Forget the usual laptop bags, encase and protect your MacBook in style. Great as a unique gift for the coming Holidays as well, the ColcaSac MacBook Sleeves are not only stylish but eco-friendly as well. They are made from all-natural environmentally friendly fabrics and provide that natural earth feel for comfortable storage for your mobile computing device. They come in a range of designs and colors (red, black, Sherpa, brown, etc.) and come with a vertical loading feature that should make it easier to store and get when you need to use your MacBook. The ColcaSac MacBook sleeves retails for $33.00.

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Here is another mobile computing device that should be a great asset for businesses that are integrating the technology hoopla for improvement in their daily operations. Maxatec unveils the HH8010 mobile computing device which operates on Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 thus providing a new way of access, monitoring and keeping track of employees and relevant information via a handy mobile platform. The Maxatec HH8010 comes with a kit that makes it flexible for standard use or for in-vehicles.

Available in black and yellow, the HH8010 also comes with a neck lanyard, hand strap, mini USB cable and headset, mains charger or vehicle charger, battery and soft case.

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We have seen different ways for using security measures in identity verification for some companies and surely this new development of using face detection is bound to be the next step towards ensuring reliable security management solutions via handheld devices. MaxID presents the integration of Animetrics face recognition into the iDLMax, a handheld identity management device. The iDLMax is the first commercially-available mobile computing device to incorporate Animetric’s superior 2D-to-3D face biometric technology.

The iDLMax’s camera and light source provides the mobile face camera for Animetrics thin-client application, Animetrics90 MobileID, which communicates seamlessly with Animetrics server based FIMS (Facial Identity Management System.) FIMS analyzes the camera images in realtime and is able to provide the face biometric applications including verification (1 to 1 matching) and watchlist look up (1 to many search).

The Animetrics patent pending 2D-to-3D face recognition technology provides important face biometric advantages such as pose and lighting correction enabling the iDLMax for practical real world conditions where other face biometric technologies have failed.

Animetrics integrated the A90 MobileID application into the iDLMax, a multi-modal, rugged mobile computer that offers a complete set of features for virtually any identity management challenge including contact card, contactless card, barcode, optical fingerprint, and optional magnetic swipe and MRZ readers with a digital camera, GPS, and comprehensive wireless communications. The iDLMax is a complete, integrated mobile solution for all badging and identity management requirements.

When users need to read fingerprints and now faces, TWIC, CAC, PIV, or FRAC cards, or driver’s licenses, as well as use the other on-board biometric functions to verify identity, the iDLMax connected handheld device does it all in a light, compact, easy-to-use form factor.

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Here is a great new device that techie people will love. If you are envious about the Sony Vaio users, here is an alternative mobile computing device you can consider getting. It is the Wistron Firstbook.

The Wistron Firstbook will have the ARM Snapdragon processor running within, and also holds the distinction of being the first Linux-based netbook. The Firstbook shares some resemblance to a Sony Vaio P and features the following:

• integrated 3G WWAN connectivity
• 11.1″ widescreen display
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi support

It remains to be seen though if the Wistron Snapdragon netbook will make it to the masses, or is just a demonstration platform for ARM.

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MaxID has unveiled a new handheld theft management device in the Lumidigm’s fingerprint reader. The iDLMax is the first commercially-available mobile computing device to incorporate Lumidigm’s superior multispectral imaging technology.

The Lumidigm Venus fingerprint reader embodies a significant breakthrough in optical imaging technology. Based on patented multispectral biometrics, the robust Lumidigm sensor is uniquely capable of delivering high-quality images in the most difficult and demanding physical environments. This characteristic is particularly important in mobile applications because handheld devices are regularly used in conditions where other biometric technologies fail.

MaxID integrated Lumidigm’s Venus fingerprint reader into the iDLMax, a multimodal, rugged mobile computer that offers a complete set of features for virtually any identity management challenge including contact card, contactless card, barcode, optical fingerprint, and magnetic swipe readers with a digital camera, GPS, and comprehensive wireless communications.

The iDLMax is a complete, integrated mobile solution for all badging and identity management requirements. When users need to read fingerprints, TWIC, CAC, PIV, or FRAC cards, or driver’s licenses, as well as use the other on-board biometric functions to verify identity, the iDLMax connected handheld device does it all in a light, compact, easy-to-use form factor.

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