CM Storm, a brand of Cooler Master, presents the Sentinel Advance laser mouse for gamers. The Sentinel Advance (model SGM-6000-KLLW1-GP) features 5600 DPI Storm Tactical Twin-laser Sensor offering 235 IPS max tracking speed and 50g acceleration.
The gaming mouse has eight customizable button and an Octoshade OLED display that enable you to quickly recognize your active profile, by personalizing your mouse lighting with a spectrum of colors and effects. You can also show the logo of the profile or your clan on the OLED. The Sentinel Advance has a right-hand ergonimic form factor and rubber grip. It comes with five 4.5 gram metal weights allow you to select your ideal mouse weight with a 22.5 gram weight variation.
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ViewSonic is going to launch two new laptops, the VNB102 and VNB132. The former is an Atom-based netbook with a 10.1-inch LCD display while the VNB132 (ViewBook Pro) is a 13-inch notebook based on Intel’s CULV processor.
The ViewSonic VNB102 is boosted by Intel’s Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard drive. The ViewBook Pro VNB132, on the other hand, packs an Core 2 SU7300 CULV processor, 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. The $899 version of the VNB132 will include also an integrated DVD burner while the $799 version will be thinner and lacks DVD burner.
ViewSonic’s new netbook and notebook will have WiFi connectivity, Ethernet VGA, and multi-in-1 card reader. The ViewBook Pro offers also HDMI and ExpressCard/34 slot. They will be released in November.
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ViewSonic adds to its HDTV line six new LCD TVs. Out of the six models, you can expect four Full HD models. All of them are equipped with ATSC/NTSC/QAM TV tuner.
The 32-inch VT3245, 37-inch VT3745 and 42-inch N4285 all feature 1920×1080p Full HD resolution. The first two models have 4000:1 contrst ratio, 5ms response time and 3D video processing, while the larger N4285 offers 10,000:1 contrast ratio and advanced image scaling Eco Panel. The VT3245 and VT3745 are priced at $649 and $799 respectively and the N4285 at $999.
The 23-inch VT2342 also offer 1920×1080p Full HD resolution. It has 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response time and SRS TruSurround HD audio. The 20-inch VT2042 has boasts similar features but has a resolution of 1600×900. They are priced at $349 and $299 respectively.
Lastly, the 26-inch VT2645 comes with a 1366×768 LCD panel and SRS TruSurround HD audio. It costs $449.
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The idea of an open and neutral Internet is about to become a political flash point.
The launch of a new site dedicated to the issue, OpenInternet.gov (above) was accompanied by FCC chair Julius Genachowski publishing his speech text at The Washington Post and a brief commentary based on it at The Huffington Post, a liberal site.
The regulatory regime he proposed is along the lines of a net neutrality bill offered by Democrats that got a hearing in the House last week. The agency and the House agree on their aims, the main differences being how and where the details will be fleshed out.
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal, which hosted policy pronouncements from top regulators throughout the Bush Administration, ran a piece about Genachowski’s moves that was highly skeptical of both their rationale and their legality.
It said Republicans will oppose Genachowski on “free enterprise” grounds, and pointed to a suit by Comcast against previous attempts to impose a set of net neutrality rules.
At the same time the two Republican members of the FCC said they opposed any net neutrality for wireless, and support exclusive deals between equipment makers and networks like the AT&T-iPhone deal.
Add a little industry Astroturf and a plan depressingly like that in health care starts to become visible. Turn some insiders with industry money, work from the outside on ideological grounds, and the 2008 election need never have happened. Plus you can blame the Democrats if they fail to crush you — call them partisan and ideological.
My view remains that net neutrality would not be necessary in an environment where there is ample competition. If someone wants an ISP or cell operator that will block everything to the left of Fox News they should have it, so long as the market offers ample alternatives.
Unfortunately antitrust does not appear to be the ground the Obama Administration seems ready to stand on. Which could make the open Internet a partisan divide for years to come.
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While some researchers expressfear of malware writers using open source to improve their work, a C|Net investigation shows it really does not help them.
Authors of the Limbo Trojan,. the most popular such program in the world in 2007, tried the open source model to reverse a slide in fortunes, Nick Heath wrote. It did not help. (Former ZDNet writer Richard Steinnon hosted the ThreatCast podcast, and I thought its logo was cute.)
The big problem? Revealing the code means delivering security companies everything they need to write an identifying virus “signature” for it. Even if you enhance the base program, the original signature will still identify it.
It’s in the nature of crime. A bad guy’s actions can only work if they are done in secret.
Secrecy, in fact, is behind the big new infection trend, “drive by” infections. A malware writer secretly gains control of a Web site address, places the malware there so it’s the first thing loaded by a visitor, then works to get page views as with any other web marketer.
Or, as The New York Times found out, a malware author may masquerade as a legitimate advertiser and place their work, as an ad, directly onto the pages of a widely-read site.
There is nothing open about any of this.
While malware writers are finding only limited success in open sourcing their work, the open source movement has been an enormous boon to the good guys. Programs like ClamAV, Snort, and BitDefender use the open source process for both development and distribution.
The bottom line here is that open source shines a light on code, and like cockroaches bad guys don’t like the light.
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