Marketwatch

Canon launches new printer

Canon has launched BJC-5100 printer for

A3-size printing. The printer has printing speeds of 10-ppm for monochrome

and 4-ppm for color printing, and prints at a resolution of 140x720 dpi.

The BJC-5100 has a dual-cartridge system and allows bi-directional

printing. The printer uses Canon’s PhotoRealism technology. Price: Rs

13,995 Vendor: Canon India 

Iomega launches 250 MB

drives and disks

Iomega has launched the Zip 250 MB drive

and disks. The latest zip-drive is two-and-a-half times larger in capacity

than the original 100 MB zip-drive. Zip-250 drives can also read and write

to 100 MB zip disks. The Zip-250 drive includes: one Zip 250 MB disk,

IomegaWare software, and Norton Zip Rescue software. Recordit software is

also included for recording and playing voice and music on the computer

from the Zip disk. Price: Rs 9,490 Vendor: Electronic

Resources India/Neoteric Informatique. 

Technocom launches new

modems

Delhi-based Technocom has launched its new

high-speed data communication modems, with in-built speakers and

microphones. The 56 k CV PCI model has a Lucent dual-hard chipset with a

built-in data-processing unit. Price: Rs 5,750 Vendor: Technocom

New AIR BUS motherboard

Jorjy International has launched PT 810DT,

a new AIR BUS interface-based twin processor AT form motherboard. The

mainboard has an Intel 810 chipset, 100-MHz bus speed, three DIMM sockets

that can store up to 512 MB RAM, an Award BIOS, four PCI slots, and two

USB ports, among other features. Price: Rs 5,700 Vendor: Jorjy

International 

Digital Data extends HITA

UPS range

Digital Data Systems has announced a Power

Hub UPS–a 500 VA line-interactive model with a wide input voltage range

of 165V-270V and an in-built AVR. The company also announced an IGBT-based

3 kVA model with in-built LCD display and input voltage range from

160V-310V. Vendor: Digital Data Systems 

Software

McAfee launches

ActiveShield

McAfee launched ActiveShield, an anti-virus

protection technology. The technology offers real-time virus scanning.

ActiveShield continuously searches the Internet for virus updates and

warns you. It checks all file inputs/outputs, downloads, programs, e-mail,

etc, for viruses. The facility is available online to members only. Price:

$39.95  

Symantec launches TalkWorks

PRO 3

Symantec has launched TalkWorks PRO version

3, a voice and fax messaging solution. The software works with a

compatible voice/fax modem. It allows users to create multiple mailboxes,

workgroup voicemail for up to 15 users, and a caller ID-based Screen Pop,

that pulls up caller information from the user’s phone book. Price: Rs

4, 250 Vendor: Godrej Pacific Technology 

Novell launches

directory-enabled NT firewall

Novell has launched a directory-enabled

firewall for NT. FireWall has Internet security features and network

bandwidth management tools to provide priority to mission-critical

traffic. It runs on Win NT and works with the NDS. Price: Rs 95,000

(including license for 25 users) Vendor: Onward Novell 

Digital photography

software

Deltra Software of Belgaum has announced a

new software for printing digital photographs. The software lets you print

photos from a digital camera or a scanner with the help of a color-inkjet

printer. It allows options such as, printing in various sizes, multiple

copies, adding borders, etc. The trial version of the software is

available for free download at www.bcity.com/deltrasoft. Price: Rs

2,500 Vendor: Deltra Software 

HCL launches Dragon

Naturally Speaking 4

HCL and Dragon have launched version 4 of

Dragon Naturally Speaking–a voice recognition software. This will enable

you to browse the Net by voice. You can activate IE through voice

commands, jump to links, surf book-marked sites, use e-mail, chat, etc. It

has a training time of about three-to-five minutes to learn your voice.

Customized according to Indian accent, the software has a vocabulary of

230,000 words and allows you to dictate up to 160 words per minute. Price:

Rs 5,995 (Essential edition); Rs 17,995 (Preferred edition); Rs 39,995

(Professional edition) Vendor: HCL Infosystems 

Hewlett-Packard…

Launches new Deskjet

printer

HP has launched DJ

970 Cxi, a new photo-quality Deskjet printer. The printer has a resolution

of 2400x1200 dpi and HP’s enhanced Photo REt color-layering technology.

The printer has speeds of 12-ppm for black and 10-ppm for color printing.

Its advanced features include duplex attachment to provide automatic

two-sided printing, and an ink indicator for showing low-ink levels.



Price: Rs 24,900 Vendor: Hewlett-Packard 

Launches new scanners

The company has also

launched three new flatbed color scanners–ScanJet 3300C for the SOHO

market, and ScanJet 6300C and 6350C professional series scanners. HP will

shortly launch a new photo Website, www.cartogra.com, which will let

customers upload, store, and share photos over the Internet. Price:

Rs 8,500 (ScanJet 3300C); Rs 25,000 (ScanJet 6300C); Rs 32,000 (ScanJet

6350C) Vendor: Hewlett-Packard

AMD launches…

650 MHz Athlon

AMD has

launched the Athlon processor with a speed of 650 MHz. The processor has a

bus speed of 200 MHz, with a 128 kB L1 cache, a programmable backside L2

cache, and the new 3DNow! technology with 24-new instructions. The latter

is also found in the 600-MHz variant. Price: $849 Vendor:

Avnet Max/BBS Electronics 

New notebook processors

AMD has also

launched two new processors–K6-2-P/475, K6-3-P/450–for notebooks. The

two processors support 100-MHz front-side bus and 3DNow! technology. The

K6-3-P has a TriLevel cache design, with a 64 kB L1 cache, an internal 256

kB L2 cache, and external L3 cache of up to 1 MB. Price: $320

(K6-3-P/450); $209 (K6-2-P/475) Vendor: Avnet Max/BBS Electronics