Laptops Arena

On May 7, at the 2008 National Hardware Show that took place in Las Vegas, several products were awarded during the Homewares Show, and one of the winners is a laptop accessory designed by LightWedge called the USB FLEX NECK LIGHT.

This is a notebook light for use in low light conditions if your keyboard doesn’t have backlight.
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It has a flexible metal neck featuring 2 LEDs and a detachable base which can be easily placed near a USB port of your notebook via the clip, and it provides the option to power it via its battery.

The USB FLEX NECK LIGHT is available at Bigger & Brighter at a price of $19.99.

Marware is a known designer and manufacturer of cool Apple products accessories and it just announced the new C.E.O. Envi for MacBook Air laptop sleeve.

This is a stylish sleeve, unique in design, or maybe you’d like to contradict me if you’ve seen another one looking the same, that was created to look like a black envelope.
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C.E.O. Envi is the thinnest laptop sleeve to match the world’s thinnest notebook from Apple, and is made of high-quality black leather, with soft-touch finish that protects against fingerprints.
It is lightweight and easy to carry in one hand, featuring a smart secure magnetic closure system.



You can find it online at Marvare at a price of $89.99.

Don’t you think it’s a cool idea to wear your laptop in a yellow sleeve that looks like the My Documents desktop folder?

Guys from 25togo design studio created such a laptop sleeve from vinyl, measuring 27.3 x 28.5 x 3.8 cm.
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The computer icon laptop sleeve series consists of 4 types of models: the shock-proof, the one made especially for digital cameras, one for music players, and a smaller change bag.

(Seen on Gizmodo)

Previously known as SafeBoot Device Encryption, the improved version of McAfee’s full disk encryption is ready to protect your data stored on the PC or notebook, without affecting your productivity. The new McAfee Endpoint Encryption is transparent to the user and security administrators can easily set authentication prompting before booting or right before booting process ends.

Partnering with Gemalto and using the Gemalto .NET smart card with the Smart Enterprise Guardian digital security device, McAfee’s products allow the users authenticate themselves to their encrypted devices.
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The Gemalto digital security device has to be inserted and the user will need to enter a password phrase or PIN code to get authorized for accessing the data, which becomes the highest security level adopted via the two-factor authentication.

"Full disk encryption that requires authentication with an external intelligent device before even loading the operating system is an extremely secure solution," said Jerome Denis, Identity and Access Management director at Gemalto. "By working with McAfee's partner program, we make it straightforward for any individual or organization to implement the highest levels of digital security."

It is a portable hard disk protection and a great laptop companion.
ThinkGeek.com offers it at $99.99 which is a reasonable price for this handheld device meant to hold and secure your 2.5-inch S-ATA hard drive.

It powers from your laptop’s USB port and so you won’t need additional stuff such as a battery or a power supply.
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After it connects you have to set a 6 digit PIN code introduced on the touch-sensitive panel with backlight.



And some additional information just for your knowledge: the DataLocker was the world’s first hard drive with hardware level password protection.