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9:12 PM

ge's Micro holographic Disk = 100 DVDs=10 BDs

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General Electric has introduced a micro-holographic disc that can store up to 500GB of data today, aimed at the archive industry and users with massive movie and music collections. The company knows the market for the disc is small now, but believes it can eventually be used in standalone players, just like DVDs and Blu-rays are now. DVDs can hold up to 8.5GB and BD-50 can hold up to 50GB. Micro-holographic discs can store so much data because the store information in three dimensions, rather than just having the info written on the surface of the disc. Brian Lawrence, head of GE's Holographic Storage team added, "Very recently, the team at GE has made dramatic improvements in the materials enabling significant increases in the amount of light that can be reflected by the holograms." Now that the higher reflexivity is a possibility, the technology can be used in new standalone players that are backwards compatible with DVD and Blu-ray discs. Added GE: "The hardware and formats are so similar to current optical storage technology that the micro-holographic players will enable consumers to play back their CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs." "GE's breakthrough is a huge step toward bringing our next generation holographic storage technology to the everyday consumer," noted Lawrence in a separate statement. Lawerence concluded, "The day when you can store your entire high definition movie collection on one disc and support high resolution formats like 3D television is closer than you think."

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12:18 AM

new addition. Windows XP in Windows 7

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It is kind of funny that one of your product that works well. you try it to go away but it simply won't. similar is the case with microsoft Windows XP. People simply don't weant to quit it.

Perhaps the biggest surprise - and for Microsoft, possibly the biggest boost - is a feature that has been announced but not yet available: Windows XP Mode, which will run XP applications in an XP compatibility box, but make them appear as if they are running directly in Windows 7 itself. In this way, Microsoft hopes to give users the best of both worlds - the compatibility of XP and the shinier new Windows 7 interface.The feature sounds underwhelming until you dig into the details. According to Microsoft, you won't actually have to manually run Virtual PC to run those XP applications once you've installed them; instead, they will appear to work directly within Windows 7. You'll just have to run Virtual PC the first time and run the application - from that point on, it will appear to be just other application running directly in Windows 7 (at least, that's the promise). And you won't have to buy XP separately - your Windows 7 EULA (end-user licence agreement) includes XP as well. In essence, you get two operating systems for the price of one.This solves one of Microsoft's biggest problems with XP very cleverly - it's such a solid, stable operating system that people simply don't want to give it up to move to a newer operating system. Now they don't have to - they can run XP as if it were a part of Windows 7.Microsoft says Windows XP Mode will soon be ready for download, and as soon as it is, I'll follow up with a report on how well it works.

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12:00 AM

Windows 7. RC not the next XP

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Microsoft released their latest offering on 5th may hoping that it will turn their fortune like XP did after windows 2000. Vista did prove it self as windows 2000. but it seems not that way. i downloaded the rc on day one,two and three once every day. first two times after downloading integrity check failed and had to download again. the install was similar to vista. but that was ok. only things that i found changed was wallpapers now change automatically. taskbar is now superbar which is annoying. calculator is changed. lol. no new file system is included. also it is not much better than vista. more on it later

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5:03 AM

Toshiba To Take Full Control Of Panasonic LCD JV -Source

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TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Toshiba Corp. (6502.TO) plans to take full ownership of an LCD panel-making joint venture with Panasonic Corp. (6752.TO), a person familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Toshiba, which has a 60% stake in Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., is to purchase the remaining shares from Panasonic for "several billions of yen," the person said, declining to elaborate.
Panasonic wasn't available for immediate comments.
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology was established in 2002 by combining the LCD businesses of Toshiba and Panasonic, which was then called Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. It makes LCD panels used for such devices as cellular phones and car navigation systems.
After turning the joint venture into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Toshiba aims to overhaul the struggling joint venture by shifting focus to polycrystalline silicon panels, which offer higher quality images for high-end products, from amorphous silicon panels, the person said.
The joint venture is expected to lose Y30 billion on an operating basis for the current fiscal year ending March 31 on top of planned revenue of Y270 billion

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4:55 AM

Intel details future graphics chip at GDC

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On Friday, Intel engineers are detailing the inner workings of the company's first graphics chip in over a decade at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco--sending a signal to the game industry that the world's largest chipmaker intends to be a player.
During a conference call that served as a preview to the GDC sessions, Tom Forsyth, a software and hardware architect at Intel working on the Larrabee graphics chip project, discussed the design of Larrabee, a chip aimed squarely at Nvidia and at Advanced Micro Devices' ATI unit.
And Nvidia and AMD will no doubt be watching the progress intently. Intel's extensive and deep relationships with computer makers could give it an inside track with customers and upset the graphics duopoly now enjoyed by Nvidia and AMD. In the last decade Intel has not competed in the standalone, or "discrete" graphics chip market where Nvidia and AMD dominate. Rather, it has been a supplier of integrated graphics, a low-performance technology built into its chipsets that offers only a minimal gaming experience. (In the 1990s, Intel introduced the i740 GPU which, in relative terms, was not a success.)
Forsyth said that there is not yet a Larrabee chip to work with--it's expected late this year or early next year--and that "a lot of key developers are still being consulted on the design of Larrabee." But Intel will offer ways for developers to test the processor, he said. "On the Intel Web site there will be a C++ prototype library. It doesn't have the speed of Larrabee but has the same functionality. Developers can get a feel for the language, get a feel for the power of the machine."
Beyond games, Intel is also trying to catch a building wave of applications that run on the many-core architectures inherent to graphics chips. Nvidia and AMD graphics chips pack hundreds of processing cores that can be tapped for not only accelerating sophisticated games like Crysis but for doing scientific research and high-performance computing tasks.
One of the largest test sites for Larrabee is Dreamworks, which will use Larrabee for rendering and animation. To date, Dreamworks had to wait overnight to get a rendering project completed. "Using (the) Nehalem (processor), Dreamworks can almost do it in real time and it is only going to better with Larrabee," said Nick Knupffer, an Intel spokesperson.
Larrabee is "Intel's first many-core architecture," Forsyth said. "The first product will be very much like a GPU. It will look like a GPU. You will plug it into a machine and it will display graphics," he said. (GPU stands for graphics processing unit.)
"But at its heart are processor cores, not GPU cores. So it's bringing that x86 programmable goodness to developers," Forsyth said. Larrabee will carry the DNA of Intel's x86 architecture, the most widely used PC chip design in the world.

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4:44 AM

Intel Shut Down AMD's CPU Production?

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Intel Corporation has sent notice to its chief competitor Advanced Micro Devices that it believes AMD has breached a patent cross-licensing agreement that the two reached in 2001. The agreement covered royalty payments by AMD in regards to aspects of the x86 instruction set used in CPUs, as well as foundry and production rights.

AMD recently spun off its Fabs in a multi-billion dollar deal involving Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) and Mubadala Development, both solely owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The deal funnelled badly needed cash and debt relief into AMD, which has been struggling for several years to compete against Intel's CPUs. It also led to the creation of GlobalFoundries, an integrated circuit foundry which will compete against the likes of TSMC and Chartered Semiconductor for business. AMD would continue to be GlobalFoundries' primary customer.

However, Intel believes that GlobalFoundries is not a subsidiary under the terms of the agreement, and is therefore not licensed to produce CPUs that use key technologies licensed under the 2001 patent cross-license agreement.

Intel also said that the structure of the deal between AMD and ATIC breaches a confidential portion of that agreement, and it has asked AMD to make the relevant portion of the agreement public, but so far AMD has declined to do so. AMD's breach could result in the loss of licenses and rights granted to AMD by Intel under the agreement.

If GlobalFoundries is not recognized as a subsidary of AMD, it will have to negotiate with Intel to secure patents that would allow it to continue to produce AMD's CPUs at its Fabs in Dresden. Intel has the option of securing a court injunction to halt production until the dispute is settled. Negotiation of a patent licensing agreement could take months, if not years.

"Intellectual property is a cornerstone of Intel's technology leadership and for more than 30 years, the company has believed in the strategic importance of licensing intellectual property in exchange for fair value. However AMD cannot unilaterally extend Intel's licensing rights to a third party without Intel's consent," said Bruce Sewell, senior vice president and general counsel for Intel.

"We have attempted to address our concerns with AMD without success since October. We are willing to find a resolution but at the same time we have an obligation to our stockholders to protect the billions of dollars we've invested in intellectual property".

In a filling with the Securities and Exchange Commission, AMD stated Intel "purports to terminate the Company's rights and licenses under the Cross License in 60 days if the alleged breach has not been corrected".

Intel claims that in response to the material breach notification it sent out, AMD claimed Intel breached the agreement by notifying AMD of its breach.

AMD defended itself, with Harry Wolin, AMD's Senior Vice President and General Counsel, stating that Intel's unilateral "purported attempt to terminate the Company’s rights and licenses under the Cross License itself constitutes a material breach of the Cross License by Intel".

Under the terms of the license agreement, the notification to AMD means the two parties will attempt to resolve the dispute through third party mediation.

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4:36 AM

Microsoft to Let PC Users Uninstall IE8

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A single check box deep in the guts of the next version of Windows is giving Microsoft watchers a peek at how the software maker plans to keep European antitrust regulators from marring a crucial software launch.

Windows 7, the successor to the much-maligned Vista, isn’t expected to reach consumers until next year, but more than a million people are already testing early versions. A pair of bloggers tinkering with settings stumbled upon one they hadn’t seen before: The ability to “turn off” Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer browser.

Microsoft lost a long-running battle with EU antitrust regulators in 2007 over the way it bundled media player software into the Windows operating system. The dust had barely settled when a similar claim was filed, this time over Internet Explorer’s place inside Windows. Opera Software ASA, a Norwegian competitor, claimed the practice gives Microsoft’s browser an unfair advantage.

In a preliminary decision in January, the EU agreed. Since then, makers of the open-source browser Firefox and Google Inc., which entered the browser market six months ago, have offered to provide more evidence that Microsoft is stifling competition.

In the media player dispute, the EU heavily fined Microsoft and forced it to sell a version of Windows without the offending program installed. This time, Microsoft appears to be offering the check-box solution as a way to head off a similar ending.

The company declined to comment Friday on the connection between the check boxes and the EU’s preliminary decision. But in a recent quarterly filing, it said the European Commission may order PC makers to install multiple browsers on new PCs and force Microsoft to disable parts of its own Internet Explorer if people chose a competing browser.

The check boxes, which were described on Microsoft enthusiast blogs http://www.aeroxp.org and http://www.chris123nt.com, also give Windows 7 users a way to disable the media player and hard-drive search programs, among other components, both of which have drawn scrutiny from regulators.

After Windows Vista landed with a thud, Microsoft needs a hit, said Michael Cherry, an analyst for the research group Directions on Microsoft. Beyond appeasing the EU, he said he didn’t see much use for the Internet Explorer check box.

“Windows 7 is becoming more and more important for Microsoft,” he said in an interview. “You don’t want anything that gives anyone even a doubt as to whether or not they should upgrade.”

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4:26 AM

Apple's talking iPod

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple introduced a smaller version of its popular iPod Shuffle music player on Wednesday with a new feature that tells the user what song is playing.

The new 4-gigabyte gadget costs $79, is half the size of the previous Shuffle, and carries up to 1,000 songs -- twice as many as the last generation of the device.

All of the controls on the new Shuffle have been moved from the device to the earphone cord. The new VoiceOver feature announces songs and playlists to users in 14 different languages, according to Apple, whose shares rose 4.5 percent.

The voice function is particularly useful on the Shuffle, which does not have a display screen like most iPods or other digital music players.

Needham & Co analyst Charles Wolf said the new Shuffle design was appealing and called the voice function a "nice a little gimmick. It shows that Apple intends to keep that piece of the portfolio going. They're going to continue to innovate, upgrade the sub-$100 device."

"It won't necessarily stimulate sales, but it clearly will keep sales of the Shuffle going forward," he said.

The VoiceOver feature works by synchronizing with iTunes software, which installs a voice kit on the user's computer. VoiceOver can also tell a user how much battery life remains.

"You previously couldn't have multiple playlists on the iPod Shuffle because you couldn't really switch between them as there was no way to know how you would switch," said Greg Joswiak, Apple vice president of iPod marketing, told Reuters. "So now instead of seeing, you get to hear."

Although Apple does not break out Shuffle sales, Needham's Wolf estimated some 7.5 million units were sold in the December quarter, it's biggest-selling quarter. Apple sold 22.7 million iPod units overall in the period.

The third generation of iPod Shuffle will be the world's tiniest music player, smaller than an AA battery. It comes in two colors, silver and black.

Apple will continue to sell the second-generation version of the 1-gigabyte, 240-song Shuffle for $49. but phase out the 2-gigabyte Shuffle, which sells for $69.

The iPod music player has played an important role in the revival of Apple's fortunes. The company has sold more than 200 million iPods since they launched in 2001. It launched the first Shuffle in January 2005.

The refreshed Shuffle comes just a week after the company updated its line of Mac desktop computers. Apple refreshed it MacBook laptop computers last fall

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7:51 AM

Sharp 108inch.will u buy it

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Whenever we see Sharp's colossal 108in LCD TV at various trade and consumer electronics shows across the globe, we always have a little chuckle to ourselves.
For we can't help but be a little amused at the thought of all the effort Sharp's lab guys must have put in to build what's ultimately nothing more than a 'mine's bigger than yours' headline grabber, surely never destined to actually go on sale.
Big in Japan. And hereBut it seems that the last laugh here is going to belong for Sharp. For we've just been told that the 108in monster is actually now available to buy. And not just in Japan or America; you can even purchase it in dear old Blighty.
As well as its sheer mammoth expanse of screen, the Sharp 108in features a low power consumption design so that you don't need your own personal wind farm to power it; a full HD resolution; and an 'ASV' low-reflection TFT LCD monitor design reckoned to produce both high brightness AND high contrast - two rare bedfellows in the LCD world.
However, if this all sounds good to you and you happen to have a bloody great hole in a wall somewhere through which you can get the screen into your house, there's still one other smallish hurdle you might come a cropper on: the screen's price tag of £100,000.
Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?In other words, most of us would have to sell our houses to buy a Sharp 108, which would then leave us with no house to put our humungous new screen in. Oh, the bitter ironies of life.
Not surprisingly Sharp concludes its announcement on the 108in screen's commercial availability by predicting that it will probably appeal mostly to corporate entities and public display environments...

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7:38 AM

windows 7. This time it is mobile

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Good times for the WinMo fans seem to be just around the corner. After last week the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 was officially confirmed for the second half of this year it now appears that its successor isn't too far away either. In an analysts meeting held yesterday Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that Windows Mobile 7 will be available next year.
The other good news that the meeting brought to the masses is the fact that the mobile version of Windows 7 will sport a much tighter integration with its desktop brother - whatever they mean by that.
Steve Ballmer also confirmed that Microsoft will make all they can to make up for the main disadvantage of their OS - namely the lack of user-friendliness. Finger optimization is one of the key thought in the developers' minds when designing the WinMo 7 and we should expect a whole load of new nice applications too.

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4:06 AM

Microsoft Offers $250K Reward to Catch Worm Authors

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'Conficker continues to infect a large number of computers while security experts try and figure out what to do.' -
Microsoft has created a new technology industry posse and a $250,000 reward for people who help turn over the creators of the Conficker worm.
The Conficker worm multiplied like wildfire, and spreads through a hole found in Microsoft Windows systems, though the vulnerability was patched in October. It also is able to disable anti-malware protection and will block an infected PC from visiting anti-malware vendors Web sites to receive updates.
Security experts are even more worried about the possibility the worm calls home every 24 hours to at least 250 servers each day for instructions or directed actions.
The Houston police department was forced to stop arresting people with traffic warrants because the worm spread its way through the police and city court's computer systems. Violent offenders were still arrested, but those with outstanding traffic warrants were simply issued citations instead of being arrested, Houston police officials said.
There also was a Conficker outbreak among French military computers, which led to several fighter planes being grounded until everything could be fixed.
Microsoft is working with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and PC security experts while trying to identify the worm's creators. VeriSign, NeuStar, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, AOL, F-Secure, George Tech, and several other organizations have joined the fight to help capture who ever created the Internet worm.
"As part of Microsoft's ongoing security efforts, we constantly look for ways to use a diverse set of tools and develop methodologies to protect our customers," Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Group G.M. George Stathakopoulos said in a statement. "By combining our expertise with the broader community we can expand the boundaries of defense to better protect people worldwide."
Security company Symantec reported that more than 2.2 million IP addresses over the past five days have been infected with two different forms of the worm, three months after it first hit the Internet. To date, it's infected at least 10 million PCs since first being introduced into the wild.

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11:34 PM

Samsung S5600 Touchscreen

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Samsung S5600 appeared on the sly at the MWC 2009 in Barcelona and somewhat escaped the attention of the crowds (and ours too).
Samsung S5600 isn't yet officially announced so the information about it is pretty limited. From what a quick glance tells us the handset will be a low-end fully touch-operated handset running on the TouchWiz UI. It will also come with 3G support, which its main competitor - the LG KP500 Cookie lacks.

It is no wonder that Samsung are entering this market segment having seen the wonders that the Cookie did for LG's sales. We are however yet to see when will the S5600 actually make it to the market and what will its exact pricing be like.

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6:24 AM

Microsoft Release Vista SP2 Release candidate

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Microsoft today released the Release Candidate (RC) build of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The RC features 671 hotfixes. It is available, as a standalone installer package or via Windows Update or as a slipstreamed download.
Microsoft is offering the RC version of SP2 to its testers to verify that all the fixes are indeed working and that they do not introduce new problems. It is urging its testers not to suggest new features, explaining that’s outside the scope of the current testing.
On the hardware side in Windows Vista, the RC should provides support for VIA’s new 64-bit CPU, Bluetooth v2.1 and Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration wireless functionality, faster Wi-Fi resume times after hibernation, and most significantly the ability to record Blu-ray.
On the software/connections side, the SP2 provides faster RSS feeds in the sidebar, Windows Search 4.0, the ability to configure the maximum number of TCP connections.
The service pack is also for Windows Server 2008, and offers the Hyper-V virtualization environment as a free fully integrated feature, with one free daughter OS with Windows Server 2008 Standard, four free licenses with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and an unlimited number of free licenses with Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. It also improves the management options in Windows Server 2008 and fixes some licensing key problems.
In short, both for enterprise clients and for consumers, SP2 should bring a number of noteworthy improvements that will improve the Windows experience in little ways. Microsoft has yet to announce the final release date for the production version of SP2.

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6:20 AM

Microsoft preps Windows7

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Some new updates to Microsoft’s OS’s should soon be headed down the pipe.’ -
Windows 7, looking to be one of hottest products of 2009 when it debuts later this year, brings many improvements to the table over Vista. The new OS, while it shares most of its underlying code with Vista, features a richer and much faster user interface and promises better hardware support out of the gate thanks to dedicated efforts by Microsoft’s team and hardware partners. The OS will also bring key technologies like multi-touch to the table, and is shaping up to be all that Vista could have been in terms of PR and polish.
However, before the hot new OS can ship to customers, Microsoft needs to prove its systems and ready itself for the massive deployment that a Windows release entails. The critical first step of this process was to release a beta to the general public. Now, Microsoft is readying the first real test of its new update system for Windows 7.
Starting Tuesday, February 24, Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing a serious of five test updates to beta users. The updates are available through Windows Update, but will not download automatically, even if Automatic Update is enabled. Instead, Microsoft needs users to volunteer their aid, by volunteering to manually install the updates.
The updates are simply stock system files, which replace the identical system files. Thus the update is simply a dummy test and includes no bug fixes or improvements

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3:29 AM

Intel Wants to Be Cloud Computing's Silver Lining

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Intel looks covetously at the cloud computing market for its server processors.’ -
The future of large data centers may look very different from the data centers of today. In the future, the data center is expected to be cloud-based and could save companies with large server farms millions of dollars.
Intel is watching the move to cloud computing closely and wants its processors to be at the heart of the cloud computing movement. Intel says that 20 to 25% of its server processors could be dedicated to data centers using cloud computing by 2012.
Intel’s Jason Waxman said, “We expect to see, by 2012, a substantial portion of the server market will be running some version of cloud computing. Right now, as much as 14 percent of server purchases are going into some sort of cloud deployment.”
Even the largest Fortune 500 companies are expected to begin migrating to cloud computing to grab the massive cost savings that cloud computing can generate. Intel says that cloud computing can save a company 10% in power usage for a large data center equating to a savings of about $6 million in some instances. At the same time software optimization of the same servers could save an additional $20 million.
Intel isn’t alone in coveting the cloud server market though and will have competition from AMD whose server processors are very popular in virtualized applications. Intel is betting on features like its Dynamic Power Node Manager to woo large enterprises to its products for power savings, which equate into big monetary savings for the companies.
Waxman said, “The cloud has promise, but we’re trying to be pragmatic. With small to medium-sized businesses, companies are asking, ‘Do I need lots of infrastructure, or can I do software as service?’ And the enterprise is cautious. They’re thinking that now’s the time to start the evaluation and path to it, as opposed to just jumping in.”

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7:29 AM

NOKIA unveils N86

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As you probably already know, Nokia N86 leaked yesterday, but today it makes the news all official. Named Nokia N86 8MP, it's got the first 28mm wide angle lens on a mobile phone. There's also a kickstand, and the rest of the specs are pretty close to what Nokia N85 already offers.

The new Nokia N86 8MP (yeah, it doesn't get any more obvious than that) is the first 8 megapixel cameraphone to sport a wide 28mm lens. There are also other goodies such as a mechanical shutter as on the Samsung INNOV8, allegedly a new, better Carl Zeiss lens.

Unfortunately, there's only a dual LED flash on board the N85 8MP. However according to Nokia, the LED flash is a third generation one and should effectively work at distances of up to 3.5 m.
The Nokia N86 8MP is the first device with variable aperture ranging from F2.4/3.2/F4.8. That means the device does betted in low light situations thanks to the wider aperture of F2.4 and takes sharper shots in bright daylight thanks to the F4.8 aperture value.
The other goodies on board the Nokia N86 8MP include 8GB of internal memory, a microSDHC card slot, a 2.6-inch OLED screen, FM transmitter, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity, a 3.5mm audio jack and TV out. There's also quad-band GSm and tri-band HSDPA support for a truly worldwide voice and data roaming.

The Nokia N86 8MP will start retailing in Q2 2009 with an estimated price of 375 euro, before taxes and subsidies. There goes the Nokia E75

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2:55 AM

Samsung Begins 50nm GDDR5 Mass Production

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Samsung Electronics announces that it has begun mass producing GDDR5 graphics memory using 50 nanometer node process technology. Mueez Deen, Director of Mobile and Graphics Memory Division, emphasized that introduction of GDDR5 helps to meet the growing demand for higher performance graphics memory in PCs, graphic cards and game consoles. GDDR5 is the fastest and highest performing memory in the world presently that will give outstanding gaming experience across all platforms.

Samsung’s DDR5 is designed to support a maximum data transfer speed of 7.0Gbps (gigabits per second) and will render 3D imaging with a maximum 28GB/s, which is more than 2x faster than previous fastest graphics memory bandwidth of 12.8GB/s of GDDR4.
The ultra-fast processing speed is equivalent to transferring nineteen 1.5GB DVD resolution movies in one second. It is achieved with GDDR5 operates with a free-running clock that does not require the data read/write function to be synchronized to the operations of the clock. The high image processing speed of the GDDR5 supports the latest data formats (Blu-ray and full HD).
Samsung’s GDDR5 operates at 1.35 volts (V), which represents a 20 percent reduction in power consumption compared to the 1.8V at which GDDR4 devices operate.
The GDDR5 is now available in a 32Mb x32 and 64Mb x16 device configuration. Samsung expects GDDR5 to account for over 20 percent of the total graphic memory market in 2009.

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7:57 PM

Microsoft to realese window 7 rc1

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Microsoft has confirmed that there will be no Windows 7 Beta 2, with the company's next desktop operating system (OS) moving straight from beta to a release candidate

No firm release date has been announced for Windows 7 release candidate 1 (RC1), although Microsoft is expected to launch a final version of the OS by the end of 2009.
"This is in no way an announcement of a ship date, change in plans or change in our previously described process," insisted Steven Sinofsky, the senior vice president in charge of the Windows engineering group, said Sinofsky on a company blog

"At this milestone, we will be very selective about what changes we make between the Release Candidate and the final product, and very clear in communicating them. We will act on the most critical issues," he said. "The point of the Release Candidate is to make sure everyone is ready for the release and that there is time between the Release Candidate and our release to PC makers and manufacturing."
Microsoft has hinted that as there will be no Windows 7 Beta 2, there will be no Windows 7 RC2, with the OS moving straight from RC1 to release

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12:51 AM

Intel Plans to Release Pine Trail-M (Pineview) Platform by Second Half of 2009

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An Intel next generation Atom processor that is going to replace Intel Atom N270, or codenamed as Diamondville targeted for netbook and nettop market segments, now there is a more concrete information that the giant chipmaker is planning to develop a new platform, named as PineTrail-M with Pineview pairing with Tiger Point southbridge chip that is claimed to be able to reduce both the overall footprint and more importantly the power consumption as compared to current N270 solution.
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As compared to Intel Atom N270 processor pairing with 945GC that occupy around 2174mm square (considering both the processor and chipset), the new solution will able to further shrink down to 60 percent smaller, with just a merely 773mm square that eventually bringing the whole form factor down for much flexible and stylish design that none of other competitors’ products can compete with. Besides, the core frequency for Pineview is believed to be clocking at higher speed in view of current N270 that is only running at 1.6GHz for much higher CPU performance. While the graphics core architecture will still be based on GMA950, there is a significant increase of GPU frequency from 133MHz to 200MHz to be able to perform better hardware decode on graphics intensive and multimedia applications.
Regardless of all these great performance, the maximum TDP will still stick to around 7 watt, which is still lesser than current platform that is rated at 8 watt (for both processor and chipset). The Pineview processor will be available in both single core and duo core versions and it is expected to reach market place by second half of 2009.

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7:13 AM

Microsoft to show Windows Mobile 6.5 next month

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Some recently leaked information suggests that we'll be seeing the next generation of Windows Mobile called version 6.5 by Microsoft at MWC 2009 in Barcelona next month
Despite running on some of the most capable mobile hardware solutions, the WinMo 6.1 platform can easily be described as "old-school". Beside the clumsy user experience, Microsoft mobile OS also seriously lacks in terms of online presence
Where Apple have MobileMe and their AppStore and Google have a whole suite of online application services, and even Blackberry are pushing an online Application center, Windows Mobile has nothing to show. That seems kinda outdated in modern times where everything is synced wirelessly to the cloud and you are always online.

According to the leaked info the three brand new Azure services will be SkyBox, SkyLine and SkyMarket and they wil be launched in February at the MWC 2009.
SkyMarket, as you can guess, is the answer to Apple AppStore. The Microsoft's mobile marketplace will gather the hundreds of Windows Mobile applications in one place for the first time, so users can buy and download them with one click.
SkyBox provides wireless sync capabilities to WinMo users. Contacts, messages, organizer events, files, backup and restore functions will be some of the upcoming features of this service.
SkyLine is aimed at the business clients. It offers the same features as SkyBox, but allows corporate clients to host their Exchange servers with Microsoft and use the wireless synchronization on all the corporate phones.
As of now no one knows what improvements will be introduced with version 6.5 of Windows Mobile. Multi-touch support, UI reorganization and better thumb optimization are some of the things that come to mind as logical upgrades. One thing is for sure - we'll get our answers first-hand in February when we visit the MWC 2009.

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5:09 AM

HP announces firebird PC with voodoo DNA

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The VoodooPC inspired HP Firebird system announced today at CES highlights two design themes that HP believes will be prominent in 2009: power efficiency and affordability. VoodooDNA based PCs haven't been described as affordable or power efficient in the past--the flagship Blackbird system is known for its powerful hardware and equally intimidating price, but the coming year is going to be challenging for consumers and industry trends in component design have opened the door for power-efficient gaming systems.

The new HP Firebird system shares the same floating-wedge shape as the Blackbird 002, but in a much smaller package, roughly one third of the size of the Blackbird chassis. Designers achieved the space savings by switching to smaller, power-saving components and by moving the power supply to an external 350W power brick. You won't find an Intel Core i7 CPU or dual GeForce GTX 280 cards in this system, but the Firebird will have plenty of gaming performance with its Intel Core 2 Quad processor and Nvidia GeForce 9800S GPUs. Power-efficient components don't generate a lot of noise because they don't need as much active cooling and the Firebird will be quieter than most PCs thanks to its liquid cooling system.The GeForce GPUs come in laptop MXM modules which are great for power and heat, but will make upgrading difficult if not impossible later on because aftermarket GPU upgrades generally aren't available in MXM format.

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4:31 AM

nVidia GeoForce GTX 295

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In an effort to make self-conscious PC gamers feel even more insecure about their systems, Nvidia has revealed plans to launch a new dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295 at CES on January 8, 2008. The GeForce GTX 295 will be the first card to use an updated GT200 GPU built using a 55nm manufacturing process. The card will have two GT200 GPUs for a total of 480 processing cores, twice as many cores as Nvidia's flagship single-GPU card, the GeForce GTX 280. The new GPUs will have a 576 MHz core clock and a 1242 MHz shader clock. That's slightly slower than the GTX 280's 602 MHz core and 1296 MHz shader clocks, but the GTX 295 still wins in the GPU quantity column. The card will also have 1,792 MB of onboard GDDR3 memory clocked at 1,998 MHz. The dual-slot cards will come with HDMI and two dual-link DVI outputs. The new chips are more power efficient, but two of them will still draw up to 289W according to Nvidia. Plan on picking up a 1kW+ if you plan on putting two of these together for Quad SLI.

No word yet on whether or not the card will be able to run Grand Theft Auto IV at max settings

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5:12 AM

AVG vs KASPERSKY

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Two of the biggest players in anti virus market are avg and kaspersky both have their pros and cons. AVG is better in heuristics, it uses less memory and performs fast. Kaspersky is better in detection, it is slower since it scans thoroughly and better. Most people use AVG, being a freeware. but if you're on quality and not on expenses go for KAV. Some viruses can be detected and removed by AVG and not by KAV and vice versa.Kapersky is the best anti-virus program on the market today according to several extensive tests carried out by many different people and im sure if you searched for it you would find test results somewhere on the internet. Kapersky is not free however but it is cheap in comparison to other suites such as mcafee and norton. Kapersky also offer a complete solution pack which includes firewall, antivirus and spyware protection and i have heard it being highly reccomended on a few message boards and discussion 

AVG is free thats a good thing about it. The detection rate is not as high as Kapersky but you would not expect it to be because it is free. AVG also has a very basic look and feel about it.Kaspersky is a very good anti-virus soft, while AVG concern more about spyware. 

Sometimes they work against the same enemy, but sometimes spyware are not defined as a virus and a virus are not doing the same thing as a spyware. 

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12:20 AM

Dell to launch a smart Phone

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According to anElectronista report, Shaw Wu of Kaufman Bros. is predicting that Dell is getting closer to launching its first smart phone, although no date has been set for the roll out. While Dell has played down the rumors, industry watchers have noted that the PC maker recently hired a former Motorola mobile phone exec to helm its global consumer products group.

Rumors of Dell's smart phone intentions have been swirling for many months, in fact. Reports from early last year had Dell working with Foxconn Group to develop handsets based on the Windows Mobile OS, and Dell vowed to roll out an iPod competitor. However, those projects may have hit the pause button, as Dell announced last fall that it wouldn't have an MP3 player ready for the holiday season.

Given the stunning success of the Apple's iPhone, the positive buzz generated by Palm's Pre and its clever webOS at last week's Consumer Electronics Show, and a growing number of Google Android devices Dell knows it had better act-and fast.

But whose mobile OS should Dell use? Apple and RIM have designed their own in-house software-and done an excellent job of it-but building operating systems isn't exactly Dell's forte. Windows Mobile is the odds-on favorite, or Dell may have to go out and purchase a software maker. Whatever it does, Dell will have to launch one impressive handset to stand out in a very competitive market. Whether it can remains to be seen.

 

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12:30 AM

MicroSoft windows7

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 As anticipated, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer last week announced the first public beta version of Windows 7 at the International CES trade show.

The beta was scheduled to become available for download on Friday afternoon, although Microsoft at least temporarily postponed the release in order to add more "infrastructure support" to its Web site. That was driven by heavy traffic that overloaded the site hours before the beta code was even due to be posted. Microsoft said the beta will be capped after the first 2.5 million downloads. But users who aren't able to obtain an activation key can still download the code and run it on a 30-day trial basis.

The beta, which Microsoft called "feature complete," requires a PC with a 1-GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of available hard-disk space and support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory. The company noted that the recommended configuration may change for the final release.

In an interview at CES, Bill Veghte, Microsoft's senior vice president in charge of Windows, said the new operating system should be less of a resource hog than its predecessor, Vista.

"I don't want to make commitments on where we'll be at the [release to manufacturing date]," he said. "But at beta right now, we look very comparable to the hardware requirements that Windows Vista had when it came out, and the hardware has moved on. I am very optimistic."

Ballmer didn't disclose a final launch date for the operating system. Microsoft to date has said that it would deliver Windows 7 by about this time next year.

Some analysts, however, expect Microsoft to ship Windows 7 in time for this year's back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons. Vista shipped in early 2007, missing those crucial sales periods in 2006.


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3:55 AM

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1

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The XPERIA X1 is surely the most eagerly anticipated device in the world of Windows Mobile.The XPERIA X1 is one of the best-equipped Windows Mobile devices to ever set foot on the market. But hey, is it not the most elaborate and charismatic PocketPC too? As to skills, the high-res 3" screen and the full QWERTY keyboard seem the most important parts of its magnificent ammo though its processing power is not to be neglected either.

The haunting name for the X1 is HTC.As you probably guessed by yourselves the main alternative to the XPERIA X1 is HTC Touch Pro. It has a smaller screen than the XPERIA X1 and features a slightly lower resolution. In addition it is heavier and, if we were to be asked, not nearly as hot as the XPERIA.

Key features:

  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support plus HSDPA 7.2Mbps
  • 3-inch 65K-color WVGA touchscreen
  • Qualcomm MSM7200 528 Mhz CPU and 256 MB DDR SDRAM
  • 3.15 MP auto focus camera with VGA video recording
  • Four-row full QWERTY slide-out keyboard
  • Wi-Fi and built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
  • X-Panels interface
  • Optical trackpad
  • Exquisite and solid metallic body
  • Standard miniUSB port and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
  • microSD memory expansion
  • FM radio with RDS
  • 3.5mm standard audio jack
  • MS Office Mobile document editor
  • Opera 9.5 web browser
  • Excellent video playback performance
  • Superb audio quality

  • Main disadvantages:

    • Body is a bit on the bulky side
    • User interface is hardly thumb-optimized
    • Mediocre camera performance
    • No built-in accelerometer
    • Poor display sunlight legibility
    • Records low quality VGA@30fps video in 3GP format
    • No TV-out port
    • No full Flash support for the browser (hence no full-featured YouTube)                                          Looking back at Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 we think there's one major question to answer. Now, no need to get defensive - the X1 sure is impressive.

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3:39 AM

The Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot phone

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The Sony Ericsson C510 features a 3.2-megapixel, auto focus camera hidden behind a retractable lens cover on the back of the phone. Sony Ericsson's most recent Cyber-shot designs all find cool ways to hide the lens, then spring to life with camera features when the lens is opened. The Sony Ericsson C510 doesn't use the touch icons of the Sony Ericsson C902, and it lacks some of the features of that high-end shooter, but it still retains some Sony Ericsson classics, like smile shutter technology to snap pics as soon as the subject flashes those pearly white. The phone will also be able to upload pics directly to Snapfish, and videos can be sent directly to YouTube.

In other main features c510 has 100mb internal memory, with Memory Stick Micro (M2) support. Gprs and edge are both class 10 supports HSDPA. With USB2.0 and bluetooth 2.0 with a2dp this Phone surely looks good

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7:54 PM

Asus Eee pc s121

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Laptop maker Asus at CES showed its upscale netbook, introducing the Asus S121. The Asus S121 will feature two technologies new to the notebook manufacturer: a solid state drive and Windows 7.
Asus is billing the S121 as an "Ultra Slim Netbook." The specs of the S121 confirm their claim, coming in at less than an inch thick, weighing about 3 pounds and measuring 11.7 x 8.3 inches. The SSD will feature 512 GB and was built using technology developed by Asus itself. The Asus S121 will feature a 1.33GHz Intel Atom microprocessor.

Another interesting note to come out of Asus' CES introduction was the expected battery life of the S121. The netbook is powered by twin batteries that should provide up to 10 hours of life for the machine.

The Asus S121 was debuted at CES with Windows 7, which likely won't be available for quite some time. The S121 will be on the shelves long before  Customers are likely hoping that some version of XP will show up on the netbook instead of Vista.

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5:56 AM

AMD Phenom IIx4

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AMD will ship two new quad-core Phenom II X4 processors,  940 Black Edition and the 920, clocked at 3.0GHz and 2.8GHz, respectively. Black Edition processors come with an unlocked multiplier setting to make overclocking easier for PC enthusiasts. The processors differ only in clock speed, and have same specifications otherwise. The Phenom II X4 processors will come with 64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core (512KB total L1 per processor), and 512KB of L2 data cache per core (2MB total L2 per processor). The processors will also have a shared 6MB L3 cache and will feature an onboard DDR2 memory controller with 17.1 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Both are built on a 45nm manufacturing proces.To make sure existing Phenom owners happy, Phenom II X4 processors will be backward compatible with existing AM2+ motherboards. Motherboard manufacturers will release BIOS updates to ensure compatibility. As a follow-up in early 2009, AMD will release AM3 socket-based Phenom II X4 and X3 processors. Both will also be backward compatible with current AM2+ motherboards and will support both DDR2 and DDR3 memory.AMD's newest processor competes favorably against processors in its class. If we could fill in the spot where Intel's Q9400 sits, we're sure that the Phenom II X4 940 would outperform it.Overall, the Phenom II X4 looks to be a great purchase if you're upgrading. It keeps up gaming-wise with Intel's Core lineup and holds its own in intense processing situations. Backward compatibility with AM2+ motherboards gives existing users an easy and affordable upgrade path. The promise of future backward compatibility only sweetens the deal.

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