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Gateway today introduced the new Solo 5300 and the Solo 1150 notebooks. The Gateway Solo 5300 notebook is a thin and lightweight portable featuring a range of high-performance technologies and configuration options. The Gateway Solo 1150 incorporates all the essential features necessary to work effectively on the road or in the home. With a wide range of price points and technologies, both systems are flexible enough to meet the requirements of business, government, education and consumer clients.Read more

Extending its line of cutting-edge digital video products, Sharp Electronics today announced the VL-FD1U Viewcam -- a fully featured digital camcorder with enhanced image quality and unique editing functionality. Read more

Intel Corporation is now shipping the new AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite with all AnyPoint Home Network products. The Connectivity Suite now integrates firewall security that helps prevent hackers from accessing home PCs via the Internet. The suite's parental control feature provides both automatic and manual options to help prevent viewing of objectionable websites from every PC on the home network. Read more

D-Link today launched its DSC-350 Multi-purpose Digital Camera with a high speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The D-Link DSC-350 is actually a three-in-one solution that combines the features of a digital still capture camera with a digital video camera and a PC digital web camera wrapped in one convenient pocket size camera. With twice as much imaging as any other digital camera in its class, the D-Link DSC-350 can store up to 500 still images or up to 4.5 minutes of video. The USB interface makes it easy to connect the D-Link digital camera to a PC to download stored images or video. Then the user can switch to WebCam mode and capture images, create video e-mails, and videoconference directly from the PC. Read more

3M Visual Systems Division today announced the availability of the new 3M Personal Projector MP7730 and the 3M Personal Projector MP7630. Weighing only five pounds, these new projectors are ideal for traveling professionals who need a lightweight solution loaded with a full set of features. Read more

Think Outside, Inc., the leader in keyboard solutions for handheld devices, today announced the offering of its new Stowaway product for Palm, Inc., with the introduction of the Palm Portable Keyboard for the new, entry-level Palm m100 handheld. This new keyboard version is also compatible with the Palm III and VII handhelds. Available through Palm channels in the United States, the keyboard has an estimated street price of $99 and provides handheld users with a 100% full-size, no compromise keyboard solution for their Palm m100 device. Read more

Agenda Computing Inc., of Irvine, Calif., unveiled the Agenda VR3, a new Linux-based portable PC, at LinuxWorld. Read more

Panasonic Personal Computer Company announces the newest version of the renowned Toughbook 27 ruggedized notebook PC, which incorporates the Intel Pentium III 500MHz CPU. Read more

UMAX Technologies, Inc. today introduced a product to provide customers with a new way to communicate through digital imaging. The new AstraNET e3420 Internet scanning solution enables consumers to easily and conveniently use the Web for image sharing, communication, storage and Web page hosting. Featuring UMAX's innovative scan-to-Web capabilities, the AstraNET e3420 scans images directly to the Internet, eliminating the need to first save the image to a hard drive. The new Internet scanner also comes with free Internet service provided by NetZero and a free one-year ImageOL.com membership, featuring up to 50MB Web storage, an on-line photo album, a free Web page and Web builder, Internet mail and online calendar. By integrating scan-to-Web software and free ISP service, UMAX has created the first complete Internet imaging solution. Read more

As further evidence of Maytag Corporation's strategic emphasis on growth through innovation, the floor care division is introducing two new bagless models in the popular Hoover WindTunnel upright vacuum line. These models give consumers the convenience of a bagless vacuum and the superior cleaning performance delivered by Hoover's WindTunnel technology. Read more