Canon

Canon Kiss X3 DSLR

The new Canon EOS 500D (EOS Kiss X3) features a 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor that is ideal for large detailed prints. The camera also offers a high ISO sensitivity up to 3200 which is expandable to 12800. The Canon EOS Kiss X3 will be available in April 2009 for around $800.

Fujifilm’s digital camera with seven colors

Fujifilm’s digital camera with seven colors:

Fujifilm Korea announced the launch of its 7.2M stylish compact digital camera ‘Z10fd’ in Korea market, which features 18.8mm-thick portable design and seven brilliant colors.

New tech scores at World Cup

New tech scores at World Cup



World Cup 2006, the biggest sporting event on Earth, kicked off in Germany on June 9 and runs through the final on July 9. Soccer, aka football worldwide, is one of the simplest sports--you need only a ball and field to play--but this year's tournament will see some technology creeping onto and around the field and new opportunities for fans to follow the action.
Each match will be played with a new Adidas "Teamgeist" ball with a 14-panel configuration that forms a perfectly smooth exterior. The new ball construction promises to give players increased accuracy and control. But goaltenders have complained that "Teamgeist" veers randomly giving the strikers an added edge.
On Amazon.com, the 2006 FIFA World Cup Teamgeist Match Ball carries a list price of $128.70. More on the balls later.

CINEMA 4D 10

Robust, Professional, Easy-to-Use 3D Animation Software

The 10th generation representing two decades of excellence.The tenth generation of CINEMA 4D is a milestone in the development of professional 3D software, and a testament to two decades of excellence by MAXON's programming team. Professional 3D animation tools have never been more approachable.
The most accessible 3D application
CINEMA 4D’s intuitive interface and logical workflow make it possible for those new to 3D artistry to dive in and be productive quickly. Feedback is smooth and interactive so you can let your creativity run free.
State-of-the-art technology

CINEMA 4D’s state-of-the-art architecture means it’s always the first to benefit from new technologies and advancements. Most recently, MAXON was the first to release 64-Bit Windows and Intel-based Macintosh versions. You’ll never have to wait to take advantage of the latest hardware.

Modularity makes it suitable for all industries.
The basic application contains everything you need to create high-end 3D images and animations. For those artists whose work demands more than the basic application, MAXON provides numerous modules that are integrated seamlessly. Modules can also be purchased individually or in affordable bundles.

There’s a CINEMA 4D to satisfy the needs of every artist and industry where 3D graphics are utilized. Take a tour through our solutions pages to see the myriad of industries where CINEMA 4D dominates and thrives. Then download a demo version and see for yourself.
CINEMA 4D is available in several languages including English, German, French, Spanish, and more.

System Requirements
Minimum System requirements

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or Windows 2000 / XP

512 MB RAM, CPU 1GHz

Suggested System requirements

Mac OS X 10.4 or Windows 2000 / XP

1024 MB RAM, CPU 2 GHz

QuickTime 7.1

OpenGL-ready graphics card

DVD-ROM-drive, hard drive.

Depending on license, Macintosh or Windows only.

Registration with MAXON Computer is required for

long-term use of software.

Wireless Electricity

Tired Of Being Wired
If phones, mice and keyboards could get wireless, why not everything else? In fact, about a undred years ago, that untamed genius, Nikola Tesla had already begun to build a tower at Wardenclyffe, N.Y. to demonstrate the transmission of electricity without the use of wires. On a umbler scale, researchers at MIT are in the process of repeating the experiment with their own deas and less ostentatious techniques

WiTricity
Marin Soljacic, Assistant Professor of Physics at the MIT, has spent a considerable number of years trying to figure out how to transmit power without cables. Radio waves lose too much energy during their passage through the air and lasers are constrained by the necessity of line-of-sight. Soljacic decided to use Resonant Coupling, in which two objects vibrating at the same requency can exchange energy without harming things around them. He used magnetic resonance and along with his colleagues Jon Hoannopoulos and Peter Fisher, succeeded in lighting up a 60 watt bulb two metres away. What they did was this: two resonant copper coils were tied to dangle from the ceiling, two meters away from each other. Both were tuned to the same frequency and one had a light bulb attached to it. When current was made to pass through one coil, it created a magnetic field and the other resonated, generating an electric current. And then there was light. The experiment succeeded in spite of a thin screen being placed between
the two copper coils.

And If This Comes Through...
One of the most obvious results is that we won’t have dozens of cables to trip over in our offices and rooms. Primarily, the aim of this research team is to achieve a cable-free environment
wherein your laptops PDAs and mobile phones could charge themselves (with all the electricity floating around) and even, maybe, get rid of the batteries that are so
much an essential part of our portable devices today. Magnetic fields interact very weakly with biological organisms and this little fact makes it infinitely safer for us. While this experiment appened about a year ago, the team is still hard at work trying to use other materials so as to increase the efficiency of the transfer of power from 50 per cent to 80 per cent. Once that happens, both, the industry as well as individuals

USB Modem Stick

Swann Security - USB 2.0 DVR Guardian
Swann specialises in all kinds of security hardware for the home and small business. Its USB 2.0 DVR Guardian is a USB version of its four-port video capture device, which can take signals from cameras - a £90 Swann Bulldog camera with LED night illumination was supplied for testing - and display them on a PC screen. More than that, though, it can relay the video via the Internet to any Windows PC capable of a broadband connection.
The DVR Guardian has a single USB connection at one end and six co-axial connectors at the other. The four yellow ones of these are composite video and the two white ones are audio. There's software compression of the video signal to MPEG 4, if you record it. The PC replaces a video recorder, though this does mean you have to tie up a £300 computer rather than a £50 recorder.
One of the claims made for this device is that it's a DIY solution, and it is, if you have a good level of networking knowledge. To judge this, decide for yourself whether the following set up - which is only skimpily covered in the single-page installation sheet - sounds daunting.
Assign the PC that will run DVR Guardian and its software a static IP address (you could use one assigned dynamically via DHCP, but risk the camera going off-line if the server assigns it a different address next time you turn the PC on). Point a browser at your router and open four designated ports for access. Create new inbound and outbound rules for those ports, using the static IP address you assigned at the start. Swann points you to www.portforward.com, a third party Web site specialising in port forwarding, to help with this.

Now go to another third-party site, www.whatismyip.com, and discover your system's IP address, which you'll need to sign into the camera software from the remote location. This applet downloads from your PC and isn't digitally signed, so you may have to lower your security level to get Windows to accept it. On one remote machine this software hung when we ran it, but it was fine on another and colleagues said they could see us waving.
The picture quality is fine in daylight and at night you get true Bill-Oddie-with-a-badger night vision, so you can still see what's going on. Up to four cameras can be connected to the device at once and you can view these as a mosaic, or boost one up to full screen. The maximum resolution of 352 x 288 (PAL) makes it look a bit rough round the edges, but no more so than a conventional VCR recording.

Vodafone - USB Modem 7.2 and USB Modem Stick There is a school of thought that says the days of the traditional ISP are numbered. Why? Because of mobile broadband. With every UK operator now offering a modem that uses USB, is self-installing under Windows XP and Vista, and that offers connections for download at up to 3.6Mbps, you can see why.
These modems are really designed for use out and about with laptops but there is nothing to stop you plugging one into your desktop PC when you want the connection there. If there is a price war, and unlimited access comes down to a point where it competes with traditional ISPs, then the choice between fixed and mobile broadband is a no-brainer. I'll take the mobile, please.
Vodafone isn't content with the 3.6Mbps scenario, though, and has started to roll out 7.2Mbps download speeds. Starting in December last year in a few Central London postcodes and some airports, the plan is to gradually increase the coverage. Along with this launch came two modems capable of the higher speed.
Both are USB devices, and both are available for the same pricing, which could be free depending on your contract choice. The boringly named USB Modem 7.2 is a bar-of-soap style device, white in colour, with a red band that pulses when data is being transmitted. It connects via a USB cable and comes with short (19cm), and long (80cm) cables.
Meanwhile the USB Modem Stick is, as its name suggests, designed to plug directly into a USB port. It is smaller than the USB Modem 7.2 and looks like a slightly oversized flash drive. It comes with a cable which could prove very handy if the stick obscures a second USB port that you want to use, as it did on our test laptop.
The desktop software which self installs when you connect either modem to your laptop or PC includes an SMS module with contact manager. It shows data usage in both volume and time for the current and previous months, which is handy if you are on a limited use tariff and need to keep an eye on things.
During testing both modems worked perfectly. We were not in a 7.2Mbps zone when we tested them, but they both found a 3.6Mbps connection and worked with that. You can tell what speed you are connected at by the colour of a light on each of the modems and by checking the desktop software.
Finding a 7.2Mbps connection is likely to be a challenge for many at this stage, as only some airports and London postcodes are up and running. However, Vodafone does have plans for a wider rollout, and in the meantime the 3.6Mbps connections should be solid and stable if our experience is any kind of indicator.
Vodafone - USB Modem 7.2 and USB Modem Stick features - Verdict
The plug and play system really does work, and both modems are stylish to look at and small to pocket. As we said at the start, if the tariffs start to fall on unlimited access, fixed line ISPs will need to watch their backs.

DGS-1248T Gigabit web Switch review

D-Link - DGS-1248T Gigabit Web Smart Switch review
Green, it seems, is the new black, with IT companies increasingly keen for their products to be seen as environmentally friendly. Some of the claims need to be taken with a pinch of salt, but D-Link's new Gigabit Web Smart Switch really can make a difference, and help save both the planet and your cash.
Here's the idea. Network switches are normally designed to run all of their ports on full power all of the time, regardless of whether there's anything attached or how far away an attached device actually is. The “Green Ethernet” technology in the D-Link switch, however, can put its ports into low power standby mode if there's nothing at the other end and, where there is, adjust the power level to suit the cable length involved.
The end result can be big savings in the amount of energy required. Up to 50 percent or more in some cases, it's claimed, depending on how the network is setup and used. You also gain from lower heat emissions, leading, according to D-Link, to longer product life compared to a standard switch.

It sounds impressive and it really does seem to work, although the hardware involved doesn't look any different from what you'd normally expect. Not all of D-Link's Web Smart Switches have the new Green Ethernet technology, but three do, all 19-inch rack-mountable and each with with a single built-in power supply.
We tested the top of the range, 48-port DGS-1248T, although for smaller companies there's a cheaper 24-port version (the DGS-1224T at £156.51 + VAT) and a 16-port model (the DGS-1216T at £104.33 + VAT). All are driven by low-power, 90nm processors while the 16- and 48-port switches are both fanless, further saving on the power needed to run them.
Build quality is top notch and there's no skimping in terms of functionality either. As the name implies, the ports are all Gigabit-capable, arranged in banks of auto-sensing 10/100/1000Mbps connectors with, alongside, a set of SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) slots to take fibre-optic adapters, should you need them.
Four SFP slots are provided on the 48-port model, with two on the others. Unfortunately the Green Ethernet features don't apply to fibre connections. Neither do the SFP slots add to the port count; plug in an SFP adapter and the associated UTP port will stop working.
Because it has extra functionality beyond basic Layer 2 switching, you need to be able to get inside and manage the Gigabit Web Smart Switch. This can be done using SNMP if you've got suitable software, but we used the built-in Web interface which needs nothing more than a browser.
Using this we found it easy to do things like manage the Green Ethernet technology although, in truth, it's either on or off and comes ready enabled, so under normal circumstances there's nothing to do. Even on a modest network, however, you may want to take advantage of the various other options, such as support for VLAN segmentation, port trunking and Quality of Service (QoS). You also get a number of integrated security tools worth turning on.
Priced to appeal to small companies, these new Gigabit Web Smart Switches are well worth considering just for their switching features alone. Add in the Green Ethernet technology and they're even more of a bargain

D-Link Ethernet switch

D-Link Green Ethernet switch slashes power consumption

D-Link offers significant power savings with Smart Switch

Independent testing has shown that companies rolling out D-Link's Green Ethernet switches can reduce operating expenses, even when the switch is fully saturated with network traffic.

The testing was conducted at Ixia Labs' EMEA site in Marlow by independent network kit testing outfit Broadband-Testing.
A subsequent report filed by Broadband-Testing labs director Steve Broadhead shows conclusively that D-Link's claims for its DGS-1224T 24-port Green Ethernet Gigabit Smart Switch have been validated by the tests.
"With default gigabit mode enabled, and with a 100 per cent network traffic load, the Green Ethernet switch consumed 47 per cent of the power used by D-Link's own DGS-3627 24-port switch," he said.
Broadhead compared D-Link's Green Ethernet switch with its DGS-3627 24-port switch and a D-Link DGS-3426P 24-port Power-over-Ethernet switch. The test used Ixia's XM12 test hardware and its new IxGreen software application, allowing network load testing data and power consumption readings taken from a hardware multi-meter to be compared.
At zero per cent and 50 per cent network traffic load, the DGS-1224T Green Ethernet switch consumed 64.1 per cent and 53.7 per cent respectively of the power used by D-Link's DGS 3627 switch.
One method by which D-Link's hardware reduces power consumption is that its switch places the port to which the device is connected on less power-consuming standby mode when a connected device is turned off. D-Link's switches can also adjust power output according to network cabling distances.
D-Link's Green Ethernet switch offers an opportunity to significantly reduce power costs for firms using switches close to their full network capacity.
However, one of the current problems with testing switch power consumption is the lack of a global standard for running such tests, which means that useful comparisons between competing network kit could be undermined by claims of " non-standard testing".
Ixia system engineer James Ramsay said that datacentres are under significant pressure to reduce cooling problems, and that the industry needs a global energy efficiency metric covering Europe and the US.
Nigel Moulton, European enterprise and SME vice president at D-Link, said that all D-Link switching products would be moved to similar 'green' hardware configurations over the next six to nine months, and that its wireless LAN systems and network attached storage hardware would be "similarly specified".
Moulton added that there are macroeconomic considerations, but that CIOs could justifiably offer green network hardware to network IT managers as a " serious consideration".

Network tech

New network technology wave to slash standby energy use
Imminent new standards promise
to revolutionise the way IT equipment turns itself to standby

While efforts to tackle the IT industry's burgeoning energy consumption have to date largely focused on PCs and the giant server farms that run the internet, the energy used by another critical component of the world's IT infrastructure, the networking technologies that bind everything together, has gone largely unnoticed.
However, from later this year a wave of networking technologies built around new energy-efficient standards are set to emerge, promising to slash IT energy use and save more than $250m (£176m) a year in US energy bills alone.
According to David Law, consultant at network equipment manufacturer 3Com and chairman of one of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) working groups tasked with developing the new standards, new technologies could soon deliver huge improvements in energy efficiency while slashing the amount of power IT and communications equipment uses when it is on standby.
The new systems are to be underpinned by two new industry standards, IEEE 802.3az for energy-efficient Ethernet and IEEE 802.3at for power over Ethernet, which after years of development should both be formally ratified within the next 18 months.
Law said that the first of these standards, which is due to be voted on this July and should be formally ratified by June 2010, will provide a protocol to replace the current model of ensuring that the Ethernet cable that links a computer to the internet is always on with a more intelligent system.
Under the new standard, that Ethernet link would sit in an idle, power-saving state most of the time and only turn itself on when a "wake signal" lets it know that there is data that needs to be transmitted. Because the laptop or PC would know that data would only be sent following a wake signal, it too would be able to spend more time with certain components in sleep mode, Law explained.
"As the PC or laptop knows it will not have to do anything until it gets the wake signal, it can have adapter cards or port switches in idle too," he added. "One test showed that an adapter card was able to go from consuming one watt to just a tenth of a watt – it might not seem like much, but globally the savings could be massive."
Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that using 1G Ethernet cables capable of supporting the new standard would cut US energy bills by up to $250m a year.
The second standard, IEEE 802.3at, similarly promises to revolutionise standby modes for devices with smaller energy requirements, such as phone and wireless internet points.
The standard, which Law said was on track to be ratified this September, will result in an increase in the amount of power that can be transmitted over Ethernet cables from the current level of 12.95W to 25.5W.
Law said that the increase in power would allow a "whole new class of products to be powered over Ethernet cables", such as sophisticated desk phones and wireless access points.
He added that in addition to allowing these new products to do away with mains cables, the technology would allow firms to use the same Ethernet cables to automatically switch the devices to standby when they are not in use overnight or at weekends, potentially delivering sizable energy savings.

Webbing telcom companies

In an attempt to compete with Cisco on a grander scale, Brocade is poised to buy Foundry Networks for nearly $3 billion.
As a maker of hardware and software that connects corporate servers and data storage, Brocade is thinking that the acquisition can round out their offerings with network switching and routing systems. Plus, with the U.S. military and intelligence agencies Foundry brings to the table can’t hurt either.
The combined company will enable both Brocade and Foundry to exit out of their niche roles and catapult them into a more networking technology leader. The reason for this, as the WSJ goes on to point out, is that many networking devices have difficulty connecting to each other and have contributed to high energy costs and wasted space in the datacenter. Why would you want to purchase two products when one will suffice? What the WSJ does not talk about is the administrative and human resource costs associated with building and maintaining this type of infrastructure. Green technology aside, it just makes sense to purchase products that combine key components of the networking infrastructure. Probably a good move regardless of the huge fluctuations in stock price this generated.

TV

Sony floats waterproof Bravia XDV-W600 1-Seg TV for the bath
It's round, white, and floats in the tub and goes by the name XDV-W600 -- the latest Bravia TV to numb the mind. The little 1-Seg set features a 4-inch, 16.7-million color, 272 x 480 pixel LCD; AM/FM tuner; 2GB of internal memory to record up to 10-hours of 1-Seg television broadcasts; and up to 23-hours of viewing off the internal rechargeable + 2x AA alkaline batteries. It also carries an IPX7 and IPX6 waterproof rating making it submersible for up to 30 minutes at a depth of 1-meter and capable of withstanding penetration by your Jacuzzi's water jets. Although it would likely distort the video into a fisheye view, we really wish that advances in curved and circular LCDs had progressed to the point of mass production -- that square display kills the aesthetic on these ovular TVs. Ships in Japan on October 30th for an expected ¥39,800 (about $368).

McPerson's 37-inch I-TV does it all... or nothing
There's a select group of red flags that appear when a product is, or is dangerously close to becoming, vaporware, and we've seen just about all of 'em when looking at McPerson's I-TV. Apparently, this so-called do-it-all LCD TV first appeared last year, but now it sports a different look and a flashy website that will make you wish your speakers were inoperative. The set supposedly functions as a home automation controller, DVR, DVD player and Media Center PC, and just in case you doubted its prowess, this thing is somehow Viiv-certified and able to run OS X. Specs wise, you'll find a 37-inch 1080p panel, dual 40-watt speakers (um, right), 7.1-channel audio out, built-in WiFi / Bluetooth, gigabit Ethernet and a slew of ports. Considering McPerson threw nearly everything in here save for the proverbial kitchen sink, it's not all that shocking to find a £3,924.49 ($8,235) pricetag floating around the intarweb, and if anyone has any actual proof that this thing exists, feel free to dash our doubts in comments.

Japan's Segnity: the talking TV
If you've ever dreamed of a cute little television which would speak to you (and we're pretty sure you have), you're in luck. Thanks to E-Revolutiona and Takara Tomy, that dream is now a reality. The two companies have gotten together and produced a 2.7-inch, QVGA TV called the Segnity which runs on AAA batteries or USB power, features a 1seg tuner (a a mobile terrestrial digital audio / video / data broadcasting service in Japan), and... talks to you. Apparently, the little display (which comes in black or white) will asking you things like, "Are you leaving already?" when you attempt to switch it off. No word on whether it whispers subliminal messages to you while you sleep, or threatens to kill you if you return it -- but we can certainly hope. Available at the end of September for about ¥10,000 (or $86). Check the video after the break to see the annoying device in action. [Warning: read link not translated]

Philips to launch Ambilight successor Aurea

Consumer electronics manufacturer Philips will demo their successor to Ambilight-- the ambient lighting technology that generates light effects on the sides of a television -- at European expo IFA on August 30. The new technology, named Aurea, will be featured using a film by director Wong Kar called Seduction by Light. From early photos, the new sets incorporate the lighting directly into the frame, instead of using the previous method of a glass frame around the set.

700MHz band: future home to worldwide mobile broadband standard
If you've been losing sleep over not knowing precisely what was going to happen to all that spectrum space that will be freed up when the imminent analog-to-digital cutover takes place, your insomnia is about to be (at least partially) cured. The US of A apparently pushed hard for a worldwide consensus on spectrum use -- suggesting that a common approach was more reasonable than each nation choosing separate frequencies for next-generation services -- and sure enough, it ended up getting exactly what it wanted. Apparently, the 700MHz band will now be reserved for a mobile broadband standard accessible throughout much of the globe, including most of North America, Central America, South America, Europe, China, India, South Korea and Japan. Of note, Europe was able to land a concession that enables it to offer up "about half of the bandwidth available for mobile services in their region" compared to what is offered elsewhere, but the agreement definitely makes the forthcoming auction that much more interesting.

N_TechTouch Mobile

HTC Touch Diamond

This very awaited phone, was a major uprgrade to the existing devices running Windows Mobile, it boosted a bunch of new features that were much awaited by HTC followers, so lets get strated.

Official Website: http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46278

Alternate Names: O2 XDA Diamond and T-Mobile MDA Compact IV

Manufacturer: High Tech Computer Corporation

Predecessor: HTC Touch Cruise

Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 ProfessionalScreen Resolution: 640-by-480-Pixels VGA Screen

Dimensions :102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.35 mm (T)Processor Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz

Camera: 3.2 MP with auto focus and second camera for video callGPS Included

User Interface HTC TouchFlo 3D

Data: HSDPA 7.2

Major Improvements over predecessor

Built-In AccelerometerOS Upgrade from WM 6.0 to WM 6.1UI Upgrade from Orignal Touchflo to TouchFlo 3DScreen resolution upgrade from QVGA Screen to VGA ScreenIncreased ROM from 256 MB to additional 4GB of internal storageIncreased RAM from 128 MB to 192 MBUpgraded software for HTC applicationsNew Web browser Included, upgrade for P.I.E 6.0 to Opera Mobile 9.5More powefull processor from 400mhz to 528 mhz

What does it have over everybody else?

Even with all the buzz about the Diamond, there's really isn't anything that they Diamond has that's unique or better than everybody else, except the TouchFlo 3d INTERFACE, which the Touch Pro also has.

When can you officially get it?

Q3 2008 for Europe and Asia, Late 2008 for US

What it's missing?

The Touch Diamond, like the iPhone lacks a micro-SD card slot, this makes it an undesired product for people who want to have more than 4GB of storage on their phone and the flexibility of a MicroSD card. Big bumper, this was one of the iPhone family's biggest downfalls, now the Touch Diamond shares it. Another downfall that the Diamond shares with the iPhone is the lack of a physical keyboard, this has been a problem with every phone in the Touch series with the exception of Pro and Dual. The keyboard is probably the biggest problem with the Diamond and makes it very Buissness and Texters repelant.

BlackBerry Bold (9000)

Official Website: http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrybold/

Alternate Names: Blackberry 9000

Manufacturer:Research In Motion (RIM)

Predecessor: Blackberry 8830 (chronologically)

Operating System: Blackberry OS 4.6

Dimensions :4.5" tall x 2.6" wide x 0.5" deep

Processor 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor (reports differ)

Camera: 2 MP with flashGPS Included

User Interface (New) Blackberry UIData HSDPA 3.6

Screen Size ???????

Screen Resolution 480 by 320 Pixels HVGA

Major Improvements over predecessorOS

Upgrade from BB OS 4.2 to BB OS 4.6New Blackberry UI Screen resolution doubled from QVGA Screen to HVGA ScreenSoftware updates for RIM applicationsMore powefull processor from 312 MHz to 624 MHz

What does it have over everybody else?

The Bold is tied with the Omnia for the most powerful processor with a 624 Mhz Marwell. And eventough it's screen is only HVGA, it looks great on a it smaller physical size, so good that CNET called it the best looking screen ever on a cell phone.

When can you officially get it?

Summer 2008

What it's Missing?

This is, according to many, the biggest bumper in the Bold, lack of a touchscreen, this closes the door to a lot of functionality and possibilities otherwise present in touchscreen phones.The Bold, like the Touch Pro lacks a respectable amount of internal storage, with only 512 MB it makes a very weak case against iPhone's 8 and 16GB or the Diamond's 4GB. The Bold infact has the least amount of internal storage of all the major 08 smart phones.The Blackberry Bold also includes a front keyboard, widely considered as a eyesore, this also means that it has the smallest screen size of all the major 08 smartphones, big time bumper.

Previous Phones/Devices
Sony Clie SJ20 - Stopped Workin
Samsung T519 - Still Works/retired for the Wing

Palm TX - Got stolen
T-Mobile Wing - Sold then Got Stolen
Current: T-Mobile G1
Running JF 1.43 ADP 1.1h

Samsung Omnia

A lot of people have shown enthusiasm about this phone on the thread, sorry for the long time it took to put up the specs put here it is. Samsung Omnia

Website: http://www.samsungomnia.com/

Alternate Names: Samsung i900 and ATT i907

Manufacturer: Samsung Inc.

Predecessor: Samsung i830

Operating System: Windows Mobile Professional 6.1

Screen Resolution: 240-by-400-Pixels WQGA

ScreenDimensions : 112 by 56.9 by 12.5

Processor Marwell 624 Mhz

Camera: 5 MP with geotaging, auto focus, image stabilizer, face detection etc etc...

GPS Included

User Interface TouchViz UIData HSDPA 7.2

Sony Xperia X1

Xperia was the first contender officially announced this year, this HTC designed, Sony owned phone is one of the most awaited phones of the year, lets get started.

Official Website: http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/?lc=en&cc=SG

Alternate Names: None

Manufacturer: HTC for Sony Ericsson

Predecessor: None (First one in the Xperia Series)

Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

Dimensions :110 x 53 x 17 mm

Processor Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz

Camera: 3.2 MP with viewfinder and second camera for video call

GPS IncludedUser Interface Xperia Panel UI

Data HSDPA Screen Size 3 Inches

Screen Resolution 800 by 480 Pixels WVGA

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Portable AIMP 2.5 Build 293 RC3 M.Lang Size: 3.77 MB
An advanced multimedia player that includes an audio converter, recorder, and tag editor. Includes an easy to use interface, small size and minimal use of system resources.An advanced multimedia player that includes an audio converter, recorder, and tag editor. Includes an easy to use interface, small size and minimal use of system resources.
Features:
# Crystal-clear sound, technology of reproduction essentially differs from Winamp and WMP;
# Sensitive equalizer;
# A maximum of functionality from a minimum of resources;
# The minimal consumption of system resources;
# Multilingual support;
# Support of set of formats of audio
# Adjustment of global and local hot keys (patterns from WinAmp and WMP);
# Flexible options of the program and various covers will allow you to make A.I.M.P. completely individual;
# Support of plug-ins with which help it is possible to expand opportunities of the program;
# The audioconverter codes music from the most different formats in wma, mp3, wav, ogg;
# AudioGrab allows to overtake AudioCD in Mp3, OGG, WAV or WM;
# The sound recording will allow you to write down a sound from any audio of the device in system;
# The built-in editor of tags, support WMA, MP3, OGG;
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intel Tech

INTEL CORE 2 EXTREME

Whether it's gaming, digital photography, or video editing, today's high-impact entertainment demands breakthrough technology. Now with a new version based on Intel's cutting edge 45nm technology utilizing hafnium-infused circuitry to deliver even greater performance and power efficiency.When more is better-with four processing cores the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor delivers unrivaled¹ performance for the latest, greatest generation of multi-threaded games and multimedia apps.Now with a new version based on Intel's cutting edge 45nm technology utilizing hafnium-infused circuitry to deliver even greater performance and power efficiency. The Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9770 running at 3.2 GHz delivers the best possible experience for today's most demanding users.12 MB of total L2 cache1600 MHz front side bus

Intel® Board D945GCPE

The Intel® Desktop Board D945GCPE Essential Series offers a cost-efficient integrated graphics solution for the budget conscious user.This board is built with affordability and flexibility in mind, and supports Intel® Core™2 Duo processors, Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processors, Intel® Pentium® D processors, Intel® Pentium® 4 processors, Intel® Celeron® 400 Sequence processors, and Intel® Celeron® D processors up to 1066/800 MHz system bus in the LGA775 package. Other features include dual-channel DDR2 667/533 MHz SDRAM, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950), integrated 10/100 Network Connection, Intel® High Definition Audio (4 channel audio) and up to eight USB 2.0 ports.

Processors

Intel Refreshes Core 2 Duo Range

In a quiet but very important product release, Intel has announced the latest refresh of its Core 2 Duo range of processors. This new lineup gets a speed boost as the FSB has been bumped up to 1333 MHz from 1066 MHz. The number of processors that are being introduced include 3 dual-core processors and one quad-core.
The opening processor in this lineup, is the newly introduced E6550, which is clocked at 2.33 GHz and is aimed at filling the gap between the earlier E6400 and E6600 processor range. This new processor will retail at US$ 163. The next processor being introduced is the E6750, which is clocked 330 MHz faster than the E6750 i.e. 2.66 GHz. It will be retailing at US$ 183. The final dual-core processor is the E6850 which is 330 MHz faster than the E6750 i.e. 3 GHz and will retail at $266. On the quad-core front the new processor being debuted is the Core 2 Quad Q6850, which is clocked at 3 GHz and will carry the “Extreme” tag. This is reflected in the pricing of the C2D Q6850 which is US$ 999.
Though these new processors offer a tangible bump in speed and performance, the good thing that comes out of the release of the new range is that the older range of C2D processors will no doubt see a slash in prices. These will make the current generation products far more competitive and cut into AMD's budget processor market. For further details please check out this link.

CPU runs off 1 watt of electricity

VIA has developed a new fanless Eden ULV processor that chugs along at 500MHz, requiring just 1 watt of electricity to run. Whenever it is idle, the processor will sip a mere tenth of a watt - talk about efficiency! The low power requirements found in this new processor will target firms that design and engineer embedded systems which require low power consumption, while those looking for an eco-friendly design will definitely welcome this development. There will be 1GHz and 1.5GHz versions that consume 3.5 and 7.5 watts respectively as well in case you need more juice. When will such power saving measures reach the mass consumer market? Then we don't need those huge 600W monstrosities, unless you are running on a dual video card setup to meet Bioshock requirements.

AMD

AMD - Athlon 64 FX-62 and Socket AM2 review

With the launch of Athlon 64 FX-62, AMD has also rolled out its new AM2 platform. This is a move from Socket 939 and Socket 754 to a new processor socket which has 940 pins. That number may sound familiar, but this isn't the same 940-pin layout that is used by the Opteron server processor, hence the name AM2 rather than a number.
AMD is changing its entire range of desktop processors over to AM2, from the highest Athlon 64 X2 to the lowest Sempron. The reason for the change is that AMD has decided that the time is right to shift from DDR system memory to DDR2, which is the same type of memory that Intel started to use with the LGA775 version of Pentium 4.
At that time, DDR2 was relatively slow and had horrendous latency (lag) but Intel was determined to pursue clock speeds that went beyond 4GHz so it needed memory that could provide adequate bandwidth. AMD is in a different position as it has raised clock speeds quite slowly from the initial 1.6GHz of the first Opteron to 2.6GHz with FX-60, and it's only now, with the 2.8GHz of FX-62, that it feels the need for DDR2. Well, that and the fact that 800MHz/PC2-6400 DDR2 is now fast enough to offset the latency problem.
You need to make sure that you choose memory that is fast enough to support your new AM2 processor, so here is a short list of recommended configurations:
AM2 Athlon 64 FX-62 with DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500AM2 Athlon 64 X2 with DDR2-667/PC2-5300 or DDR2-800/PC2-6400AM2 Athlon 64 and Sempron with DDR2-533/PC2-4200 or DDR2-667/PC2-5300
The other physical change is that the AM2 heatsink frame mounts through four holes on the motherboard, compared to the two holes used by Socket 754 and 939, but ironically the same as the Socket A Athlon circa 2001. The AM2 heatsink attaches to the frame with two clips, rather than the six clips used on the earlier version, and while this looks like a backward step we doubt that it will cause any problems.Athlon 64 has the memory controller integrated within the processor rather than the motherboard chipset, so there was no need for any dramatic change to the new wave of motherboards apart from a change in processor socket and the memory slots. Indeed, ATi's Radeon Xpress 3200 chipset supports both the old and new Athlon 64, but Nvidia has decided to roll out a new family of chipsets for AM2 called Nforce 500.
There are currently four members of the family with the fully-featured Nforce 590 SLI at the top of the tree, Nforce 570 SLI in the mid-range, Nforce 570 below that and Nforce 550 so far down the pecking order that you'd be better off with Nforce 4, if you were given the option.
The 590 SLI has a pair of graphics slots, each with 16 PCI Express lanes, just like the Nforce4 32 chipset. In total 590 SLI supports 46 lanes of PCI Express. In addition it has LinkBoost which will automatically overclock the graphics buses when you plug in 'compatible' graphics cards, which currently means the GeForce 7900GTX.



You also get a pair of Gigabit LAN ports which can be combined with DualNet to give the equivalent of a 2Gbps connection, while FirstPacket prioritises your Internet traffic so Counter Strike doesn't suddenly fall foul of Windows Update or some other horror.
This is a good idea, but we find the biggest problem with Windows in respect of Internet traffic is that an application such as e-mail or your firewall will grab the Windows focus and present a pop-up that has to be dealt with. If you're gaming in full-screen mode, the pop-up can either kill your game or it can remain invisible behind the game yet still demand attention.
On the subject of firewalls, Nvidia has dropped the hopeless ActiveArmor firewall that it introduced with Nforce4. And every member of Nforce 500 supports Intel's Azalia HD audio.
Nforce 570 SLI supports 28 lanes of PCI Express with x16 for a single graphics card or dual x8 for each graphics card in SLI, just like Nforce4 SLI. It doesn't support LinkBoost but it does have FirstPacket and DualNet. The Nforce 550 doesn't support any of the new technologies, which effectively makes it an Nforce4 with support for AM2 processors.



So, what is the upshot of the move from Socket 939 to AM2? Well, naff all really.The previous king of the performance charts was the Athlon 64 FX-60, which uses Socket 939 and runs at 2.6GHz on dual channel DDR memory. The new FX-62 runs at 2.8GHz and has exactly the pro rata performance increase that you would expect from the extra 200MHz, which means that the new Socket, new chipset and the change to DDR2 memory have precisely zero effect.
That's not to say that Nforce 570 SLI is a failure, as it has enormous potential in a high-end gaming PC with a pair of GeForce 7900GTX graphics cards, provided you have the necessary £3,000.



Neither does it mean that dual channel memory is pointless, as you can be sure that AMD has made the switch to give its high-end processors the headroom that they require for speed bumps in future. We regard the idea of DDR2 in a low-end PC as a pointless exercise but at least it does very little harm.

Motherboard

ASUS P5KR Motherboard Review

ASUS’s P5K range of motherboards based on the new Intel P35 chipset comes in a range of flavours, from the very basic to the super-loaded, today we take a look at the P5KR, which seems to offer a good number of features for not a lot of money.
Currently there are at least 10 different variants of the P5K series of motherboards available on the Australian market which are based on the P35 chipset (even more which are based on the G31 and G33 chipset with integrated graphics) and they range in price from AU$180 for the P5K-SE up to nearly AU$400 for the P5K Premium. The P5KR we’re looking at today is closer to the bottom end of the range, sells for around AU$210 and comes with the following specifications:

>> LGA775 CPU Platform (Support for Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme, Pentium D, Pentium 4 CPUs)
>> 800/1066/1333MHz CPU Front Side Bus Support
>> Intel P35 Northbridge/iCH9R Southbridge Chipset
>> DDR2 667/800/1066MHz Dual Channel Memory – 4 x Slots, 8GB Max Total
>> 6 x SATA-II Ports (1 x External/eSATA)
>> 12 x USB2.0 Ports (6 on Back Panel, 6 by header on motherboard)
>> 2 x PCI-Express x16 Slots (One Supports x16, other supports x4 or x1 modes) – Crossfire Compatible
>> 1 x PCI-Express x1 Slot, 3 x PCI Slots
>> 2 x Firewire400 Ports (1 x Rear Panel, 1 x Motherboard header)
>> 8-Channel Audio w. S/PDIF output.
>> 1 x GigLAN Port
>> 1 x ATA-133 Connector, 1 x FDD Connector, 1 x Serial Port Header, 3 x Aux Fan Connectors
>> 12” x 9.6” ATX Form Factor

3DMAX

3ds Max is a full-featured 3D graphics application developed by Autodesk Media and Entertainment. It runs on the Win32 and Win64 platforms. As of October 2007, 3ds Max is in its tenth version, named 3ds Max 2008, which was announced during SIGGRAPH 2007. 3ds Max adds enhanced support for complex pipelines and workflows.

Features

MAXScript
MAXScript is a built-in scripting language, and can be used to automate repetitive tasks, combine existing functionality in new ways, develop new tools and user interfaces and much more. Plugin modules can be created entirely in MAXscript.
Character Studio

Character Studio was a plugin which since version 4 of Max is now integrated in 3D Studio Max helping user to animate virtual characters. The system works using a character rig or "Biped" which is pre-made and allows the user to adjust the rig to fit the character they will be animating. Dedicated curve editors and motion capture data import tools make Character Studio ideal for character animation. "Biped" objects have other useful features that automated the production of walk cycles and movement paths, as well as secondary motion.

Scene Explorer

Scene Explorer, a tool that provides a hierarchical view of scene data and analysis, facilitates working with more complex scenes. Scene Explorer has the ability to sort, filter, and search a scene by any object type or property (including metadata). Added in 3ds Max 2008, it was the first component to facilitate DotNet managed code in 3ds Max outside of MAXScript.
DWG Import

3ds Max supports both import and linking of DWG files. Improved memory management in 3ds Max 2008 enables larger scenes to be imported with multiple objects.
Texture Assignment/Editing

3ds Max offers operations for creative texture and planar mapping, including tiling, mirroring, decals, angle, rotate, blur, UV stretching, and relaxation; Remove Distortion; Preserve UV; and UV template image export. The texture workflow includes the ability to combine an unlimited number of textures, a material/map browser with support for drag-and-drop assignment, and hierarchies with thumbnails. UV workflow features include Pelt mapping, which defines custom seams and enables users to unfold UVs according to those seams; copy/paste materials, maps and colors; and access to quick mapping types (box, cylindrical, spherical).
Constrained Animation

Objects can be animated along curves with controls for alignment, banking, velocity, smoothness, and looping, and along surfaces with controls for alignment. Weight path-controlled animation between multiple curves, and animate the weight. Objects can be constrained to animate with other objects in many ways—including look at, orientation in different coordinate spaces, and linking at different points in time. These constraints also support animated weighting between more than one target. All resulting constrained animation can be collapsed into standard keyframes for further editing.
Skinning
Either the Skin or Physique modifier may be used to achieve precise control of skeletal deformation, so the character deforms smoothly as joints are moved, even in the most challenging areas, such as shoulders. Skin deformation can be controlled using direct vertex weights, volumes of vertices defined by envelopes, or both. Capabilities such as weight tables, paintable weights, and saving and loading of weights offer easy editing and proximity-based transfer between models, providing the accuracy and flexibility needed for complicated characters. The rigid bind skinning option is useful for animating low-polygon models or as a diagnostic tool for regular skeleton animation. Additional modifiers, such as Skin Wrap and Skin Morph, can be used to drive meshes with other meshes and make targeted weighting adjustments in tricky areas.

Graphics Card

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX Graphic Cards introduced in India

The new GeForce 9800 GTX features Hybrid Power technology, which allows users a HybridPower compatible motherboard to power down their GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card when running graphically less intense applications. As a result users can achieve a silent and low power PC experience.
Besides, Nvidia claims that the 9800 GTX is the most powerful single chipset GeForce card offering gaming performance at extreme HD resolutions. Furthermore users can triple the smack down power by running three 9800 GTX graphics cards in 3-way SLI mode on one of the new XFX nForce 780i SLI or 790i Ultra SLI motherboards for a ramp up of to 2.8 times the performance of a single GPU.
Also the 9800 GTX offers the highest data transfer speeds, enabling it to accommodate bandwidth that is asked by games and other 3D applications. The Hardware Decode Acceleration provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies.
The Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration supports picture-in-picture content and Dynamic Contrast Enhancement on the other hand Color Stretch ensures post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies on scene-by-scene basis with spectacular picture quality. The 9800 GTX is also HDMI capable allowing users to send both high-definition video and audio signals to their HDTVs via a single cable.
The 9800GTX is available in India with Rashi Peripherals and its 53 branches spread across the country at the price of Rs. 21,500.

Zotac GeForce GTX 280 AMP!

The Geforce 9 had a really short stay and NVIDIA has released the GTX 280, around the same time that ATI launched their first card.Zotac was the first to end us their over-clocked version of the GTX 280 that they proudly call the GTX 280 AMP! These new cards are crossing uncharted territories.The Zotac GTX 280 AMP! runs at a core speed of 700 MHz instead of the default 602 MHz. Most numbers on the new card have been doubled from what was on the last 9800GTX. The memory bandwidth has been increased to 512 bit and there is 1 GB of memory on the card. An 8- pin and 6-pin power connector is required to power the GTX 280 AMP! It’s just not all about the numbers. The GTX 280 absolutely destroys all previous records held by single cards. To give you an idea, the Zotac GTX 280 AMP! is about 50 to 75 per cent faster than the colossal 8800 Ultra in most benchmarks. For example, in one of our tests, the 8800 Ultra scores around 100 fps in Prey at 1920 x 1200 with maximum detail and 4x anti-aliasing and 8x antistrophic filtering turned on. The GTX 280 AMP! beat it with a score of 173 fps. Even Unreal Tournament 3 with all the settings turned up gave scores of 119 fps on the Shangrila map at 1920 x 1200. 3DMark 2005 and 2006 scores increased as well, but not to the extent of the realworld gaming benchmarks. The card, in comparison, runs cooler than the 8800 GTXs, more so when compared to the 8800 Ultras. The cooling solution on the Zotac card is stock NVIDIA design. The card is a little less compact than the 9800GX2. It is lighter, but consumes over 300 W when on load. In idle,it drops to as little or lower than a 9800GTX card. A power supply of at least 600 W is highly recommended to any future owners. The Zotac GTX 280 AMP! is a great card and we’re sure some of the non over-clocked versions are really good as well. It would be terribly wrong to say that the GTX 280 is not a good card. There’s significant improvement in performance. There’s one major problem right now, other than the high power demands—the price. The current price for the Zotac GTX 280 AMP! is a whopping Rs 44,444, which makes it way over the top in terms of pricing. As things stand today, the prices are exorbitant and with ATI releasing cards of their own priced at much lower prices offering better value for money, it’s only a matter of time before the prices for the GTX 280 drop. GTX 260s are expected to hit the markets soon, so a little caution at the moment is recommended to look out for some extreme price drops.

XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ Graphics Card Introduced

The latest XFX graphic card is especially designed to meet gamers’ demands of high visual quality. The GeForce 9800 GTX+ features a PhysX technology that transforms the overall gaming experience with realistic facial movements, weather effects and explosions. Also it incorporates NVIDIA CUDA technology and new CUDA runtime for Windows Vista, which would enable users offload intensive processing tasks from their CPUs to their graphics card.
With the help of the 128 processor cores, the new XFX graphic card can deliver endless array of computing tasks. While the integrated HybridPower technology will allow users to save power by shifting to their motherboard’s onboard graphics (HybridSLI capable motherboard required) when running less graphically intense applications.
XFX claims that optimized gaming can be achieved by running three XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics cards in three-way NVIDIA SLI mode on one of XFX’s nForce 780i SLI or 790i SLI motherboards. Moreover, the generation NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology engine ensures unsurpassed High Def movie picture quality.
The price of the GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card has not been announced as of now.

Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX+ Series Graphc Cards launched in India

Each individual processor core features an ultra-fast clock speed of 1836 MHz on the Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX+ and 1890 MHz on the ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ AMP Edition. Zotac claims that both the graphic cards are ready to take on all 3D related tasks from gaming to high-definition video playback.
“With the latest generation of ZOTAC GeForce 9-series graphics cards, the clock speed and performance of each individual processor core has become an important performance aspect,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, Zotac International. “The highly clocked processor cores in our ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ and GeForce 9800 GTX+ AMP Edition deliver higher performance in gaming as well as NVIDIA CUDA compiled applications, resulting in a graphics card that delivers phenomenal performance for work and play.”
The GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphic card is highly clocked at 738 MHz. users can pair it with 512MB of blazing-fast 2200 MHz GDDR3 memory for high-resolution gaming. While the Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX+ AMP Edition offers higher 750 MHz core and 2300 MHz memory clock speeds for even higher frame-rates and performance.
Besides, the Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX+ series provides support for DirectX 10 with Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL 2.1 enabled 3D games and applications for brilliant visuals and phenomenal frame rates.

AdvanceApple iPhone Techh

Apple iPhone: The full specifications

Tech Digest has already covered the initial communications aspects, and what it might mean for UK consumers if and when it arrives in Britain, plus reactions from the likes of Orange and Nokia (scroll to end of this article for the links) so in this article I'll take a look at the key features of this 'revolutionary' new mobile phone.
First up is that gorgeous touch screen that fills almost the entire front panel. It's a 3.5 inch (diagonal) screen, boasting a resolution of 320 x 480 at 160 pixels per inch. That's more than enough for widescreen (16:9) viewing, though you'll probably get black bars at the top and bottom of the images.
It has just one physical button at the bottom of the display. Nearly everything else is done via the touchscreen, using intuitive finger motions such as tapping, sweeping and 'pinching'.
It features several sensors. One reorients what's displayed on screen when the phone is rotated between landscape and portrait orientation. It also has a proximity sensor that knows when you have the phone to your ear and adjusts the screen and touch pad accordingly.
The phone is quad-band, wi-fi enabled (Apple site specs say 802.11b and g though Steve was talking about n compatibility also), with Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, GSM, and EDGE.
It comes with a 2 megapixel camera.
It will run Apple's own Mac OS X system - no details on whether this will be a cut down version of Tiger, a cut down of Leopard (which could be released before the iPhone is), or a full version intelligently switching to make best use of the iPhone, isn't clear, but Jobs described and demonstrated the use of Mac OS X applications and widgets, including stock trackers, weather, iChat, iCal, iTunes, iMovies, and iPhoto. It will also utilise Core Graphics, and other features that will be familiar to anyone who uses the desktop version of OS X.

Containing an Intel processor (exact chipset not known), it will offer 5 hours battery life when talking, browsing the web, or watching video, and 16 hours of audio playback. No word on standby time.
Dimensions are 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches (115 x 61 x 11.6mm), with a weight of 135 grams.
There are plenty of calling features, tied into your contacts list and email, including setting up 3-way voice conferences, sending email whilst on a call, and easily adding and calling numbers from emails.
Software wise, it contains a version of Apple Mail, featuring rich HTML email, web browser Safari, with Google and Yahoo searches, Google Maps, and Widgets. Given that the phone OS is Mac OS X, it shouldn't be difficult to put a variety of other apps onto the system. Apple claim that apps run fast. They also say that PC users will be able to sync their contact data, so presumably as well as supporting the 'i' range of Mac apps, there'll be some syncing with Outlook etc. We'll wait to see how that bit works.
Apple announced that they'd teamed up and formed close alliances with both Google and Yahoo, which is also exciting.
It will be worth taking a look at the keynote speech (not available at time of writing), and the official iPhone web site to get an idea of the capabilities of the phone.
Suffice to say, it looks very good. It's been well over 2 years in the making, and it shows. It offers a dynamically new way for users to interact with their phone, using just their fingers. No more add-on or pull-out keyboards, fiddly styli, or other oddities. Of course, the proof will be in the using, and it may not suit everyone (like any interface) but it certainly looks good from a distance.
The groan factor is the wait. Even the US won't get it until June (Apple don't have full FCC approval yet, apparently, so things could change a little in specs etc.). Europe isn't due to get it until sometime in the last quarter of 2007. Great...
Hopefully by then, there'll either be a souped-up second generation iPhone ready, or a Euro-friendly one. Apple would do well not to ignore the UK which, though a crowded market, is also a very tech-savvy, and promiscuous with their handsets too.
Done right, the iPhone could be massive, though with limited initial stock and global reach, and an initial target of 1% of the mobile market share, it won't pose any immediate threat to the big guns.
The 4GB version will retail in the US for $499 and the 8GB will cost $599, coming in June, exclusively with Cingular Wireless. It's due in Europe in Q4 of 2007 - no more details than that, though.

web browser

Opera

Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. Opera handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones, but for other devices it must be paid for.
Features of Opera include tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and an integrated download manager. Its security features include built-in phishing and malware protection, strong encryption when browsing secure web sites, and the ability to easily delete private data such as cookis and browsing history by simply clicking a button.
Opera runs on a variety of personal computer operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Though evaluations of Opera have been largely positive, Opera has captured only a fraction of the worldwide personal computer browser market.
Opera has a stronger market share, however, on mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and personal digital assistants. Editions of Opera are available for devices using the Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems, as well as Java ME-enabled devices. In fact, approximately 40 million mobile phones have shipped with Opera pre-installed. Furthermore, Opera is the only commercial web browser available for the Nintendo DS and Wii gaming systems. Some television set-top boxes use Opera as well, and Adobe licensed Opera technology for use in the Adobe Creative Suite.

MozillaFirefox

The Mozila firefox browser has become one of the most downloaded programs in cyber history. Built by engineers from the mozilla foundation, This webbrowser is a lean, mean customizable machine. It is far more effiicent and faster than any other browser on the market, and intends on staying that way. Join the millions who have already downloaded one of the best FREE pieces of software by clicking on the button above. !

Laptops

Compaq Presario V6700TX Laptop

The new Compaq Presario V6700TX laptop is a great bang for your buck, for everyday work and play. This all-around good guy is powered by your choice of either the Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 processor at 1.67GHz, or the Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 at 2GHz. You also get to choose between 1GB DDR II and 2GB DDR II memory. The 15.4-inch widescreen display delivers BrightView and a resolution of 1,280 by 800 pixels, and for graphics, the V6700TX laptop features the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 video card for HD viewing and gaming. The integrated Altec Lansing speakers bring audio to those visuals. The V6700TX laptop is outfitted with a Super Multi 8xDVD+/-R/RW Double Layer, or upgrade to a Double Layer LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW. For connectivity, you get broadband and the choice of Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG or Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection with Bluetooth. Topping it off, the V6700TX laptop comes with an ExpressCard slot, USB, Firewire, TV out, a remote control receiver and a 5-in-1 card reader. The battery will keep you running for up to three and a half hours. This laptop starts from $789.99.

Gateway Laptop Deal - Gateway C120X Laptop

With Boxing Day deals to be had all around town, Gateway is keeping up with an offer of $250 off the price of the Gateway C120X laptop. But don’t wait too long to make up your mind, the savings end today, December 26. With the slashed price to sweeten the deal, the decision should be a fairly easy one. The C120X laptop is a compact and lightweight convertible that comes with a touch-screen interface and is powered by a dual-core processor. The C120X laptop deal also comes outfitted with a fingerprint reader and Bluetooth wireless technology. Regularly priced at $1,299.99, the C120X laptop can be yours for just $1,049.99.

Sony Laptop Deal – Sony Vaio CR120 Laptop

If you’ve been holding out for the best holiday laptop deal, or you just put your purchase off until the last minute, you can cash in on a Sony Vaio CR120 laptop, which is retailing at Staples for $250 less than you’d normally pay. Maybe procrastination isn’t such a bad thing? The Vaio CR120 laptop deal boasts a beautiful blue exterior, and its specs are a beautiful thing too. This 14.1-inch laptop offers an eye-catching XBRITE-ECO LDC display. The Sony laptop runs on Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and offers 2GB memory and 160GB hard drive. The trimmings? An integrated 1.3-megapixel Motion Eye webcam and microphone, CD/DVD player and AV controls. Weighing just 5.49 lbs., the Vaio CR120 laptop is a pretty nice package to put under the tree. Regularly priced at $1,349.99, you can own it now for just $1,099.90, and knock an additional $50 off the purchase price with a rebate that’s valid through March 31, 2008. Sony via Staples.

Lenovo Laptop Deal - ThinkPad X Laptop

Spreading its holiday cheer (and savings) a little longer, Lenovo has extended its discount deals on select laptops until December 19, giving you a few more days to give that perfect gift while saving you a few bucks in the process. Save 25 per cent off the price of the Lenovo ThinkPad X Series laptops, the laptop designed for the “extremely mobile professional” on your gift list. The ThinkPad X-Series laptops are ultra-portable with all the durability and performance you want in a laptop. The ThinkPad X61 and X61s laptops can be customized with Genuine Windows Vista, the latest and greatest in dual-core processors and wireless WAN. The ThinkPad X laptops feature a 12.1-inch display and an easy-to-use full-sized keyboard. Select models even include a fingerprint reader, literally putting your laptop’s security at your fingertips. The super-thin and lightweight design makes it ideal for movers and shakers. The ThinkPad X61 laptop is available from $1,023.75 (regularly priced at $1,365) and the ThinkPad X61s laptop starts from $1,185 (regularly priced at $1,580), but don’t delay, the sale ends on Wednesday. Lenovo.

Low-Cost Linux Laptop - Elonex One Laptop

The Elonex One laptop will be soon making its first appearance in classrooms across the pond. The British outfit is set to release the One laptop on February 28. The Linux-based system will reportedly feature 1GB of Flash memory, Wi-Fi, a tough exterior, internal speakers for MP3 enjoyment and a socket for headphones, USB slots and a three-hour battery life. The super-portable One laptop boasts a seven-inch display and weighs in at under 2.2 pounds. But the size isn't the only small thing about the One laptop, so is the pricetag. The one laptop will come at a low cost of just £99 (approximately $195). There will also be an upgraded version of One available with 2GB of Flash storage and Bluetooth planned too, for £120 (approximately $235). For every 100 One laptops sold, a unit will be donated to an underprivileged child. Elonexvia Gizmodo

Most Harmful Viruses

Adam and Eve virus:>

Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.

Airline virus:>

You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.

Arnold Schwarzenegger virus:>

Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.

AT&T virus:>

Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.

The MCI virus:>

Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus.

Elvis virus:>

Your computer gets fat, slow, and lazy and then self destructs, only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.

Government economist virus:>

Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.

Nike virus:>

Just Does It!

Right To Life virus:>

Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counselor about possible alternatives.

Ted Kennedy virus:>

Crashes your computer but denies it ever happened.

Texas virus:>

Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.