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Vol :: April 07, Issue 4.1 |
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| Tecra A8 featuring Toshiba Easyguard technology |
This collection of hardware and software enhancements is designed to boost mobile security, system and data integrity, network connectivity and overall ease-of-use. Toshiba categorizes EasyGuard technology into:
Protect & Fix
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Utilizing a multi-level approach to data protection, the Tecra A8 incorporates specially made shock-absorbing materials to help safeguard critical components such as the hard disk drive and LCD display. Internally, the hard drive and display are housed within their own casings for better isolation against shock and impact. The sleek industrial design integrates impact bumpers on the four corners of the notebook to establish protection zones and separate internal components from the outer enclosure.
The Toshiba Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Protection System helps safeguard the notebook's hard disk drive against possible damage resulting from accidental dropping, turbulence, impact or vibration. Through the integration of a 3D accelerometer motion sensor, the Toshiba HDD Protection System detects when the notebook experiences unsafe, sudden "acceleration" in any direction. Once danger is detected, the hard drive immediately places itself into a protected mode and parks the hard drive head until the system determines it is safe to resume normal operation.
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The Tecra A8 also features an enhanced spill resistant keyboard5 that affords users time to save work and shut down the system in the event of an accident-helping to prevent the loss of data.
Secure
Toshiba's new notebook also employs a multi-pronged approach to security in order to help defend itself against unauthorized access, data theft and virtual attacks. The root of Toshiba's security design is the Trusted Platform Module an embedded security chipset that stores encryption keys, passwords and user credentials to ensure that data cannot be accessed or seen by anyone but an authorized user.
Further building on its security infrastructure is an integrated biometric fingerprint reader with single sign-on functionality. This added security feature associates the user's passwords for the BIOS, hard drive and operating system with one's fingerprint. By assigning passwords to three critical components of the notebook this presents unauthorized users with three unique password challenges just to launch the system's operating system. Large and small businesses will appreciate the ability to implement complex password schemes to maintain the integrity of secured data and applications. On an individual basis, users can benefit from the simplicity of password management for quick and easy access to the system and data.
Connect
To simplify wired and wireless connectivity, the new Tecra A8 is outfitted with a complete suite of communication technologies including Gigabit Ethernet, and 56Kbps modem, Bluetooth® v.2.0+EDR technology and the Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (802.11 a/b/g) as part of the notebook's standard configuration.
The Tecra A8 features proprietary technologies such as Toshiba's recently upgraded ConfigFree® application and patented Diversity Antenna. ConfigFree is Toshiba's intuitive graphic connectivity management utility created to simplify the connectivity experience when using wired and wireless Ethernet or Bluetooth®. Toshiba's Diversity Antenna design delivers superior wireless signal reception through the integration of strategically placed Bluetooth® technology and dual-band Wi-Fi® antennas in the notebook's display.
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Optimize
The fourth element, Optimize, is a series of proprietary software enhancements, enabling users to customize notebook settings for maximum system performance and battery life based on individual needs and preferences. Features include Toshiba Power Saver to maximize battery life and breeze through meetings while fully connected, Toshiba's Presentation button, a one-touch button to display the screen's image onto an LCD projector or external monitor easily and instantaneously and a wireless on/off switch enabling and disabling the integrated wireless LAN and Bluetooth®.
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