The NetOp Desktop Firewall is specifically designed to protect corporate businesses from the particular security risks that they face with their many laptop users. The new product aims to monitor traffic in and out of a PC and the processes running on it, thus keeping the laptop safe from malicious programs. The application is centrally managed and offers security at driver level, unlike many other basic firewalls currently available on the market, the company says. Price: Quantity-based licence pricing. From around 340 rand per licence.

Available from: Networks Unlimited:

(021) 531-6000

The new Acer PD116 projector can be used to meet the needs of both business and home users. The projector is said to have the ability to support a wide range of multimedia formats, as well as three display modes (PC, movie and user), which all include automatic settings. Prominent selling points include projection distance of 1,2m to 12m; a front, rear, front-ceiling and rear-ceiling projection mode; and an internal speaker with three watts output, Acer says. Price: 7,999 rand.

Available from: Axiz (011) 237-7000 or http://www.axiz.com.

Gigabyte Technology has introduced the GV-NX62128D, the company"s latest graphics card, which offers GeForce 6 Series architecture and performance to local PC users. The graphics card features an advanced graphics-set for next-generation games, such as Far Cry and Doom 3. The GV-NX62128D also offers support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 which is used to develop realistic, next-generation DirectX 9.0 games. The graphics card also features nVidia UltraShadow II technology for improved speeds on next-generation, shadow-intensive games, such as Doom 3. The Gigabyte 6 Series also features what is claimed to be one of the industry"s first GPU-based programmable video processing engines for high-definition video playback. Price: 1,399 rand.

Available from: Rectron (011) 203-1000