Dream Desk PC: Internet safety tools for kids
Salt Lake City, USA: Content Watch Inc. has announced that The Walt Disney Co. will use three Content Watch Internet protection tools in the newly introduced Disney Dream Desk PC. The Disney Dream Desk PC was designed by Disney and frog design. Built by Medion AG, the PC features a 14.1-inch Mickey-shaped TFT LCD flat panel monitor with embedded speakers, a DVD player, a CD writer and player, and an ergonomically designed kid-sized mouse. The PC is also equipped with a multimedia keyboard with digital pen for added fun.

For Internet protection the Content Protect Home Suite (consisting of three Content Watch applications) is pre-installed onto each Disney Dream Desk PC. The Content Protect (Internet filtering), Email Protect (e-mail filtering and spam blocking) and Popup Protect (pop-up window blocking) are the programmes that are installed, with the highest settings on each application already enabled on each PC.

Parents have direct access to the software from a special key on the keyboard and they can make the software active from the very first moment when they start up the Disney Dream Desk. In addition to the three Content Watch applications, each Disney Dream Desk PC features a variety of Disney applications including Disney Pix, Disney Mix and Disney Flix, which allow children to draw, edit pictures, create music and write and direct their own movies. Exclusive to the Disney Dream Desk PC, Disney's Flix, Mix and Pix applications are designed to work together as a creative suite. Some other applications include Disney's games: Disney Majhongg, Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding, Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa, and a 14-day free membership to Disney's Toon Town Online.

The computer comes installed with top-quality components including the Intel Celeron D Processor 330, the Microsoft XP Home Edition operating system and Microsoft Works productivity software. Three-dimensional graphics acceleration on the PC is provided by ATI Technologies Inc. The Disney Dream Desk PC is ideal for small spaces because the computer fits right behind the LCD flat panel monitor and as an added safety measure, the PC setup incorporates a unique cable management system to hide bulky plugs from view and small fingers. The computer will retail for $599 (MSRP) with the monitor display sold separately at $299 (MSRP). Additional Dream Desk PC peripherals, including the Disney digital camera, Disney digital video camera, Disney game controller and printer, are available separately and are the perfect complement to the computer's creative software.

Disney Consumer Products (DCP) is the division of The Walt Disney Co. (www.disneyconsumerproducts.com) that extends the Disney brand to merchandise ranging from apparel, toys, home decor and books to interactive games, food and beverages, electronics and fine art. Content Watch Inc. delivers Internet protection solutions for the home, library, education, government and business markets.
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Sing Tel selects Juniper Networks for Global IP network
Sunnyvale, USA: Juniper Networks, Inc. has announced that leading Asian telecommunications operator Sing Tel has implemented a global IP network backbone using Juniper Networks routing platforms. Sing Tel's Connect Plus IP backbone is comprised of Juniper Networks core and edge routing platforms offering advanced IP services including Secure Remote Access, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Voice over IP (VoIP), Multicast and the highest levels of Quality of Service (QoS).

Connect Plus was built with Juniper Networks T320, M20, and M10i platforms. These support the creation of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks and utilize the fault-tolerant, modular JUNOS operating system to provide a rich set of reliable network features. The Juniper Networks T320 is a 10 Gigabit-per-second core routing platform with superior scalability and extensive ultra-dense aggregation support including ATM, Frame Relay, SONET/SDH and Metro Ethernet. The Juniper Networks M20 and M10i edge routing platforms provide high-performance, ASIC-based network routing in a compact, fully-redundant chassis design.

Sing Tel is Asia's leading communications group with operations and investments around the world. Sing Tel has a network of 31 offices in 15 countries and territories throughout the Asia Pacific, in Europe and the USA. Together with its regional partners, Sing Tel is Asia's largest multi-market mobile operator, serving more than 47 million customers in six markets. Juniper Networks portfolio of networking and security solutions supports the complex scale, security and performance requirements of the world's most demanding mission critical networks.
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Pin Point technology for enhanced security
Dulles, USA: Guardian Technologies International Inc. has introduced its PinPoint threat identification and detection alert system which according to the company dramatically enhances the ability of existing baggage and package scanning equipment to detect and identify explosives, guns and other threat items. PinPoint, when integrated into existing baggage and package scanning equipment, immediately highlights and identifies concealed threat items that trained screeners find very difficult or impossible to detect without physical searches.

PinPoint combines software with artificial intelligence, acting as a "second set of eyes," to identify threat items, such as heavy metal objects and bombs/C4 explosives, with an accuracy rate of up to 90 per cent, more than twice the rate of existing scanning systems. PinPoint also offers an unrivaled minimal "false positive" rate of less than 10 per cent, compared to 30-60 per cent for traditional scanning as reported in a 2003 GAO study. PinPoint's improved threat detection capabilities greatly reduce the possibility that a threat item or threat item components will pass through a security check point undetected, at the same time reducing the number of bags or packages needlessly searched due to false positive readings. The potential net result is enhanced safety, shorter security lines, reduced security staffing costs and greater passenger privacy.

When PinPoint detects a threat item, it alerts screeners to the presence of the specific type of item, avoiding a physical inspection of the bag that could possibly cause detonation, and enabling security staff to determine the appropriate response based on the type of threat item. In addition to PinPoint's applications for airport security, PinPoint's technology enhances the accuracy of package scanners employed at office buildings, government facilities, hospitals, entertainment venues and other high-security areas.

Guardian Technologies is currently adapting PinPoint for additional applications which include: Cargo scanning, Body scanning, Satellite image enhancement and identification, Medical imaging, Illegal drug detection and Money laundering detection. Guardian Technologies International, based in Dulles, Virginia, employs high-performance imaging technologies and advanced analytics to create integrated information management products and services. It primarily focuses on the areas of healthcare radiology and transportation security scanning.
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