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2012-06-24T00:17:00.003+05:30

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Future Design Laptop ROLLTOP

2012-06-21T23:03:00.002+05:30

Future Design Laptop ROLLTOP (Being Developed)

Rolltop is a portable computer development concept for designer, architect and everyone, who would like to have a gadget, which, from an aesthetic standpoint alone, certainly hits the mark. By virtue of the OLDE-Display technology and a multitouchscreen the utility of a laptop computer with its weight of a mini-notebook and screen size of 13 inch easily transforms into the graphics tablet, which with its 17-inch flat screen can be also used as a primary monitor due to the support attached to the back of the screen.

The stylus, power adapter and USB ports are all on a detachable stand while the other standard accompaniments such as the mouse, keyboard, webcam and power cable are integrated beautifully into the Rolltop itself. And the OLED display also means a much lower power consumption and an "outstanding" battery life.

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Lamborghini Gallardo Review

2012-01-23T18:55:00.002+05:30

This two seat coupe is a high performing vehicle that can deliver exceptional speed. The design of the car is bound to attract a great deal of attention. The car has been introduced in the ultra luxury segment of vehicles and has become quite popular with the rich class of customers.

Although it's probably difficult for most people to think of a $200,000 automobile as "affordable," that's the position the Lamborghini Gallardo finds itself in within the Lambo product lineup. But no matter -- sports cars with exotic looks and the performance to match have a built-in ownership audience.

Since its introduction, the mission for this "baby Lamborghini" has been to maintain the style and attitude of Lamborghini's 12-cylinder cars but be more livable in everyday use. It's been a successful strategy, as there's been no shortage of takers who rightly lust after such a usable and alluring sports car. In fact, the Gallardo has become this Italian automaker's best-selling model ever.

Lamborghini Gallardo Specification

The exotic Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 is currently available in a coupe body style and as a spyder convertible. The name LP560-4 refers to its engine position ("longitudinale posteriore" or longitudinal rear), its European horsepower measurement (560 ps) and that all four wheels are powered. There are also two lightweight versions: the LP 570-4 Superleggera coupe and LP 570-4 Spyder PerformanteThe Gallardo LP560-4 is powered by a 5.0-liter V10 good for 552 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed manual transmission with gated metal shifter is standard, while an automated six-speed sequential-shift manual transmission known as e-gear is optional. The LP570-4 models benefit from some clever tuning to produce 562 hp and 398 lb-ft of torque. The e-gear transmission is standard. Expect 0-60 times in the high 3-second range for the LP560-4 and

Lamborghini Gallardo Mileage

The car delivers mileage of around 3km/litre in the city while the mileage on the highway is around 5 km/litrethe low 3-second range for the LP570-4.

Design

In terms of layout and design, the Lamborghini Gallardo is a true exotic. To keep weight down, the chassis is a composite blend of alloy stampings, extrusions and castings. And except for the traditionally opening steel doors (no scissors), the exterior is constructed of thermoplastic-formed panels. To further reduce weight, the Superleggera and Spyder Performante receive carbon-fiber exterior and interior components, polycarbonate rear and side windows and lighter 19-inch wheels.

Inside, the Gallardo's handsome furnishings sublimely marry form with function and offer a surprising level of comfort for a vehicle of this type. Credit is certainly due to the influence of parent company Audi, whose expertise with interior design has been of no small benefit since the Volkswagen Group purchased Lamborghini in the late 1990s. The impact is obvious given the precisely fitting leather and soft-touch materials.

Despite the fact that this is an exotic sports car, seating is comfortable enough to accommodate the occasional road trip. Though not as flamboyant as its extroverted exterior, the interior styling still befits a vehicle in this price range. Storage space is tight, though, with a minimal amount of room available behind the seats and in the nose-mounted trunk

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Lamborghini Reventon Review

2012-01-23T16:01:00.002+05:30

Lamborghini has come a long way since corporate parents Audi produced their current Murcielago and Gallardo-based lineup, and the Italian automaker has since stepped up with an even more exclusive, seven figure ultra supercar, the Reventon.Based on the Murcielago LP640, the Lamborghini Reventon will enjoy a limited run of only 20 units, and I was lucky enough to spend a day testing the only one currently in existence just outside of Bologna, Italy. How does this $1.4 million, 211 mile per hour supercar make the LP640 seem downright pedestrian by comparison? Read on to find out.

Lamborghini Reventon Specifications

The Lamborghini Reventon review indicates that the design of the car was created when engineers at Lamborghini wanted to create a dramatic variation of the Murcielago. The exclusivity of this vehicle can be gauged from the fact that only 20 of these beautiful beasts were created and all were sold out. The car comes with a 6496cc, 12-cylinder, V12 petrol engine and this can generate power of 640 bhp at 8000 rpm along with peak torque of 660 Nm at 6000 rpm.

The length of the car is 4610mm and its width is 2058mm while its height is 1135mm.The exterior design of the car is made from CFC which is a carbon fibre material. The car has rigid tubular steel frame chassis. The car comes with 6-speed manual transmission. The top speed of the car is 340 km/hr and it can reach 0 to 100 km/hr in just 3.3 seconds.

The Lamborghini Reventon has double wishbone suspension with adjustable hydraulic shocks and anti roll bars along with anti squat and anti dive features. The brake system of the car includes large ventilated discs. The kerb weight of the car is 1665 kgs and it has fuel tank limit of 100 litres.

Lamborghini Reventon Mileage

As per the Lamborghini Reventon review the car can deliver mileage of 2.5 km/litre in the city while the mileage on the highway is around 4 km/litre.

Lamborghini Reventon Interiors

The car has exterior lighting that features Bi-Xenon headlights and seven LEDs on each side along with as many as nine diodes as indicators as well as hazard lights. The rear portion of the car also has heatproof LEDs used for rear indicators and hazard lights. The interiors of the car draw its inspiration from the interiors of aircraft cockpits. The interiors have three LCD screens that display information that the driver may need.

The instruments in the car are cased in solid aluminium block structure and this is protected by carbon fiber casing. The car also has a new G-Force meter that displays dynamic drive forces and longitudinal acceleration in braking as well as in accelerating. The meter also displays transversal acceleration experienced in bends. The different forces are displayed through the indicator movement.

Now, it probably isn’t as bad as it looks, especially at first glance. But once you take a minute and start examining the car, you’ll notice that a lot of what makes the car look the way it does is the elements found in the aforementioned supercars. The front end looks like a dysfunctional marriage between an Enzo and a Reventon, the interior seating lay-out looks to have been ripped out of a McLaren F1 – except that this one looks far more cramped - and don’t even get us started on why those taillights look suspiciously like the ones found on the G35. It’s because they are!

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2012-01-23T15:42:00.001+05:30

Huawei Ascend P1 S Review

2012-01-23T14:56:00.001+05:30

The Consumer Electronics Show 2012 witnessed the launch of the Huawei Ascend P1 and Ascent P1 S smartphones. Both of them offer Super AMOLED screens along with thinnest chassis ever in the market. The Chinese device manufacturer, Huawei, has termed these devices as the world's slimmest smartphones.

Huawei's Ascend P1 comes in two flavors - the P1 and P1 S. Both offer the same features but where the slimline P1 S gets a 1,670 mAh battery, the P1 is a slightly thicker 7.69 mm (0.3 in) thanks to a 1,800 mAh battery. Aside from the battery, both models have the same specs, which includes a 4.3-inch 960 x 540 pixel Super AMOLED touch display, 1.5 GHz dual core TI OMAP 4460 Cortex A9 processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB onboard memory, 5.1 surround sound capabilities, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA support, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with backlight illuminated sensor and 1080p HD video capture capabilities, and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video calls.

Both quad-band GSM phones will come running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and feature a PPVD back cover coating designed to dissipate heat. They will come in metallic black, ceramic white and cherry-blossom pink when released in Europe, the Asia-Pacific, North America, Australia, the Middle East and China from April 2012, with additional colors also on the way. Huawei hasn't yet revealed pricing or potential carriers for the phones.

Huawei also announced the Ascend P1, an almost similar unit except for its size and battery power. With the launch of these new phones, the image of Huawei with its American consumers is about to take a change from its long standing ‘low cost’ and ‘budget’ notion.

The two phones will start shipping in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, China, Australia, and the Middle East in April. Options for colors include metallic black, cherry blossom pink, ceramic white, and more.

Huawei's Ascend P1Keyfeatures

Dual-Core Processor TI OMAP 4460 Cortext-A9 1.5 GHz

SGX GPU 540

QHD AMOLED Display and Super Gorilla Glass 4.3-inch 960 × 540 pixels resolution

Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

1 GB of RAM

8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash and video recording Full HD 1080p

Front camera 1.3 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording

GSM / GPRS / EDGE, UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA

WiFi b / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0 HS

1,800 mAh battery

   Huawei's Ascend P1 price list

               INR:Rs 26000

   USD:$600 approx

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Sony Xperia SmartWatch Review

2012-01-23T14:23:00.001+05:30

During CES 2012 Sony Ericsson had a new accessory to show off in the form of a new Bluetooth watch that can apparently play nicely with most Android smartphones running Android 2.1 and above and is called the Sony SmartWatch, so one can assume that Sony has now dropped the Ericsson part of the name.

The device itself is connected to your handset via Bluetooth and can answer calls, play music, act as a notifier, and allows the user to check on their social networks such as Twitter and Facebook and all done by a new app running on your phone and controlling the SmartWatch.With typical usage the battery life of the Sony SmartWatch is said to last four days, which seems very reasonable to me, the device sports a capacitive touch screen that works well although when asleep you need to tap the side button to wake it up.

Alongside its Sony Xperia Ion and Xperia S Android smartphones, Sony also used CES to launch its new Xperia Watch, the latest attempt at a connected watch.

The Xperia watch features a 1.3 inch OLED 128x128 resolution display and is designed to connect to Sony's Xperia Arc S (the latest Xperia smartphone) via Bluetooth. This allows you to use the watch to answer calls, read texts, control music, interact with certain apps like Facebook and Twitter, and even check weather reports.

Among the coolest (or most pointless - but aren't many of the coolest things in life?) is the ability to see the view through your phone's camera on the watch. The usefulness of this might be debatable but it works pretty well.

Crucially the watch actually looks pretty good. It's slim at just 8mm thick, and is only 36mm square. It also feels well built with a glass screen and metal chassis and buttons, and a comfortable (if sweat-enhancing) silicone strap. It also weighs just 15.5g.

It’s still dependent on connection to an Android phone via Bluetooth for all of its functionality, and that’s where the missing the mark bit comes in. Unlike the MotoACTV or even the iPod nano, the Xperia Smartwatch has no memory of its own. It can’t play music by itself, it simply controls music streamed from your phone. Though it runs some flavor of Android, it’s little more than a dumb terminal.

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BlackBerry Torch 9860 Review

2012-01-22T23:58:00.002+05:30

What is BlackBerry?

The most exceedingly common observation about the Torch is that it's very much still a BlackBerry. Despite the gloss-speckled new BlackBerry 6 software, despite the retro-quirky slider anatomy, it's a BlackBerry. Well, what is a BlackBerry?

BlackBerry, in the beginning, was a glorified two-way pager. It's slowly evolved from that decade-old core into what it is today. Like Microsoft Office, a lot of people might use it at home, but it's mostly designed for its corporate base. What BlackBerry tends to be good at, and what BlackBerry users love about them clearly exposes those corporate-tinged roots: well-designed hardware keyboards, push email (routed through RIM's servers), BlackBerry Messenger (a robust, addictive BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry instant messaging service), communications security and encryption (see: Obama, Saudi Arabia, UAE). What it's not been good at: basically everything else. I mean, if you want to highlight the philosophical difference between RIM and say, Apple, consider that RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis brags about how carriers love BlackBerrys because they conserve bandwidth, while Apple told AT&T to screw itself when the carrier suggested making the YouTube app less awesome for users by eating less data.

Introduction to BlackBerry 9860

No QWERTY keyboard, no SurePress clickable screen gimmickry, the BlackBerry Torch 9860 is taking the plunge. Not the first time that RIM are venturing into touchscreen but they're past the point of no return with this one. The BlackBerry Torch 9860 will walk among deadly droids and iPhones - probably the most hostile of environments in smartphone land.

No wonder RIM are extra cautious. They had a couple of scouts in touchscreen territory that didn't return. The Storm phones were exposed despite their SurePress disguise. Now, this time RIM are not beating the drum. Their first real touch-only phone doesn't seem to warrant its own name. It's simply a regular team member. A keyboardless model in the Torch lineup.

We bet any of the Storms would kill to be in its place rather than a footnote in BlackBerry history. A history heading towards tablets, history in which the likes of the Torch 9860 will be playing an increasingly greater role.

The BlackBerry 9860 is a perfectly competent handset with a smart design, easy to use interface, and a healthy selection of features. However, when compared to the competition, it's hard to know exactly who the BlackBerry 9860 is going to appeal to. For your average man on the street, mid-range Android handsets beat it for price and features (if not build), and have a much better stocked app store. And it certainly doesn't have the might to take on the likes of the iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy S II. This only leaves the corporate market and BlackBerry fans. With regards the former, the touchscreen form factor may not sit well with the majority of users, particularly when the typing experience isn't quite good enough. Likewise, don't BlackBerry fans buy them primarily for the keyboard anyway? Whatever the case, this certainly isn't a bad phone, just not one we'd outright recommend.

BlackBerry's latest OS 7 and the real-deal touchscreen experience will help the Torch 9860 find a niche of its own. Not that BlackBerry purists will ever get over the lack of a physical keyboard, but the Torch 9860 is not looking at them.

Instead, it has plenty to offer to long-term BlackBerry users with a taste for experiment. The Torch 9860 is part of a new generation of 1.2GHz-powered phones running the latest OS 7. It promises a new touchscreen experience and better specs across the board.

In case you wonder though about QWERTY in the list of cons - it felt right to sound a warning to traditional BlackBerry users. It's too radical a change. So, the Torch 9860 will have a massive point to prove. You can take the QWERTY out of a messenger but never the messenger out of a BlackBerry. Coming up next is our pros and cons list, so let's get down to business

Key features:

3.7" 16M-color TFT touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
Quad-band GSM support and quad-band 3G with HSDPA
Single-core 1.2GHz QC8655 processor
768MB RAM
BlackBerry OS v7
BlackBerry’s proprietary email service and data security
Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity
GPS receiver and BlackBerry maps preloaded, digital compass
5 megapixel camera with autofocus and a LED flash
HD video recording, 720p@30fps
2.5GB of inbuilt storage
4GB MicroSD card prebundled
Optical trackpad
Four physical buttons at the bottom
Solid build
Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
DivX and Xvid video support
Office document editor
3.5 mm audio jack
Smart dialing
Ultra-fast boot times

BlackBerry Torch 9860 Prices

Price in India: RS 31400

Price in US: $ 595

Price in UK: £ 370

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Sony erriscon XPERIA S Review

2012-01-22T23:58:00.000+05:30

Sony XPERIA S is now in market…

The Xperia S builds on Sony’s existing, impressive design standards that were set when it was working with Ericsson. The S feels like a pleasingly solid block in the hand, with a curved back and a distinctive plastic strip separating its buttons from the main screen.That 4.3” screen, indeed, is probably the single best feature of the phone, offering 720p HD resolution and looking as impressive playing movies as any phone elsewhere on the market. A 12MP camera is an excellent complement, and Sony is trumpeting its fast response times. In use, they seemed much better than many rival smartphones, but not class-leading.

The Xperia S is the first handset to come out of Sony, who bought out the Ericsson part of Sony Ericsson couple of months ago.And as such, the device has been highly anticipated since its announcement at CES 2012. UK users will be glad to find out that the Xperia S is scheduled to be released on January 30. Initially, it was believed that the handset will be ready for customers to buy no earlier than March 9.Currently, the Xperia S can be found on pre-order at Play.com for £450, which also happens to be the cheapest offer around. Clove and Ebuyer also have the device on pre-order.

The 1.5GHz processor, however, feels particularly fast, and 32GB of storage should be plenty for most users. This is a nicely designed, well specced device.Where the S disappoints, however, is in its operating system – it will launch in March with Android 2.3, Sony says, but an update to 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, will follow shortly. Until then, Sony’s opinion-polarising proprietary skin will add some modern feel to the device. It’s worth pointing out, to be fair to Sony, that they are not alone in using the older version of Android, and only a few users will actually miss the additional features.

An HDMI-out port and NFC support complete the package – there’s nothing here that’s radical, but the Xperia S is a handset that is premium without being ostentatious, and it marks the beginning of a new era for Sony. With access to the Sony Entertainment Network, it has a focus on music and films that other devices lack – this decent phone bodes well for Sony’s future as a major mobile phone player. Elsewhere you'll get NFC, DLNA, HMDI, and Bravia Sync. The Xperia S is also PlayStation Certified as you might expect.

The Xperia S scores on 3 counts: Sound, video and display technology. It is built to give competition to phone such as the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the iPhone 4S. While the Xperia S is expected to hit the US markets in mid-2012, we hope that it can make an appearance in India at least by September.

Xperia S features:

4.3 inch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine with HD resolution screen (1280 x 720), as well as front (720p) and back (1080p) cameras for HD recording.
1.5GHz dual-core processor for fast browsing and content download, which can be stored on the internal 32GB flash storage.
12MP back camera with Sony Exmor R™ for mobile along with Fastest Capture to take shots in just 1.5 seconds directly from standby mode. Front-facing camera with 1.3 MP.
NFC (Near Field Communications) enabled to access growing range of NFC applications and services as well as Xperia SmartTags.
With HD sharing through DLNA, HDMI and using BRAVIA Sync for controlling your Xperia S with your TV remote control when connected to the TV, Xperia™ S delivers a full HD experience on TV.
PlayStation™ Certified, that guarantees a high quality smartphone gaming experience and access to the PlayStation® Store.

    Xperia S will be available globally from the first quarter 2012 and will be available in 2 colors; black and white. Android 4.0 is promised and will reach the phones in the second quarter of the year.

Price details comming soon ........

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Samsung Galaxy S III Review

2012-01-22T22:04:00.000+05:30

Thanks to the phenomenally popular Galaxy range, Samsung is now the biggest smart phone maker on the planet. All eyes will be on whether its flagship S3 handset, which pretty much everyone expects to be unveiled at February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will give Apple something to chew on prior to the launch of the iPhone 5.Will Samsung take this opportunity to break its fixation with black rectangles and deliver something completely different? Or will it be steady-as-she-goes with just power, speed and feature upgrades? Read on for all the latest gossip and speculation

Thenext-generation Galaxy S handset will also apparently feature an astonishing display resolution of 1280 x 1024, a powerful 2.0GHz quad core processor, with 1.5GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The phone is said to come fitted with a near-field communication (NFC) chip, which will allow tap-and-go payments and remote data transfer.

That the Galaxy S3 will be running the latest Android 4.0 operating system -- Ice Cream Sandwich -- is all but given. The real question is what Samsung is planning for the TouchWiz skin, now that Android 4.0 has stolen the thunder of features like resizeable widgets and easy screen grabs.

The pop-up mini apps are likely to expand to include more features -- and perhaps a task manager that actually works this time. Another welcome step forward would be taking Samsung's clunky Social Hub off one of the home screens, letting you access basic updates and post anywhere you find yourself. Samsung is rather pleased with its various hubs though, so we're not holding our breath.The guts are rumoured to be Samsung's quad-core ARM A9-based Exynos 4212 chipset, clocked at a ferocious 1.8GHz. That alone would make it one of the fastest phones around (and nearly twice as fast as the iPhone 4S), but Samsung is also claiming hefty speed boosts on graphics and battery-friendly power-saving features.

The S3 will take a leap in multi-tasking prowess. It's likely to be the first smart phone to boast 2GB of RAM, and will come with a generous 32GB of storage. Those specs will make the phone a total powerhouse capable of performing tasks many laptops would struggle with. We're sincerely hoping it's true -- we're already excited about subjecting it to our benchmark tests.Samsung's vice president of product innovation waxed lyrical on its future phones at CES this year, promising "all-day batteries". A quad-core processor and a massive crystal-clear screen will drain the power faster than we drain a beer glass on Friday afternoon, so we're desperately hoping Samsung addresses the appalling battery life of its phones. Whether we see any new technology implemented on the S3, or on future editions, remains to be seen.

key Features of Samsung Galaxy S3:

Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0
4.5-inches Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen Display
NVidia’s Kal-El 1.8 GHz Dual-core processor
32GB Internal storage memory
1.5GB of RAM
Scratch Resistant Surface
12 MP Primary Camera
secondary camera available
Expandable with
2250 mAh battery
9mm inch thick body

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Motorola Razr Droid Review

2012-01-22T20:20:00.002+05:30

At one point not too long ago, high-end Android powered smartphones were considered to be a rarity in the landscape, but in the last couple of years alone, it seems we've been inundated by them – to the point that the market was over-saturated. In fact, it seemed like every month (even weeks), some kind of high-end device was being announced or launched, which made it very difficult for consumers to separate the great from the greatest. Looking back at it now, there's no arguing that we've been jaded by it all, since our expectations have become rather cutthroat in what is perceived to be a game changing device.

Combining two of the most memorable brand names in phone history, the Motorola DROID RAZR is bent on establishing itself as the poster child of tomorrow's next-generation Android smartphone selection. On one hand, it follows in the same stylistic manner that made people fall in love with the original Motorola RAZR from back in the day – thanks to its insane razor thin profile construction. Meanwhile, it doesn't skimp out from what we've seen already in the past, considering that it's packed to the brim with some cutting-edge technology to make it one drool-worthy smartphone – like its 4G LTE connectivity, Super AMOLED display, and dual-core processor.

Design:

Game changing! That perfectly sums up the overall design of the Motorola DROID RAZR seeing that it flaunts one of the most compelling handset designs in recent memory. We're not kidding about that, because going forward, all other smartphones have to live up to its mark.

Aesthetically, it combines the designs of the Motorola DROID X series and the PHOTON 4G, but it's able to dramatically separate itself from them thanks to its remarkable razor thin construction. Right off the bat, we're mesmerized by its 0.28" (7.1mm) thickness – making it the thinnest smartphone on the market. However, it's not uniform because of the hump towards the top where the camera sensors are placed. Regardless of that, it's an incredible engineering masterpiece to behold considering that it packs 4G LTE connectivity. And to complement its svelte appearance, it's by far one of the lightest smart phones in its size category.

Look & Feel

We have already gotten through the point that the Motorola Razr is a very slim phone, for most purposes. However, while it is slim, there is a problem that we hadn’t envisaged - the phone feels too big! While it is a 4.3-inch display - same as the HTC Sensation XE and the Samsung Galaxy SII, the bezel around the display makes it the thickest among all three. And is the tallest when standing vertically.

Below the display are four touch sensitive keys - Options, Home, Return and Search. You can hardly see the 1.3MP video chat camera above the display, hidden away nicely in the dark coloured bezel. On the top spine is the 3.5mm headphone jack, the micro USB port and the mini HDMI out. The right spine has the power key (silver in colour) and the volume rocker below it. Since the battery bay isn't accessible, Motorola has allowed access to the SIM card slot and the microSD card slot on the left spine. There are two problems here, though. First, the flap that opens to allow access to these two slots is quite flimsy. It is the only plasticky bit on this phone, and while the rest of the phone is extremely classily built, this just feels very cheap. And it doesn’t stay down while you are inserting the SIM or the memory card - has to be held down with a finger during the entire process. Secondly, the review unit that we received did not indicate how the micro SIM card is supposed to go in - connectors at the bottom or the connectors at the top. We learnt it the hard way when we slid it in with the connectors (golden coloured bit) facing downward, while it was supposed to go in the other way round.

Motorola RAZR Key Features

Powered by Android 2.3.6, Gingerbread
Dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 1GB RAM for a fast user interface and multi-tasking
8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p HD video capture and image stabilization technology for crisp and clear videos
Front-facing HD camera for video chat over 3G or Wi-Fi
KEVLAR^® fiber for strength and Corning^®
Gorilla^® Glass for scratch resistance
Water repellent coating protects the phone, and even the inside components, against everyday spills
Comes in Shadow Black or Glacier white
Preloaded with the Motorola MotoCast^™ app gives you the power to stream or download content from your PC straight toyour device so your personal content is always within reach¹
Remote wipe, pin lock and government-grade encryption for email, calendar and contacts as well as voice and video chat conferencing
Use Quickoffice^® to view, create and edit Microsoft^® Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on your mobile device from anywhere at anytime
Bluetooth^® 4.0 low energy
32 GB memory: 16 GB on board and 16 GB microSD^™ card pre-installed (actual formatted capacity is less)
Powerful 1780 mAh battery

Without doubt, the new Razr looks absolutely fantastic. Manages to pack in a lot of power in what Motorola calls "the world's slimmest phone". While it isn't bullet proof, you can still boast about the Kevlar layer on the rear panel! The only thing we say going against it is the price, when up against the likes of the Samsung Galaxy SII and the HTC Sensation, all offering similar performance. Maybe it’s the looks!

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Alienware Aurora (Gaming Pc) Review

2012-01-22T17:20:00.001+05:30

With the trend full-on toward lightweight notebook and netbook computing, it’s amazing to watch the occasional desktop PC climb back up (or would that be down?) the evolutionary ladder to re-emerge as a huge, hulking, expensive beast with as big an appetite for desktop real estate as electrical power. Alienware’s Aurora ALX, tipping the scales at 80 pounds in its shipping box, is one of these increasingly rare beings.

Bundle

The Alienware bundle is always something to admire with the large graphics and well packaged contents. An installation manual, Windows 7 backup DVD, Driver CD, DVI-HDMI adapter, Alienware badges were neatly packed together in a separate box for the accessories. An alienware TactX headphone set and a 21.5” monitor are also included in the package but were not present in our review bundle. The installation manual bears special mention as the faux leather binding and the metallic spiral rings combined with the glossy pages make you want to look inside at stuff which you would probably know anyway but still feels really good.

Looks and Build

Unpacking the Alienware was a feat in itself. Taking the 20 odd kilo beast out of the box and setting it up on our labs test area took quite an effort but in the end it was worth it. Sitting there, in all its glory in between the normal and mundane cabinets was the Aurora ready to tackle anything we'd throw at it. The jet black cabinet with the shiny and all too familiar alienware logo on the front panel had another surprise waiting for us. The logo interestingly doubles up as a button which unlocks the front panel sliding down to reveal the BluRay drive and all-in-one card reader. What really sets it apart (as if it wasn't already different enough) is the neon lighting housed around the various nooks and crannies.

Mouse: The TactX keyboard and mouse are among the best bundled input devices we have received in a long time. The hyper scroll toggle and profile changer along with the position of the laser might remind you of the Logitech G9X and rightfully so since the hardware is the same minus the customizable grips and weight system. The LCD display shows the current DPI setting which can easily be changed with the small keys present under the left mouse button. The non slip surface and rubberized grips on the side made gaming sessions a breeze and there were no cramps even after hours of usage. The mouse would have been perfect if not for the navigation keys on the left which were a bit too slim and the positioning might take time to get used to. One thing to remember is the teflon feet under the mouse aren't replaceable so they should be cleaned weekly.

Keyboard: They keyboard has really been designed very well. The smooth finish coupled with the right amount of resistance provided by the keys propelled it leagues ahead of the spongy keys of the Logitech G15/G110. Gaming keyboards are generally a nightmare for typing but the TactX keyboard is comfortable enough for some typing after a tiring stretch of hardcore gaming. The backlighting was really good and was visible even in a brightly lit environment although there was no toggle to adjust the brightness levels. All this this comes at the cost of the keyboard using up 2 USB slots but with the ample amount of slots present, it shouldn't be a problem.

Performance and Benchmarking

Simply put, there was nothing that was too big for the Aurora ALX as it blew through all our benchmarks with ease. Scoring an insane 22199 in 3DMark, 11809 in Geekbench and 2415 in Passmark, scores which are usually associated with 3D workstations should give you an idea of just how much sheer raw processing power is available. In games, the scores were equally amazing. We ran all the games at a resolution of 1920x1080/4xAA/8xAF starting with Lost Planet: Colonies Edition at DX10, garnering a score of 93FPS. We wanted to run Lost Planet 2 but there are some compatibility issues with crossfire X. We used the Far Cry 2 DX10 benchmark, setting all the features to ultra high and ran the long ranch demo which scored 100FPS. The recently released Final Fantasy XIV benchmark resulted in a score of 14,585 which equals to lag-free performance no matter what is present on the screen. Crysis: Warhead, a relatively old game which at the time brought even the highest end Pc to its knees was very playable with a constant 57FPS. Mafia 2, a DX11 game ran at 68FPS although we couldn’t turn on the PhysX settings since it is exclusive to Nvidia cards. Lastly, we ran Dark Void which delivered an amazing 165 FPS. To make a long story short, everything was blown out of the water in terms of playability. To say this system is powerful is an understatement. As of right now, most games use a 32 bit architecture and don’t use more than 4GB RAM. But memory intensive tasks like video editing, graphic designing, multitasking, file extraction will greatly benefit from the 24GB RAM.

Special Features

The Aurora ALX has an active thermal venting system which automatically dissipates the heat when it crosses a particular threshold situated at the top in the shape of louvered fins. Some games with a “plays best on alienware” in their intro like Dark Void make creative usage of the neon lighting system by constantly tweaking and changing the colours. The effects really set the mood, especially in a dark room and is not just a gimmick. The ever present alienware command center software can be used to change the lighting, change power settings and even set macros for the keyboard. Taking this a step further, the lighting can be customized for each of the the 7 individual regions on the cabinet by changing, merging or even make the colours pulsate. The most interesting feature was when we opened up the cabinet and the lighting kicked in making it incredibly convenient to check out the system and as such should be made mandatory in all cabinets. The fact that these were rechargeable lights made it even better and they will work without any power.

Bottom line

Alienware has done away with the garish and overly loud systems of yore and come up with a design that is both stylish and cool without sacrificing their distinct “Alienware” look and in the process have evolved. Definitely recommended for people with a lot of cold, hard cash to throw away on a very powerful PC that will last them for years.

Specifications:

Motherboard: Intel® X58 mATX Motherboard
Processor: Intel® Core i7X 980x (3.33GHz/12MB cache)
Operating System: Windows® 7 Ultimate x64
Main Memory: 24GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333Mhz (9-9-9-24 timing)
Display: Alienware 21.5” monitor
Video Graphics & Memory: Dual AMD 5870 Radeon CrossfireX @ 2GB DDR5
Hard Drive: 2x 320GB @ 10,000rpm
Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi Double Layer
Front I/O Ports: (2x) High-Speed USB 2.0, Firewire IEEE 1394, Microphone In, Headphone/Speaker Out
Rear I/O Ports: eSATA, RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet, (6x) High-Speed USB 2.0, Firewire IEEE 1394, Microphone In, Line-In, 7.1/5.1/2.1 Speaker input, SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK), SPDIF Digital Output (Coax)
Weight: 21 kg

Price $4,249

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New Mac Mini Review

2012-01-22T15:56:00.001+05:30

The new Mac mini.
Now up to 2x faster, it’s mini in size only.

Mac mini is even more of a powerhouse, thanks to new dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, discrete AMD Radeon HD graphics, and ultrafast Thunderbolt technology. It also comes with OS X Lion, the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. And Mac mini with Lion Server now features a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor for incredible performance. But it’s as easy as ever to set up and run.

When the Mac mini first arrived on the scene, it was in many ways a tool for Apple to attract Windows users and get them to switch to Apple. Since then, it's still been an occasional switcher tool but is now increasingly used for home theaters and servers. With a Core i5 and even optional dedicated graphics in the 2011, the tiny computer is poised to grow even larger. But will the lack of an optical drive set it back? Read our 2011 Mac mini review to find out.

Since then, it has still played that role, and continues to be sold without peripherals. It has also evolved into what many consider to be the ideal home theater PC. The latest iteration of the Mac mini has now arrived, and not without controversy. It takes a huge leap forward in speed with Intel’s second-generation Core-series processors. The 2.5GHz Core i5 Mac mini we've reviewed also sports a first for discrete graphics chip that opens the door to gaming for the first time. But without an optical drive, it's a major gamble on the future of software and that price trumps a DVD drive.

Design and expansion

The Mac mini itself is classic Apple. It revolves around a minimalist, industrial design with a now seamless unibody enclosure borrowed from the previously server-only edition; it's one of the few small form factor computers that looks attractive, not just functional. Underneath the device is a circular cover that is designed to be twisted off to allow you to upgrade the RAM yourself. While we'd like to have the option to more readily replace the hard drive, having quick access to the memory is still appreciated. More adventurous owners can upgrade the drives if they like, although there's a good chance you'll void your warranty in the process as you empty a large part of the case.

On the back, the user is greeted by the same array of ports as on the 2010 model, with one major excpetion. There are four USB 2.0 ports -- USB 3.0 sadly remains missing -- as well as a FireWire 800 port, an SDXC card slot, audio out and line in jacks, and an HDMI port. In place of the pure Mini DisplayPort, however, is the Apple- and Intel-developed Thunderbolt port. While there's not as much expansion as on a tower PC, it's surprisingly good at accommodating most home users and even pros. Who'd have thought just a year ago that a Mac mini could handle an external, multi-disk array of solid-state drives as well as if it were inside the computer?

Performance: objective and subjective testsThe 2.5GHz Mac mini is well equipped to be a solid everyday computer, at least on paper. Apple claims that the 2.5GHz model outperforms the model it replaces by nearly double in both processing and graphics performance. After all, like the previous MacBook Air line, the previous Mac mini range was still lopsided but is now theoretically well-balanced for the price and the tiny design.

NO MORE OPTICAL DRIVE

And lastly, I can’t end this section without calling out the mini’s lack of an optical drive one more time. I’ve dinged Apple for not putting Blu-ray drives in its machines in every single Mac review I’ve written over the last few years, and it appears Cupertino’s finally upped the ante by just eliminating optical media entirely — yes, the Air’s never had an optical drive, but until this last revision it was never a credible primary machine. With the new Air and now the mini, it’s a bit more serious: Apple definitely expects some people will use these machines as their only computers, and no optical drive means the company is fully committed to the idea that everything — music, movies, and now apps and even OS upgrades — will come down your broadband connection.

Mac mini Key Features

Dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (2.3GHz model); dual-core Intel Core i5 or i7 processor (2.5GHz model); quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Mac mini with Lion Server)
Discrete AMD Radeon HD graphics (2.5GHz model)
Thunderbolt I/O technology for lightning-fast data transfer and daisy-chaining up to six peripherals, including the new Apple Thunderbolt Display
Removable panel that makes adding memory quick and easy
Works with almost any display, keyboard, and mouse
HDMI port and included HDMI to DVI Adapter for connecting your HDTV
OS X Lion

Summary

Unlike the new MacBook Air, the new processors in the Mac mini don’t suddenly make it a dramatically different kind of product; if the new Air with Lion represents Apple’s vision of what traditional computing should look like in 2011 and beyond, the new mini is more like a concession to the idea that perhaps not everyone else has quite caught up. It’s a tiny desktop PC that can go anywhere and hook up to nearly anything, and if that’s what you’re looking for you’ll leave extremely happy: the mini offers solid performance in a stunning case that’s unmatched in the industry. Just make sure you spring for a Magic Trackpad — and maybe a standalone Blu-ray player while you’re at it

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HTC Titan II Review

2012-01-22T12:49:00.004+05:30

HTC has announced the massive Titan II Windows Phone at CES. Suffice it to say, Nokia's Lumia 900 is going to have some competition for best Windows Phone when they launch.The big news here is Titan II's 16 megapixel camera, which is easily twice as many as most competing phones, and a 25% more than Sony's recently announced super phone, the Xperia S.

In the last year, HTC has stepped up its game in the camera department. First, there was the T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, which wowed us with its excellent image quality, intuitive camera interface and wide variety of advanced shooting features. HTC followed up with another camera-centric phone for T-Mobile, the HTC Amaze, which added the BurstShot and a few extra shooting modes. HTC extended this to its Windows Phones, starting with the HTC Titan and following up with the HTC Titan 2.

   According to Jeff Gordon, the online communications manager for HTC, the company wanted to find a way to differentiate itself in the Windows Phone world. Microsoft doesn’t allow overlays (like HTC Sense) and requires certain hardware specs and features. The one area where there is some flexibility, however, is the camera and camera user interface.

The 16-megapixel camera has a F2.6 aperture, which is ideal for shooting in low light environments. It also has a backlit illuminated sensor. The camcorder can shoot up to 720p resolution video. Since the Titan 2 has a single core processor, it can’t support 1080p HD video capture.
   Like the Amaze and Touch 4G Slide, the Titan 2 has a slew of shooting modes and advanced features. You get a couple of hip-looking filters (like a built-in Hipstamatic app), panorama mode, BurstMode (for taking multiple shots in succession), an image stabilizer and flicker adjustment. There are also white balance, saturation, contrast and sharpness controls. HTC has gone above and beyond any camera I’ve seen in terms of shooting modes. Candle Light, Backlight Portrait, Night Portrait, Beach and Text are just a few of the shooting modes. There are also quite a few camcorder modes like Vintage Warm (sepia-toned), Vintage Cold (like an old black and white movie), Overexposed and Blue Tint. The camera interface is also clean and easy to navigate.

KEY FEATURES OF HTC TITAN II

Company : HTC

ModeL : Titan 2

Announced : 2012, January

Status : Coming soon

Display : S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size : 480 x 800 pixels, 4.7 inches (~199 ppi pixel density)

Ringtones : Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Memory Slot : No

Internal : 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM

Data : GPRS, Class 32

EDGE : Class 32

Speed : HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA

Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

Camera : 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash

Features : Geo-tagging, BSI sensor, image stabilization, face detection

Video : Yes, 720p

Secondary : Yes, 1.3 MP

OS : Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Chipset : Qualcomm S2 Snapdragon

CPU : 1.5 GHz Scorpion

GPU : Adreno 205

Messaging : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email

Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps

Colors : Carbon Gray

Intentainment: – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player

– MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

– Facebook and Twitter integration

– YouTube client

– Document viewer/editor

– Voice memo

– Predictive text input

Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1,730 mAh

This has been an exciting show for Microsoft’s mobile operating system with the announcements of both the Titan 2 and the Nokia Lumia 900 on AT&T’s LTE 4G network. Finally, Windows Phone is getting enticing hardware--and its about darn time.

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Discover The Health Benefits of Noni(Morinda citrifolia)Super Fruit...Must see

2012-01-21T23:56:00.001+05:30

Morinda citrifolia L (Noni) hasbeen used in folk remedies by Polynesiansfor over 2000 years, and is reported to have a broad range of therapeutic effects, including antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antitumor, antihelmin,analgesic, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory, and immune enhancing effects. In order to reveal the nutritional and medicinal value of the Noni plant, and to summarize scientific evidence that supports the Polynesians’ claim, a literature review and recent advances in Noni research is given below.

INTRODUCTION

Herbal and natural products of folk medicine have been used for centuries in every culture throughout the world. Scientists and medical professionals have shown increased interest in this field as they recognize the truehealth benefits of these remedies. “Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food” was advised by the father of medicine, Hippocrates, over two millennia ago. It’s still true today that “you are what you eat.” Folk medicine in different cultures has a long history of ancestors creating primitive medicines during their struggles against natural calamity and disease.Tea is one of the first Chinese herbs mentioned in anncient literature. Tea supposedly originated in China, and was discovered to be an antidote for poisonous herbs by a great herbalist, Shen Nong, about 4700 years ago, when tasting unknown herbs to find plants with medicinal value. He is generally known as the “God of Agriculture” in China for his great achievements as both a pioneer and a leader in farming. His findings were compiled in a book in the Dong-Han dynasty (25-220AD) called “Shen Nong’s Herbs,” which isstill a classic herbal book today. While searching for food, the ancient found that some foods had specific properties of relieving or eliminating certain diseases, and maintaining good health. It wasthe beginning of herbal medicine. The same story occurred in Polynesia. Among the medicinal plants discovered by the ancestors of Polynesians, Morinda citrifolia L (Noni) is one of the traditional folk medicinal plants that has been used for over 2000 years in Polynesia .It has been reported to have a broad range of therapeutic and nutritional value.

Traditional Uses of Noni

Plant Part Used	Traditional Medicinal Uses
Leaves	Relieves cough, nausea, colic (Malaysia), tuberculosis, sprains, deep bruising, rheumatism, bone fractures, dislocations, hypertension, stomach ache, diabetes, loss of appetite, urinary tract ailments, abdominal swelling, hernias, vitamin A deficiency
Fruit	Lumbago, asthma, dysentery (Indochina), head lice (Hawaii), wound poultice, broken bones, sores or scabs, sore throat, peeling and cracking of toes and feet, cuts, wounds, abscesses, mouth and gum infections, toothaches, appetite and brain stimulant food, boils, carbuncles, tuberculosis, sprains, deep bruises, rheumatism, stomach ulcers, hypertension
Fruit	Regulate menstrual flow, urinary tract problems, arthritis
Stem	Jaundice, hypertension
Seed	Scalp insecticide, insect repellant
Flowers	Sties
Leaves, flowers, fruit, bark	Eye conditions, skin wounds, abscesses, gum and throat disease, respiratory ailments, constipation, fever, laxative

Key Components & Their Benefits
Proxeronine & Proxeroninase	The building blocks our bodies use to manufacture Xeronine. With nutrient-depleted foods, where these building blocks are not available, our proteins can become reliant on inadequate substitutes such as sugar, caffeine, cocaine, or nicotine to do their work. In returning Xeronine to the body, *Noni has been found to help break addictions* to these substances. By promoting optimal protein functioning, *Noni* promotes massive cellular regeneration and hormonal balance.
Scopoletin	Has anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, lowers blood pressure, and binds to serotonin to help regulate sleep, hunger and temperature.
Anthraquinone	Controls infectious bacteria such as Staphylococcus Aureus, E. Coli & Salmonella.
Damnacanthal	Inhibits growth of pre-cancerous cells.
Terpene	Helps with cell rejuvenation, thus increasing nutrient-toxin exchange.
Phytonutrients & Selenium	Provide powerful anti-oxidant protection against free radicals.
Rich in soluble and insoluble fiber	Soluble fiber helps cleanse the blood, decrease choloesterol, binds to fats and balances blood sugar levels. Insoluble fiber ("bulk") is important for colon health.
Rich in amino acids	Amino acids are the buildings blocks for proteins, important for most body functions. The "essential" amino acids are the ones our bodies cannot make and we therefore must get from our diet. *Noni contains 17 of the 20 known amino acids, including all 9 essential amino acids.*
Rich in essential fatty acids	Fatty acids are the building blocks of fats and oils. *The "essential" fatty acids in Noni are the important poly-unsaturated fats that we must get from our diet.* They maintain healthy skin, nerve cells, heart tissue and blood vessels and help balance mood. They keep cell membranes working properly and efficiently, improving the nutrient-toxin exchange.
Important Overall Characteristics
Adaptogen	An adaptogen is a substance that has a global balancing effect on all body systems. *There are only 12 known adaptogens; of these 12, Noni is said to be the "premiere" adaptogen.*
Alkaline	Tissues degrade and disease thrives in an acidic environment. *Noni promotes an alkaline body chemistry, the optimal state for good health.*
Anti-oxidant	Anti-oxidants, such as green tea, pycnogenol, and vitamin C, among others, are important in neutralizing "free radicals", or particles that cause DNA damage that can lead to cancer. Noni has recently been found to be the most effective of all known anti-oxidants.
Low Glycemic Index	A 3:1 ratio of carbohydates to fiber in *Noni helps balance blood sugar levels.*
*Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory andSelective Cox II Inhibitor*	Unlike typical pain relievers and anti-inflammatories, *Noni decreases pain and inflammation while protecting stomach, kidney, and liver cells.*
Humectant	As a humectant, *Noni helps tissues retain moisture.*
Immuno-Modulator	*Noni intelligently supports the immune system*, not just by boosting it, but by regulating it to suppress the allergic and auto-allergic responses.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM	INTERNAL DISORDERS	EYES, MOUTH & THROAT
Diarrhea	Diabetes	Eye infections
Intestinal Parasites	High Blood Pressure	Inflamed, sore gums
Indigestion	Headache	Sore throat with cough
Stomach Ulcers	Kidney and Bladder	Gingivitis
BONES & JOINTS	Tumors	Toothache
Arthritis	Fevers	CHEST
Broken Bones	GENDER-SPECIFIC	Cough
Sprains	Childbirth and Pregnancy	Tuberculosis
SKIN	Menstrual Cramps	Asthma
Abscesses, Boils, Blemishes	Regulate Menstruation	Respiratory Afflictions
Wounds, Infections	Prostate Complaints	TONIC TO SLOW AGIN

Roadable Aircraft Review

2012-01-21T00:21:00.000+05:30

At the very least, the flying car looks to us a lot closer to reality than our colony on Mars.

Designed to be a viable piece of transportation that's just as happy in the air as it is on the ground, the Transition comes loaded with all of the safety goodies of your standard economy car – airbags and crumple zones come standard. While Terrafugia hasn't exactly said what kind of top speed the Transition can carry on terra firma, it does say the craft gets around 30 mpg when scooting around town.

Should the weather turn sunny and the skies grow clear, however, the Transition can lower its wings, fire up a rear-mounted propeller and take to the air where it can carry a top speed of around 115 mph with a range of 460 miles. Not too shabby. The little carplane only requires an air strip of around 1/3 of a mile, and with its wings folded, can comfortably fit in any garage. Final MSRP is expected to be around $194,000.

For a refundable $10,000 deposit you can, today, reserve your Transition for an anticipated 2010 delivery. At that point you’ll need $194,000 to buy one of these flying cars outright.

You’ll also need a sport pilot license to operate a Transition. (Terrafugia will be offering Transition-specific courses that can qualify you for a license after 20 hours of flight time).This licensing requirement—along with regulations requiring Transition owners to take off from an airport and not from, say, an empty section of the Wal-Mart parking lot—has lead some to see the Transition less as a flying car and more as a glorified aircraft. Maybe so, but we think it’s a major step in that direction. Imagine some one who lives in Palo Alto, for example, but works across the Bay in Oakland.

This person could use the Transition to drive from a private residence to a nearby airport, take off, fly over all the car-clogging Bay Bridge, and land at an airport near the Oakland office. That’s an hour or more commute by car versus maybe 15 minutes with the Transition.

Further, future versions of the Transition may include under-vehicle thrusters that would allow the car-plane to take off vertically. And maybe that will lead to the creation of “air highways” and, perhaps, take-off sections of Wal-Mart parking lots.

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Orange Tahiti Android Tablet – Low Price, High Quality

2012-01-20T23:45:00.001+05:30

Orange Tahiti Android Tablet – Low Price, High Quality

Orange UK

Orange is the key brand of the France Telecom Group, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. With almost 131 million customers, the Orange brand now covers Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the Group operates.

In the UK, Orange provides high quality GSM coverage to 99% of the UK population, and 3G coverage to more than 93%. Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limit

The Tahiti is the first Orange branded Android tablet to be offered in the UK, available nationwide today
The lightweight Tahiti features a 7" multi-touch LCD screen and dual core 1.2GHz processor - perfect for users wanting to access multimedia content on the go
Available for £69.99 on a £25 per month, 24 month data plan, the Tahiti will also be available free on a Connected 24 month plan with the San Francisco II mobile phone from only £41 per month

The 7in tablet PC, which is powered by a Qualcomm 8260 Dual Core 1.2GHz processor and runs Google Android Honeycomb, is priced at £69.99 when taken with a £25 per month two-year tariff that offers up to 1Gbps of any-time data each month, as well as 1Gbps of Quiet Time data which applies between midnight and 4am and unlimited Wi-Fi access. The tablet PC, which features a slate black and silver finish, also offers both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.

The 390g Orange Tahiti is 10.5mm thick and has 512MB of memory along with 8GB of storage space, a 5Mp camera, access to apps via Google's Android Market and support for Adobe Flash. Furthermore, it also benefits from a light sensor, gravity sensor, AGPS and eCompass

Alternatively, the tablet PC is also available for free as part of a Connected 24-month plan with the San Francisco II handset for £41 per month. As well as the handset, the Connected 24 plan also offer 2GB of anytime data allowance, unlimited Wi-Fi hotspot access (subject to fair usage) that can be sued across both devices, 200 anytime call minutes and unlimited texts.

The most out of their multimedia content whilst on the go".

Touchscreen scene

The unit features a 5-megapixel camera on its rear, and wireless functionality, including wi-fi, Bluetooth, AGPS, and a 3G+ connection.

If you want to get your hands on the Tahiti, you will have to part with £69.99 for the tablet, and sign up to a £25 a month data plan for no fewer than 24 months.

That contract will give you 1GB of anytime data, 1GB of quiet time data (for off-peak daytime browsing), and unlimited wi-fii hotspot data.

A fistful of data

If you're currently in the market for a new mobile handset, however, you can get the Tahiti for free when you purchase the Orange San Francisco II handset on a £41 / month price plan.

This Connected plan gives you 2GB of anytime data to use across both devices, 200 minutes, and unlimited texts.

While the unit itself is extremely cheap, it will be interesting to see whether punters are willing to purchase a tablet with a monthly bill attached when there are so many toll-free alternatives on the market, especially one running an older version of Android than its upcoming competitors.

How To Live A Successful Life

2012-01-20T22:26:00.000+05:30

1 Define what success means to you. For some people, success is as simple as being able to pay the bills with a little left over, while others define it as making millions of dollars.

2 Set financial goals that will help you to achieve your vision of success. Keep your current financial status in mind, as well as the economic climate, to ensure that your goals are reasonable and achievable. The Federal Citizen Information Centre suggests that you create goals that are SMART -- specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-related.

3 Make a plan that includes relevant and measurable milestones along the way that will help to keep you on track. Keep other priorities in mind when planning for financial success to be sure that you can accommodate them as well. Other priorities might include family relationships, professional goals or physical health.

4 Consult an experienced and reputable financial planner and investment specialist who can help you to avoid pitfalls along the way. After reviewing your plan, a professional can advise you about potential tax implications and investment strategies to help you achieve financial success along your timeline. Become informed by attending seminars or joining investment clubs in which you can learn from other people's successes and failures.

5 Take action and begin working on your plan as soon as possible. The difference between dreamers and achievers is that the latter act on their dreams. If you find it difficult to start, take small steps, such as opening a brokerage account or investing in some safe mutual funds.

6 Be flexible and make course corrections as necessary. Follow the advice of former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, who said "I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success." Things can happen that might be out of your control, such as a downturn in the housing market or the loss of a job. You should not let external factors stop you from achieving success. Instead, adapt your plan and continue on with your goals.

While there are many components to living a successful life, there are few major things that can make all the difference between living a life of success and a life filled with mediocrity or failure.

I wanted to share with you the 4 things that stand out as the biggest keys to a successful life.

Be disciplined- I think is by far and away the most important of the 4 I have listed. If you want success with anything you do in life you have to be disciplined. If you want to lose weight you need to be disciplined in exercise and eating right. If you want to do well in a business you need to have discipline to put in the work. As one of my favorite authors, Jim Rohn puts it, “We all must suffer 2 pains. The pain of regret or the pain of discipline. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”

Learn gratitude and how to be happy- I believe you live a far more successful life when you learn how to live in gratitude and learn how to be happy. When you live a life filled with gratitude and happiness you learn to celebrate even the smallest blessings in life. Another one of my favorite authors, Brian Tracy puts it this way, “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”

-Brian Tracy

Live life to the fullest- I believe successful people live life to the fullest by learning to live well. Living well means you need to make the most of what you have. To live life to the fullest means not getting wrapped up in the past, worrying about what will happen in the future and learning how to overcome failure.

Learn how to navigate change- Change can be a tough thing for some people to deal with but it is something you need to embrace. In order to find success you need to be adaptable in a variety of situations. It seems in today’s world this is especially true as technology has so rapidly changed us and the way we live our lives. We need to be on our toes and willing to adapt to change.

Sony BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 65-inch 3D LED TV Review

2012-01-20T18:09:00.002+05:30

Sony BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 65-inch 3D LED TV- From the perspective of Sony TVs are the latest Sony Bravia 65 inch led TV - BRAVIA HX925 Series is worthy representatives of the premium segment, to show what can afford high-end TVs today. The models are equipped with the latest image processing algorithms that have a very elegant design, which reduced much, on so-called monolithic design, and allow access to content on the local network and online services through a Web browser that shall make all information in the vastness of the Web accessible.

The direct integration of mobile devices for convenient control is understood in this class now of course, heard as a matter of course and also the presentation of 3D content for this series as well as standard analog as numerous, but most of all digital interfaces.

Now receives this series increase, with the Japanese company with the latest model of Sony Bravia 65 inch led TVHX925, Sony Bravia KDL-65HX925 is primarily aimed at those seeking a truly generously dimensioned display. With a screen size of 65 inches or around 165 centimeters, one can understand the latest model of Sony Premium series quite as worthy of display in the home theater.

Particularly interesting is such a generous screen size, especially for content in 3D, since such they are only really effective when it is not the edge of the screen always has in view and thus can delve in fact very three-dimensional worlds. Although in this case, of course, a corresponding shutter glasses is necessary for it.

Towering lighted trees, enormous gift boxes and gigantic glittering balls just to name a few – Christmas is a season when things take a bigger form. Sony is not to be left behind as it unwraps a larger-than-life Internet TV experience with the Sony BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 boasting of an impressive 65-inch screen, making it the largest Internet TV in the market to date.

A Visual Spectacle

Staying in and being a couch potato when taking a break from all the celebrations this holiday need not to be boring and uneventful with the BRAVIA KDL-65HX925. This landmark in Internet TV technology features brilliant HD (1080p) picture quality owing to Sony’s Intelligent Peak LED backlight for a TV-watching and TV-surfing experience defined with perfect contrast. The models are also equipped with Sony’s MotionFlow XR960, which features a precise backlight control synchronized with the liquid crystal movement from frame to frame, producing clearer and sharper moving images.

Watch, Surf and Connect

True to the connectivity superiority of the BRAVIA Internet TV Series, the KDL-65HX925 allow a seamless fusion of TV-watching and Internet surfing. A connection to either a home broadband network via Wi-Fi or Ethernet opens a portal to free and premium movies, video and music services through the BRAVIA Internet Video platform, including YouTube, Video Detective, Daily Motion and Style.com.

The BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 also bridges the gap between friends and loved ones this season with built-in Skype ™ feature. Using a Sony camera and microphone (CMU-BR100), you can enjoy free, widescreen Skype-to-Skype video calls to share the love far and wide to friends and relatives who cannot be with you physically this Christmas.

3D Like Never Before

The BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 is also packed with 3D enhancements. It features faster panel drive response time that helps reduce crosstalk, 5:5 pull down for a more realistic cinematic movie experience and built-in 3D emitters on all the 3D models. It is also equipped with the advanced X-Reality PRO Engine which optimizes high definition content, compressed HD signals, standard definition, and other sources including low resolution Internet content. It’s an intelligent technology to say the least – the X-Reality PRO Engine compares incoming signals pixel-by-pixel with ideal scenes to display vivid and detailed images.

A Work of Art

Apart from being the pinnacle in Internet TV technology in terms of size, capacity and functionality, the BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 is also a masterpiece in design. Expertly crafted with Sony’s enhanced Monolithic Design, it draws, it hooks viewers to the screen when the television is being used, but when it’s turned off, it blends into the interior of the room. The screen is made utilizes Corning®’s Gorilla® Glass making it thinner and lighter, but stronger and more durable.

Unparalleled TV-watching experience, superior connectivity, the best in 3D technology – this is what the BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 is, all 65-inch of it.

We have already mentioned that access to the latest Sony TVs – Sony Bravia 65 inch led TV especially, like all other devices on the BRAVIA HX925 series of online content. In addition to content from libraries of different providers can thus retrieve videos from the YouTube platform, most of which are not of particularly high quality. This makes of course, particularly with such large displays, typically for very clearly visible artifacts are suppressed according to the manufacturer by the so-called Sony X-Reality Pro image processor is particularly effective and in conjunction with the latest algorithms for motion control Sony Motionflow XR800Hz at each video signal for a impeccable image quality should make.

By the way, of course, this TV can not only be integrated into the network via Ethernet, but in the simplest case of WiFi. If the device is incorporated into the network, it can be completely controlled via mobile devices. Some of the new Tablet, Sony Tablet P and Tablet S, but also on smartphones with Android and Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod touch works with the Apple operating system IOS. For all of these platforms already contain such apps are available free of charge.

Those who opt for the new display from Sony will decide who needs a suggested retail price of $5299. The Sony BRAVIA KDL-65HX925 3D LED TV will be available in stores in autumn 2011. Included in box next to the obligatory infrared remote control a Sony HD camera Skype for online video chat as well as two active shutter glasses.

Toshiba - Gesture Controlled TV REVIEW

2012-01-20T00:01:00.001+05:30

This technology suggests that body movements can be used as a remote control when using the computer or watching television. For example, if you no longer want to watch a DVD on your laptop, you could simply raise your hand to the web cam indicating the command to ‘Stop’. Toshiba has currently introduced a laptop with gesture identification specifically used to control “multimedia playback.” Toshiba has also been dabbling with using this technology for televisions, however, it still needs a lot of improvement. This technology could be considered to be implemented in a new-context. Gesture recognition is not something new to the market. The Wii has already introduced something similar, however, gesture recognition would not be used to mimic motions in a game, but to give commands to various technologies, such as ‘stop’ or ‘play’

Using the Toshiba experimental TV viewers are able to interact with the display system simply by gesturing with their hand. Once the viewer is in front of the display screen, the system will ‘see’ them and invite them to take control of the display simply by raising their hand. As the system can robustly track their hand even under different lighting conditions, the visitor can enjoy controlling the on-screen cursor.

The gesture-control research is extremely exciting and is opening an array of possibilities for consumers, such as new interfaces for TVs and interactive displays in shop windows and information kiosks,” explains Professor Roberto Cipolla , who with Dr Bjorn Stenger at Toshiba and Tom Woodley at the Department of Engineering, has been pioneering the use of computer vision in human-machine interaction since 1992. All three of whom are Department of Engineering alumni.

The gesture interface may not replace a remote controller, but can provide an alternative way to interact with a PC or display. Imagine never having to search for the remote controller to turn the TV volume down when receiving a phone call.

Another vision-based interface has also been developed, viewers will be able to switch the display’s language or contents simply by showing different picture cards. Identification interfaces like this offer the user the ability to personalise either the interface or the contents.The system uses a single camera mounted on the top of the display and is started by the user raising their hand to initiate the interaction. The software then tracks the person’s hand using multiple cues including colour, motion and appearance. It can reliably recognise and track the user’s gestures even under rapid motion or changing light conditions. Since different cues are less reliable in different situations this multiple-cue approach is key to making a human computer interface work robustly.

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Wireless Power Transmision Review

2012-01-19T22:34:00.001+05:30

In the late 19th century, the realization that electricity could be coaxed to light up a bulb prompted a mad dash to determine the best way to distribute it. At the head of the pack was inventor Nikola Tesla, who had a grand scheme to beam electricity around the world. Having difficulty imagining a vast infrastructure of wires extending into every city, building, and room, Tesla figured that wireless was the way to go. He drew up plans for a tower, about 57 meters tall, that he claimed would transmit power to points kilometers away, and even started to build one on Long Island. Though his team did some tests, funding ran out before the tower was completed. The promise of airborne power faded rapidly as the industrial world proved willing to wire up.

Then, a few years ago, Marin Soljačić, an assistant professor of physics at MIT, was dragged out of bed by the insistent beeping of a cell phone. "This one didn't want to stop until you plugged it in for charging," says Soljačić. In his exhausted state, he wished the phone would just begin charging itself as soon as it was brought into the house.

So Soljačić started searching for ways to transmit power wirelessly. Instead of pursuing a long-distance scheme like Tesla's, he decided to look for midrange power transmission methods that could charge--or even power--portable devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and laptops. He considered using radio waves, which effectively send information through the air, but found that most of their energy would be lost in space. More-targeted methods like lasers require a clear line of sight--and could have harmful effects on anything in their way. So Soljačić sought a method that was both efficient--able to directly power receivers without dissipating energy to the surroundings--and safe.

Most of us at home maybe using multi-plug to connect all the electronic devices with power cords. You may have even got confused to get the right cord for unplugging it among the other cords that lead to the same outlet.

At last you pull one out and hope that it is the right one. This is one of the main problems with electric connections. Though it makes the life of people simpler, it can also cause more clutter in the method. It may not be a big problem for us. But think about the electric stations where hundreds of wires run from the same outlet. For them, it is a problem.

As a part of the upgrade in technology and also the above reasons, researchers have started developing methods to transmit electricity to devices wirelessly. Though the method may sound completely new, the basic idea behind this theory was first proposed by Nicola Tesla in the early 1900′s. He was also able to release a prototype by transmitting power to lights that were kept in the ground at his Colorado Springs experiment station.

Though the first prototype received wide applause, the method was not practical enough for a higher range of its application. After years of research, many theories about this matter were discussed and some prototypes were also released. Some of them were not recognized while some of them are already in use. The best example for such a device is the electric toothbrush.

There are many types of wireless data transferring mediums in this world. Some of the most common ones are infrared, radio waves, bluetooth, and so on. In all these technologies, the signals will be scattered into space before they are received by the corresponding devices. The same method cannot be used for transferring electricity as it is power consuming and dangerous.

The main principle that is used in electric toothbrush is called Inductive Coupling. The basic idea is that a magnetic field is induced when an electric current flows through a wire. The magnetic field will be circular in shape and will flow around the wire. When another coil is placed in the same magnetic field, a current will be induced in the wire. This is the same principle that is used in a transformer and also in the electric brush. A magnetic field is created inside the brush through the current that moves through the coil inside the charger. When the brush is connected to the charger, another current will be produced in another coil, due to the magnetic field. This current is supplied to the battery which is the input for the brush.

But this method is not practical when it comes to transmitting energy to longer distances. For such a method, it is necessary that the coils are close enough to each other so that the small magnetic field is produced. When it comes to longer distance transmission, a very big magnetic field is to be produced and the coil turnings should be multiple. Counter measures should be taken to save the energy wasted due to the flow of magnetic field in different directions. This is practically impossible. A much better method and its explanation are given below.

Long distance wireless transmission

The first experiment for long distance wireless power transmission was carried out by the Communications Research Centre in Canada during the year 1980. They designed an unmanned plane by the name Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform (SHARP). This plane could not only fly from one point to another, but could also fly in circles at a height if 21 kilometres away from the ground with a radius of 1 kilometre. It was also designed to fly without rest or battery backup for months.

: Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform (SHARP)

The main idea behind the SHARP technology is a large ground-based microwave transmitter. The plane will fly only in the range of the transmitter. The signal from the transmitter will be received by a disc-shaped rectifying antenna called the rectenna, which is placed behind the wings of the plane. This signal will then be converted into DC current. The antenna is usually of the dipole type, that is, it has positive as well as negative poles. When the signal hits the antenna, they will be transferred to a series of diodes. These diodes behave like switches and allow the electrons to flow in unidirection. These electrons are then passed onto the rectenna’s circuitry. The electrons are then shifted to the other parts of the plane.

Facebook Timeline: 9 things you need to know

2012-01-19T21:55:00.004+05:30

Facebook's long-delayed massive overhaul to user profiles, dubbed Timeline, is finally available for all of the social networks more than 800 million users worldTimeline, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg first showed off in September, is a complete rethinking off a user's profile page.It attempts to use the data already inside Facebook as a sort of digital scrapbook.Facebook users can now easily scroll back to previous years and see what they were saying and whatthey were doingFacebook Timeline has been on the back burner for months now, after it was first announced at the company’s f8 conference in September. Despite much delay, it is finally rolling out to the public, starting with New Zealand. That means it’s only a matter of days before it comes to you, so brace your News Feed, because the fans and protestors are coming in full-force. In the meantime, here’s everything you need to know abFacebook Timelineout

New Features

The new features are significantly different than any other upgrade to Facebook before. Timeline presents a way to digitally document your entire life, from birth to present, via wall posts, photos, announcements and events. Consider it a neatly organized social scrapbook with a visually pleasing interface.If you haven’t already received an invite to Timeline, and don’t want to wait any longer, you can enable it now in eight simple steps.

Here's a look at nine things to know about the new Facebook.:

There's a seven-day review period. Once upgraded, Facebook users will be able to work through their Timeline and get things ready before it goes public. During the seven-day review period, the Facebook user will be able to publish it at any time. If he or she chooses to wait, it will automatically go live after the week is up.

Your cover photo is your chance to make a splash. The most striking feature at the top of the new Facebook profile is the cover photo, which stretches across the page's width. The Facebook user's profile photo, which is seen across the site, is now just a small square. Most are using this opportunity to make the profile photo a simple face shot and have used the cover photo to show something more personal, like a pet or favorite vacation spot.

No new information is being shared. Yes, Timeline is bringing back a bunch of old posts. But these posts have long been viewable on Facebook. Before, a friend would have had to go to a profile and click again and again for more posts, but would eventually travel back in time.

Your privacy settings on old posts will remain. A post shared four years ago that was set to be viewable to just friends will continue to be viewable to just friends. The only concern here lies in how a user's definition of friend has changed. A photo or status update that in college that was OK for friends might not be OK for friends now, which might include coworkers.

Posts can be expanded. Timeline already tries to guess which of your posts will be the most interesting and it makes those viewable. It can try and guess here by how many likes or comments a post has received. If there is a post that should be expanded and is not -- like a new job or college graduation -- you can expand it.

The Activity Log is the best place to edit a Timeline. Facebook has built a very helpful new page called the Activity Log, which can be accessed from a profile page, that shows every single piece of content Facebook has from a user. Each item can be deleted or tweaked from this page.

For your eyes only. If there is a post in your Timeline that you don't want to zap completely from Facebook, but don't want anyone to see, you can change the post's visibility to "Only Me."

Users can add other life events. Facebook is hoping that users flesh out their Timeline with information from B.F. (Before Facebook), too. Anything added to the Timeline can now be given a date. So, if a user uploads an old photo from summer camp, he or she can set the date to June 1995 so that it appears chronologically in the Timeline.

There's no sense in holding out. Facebook Timeline will eventually go live for everyone on Facebook, whether or not the user has taken the time to prune and optimize the Timeline view. It's best to be proactive and make sure what people will see is what should be seen.

Hands-on: Parrot AR Drone 2.0 packs new features and better hardware

2012-01-19T14:01:00.008+05:30

In many ways, you could attribute the current rush of
~~toys~~ accessories powered by our smartphones to the Parrot AR Drone. The ability to fly a really cool looking quad-copter through the office with your smartphone was enough to excite any geek, and Parrot made that happen. The eventual growth to include both iOS and Android software to control the drone meant a massive market of people to enjoy the device. Now, as other smartphone-controlled gadgetry, like Sphero, is hitting the market, Parrot felt the need to refresh the AR Drone and give it some new bragging rights with the Drone 2.0.

New and Improved Hardware

The original AR Drone is still incredibly fun to operate, but the first thing anyone does with one is crash it into something. Unfortunately, for some, that’s the last time your AR Drone 1.0 is intact. Parrot redesigned the hulls for the Drone 2.0 to handle much more stress. When using it indoors, the foam composite hull that goes around the blades has been improved, without being any heavier. In the demonstration, the AR Drone 2.0 rammed the wall of the convention center as fast as it could go, and bounced off without a scratch.

When you take the Drone 2.0 outside, you remove that outer hull and let the new aerodynamically engineered EPP hull protect the quad-copter without risking it being blown away. EPP is a damage resistant plastic commonly used in car bumpers. The Parrot guys weren’t quite as willing to crash the AR Drone 2.0 with the foam core off of it, since your blades are exposed in that configuration.

The camera on the AR Drone 2.0 took a big boost as well, offering a 720p view of the world from your controller. The camera records at 30 fps, and allows you to upload the videos to YouTube as soon as you are finished recording them. Since your only rage limitation is how far your point to point WiFi connection with the Drone 2.0, the end result is a high definition aerial view that you have complete control over.

All New Software

The App Store and the Android Market are now serving up the AR FreeFlight 2.0 app to complement the new hardware from Parrot. This update includes a significant UI update and several new features to play with. With FreeFlight you can control the drone and record your flights or take pictures as you fly around, but you can also take the flight data and share it with other AR Drone users. Altitude, duration, location, and speed information are all recorded and easily shared through the app. To compliment this ability, the AR Drone Academy function lets you see how-to videos and location data for the best flight zones in your area.

Firmware updates for the AR Drone 2.0 are also handled through the app. When an update is available for your drone, the icon will light up, and you can install the update with a tap. The update is sent over the WiFi connection with the Drone, so everything can be done quickly and efficiently.

As more developers take advantage of the open development platform for the AR Drone, the AR Games section of the app will fill with more augmented reality, tag, and other inventive ways to play with the Drone.

When you fly the AR Drone, you can do it by looking at the drone and piloting with the FreeFlight controller, or you can use Absolute Flight, and use just your smartphone or tablet. The app will show you from the camera how the world looks from the drone’s perspective, but there are a few more things going on here. Absolute Control uses a 3D magnetometer to keep itself oriented. Using your controller as the orientation point, you no longer need to worry about how level the Drone is. However, if you’re an experienced Drone pilot, you can make the Drone 2.0 do aerial somersaults and exert much more control over how this version performs.

Final Thoughts

All across the board, the Parrot AR Drone 2.0 feels like a solid upgrade. It is much easier to fly, built better, and the 720p camera does a great job of catching cool aerial shots. With all of those upgrades, the AR Drone 2.0 is still $300. While it may be the most expensive accessory you buy for your phone, it is by far the most entertaining.

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USB 3 10 X FASTER SPEEDS

2012-01-19T00:11:00.001+05:30

When you're in front of your PC, waiting for something to transfer to removable media, that's when seconds feel like minutes, and minutes feel like hours. And data storage scenarios such as that one is where the new SuperSpeed USB 3.0's greatest impact will be felt first. As of CES, 17 SuperSpeed USB 3.0-certified products were introduced, including host controllers, adapter cards, motherboards, and hard drives (but no other consumer electronics devices). Still more uncertified USB 3.0 products are on the way, and they can't get here fast enough.

The USB connector has been one of the greatest success stories in the history of computing, with more than 2 billion USB-connected devices sold to date. But in an age of terabyte hard drives, the once-cool throughput of 480 megabits per second that a USB 2.0 device can realistically provide just doesn't cut it any longer.

USB 3.0 (aka "SuperSpeed USB") promises to increase performance by a factor of 10, pushing the theoretical maximum throughput of the connector all the way up to 4.8 gigabits per second, or processing roughly the equivalent of an entire CD-R disc every second. USB 3.0 devices will use a slightly different connector, but USB 3.0 ports are expected to be backward-compatible with current USB plugs, and vice versa. USB 3.0 should also greatly enhance the power efficiency of USB devices, while increasing the juice (nearly one full amp, up from 0.1 amps) available to them. That means faster charging times for your iPod--and probably even more bizarre USB-connected gear like the toy rocket launchers and beverage coolers that have been festooning people's desks.

The USB 3.0 spec is nearly finished, with consumer gear now predicted to come in 2010. Meanwhile, a host of competing high-speed plugs--DisplayPort, eSATA, and HDMI--will soon become commonplace on PCs, driven largely by the onset of high-def video. Even FireWire is looking at an imminent upgrade of up to 3.2 gbps performance. The port proliferation may make for a baffling landscape on the back of a new PC, but you will at least have plenty of high-performance options for hooking up peripherals.

The First Ever Indian Sports Car AVANTI BY DC

2012-01-18T23:33:00.003+05:30

The DC Avanti is a big deal for India considering that this is the first sports car to be made by an Indian firm. The news gets even better when it was confirmed that the DC Avanti is not just a concept but a road worthy prototype that has been confirmed for production. The production run for the Avanti will begin in 2013.

The DC Avanti is not a car cobbled together with bits from old cars just to make an attempt at being the first Indian sports car. The Avanti will be powered by Ford’s revolutionary EcoBoost engine technology. The unit is a 2.0 litre DOHC four cylinder featuring Direct Injection, four valves per cylinder with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) and turbo charging. Power output has been rated at 243PS with 366Nm of torque. The engine meets Euro5 norms and an ECU remap can make it comply with Euro6 legislations as well, DC is eyeing the export market as well.

Avanti seems like an Indian word from sanskrit (which seem to have all the cool-sounding words), is actually an Italian word. It means “Moving Forward”. Initially it will go on sale with a mid-mounted, Ford-sourced, 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine producing 261 bhp. A V6 version with 394 bhp will go on sale at a later date. Both engines are linked to a six-speed dual clutch transmission.The Avanti weighs 1560 kg, and features extensive use of aluminium. Its claimed that the base model will hit 62 mph in less than seven seconds. The car will be released somewhere around 2013. The manufacturer wants to build 200 cars a year at first, but plans to churn out up to 2000 cars a year longer term.

“The Indian market for high-end automobiles is on a steep uphill curve as witnessed year-on-year and our focus is on the top end of the rarefied niche. We intend to set up an all new facility at Talegaon, near Pune to build this vehicle. 300 – 400 units of the Avanti will be produced between 2013 and 2014. Based on demand production capacity could be ramped up to four digit figures per annum for the Avanti.”

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