Toshiba R series has always been targeted at the business professional who places a premium on portability, but also requires a built-in optical drive. While its predecessors sport a 12.1-inch display, the latest Portege R700 has increases the panel to 13.3 inches without adding significantly to the bulk or size. Moreover, despite the weight and appearance of an ultrathin, the R700 sports a full-power processor and optical drive under the hood.

Toshiba Portege ultraportable laptops are not only a demonstration of Toshiba superior engineering and craftsmanship, but our ability to innovate to meet the demands of businesses,said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.,Digital Products Division. The Portege R700 delivers the ultimate mobile experience at breakthrough prices that businesses have been waiting for, providing both performanceand battery life within an extremely thin and light, yet durable form factor without compromising key features such as an integrated DVD drive.

While it may not have the latest USB 3.0 port, the Portege R700 has sufficient connectivity options. Besides the expected USB 2.0, we also found an eSATA/USB combo port, VGA as well as an HDMI output. The USB ports are sleep-and-charge enabled, which allows the user to power their USB devices even when the notebook is turned off.

Wi-Fi theft is turning into a menace of inordinate proportions and home-based wireless networks are sitting ducks for bandwidth thieves, a demographic that now also includes wily terrorists. A case that has come to light in India will insure that some of the benevolent Wi-Fi hosts will never turn off their firewalls or show vacuous disregard towards bandwidth theft.

An American national, Kenneth Haywood, was nabbed by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from his Mumbai residence after it was found that e-mails claiming responsibility for heinous serial blasts in Ahmedabad, India on 26th July – that claimed 46 innocent lives and wounded many more – emanated from his IP address.He is fortunate that the cyber experts of the ATS bought his plea, that his Wi-Fi might have been used by the terrorists to send the e-mail without him being in the know. Of course, their preliminary investigation also seems to suggest the same, as he hasn’t been booked under any law. However, he has been told not to leave the country until further notice.

Several fear-mongers have prophesied about the threat cyber terrorism poses. This isn’t the deadly manifestation of cyber terrorism that they talk about, it is a sinister beginning all the same.