Financial companies with web portals are constantly looking for ways to further secure access to financial information. Verisign has developed a mobile application that adds an enhanced level of security difficult to break. You will be prompted to enter a random code, in addition to your username and password, on a participating financial website. Presently, several hundred companies participate in the program. The application is compatible with an iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Mobile smart phones. For the iPhone, the application can be obtained at the iTunes App Store. It can be also be obtained for other smart phones at the Verisign application page.
Some years ago I discovered a Squeezebox music player and used it to stream free Internet radio stations to my home music system. The device was originally made by a company called Slim Devices. They were later purchased by Logitech. The Squeezebox has been greatly improved and now several models are available. Currently services like Pandora Radio, Rhapsody, Last.fm, Sirius Radio, and many others are available in the Squeeze Network. Controlling the Squeezebox was sometimes cumbersome since it only came with a small remote control and you had to be in close to the device to follow the onscreen menus. Later, Logitech introduced the Squeezebox Duet that came with a color handheld remote. This seemed in direct competition with the Sonos music player. In any case, with the advent of the iPhone and app store, a clever team of developers from Penguin Loves Music came up with a clever application called iPeng. » Continue Reading
A short time ago it was revealed that Apple Computer secured the rights to use the innovative metal technology of Liquidmetal Technologies. This will allow them to mold metal pieces on a patented “injection molding” process similar to the way plastic is molded. Parts molded using this process will prove less expensive and easier to manufacture. The metal alloy is corrosion resistant and of high strength. Furthermore, it can be cast into a variety of forms. Presently, there is only one prototype machine that can mold these parts and it is in use in Korea. We will probably start seeing much more Apple hardware use this technology.
Apple’s recent iPad has been truly revolutionary, but the Canadian company Axiotron has been making a MacBook based tablet for some time now. They basically transform an existing MacBook into a true tablet computer using additional Wacom parts. The system is geared for creative and design professionals. Unlike the iPad, the Modbook is a full computer system with a fast processor, hard drive, memory, WIFI, Bluetooth, and every other feature a MacBook and MacOS offers. Reviews and videos of the Modbook in actiion can be found in Axiotron’s website.
