Every year, millions of sensitive data records are exposed due to hackers or stolen hardware, just having confidential information on a computer screen can be risky.(1) Business professionals who frequently travel or work outside the office and manage confidential information must constantly be on-guard against data thieves and over-the-shoulder snoops, especially since 49 percent of people admit to glancing at strangers’ computer screens.(2) Now, 3M Specialty Display Products, pioneers in privacy protection, is introducing 3M Gold Privacy Filters — the most advanced privacy screen for laptops with increased visual clarity.

Utilizing multiple state-of-the-art 3M technologies, 3M Gold Privacy Filters protect sensitive data on your laptop by revealing a reflective golden screen when viewed from the side. This new privacy screen also features a gloss surface that allows the user to experience sharper and brighter text and images with no blurring or distortion.

NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky Way galaxy. The new view will change the way researchers view and study the interaction between our galaxy and sun.

The sky map was produced with data that two detectors on the spacecraft collected during six months of observations. The detectors measured and counted particles scientists refer to as energetic neutral atoms.

The wait is over. Kohjinsha plans to ship a laptop that packs dual 10.1 inch LCD screens. On display at Japan’s Ceatec, the machine is based on a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processor from AMD.

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WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new My Book® Elite(TM) desktop external drives featuring a customizable e-label that’s always visible, even when the drive is unplugged, making it easy to know what’s on the drive and how much space is left. The new My Book Elite also features automatic and continuous backup with WD SmartWare(TM) software and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. Available now at select retailers and shopwd.com, the new My Book Elite drives are offered in capacities of 1 TB, 1.5 TB and 2 TB.

The e-label smart display on the spine of the My Book drives can be changed easily and as often as desired. It utilizes e-paper technology which reads like ink on paper. With the included WD SmartWare software, users can easily create a label to name their drive or remind themselves of its contents. The e-label also shows available capacity and whether the drive is locked via WD SmartWare software’s powerful password protection and hardware-based encryption. Utilizing e-paper technology, the information on the display remains clearly visible, even when the drive is unplugged, and the customized label can be changed easily as often as desired.