NEC debuts HD-DVD, MultiSync 90 LCD

NEC today at the CeBIT exhibition in Hanover launched a wireless biometric security solution, demonstrated a recently developed optical drive that can write to HD-DVD disks, and announced a new series of professional LCD monitors. The wireless biometric security solution sees fingerprint biometrics being used to authenticate network access via an NEC laptop PC and an NEC 3G mobile phone, according to ComputerWeekly.com. NEC's HD-DVD is a new disk format that uses blue lasers to achieve a storage capacity of roughly three times that of a DVD, accommodating about 15GB of data on a single-sided HD-DVD, according to Digit Magazine. The NEC MultiSync 90-series of LCDS (shown at right) contain more than 25 new or improved features that produce crisper, clearer images and enable better control, connectivity, increased energy efficiency, and greater adjustment versatility.

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