An MP3 player no bigger than a Lipstick
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Lets call this portable the second smallest MP3 player on the market. Digital Global Network's new MPIO-DMK Keychain portable is bested by Panasonic's SV-SD80 by a few sixteenths of an inch and weighs 29 ounces versus the SV-SD80's 26.1 ounces. Despite just missing the title of World's Smallest, the MPIO-DMK does better the Panasonic in one area. It has double the memory, and a whopping $100 less...
Available with 128MB of memory on-board memory, the MPIO-DMK jumps into a higher league occupied right now by just a few flash memory players.
"The MPIO- DMK MP3 Player is truly one of the smallest MP3 players that have yet to be introduced to the market," said Joseph Lee, President of DGN. "With the incredible small size and large memory capacity, this player offers the best of both worlds for consumers."
Of course the smaller the unit, the smaller the controls and the less room for handy options. Tiny players tend to be basic strip down affairs and they have less room for memory. Still, for many the convenience of small size outweighs the limitations.
The MPIO-DMK transfers files via a USB connection and is both Mac and PC compatible. Running off of a single AAA battery, the player has a backlit LCD that can display track information in English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and French.
Part of the problem seems to be that business managers buy IDS systems (often on the advice of auditors or consultants) without committing to the people and resources needed to make the technology work, or having a managed services firm maintain an installation.
The concern is that adopters of the technology will fail to maintain it or simply leave it to gather dust as overworked admins get bombarded with false alarms.
In recent weeks The Register have spoken to two service providers, COLT Telecom and Data Return, who both told us customers request the installation of IDS systems in their datacentre but then subsequently fail to monitor the alerts generated.
Speaking at a recent Black Hat conference, Nicolas Fischbach, senior IP and security engineer at COLT Telecom, said IDS systems if hosting environments generate "thousands of alerts but no one watches them."
This can generate a false sense of security, he warned.
Users at last night's conference echoed these concerns and one summed up the feelings of the meeting by saying "installation of IDS systems is only 10 per cent of the solution".
Brian Milnes, general manager in Northern Europe of security tools firm Intrusion.com, said buying a IDS systems was like "buying a Christmas puppy" because both needed attention.