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It almost goes without saying Tokyoflash watches aren’t always very scrutable. The company’s newly launched Kisai Adjust, however, is thankfully one of the more legible examples — as the name suggests, it even goes out of its way to accommodate the wearer. The fan-designed timepiece uses LED-lit triangles to offer the time and date in any one of six colors, including a slightly mesmerizing “candy,” with the option to display digits horizontally in those moments it’s not on a wrist. It’s USB-rechargeable, too, for those averse to wall outlets; expect about a month of dazzling (or confusing) friends between battery top-ups. Tokyoflash is selling the Kisai Adjust today, although you’ll want to buy the watch within the first 48 hours to pay $149 instead of the regular $179. Head past the break for a video that helps explain the Adjust’s changeable ways.

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Sony is utilizing its NFC (Near Field Communication) technology to develop the next generation in backing up and sharing data – “one touch backup”. Photos, videos can be backed-up, saved and shared in the cloud, or locally to its 1TB (terabyte) hard drive, all without going through a PC.
Data will be shared totally wirelessly by a simple wave of your smartphone, tablet, etc., making the whole process of saving, sharing and managing data much more efficient and less …

This week it’s been revealed that Google is getting pumped up about working with the company known as Yubico with intentions of creating a sort of “Password Key” that exists in a USB plug around your finger. The report that’s about to be published in IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine is bringing word from Google Vice President of Security Eric Grosse and Engineer Mayank Upadhyay on not just the key, but a variety of ways they see online account security working in the future. Are you ready to trust your online life to the ring around your finger?

The paper outlines the way in which Google’s privacy warriors intend to change the online world, starting with passwords and security tokens. “Along with many in the industry, we feel passwords and simple bearer tokens such as cookies are no longer sufficient to keep users safe,” note Grosse and Upadhyay, launching into talk about what Yubico has to offer. The group’s cryptographic card is currently working to connect with your account via USB interface, attaching itself to your accounts with a single click.

Think of it as a car key for the automobile that is your online life.

“Others have tried similar approaches but achieved little success in the consumer world. Although we recognize that our initiative will likewise remain speculative until we’ve proven large scale acceptance, we’re eager to test it with other websites. …

We’d like your smartphone or smartcard-embedded finger ring to authorize a new computer via a tap on the computer, even in situations in which your phone might be without cellular connectivity. ” – Grosse and Upadhyay

For those of you thinking about how Google is getting involved in this fabulous security for the future, know this: they’ve developed a protocol for device-based authentication that “they say”, as Wired puts it, “is independent of Google [and] requires no special software to work.” The web browser you’re working with will of course need to be able to support the device authentication you’re using, but that’s about it.

Think about using a USB stick to start up your online life whenever you want to log in, wherever you go. Can you imagine anything going wrong with this type of situation? Let us know your concerns or excitement – or both!

Google taps Yubico for password USB rings of the future is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The future is definitely unchartered territory, and the USB Implementer’s Forum (USB-IF) has already adopted a new standard for USB Power Delivery that is capable of supporting the delivery of up to 100W over, of all things, a USB cable. Basically, to put it in a nutshell, you will be able to use the very same cable to juice up your power hungry notebook, now how about that? The folks over at Laptop Magazine managed to spend some time with the people at USB-IF at the recently concluded CES, and managed to check out a notebook which was retrofitted with support for a shiny new USB Power Delivery system.

It is interesting to note that the notebook was not only able to draw power from the same cable, but also to send data, now how about that? Apart from that, hooking it up to the USB port on a monitor allows the notebook to power the monitor, simultaneously sending images and video to boot.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Lady Gaga Chats Up Fans On Skype This Thursday, Foremay Lays Claim Of First 2TB 2.5-inch SSD In The World,

This week we got the opportunity to have a peek at a collection of devices from MiPow, not least of them the Power Cube 8000M. This device is a relatively massive 8000mAh rechargeable battery able to bring your devices multiple charges over the span of its own full charge life. The entire unit is 92 x 92 x 17 mm and has a direct charging time of 8-10 hours.

The version of this device that we got here is the Purple while the folks at MiPow also have Orange, Charcoal Gray, and Silver available now. You’ll be able to charge this device up with your own microUSB cord from a wall socket the same as you would your own smartphone and you’ll be able to charge your Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, or BlackBerry device up at will. In fact, if you’ve got any sort of device that charges with either a micro USB (included in the device’s build), or full-size plug USB charging cable (like an iPhone 5 Lightning cable, for instance), you’ll be able to charge here.

Five of the sides (all but the bottom) are anodized aluminum while the bottom is “painted by a fine rubber” as they say, anti-slip and all. We’ve had a look at a few other MiPow devices this week as well including the SP 5500 mobile battery, also known as the Power Tube 5500. This machine works with 5500mAh battery capacity and is available in a massive amount of different colors – and it’s got a flashlight on it as well!

Have a peek at our whole CES 2013 offering in hands-on and up to the minute updates in our giant CES portal all week long. Also be sure to be on the lookout in the future for more MiPow action from all angles – they’ve also got Bluetooth headsets and speakers. Fun stuff for everyone!

MiPow Power Cube 8000M hands-on is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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