tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:27:56 +0000http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-7440987753241561576Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:30:00 +00002007-03-19T21:32:49.063+07:00Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. introduced two touchscreen notebook PCs today that are available with custom-ordered solid state drives (SSD) of 16GB or 32GB. <p>The Life Book P1610, a convertible notebook, and the Life Book B6210, a clamshell style, can each be converted to run the flash-based SSDs. The 16GB SSD is priced at $700, and the 32GB is priced at $1,300, said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile marketing at Fujitsu in Sunnyvale, Calif.</p> <p>Fujitsu will give credit to business customers for the cost of replacing a hard drive with an SSD, Moore said, which could be about $250 for an 80GB hard drive, he said. A P1610 with a 30GB hard drive has a starting price of $1,649. The SSD, manufactured by <b><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9002734">Samsung</a></b>, will take up the same space in the laptop as the hard drive, he said.</p> <div style="margin: 10px 10px 5px 0px; width: 250px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px;"><img src="http://www.computerworld.com/common/images/site/features/2007/032007/fujitsu_1610_250px.jpg" alt="The Fujitsu P1610 can be converted to run a solid state drive" style="margin-bottom: 5px;" border="0" height="246" width="250" /> The Fujitsu P1610 can be converted to run a solid state drive.</div> <p>SSDs will be popular for job settings where data protection is important, such as a stock trader or a health care worker, Moore said. "If a PC crashes, you want to protect the drive and data," he said. SSDs also don't use as much power and don't produce much heat or noise and require a shorter boot time, he added.</p> <p>Fujitsu said it believes it is the first to offer a touchscreen notebook with SSD, although Moore said there are some small Windows CE computers running SSD. </p> <p>Roger Kay, an analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates Inc. in Framingham, Mass., said Fujitsu might be the first of its type, although a hybrid SSD-hard drive laptop is being sold in Asia.</p> <p>"Solid state drives are definitely the wave of the future," Kay said. "They're fantastically cool, but fairly expensive. Once flash storage prices come down to reasonable levels, SSD will take off."</p> <p>In addition to higher cost, SSDs have significantly less read/write life than a hard drive. "Still, the read/write durability is pretty good and more than most people would need," he said.</p> <p>The biggest benefit will be "substantial power savings," he added.</p> <p>Fujitsu also announced a rugged case for each notebook, priced at $139, Moore said.</p> <p>The P1610 is 2.2 pounds, with an 8.9-inch touchsreen, while the B6210 is 3.2 pounds with a 12.1 inch display. The B6210 runs Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 or Windows XP Pro, while the P1610 runs those two or Windows Vista Business Edition.</p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/fujitsu-launches-notebooks-with-solid_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-15536641196748245Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:30:00 +00002007-03-19T21:31:39.932+07:00Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. introduced two touchscreen notebook PCs today that are available with custom-ordered solid state drives (SSD) of 16GB or 32GB. <p>The Life Book P1610, a convertible notebook, and the Life Book B6210, a clamshell style, can each be converted to run the flash-based SSDs. The 16GB SSD is priced at $700, and the 32GB is priced at $1,300, said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile marketing at Fujitsu in Sunnyvale, Calif.</p> <p>Fujitsu will give credit to business customers for the cost of replacing a hard drive with an SSD, Moore said, which could be about $250 for an 80GB hard drive, he said. A P1610 with a 30GB hard drive has a starting price of $1,649. The SSD, manufactured by <b><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9002734">Samsung</a></b>, will take up the same space in the laptop as the hard drive, he said.</p> <div style="margin: 10px 10px 5px 0px; width: 250px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px;"><img src="http://www.computerworld.com/common/images/site/features/2007/032007/fujitsu_1610_250px.jpg" alt="The Fujitsu P1610 can be converted to run a solid state drive" style="margin-bottom: 5px;" border="0" height="246" width="250" /> The Fujitsu P1610 can be converted to run a solid state drive.</div> <p>SSDs will be popular for job settings where data protection is important, such as a stock trader or a health care worker, Moore said. "If a PC crashes, you want to protect the drive and data," he said. SSDs also don't use as much power and don't produce much heat or noise and require a shorter boot time, he added.</p> <p>Fujitsu said it believes it is the first to offer a touchscreen notebook with SSD, although Moore said there are some small Windows CE computers running SSD. </p> <p>Roger Kay, an analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates Inc. in Framingham, Mass., said Fujitsu might be the first of its type, although a hybrid SSD-hard drive laptop is being sold in Asia.</p> <p>"Solid state drives are definitely the wave of the future," Kay said. "They're fantastically cool, but fairly expensive. Once flash storage prices come down to reasonable levels, SSD will take off."</p> <p>In addition to higher cost, SSDs have significantly less read/write life than a hard drive. "Still, the read/write durability is pretty good and more than most people would need," he said.</p> <p>The biggest benefit will be "substantial power savings," he added.</p> <p>Fujitsu also announced a rugged case for each notebook, priced at $139, Moore said.</p> <p>The P1610 is 2.2 pounds, with an 8.9-inch touchsreen, while the B6210 is 3.2 pounds with a 12.1 inch display. The B6210 runs Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 or Windows XP Pro, while the P1610 runs those two or Windows Vista Business Edition.</p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/fujitsu-launches-notebooks-with-solid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-7479201361189987908Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:28:00 +00002007-03-19T21:29:51.689+07:00Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today introduced the first pen-enabled notebooks with solid state drives (SSDs). The LifeBook® P1610 and LifeBook B6210 ultra-portables will offer an option for an SSD, an advanced NAND flash-based replacement for traditional hard disk drives. Fujitsu also introduced a rugged case for added durability and reliability. The rugged-enhanced notebooks, designed for optimal portability and data protection, are ideal for medium-sized and large organizations within vertical markets, including healthcare, aviation, and field service, which require a light and compact, but highly durable mobile computer. <p> The 2.2-pound LifeBook P1610 convertible touch screen notebook and 3.2-pound LifeBook B6210 touch screen notebook are now offered with two flash-based SSD configurations, 16 GB or 32 GB. SSDs offer lower power consumption, added ruggedness, high reliability, and improved performance. </p><p> In addition to providing significantly more durability and data protection than traditional hard disk drives, there are no moving parts to fail or heads to crash. SSDs are noise free, generate virtually no heat and weigh half as much as traditional notebook hard drives. </p><div style="text-align: center; float: right; font-size: xx-small;" align="right"><img src="http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/200703/TN-321135_SSD_rubbercasing_2.jpg" alt="LifeBook P1610 notebook with rugged case" /><br /><a href="http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_multimedia?prid=227929&amp;attachid=446867">(Click here for details)<br />LifeBook P1610 notebook with rugged case</a></div><p> SSDs also offer faster performance and quicker boot-up time because data access is virtually instantaneous. Unlike traditional hard disk drives there is no need to spin the platters up to speed, no seek time, and no rotational latency. SSDs also read two times faster and write up to 60% faster than other hard drives. In addition to the added durability all of this translates to a much faster experience and longer battery life. </p><p> The LifeBook P1610 notebook and its predecessor, the LifeBook P1510 notebook, can be further fortified in tablet mode with an optional 3/4-inch thick flexible Santoprene case. The case, which provides access to all ports, offers additional protection against accidental drops, bumps and the rigors of a day on the road. </p><p> "On-your-feet workers need to protect their tools without interfering with the product's usability or adding significant cost," said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile product marketing, Fujitsu Computer Systems. "By offering SSDs along with rugged cases, Fujitsu provides a superior solution for environments where rough handling of notebooks is inherent in the workplace." </p><p> The LifeBook P1610 convertible notebook, a light-weight powerhouse packed with full PC functionality and an 8.9-inch indoor/outdoor touch screen, is designed for on-the-go mobile professionals who require the flexibility of a tablet for note-taking or navigating through forms-based applications, along with the traditional keyboard input of a notebook computer. The LifeBook B6210 notebook, popular in fast-paced, forms-intensive workplaces, is equipped with a bright 12.1-inch XGA display offering the flexibility of touch screen input and the productivity of a notebook computer. </p><p> Price and Availability </p><p> The SSD for the LifeBook P1610 and B6210 notebooks will be offered with 16GB and 32GB storage capacities and available to corporate customers and agencies on a project-basis. Contact <a href="mailto:computers@us.fujitsu.com">computers@us.fujitsu.com</a> or 1-800-831-3183 for pricing and availability. The rugged tablet case for the LifeBook P1610 and LifeBook P1510 notebooks, priced at $139(1), is available through the Fujitsu direct sales force, website and channel partners. </p><p> Service and Support </p><p> The Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 and B6210 notebooks are backed by a one- or three-year International Limited Warranty for U.S. and Canadian customers. The International Limited Warranty(2) includes technical support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week(3), and unlimited online chat support. In addition, Fujitsu offers other warranty plans designed to meet the unique needs of mobile users. See <a href="http://us.fujitsu.com/computers">http://us.fujitsu.com/computers</a> for further information. </p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/fujitsu-first-to-offer-solid-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-8919219130880172027Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:23:00 +00002007-03-19T21:23:45.458+07:00<p>Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. this week showed off a soon-to-be-released version of its digital photo frame with Wi-Fi and two larger versions that will hit markets later this year.</p> <p>Samsung displayed unreleased 12-inch and 8-inch versions of the company's digital photo frames, alongside a 7-inch version of the frame that can connect with a PC over Wi-Fi. The displays were on display at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany.</p> <p>The €229 (US$305) SPH-72P, which hits European markets in May, uses Wi-Fi to automatically discover and connect with PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system and can display photos stored in Windows Media Player 11. </p> <p>Like the €179 SPH-72H model, which does not have Wi-Fi and will hit European markets at the same time, the SPH-72P has a four-in-one memory card reader and a USB port that can connect directly to a digital camera or portable hard disk.</p> <p>Both picture frames have a 7-inch screen that offers a resolution of 800 pixels by 480 pixels, and they can play MP3 files and movie clips.</p> <p>The SPH-72P can also display JPEG photos downloaded by RSS (Really Simple Syndication) from Web sites, such as Windows Live Spaces. But a Samsung sales executive manning the company's booth said photo frames sold in Europe may not initially support this feature.</p> <p>Samsung plans to ship the 8-inch and 12-inch versions later this year, and they could be on the market during the third quarter, the sales executive said. Detailed specifications of the larger photo frames were not available.</p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/samsung-digital-picture-frames-get-wi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-7299613857406324339Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:22:00 +00002007-03-19T21:23:04.115+07:00<p>Fujitsu is fortifying two models in its notebook line by offering the option of solid state drives for rugged applications like health care and aviation, the company said today. </p> <p>Fujitsu is offering flash memory on its LifeBook <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128362/article.html">P1610</a> and B6210 models, both touchscreen, ultra-portable notebooks. It will continue to sell them with their current design of hard disk drives. The company began offering flash memory on some of its P-series and Q-series notebooks in Japan two months ago, but this is the first time the feature will reach North America. </p> <p>Customers will have to pay more for NAND flash memory than traditional spinning magnetic drives, but they will gain benefits like reduced power consumption, lower latency with data traffic, faster boot times, and reduced noise, heat and weight, said Paul Moore, Fujitsu's senior director of mobile product marketing. </p> <h2 class="artSubtitle">Flash Advances</h2> <p>Although flash memory is popular on handheld devices like smartphones and MP3 music players, it has generally been viewed as too expensive for mass-market notebooks. But in recent months, flash prices have been falling and storage capacity rising so fast that several vendors are now considering it for new applications. </p> <p>Last week Apple declined to comment on rumors that it would soon offer a flash-based "subnotebook." And Intel <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125011/article.html">plans to embed flash</a> storage on motherboards as part of the next-generation Centrino notebook platform it will launch in the second half of 2007. </p> <p>Flash prices will continue to drop sharply over the coming year, following the model of USB-compatible memory sticks, Moore said. Choosing the 16GB flash drive option adds $700 to the price of notebook, and choosing the 32GB flash drive adds $1200. But that disparity won't last long. </p> <p>"Once they get the dies made and start cranking them out, it's like printing stamps. It's just supply and demand. Today it would be cheaper to buy an SL Mercedes than a 200G-byte solid state drive," Moore said. "Give it a couple years, and everybody's going to be walking around with these. Then your biggest concern is going to be breaking your display." </p> <h2 class="artSubtitle">Fujitsu's Options</h2> <p>Another drawback to flash memory is its limited capacity. Fujitsu is offering a choice of 16GB or 32GB flash drives, compared to the range of 30GB to 80GB it sells in hard drive models. But Moore said customers in finance or medicine can live with that restriction because a flash drive will preserve their data if they drop the notebook, and IT administrators often boost security by storing valuable files on a networked server instead of portable notebook. </p> <p>Fujitsu did not list prices, since it is selling the notebooks only on a project basis as customers ask for them. The LifeBook P1610 weighs 2.2 pounds, has an 8.9-inch screen, and uses a 1.2GHz Intel Core Solo U1400 processor to run Windows Vista Business, XP Professional or XP Tablet PC Edition. The B6210 weighs 3.2 pounds, has a 12.1-inch screen, and uses the same chip to run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or XP Professional. </p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/fujitsu-puts-flash-on-laptops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-5068836715361456308Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:13:00 +00002007-03-19T21:17:46.202+07:00<img no="0" src="http://english.chosun.com/media/photo/news/200703/200703190029_00.jpg" align="right" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" />Samsung Electronics' tiny Q1 Ultra computer drew a lot of attention at the CeBIT 2007 computer expo in Hanover, Germany, last week. Its success there is an indication of the inroads that Samsung's devices have been making in overseas markets. <p>The Q1 Ultra is a next-generation UMPC, or ultra mobile personal computer, that Samsung developed with Intel and Microsoft. Samsung released the Q1 at CeBIT 2006. For the Ultra it added a keypad and improved some of the Q1's weak points including short battery life and a low-resolution screen so that the Ultra offers PC-style functionality for mobile users. </p><p>The Q1 Ultra features an 0.3 mega-pixel web camera on the front side and a 1.3 mega-pixel camera on the flip side. It's also got a QWERTY keypad to the right and left of the screen. Samsung says the device will work for 3.5 hours with the standard four-cell battery or for more than six hours on an extended six-cell battery. The weight was reduced from 760g to 690g. </p><p>UMPCs occupy a category between laptops and personal digital assistants (PDAs) and can perform all the functions of a PC both indoors and outdoors. PDAs are light and small but their capabilities are limited, and laptop PCs are too big to carry. The Q1 sold for about W1 million (US$1=W945) but was perceived as pricey. Samsung said the Q1 Ultra, with its improved features, would cost about the same. </p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/samsung-releases-improved-umpc-q1-ultra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-5902649978556927524Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:36:00 +00002007-02-07T16:22:23.850+07:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With family and friends in such far-flung places as Hong Kong and Argentina, Carlos Ronisky used to run up hefty phone bills just trying to keep in touch.</span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Then he heard about VoIP. It may sound like the name of an energy drink, but it's actually an emerging phone service that routes calls over the Internet to make talk cheaper.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> An acronym for Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP has exploded in recent years. Use has more than doubled in the past year, according to TeleGeography Research, and experts expect the growth to continue.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Ronisky, who lives in Manhattan and works as a marketing manager at a New York bank, dumped his landline and switched to Internet phone provider Vonage last year. He's saved $600 - which he plans to spend on a video iPod. "I used to be paying $75 to $80 a month. Now, my average bill is about $20," he said.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> VoIP is part of the latest skirmish in the battle among startups and cable and telephone companies to deliver competing services.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Independent providers such as Vonage, SunRocket and Packet8 have sprung up in recent years to battle the old Baby Bells for customers. Traditional phone companies like AT&T have gotten in on the VoIP act, too, and cable companies such as Time Warner are offering digital phone service as an alternative to a traditional phone line.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> All you need to make the switch to a Web-based phone service is a high-speed Internet connection. Once you sign up, you'll get an adapter that connects your phone to your Internet router.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Another variation of VoIP is the service provided by Skype and YakWorldCity. There's no router - you use a headset that plugs into your computer. But the tradeoff for being stuck in front of your monitor is that you can make free computer-to-computer calls to anyone in the world who has the same service. You do pay for calls from your computer to regular phone numbers.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> In addition to the money you save, VoIP services often include in their monthly fees handy features like voicemail, caller ID, call waiting and call forwarding. There are some less useful, but fun features, as well. Skype lets you download an optional "lie detector," which senses the stress level of your conversation partner.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Recent college grad and Manhattanite Julie Blank helps keep her cost of living down by using Skype to video conference with her brother, Aaron, who lives in Israel. "If I didn't talk to him on Skype, I'd probably just be e-mailing him."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Frequent international callers who want an experience just like a traditional phone line need to check what countries the VoIP provider includes in their basic plans, as well as rates for calls to different regions. Many companies post their rates online. The Web site voipreview.org can help you compare VoIP companies' international plans and rates.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Another option that Internet-based phone services may offer those calling far away locales is a virtual phone number. That means that, for a fee, you get a number that's local to the area where friends and family live, allowing them to call you for free. At Vonage, for example, an extra $5 a month will get you a local number in Mexico that, for example, lets your aunt who lives there call you all she wants merely for local charges.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The latest twist is that VoIP providers are trying to make their services even more portable.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Apple has promised that its new iPhone cell phone, which will debut in June, will have VoIP capabilities. Vonage recently launched the V-Phone, a tiny, $40 device that plugs into any computer with a USB port. With it, Vonage subscribers can make a call from their home phone number while they're anywhere in the world where they have high-speed Internet access.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This year, Skype debuted cordless phones that let users toggle between Skype and landline calls. Vonage and Skype are also offering "wi-fi" phones, cell phone-like devices that let you connect to their services through most wireless Internet networks.w</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> One drawback of VoIP for anyone thinking of completely ditching traditional phone line is 911 service. Since regular landlines are linked to a specific location, local emergency service personnel immediately know where to find you if you call 911.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> That's not always the case with VoIP. Some providers offer enhanced 911 service, meaning that emergency dispatchers will immediately know where you are as long as you have provided your address and you update it if you move. But some services, such as Skype, don't offer any 911 service, and are best used in addition to another phone line.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> In either case, if you lose power or your Web service fails, your VoIP service will go down, too.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b><span style="font-size:78%;">The 411 on VoIP</span></b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * Not all providers offer the same standard of 911 service as a regular landline.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * Watch for sign-up fees, connection and cancellation charges.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * You'll have to upgrade to high-speed Internet service, which will likely mean you'll have to pay up a bit if you're now a dial-up customer.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * Be aware that even if a company lets you keep your current phone number, the switch could take two weeks or more.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * If you have fast DSL Internet service through a traditional phone provider, they will likely require you to continue paying for at least basic phone service through them. Some companies are beginning to offer so-called naked DSL, meaning that you can get the high-speed Internet without a voice plan, but not yet at prices that make it a good deal.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b><span style="font-size:78%;">VoIP plans by the numbers:<br />Breaking down the costs </span></b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Vonage</b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cost: Service starts at $14.99 per month; $25 monthly gets you unlimited calling to anywhere in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada; basic adapter is available free with rebate; $10 shipping fee for gear.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pros: Works with your regular phone, but phone-plus-adapter products are available; call quality is generally high; you can take your number with you anywhere.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cons: May charge a $40 disconnection fee if you cancel after two weeks of service.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>SunRocket</b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cost: $199 a year gets you unlimited calling throughout the U.S., including Puerto Rico, and Canada; monthly billing option is $24.95 and includes $3 of international calling per month.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pros: Offers some of the lower-cost plans; no activation or cancellation charges; annual fee refunded on a pro-rated basis if service is canceled.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cons: With its monthly plans, customers need to pay an additional charge of $39.95 for an adapter.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>AT&T CallVantage</b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cost: Unlimited calling to the U.S. and Canada starts at $25 monthly plus a $10 shipping fee for adaptor and $30 activation fee; now offering one month free with online order.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pros: Gets high marks for its call quality from tech Web sites like Cnet.com.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cons: Plans tend to be on the expensive side; $30 disconnection fee if service canceled within one year.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Time Warner Cable</b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cost: $39.95 per month with digital cable service for unlimited calling in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, and Canada (for a total of about $90 per month; now offering two months free service.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pros: One bill, if you have cable service with them anyway; taking bundled services may lower your overall costs.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cons: Service isn't portable - you can use it in one location only; if you move to another area code, you'll have to change phone numbers; international rates can be relatively high.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Skype</b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cost: Free for computer-to-computer calls; Unlimited Skype-to-phone calling is $29.95 per month.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pros: Free if you can get friends and family on board and in front of their computers; reasonable international rates; video conferencing available with a Webcam.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cons: Not meant as a replacement for a regular phone line; no 911 service available; call quality to landline or cell phones may be spotty; caller and callee both have to be at the computer at the same time for free call.</p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> By </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="bylinename">ELIZABETH LAZAROWITZ</span>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/02/easy-call-phoning-via-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-7062028828835804431Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:41:00 +00002007-02-07T16:23:53.717+07:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Silicon vendor Broadcom has put Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an FM radio on a single 65nm CMOS chip. The device should cut the cost - and power demands - of Wi-Fi enabled phone handsets, and hasten converged phone services.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Although Marvell announced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on a chip last year, that was a larger chip using 90nm CMOS. Broadcom's BMC4325 has got ahead of the game by using a smaller lower-power technology - and throwing in an FM receiver as well. Other vendors, like Qualcomm's Airgo acquisition are promising to integrate the two.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The price and battery life of dual-mode phones is one of the key factors in the conflict over indoor wireless. As long as dual-mode devices are expensive battery hogs, the mobile operators will be rolling out indoor femtocell access points that keep the user on their cellular networks.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Integrating multiple wireless technologies onto a single chip will be welcomed by mobile device manufacturers due to the inherent cost, space and power savings it will enable," said Stuart Carlaw, wireless research director at ABI Research.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">However, multiple radios in one chip can be tricky because of self-interference - at least between Wi-Fi b/g and Bluetooth in the 2.4GHz range. Broadcom believes it has cracked this with its InConcert algorithms that run the two in tandem, either with separate antennas, or sharing an antenna to save space.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The smaller chip has power demands 40 percent less than competing chips, says Broadcom. But the implementations on the chip aren't cut-down. The Wi-Fi system supports the 802.11a/b/g standards, and the Bluetooth uses the faster 2.0 plus standard with enhanced data rate (EDR), and will be upgradeable to Bluetooth version 2.1. Both take on significant processing, which cuts demands on the main phone processor, again increasing battery life.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Even the FM radio isn't just a basic one - it support both US and European standards for radio data.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By Peter Judge, Techworld</span>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/02/broadcom-puts-wifi-bluetooth-and-fm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-4076350676921605494Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:46:00 +00002007-02-02T23:48:38.146+07:00Meet D.A.V.E. he’s rather clever…<br /><p><br /></p><center><img style="width: 370px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.trustedreviews.com/images/article/inline/4013-DAVESizeComparison.jpg" alt="" /></center><br />The <b>D</b>igital <b>A</b>udio <b>V</b>ideo <b>E</b>xperience is a unit which houses a 1.8in hard drive available in either 10GB or 20GB capacities. There is also a USB port. So far so very normal.<br /> <p> Where things get innovative however is in Dave’s other connectivity. The drive sports Bluetooth and WiFi and can be paired with any Bluetooth capable device – be it a phone, PDA or laptop – and act as wireless storage. Once paired the device can navigate Dave as if he were any traditional storage device and transfer files, play media or even perform backups.<br /></p> <p> Since Dave is designed to be completely independent of your connected devices he is equipped with his own battery (10 hours operation) and even sports a microprocessor to power all his connectivity. As for the dent he’ll make in your pocket, it will be similar to that of a small mobile phone with measurements of 61 x 89 x 12mm and 70g weight.<br /></p> <p> Interestingly, Seagate won’t be marketing Dave itself but instead negotiating direct with manufacturers in the hope they will bundle him with their handsets.<br /></p> <p> With an anticipated RRP of around $200 Dave doesn’t come cheap and with memory card capacities increasing exponentially he is surely only a stop gap product. But he’s a cool stop gap product and we wouldn’t want to hurt his feelings.<br /></p> <p> Look for Dave when he is likely to be rechristened Nokia, Motorola, Samsung or Sony Ericsson around May/June.<br /></p> Link:<br /><a href="http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/" target="_blank">Seagate</a><br /><br />By Gordon Kellyhttp://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/02/seagate-offers-mobile-bluetooth-storage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116810033006030594Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:16:00 +00002007-01-06T23:18:50.063+07:00The hard drive is a critical component of every modern computer system. It loads and stores practically everything about the computer, from the OS to all the programs to every data bit and document. Yet the hard drive is based on a mechanical spinning disk system that is ultimately prone to failure, usually due to the stress of heat and motion. Laptop hard drives typically take more abuse than their desktop counterparts and therefore have an even higher rate of failure. Fortunately, SanDisk has taken the first steps to potentially ending all of this. The company has developed a new solid-state 32GB hard drive for notebooks that is based entirely on NAND flash RAM. <p>The 32GB <a href="http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478">SanDisk SSD UATA 5000</a> is only a 1.8" form-factor drive, but it has mighty impressive specifications despite its size: 62MB/sec sustained throughput, 0.12ms average access time, and it draws only 0.4 watts. This means that the SanDisk SSD has an average access time that is more than 100 times faster than any notebook hard drive, and it draws 50 to 87 percent less power than most notebook hard drives. While its sustained throughput is roughly on par with most notebooks, it should be noted that the throughput is the same regardless of whether it is reading at the beginning or the end of the drive. (Hard disks typically have higher throughput rates on their outer tracks and slower throughput rates on their inner tracks.) In addition, everything is solid-state, so there are no moving parts. Even if you are the type to drop or bang your laptop around on a regular basis, there are no hard disk heads to crash into spinning platters.</p> <p>Although flash memory can be known to eventually "wear out" due to writing to the same area repeatedly, modern flash memory controllers have automatic "wear-leveling" to ensure longevity of the device by making sure that sectors are being written to evenly and bad sectors are dynamically remapped to good ones. According to SanDisk, the SSD UATA 5000 is rated at "two million hours mean time between failure (MTBF)."</p> <p>What does this mean to the average notebook user? SanDisk's drive boasts considerably faster data access, slightly longer battery life, and higher reliability. Unfortunately, the cost for such a drive is somewhat prohibitive at $600. It would seem that SanDisk's target market is currently the enterprise user, but naturally as flash memory prices continue to come down and more flash manufacturers get into the hard drive business, we should expect to see them in consumer-grade laptops in the proverbial three to five years.</p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/01/sandisk-introduces-32gb-flash-based.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116810001284045153Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:11:00 +00002007-01-06T23:13:32.853+07:00The battle between the Blu-ray and HD DVD disc formats could be drawing to a close, now that players and discs supporting both formats are on the way. <p>Next week, Warner Bros, a movie studio division of Time Warner, plans to present a new high-definition disc, Total HD, at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.</p> <p>Total HD discs will carry movies that can be played on high-definition DVD players using the Sony-backed Blu-ray format, as well as players using the Toshiba-backed HD-DVD format.</p> <p>Yesterday, LG said it plans to sell the first DVD player that will play both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.</p> <p>The LG unit will also be unveiled at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, LG said. Details, including pricing and availability, will become available then, the company said.</p> <p>The two DVD formats have been battling for market share since being introduced last year. Both are expected to get a boost this year as more studios release films in the formats and more players become available.</p> <p>But the formats are incompatible, forcing consumers to choose. Studios and electronics makers have said the resulting format war would delay widespread adoption of high-def DVDs, which contain sharper images and extra features not possible with standard definition discs.</p> <p>LG, based in South Korea, said it expects its dual-format player to "end the confusion and inconvenience of competing high-definition disc formats."</p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2007/01/hybrid-discs-players-could-end-format.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116727466089744884Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:57:00 +00002006-12-28T09:57:40.900+07:00Traffic building. What is it all about? We are told we have to traffic build. We must get traffic in order to build a list, in order to sell our products.<br /><br />But why don’t we just buy a million visitors a month? That would certainly be the easiest way, wouldn’t it?<br /><br />But you and I know better. For our traffic to be worthwhile, it must be personal. It must be targeted. And we must target out landing pages to our traffic sources.<br /><br />So what are my top 4 traffic building techniques?<br /><br />4) Google Adwords. I have a love-hate relationship with Google Adwords. I hate the fact that my conversion rate on Adwords visitors is less than 25% of my conversion rate everywhere else, on average. I love the fact that I can get as many as 1000 visitors per day from Adwords, so I can test opt in script and sales pages quickly and easily. Advice: Never spend more on Adwords than you can afford to lose, at least until you get good at it and have consistent results. Buy a good book on Adwords and learn everything you can and test everything you do.<br /><br />3) Ezine advertising. I like ezine advertising. Why? If someone opts into your list from an ezine ad, what do you know about them? You know they read their emails. You know they click through links in their emails. You know they do not unsubscribe. In short, they are everything you want in a subscriber.<br /><br />2) Other people’s lists. And no, I don’t mean stealing or buying or anything like that. I mean an endorsed mailing. That is where you have someone else who has a list, mail an offer to their list that offers some incentive for their subscribers to opt in to your list. It may be a free report or a free product. It may be useful information that you can offer them. You can either pay the list owner or swap mailings with them. For example, you mail an offer for them, and they mail an offer for you.<br /><br />1) Article writing. This may well be one of the hardest forms of traffic generation because of the time involved. You cannot just write a check or use paypal to write your articles. You literally have to sit down for a hour a day and write articles. And for some of you, it may not be easy to write. But let me ask you this. If you were to write for one hour a day for a month, do you think it will be harder or easier at the end of one month to write articles? Of course it will be easier. Just do it. Write for one hour every day.http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2006/12/top-four-traffic-building-techniques.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116727455638100300Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:51:00 +00002006-12-28T09:55:56.386+07:00Where’s the best place to put your adsense ads? On your web pages of course. Ok, just kidding. The real question should be: “Is there really any truth to the rumors that where you place those Google AdSense ads can actually improve response?” According to my best information, the answer to that question is: Yes.<o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal">Google’s own AdSense experts say that that there is a direct correlation between the placement of the AdSense ads and the resulting clickthrough.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>When ads are placed in “content zones”, rather than in “advertising zones”, response rates on Google AdWords goes up. There are also indications showing that ads appearing on the right side of the page get clicked more than ads appearing on the left side.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Advertising analysts with degrees in human behavior and psychology have spent thousands of man-years (people-years?) studying how people read printed and Internet content and what it takes to get them to respond to ads. While some of these studies are proprietary, or are only available to anyone with $10,000 or more to spend on a copy, other studies have been made public and can be read by anyone who is interested.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Google themselves has released some relevant information which is focused directly on increasing your Google AdSense response. You can read their findings <a href="http://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/static.py?page=tips.html%22">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Of course, all of the studies in the world aren’t worth a hill of beans if the findings don’t work on your web site. That’s why it is important to test, test and test again. Experiment with your Google AdSense placement and track the results over a period of time. Google provides response tracking tools in your AdSense control panel. Learn how to use them. As you begin to see what may be only subtle differences in response, you’ll be able to determine what works best for your particular site. But don’t get complacent. What’s working for you now might not work next month if you change your site design or content.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>One of the most important factors in determining placement of your ads is the type of content that your site delivers. If you are primarily an e-commerce site, and you have a lot of pictures and ad copy for your own products competing for attention against AdSense ads, then it is going to be a particularly tough challenge getting any kind of decent Google AdSense clickthrough. It is situations like this that require very thorough testing and a lot of trial and error.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Blogs seem to have a lot of success generating high response rates to Google AdSense listings. Perhaps it’s because blog readers realize that ad revenue is the only way that their favorite blogmaster can keep the lights on, so the readers think of clicking on ads as a way to make a donation(possible adsense click fraud though).<o:p></o:p></p> Regardless of what the experts say, your best bet is to tailor your Google AdSense ad placement to what your own experience shows works best for you. In the end, you’re the only expert who matters.http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2006/12/best-place-to-put-adsense-ads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116714527517203325Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:59:00 +00002006-12-26T22:01:15.176+07:00<span style="font-size: 85%;">You have probably heard the buzz in and around the geek corridors. Someone has possibly told you they are using RSS, and how it has saved their life. Jupiter Research says 63% of large organisations are planning to use it by the end of this year. If there was a TV advertisement for it, it would probably be one of those convenience ads, where at the end a typical mom says "...thanks to RSS I now have more time to spend with my perfect family". You may even be using it right now and not even know it. It might even solve world hunger...OK maybe that's taking it a bit far. But what is RSS?</span> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;"><strong>What is RSS?</strong><br />There are many different ways of explaining this evolution. I will simply add to the description pool by using my interpretation of it.<br />RSS is the abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication. Interestingly enough abbreviation is exactly what it does. It abbreviates all the bumf most websites on the World Wide Web contain; in order to provide you with specific content you want. In other words, if you surf the web at a super rate and require a number of websites to be open at any given time, then RSS allows you to receive/ syndicate this information without requiring you to constantly open new pages in your browser. RSS has become an essential tool to eMarketing guru’s world wide as it allows you to "pull" the exact content and leave everything such as images, colours, flashing graphics etc. behind. This allows for faster upload times, better scanning, more control and less distraction - when all you require is to take in content and not the flashing Vegas-like billboards down Super Information Highway.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;"><strong>How to Use RSS</strong><br />To get into the RSS club you will need a RSS Reader or Aggregator. This can be a daunting task as there are multitudes available. Trying to test all of them is not an option! If you are an open source lover like me, you can download RSS Bandit. There are other good purchasable readers like Feed Demon. Mozilla Thunderbird, an open source email program, has one built in to it. The difference between most RSS Readers is the interface and functionality they provide. Most of the good ones are able to house a list of RSS feeds: categorized by types or groups of which you can customize. In addition to this there is a preview section where a list of the new content is ordered by heading/ subject and time posted -much like your email. Lastly, there will be another section which contains the full text version of content syndicated from that particular web page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;"><strong>Adding RSS Feeds</strong><br />Normally your new RSS Reader contains a couple of feeds already installed to get you started. But in order to acquire new feeds yourself; you need to visit web pages which are RSS/ XML enabled. If you value the content on these pages, look for a small square orange icon with "XML" "RSS" or a radioactive type sign within it. This indicates there is a feed available somewhere (hopefully distinct...) on the page. There are still a couple of icons being used at the moment, but the RSS industry is trying to standardize it by advocating one. Alternatively, to acquire more feeds: get a friend with similar internet 'content' taste to and ask them to share feeds.<br />Browsers like Firefox can also accept feeds, although their display method is not as comprehensive as specialised RSS Readers. The great thing about the Firefox browser is that the small orange icon appears in the address bar, when a feed is available on a webpage. This lets you know immediately when a feed exists before searching the page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;"><strong>Make Every Day an RSS Day</strong><br />Now try and download the feed on your favourite site to get familiar with this type of icon. You can then go to your other favourite web sites and acquire their feeds. You'll go home satisfied with your new found ability to suck up in real-time; current information at a rate which would have Einstein fighting to keep up.<br />I can just see ads with the typical moms now "...since that RSS Aggregator came into our lives we now save so much time. I am able to be present at every one of Johnny's soccer matches..." Cut to Johnny as he scores a goal and hugs his mom. A really huge orange icon appears on screen as an R&B diva voice sings... "Make every day an RSS day".</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;">RSS is one of the many tools used by the QuirkStars at Quirk eMarketing to keep ahead of the game as far as their services and online knowledge is concerned. In addition to being avid RSS fundi’s their knowledge of web development, search engine marketing, email, viral & affiliate marketing allow them to offer businesses a complete Internet marketing solution.</span></p>http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2006/12/introduction-to-rss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116714487824657600Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:53:00 +00002006-12-26T21:54:38.246+07:00So you want Your website to be on the first page of every Search Engine - SEO Techniques will help You get there! The Techniques on this page will enpower You with the information that will move You towards that goal. Set Your aim high, the sky is the limit! Others have done it, so why can't You -- Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ) is really quite simple!<br /><br />If You have been putting off optimizing Your website for a higher Search Engine results position, today is a good day to make Your start. SEO Techniques will make it much easier that You expected!<br /><br />The following list of SEO Techniques will help you optimize your website so you will get a higher Search Engine Results Position (SERP). Some of the items can be done quickly -- others will take a bit of time.<br /><br />If you complete all the items on the following list of SEO Techniques, give the Search Engines some time to send out their bots to deep crawl your website, your site traffic will increase. Make sure you are ready for it!<br /><br />Search Engine Optimization -- What is it?<br />Optimizing your website so you will obtain a high search engine results position is what SEO Techniques is all about. It is reported that 65% of all websites visited start with a search from a search engine.<br /><br />For people to find your site via a search engine, the site will require a high Search Engine Results Position (SERP). This means when they search keywords phrases like SEO techniques, they will find you site page on the first page of the search engine results. Ending up on the 10 page of the search engines results will not get you any traffic.<br /><br />Getting a high SERP is a combination of a number of things. Leaving out any of the items on the following list of SEO Techniques can result in your page not getting as high a search engine results position as it could.http://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2006/12/seo-techniques.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395947.post-116714184354845133Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:00:00 +00002006-12-26T21:04:03.560+07:00This post helps you to install a new template on Blogger. I have provided you this document as a guide to use the templates downloadable from this blog. This guide is not an official document from Blogger itself, and if there are mistakes in this document it is entirely attributable to me.All templates have been actually tested using a Blogger account.<br />Warning: if you haven’t got a clue what you are doing you are welcome to try this out. If however somehow the looks of your blog are not what you expected it to be, please revert back to the previous template you used. Always make a backup of your existing template before installing a new one!Installing a new template is a simple three-step process.<br /><br /><br /><br />Extract dowloaded file using Windows XP the built-in zip file reader. I recommend to use a program like winzip.<br /><br />- Open html file with notepad, File-open, file of type: all files.<br /><br />- Log in to Blogger account dashboard<br /><br />- Click on the icon under “change settings”<br /><br />- Click the button “template”<br /><br />- Replace the template text (make a backup of the old template text first).<br /><br />- The graphical templates use the image files that are within the .zip file that you can download. Upload these image files to the same directory on the webserver as where your blogger files are written to. or you can upload these image file to a free webhosting like geocities or photobucket.<br /><br />- if you uploaded these image to other webhosting, include the url of your hosting before the images name. example: imagename_Stars1.jpg becomes http://yourwebhosting.com/imagename_Stars1.jpg.<br /><br />- Click on “save changes”<br /><br />- Republish the entire sitehttp://new-headlinenews.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-use-blogger-templates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M3ele3)0