The DS210j and DS410j - functionality at a lower price
The award-winning market leaders in open source network, Synology UK, have launched their new line-up of budget servers designed for home and small business combining a big performance with a small price.
The extremely versatile products are ideal for file sharing with internet, security and multimedia features, allowing you to store more on your computer safe, in the knowledge that your files are secure and easily accessible. With the renowned system firmware, Disk Station Manager 2.2 (DSM 22) included, the DS210j and DS410j can retrieve photos quickly and easily through an online gallery or on a DLNA flatscreen TV or music files through a portable device or back up information through a file server. The Disk Station can even be used for recording and uploading a network surveillance video to a remote server and informs the user of any unusual activity via email and SMS.
Fully compatible with iPhone and iPod touch, music and photo libraries can be streamed over the network or internet through Synology’s DS audio and photo software, available free through the AppleApp Store. Full backup is provided through Apple’s native backup software and iTunes can be used to browse and stream music and photos over the network.
The models run on a low powered 800MHz processor and have a storage capacity of up to 4TB and 8TB and will maintain up to 27MB/s write and 59MB/s read speeds in Windows. With no cables, the hard drives can be installed in minutes. “This much power and functionality in a NAS server has never before been available at this low price,” says Edward Lin, marketing director of Synology, “which makes Synology DS210j and Synology DS410j ideal solutions for budget-minded business or home users.”
The DS410j ships at £235.00 and the DS210j at £145.00.
Amazon Kindle DX
The new Amazon Kindle DX just got bigger!
Specifically designed to support conventional books and magazines, its panoramic display of 9.7” facilitates the reading broadsheets. With clear text, sharp images and 16 shades of gray, the experience is just like browsing through a real newspaper and the Kindle can hold up to 3,500 in its memory with a library of more than 300,000 books at your fingertips.
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Fit PC Slim
This tiny computer doesn’t have a keyboard or screen, it’s the smallest, most power efficient PC available and rivals many desktops by being more eco-friendly with a lower power consumption. Costing fewer than 20 pence a day in electricity and being noiseless, the fit-PC Slim Linux is ideal for people who leave their PCs on all the time.
This is a ready to use Linux-PC with pre-installed Ubuntu Linux 8.04 for the best desktop experience and Gentoo 2008.0 for optimal performance, in dual boot mode; it measures only 4.3 x 4 x 1.2 inches and weighs 13.4 ounces
The CPU is AMD Geode LX800 500MHz. Chipset is AMD CS5536. The display is an integrated Geode LX controller up to 1920×1440 with a memory of 512MB DDR 333MHz soldered on-board. The ports are as follows: RJ45 Ethernet port 100Mbps, WiFi b/g 54Mbps. 3 x USB 2.0 HiSpeed 480Mbps, mini RS-232 (Rx, Tx) .VGA DB15, stereo line-out audio (headphones), stereo line-in audio/Mic
The Fit-PC Slim is great as an internet radio server, and as an endpoint for a SOCKS firewall (for, say, getting around firewalls). It is adequate for simple tasks (simple web browsing, document editing etc) and the fact that it is absolutely silent, and literally peaks out at 6 watts power consumption, even under “heavy” load (code compilation), means that it probably uses less power than your regular computer uses when it is completely off.
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ZOTAC ION ITX-F- Release dates
ZOTAC International has now launched its new high-end ION ITX-F series, expanding on its acclaimed ION ITX series motherboards.
The award-winning ION ITX series has always been popular because of its user-friendly characteristics and according to marketing manager of ZOTAC International, Carsten Berger, the new ION ITX-F series incorporates all of the features of the awarding-winning ION ITX and more: “ZOTAC always listens to user requests for features,” says Mr Berger. “End users loved our ION ITX series motherboards but some requested PCI Express expansion. We listened and thus the ZOTAC ION ITX F series was born.”
With integrated PCI Expressx16 expansion, the ZOTAC ION ITX-F series ensures the smooth delivery of all your daily computing requirements, plus high-definition video playback powered by a powerful NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor and energy saving dual-core Intel® Atom®330 processor.
Blu-ray movies can be watched in vivid and enhanced detail courtesy of the NVIDIA® Pure Video® and NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology allows the ION graphics processor to edit and enhance videos with minimum energy consumption.
The high-performance graphics processor and dual-core processor means that the ION ITX-F series is as suited to home-theatre PCs as it is to the desktop and can be connected to multiple display units including analog or digital monitors and high-definition televisions with HDCP ready HDMI, DVI and VGA outputs.
The Onboard PCI Express 802.11n WiFi gives swift network connection without wires and with wires, onboard Gigabit Ethernet ensures speeds of up to 1000Mbps. It’s time to come out and play with the mother of all motherboards!
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