BBC launches free Internet TV

BBC has finally launched their online video service hoping to attract users by making its vast programming archives available globally. The iPlayer will allow users to download programs, free of charge, up to seven days after transmission and can then be viewed for up to 30 days before being automatically deleted. The service has been made available for free and without advertising to users in Britain, whereas overseas users will have to pay to watch ad-free BBC content, or choose to view content with advertisements for free. The popularity of online television and video is growing at fast pace. Videos on Google-owned YouTube, now account for 10 per cent of all traffic on the internet, according to analysts Ellacoya Networks. BBC eventually plans to expand how it distributes content, hoping to reach an audience beyond computer users: “Our vision is for BBC iPlayer to become a universal service available not just for over the Internet, but also on cable and other TV platforms, and eventually on mobiles and smart handheld devices.” The iPlayer presently works only with PCs running Windows XP and Windows Media Player version 10 or later. Versions for other platforms, including Mac OS and Windows Vista, will be available by the end of this year.

The BBC will make all episodes of selected series available for download until a week after the transmission of the final instalment, with a storage time limit for downloaded ‘catch-up’ content being limited to 30 days from the time of saving to the hard drive.
Episodes offered for “catch up” will, however, only add up to 15% of the total content made available by the service.

Casio USB Label Printer

Brando has an interesting looking USB powered label printer which is kinda’ cool in itself, but they had to take it a step further and make the device egg-shaped. The Casio USB label printer, like it sounds, is powered by the USB connection from your computer and comes with some driver software to allow you to print out your own self-stick labels.
You can print in any TrueType font from your computer as the device uses a thermal printer head to create the your custom labels. The egg-shaped printing gadget is 79mm tall including the little stand its on and is a nice change in color and shape from most of the peripherals on a persons desk. The Casio USB label printer runs $29 from Brando.

Sony Car Audio/Video Systems Sport iPod Connection

sony has introduced its first car Audio/Video System taht features Super AudioCd(SA-CD).It also an ipod input.The costs about the sytem is $800 when it ships next month.Sony also introduced a lower-end car stereo that also features an iPod input, for $280.

The XAV-W1 is a double DIN-sized vehicle entertainment system that can work with 5.1 surround sound. It comes with a 7-inch video screen that lets you watch DVD videos in addition to listening to Super Audio CDs and regular CDs. It decodes Dolby Digital and dts Digital Surround signals. It can also decode JPEG video and Windows Media Audio and MP3 formats.
SA-CD uses a higher sampling frequency and can produce higher-quality audio than convention Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) technology, according to Sony.

The MEX-DV2000 only costs $280, and it comes in a single-DIN version, yet it still supports multi-channel playback. Like the XAV-W1, it features iPod readiness, and also works with SA-CD, VCD, CD, CD-R and DVD+/-.

Dell Vostro 200 Mini Tower Desktops

Dell VostroTM desktops are built specifically for the unique needs of small businesses and are ready to be customised with the features and software you want. The VostroTM 200 Mini Tower is a powerful, secure and reliable desktop solution that’s optimised to meet your business demands, from basic productivity to high performance.
VostroTM Desktops at a Glance.

No unwanted trialware - fitted only with the software you want

• Multitask with up to 4GB1 of system memory2.


• Store files and data with up to 1TB3 (1000GB ) of internal storage using dual hard drives.


• Be more productive with dual-monitor viewing4 and widescreen capabilities.


• For ultra-crisp graphics and video, select an optional PCIe-supported graphics card with up to 256MB of dedicated graphics memor.


• 1-year hardware limited warranty , Next Business Day On-Site5 Service.
  Features Unique to the VostroTM 200 Mini Tower:
  
• The VostroTM 200 Mini Tower offers greater expandability than the VostroTM 200 Slim Tower and is designed to sit upright under, on or beside your desk.
• 10 USB 2.0 ports for extra connectivity (4 in front, 4 back, 2 internal).
• Provides the option to select up to two optical drive devices (DVD-ROM6, CD-RW/DVD, 16X DVD+/-RW 7)

Technnical Specifications.

Processor.
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core
Intel® Celeron
Intel® G33 chipset.

Operating Systems
Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate .
Genuine Windows Vista™ Business .
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic.
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition .
Genuine Windows® XP Professional .

Memory
Up to 4GB Dual-Channel9 DDR210 SDRAM2 (667/800MHz) .

Graphics.
Integrated
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 310011
Discrete
128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT .

Hard Drives
Up to 2 Hard Drives (Maximum 1TB12 with two 500GB hard drives).
Hard drive sizes include: 80GB12, 160GB12, 250GB12, 320GB12 or 500GB12 7200 RPM hard drives.

OPtical & Other Devices
16X DVD-ROM13 Drive
48X CDRW/16X DVD-ROM Combo Drive
16X DVD+/-RW7 Drive
16X DVD-ROM & 16X DVD+/-RW DUAL DRIVE
Dell 13-in-1 Media Card Reader with Bluetooth.
Floppy Disk Drive.

Audio Options
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio HD
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD SW Edition
External Speakers:
Dell A225 2.0 Speakers
Dell A525 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer

Apple iphone

The Apple iPhone is widescreen, and has touch screen technology that allows you to enjoy all your content, the phone includes music, movies, TV shows and audio books. With an amazing 3.5inch widescreen display, and the possibility for you to sync content from your iTunes library on your pc Mac. All your contacts that are from a PC, MAC or internet device are also automatically synched, you have the ability to select and listen to a voicemail message in whatever order you want just like email.
The iPhone features a 2 mega pixel camera, and an application were you can manage your photos. The user can sync their photos from a PC or MAC and then email or browse them with the touch of a button.
iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone.
iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari — the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device — which automatically syncs bookmarks from your PC or Mac. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE.
iPhone features the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse. It’s an entirely new interface based on a large multi-touch display and innovative new software that lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flip through photos and email them with a touch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page — all by simply using iPhone’s multi-touch display.
Intelligent Keyboard iPhone’s full QWERTY soft keyboard lets you easily send and receive SMS messages in multiple sessions. And the keyboard is predictive, so it prevents and corrects mistakes, making it easier and more efficient to use than the small plastic keyboards on many smartphones. Nobody is sure yet which Network the iPhone will be available on it certainly wont be Three as the device is not 3G compatible so that leaves Voda O2 T-Mobile and Orange your guess is as good as mine.

Logitech Introduces "Wave" Keyboard Design

Logitech unveiled its new groundbreaking keyboard design that veers away from the traditional "straight" keyboard.
The new "wave" design allows users to comfortably use their keyboards without having to change the way they type. The two new keyboards styles released are the Logitech Wave Keyboard and the Cordless Desktop Wave, featuring the Logitech Comfort Wave Design.
The aspects of the new keyboards that set it apart from the rest are the three new features. They each sport a wave key-frame design, a U-shaped constant curve, and a cushioned, contoured palm rest. According to Logitech, users will not have to retrain their hand for typing, unlike other contour keyboards on the market.
“With the increased awareness and demand for comfort in our day-to-day lives, Logitech’s new products offer a timely solution,” said Denis Pavillard, vice president of product marketing for Logitech’s keyboards and desktops. “According to a study at Harvard, for Logitech, the average person types approximately 2 million keystrokes every year. That’s equal to 200 hours of typing. The Logitech Wave Comfort Design will delight people by offering the perfect balance of comfort and usability.”
The new keyboards also offer larger, easy to see and use hotkeys which can be mapped to launch certain desktop items. Also, the new accessory features a type-speed indicator and an error-rate tracker that calculates the number of time a user hits the backspace key.
The Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave keyboard-and-mouse is to be expected to be available beginning in late August for $89.99. The corded model will be released at the beginning of October for $49.99.

Sony Flash Vaio Notebook

Sony has unveiled its first Vaio notebook computer to use a flash memory drive in place of a conventional spinning hard disk drive, giving it a performance edge against other ultraportable notebooks but with one trade off – storage capacity.

According to Sony, benefits of the solid state flash memory drives over conventional HDDs include faster boot-up time and operating speed, reduced weight, increased battery life and better durability due to the lack of moving parts.

However, the flash memory drive provides just 32GB of storage space. Similar Vaio notebooks in the range line feature 120GB and 160GB due to their use of traditional spinning disk HDDs.

Consumers will also have to pay a premium for the flash-based notebook, the VCG-TZ18GN, which will retail for $4,299.Sony made the announcement as part of its Sony Experience More trade show, which began yesterday with a retailer session and was opened to the media today.The TZ ultraportable notebook lineup also includes two other models – the TZ17GN (RRP $3,599) and the TZ16GN (RRP $2,999), both featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 processor (at 1.2GHz and 1.06GHz respectively), 11.1-inch ClearBright screen, Motion Eye camera, 1GB DDR2 SDRAM and Windows Vista Business.

While Sony claims the flash drive delivers superior battery peformance, its own specifications suggest the gains are rather modest. According to specifications provided by Sony, TZ models with standard HDDs achieve up to 11 hours battery life, while the flagship TZ18GN with a flash drive achieves 11.5 hours.Sony also launched the FZ series notebooks , which incorporate Blu-ray drives.

The flagship FZ18G features an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor (2.2GHz), 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB hard drive, Blu-ray Disc drive, Windows Vista Home Premium and a 15.4-inch ClearBright high colour LCD screen.“Sony is pleased to introduce these new notebooks to the popular VAIO line-up,” said Sony Australia Senior Product Manager – Vaio, Hiro Ishikawa. “The FZ and TZ series will reinforce the Vaio traditions of AV/IT convergence, mobility and style.”

Peugeot 4002

Peugeot’s second Design Competition, launched at the 2002 Paris Motor Show, invited online amateur car designers to revisit the Marque’s heritage and design their own retro futuristic Peugeot. Of the 2800 projects registered on the www.peugeot-concours-design.com site, the Peugeot 4002, a project by 32 year-old German graphic artist Stefan Schulze, received the most votes. At the 2003 Geneva Motor Show, Mr Saint-Geours handed him the 'La Griffe' trophy, together with a cheque for 5000 € , and announced that a full-scale model of his design would be built and exhibited at the 2003 Frankfurt Show.Peugeot’s second Design Competition, launched at the 2002 Paris Motor Show, attracted more entries than the first competition, with 2800 projects from 90 countries (compared to 2000 from 80 countries two years previously).Stefan Schulze satisfied each of Peugeot's three requirements with his Peugeot 4002. Identification with the Marque is immediately apparent. Indeed, the Peugeot 4002 is a Peugeot by hint of the design of its headlamps and its general character, which is resolutely dynamic. In addition, by adopting one of the Marque’s most characteristic stylistic features, namely the large radiator grille behind which are concealed two headlamps, the project by the young German graphic artist immediately reveals the source of its inspiration, the Peugeot 402 dating from 1936. Finally, the symmetry accorded to the front and rear, and its architecture, which assigns a very forward position to the passenger compartment, make the project particularly original. The overall effect is paradoxical: soft, elegant contours and seamless transition produce a highly resilient car, resting solidly on its 21 inch wheels.

Microsoft to Lower Price Of Xbox 360

Microsoft is expected to lower the price of its Xbox 360 game console by $50 next month.

It's not known if the price cut will affect all models, or just the core Xbox 360 machine, which currently sells for about $300.
The price cut is expected to go into effect on August 8.
Microsoft's move comes two weeks after Sony cut $100 off the price of its Playstation 3 gaming system.
It says sales of the Playstation 3 have jumped 135 percent since the price drop.
However, sales of the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 still fall short of Nintendo's Wii game machine.

Realtime With Microsoft and EA Games

Real as in streaming advertisements piped dynamically to games like EA's forthcoming Madden 2008, NASCAR 2008, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008, NHL Hockey 2008, and Skate. An extension of Microsoft's game ad company Massive Inc. (purchased by the Redmond software leviathan last year for $200 million), the new EA/Microsoft deal will allow advertisers to feed changeable ads live to virtual billboards or other promotional in-game constructs. Goodbye static, built-in, quickly outmoded huckstering, hello voguish virtual real estate with advertising space for sale by the hour, day, week, etc.
How's it work? Massive's technology tracks the number of seconds gamers spend in view of an ad, then charges advertisers in 10 second exposure increments. 60 seconds @ $10/10 sec interval would net Microsoft $60, 30 seconds $30, and so on. Even if that rate's a dime or a penny, imagine the revenue windfalls with hundreds of thousands or even millions of gamers basking in the floodlit luminescence of "Say hello to iPhone" and "Always Coca-Cola."
2006's dynamic in-game ad spending? $26.1 million. 2007's projected: $100 million, and by 2010? Up to $645 million according to estimates from Yankee Group (as reported by AP via the Washington Post).

Samsung Readies 30-inch Display Port LCD Channel

Samsung’s latest 30-inch LCD panel sports a DisplayPort interface. The new Samsung panel can process 10 bits of color depth with 2560 x 1600 resolutions via a single DisplayPort interface. Current high-resolution 30-inch displays required dual-link DVI ports to drive such high resolutions.Samsung collaborated with Genesis Microchip Inc. to develop the 30-inch display with DisplayPort.

The new DisplayPort compatible display features a Samsung Super Patterned, Vertical Alignment, or S-PVA, display with 300 nits of brightness. The panel also features a 180-degree viewing angle. "We have received many inquiries from computer integrators interested in DisplayPort-based LCD panels, which prompted an acceleration of our R&D for this first DisplayPort LCD panel," said Brian Berkeley, vice president of Samsung's LCD business, in a statement to EETimes.The Video Electronics Standards Association, or VESA, previously approved the DisplayPort 1.1 standard last April. DisplayPort is set to replace LVDS, DVI and VGA interfaces for computer displays. Other DisplayPort supporters include AMD, NVIDIA, HP, Intel and Lenovo. Dell plans to offer DisplayPort-equipped displays later this year. Intel plans to integrate a native DisplayPort interface in its next-generation Eaglelake chipset.

Alienware Launches Solid State HDD Laptops

Solid-state hard drives, or SSDs, have finally emerged this year as viable, though expensive, products. The great benefit of SSDs is the fact that they are rather akin to giant blocks of ram—sturdy thanks to the fact they have no moving parts, power efficient because there's no motor needed to spin drive platters, and very fast since there's no issue of the drive spinning up to top speed and seeking for various bits of data. Alienware is apparently the first of the gaming PC makers to begin adding the drives to gaming laptops as it today announced the availability of both single and RAID 0 options for owners building mobile powerhouses. The Area-51 m9750, Aurora m9700, and Area-51 m5550 notebooks will each be available with SSD options. Only the m9750 and m9700 will have the option of a 64-GB dual drive RAID 0 array. These models will also be available with a 32-GB SSD and a 200-GB traditional HDD. Lucky owners of these new SSD based gaming notebooks will likely get some big performance gains in load times and battery life. The upgrade won't come cheap however, as a single 32-GB SSD drive adds $500 to the cost of an Alienware notebook, and the 64-GB RAID 0 arrangement $920

Panasonic cameras offer auto auto auto mode

Some subset of photographers would like a compact camera with lots of higher-end features and manual controls. But a vastly larger quantity want their cameras to take photos with the correct focus, exposure, white balance and other factors without having to do more than press the shutter button.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18(Credit: Panasonic)
Which is why Panasonic's three newest cameras, the Lumix FX-33, FX-55 and FZ18 are notable. For one thing, Panasonic is catching up with competitors such as Fujifilm and Canon by introducing face detection, which lets the camera guess more intelligently about what the photographer is trying to shoot and adjust settings accordingly. But more novel is what Panasonic calls Intelligent Scene Selector.
Intelligent Scene Selector, if switched on, replaces a common set of broad parameters that otherwise must be manually activated. It lets the camera take its best guess about whether the scene is one of five modes: portrait, landscape scenery, macro close-up, night scenery and night portrait, said Alex Fried, Panasonic's national marketing manager for imaging in North America. And when the camera is in portrait modes, it uses the face-detection technology for further refinement.
"All that takes place without touching a button," Fried said. "Consumers don't utilize scene modes to their fullest capability. A lot don't go that deep into the manual or into the menus."
All three of the new cameras feature the face detection and automatic scene selection as well as two earlier technologies, Panasonic's Mega OIS, which shifts the image sensor to counteract camera shake, and Intelligent ISO, which increases the camera's sensitivity to try to deal with moving subjects. Boosting ISO lets the camera use a shorter exposure to freeze action better, but it produces more off-color speckles called image noise.
Collectively, Panasonic calls the four features Intelligent Auto Mode. I suppose camera makers can be excused for attaching official names to their features, and now metafeatures, in the effort to distinguish their models from the herd. But I fear it causes brand exhaustion among camera buyers.
As my comrade Will Greenwald noted on our Crave blog, the three new cameras are 8-megapixel models due in September and sporting zoom ranges that begin at a nice 28mm wide angle. The FX33 and FX55 are smaller, with 3.6x zoom lenses and LCDs measuring 2.5 inches and 3 inches, respectively. The FZ18 has a huge 18x zoom range, a notch longer than the predecessor FZ8, which began at 35mm and spanned a 12x zoom range. And for control freaks, it offers manual control and raw image support, Fried said. Prices, in ascending order, are about $300, $350 and $400.

Kodak next-generation CMOS sensor in entry-level digicam

New sensor offers 2X to 4X improvement in light sensitivity thanks to a new colour filter.
In a surprise move, image company Kodak has decided to use its new revolutionary CMOS image sensor in an entry-level 5MP/3X-optical zoom digital camera.
Originally announced on June 14, the new KAC-05011 CMOS sensor adds new panchromatic or “all colour” pixels to the traditional red, green and blue pixels to allow the sensor to establish more accurate light levels for all three primary colours.
But while the new image sensor was originally described as “groundbreaking” in its initial press release, the company has decided to be its first customer but use the sensor in a low-cost budget entry-level digicam, the EASYSHARE C513.
Kodak’s rationale is that the C513 shows off exactly what the image sensor was designed to do – make a decent photographer out of anyone who can basically hold a camera.
Kodak hopes to also sell a truckload of these cameras, pricing it at a very competitive $US79.95.
Image size is 2592x1944-pixels and images are captured in JPEG format. In addition to the CMOS sensor, the C513 incorporate digital image stabilisation with shutter speed range of between ½ and 1/1400th second.

While the camera can also capture video, the specifications are below par for typical cameras these days with VGA (640x480-pixel) capture only at 15fps (frames per second) and QVGA (320x240-pixels) at 24fps. The C513 comes with 16MB of on-board flash storage but supports SecureDigital (SD) flash memory cards.
Taking advantage of the increase in high-definition widescreen televisions, the C513 in addition to capturing 5MP images, can also capture 1920x1080-pixel stills suitable for use on HD LCD televisions.
Power for the C513 is provided by two low-cost AA-size batteries. Alkalines are provided in the kit although we recommend you consider NiMH cells for added firepower and vesting lower running costs.
“The C513 provides consumers true value through easy-to-use and intuitive technology at an affordable price, thanks to the efficiencies that Kodak’s CMOS technology has brought to camera design,” said John Blake, General Manager, KODAK Digital Capture and Devices. “Traditionally, CMOS has allowed for lower cost camera design but was not able to provide top image quality. Kodak has changed that dynamic with the introduction of a digital camera at a remarkably affordable price without compromising image quality or camera function.”
The C513 comes with software for both Windows and Mac OS computers but requires at least Windows XP or Mac OS X 10.3 or newer operating systems.
The camera retails for $US79.95 and will be available in August 2007.

SONY NWD-B100 Series MP3 Walkman

This time the lipstick lookalike range is designed to be the easiest and most effortless way of transferring and storing music from your PC to your MP3 player. A new ‘Auto Transfer’ function allows you to load your fave tracks without the need for wires, just by plugging the NWD-B100 directly into your USB port and the tunes will automatically be loacted and transferred without any instruction from yourself. It will also search for the most recent downloaded tracks, so if the NWD-B100 is getting full it will replace the older tracks with the newly downloaded ones. And just to add the cherry to the cake, the NWD-B100 will also charge its battery whilst plugged

in to the USB port.

Searching for songs is a dodlle too, as tracks are displayed on the 3 line colour LCD display and are stored by song/album/artist or by file/folder.
The models which will be available vary in storage capacity and start with the NWD-B103/103F which has 1GB and can store upto 660 tracks and the NWD-B105/105F which has 2GB and can store upto 999 tracks. The NWD-B103F & B105F versions can record radio shows from the bult-in FM tuner, which is a fantastic added bonus (we think the F is for Fantastic). All models double up as voice recorders and can record voice memos and personal voice notes instead of having to search for a pen and paper as you will always have this handy device with you at all times, we guarantee it.
There is a 6-mode equaliser so you can alter the sound levels as you prefer, but the sound promises to be superbly crisp and dynamic without needing to.
The Sony NWD-B100 series comes in three trendy shades, black, white and violet and will be available from August 2007.

Apple TV

The diminutive 8-inch-square and 1-inch-high Apple TV works a like a charm and is a cinch to set up. Just plug everything in, note the five-digit code that it displays on the TV screen, and enter that number into iTunes on your computer. Things get a bit more complicated with Wi-Fi, but even here the Apple TV's setup is easier than most--if you stick to the established 802.11g standard. Interoperability issues between some current draft-n products forced me to use Apple's own AirPort Extreme Base Station to get the Apple TV to operate over an 802.11n network (it's the only 802.11n media streamer in the group reviewed here).

If you can play a file in iTunes on your PC, you can play it through the Apple TV. But that means no .wma music or Xvid videos, without converting them first. Aside from a few video podcasts, 720p movie trailers are about the only HD content currently available for the Apple TV. Most iTunes Store videos are encoded at what the company describes as "near-DVD" quality. They still looked pretty darn good in my tests, but as Apple says, they are not quite at DVD level.

The Apple TV uses iTunes to transfer selected video and music to its built-in hard drive (40GB on our $299 review unit, or 160GB on the $399 model). You can transfer photos by directing iTunes to a folder on your PC, or by using software such as Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0.

The Apple TV connects to wide-screen TVs only, via an HDMI, component, or analog connection. Apple TV decodes movie files at up to 720p resolution, and it can up-convert them to 1080i, the maximum resolution it can display.
The minimalist but easy-to-use remote has a ring-shaped section for playback control and a Menu "go back" button.
Test files that the Apple TV could play looked great. I saw no blockiness in the streaming video, and images looked naturally sharp without any signs of artificial edge enhancement. Using 802.11g Wi-Fi produced some unwanted video pauses, but everything moved smoothly with ethernet or 802.11n wireless. Soundwise, I detected a very slight harshness in Pink Floyd, but nothing I was likely to notice with the volume set at a regular listening level; Itzhak Perlman sounded perfect.
Apple plans to improve the Apple TV's features over time (as evidenced by the YouTube streaming update); meanwhile, a number of unofficial hacks (including keyboard/mouse support, the ability to install OS X, and DivX and Xvid file playback options) have surfaced online. See "Hacking the Apple TV" for more details.
If iTunes and an iPod are the beginning and end of your PC-and-Internet media world, the Apple TV is a great choice. But if you dislike those limitations, keep looking.

Nokia 6110 Navigator

A smartphone that finds you places when you're lost. This Symbian smartphone features built in GPS system and built in maps, HSDPA technology which is many a times faster than 3G and many Office applications aimed to aid professionals on the go. The Nokia 6111 Navigator has a 2.0 megapixel camera on board to shoot panoramic photographs as well as a multi format compatible media player with stereo 3D speakers to enjoy your music in full blast. Get more time out of your hectic schedule to truly enjoy life with the Nokia 6110 Navigator.

Features
Weight : 125 g
Talktime: Up to 3 h 30 min
Standby : Up to 265 h
Colour Display : TFT, 16M colors
Ringtones : Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3, AAC
Camera : 2 MP
MP3 : Yes
Bluetooth : Yes
Infrared : N/A
GPRS : Yes
Video Recording : Yes
3G : Yes

Google Mobile Search

Google is working on a service to let mobile-phone users find and buy items such as ring tones, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
The technology will allow consumers to use Mountain View-based Google to obtain lists of companies that provide the content they're seeking and links to where the products can be purchased, the Journal said on its Web site Monday.
Google and competitors such as Yahoo are bolstering their mobile offerings with services including maps and calendars after handsets outsold personal computers by more than 4-to-1 last year, according to researcher Gartner. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in May that the company's biggest growth opportunity is in mobile phones.
For the new services, Google is working with entertainment companies and smaller mobile-media providers to index material and make it available through searches, the Journal said.
The project has suffered delays and it's unclear when the services will be available, the newspaper reported.
Google spokeswoman Erin Fors declined to comment on the report.

Talking Website

Two American students are launching a new talking Web site that helps blind people pick and buy trendy clothing that is fitted with braille tags and then sent to their doorstep.
The sound-activated www.whitecanelabel.com Web site, due to go online in the fall, will ask users what their fashion likes and dislikes are and recommend clothes ranging from casual to evening wear based on those preferences.
A braille tag that includes the designer's name, type of clothing such as a "blouse" or a "t-shirt", size, colour and symbols to help in piecing together certain look like "business casual" is attached to the clothes ordered and then mailed out.
"The central point is to give blind and visually impaired people more independence in choosing their clothing," co-founder Asmah Abushagur said during Rome's summer fashion week where the initiative was launched.
"If someone wants say, a black business suit, then we can help them put that together."
The Rochester Institute of Technology students say they stumbled on the idea after discovering the difficulties blind people have in picking an outfit to wear and having to rely on family and friends for it.
So far, the main methods used are metal tags or attaching different numbers of clothes pins or slits to outfits to indicate various colours.
"It started off as a school project, you know, how can I get an 'A'?" said co-founder Jaimen Brill. "But then we saw the options blind people have."
Though the venture is a non-profit effort and is asking designers to donate clothes, the outfits will be sold at retail prices to prevent shoppers who are not blind from using the Web site to take advantage of a good bargain.

H700 Wireless Cell Phone Headset

Manufacturer's Info: Experience pure sound and impressive call clarity from this compact headset with advanced noise reduction. RapidConnect powers it on or off.Advanced Audio -- noise and echo have met their match. Introducing the first Motorola Bluetooth headset with noise reduction. Hear and be heard anywhere.

Warranty
Warranty Information :1 Year Limited Warranty
Connectivity
Range :33 ft
Bluetooth :Yes
Wireless :Yes
Headset Attributes
Included Components :Charger
Compatible Phone Model(s) :Bluetooth v1.2 Phones
Caller ID :No
Battery Feature
Battery Type :Lithium Ion
Talk Time (Battery) :6 hour(s)
Standby Time (Battery) :200 hour(s)

Nokia Flagshi N95 (GPS)

Nokia launched on Thursday a service that it said will cut the time a GPS-enabled cell phone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new opportunities for location-based online services.
Nokia hopes the service, available for people who own its flagship N95 smart phones, will cut the start-up time to one minute, from up to three minutes currently. The slowness has so far hampered interest in cell phone navigation.
"It will be reliably under one minute in most countries," said Ralph Eric Kunz, head of Nokia's navigation and mapping operations.

Handset makers see GPS (Global Positioning System) as one of the next big "value-adds."
Analysis firm Berg Insight has forecast annual shipments of handset-based personal navigation devices in Europe and the United States to reach 12 million units by 2009, compared with 1 million in 2005.

While most assisted-GPS technologies use mobile carriers cell sites to find locations faster, Nokia's new service bypasses operator networks, using data from a SIM card and new software that helps the phone to catch satellite signals.

Windows Vista Service pack1 Beta Version.

Microsoft is reportedly launching the first Service Pack (SP1) for Windows Vista on July 16, 2007. This will surely come as good news to those who are moaning about the sorry state of affairs surrounding Microsoft’s latest OS.
The company plans to release the final version of Vista SP1 to the public in November 2007, after four months of beta testing.
The first ever Vista Service Pack is expected to incorporate numerous bug fixes including a revised desktop search function, faster shutdown speeds and file transfers.
Also slated to be included is a much more secure BitLocker Drive Encryption and Extensible Firmware interface (EFI) support for x64-based machines.
Microsoft has also confirmed that Vista much-talked about performance-enhancing ReadyBoost function will be tweaked, after several users complained of sluggish performance after PCs were resumed from sleep and hibernation states.

As you can see, Microsoft has taken care of innumerable issues in its latest Vista operating system. But, don’t expect many brand new features like the firewall that was rolled out with Windows XP Service Pack 2!
Also planned with the official launch of the final Vista SP1 in November is Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008.
This software happens to be the successor to Windows Server 2003 and is based on the same base code as Windows Vista. In simple words, it offers a similar architecture and functionality as the Vista OS

Yahoo! New searchEngine

Search giant Yahoo has announced the launch of a new tool called Search Suggest. According to the company, this new tool has been designed to provide users with a faster way to find what they are looking for.

The new Search Suggest feature provides automatic suggestions to keywords that a user types into the Yahoo Search Box.
Yahoo is hoping that their new Search feature will help users shorten the time it takes to search for a particular query.
In a blog post by Yahoo’s Kevin Lee, he said, ““Let’s say I’m trying to keep up with our illustrious ‘governator’ here in California. I type ‘arnold s’ in the search box and the suggestions pop up Arnold Schwarzenegger, which saves me from trying to spell out his last name. Or, I’m watching TV and wonder what song is in the background of a commercial that just came on. Problem is that I only remember part of the company name, ‘journey diamond.’ I type it into our new search box, and ‘journey diamond jewelry commercial song’ is suggested right away — problem solved.”

The Search Suggest feature works on Firefox 2 browser only if a user has selected Yahoo as the search engine in the search box.
The new Search Suggest feature can be disabled by the user, in case it becomes an obstacle in the Internet search process.

HCL one terrabyte capacity PCs.

HCL , India’s leading PC manufacturer announced the launch of India’s first personal computer with One Terabyte hard drive capacity.There are two models launched, the entry level and the Digital Content Creation Workstation. Both the desktops incorporate Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive, which has one TB capacity. One TB capacity allows users to stock up their favorite videos, music, photographs and other bulky data.

Entry level Model features .

• Intel Core Two Duo processor,
• One GB RAM, 17” Flat Panel Monitor,
• HCL EC2 Technology and HCL Active Management Console.

Other model from HCL, the Digital Content Creation Workstation comes with Intel Core Two Duo processor and a special bundle of Quadro FX 1500 and Adobe Production Studio Premium. Looking at the specifications, it is known that this PC is targeted at graphic designers, flash animators and other multimedia professionals.George Paul, Vice President, HCL Infosystems Limited said, “HCL has always read the technology adoption trends of Indian consumers ahead of time, and introduced advanced computing technologies to meet their emerging demands. Our launch of India’s first One Terabyte PC, armed with Hitachi’s record-breaking Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive, delivers unparalleled storage advantage to enterprise users working on storage-intensive applications across industries, including publishing, designing and production houses.”

Prices

The HCL is shipping an Entry Level Model at Rs. 35,000, while the Digital Content Creation Workstation at Rs 99,000 and they will be available all over India soon.