KWorld card takes on TiVO
Irvine-based KWorld Computer Co.
Ltd., which makes multimedia processing equipment, released its ATSC
-110 HDTV TV PCI Recording System. The company says the product is a
single-card conversion system that turns any PC (from a Pentium 4,
1.6GHz up) into a DV/HDTV Tuner/Recorder with full-featured, TiVO-style
capabilities, including an IR remote control.
The HDTV TV PCI
Recording System is a multimedia processing card that supports up to
1920x1080i HDTV resolution. It comes with an IR remote control to
capture, control, and manipulate audio and video from antenna, cable,
and including free-to-air analog, digital and HDTV signals.
Napster debuts new software
Los Angeles-based
Napster Inc. rolled out Napster 3.5, the newest software for its
music-subscription service.
The new version of the software
concentrates on customization options, including the generation of a
personal "Playlist of the Day" and other tools that deliver music
customized to each user's tastes.
Napster also increased the
fidelity of its digital music, with songs now coming in at a bitrate of
192k.
SmartLine upgrades DeviceLock
San
Ramon-based SmartLine Inc. released DeviceLock version 5.72. The
upgrades included with this release include several features that allow
DeviceLock administrators to accommodate a wider variety of permission
setting scenarios, as well as finer control over who can start and stop
DeviceLock service.
DeviceLock is a device access management
solution for controlling end-user access to PC devices and ports
including USB and FireWire ports and WiFi (802.11) and Bluetooth
adapters. DeviceLock allows administrators to limit device and port
access by specific user, time of day, and day of the week, addressing
security vulnerabilities posed by users who connect external media such
as flash memory, PDAs, music players and cell phones to corporate PCs.
Ports and devices managed with DeviceLock are prohibited from becoming
gateways to secured corporate data and entry points for malicious
programs.
3D Systems moving to South
Carolina
3D Systems Corp. is relocating its headquarters and
research-and-development operations to Rock Hill, S.C., with the $10
million project expected to bring 145 jobs.
The jobs are expected
to pay an average of $80,000 per year, according to York County
documents.
3D Systems, a manufacturer of three-dimensional
printing systems, says it will close its headquarters in Valencia as
well as a facility in Grand Junction, Colo. Most of those operations
will be consolidated in Rock Hill. An undetermined number of employees
will transfer to the new site from California and Colorado.
SYS concludes Logic Innovations buy
San
Diego-based SYS Technologies acquired all of the outstanding stock of
privately held Logic Innovations Inc., also of San Diego, for
approximately $4. million in cash and SYS Technologies
stock.
Logic makes broadcast products for the broadcasting,
satellite, communications and consumer electronics industries. SYS makes
real-time information technology solutions for industrial and U.S.
government customers.
EarthLink to build Anaheim's Wi-fi
network
The City of Anaheim plans to grant Atlanta-based
EarthLink Inc. an exclusive franchise to build out the city's Wi-fi
broadband network.
EarthLink will build the 50-square-mile,
citywide Wi-fi mesh network in phases. In the first phase, EarthLink
will build a two-square-mile proof-of-concept area for testing and
analysis. The remainder of the city's network will be completed by the
fourth quarter of 2006, giving Anaheim the largest municipal Wi-fi
network in Southern California.
The network in Anaheim will
provide inexpensive, high-speed Internet access for residents and
visitors. It will also enable municipal employees to be more efficient
in their jobs by allowing them to complete their work in the field
without having to return to an office and a traditional landline to
complete their tasks.
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