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Karbonn Smart Tab 1 World's first Jelly Bean Tablet ?

2012-08-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Karbonn Launched Smart Tablet 1 with Android Android 4.03 Ice Cream Sandwich Jelly Bean . It boasts on it's website that it's the world's first Jelly Bean Tablet. But a closer look at the * mark after the statement shows it's in budget Category Tablets.Check the website here at http://karbonnmobiles.com/karbonn-ST1-proid-48.html . Mobile looks like bang for the buck as you're getting a 1.2 Ghz processor with android Jelly Bean. What's more interesting is the design of the tablet. It's

far too better than the previous tablet's/mobile's the company had in their lineup.

Karbonn launched a new Android tablet in India having some exciting features. The tablet is named Karbonn Smart Tab 1 which comes with a cheap price. India has already attracted world attention with the release of some cheapest tablets like Aakash tablet, Ubislate, Micromax Funbook etc. Now Karbonn is also attracting the world's attention with the release of Karbonn Smart Tab 1.

Karbonn Smart Tab 1- Hardware Specifications

Karbonn Smart Tab 1 comes with 1.2 GHz Burst processor. The screen of Karbonn smart tab 1 is 7.1 inch wide with 480 x 800 pixel resolution with multitouch feature. The camera is a 2MP front facing camera and can be used for both video calling and for taking photographs. When looking into memory specifications, Karbonn Smart Tab 1 comes with 1 GB internal memory which can be expanded to 32 GB using external memory cards. The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 will supports WiFi and 3G. 3G connectivity is made possible by external USB Dongle. The tablet also comes with a free Reliance net connect. The battery of Karbonn Smart Tab 1 is 3700 mAh battery with 25 hour of music playback. The tablet can also support HD video playback upto 1080 p. The Karbonn smart tab 1 also features a HDMI port which can be connected to HDTV and can enjoy videos in big screens. The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 also features 3D G sensor which will give more fun to users who love gaming.

Karbonn Smart Tab 1- software specifications

The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 comes with an attractive software specifications. The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 comes with latest Android OS version called ice cream sandwich. The Android 4.0.3 tablet contains apps like Karbonn smart browser, Karbonn smart games, NextGTv and also apps can be downloaded from app stores.

Karbonn Smart Tab 1- design

The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 comes with white color with black colored front face having glass cover at edges. The ports are seen in left side of the tablet and camera in the middle of the screen. There are also physical keys for power, options, home and return keys.

Karbonn Smart Tab 1- price in India

Karbonn Smart Tab 1 comes with a cheap rate. The tablet can be bought with a price of Rs. 6,990 in India. The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 can be bought online through the websites BuyThePrice, Naaptol with a price of 6,990. The tablet is priced 7450 and 7490 in the websites Flip Kart and SnapDeal respectively.

Karbonn Smart Tab 1- Quick Specifications and features

Network	3G through USB Dongle
Weight	Unknown
Dimensions	Unknown
Display	7.1 inches 480 x 800 pixel
Touchpad	Yes Multitouch
Processor	1.2 GHz Burst processor
Operating System	Android 4.03 Ice Cream Sandwich
Camera	2MP front camera
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n No bluetooth 3G using external dongle
Battery	3700 mAh
RAM	1 GB
Internal Memory	1 GB
External Memory	32 GB
Sensors	3D Gravity Sensor
GPS	No
Color	White
Video Formats	Unknown

Check the video review and unboxing of the Karbonn Smart Tab 1 here . The Android 4.0 a.k.a. ICS (Ice cream sandwich) will soon give way to the latest upgrade called the Android 4.1 code name Jelly Bean (JB). The JB will start rolling from July.

How to Install Office 2013 Preview and Review

2012-07-17T20:24:00.002-07:00

Microsoft Released the Consumer preview of the upcoming office version 2013 today. I installed it on my laptop and I would say it's awesome. It's designed keeping in mind the Tablets and touch interfaces.

Requirements : Windows 7 or windows 8 required.

Installation instructions :
Go to www.office.com/preview.
Click Sign Up.
It would pop up the following screen.

Click on Try Now. .
It would ask you for to sign in to live.com account
If you are already signed in it would give an option to install. Click install
On click of install it downloads a small 488Kb app which will download and install the MS office
Click on the application that got downloaded.
It will automatically installs everything. It seems like it installs a smaller version and downloads the required rest of the files later.

It gives the following screen once all the installation is done.
As you can see from the images the logo has been changed for office 2013 too.

The New User Interface

The Office 2013 user interface isn't markedly different from the one in Office 2010: The ribbonremains front and center, though the text and the icons inside it are a bit larger and are spaced farther apart. These changes take better advantage of large monitors and touchscreen displays. Nevertheless, the ribbon isn't too big for an average laptop display, even with the addition of two new tabs: Design and Developer (actually, the Developer tab is present in Office 2010, but it's hidden by default).

If you're familiar with the ribbon user interface from Office 2007 and Office 2010, you’ll feel right at home with Word 2013.
Though I've used a number of all-in-one computers with touchscreens over the past few years, I don't use the touch interface very often. Perhaps I'm just a creature of habit, but it doesn't feel natural to take my fingers off the mouse to stab them at icons on the screen (or maybe my fingers are just too fat to be accurate). In any event, though I tried hard to use the ribbon with my finger, I kept returning to the mouse. The UI delivers more benefits on tablet platforms, but it doesn't feel any less natural when used with a mouse.

New and Cool Word Features

Microsoft has made a number of cool, interesting, and very useful improvements to Word 2013.

The Embed PDF feature in Word.On the usefulness front, you can now import a PDF directly into Word, edit it as a Word doc, and then save it as either a Word doc or a PDF. Not only do imported files retain all of the original documents' formatting--including headers, columns, and footnotes--but elements such as tables and graphics can be edited in Word as such.

Import a PDF file containing a table, for example, and you can edit the table just as though you had created it in Word from scratch. You can also embed a PDF file in a Word doc.

Microsoft expects that people will want to save all of their files to the cloud. Your SkyDrive account is listed first, thenAnother cool feature is the ability to connect to online resources and bring them inside your documents. For example, you can use Bing to search the Web for videos, without leaving Word, and then embed the HTML code for that video in your document.

Link your SkyDrive account to your Flickr account, and you can jump to your online photo collection and embed photos directly in the document--again, without ever leaving Word.

Embedding a screenshot from an app running on your PC is even easier: Click Insert > Screenshot, and a window with thumbnails of every window open on your desktop will become visible. Click the image you want, and it will appear wherever your cursor is.

When you embed an image or a video in a document, you can grab that element and move it around the document and watch as your text automatically reflows around it in real time.

Word Collaboration Features

When you're collaborating with other people on a document, being able to track the changes that each person makes is critical. This becomes much easier to do in Word 2013, thanks to a new feature called simple markup view.

A red vertical line in the left margin indicates that changes have been made to the document, while a word balloon in the right margin indicates the presence of a comment. Click on the vertical line to reveal both the edit changes and the comments; click on the word balloon to show just the comments.

Microsoft has also added a new viewing mode, called Reader. When you view a document in this mode, each paragraph has a small triangle in front of it. Click the triangle after you've finished reading its associated paragraph, and the paragraph will collapse so that more text will appear, without your having to scroll to another page.

I haven't had time to explore every new feature of Word 2013, but I like what I've seen so far. It looks as though Microsoft has significantly improved the application, adding some great new features without mucking anything else up in the process. Nevertheless, my opinion at this stage is based on very limited time with the product.

Excel 2013

Like the new version of Word, Excel 2013 feels fresh yet comfortingly familiar. Microsoft has added several new whiz-bang data-analysis tools, including one called Flash Fill. When you take an element of data that you've already entered in one column and enter it in a second column, Flash Fill will predict that you intend to do that for every value in the second column, and will offer to fill in the second column for you accordingly.

Excel's Flash Fill feature will notice patterns in your data entry, predict what you intend to do next, and then offer to fill in the rest of the data for you.

Microsoft provided a sample two-column spreadsheet to demonstrate how this feature works. The first column contained email addresses in which each person's address was formatted as first-name.last-name@domain-name. The second column was to be used to store each person's first name.

Though that isn't the most realistic scenario imaginable, it works. You establish the reference example by typing the first name of the first person in the email address column; then, as you begin typing the second person's first name, Excel predicts that you want to do the same for every other value in the first column and offers to do just that automatically. Press the Enter key, and the second column automatically fills with first names.

Colors and symbols can help you analyze data more quickly, and Excel 2013's new Quick Analysis tool uses these elements to identify and highlight trends and changes. Select the rows and columns that you wish to have analyzed, click the icon that appears in the bottom right corner, and choose the conditional formatting that suits your needs. Instead of looking at rows and columns of gray numbers, you'll instantly see a spreadsheet formatted with color scales, bars, and icons.

Excel’s Quick Analysis tool automatically suggests conditional formatting that will help you visualize data locked in your spreadsheets.Charts and graphs provide another easy way to visualize data, and spreadsheet software has long permitted users to generate charts and graphs based on the data they enter into its rows and columns.

Excel 2013's new Quick Analysis tool will automatically suggest the most appropriate types of graphs--bar, pie, scatter, and so on--based on the data set that you select.

My early impressions of Excel 2013 are about as favorable as my corresponding impressions of Word 2013. Microsoft seems to have introduced some solid new features without imposing a difficult learning curve. Take that, ribbon haters.

We'll take a closer look at Outlook, Powerpoint, OneNote, and the rest of the suite soon.

--PCWorld Senior Editor Michael Brown

Office 2013 and Office 365 on a Tablet: First impressions

Microsoft is betting heavily on the idea that tablets are the future of PCs. Like Windows 8, Office 15 was built from the ground up to take advantage of a tablet's unique features, while at the same time addressing the limitations of the touchscreen interface for creating content.

I ran Office 13 through its paces on a Samsung Series 7 Slate PC running Windows 8 Consumer Preview to see how well it performs on a tablet. Bear in mind that this tablet runs Windows 8 Pro, not Windows 8 RT, and that Office 2013 and Office 365 differ from the Office for RT apps that will be available on ARM-based Windows 8 tablets.

Microsoft has done a great job of making the tools and functions of the various Office applications accessible from a touchscreen interface without lessening the capabilities. For example, holding your finger on a misspelled word will pull up Office's list of possible corrections; and holding your finger on virtually anything brings up the options you'd normally find by right-clicking a mouse.

Microsoft did a nice job of fitting all of Word's functions into the screen space of a tablet.sometimes find that the options on the ribbon interface were hard to tap. The buttons are a bit small for my fingers, and you can't pinch-to-zoom to enlarge the ribbon in Office 2013. On the other hand, you can make the ribbon bar disappear to maximize the area available for your document--in both Office 2013 and Office 365--which is nice.

The Office 2013 suite I installed on the tablet included Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Lync, and a couple of bit players. The only apps available within Office 365, however, are Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Outlook exists in Office 365 as well, but the option was grayed out on the software I worked with.

One thing that I like about working with Office on the tablet is more a function of Windows 8 and/or the hardware its running on than of Office itself. The touchscreen virtual keyboard is sensitive and fluid enough to allow me to type at very nearly full speed. Also, tapping the symbols and numbers button brings up an actual number pad, which is much more efficient for entering figures in an Excel spreadsheet.

That said, it was a little annoying to have to tap the keyboard icon at the bottom of the display to open the virtual keyboard. It would have been nice if Office applications had recognized when I tapped on a text field, and responded by automatically opening the virtual keyboard. Perhaps, though, Microsoft wanted to respect the limited screen real estate of the tablet and let users navigate documents without having the keyboard pop up all the time.

Overall, the experience is solid. Using it differs from using a mouse and keyboard with a traditional PC, but it's a functional arrangement. Microsoft has obviously invested a lot of thought and effort in ensuring that the tablet experience that Office offers is worthy of the Microsoft Office name.

Samsung launches solar powered mobile.

2009-02-12T20:38:00.000-08:00

Samsung introduces the blue earth touch screen mobile phone worlds first eco friendly phone.Every part of the phone is eco -friendly even its name 'BLUE EARTH'.Designed to symbolize a flat and well rounded shiny pebble, Blue Earth is the first solar powered full-touch screen phone. By charging with the solar panel located on the back of the phone, users can generate enough electronic power to call anytime anywhere. Samsung Blue Earth touch screen cell phone is made from recycled plastic called PCM, which is extracted from water bottles, helping to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions in the manufacturing process. The Samsung Blue Earth handset, including cell phone charger, is free from harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardants, Beryllium and Phthalate.
The packaging for Samsung Blue Earth phone is designed to be both small and light, made from recycled paper, and comes with a 5 star energy efficient charger which uses standby power lower than 0.03W. As part of the Voluntary Agreement of European Commission IPP (Integrated Product Policy) pilot program, Samsung has agreed to start using rating on energy consumption on the no-load mode of the mobile phone charger.

HOW TO CREATE WORD COLLAGES

2009-02-06T22:17:00.000-08:00

Recently I found this wonderful website which allows text to be collaged.Picasa the software by google allows you to do collage of pictures but gives upto a limited options.
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
Take a look at the samples I have dont

YOU CANNOT PRINT CURRENCY USING PHOTOSHOP

2009-02-06T21:06:00.000-08:00

Printing fake currency using recent versions of adobe photoshop and paint shop pro is disabled.In the times when producing fake currency using software means like photo copiers and printers a software based bank note detection system is required.The software detects by using the patterns found on the currency which belongs to the EURIon constellation a pattern of stars.

The EURion constellation is a pattern of symbols found on a number of banknote designs since about 1996. It is added to help software detect the presence of a banknote in a digital image. Such software can then block the user from reproducing banknotes to prevent counterfeiting using colour photocopiers.

The banknote detection code in these applications, called the Counterfeit Deterrence System (CDS), was designed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group and supplied to companies such as Adobe as a binary module. However, experiments by Steven J. Murdoch and others showed that this banknote detection code does not rely on the EURion pattern. It instead detects a digital watermark embedded in the images, developed by Digimarc

But this also has some disadvantages click here to see wired magazine article

HOW TO HAVE MULTIPLE INBOXES IN GMAIL

2009-02-06T20:47:00.000-08:00

Google on thursday introduced the multi inbox feature through its gmail labs feature.The new feature--called Multiple Inboxes--allows users to have multiple viewing panes open simultaneously without having to open another browser window. The upgrade gives users a quick view at important labels as well as saved searches

How to enable this feature
You can get started simply by clicking the tiny green icon located right beside the Gmail settings link. Once Multiple Inboxes is selected, there will be several additional panes hanging out beside your main Gmail window where you are free to adjust what you want to view on those areas simply be clicking on the settings link
Read official gmailblog post

3D IMAGE SCANNER FROM REALVIEW.

2009-02-06T20:41:00.000-08:00

Real-view has introduced a 3D Scanner which it claims to be the first desktop scanner that can scan and capture objects in a complete 360 degree view. Instead of uploading multiple images for viewing an object from different angles, as done with a 2D scanner, a 3D Desktop scanner can scan and paste a single 3 dimensional view of an object that can be viewed from any position with just a click of your mouse. This image can be uploaded into applications like Adobe Acrobat PDF files or any web page.

Though three dimensional printers are gaining some popularity in the consumer markets, they are rare and a 3D scanner is much more hard to find and are exorbitantly priced, in the realm

of tens of thousands of dollars. Now for the first time, Real-view has derived the 3D image capture technology which has been so far used in medical cameras, to come up with an affordable commercial 3D scanner.Though the size of the object that can be scanned is limited to whatever that will fit on its base, it is a big leap in the scanning technology.

There are three models of the Real-View 3-D Desktop Scanner that includes

The Real-View 360 3D, that scans in 360-degree VGA resolution;

The Real-View 360 3D HD, that scans in HD resolution;

The Real-View 360 3D Commercial, designed for larger format and kiosk applications.

SAMSUNG INTRODUCES 32 GB DDR3 RAM STICK

2009-02-06T20:27:00.000-08:00

Samsung for the first time in the world presented the 32gb ram.In the age when the harddisks are hitting 2TB ram improvement is also required.But a normal 4gb of ram is enough for any computer with vista or some computer OS.

The DDR DRAM is not only faster then SDRAM, it also uses much less energy. A older 1GB DRAM chip required 144 different components, the new 4GB DRAM chip only uses 36 cutting the electricity used by around 70%.
The breakthrough behind the story is the development of a 50-nanometer, 4Gb (gigabit) (512MB) chips, which allow for a significant reduction in complexity, and therefore power consumption for currently popular sizes of RAM modules.

Samsung is targeting manufacturers' new generation of "green" PCs with its new technology, which will be used in 16-GB dual in-line memory modules, or RDIMM, for servers; 8-GB unbuffered DIMM for workstations and desktop PCs; and 8-GB small-outline DIMM for laptops.
I Dont know how much they will cost when they enter the market I dont think normal computer users don't imagine to grab one

LOCATE YOUR FRIENDS USING GOOGLE LATITUDE

2009-02-05T03:15:00.000-08:00

Gmail is about keeping you in touch with the people you care about, independent of the large, or sometimes small, distances that might separate you from them. That's precisely why email, IM, and voice and video chat are so powerful -- the "where" is irrelevant.

With Google Latitude, a new feature on Google Maps for mobile and a gadget for iGoogle coming out today, we're kind of turning that idea on its head, making the "where" matter again. Latitude allows you to see where your friends are located in real time on a map, anywhere in the world.

Use your Gmail account to join Latitude and you can specify which of your Gmail contacts can see your location. You can choose to automatically detect your best location, share city-level information only, set your location manually, or hide your location altogether. (To learn more about Google Latitude's privacy controls, check out this video.)

From within Latitude you can communicate with your friends via text message, Google Talk, Gmail, or a good old fashioned phone call. Your status messages and profile picture are synced with your Gmail account, so as you update them on the go, your Gmail contacts will see the changes in real time.

To try Google Latitude, go to google.com/latitude from your computer or your phone's mobile browser. Latitude is available on Android, Blackberry, S60, Winmo, and will be coming soon to the iPhone, through the Google Mobile App.

GOOGLE BUS IN CHENNAI

2009-02-05T02:58:00.000-08:00

The Internet Bus Project is an attempt to educate people about what the Internet is, and how it may be beneficial to their lives, by taking the Internet experience to them through a customised Internet-enabled bus, which will travel to several towns and cities across India.

For the last few years, Google India has worked to increase Internet usage in our country of a billion people via various products such as SMS Search , Voice Search, and Google Map Maker, translating our interfaces into Indian languages. They've also worked on numerous initiatives to increase the quality of search with useful local information like business listings, railways and flight status, and cricket scores. They've been witnessing a steady growth in Internet adoption, but as impatient observers, we wanted to do more to directly engage the offline population of India.

In that vein, earlier today, google announced the launch of the Internet Bus Project – a mobile bus designed to showcase the benefits of the Internet to the people across the cities of Tamil Nadu. They're aiming to reach out to people with limited exposure to the Internet, and the bus will cover numerous Tamil Nadu cities over the next month and a half.
The bus is designed to make a simple introduction to the Internet for a new user. With a focus on the four themes of education, information, communication, and entertainment, the Internet Bus will be loaded with useful and informative content in English and Tamil. They'll showcase how the Internet can make everyday life simple through services like search, email, social networking, maps and others.

GOOGLE strongly believes the Internet is a great equalizing force, and this project represents another way Google is directly engaging with people in India.

They welcome you to visit the Internet Bus Project website at http://www.google.co.in/internetbus to see when the bus will visit your city, get regular updates, and view photos and videos as we travel around Tamil Nadu.

ROUTE:

03 Feb Chennai
05 Feb Vellore
06 Feb Krishnagiri
07 Feb Salem
11 Feb Erode
12 Feb Tiruppur
14 Feb Coimbatore

18 Feb Dindigul
19 Feb Madurai

GOOGLE AND NASA TO START A UNIVERSITY

2009-02-05T02:46:00.000-08:00

Google the IT major and NASA the space major are collaborating to create a new university named as Singular University.

The Singularity University was recently announced at the TED conference this week. It is established based on Ray Kurzweil’s futuristic The Singularity is Near - a very non-mainstream ‘forecast’ on AI, robotics and what future human life would be like. The SU is sponsored by wealthy individuals who support scientific breakthroughs (X-Prize, Google, VCs etc), and had a founding conference comprising who’s-who luminaries in the futuring and ‘extension of humanity and technology’ fields. SU aims to bring together graduate students working in different fields, to look at same problems from different lenses for new breakthroughs. Eg. Nanotech student gets expert briefings in futures studies & finance etc amongst 10 disciplines. Faculty includes science celebrities, and students are also expected to pitch ideas to nearby VCs for funding. SU is located in one of NASA’s research centres in Silicon Valley.

NINE YEAR OLD KID WRITES APPLICATION FOR IPHONE

2009-02-05T02:34:00.000-08:00

a 9 year old kid named Lim Ding Wen from Singapore has been writing applications for iPhone. Isnt this cool? His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from AppStore in less than two weeks.

The program lets iPhone users draw with their fingers by touching the iPhone’s touchscreen and then clear the screen by shaking the phone. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,” Lim said. His sisters are aged 3 and 5.

Lim’s father, Lim Thye Chean is a chief technology officer at a local technology firm, also writes iPhone applications.

LCD MONITOR FROM MOSER BAER

2009-02-04T23:15:00.000-08:00

Moser Baer India the company famous for its cd/dvd market has launched its first LCD TFT monitor - the MBI TFTL5C. It has a 15-inch wide display, a response time of six microseconds, a resolution of 1280 by 800, 16:10 aspect ratio and
weighs 4 kilograms. Brightness is at 200 cd/m2, while contrast ratio is 400:1.

"The Moser Baer TFT monitor is ideally suited for users who have a knack for gaming, video editing and other multimedia applications", said Bhaskar Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Moser Baer India Ltd. "It is a smart product engineered to deliver optimum performance for most common usages."

The monitor is priced at Rs. 7000, making it ideal for low-cost entertainment and gaming. It is distributed in India by Salora International Ltd. and Tech Pacific India Pvt. Ltd. It is available at most electronic stores as well as Moser Baer exclusive outlets. Moser Baer also plans to launch 19 inch and 22 inch TFT monitors soon.

NEW ANSWERS SITE FROM WIKIPEDIA

2009-02-01T06:33:00.000-08:00

www.answers.wikia.com

Wikia answers the new answers portal from wikipedia was launched yesterday by the founder of wikipedia Jimmy Wales.So what's new and special here.The website is of opensource unlike other answer sites like yahoo answers,wikianswers,ibibo sawaal etc.which means that there will not be any ads or some promoting material on the site.This also means that the site is well utilised and protected from spamming.
The content is freely licensed under GFDL unlike other answers sites allowing it to be re-used and re-purposed by others for free
- Anyone can contribute (other answers sites require you to register)

"Wikianswers uses the unique characteristics of a wiki to form the very best answer to any question."
Jimmy Wales
founder of Wikipedia and Wikianswers

Can it really gain some of the popularity of the already established websites? In December 2008 alone, Yahoo! Answers had 144.7 million visitors, and Wiki Answers had 26.7 million.

ACCESS GMAIL BEING OFFLINE

2009-01-29T05:46:00.000-08:00

Google today announced the much awaited feature the offline gmail.Now you can access your inbox while youre not connected to the internet. So even if you're offline, you can open your web browser, go to gmail.com, and get to your mail just like you're used to.There will be no need to use outlook or something like that.

Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you're connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail's servers. When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer's hard drive instead of the information sent across the network. You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you're used to doing while reading your webmail online. Any messages you send while offline will be placed in your outbox and automatically sent the next time Gmail detects a connection. And if you're on an unreliable or slow connection (like when you're "borrowing" your neighbor's wireless), you can choose to use "flaky connection mode," which is somewhere in between: it uses the local cache as if you were disconnected, but still synchronizes your mail with the server in the background
Offline Gmail is still an early experimental feature.It is currently available to the US and UK users.Soon it will be availablet to all the users.
To setup this feature:

Click Settings and click the Labs tab.
Select Enable next to Offline Gmail.
Click Save Changes.
After your browser reloads, you'll see a new "Offline^0.1" link in the upper righthand corner of your account, next to your username. Click this link to start the offline set up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.

SANDISK NEW BACKUP USB FLASH DRIVE

2009-01-27T06:52:00.000-08:00

Backup your favourites at the press of a button.SanDisk has announced the first USB flash drive with a backup button. No wires. No fuss. Just push the backup button and your critical documents, favorite photos, videos and more will be copied to the drive. Capacities range from 8gb all the way to 64gb. Data protection is achieved with a dual layer of both password protection and AES hardware encryption in the event your drive goes missing.

INTERNET EXPLORER 8 RELEASED TODAY

2009-01-27T06:20:00.000-08:00

Microsoft today announced the 8th version of internet explorer.The version is named RC1.It stands for Release Candidate 1.Release candidate software is ready to be evaluated by users while it undergoes final testing. You may experience minor bugs or compatibility issues with websites while browsing.The microsoft is still trying to inject the silver light into the market by giving notification while downloading the ie8.Dont know why the microsoft still tries..!!!.

RELEASE NOTES

This version comes with a lot of compatibility issues with google toolbar and skype etc for some of their versions.This version has the new click jacking protection.So what is click jacking??
Clickjacking lets hackers put a transparent filter on sites so they can view what information a user is accessing and what activities that user is doing, said James Pratt, an IE senior product manager at Microsoft. For example, if someone is on a bank Web site, attackers can use clickjacking to see the user's bank information and acquire passwords, and the user will not know the information is being viewed remotely, he said.
The security feature that thwarts clickjacking in IE8 RC1 allows Web-site content owners to put a tag in a page header that will help detect and prevent clickjacking. If a site that uses the IE8 tag detects clickjacking, it will give Web users an error screen letting them know that the content host has chosen not to allow that content, and gives them the option to open the content in a new window that is protected from the attack.
Microsoft also in RC1 expanded the functionality of a feature it introduced in the IE8 beta 2 release called InPrivate. InPrivate has two settings -- InPrivate Browsing, which lets users browse the Web without creating a record of where they've been or enabling cookies, and InPrivate Blocking, which has been renamed in RC1 to InPrivate Filtering.
Lets see what this version can do to change the firefox dominanace.

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NET BOOK FOR INDIANS BY DATAWIND

2009-01-25T01:42:00.000-08:00

Datawind Ltd., a provider of wireless web access products and services, unveiled the PocketSurfer2 that they claim to be the world's fastest handheld Internet device, in India, offering free mobile internet access. The device weighs 174 grams and runs on the revolutionary ‘Free Usage’ model, through which consumers can enjoy real internet anytime, anywhere in India.

Speaking on the occasion, Suneet Singh Tuli, Chief Executive Officer, DataWind, said, “For the consumer looking for a mobile internet solution, PocketSurfer2 hits the spot. With PocketSurfer2, mobile users can surf the Internet anytime, any place and enjoy the same rich media graphics and browser functionality of the desktop experience! This device is going to revolutionize the way we work, play communicate and fully leverage the web wirelessly”.
Allowing users to browse the web in its original layout, the PockeSurfer2 aims to provide a true desktop experience away from the PC with a 640 pixel full-color, wide screen displaying web-pages with full HTML, graphics, Java-Script, Ajax, Frames, and other complex web functionality. The metallic backlit QWERTY keyboard with tactile response and keys that are 6X larger than those available on other handhelds will allow users to easily compose emails or interact with web sites.

The PocketSurfer2 benefits also include:

Quad Band GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz
Built-in GPS receiver (Location Based Service)
Touchpad Navigation
Rechargeable Lithium polymer battery
Provides 4 hours active usage; 4 days standby
Tran reflective 640 x 240 backlit display
Mini-USB charging port
152 x 75 x 15 mm (6 x 3.98 x 0.6”)
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The bottom line is that Datawind claims that the PocketSurfer2 is faster than most handheld devices running on 3G networks. Combined with its compression technology, it promises no monthly charge, no activation fee and no contract thus making the mobile internet absolutely free and providing users a powerful internet experience without any restrictions.

Available at an affordable price of Rs. 11, 990 (inclusive of taxes), the PocketSurfer2 will be distributed in India by HCL Infosystems. What the company implies with regards to ‘Free Usage’ Model is that the PocketSurfer2 offers free usage of 35 hours per month for a whole year. Unlimited Usage plan is available at just Rs. 99/- p.m. Second year of service is just Rs. 999.

The PocketSurfer2 large, smooth and comfortable keyboard, incorporates extrusion-grooved rubber to differentiate the keys. With generous tactile response, it makes thumb-typing fast, easy and error-resistant.

The PocketSurfer2 incorporates a robust and dirt resistant metal keypad, to deliver long-term and reliable usage. Precision laser etching of key markings eliminates the worn and faded key-caps of heavily used buttons that is common on competitive products.

It offers one of the fastest text entry mechanism, available in a handheld device. The PocketSurfer2 keyboard is back-illuminated for easy viewing in the dark, and even comes with a separate numeric row, just like a desktop-keyboard.

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GET CALL TO YOUR NUMBER FROM YOUR NUMBER

2009-01-22T23:51:00.001-08:00

How about getting a call to your cellphone from your number.??.Here is a trick to get a call to your cell phone from your own number.
Just try the following steps and you’ll get a call to your cell phone from your own number.

1. Just give a missed call to this number.You’ll not be charged!

+41445804650

2. Wait for a few seconds and you’ll get a call to your cell phone from your own number
3. Receive the call.You’ll hear a lady voice asking for a PIN number.Just enter some rubbish number.
4. She say’s- Your PIN cannot be processed and the call disconnects..

ANOTHER TRICK

Instead of giving a missed call, just continue calling.The call will not be received and will get disconnected just after a while.But now do you know what happen’s?
You will get a call from the number

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PLAY GAMES ON GTALK

2009-01-22T22:37:00.000-08:00

www.gtalkbots.com introduced the worlds first gtalk game.Anagram, many of you might be familiar with it or even played many a times back in school and colleges.
A few important points:

Add games@gtalkbots.com as your friend in Gtalk Messenger.
Type rules to read them before you start gaming.
Type anagram to start gaming.
You will be given a jumbled word which you needs to rearrange and reply back.
If your answer is correct you get 10 Points.
If your answer is not correct and you are finding it tough to solve it, Type hint to get a clue, and a clue will be sent to all users playing the game.
DO NOT FORGET to type exit when you are finished gaming. If you forget to do so, you will be considered as a part of next round being played and eventually your average score decreases.
If total number of wrong answers = 5 (including all users), the bot will automatically reply back with correct answer and moves to the next word.

If you dont even register in the website you can play the game the bot allocates a random username for you and you can start playing ...

2009-01-22T22:32:00.000-08:00

A resolution of 2880×900. Dimensions equivalent to two 24″ widescreen monitors standing end-to-end. DLP rear projection on a curved screen, with OLED illumination. An insignificant .02ms response time.
Alienware’s new curved monitor caused quite a stir when it was revealed here at CES. It seemed like the natural evolution of monitor technology had finally arrived. After all, the human eye is curved, so why shouldn’t our monitors curve too? What a great idea.
So is it that great? Well, it’s as quick as curved. Not that any of that means much right now, because this monitor has major problems.

One of the more intriguing technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) being held this week is a 42-inch-long, curved monitor. Made by Alienware, the monitor is supposed to simulate peripheral vision. The sci-fi-like screen is aimed at gamers for a more immersive experience, although it might not be as suitable for design or text work.

If 42 inches is still not big enough for you, it’s possible to put two of these monitors side-by-side for a dual monitor configuration.

Another issue is the image quality. While the picture seemed sharp, it lacked color depth, appearing altogether faded. And ultimately, I care far more about image quality than the shape of the box.

CES was dominated by another display technology–3D glasses. Yes, the technology that has moved from gimmick to money-maker in the movie industry is still being pushed on the PC. And though it has progressed since the 90s, 3D gaming monitors and glasses still haven’t gotten to the point of usefulness. Every pair I tried left me disappointed and cross-eyed.

In the same way, I’m not sure this monitor is ready. It will surely be too expensive to even contemplate, requiring an even costlier PC to run a game at such a massive resolution. Beyond the obvious flaws that need to be addressed, it’s just plain bulky–and while I wouldn’t place the curving monitor into the realm of pure gimmick, in person, it only really qualifies as “neat.”

ABOUT: WHAT YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT FIREFOX

2009-01-22T12:45:00.000-08:00

about: A simple prompt without any parameter will display the Mozilla “about” information. Since it’s accessible from the top menus as well, it’s not quite a hidden feature.
about:buildconfig Obviously, it will show the build platform configuration and parameters
about:cache Will display info and statistics regarding your disk’s cache, including the name of your cache’s directory and a list of the entries you can find there. By default, Firefox doesn’t allow you to view the cached webpages, so this can be an useful option.
about:config Oh look, many many info. Indeed, it’s the most complex and meaningful of them all. Careful on what you plan to change here, your browser won’t run properly after if you play with the wrong things.
about:plugins Of course, what is Firefox without it’s powerful extensions? This option will display detailed information about all the plugins installed for Mozilla Firefox.
about:credits It’s time to give the credit to whoever deserves it. There’s an alphabetically sorted list of all the people that gave their contribution to the development of Firefox.

about:Mozilla This is a weird thing. It will display the so-called “Book of Mozilla”. Something similar was present in Netscape too. There’s actually no real book although the quotations might give you that impression.

GOOGLE GDRIVE

2009-01-22T11:56:00.000-08:00

To add to the list of services google is offering GDRIVE is the next in the queue.Gdrive is a cloud-based storage. The Gdrive is a desktop client that keeps local and online files and folders in two-directional sync via a web interface for accessing your desktop files anywhere and anytime. Just connect to any network-enabled computer.

In addition, it's integrated with other Google services to enable editing of supported documents, like spreadsheets and presentations via Google Docs, email via Gmail, images via Picasa Web Albums, etc.

The service has the potential to eclipse even Gmail, Google’s second best-known product after their google.com search engine. That said, it’s no wonder users have been ripe with anticipation for years - yes, that’s how long the rumors have persisted. Gdrive is basically online storage where Google servers have enough capacity to hold the entire contents of your hard drive. It will likely also come with enough brains to do cool tricks now with bigger things down the road - like booting your computer from online drive to load the Google operating system.

Think about it start working on a spreadsheet at home and continue via Gdrive interface at your local starbuck or cafe of choice. When you get home the changes you made to the spreadsheet have already trickled down to your desktop. Are you saying hey that's not new! of course it's not. Think about the power of Google's execution it could change the way the world works.

UltraSharP 2209WA 22-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor from Dell

2009-01-22T11:51:00.000-08:00

The display is one of the few 22-inch LCDs to be truly color-accurate.It is a brilliant choice when you need exceptional clarity and vibrant color. Featuring a 1000:1 contrast ratio and 300 cd/m² brightness, the monitor boasts excellent color accuracy and uniformity. Additionally, a resolution of up to 1680x1050 pixels provides quality entertainment and an exhilarating multimedia experience. Moreover, you can enjoy accurate color representation for engaging gaming, video and photo viewing with the TrueColor™ for better color representation resulting in deeper, more vibrant reds, greens and blues.

Highlights

* 1680x1050 pixels resolution provides sharp and brilliant images of text and graphics
* 300 cd/m² brightness and 1000:1 contrast ratio delivers high color accuracy and uniformity
* Offers a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of 178°
* 5 ms typical response time enables crisp and clear images

GHAJINI GAME BY FXLABS AND EROS INTERNATIONAL

2009-01-22T08:52:00.000-08:00

Eros International, the leading studio in the Indian media and entertainment sector, joined forces with FXLabs Studios, the leading end-to-end game development company in India, to launch India's first 3D PC Action Game based on a Bollywood movie. Developed on the action packed film Ghajini starring Aamir Khan, 'Ghajini - The Game' will be distributed by Eros International in both Indian and international markets.

'Ghajini' is a Third Person Action game, which will provide a fantastic opportunity to all Ghajini fans to experience the movie through this exciting game. The game features recreated movie locations and scenes in the 3D world so as to provide the gamers with the actual movie sets to make the game playing Experience as authentic and adventures as the movie. The players get a first hand experience of the main protagonist and character Sanjay (played by Aamir Khan) and experience the challenges and trails faced by him.Aamir Khan has taken a keen interest during the development of the game. The actor has lent his voice and has also enacted certain 'moves' to bring in authenticity for the action sequences in the game.

Speaking at the launch of the game, Biren Ghose, Executive Director - Eros Pictures said, "What better than an exciting film like Ghajini which stars one of the most pioneering and trendsetting actors - Aamir Khan to launch India's first 3-D PC game. We see the game as another cinematic frontier. Eros International and FXLabs will hopefully be the first in creating a new line of games that leverage big movie titles and stories. Eros is committed to providing innovative solutions to its consumers and offering the interactive 'Ghajini' PC game is another way of delivering on that promise".Sashi Reddi, Founder and CEO, FXLabs said, "We are thrilled to launch this technologically advanced 3D PC game based on a major Bollywood movie. Our aim is to extend the movie experience through our game to all Ghajini fans globally and we are excited to have had the opportunity to work with one of Bollywood's finest actors and stars - Aamir Khan on this project".

Commenting on the partnership Sashi Reddi of FXLabs further added that, "We are very happy to have Eros International as our marketing and distribution partners for the 'Ghajini' game. Eros has a wide network globally, which will enable us to reach out to all target audiences across the globe."Launch of the 'Ghajini' game marks Eros' foray in the yet untapped business of Bollywood Games. Commenting on the launch, Sunil Lulla, President - Eros India said, "At Eros we are continuously experimenting with new and unexploited business formats in which we see future business potential. Movie based games are common in Hollywood but have not yet been exploited in Indian film industry. We believe Eros' initiative in this sector will help grow this market and provide additional form of entertainment to Bollywood fans."

'Ghajini - The Game' will be available through all leading stores.

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