Toshiba Debuts Ultrathin Portege R500 Notebook Line

<a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208700304">InformationWeek</a>, <a href="http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200825/1270/Toshiba-bundles-SSD-into-its-featherweight-Portege-R500-laptop">The Tech Herald</a>

Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

June 18, 2008

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Toshiba has introduced an ultrathin laptop that weighs less than Apple's MacBook Air and Hewlett-Packard's Voodoo Envy 133, which was announced last week.The 2.4-pound Portege R500 series, which is 0.77 inches thick at its thinnest point, includes a 128-GB solid-state drive and DVD drive. The notebook runs on an Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 low-voltage processor, has a battery life of eight hours and features a 12.1-inch, backlit light-emitting diode display for indoor and outdoor viewing. The Portege R500 series, which starts at $2,999, also comes with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless support.

Security is provided via Toshiba?s EasyGuard technology, which includes advanced encryption, multi-level password access and a fingerprint reader.InformationWeek, The Tech Herald

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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