tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60422992011-09-12T12:46:22.987+05:30Blog which highlights the latest happenings in the Tech World from computers to mobile phones.Anishnoreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042299.post-1132998980069593662005-11-26T15:19:00.000+05:302005-11-26T15:26:20.080+05:30

The favourite gaming cell devised by Nokia - Ngage will be soon out of stores. Nokia is going to discontinue Ngage cell till the year 2007. The reason behind this is that Nokia expected to sell around 6 mn Ngage in 3 years, but could sell only 2 mn pieces. Although after launching the Ngage QD Silver edition sales did not pick up.Although the Ngage game features would be made available in Nokia's

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Apple's flagship product the iPod Nano was in the news for not so good reasons. With lawsuits filed against Apple Computers from errate users of iPod Nano, Apple has quietly started bundling a cover with its scratch-prone iPod Nano.Posts made on several iPod fan sites says that the nano now includes a white fabric and plastic slipcover that resembles the one shipping with the new iPod video. More

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Firefox, the much acclaimed browser from Mozilla Foundation celebrated its one year of existence on November 9, 2005. Reachning another milestone, till date 106.5 mn copies of Firefox has been downloaded.Firefox enters its second year with numerous changes up its sleeve. The latest release is the Firefox ver. 1.5 test. The final version of this release would be made available very soon.In the

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Search Engine giant Google Inc. and it's competitor Yahoo! Inc. are expandint content for on mobile phones. Using Google's software one will be able to search for local businesses, view maps and satellite images on handsets.According to Gartner Cell phones outsold PC last year by 4 : 1.Google's software will allow users to search for driving directions and zoom in and out of digital maps.

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Microsoft researchers in Cambridge, UK, are developing their own peer-to-peer file-sharing software. Codenamed Avalanche, the program makes it easy to share content by dividing files such as software, audio or video, into chunks, much like BitTorrent. Using "network coding", it can re-create missing blocks of data that can be used in place of missing chunks.The reputation of file-sharing has been

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You've probably been hearing a lot about podcasting, a kind of mix of RSS technology, pirate-radio sensibilities, and iPod portability. Steve Jobs even announced that the next version of iTunes will support podcasting. But what the heck is podcasting, and how can you get in on the action?In short, a podcast is MP3 audio content, such as a radio show or an audio blog, that is distributed through

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Imagine your wife sitting besides you watching her favourite saas-bahu flicks as you drive her to your destination. Or your kids watching Pogo in the rear seats?To make this a reality, Qualcomm (US based) is planning to launch its latest mobile broadcasting technology called FLO (forward link only). For this talks are in progress with some Indian mobile operators, including Reliance Infocomm and

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PXL Soft - Complete Digital Imaging Solutions :: A nice tool for creating digital imaging pages. You can download the trial version and use it to see it yourself. One of the great digital album creation tool I have ever come across. A must try for digital photography enthusiasts as well as professionals in this field.

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Electronic Arts the developers of 'The Sims 2' will be making it available for PlayStation2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and for all handhelds like Nintendo DS, PSP, Nintendo GBA and cell phones.EA said all handheld versions will feature unique storylines and will ship simultaneously with the console games."Fans have been asking for The Sims 2 on console since it launched on the PC in September last

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I am a proud owner of Nokia Ngage. I am totally satisfied with the quality and functions of this beauty. One more feature of Ngage is that it can save your battery and even can make you away from annoying and disturbing calls.Saving Battery: While roaming, if you haven't activated roaming or there is no network, you can set thepProfile of your phone to 'Offline'. Offline mode makes your phone not

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Google has announced that it will introduce video blogging service very soon. Users can archive their video clips on this video blogging.The company is beta testing a 'video blogging' application, said Larry Page, co-founder of Google. He also said that in the next few days, the company will accept video submissions from people.More information on this will be made available by Google in next few

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Hitachi has announced new advancements in recording technology that the company hopes will set the stage for ultra-high capacities such as a 20 GB Microdrive or a one TB 3.5-inch hard drive.To achieve this, Hitachi demonstrated data density at 230 gigabits per square inch on perpendicular recording. The company believes that these densities will be implemented in commercial hard drive products in

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Just when Yahoo! announced to offer 1 GB space for their email users, Gmail anounced to up it's email space to 2 GB from 1 GB on it's anniversary. When Google launced Gmail, it created a sensation by offering free email service that too of a capacity of 1 GB space. Interestingly, Gmail still in it's beta phase is upgrading the space. The site also mentions that this is not the end and more space

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The new LG G1800 GSM handset is a new entrant into the market. With exciting features and benefits, this cell phone seems to gain the attraction of the geeks. G1800 has a built-in USB Disk with 60 MB memory, which can be connected to a PC for data storage. Also G1800 supports MP3 playback and MP3 ring-tones. It also features a 128 x 128 pixel, 262K color screen display.Some other standard

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Imagine a no frills cell phone with a long battery life -- over eight and a half hours of talk time, nearly three times more than most other handsets. Also support for multi-language, downloadable ringtones, logos etc. Moreover this GSM handset costs a meagre Rs.2000/-. This phone is made by Motorola, and will be launched in India in April. Three entry level models - C 115, 116 and 117, the GSMA

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The GB wars are on by the free email service providers. Started by Google, its catching up those who were not offering it. Yahoo! has increased the email storage limit to 1 GB, competing with Gmail and others.From 1st April,2005 Yahoo! will upgrade the 250 MB account to 1 GB. This process would take around 10 to 15 days. The other indian portal Rediff.com managed to catch up the GB wars by

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In 2003 Nokia entered the portable gaming arena with the N-Gage. They were widely criticized for a bad design and a lack of video game knowledge, but they persisted. Releasing the N-Gage QD to address concerns with their first system shows that the platform is technically one that can last a good few years. Now as time rolls on the Gameboy Dual Screen and Playstation Portable are reaching the

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A Hong-Kong based company wants 12 percent of all profits from iTunes and iPod sales, claiming it holds the patents to the DRM technology that governs the use of downloads through Apple Computer's online music service.According to a post on the Pat-rights company Web site, the patent governs the verification of a single user before permitting the user to download tracks.iTunes' "computer

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Microsoft corporation - the world leader in operationg systems and software has announced that it would re-enter the mobile phone market. Microsoft's mobiles will be targeted at first time buyers and are codenamed 'Peabody'. Some of the common features of it's cellphone would be a Windows mobile OS, Bluetooth and an intergrated camera. Microsoft has tied up with Flextronics to manufacture

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Yahoo gives a new companion to Firefox Yahoo has released a beta tool bar for Firefox. Firefox is currently posing a threat to the dominance of Microsofts Internet Explorer. This shows that how third parties are interested in the Fox Feat. It might also mean that Yahoo is following the lead of Google, which has had a search bar installed into the browser for yonks now. The Yahoo browser does not

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A better version of the Screenshot 

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SONY to support MP3 SONY electronics have announced that it will provide support for the MP3 format in it's digital devices. SONY uses it's own propreitary format ATRAC3 which compresses the music files and can only be played on SONY music devices. Due to gaining popularity of iPod which supports MP3 format, this move could help SONY electronics to gain some more market share in the digital

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Microsoft offers a sneak peak into its next version of Media Player On Wednesday, Microsoft released a test version of its new Window Media Player 10. The beta version was released to test and obtain vital feedback from "digital music enthusiasts". The beta software is used for playing audio and video on PCs and will also allow online music stores to sell songs over the web. This version of

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Nokia to launch 7610 in India Mobile phone giant Nokia is all set to lauch its new international phone 7610 in the Indian market. The 7610 features are as below : - 1 megapixel (1152 x 864 pixels) camera - 2.1" High Resolution, full graphics - 176 X 208 pixels 65,536 colours display - 4 x digital zoom - Video recording of up to 10 mins - Self timer EMS: - SMS, MMS2 and email - Video &

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Stretch Inc., a fabless semiconductor company based in Mountain View California, USA, on Monday announced the S5000 family of software-configurable processors, the first to embed powerful programmable logic within an off-the-shelf processor. The 300Mhz chip outperformed the 2GHz chip. Stretch Inc. says that its processor is the first that can add new instructions while operating since the

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Load, Shoot, Frag The 9th annual QuakeCon video game festival and tournament to be held at Texas from August 12 to 15 is free of charge annual 24-hour-a-day gaming event of North America that promises entertainment, action, and activities. The venue has the capacity to acoomodate 3,000 gamers and follows the concapt of "Bring Your Own Computer" (BYOC). Other than gaming the four day event

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Sony Ericsson launches new cellphone models, talks with Ubisoft for Splinter Cell in their phones Sony Ericsson whose phones are considered to be loaded with all the latest wireless technologies has unveiled an array of mobile phones recently. The launch includes camera phones K700 and S700; Z500 - a clamshell imaging phone offering still and video capture capability, T637 and T237, a

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You have got mail, paid mail The free humorous forwards that you used to receive in your inbox at the expense of your's friends organisation bandwidth will soon disappear. Not because your friend's organisation will stop the internet access, but the free email service providers are now thinking to charge a small postage fee for your email. Leading free email providers Yahoo! and Microsoft (

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E-time Cinema e-Cinema - or digital distribution and exhibition of movies -- has just taken a step forward in India by satellite delivery of movies directly into theatres Bobby Deol-starrer Kismet, slated for release later this month, could well become the first Bollywood movie to be digitally transmitted through a satellite to theatres in and around Delhi and several theatres in Uttar Pradesh

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Kabhi Mobile:Kabhi Walkie-Talkie Thanks to “Push-to-talk” technology, one can talk to one person or one-to-many simultaneously at the push of a button. All that is required is: Go to your buddylist. Select the person or people you would like to chat with. Push the PTT button on your cell, and talk instantly. Release the PTT button to hear the response. Based on two-way walkie-talkie technology,

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Cell phone review : Nokia 1100 Think mobile, Think Nokia. The Nokia 1100 is basic at functions. Aimed at the first time buyers and those who are on a shoe-string budget, the Nokia 1100 is a good communication tool. The 1100 sports a little head lamp Flash Light, which acts as a torch when you need to fiddle or find something in the dark. The phone does not support Java, nor does it is GRPS and

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Your hands don't even need to be touching the steering wheel for it to start spinning back and forth aggressively, all by itself _ slowly guiding the car into the parking spot. Parallel parking is designed to be a breeze with the Intelligent Parking Assist system, part of a new $2,200 option package for Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius gas-electric hybrid in Japan. This is a bold and somewhat

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Miserably your's Heres a google surprise. Type "miserable failure"(without quotes) in the google search bar and click I am feeling Lucky. See the result & Enjoy!!!

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The worst scanner in the world I bought a UMAX Scanner 3400 after some months before its launch. And to tell you the truth, the scanner is a real looser in terms of its build quality. Within the first 10 months of the scanner, it gave me all sorts of patches on the scanned documents. After giving it to the assembler he repaired it and gave it to me as it was in warranty. But to my surprise this

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64-Bit computing:Do we need it? The question Why we need 64-bit computing? is often asked, but rarely answered satisfactorily. That this is so evidenced by the fact that the question keeps coming up again and again in online discussions. There are good reasons for the confusion surrounding the question, 1) how does the server and workstation world will use 64-bit computing, and 2) what use would

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It's good-bye to MP3.com With around 40 million subscribers, MP3.com which was started in 1997 will go dark on December 2, 2003. The worlds number one MP3 music site is bought over by San-Fransisco based CNet. CNet will be shutting down all the MP3.com operations and will scrub MP3.com servers.

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Mobile for the 'blind' The first mobile phone designed specifically for blind and partially sighted people has gone on show in the UK. Spanish company, Owasys - pronounced oasis - has developed the phone. It has no visual display at all but uses a speech synthesiser to read everything that would normally appear on the screen. The phone is on display at the Royal National Institute of

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Half-Naked driver faces Net charge A half-naked man found driving on a city street was arrested and charged with child porn offences this week in the first Canadian case involving wireless Internet signal piracy. The bizarre case began when a Toronto police officer spotted a motorist going the wrong way down a one-way street in a residential neighbourhood. After pulling the man over, Sgt. Don

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Jargon of the Day Cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his book 'Neuromnuer', Cyberspace refers to the digital world of any network, but is commonly used to refer to the Net. The word " Cyber space' is currently used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks.

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Number Jumble for CDMA users With the subscriber base of almost over 7 mn, CDMA operators trying to catch up their counterparts, GSM operators, have made the consumers suffer yet again. CDMA users may have new telephone numbers very soon. The present 8-digit number system, which comprises of the STD code followed by the number, will be changed to a 10-digit system like that of GSM. While one

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PayPal spoof e-mail virus spread slowing: expert A virus that poses as an e-mail from online payment provider PayPal and tries to trick people into sending out credit card and social security numbers is slowing its spread, an anti-virus expert said. The Mimail. J virus, which showed up on Monday, is rated a low risk but is significant because exposed information could be used to steal money

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Buy Supari Online This is not the Supari that we chew and sometimes spitt it out. This is the movie Supari directed by Padam Kumar. Overseas bollywood fans can now download the full length movie through Kazaa, a P2P application for just US $2.99. Ofcourse this is a legal download, seems unlikely, as users worldwide use these kinds of P2P software for trading files and music. Kazaa also

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New Worm Steals User Data A new Internet worm that steals information from users' computers and tries to shut down two Web sites is spreading. The worm, Mimail.C, is a variant of the W32.Mimail worm that surfaced in August. The worm is been rated as "medium" level threat by major Anti-virus companies. How does Mimail.C spread Discovered on Friday, Mimail.C arrives as an e-mail nessage with "our

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Reliance to launch Pre-paid Mobiles Reliance India Mobile who generated a lot of hype and hoopla with their lauch of WLL phones are now in the test phase of launching their Pre-paid Mobile in the market. With their services level of customer dissatisfaction, there is no doubt that these services will also fail. But then, time will tell.

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