hardware interface standards.
The ARM926EJ-S processor core runs
at up to 350MHz in ST’s 130nm CMOS process and up to 500
MHz in ST’s 90nm CMOS.
The core includes on-board cache,
Java acceleration in hardware, and strong real-time debug support.
The programmable audio smart-accelerator
implements the main industry-standard digital audio encoders and
decoders including MP3, MPEG2-Layer II, MPEG2/4-AAC and Dolby
Digital.
Standard baseband modem interface
to provide modem independence for mobile phone applications.
A simple interface supports communication
with wireless PAN (Bluetooth), and wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g),
and position location (GPS) chipsets.
Epson Stylus printers Epson
has launched new multifunction devices, which combine quality colour
printing, scanning and standalone copying capabilities. The Epson
Stylus CX5100 is targeted at the business user and the Stylus CX3100
at the lifestyle home user. Designed for ultra high-resolution scans,
CX5100 is one of the first consumer class all-in-one products that
boast a scanning resolution of 1200x2400 dpi. A major highlight
of the Epson Stylus CX5100 is the print speed of 22 pages per minute
for black text and 11 pages per minute for colour in economy mode.
The speed is accomplished by having a one-inch print head, which
enables a large amount of text to be printed with one pass of the
printing carriage. In addition, the CX5100 also utilises a ‘double-trigger’
paper feed mechanism to allow for swifter paper change times. The
CX5100 is intended for the business user, delivers first class features
using Epson DURABrite ink technology. Designed with the lifestyle
home user in mind, the CX3100 enables full colour, true border-free
printing and copying. With built-in RAM, the CX3100 and CX5100 can
make multiple copies without having to scan the original as many
times. The CX3100 has top printing resolution of an amazing 5760x720
optimised dpi with Epson’s photo RPM. Printing speed is a fast—14
pages per minute for black text and 13.9 pages per minute for colour
in economy mode. For scanning, the EPSON Stylus CX3100 packs in
an optical resolution of 600x1200 dpi making high quality images
with accurate colour reproduction a certainty. The CX3100 is priced
at Rs 14,500 and the CX5100 is priced at Rs 22,500 and are available
across the country.
Digi Giga Systems MAYA II GV-R9800 Digi
Giga Systems has launched the Digi Giga MAYA II GV-R9800 series
of 3-D graphics board. A special feature of this novel equipment
is RADEON 9800 visual processing unit (VPU). Based on the MAYA II
series, the new product delivers breakneck performance to gaming
enthusiasts. The GV-R9800 graphics accelerators fully support the
AGP 8X standard. The AGP 8X bus provides the crucial high-bandwidth
link between the graphics card and the rest of the PC, and carries
a variety of data, including 3-D models, textures, shaders, drawing
commands and video streams. The series simultaneously renders up
to eight pixels with full floating point precision, which is accomplished
by eight-parallel-128-bit floating-point-rendering-pipelines, each
with its own texture unit and pixel shader engine. The texture unit
samples up to 16 textures in a single rendering pass. These textures
can be one-, two-, or three-dimensional, with bilinear, tri-linear
or anisotropic filtering applied, depending on the desired quality
level. In addition, the series supports Truform 2.0, ATI’s
innovative higher order surface technology. It is designed to smooth
out the curved surfaces of 3-D characters, objects and terrain by
increasing the polygon count through a process called ‘tessellation.’
By taking advantage of the massive vertex processing power of the
VPU, Truform 2.0 delivers more natural-looking 3-D scenes without
requiring any changes to the existing artwork. The series incorporates
Smartshader 2.0 technology, which enables the transition of movie-quality
effects into real-time games and other interactive applications.
As the complete implementation of Microsoft DirectX 9.0, the industry
standard API for graphics, it will be fully compatible with the
current and future revisions of OpenGL(r).
Contact:
Rajan Sharma
Digi Giga Systems
Tel: (22) 26526696
Unicorn Tech Datalock Unicorn Tech has launched Datalock,
a tool for easy file and folder security. You can save all files
(Microsoft Word, Excel, PhotoShop, etc) in a folder and simply lock
that folder with a simple 3-step process. You can lock files and
folders of any size and format using Datalock.
Features:
File and folder security: Uses high-level
cryptography algorithms with a dynamic key security that doesn’t
rely on just one security key.
Data compression: Compresses folder
and files so that the storage space required is substantially
reduced.
Eliminates unauthorised access:
Data becomes unreadable to any other tool other than a Datalock
application.
Secure communication: Enables secure
distribution of software over the Internet or Intranet. Hackers
can’t reverse engineer what they can’t see.
Secure workspace: You can share
a PC without having to share your information.
Jupiter Style Casing Jupiter Infosys recently launched
Style Casing—a new range of external cases for 5.25 inch DVD/CDRW/CDROM
and 3.5 inch desktop computer hard disk drive, with USB 2.0 interface—under
its brand Frontech. The dimensions are 250x153x49 mm and 175x110x33
mm respectively for 5.25 inch and 3.5 inch. Style Casing supports
high-speed data transfer up to 480 Mbps under multi operating systems
environments including Windows 98SE / ME /2000 / XP and Mac OS 8.6.
Crsytal Impex has announced the launch
of Japan-based TDK’s optical media products in India. All the
discs manufactured by TDK correspond to ISO/DIN quality standards,
and have been certified error-free. Each spindle contains 4 extra
protective discs (two at the top and two at the bottom) so that
the 100 CDs packed in-between remain fully protected. The spindle
is packed in extra-thick polyester film, and housed in a multi-colour,
attractive and sturdy cardboard box. The 700 Mb, 80 minute, 48x
multi-speed CDs have a high-reflectivity gold coating on the label
side, which ensures data-accuracy and longevity. The discs are compatible
with all brands of CD-ROMs and CD-Writers, and are ideal for long-term
storage.
Contact:
Devang Shah
Tel: (022) 2389-5530
E-mail: crystalimpex@vsnl.com
Samsung Laser Printer Samsung
Electronics India, Information Technology and Telecommunication
division a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, Korea, recently announced
the launch of the world’s smallest and fastest entry-level
laser printer—ML 1710/ ML 1750. Samsung’s revolutionary
offering measures less than half the size of other comparable printers
available in the market. With an estimated street price of Rs 16,000
Samsung’s ML1710 is a revolutionary laser printer, targeted
at personal users in the SOHO and home segment, and individuals
working in small and medium enterprises, who need to create high
quality hardcopy documents, with speed, ease, and lower cost of
operation, delivered from a technologically advanced and stylish
Laser printer.
Features:
Prints fast at 17 ppm.
Saves space with its revolutionary
size.
Its small and stylish design also
gives you powerful and smart functionality built-in.
Saves up to 40 percent in toner
costs with the smart toner save button.
Print carefree as it has the lowest
cost per page in its category.
Instant-on fuser saves on power
consumption by switching on and off immediately before and after
printing.
Has drivers for Windows 98 to XP,
Macintosh 8.6 or later and various Linux operating systems.
USB 2.0 connectivity that is 40
times faster than the USB 1.1.
A 250-sheet capacity cassette feed
tray, supporting legal size paper.
Prints on a wide range of media
options.
Comes with a duty cycle of 15,000
pages per month.
Contact:
Princy Bhatnagar OR Tina Gupta
Samsung Electronics India
Tel: 5151 1234
E-mail: princy@samsung
india.com /
tina@samsungindia.com
Website: www.samsungindia.com
Acumen Business Processes India Metaserver 4.0 Acumen in association with Metaserver,
has introduced the Metaserver 4.0, a BPI software solution that
delivers everything an organisation needs to model and automate
its business processes, integrate with disparate and legacy systems,
manage complex data transformations, and quickly change the business
processes on demand. Using Linda, a proven technology from the world
of super-computing, Metaserver’s patent-pending BPI-in-a-box
eliminates the need for additional infrastructure and major consulting
fees, allowing organisations to avoid huge learning curves and save
time.
Metaserver’s BPI-in-a-box solution
consists of five key components:
Metaserver modelling environment
Metaserver process integration engine
Metaserver connectors
Metaserver client SDK
Metaserver management console
Contact:
Tanver Shaikh
Acumen Business Processes India
Tel: (22) 2825 8981
E-mail: tshaikh@acumen.co.in
Creative
has unveiled the Creative digital MP3 player LX200, an ultra-sleek
and easy-to-use digital MP3 player, which also serves as a portable
USB storage device. This high mobility digital MP3 player in classic
dark grey comes with built-in memory of 256 MB. The player has solid-state
construction to prevent skip-free music with high-quality music
playback up to 85dB SNR. The drag and drop functionality, has made
sharing, storing and transporting music and data files a much easier
task. LX200 is powered by a rechargeable built-in Li-Ion battery
that allows up to 10 hours of playtime. The player has a large and
easy-to-read LCD display that offers eye-catching visualiser effects,
music track and artist name to spice up the listening experience.
The LX200 weighs 51 grams and measures only 17.5mm in width. The
players are available with all major stockists for Rs 13,499. 
STMicroelectronics
has unveiled a new family of multimedia application processor chips
that will enable portable terminals to play music, take pictures,
record video, and host two-way visual communication in real- time.
Called Nomadik, these processors are aimed at 2.5/3G mobile phones,
personal digital assistants and other portable wireless products
with multimedia capability. In addition, the new family of chips
will find applications in automotive multimedia. The processors
offers ultra-low power consumption, which is facilitated by optimal
partitioning of the chip between hardware and software, combined
with ST’s low-power CMOS technology and low-power design know-how.
This translates into longer battery operation for consumers and
performance scalability for product manufacturers. The processor
chips are based on a combination of ARM926 core together with programmable
smart accelerators that operate independently and concurrently to
handle the key video and audio coding functions, including pre/post-processing.
This distributed processing approach simplifies software development
for developers because they only need to write code for the ARM
core. In addition, since multimedia functions are not typically
executed on the main processor core, there is more headroom for
adding new software applications in the future. 
Epson
has launched new multifunction devices, which combine quality colour
printing, scanning and standalone copying capabilities. The Epson
Stylus CX5100 is targeted at the business user and the Stylus CX3100
at the lifestyle home user. Designed for ultra high-resolution scans,
CX5100 is one of the first consumer class all-in-one products that
boast a scanning resolution of 1200x2400 dpi. A major highlight
of the Epson Stylus CX5100 is the print speed of 22 pages per minute
for black text and 11 pages per minute for colour in economy mode.
The speed is accomplished by having a one-inch print head, which
enables a large amount of text to be printed with one pass of the
printing carriage. In addition, the CX5100 also utilises a ‘double-trigger’
paper feed mechanism to allow for swifter paper change times. The
CX5100 is intended for the business user, delivers first class features
using Epson DURABrite ink technology. Designed with the lifestyle
home user in mind, the CX3100 enables full colour, true border-free
printing and copying. With built-in RAM, the CX3100 and CX5100 can
make multiple copies without having to scan the original as many
times. The CX3100 has top printing resolution of an amazing 5760x720
optimised dpi with Epson’s photo RPM. Printing speed is a fast—14
pages per minute for black text and 13.9 pages per minute for colour
in economy mode. For scanning, the EPSON Stylus CX3100 packs in
an optical resolution of 600x1200 dpi making high quality images
with accurate colour reproduction a certainty. The CX3100 is priced
at Rs 14,500 and the CX5100 is priced at Rs 22,500 and are available
across the country.
Digi
Giga Systems has launched the Digi Giga MAYA II GV-R9800 series
of 3-D graphics board. A special feature of this novel equipment
is RADEON 9800 visual processing unit (VPU). Based on the MAYA II
series, the new product delivers breakneck performance to gaming
enthusiasts. The GV-R9800 graphics accelerators fully support the
AGP 8X standard. The AGP 8X bus provides the crucial high-bandwidth
link between the graphics card and the rest of the PC, and carries
a variety of data, including 3-D models, textures, shaders, drawing
commands and video streams. The series simultaneously renders up
to eight pixels with full floating point precision, which is accomplished
by eight-parallel-128-bit floating-point-rendering-pipelines, each
with its own texture unit and pixel shader engine. The texture unit
samples up to 16 textures in a single rendering pass. These textures
can be one-, two-, or three-dimensional, with bilinear, tri-linear
or anisotropic filtering applied, depending on the desired quality
level. In addition, the series supports Truform 2.0, ATI’s
innovative higher order surface technology. It is designed to smooth
out the curved surfaces of 3-D characters, objects and terrain by
increasing the polygon count through a process called ‘tessellation.’
By taking advantage of the massive vertex processing power of the
VPU, Truform 2.0 delivers more natural-looking 3-D scenes without
requiring any changes to the existing artwork. The series incorporates
Smartshader 2.0 technology, which enables the transition of movie-quality
effects into real-time games and other interactive applications.
As the complete implementation of Microsoft DirectX 9.0, the industry
standard API for graphics, it will be fully compatible with the
current and future revisions of OpenGL(r). 
Samsung
Electronics India, Information Technology and Telecommunication
division a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, Korea, recently announced
the launch of the world’s smallest and fastest entry-level
laser printer—ML 1710/ ML 1750. Samsung’s revolutionary
offering measures less than half the size of other comparable printers
available in the market. With an estimated street price of Rs 16,000
Samsung’s ML1710 is a revolutionary laser printer, targeted
at personal users in the SOHO and home segment, and individuals
working in small and medium enterprises, who need to create high
quality hardcopy documents, with speed, ease, and lower cost of
operation, delivered from a technologically advanced and stylish
Laser printer.