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Windows Genuine advance check work-around

2006-08-24T19:30:00.000-07:00

See here Windows Genuine advance check work-around : How to: Bypass Windows Genuine Advantage Check on Windows XP

Royal EZVue Vista

2006-03-28T17:06:00.000-08:00

We have seen Flash drives which display the remaining capacity. Royal consumer products has announced a USB 2.0 Flash/Jump drive with a scrollable window display enabling consumers to view stored file names without a computer connection. The drive has 4 buttons which display the file name, extension, date created and so on. Royal has also introduced a SD Card Reader / Writer with a similar display. Additionally, every Royal EZVue Vista Drive with internal flash memory will include pre-loaded Allway Sync Pro file and folder synchronization software. Allway Sync Pro allows consumers to easily copy files to Royal Vista Drives or to select one-touch or automatic synchronization between folders and files stored on an EZVue Vista Drive and the consumer’s PC.

The Royal EZVue Vista Drive will be available in of 256MB (US$50), 512MB (US$80) and 1GB (US$100) memory sizes. The SD card reader with display will sell for $ 30.

From Gizmodo.com

We saw the original Royal EZVue Vista flash drive earlier this year, but now Royal has taken another step by adding a SD card reader to their design. If you recall, the EZVue features a small 2-line LCD screen that scrolls the contents of the USB flash drive. The same concept applies except with SD memory cards. This SD peripheral is capable of both, reading and writing to the memory cards.

From FreshDevices.net

Not sure wether your files are stored in your flash disk & have no time to check to your pc ? Royal Consumer Products gives you the solution.

They release Royal EZVue Vista Drive a flash disk with 2 lines screen which can shows the filenames stored without the need of a computer connection.

It has 4 keys to scroll displayed file names. Scroll it to right will reveal longer file names with file extensions, file size, created date. It also has a jump key to jump between directories & subdirectories.

The Royal EZVue Vista Jump/Flash Drives are compatible with Windows and Macintosh and USB 1.1 and 2.0 compatible. It bundled with Allway Sync Pro PC software, a Windows based software to sync between PC & Royal EZVue Vista Jump/Flash Drives.

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price:

Royal EZVue Vista SD Card Reader/Writer: $29.99

Royal EZVue 256MB Vista Drive: $49.99

Royal EZVue 512MB Vista Drive: $79.99.

Royal EZVue 1GB Vista Drive $99.99

Mobile Phone Jammer, CJAM 1000

2006-03-28T04:42:00.000-08:00

From FreshDevices.net :

JAM 1000 is a portable cellular jamming device to stop cell phones, wi-fi, pager or any other microwave frequency for up to 1 km radius. It can be activated remotely and it comes with a fingerprint option to prevent accidental triggering. Unfortunately, CJAM 1000 is a governments device, not for public market.

From NewLaunches.com :

The CJAM 1000 can effectively jam cell phones, Wi-Fi, or any other microwave frequency within a 1km range. Turn it off in case you need to make a call, it comes with Biometric fingerprint reader for maximum security. Of course it is not for sale to individuals, only for sale to government to block cell phone bombs, electronic theft denial and so on. CJAM 1000 produces 15 watts of output power per band. It is portable and comes equipped to allow for the remote placement of antennas, allowing full area control placing the jamming only in those areas required. It is available in two varaints for North American systems and World GSM systems.

From Techeblog.com :

Designed for government use, the CJAM 1000 is a portable device that can jam cell phones, Wi-Fi, or any other microwave frequency within a 1km range. A biometric fingerprint reader ensures maximum security. Practical applications include disaster communication, electronic theft denial, cellular triggered bomb defeat, and site control.

“The CJAM 1000 using our antenna technology ‘Beams’ the jamming signal into the area of control while allowing for the use of communication in those areas which are not of concern.”

MacBook Pro Benchmarked

2006-03-05T17:44:00.000-08:00

Jacqui Cheng reviewing Apple's @1,999 MacBook Pro at Arstechnica.com and bechmark it with XBench 1.2. The result, the macbook pro scored 8. From the article: "Some of these results are surprising, and some are not. For one, the Aluminum PowerBook G4 mysteriously scored higher on the User Interface test than both of the other machines. Both the AlBook and the Dell scored higher on the disc test, which makes sense in the case of the AlBook, since it has a 7200rpm drive. The CPU test results were rather close for all three with some minor differences, and of course the MacBook Pro spanked the AlBook on the Thread test (while beating the Dell by a smaller margin). On the memory test, the MacBook Pro's RAM was significantly faster than the PowerBook G4. Isn't it nice to have a real FSB in an Apple portable?"

Complete review here.
Technorati Tags: Apple, Macbook Pro, Benchmark

DIY Replacing laptop's Chip

2006-03-05T17:12:00.000-08:00

Instead of paying Dell $1100 to replace their laptop motherboard, some guys at project oxcart opted to buy $5 chip and the entire day to replace the failed chip. Find the entire article here.

[via hackaday]
Technorati Tags: Dell, Chip, hack

Google will switch to Opteron

2006-03-05T16:59:00.000-08:00

Ashlee Vance in Mountain View wrote at theregister com that Google has become an Opteron convert. This switch mean energy saving. Original from the article : "AMD has long claimed and proven in various tests - that it has a serious performance per watt advantage over Intel. Power savings have risen to priority number one at Google as energy costs and energy supply have become constraints."

[TheRegister]
Technorati Tags: Intel, AMD, Opteron, Google

Open Document Format Alliance

2006-03-03T17:16:00.000-08:00

The Alliance was launched on 3 March 2006 with more than 35 initial members from a wide range of countries around the world. Membership in the Alliance is open to all organisations that are committed to its mission.

The alliance works globally to educate policymakers, IT administrators and the public on the benefits and opportunities of the OpenDocument Format, to help ensure that government information, records and documents are accessible across platforms and applications, even as technologies change.

About ODF Alliance
Key Benefir of using ODF

Technorati Tags: ODF, Document

Face Recognition for Mobile Phone

2006-03-03T17:14:00.000-08:00

Slashphone running article about Face Recognition feature for mobile phone will be introduced by Vodafone K.K. that authenticates customers by sensing their facial features to increase mobile phone security. From the article : "The Face Recognition function employs software based on Oki Electric Industry's "FSE (Face Sensing Engine)", embedded facial image processing middleware, and utilises the sub-camera located close to the main display to recognise customers by sensing the position of their eyes, eyebrows, mouth and other facial features. By pre-registering a customer's face and a secret question and answer, the camera will automatically activate when the handset is opened and authenticate a customer in less than a second."

[Slashphone]

Technorati Tags: Mobile, Phone, Security

Caller ID Spoofing

2006-03-02T18:19:00.000-08:00

Don't believe your eyes ! At least for numbers on your cellphone. With just as little as $10, one can have 60 minutes talk time with fake caller ID. Oh, and it's legal.

USAToday has the article.

Technorati Tags: Phone, spoofing

A Better Search Engine than Google from Microsoft

2006-03-02T17:14:00.000-08:00

Google is not enough for you ? Then wait for the next six months. Microsoft will introduce a search engine better than Google in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said on Wednesday.

"What we're saying is that in six months' time we'll be more relevant in the U.S. market place than Google," said Neil Holloway, Microsoft president for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

"The quality of our search and the relevance of our search from a solution perspective to the consumer will be more relevant," he told the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit.

"Should we add a Google-like search engine but twice as good hard-core into Windows? Guess what. If we did that, I don't think a company called Google would be very happy," he said.

But being good is not enough to win the hearts and minds of consumers already dedicated to another standard.

Original article from Reuters

Technorati Tags: Google, Microsoft

Lined up for Nintendo DS Lite

2006-03-02T03:38:00.000-08:00

Some peolple lined up on the front of stores at 8 PM waiting for the opening at the morning in Japan to be the first person to buy Nintendo DS Lite.

Technorati Tags: Nintendo, DS, Lite

Source [Famitsu] via [Engadget], translated with [Babelfish]

Google News on Your Mobile Devices

2006-03-01T17:03:00.000-08:00

Have nothing to read when you're in a waiting room and want to know what just happen in this planet ? Just type google.com on your web-enabled phone, and click the link to Google News. You can access the news you want, whenever you want, by using a search box, top headline listings, and browsable news categories.

[Google]

Technorati Tags: Google, Google New

Cyber-Shot Camera Phone from Sony Ericsson

2006-03-01T00:57:00.000-08:00

Sony Ericsson unveils their new Cyber-shot Camera Phones.

Sony Ericsson today unveiled a long-awaited camera phone that leverages another key Sony brand: Cyber-shot. The mobile phone maker also launched an attempt to push that other borrowing from its parent company - the Walkman brand - further down-market with the first ever clamshell version.

The K800 and K790 - respectively 3G and tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE version of the same Cyber-shot phone - both sport a 3.2 megapixel camera behind a drop-down cover. Both have auto-focus with illumination, on-board red-eye reduction, integrated xenon flash and image stabilisation feature.

Sony Ericsson touted the cameras' BestPic feature, which captures nine shots in sequence starting as soon as you press the shutter button to trigger the auto-focus. The camera then shoots continuously, retaining the four shots taken before your press the shutter button and then taking a further four afterward. You're then given the chance to keep the pic you took, or select any or all of the others, all of which are taken at the full 3.2 megapixels - so BestPic isn't just another name for 'burst mode', Sony Ericsson insisted.

The 115g camera phone ships with 64MB of on-board memory, and takes MemoryStick Micro add-in cards. Images are displayed on the cameras' 2in, 320 x 240, 262,144-colour LCD. There's built-in support for Google's Blogger service, allowing pics to be uploaded and posted on the web in a trice. Well, as fast as the host network connection will allow - there's no Wi-Fi on these handsets.

There is Bluetooth 2.0 and, for straight-to-printer connections, PictBridge. Sony Ericsson claimed the phones offer seven hours' talk time on GSM networks, dropping to 2.5 hours on 3G connections. The stand-by time is 350 hours, the company claimed.

The K800 and K790 will go on sale next quarter with variants for North and South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and China. Sony Ericsson did not provide pricing guidance, which is too dependent on operator subsidies and tariffs.

The Walkman W310 is a low-end clamshell music phone aimed at the 'yoof' market. It's got Bluetooth 2.0, an FM radio, a 262,144-colour main display and a quad-band radio with EDGE support. Sony Ericsson said it will bundle a 256MB MemoryStick Micro card with the product to complement the 20MB of on-board memory.

The integrated camera is a disappointing sub-megapixel job with 4x digital zoom. However, Sony Ericsson claimed the phone offers a whopping 9.5 hours' talk time - on stand-by the battery lasts for 400 hours.

The W310 also ships around the world in Q2. ®

Original articles at Reghardware

Technorati Tags: Sony Ericsson, Cybershot, Camera Phone

Reason to buy Windows Vista

2006-02-28T17:21:00.000-08:00

Jason Cross running an article at Extremetech.com about Why Windows Vista Won't Suck . He wrote major improvement of Vista such as :

•	Major Kernel Overhaul
•	Networking
•	Media Center Improvements
•	Major Audio Changes
•	DirectX 10
•	New Built-In Apps
•	Aero Glass and the New UI
•	Security, Security, and more Security

But, should you buy Vista ?

Still, it's hard to take a real look at Vista, both on the surface and under the hood, and consider it just another Windows rehash. This is a dramatic, whole-hog upgrade of the Windows platform. If you got anything out of this article, we hope it's the realization that Vista is not simply the Windows XP/2000 code base that has been slowly evolving over the years with some fancy graphics and icons slapped onto it. It should be clear that Vista is really the next generation of operating system from Microsoft, every bit as significant as the leap from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 or the jump from Mac OS 9 to OS X.

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Vista, Aero Glass

Apple's New Products

2006-02-28T17:10:00.000-08:00

Among other products, Apple introducing their new Intel Mac Minis to replace the Apple G4. They are faster 2.5 to 3 times of G4 version and came in two versions. The Core Duo version & Core Solo.
The Core Solo version, at 1.5 GHz, and including a CD burner, 512MB RAM and a 60GB drive, is $599.
The Core Duo at 1.67 GHz includes an 80GB drive and a dual-layer DVD burner, and sells for $799.

And as buzzed around blogs, Apple introduce iPod Hi-Fi, a $349 speaker system with built-in iPod dock, that runs on D batteries, as well as AC power.

Oh Apple also introducing a Leather iPod Case for $99.

[Engadget]

Technorati Tags: Apple, iPod, Mac, Intel, Core Duo

Microsoft Origami Pic & Video

2006-02-27T19:51:00.000-08:00

Kevin found pics & video of the misterious Microsoft Origamiproject, but no one confirm it yet. Is it real ?

Marketing firm DigitalKitchen must have the ad campaign on this one because if you hit their site and enter, click Work and then BrandTheatre, guess what you’ll find. Not just pics of the device, but a Flash-based video showing the various uses.

Links : Kevin's blog

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, origamiproject, origami

Record your phone call to a CD

2006-02-27T17:31:00.000-08:00

Just insert a blank CD to FeaturePhone 175 Call Recorder and it will record your phone calls direct to it. This device can store 15,000 calls, depend on the duration of the calls. It’s also got an internal 500 contact address book and integrated answering machine. Oh... and the price is $900.

Technorati Tags: Phone, Call, Record, gadget

[Gizmodo]
[Redferret]

6 Editions of Windows Vista

2006-02-27T17:10:00.000-08:00

Microsoft is planning to launch 6 versions of their new Windows Vista. 3 for home users, 2 for business & one for emerging markets. Why so many version for vista ? Microsoft said the six versions were designed to match the demands different users have for its software.

"We don't want customers to be forced into buying something that isn't going to meet all their needs," said Barry Goffe, Microsoft's director of Windows client product management. So choose your version as you need. The 6 editions are called :

Vista Business
Vista Enterprise
Vista Home Basic
Vista Home Premium
Vista Ultimate
Vista Starter

Still no price given yet.

[Engadget]
[BBC News]

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Vista

Sony® Portable Reader System PRS-500

2006-02-27T04:44:00.000-08:00

If you tired reading e-book from your PDA screen and want a bigger one, then this new Sony Portable Reader System PRS-500 is for you.It has 6" display, less than 1/2" thick & wighing less than 9 ounce.

Sony Reader isn’t just about reading eBooks. Using the included CONNECT™ Reader PC Software, you can easily transfer Adobe® PDF documents, BBeB Book, and other text file formats to the Reader. Seamlessly search, browse and download user-selected RSS Web content from CONNECT™ Store to the PC and transfer to your Sony® Reader. Take along your favorite Web newsfeeds, blogs and more to read where ever you are.

You can have it for $349.99. A little bit pricey for me.

Technorati Tags: sony, reader, adobe, pdf

Building Hardware Keylogger

2006-02-26T17:27:00.000-08:00

Keelog.com post an article of DIY Hardware Keylogger with full documentation, electrical schematics, and program to read the result. This what you need :

an Atmel AT89C2051 microcontroller (AT89C1051 or AT89C4051 will do as well)
a 24C512 serial EEPROM chip
a 12MHz crystal (as small as possible)
two 33pF capacitors
one 10uF capacitor (as small as possible)
one 10kiloohm resistor
a small push-button
PS/2 extension cable
a 4-inch piece of heat-shrinkable tubing

via : hackaday.com

Technorati Tags: keylog, keylogger, hack, diy

Linux on an old hardware

2006-02-26T17:02:00.000-08:00

Got a Pentium II 233MHz machine with 64MB of RAM to trash ? Don't !. Install linux and extend its lifespan considerably. Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier answer Microsoft challenge of Linux's suitability for older hardware by install several Linux distro's such as Slackware, Debian, Damn Small Linux and several other distros to Igor, his old machine and the result might surprise you.

Read his article here.

Technorati Tags: linux, slackware, microsoft.

Google Payment Service

2006-02-26T16:51:00.000-08:00

Google continue to build their payment service.

As the number of Google services has increased, we've continued to build on our core payment features and migrate to a standard process for people to buy our services with a Google Account. Examples of this migration include enabling users to buy Google Video content, Google Earth licenses, and Google Store items with their Google Accounts. We also just began offering similar functionality on Google Base.

Source : http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/update-on-payments_24.html

Technorati Tags: google, payment

Microsoft Origami Project

2006-02-24T19:44:00.000-08:00

What is it ?
What is Microsoft Origami Project ?
An XBox Portable ?
Just a Microsoft PDA ?

Guess we have to wait until 02 March 2006.

Technorati Tags: microsoft, xbox, origami, origamiproject

Mac OSX: How secure it can be ?

2006-02-24T19:01:00.000-08:00

At first blush, the past two weeks have not been good for the image of Apple's Mac OS X: Public descriptions of two worms and a trivial exploit for a serious software issue in the operating system appeared on the Internet.

However, the three programs are hardly a threat to systems running Mac OS X, according to security professionals.

One worm, known as OSX.Leap.A and assigned CME-4 by the Common Malware Enumeration Project, requires too much user interaction, hobbling its attempts to spread. A second worm, dubbed InqTana, and its two variants are actually proof-of-concept programs that were not discovered on the Internet but were instead sent to antivirus vendors and Apple by a researcher to prove that worms can spread through Bluetooth. And while the release of code for a vulnerability that could be exploited through Safari and Mail is a bit more serious, no incidents of Web sites exploiting the flaw have yet been reported.

Full artivle at Securityfocus.com Page 1, Page 2

Technorati Tags: apple, mac, osx, worm

tiny minipc from aopen

2006-02-24T17:21:00.000-08:00

Original article @ dailytech.com

PCs recently have taken on a new look when it comes to small form factors giving compliment to Apple

As the PC market continues to show its age, many manufacturers are changing focus and research to reflect niche markets – with or without the help of the channel partners. AOpen received much fanfare for the original MiniPC; a small desktop PC running on Intel’s Dothan and Yonah CPUs. The MiniPC is strikingly reminiscent of the Apple Mac Mini, but in reality the two are quite the opposite.

At Cebit 2006, AOpen will announce the next generation MiniPC. DailyTech was able to get an exclusive look at the unannounced unit inside AOpen’s Research and Development offices.

The next MiniPC has an even smaller form factor than the original MiniPC. A proprietary motherboard design houses a Pentium M socket, Intel 945GT core logic, DDR2-SODIMM memory banks and mini-PCI expansion slot. The majority of these MiniPCs sold in the US will ship as barebones systems, but there are plans to build fully furnished systems in Taiwan for a little under $1000 USD.

Like the original MiniPC, our evaluation unit will feature infrared sensors for remote control functions (an MCE certified remote ships with every unit), Gigabit Ethernet, DVI, Firewire and USB 2.0. The PCI expansion bus will support a Wi-Fi adaptor or a combination Wi-Fi adaptor with Bluetooth support. A SATA riser allows the 2.5” hard drive and slot-loading DVD player to easily detach and reattach to the motherboard.While the feature set of the MiniPC is quite tame for Intel 945G motherboards, the fact that the entire unit consumes a 6” by 6” footprint and weighs less than five pounds speaks volumes for AOpen’s design team. Expect to see more news of the MiniPC within the next few weeks during the Intel Developer Forum and Cebit 2006.

Technorati Tags: aopen, minipc, intel, dothan, yonah, mac

Built in Camera for PSP

2006-02-24T16:55:00.000-08:00

From pspworld.com

The next version of Sony's PSP will sport an integrated digital video camera that will allow users to stream live video to the PlayStation 3, according to an anonymous source. The feature, which will utilize the PSP's Wi-Fi support, will be marketed as the new way to chat with friends while on the go.

According to the tipster, the "PSP 2" will also gain the recently rumored NAND flash storage, though the first generation of the new model will only be available with 4GB instead of the 8GB currently speculated. Sony will also trim approximately a quarter of inch from the device, and offer it in three color choices — black, white and silver.

The source claims that the tiny camera will be an off-the-shelf stock unit that is currently being used in several Sony Ericsson mobile phones, and will also allow users to take still photos, in addition to video. Its placement will be directly below the PSP's screen, where the "PSP" logo can currently be found.

The new PSP's video streaming capabilities will be considered a must-have addition for Sony's upcoming PS3 console. While details are obviously scant at this point, the source say the streaming will be made possible through the upcoming HUB PlayStation service, which will supposedly launch alongside the PS3 and compete directly with Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

PSP World has not been able to confirm the existence of a new PSP or any of the alleged new features claimed by the tipster, so the above should be taken with a grain of salt. However, such a revamp would seem to fit in with Sony's vision for the product.

Technorati Tags: sony, psp, ps3, camera

Mini PC from Shuttle

2006-02-24T16:52:00.000-08:00

From Reghardware

Shuttle has taken the wraps off its upcoming next-generation small form-factor PC which crams an Intel 65nm dual-core processor, memory, hard drive, optical storage and other goodies into a case that's just 5.4cm high and has a footprint the size of an A4 page.

The XPC X100 is pitched at a new era of home entertainment computers based on Windows XP Media Center Edition. A typical spec, said Shuttle, is a 1.83GHz Core Duo T2400 processor; 512MB of dual-channel DDR 2 SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics on an MXM module so it's upgradeable; 250GB Serial ATA II hard drive; HD Audio; Gigabit Ethernet; 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi; four-in-one memory card reader; one front- and three rear-mounted USB 2.0 ports; DVI, TV-out and S/P DIF ports; and a six-pin Firewire connector.

The box contains a 120W fanless power supply unit.

Shuttle stressed the spec is a preliminary one. The X100 is expected to be a keystone of the company's presence at the CeBIT show next month.

As yet, there's no word on pricing.

Technorati Tags: mini pc, shuttle, pc, next-gen, dual-core

Are you in danger of Text Message Injury?

2006-02-23T23:19:00.000-08:00

From slashphone.com

Recent survey from Virgin Mobile has revealed that mobile phones are now the cause of a reported 3.8 million* cases of repetitive strain injuries per year.

With over 93.5million text messages sent every day in the UK, text messaging has become an every day method of communication for mobile phone users. Test messages are created by lots of short and repetitive key presses on a mobile phone key pad, and it is this motion which, if carried out very frequently and without considering potential repetitive strain on the joints, can lead to pain or discomfort in the thumb and fingers.

With texting continuing to increase in popularity, there has been a significant growth in reported cases of Repetitive Strain Injury ( RSI ) occurring in the thumbs of Britain’s texters.

With over 12% of the population admitting to sending up to 20 texts per day and even 10% admitting to sending up to 100 texts every single day it is unsurprising that we are using our thumbs more than ever and suffering from sore finger and wrist joints as a result.

Virgin Mobile conducted a nationwide survey on the population's texting habits and the physical effects this has on the wrists, fingers and thumbs. As a direct result of using our mobile phones for texting daily, there is a significant number of the population suffering from thumb and wrist pain.

Technorati Tags: mobile, injury, cellphone, virgin, text, sms

installs PC in whisky bottle

2006-02-23T17:25:00.000-08:00

From Theregister.co.uk

Those of you who have ever wondered what they do in Finland to pass those endless winter nights will be delighted to learn that, thanks to reader Mark Morgan, we can now reveal the astounding truth: the activity of choice is to get plastered on imported scotch and then install a PC in the empty bottle.

Yes, it's as simple as that. In case you're wondering, the motherboard is a JREX-786LCD Socket-370 Pentium-III with MPEG2/DVD (64MB VRAM). The scotch is a "complex, refined and elegant blended scotch whisky", according to the Ballantines label, whose flavour is dependent on more than 50 single malt flavours, four single grains and "in particular the fingerprint malts from Miltonduff and Glenburgie".

Accordingly, the company rates the taste as: "Well balanced with tones of chocolate, apple and vanilla followed by a gentle floral finish."

Technorati Tags: pc, modding, intel, pentium

Modular concept pc from asus

2006-02-23T17:00:00.000-08:00

From Reghardware.co.uk

Asus has shelved plans to develop the PC of the future - literally. The Taiwanese vendor's Green PC concept computer, shown to Reg Hardware this week, is just that: a shelf. And some clever wireless connectivity and non-contact inductive power source.

Asus' design breaks the computer down into a series of interchangeable modules. It imagines the machine's hard drives, optical units, memory, processor, graphics engine, network interface, Wireless USB adaptor and so on, shipping as a mix of square full-size boxes and half-size units. To build a Green PC, you just stack as many of these as you need on the shelf-like base unit.

The idea is that all the modules communicate wirelessly to discover what capabilities each can offer, and then start exchanging data. The units draw power from the base through induction.

Technorati Tags: asus, pc, concept, future, taiwan

Google Page creator

2006-02-23T16:39:00.000-08:00

From Google

Create your own web pages, quickly and easily.

Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes.

No technical knowledge required.
Build high-quality web pages without having to learn HTML or use complex software.

What you see is what you'll get.
Edit your pages right in your browser, seeing exactly how your finished product will look every step along the way.

Don't worry about hosting.
Your web pages will live on your own site at http://yourgmailusername.googlepages.com

Google Page Creator is still in an early testing phase. If you're interested in taking it for a test drive, login with your Gmail account to begin making pages.

Technorati Tags: google, websitesite, html, googlepages, gmail

Add 8 GB storage to your cellphone

2006-02-22T17:10:00.000-08:00

From Mobilemag.com

US Modular is a company that is perhaps best known for its Monstor Drive. In sticking with its commitment to huge storage capacities in tiny packages, the company is now releasing the Stik&Stor solution for mobile phones, giving your everyday handset up to 8GB of additional space.

The press release cites the increased number of applications for cellular phones these days, with everything from MP3s and PDA functionality to portable video and mobile TV, coupled with the lack of significant on-board memory. The Stik&Stor solution addresses this issue by upping a phone’s capacity with a simple miniature external storage cell. It even comes with Migo syncing software to keep things organized and optimized. What’s more, you can bypass your phone’s operating system and access its internal storage directly.

Available starting this month, the 1GB and 2GB flash versions of Stik&Stor are $79 and $99, respectively, whereas the 4GB and 8GB micro drive versions are $149 and $199, respectively.

Stik & Stor Memory Upgades are compatible with all phones using a MicroSD or T-Flash connection, including (partial listing):

Motorola V635 Motorola A1000 Motorola E1000
Motorola E398 Motorola V1000 Motorola A840
Motorola A780 Motorola V850 Motorola V710
Motorola V975 Motorola V980 Motorola ROKR
Samsung D600 Samsung Z500

Technorati Tags: mobile,
cellphone,
storage,
motorola,
samsung

$599 notebook from lenovo

2006-02-22T16:56:00.000-08:00

From Yahoo

BOSTON (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK), the world's No. 3 PC maker, will soon start selling low-priced computers targeted at small U.S. businesses, taking the Lenovo brand outside China for the first time, said an analyst familiar with the matter.
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Lenovo, which last year bought IBM's ailing PC business, plans to introduce a line of notebooks and desktops using processors from both Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(NYSE:AMD - news), said Roger Kay, president of market researcher Endpoint Technologies Associates.

The new 3000 Series notebooks will be priced starting at $599, with low-end desktops going for $349, said Kay.

Company officials briefed him on their plans, which they plan to unveil at a news conference on Thursday. Computer companies frequently provide such previews to industry analysts.

A Lenovo spokeswoman declined comment.

Lenovo's senior vice president, Peter Hortensius, told Reuters in January that the company was gearing up for a major global push for its notebook PCs to begin around the 2006 winter Olympics in Italy.

The company supplied more than 6,000 computers to help run the Games. It's also running Olympics marketing campaigns around the world, giving consumers outside of China their first major exposure to the Lenovo brand.

Lenovo is China's biggest PC maker. It already sells computers in the United States under the ThinkPad and ThinkCentre brands, which it got as part of its May 2005 acquisition of the PC division of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news).

The bulk of Lenovo's U.S. sales are to large corporations, long the target market for IBM's PCs.

"This new line is targeted at segments that have been underserved before - in particular the small business," Kay said.

The U.S. expansion could help Lenovo at a time when it's under pressure to improve earnings.

Lenovo's results fell short of investors' expectations in its most recent quarter due to disappointing sales in Japan and other Asian countries outside of its home market, China.

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New Yahoo! logo

2006-02-21T20:35:00.000-08:00

More @ techeblog.com

Unipage : an alternative to creating a PDF file

2006-02-20T17:15:00.000-08:00

There are many excellent uses for Unipage files:

1. Save any page on your computer as a single file for easy viewing or e-mailing.
* Avoid the clutter of files created when you normally save a complete page.
* Never lose a page's images or other components – they are all safe inside.

2. Send documents as Unipages to ensure your recipient views them just as you do.
* It's an easy alternative to creating a PDF file in many cases.
* All that's needed is a web browser to view a Unipage. There's no need to install special software to view Unipages (as is the case with PDF).
* Include complex, dynamic content that display accurately on any platform. That makes it an ideal way to send documents containing advanced formatting (CSS) Flash animations, Javascript functionality, or practically anything else a page can have.
* There is no need to buy expensive software to create your portable documents: simply use the Unipage Unifier program to convert any page, on your computer or on the web into a Unipage. If your document is not an HTML file, simply use your program's 'Save as Web Page' or similar feature and then convert the resulting page. from any application that can export HTML and then encode the result into a Unipage. See recommended software for free, useful programs to create dynamic pages.

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Tripod: an Ipod Nano Look Alike

2006-02-20T16:55:00.000-08:00

Tripod Black 1GB (Ipod Nano Look Alike). Mp3, Mp4, Fm Radio, Voice Recorder, Play Games, View Pictures, Watch Movies, Read Ebooks. All of These Features built-in One Amazing Product That Would Cost Twice As Much If You Purchased the Rival with the Separate Bulky Fm Radio and Voice Recorder Accessories. -not an apple product-

Full product details @ amazon.com

10 Strange MP3 Player

2006-02-20T16:51:00.000-08:00

How strange do you want your MP3 player to be ?

Full List @ techeblog.com

Sony drops Bean

2006-02-16T16:48:00.000-08:00

Sony Corp. will discontinue its Walkman Bean portable music players in April, less than six months after the colorful, kidney-shaped player hit the market, according to several UK media reports. The company confirmed the decision to UK newspapers The Telegraph and The Independent.

http://www.mp3.com/stories/3303.html

Linux on Intel-Macs

2006-02-16T16:43:00.000-08:00

Using elilo and a modified Linux kernel, we can boot from a USB hard disk on the 17" iMac Core Duo. We are using the hacked vesafb driver to inherit the bootloader's framebuffer, keyboard and a USB network card work. Gentoo runs and can compile the Linux kernel.

http://xbox-linux.org/mactel/index.php/Main_Page

Fujifilm FinePix F30

2006-02-15T00:23:00.000-08:00

Press Release:

FinePix F30 Zoom: a low light landmark

After almost a decade of obsession with pixel counts, Fujifilm is proud to announce the launch of the FinePix F30 Zoom, a camera which confirms a new stage in the evolution of digital camera technology. Breaking away from the tired and irrelevant practice of pixel counting, the FinePix F30 Zoom is the world’s first digital compact camera to deliver ISO 3200 sensitivity at full resolution. Fujifilm has identified sensitivity as one of the major photographic benchmarks for the digital age, and this camera makes it possible to capture images of unrivalled quality, even in very dark conditions.

Building on the success of the award-winning FinePix F10 Zoom, the FinePix F30 Zoom pulls away from the pack with a sensitivity setting that is eight times as effective in low light as a conventional compact with ISO 400. The product of many years of accumulated expertise in sensor technology, this is the closest that any digital compact camera has come to approximating the remarkable sensitivity of the human eye. In practical terms, it is a breakthrough in delivering crisp images, even at night-time, or with fast-moving subjects.

Beneath its sleek exterior, the FinePix F30 Zoom boasts powerful technology that puts simple ‘style’ compacts to shame, with newly developed sixth generation Super CCD and Fujifilm’s groundbreaking Real Photo Processor II. Users are able to produce sharp images with minimal noise, no subject blurring and atmospheric lighting in dark conditions. While traditional film is no longer top of the agenda for some photographers, it is good to see that Fujifilm is maintaining the same forward-thinking attitude to its digital photographic quality.

The FinePix F30 Zoom showcases a new ‘intelligent flash’ system which uses the camera’s exceptional sensitivity to combine natural foreground illumination with balanced exposure in the background. Avoiding both the messy background blur of ‘slow-sync’ flash, and the stark contrast of conventional flash, this will bring your after-hours photography to life.

Thanks to its 500-shot battery life, the FinePix F30 is an indispensable compact for when photographers are out and about, with enough power to make sure you never miss out on capturing the action. The camera also uses xD-Picture Cards ™ which provide large storage capacity, fast write speeds and lower power consumption, further enhancing speed and efficiency for users.

The camera’s 2.5-inch LCD screen is coated with Fujifilm’s proprietary CV film, minimizing glare and reflections for enhanced ease of viewing. In addition, the FinePix F30 Zoom has 15 new scene positions from underwater, beach and snow, to sunset, party and fireworks. These make it easier than ever for users to experiment with photography in a range of lighting conditions.

Upgrade your Sony TV

2006-02-14T17:06:00.000-08:00

if your TV won't turning off or won't turning on after 1200 hours operation, it's time to upgrade it's firmware.

Models affected are:

Bravia
KDL-V26XBR1
KDL-V32XBR1
KDL-V40XBR1

Grand Wega
KDF-E42A10
KDF-E50A10

Source : http://www.updatemytv.com/

So check your tv model.

New MacBook Pro

2006-02-14T16:52:00.000-08:00

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Powered by a dual-core Intel engine. Up to four times the speed of the PowerBook G4. Eight times the graphics bandwidth. With built-in iSight for instant video conferencing on the move. And Front Row with Apple Remote to dazzle everyone in the room. Wait no more. MacBook Pro starts at just $1999.
Intel Core Duo
New engine, same soul

This is the first Mac notebook built upon the revolutionary new Intel Core Duo — which is actually two processors (up to 2.16GHz) engineered onto a single chip. It provides 2MB of Smart Cache, L2 cache that can be shared between both cores as needed. It delivers higher performance in 2D and 3D graphics, video editing, and music encoding. And the new engine is only part of the story. MacBook Pro has a frontside bus and memory that, at 667MHz, runs faster than any previous Mac notebook. It’s the first Mac notebook with PCI Express, a Serial ATA hard drive and the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 for superfast graphics performance.

Live Preview on DSLR Camera

2006-02-13T21:42:00.000-08:00

The new E-330 Evolt DSLR from Olympus has a lot of pro photogs either drooling on or scoffing at its new Live View mode that lets you get live color previews of shots with your LCD instead of having to rely on the viewfinder. LetsGoDigital has a preview of the camera and they like what they see, especially the Live View mode which comes in two flavors: normal Live View and Macro Live View, the latter of which allows full manual focus control, 100% field of view, and the ability to enlarge sections of the displayed image by 10x. The 2.5-inch LCD also tilts up and down to allow better angels while shooting, so all that's left to find out now is how those 7.5 megapixel images turn out, but otherwise it looks like we have quite the feature-rich DSLR among us, with perks for both the pro and casual user.

From Engadget

SonyEricsson W950i

2006-02-13T21:30:00.000-08:00

It’s 15 mm thick
It has 4 GB flash drive
It has 240 x 320 pixel display
It’s 3G ready

It’s the upcoming SonyEricsson W950i

Toshiba Has HD-DVD-R Ready for Mass Production

2006-02-11T02:17:00.000-08:00

The time has come for Toshiba and Nec, the main backers of HD-DVD format to announce they're ready for write-once HD-DVD-R disc mass production.

Their discs can store 15 GB of data, and should be available for the consumers in the first half of the next year, by the same time that HD-DVD recorders and PC drives will be also on the market.

As we all know, HD-DVD fights in a tight competition with Blu-ray for the “format of the future” title, that also means a multibillion dollar market as a price for the winner.

Similar blue laser technology stays at the core of both formats, as the blue laser has a shorter wavelength than the red lasers used in current DVD equipment, allowing discs to store data at higher densities needed for high-definition TV and movies.

The advantage that HD-DVD-R disc has over its main competitor, the Blu-ray disc is it has the same disc structure as the classic DVD and thus can be manufactured by using the same production lines. This, for the DVD manufacturers, means they can start HD-DVD-R mass production at full speed, right away, with not much additional cost. A replacement stamper is needed of course and the old dye must be replaced with blue-light sensitive, resin dye. The new dye was developed in a joint project of Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media/Verbatim and Toshiba Corporation.

But at the same time, Blu-ray competitor has its own advantages, like superior storing capacity. Toshiba claims it works at this aspect also, but moving from single-layer discs that are written at 1x speed, to dual-layer 30GB discs could take several years, its spokespersons said. Toshiba promised to introduce 20GB HD-DVD-RW discs by this time next year.

So far, the Blu-ray Disc Association and the HD DVD Promotion Group have refused to compromise to a unified hybrid format for the future DVD.

Lets wait who will win this competition and the price is settled.

Safer Surfing with Firefox

2006-02-10T17:22:00.000-08:00

"But we can say that users will have a safer experience [surfing] with Firefox."

Read it at http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060210/tc_cmp/179102616

More than that, it can block unwanted images & ads on webpages like this.

So click here to get your Firefox.

Can your PC handle Vista ?

2006-02-10T17:12:00.000-08:00

Roughly half of today's PCs won't be able to take advantage of the "Aero Glass" compositor found within Microsoft's upcoming Vista software, due at the end of this year.

Wow, that's a lot of PC. And mine will never run Vista. Seems like Microsoft pushing people to upgrade their PC's. But for me, as long as my PC is fine, I won't upgrade it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

complete story at http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1925173,00.asp

hello world

2006-02-10T17:04:00.000-08:00

just say hi :D