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Zenith launches new range of laptops
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Internet addiction syndrome in Britain
A new phrase ‘discomgoogolation‘ has been coined to refer to the syndrome of stress and anxiety resulting from the failure to access web. With the advancement of Information technology, the whole knowledge bank is so easily accessible that it is causing internet addiction.
Commissioned by information service 118118, the YouGov study conducted a survey on 2100 British people and concluded that 44% of them undergo stress and anxiety when they can’t access their internet connections. Psychologist Dr David Lewis, who monitored heart rates and brainwave activity to identify the syndrome stated, “The proliferation of broadband has meant for the first time in history we’ve entered a culture of instant answers- a galaxy of information is just a mouse click away and we have become addicted to the web.”
Besides, 19% of the people were found to spend more time online than with their family in a week. Some people reportedly said that they would miss internet more than their friends as contact with friends is made possible by social networking sites through internet. The survey also pointed out the fact that internet has become very much a part and parcel of the daily life, so much so that 76 percent of them could not live without it.
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Apple updates iPod – will it be Nano, Classic or Touch?
A big Apple event in San Francisco on 9 September 2008 will undoubtedly see the update of one if not several of the iPod range, if the Cupertino-based firm’s press invite entitled ‘Let’s Rock’ is anything to go by.
Aside from the ultra-compact Shuffle, the Nano is the smallest in the iPod range. Last year, it was treated to a complete redesign with the release of the slimmer, third-generation model with video playback and Cover Flow interface.
This model earned itself the name ‘Fat Nano’ but the Nano may be returning to an updated version of its slimmer self (pictured) if rumours and photos flying around on the web are anything to go by.
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Google’s cafe strategy to attack IE
Having launched its browser on Tuesday, Google will now go all out in a war against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer by sewing up distribution agreements for its browser Chrome beta with cyber cafe owners in countries like India to take on Microsoft’s OEM bundling strength.
This was stated by Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice-president for product development and incharge of Chrome development. In a chat with Indiatimes Infotech over video-conferencing from Google’s Mountain View headquarters late on Tuesday night (US time), Pichai said Google recognised Microsoft’s strength in the browser space as it is the browser of choice for most desktop vendors worldwide.
The company will also work pro-actively with the enterprise users and developers alike.
Source :- Infotech News
iPhone security flaw exposes private data
NEW YORK: A security flaw in Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhone allows unauthorised users to gain easy access to private contacts and e-mails even when the device is locked, but the company said a fix is on the way.
Popular technology blog Gizmodo and an online forum run by the Mac Rumours site showed that it took only three taps to gain access to locked iPhones, which run the latest 2.02 iPhone software. A spokeswoman said in an e-mail that Apple was aware of the problem and was readying a software update to fix it. In the meantime, she recommended users set the iPhone’s ‘Home’ button to open up the phone’s iPod music collection rather than the phone’s ‘Favourites’ menu.
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The spokeswoman did not say when the software update would be made available. The flaw could be seen as a momentary setback in Apple’s ambitious plans to compete against Research In Motion (RIM.TO), whose BlackBerry smartphone has become a standard issue device in corporate businesses around the globe.
Earlier in August, technology research firm Gartner issued a report that said iPhone’s software had met Gartner’s minimum requirements for business support, although some issues persisted. The author of the report, Ken Dulaney, was not immediately reachable.
Last week, Apple released a software update for the iPhone that reportedly helped fix problems connecting to faster third-generation (3G) wireless networks, after receiving a flurry of online complaints from customers around the world. Apple, which started selling the new 3G iPhone on July 11, has said it expected to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008.
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Zenith Announces Sub-15K Laptop and Desktop
Zenith Computers, today announced the launch of a new laptop and desktop under the brand name ‘EcoStyle’. According to the company, the Zenith EcoStyle laptop priced at Rs. 14,999, will be the lowest priced Windows OS enabled laptop in the market; while the desktop PC will be available at Rs 11,999. The EcoStyle PC and laptop will be available across India through Zenith’s chain of authorized dealers and exclusive showrooms will stock these computers.
The laptop is Net enabled, and comes preloaded with the Microsoft productivity suite: an Operating System (Windows XP Home Edition), Microsoft Works (includes Word Processor, spreadsheets and PPT viewer), and Microsoft Windows Live Suite (Includes Email Client, Messenger and Family Safety from Windows Live OneCare).
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The EcoStyle PC will give the customer an option of choosing Windows Vista Starter or Microsoft Windows XP Home. The laptop weighs 2.2 kg and has dimensions of 185mm x 250 mm x 70 mm. The desktop will also come preloaded with the Microsoft productivity suite.
The company further states that in addition to the portability and the relevant content, both the computers have an added advantage of reduced power consumption and on an average, they consume 30 percent less power.
Source :- PC World News
Novabackup10
This version enables local and online data protection coupled with image based disaster recovery.Novabackup10 gives data protection and disaster recovery software for windows based PCs and servers.
Novabackup10 enables users to create backup and store data locally or online and even one year online storage account. Previous versions only supports local backup to hard drives, tape drives, CD/DVD/blu ray disc burners and network attached storage (NAS) devices. This version enables online backup capabilities via FTP to corporate servers or to other online storage services.
Novabackup10 is the all in one solution a major data protection software provider to offer this level of flexibility in protecting users critical information.
Novabackup10 include disk image recovery, which takes a snapshot of the entire system to protect and preserve data in the event of a disaster allowing recovery from a local or network source and the ability to backup, copy or mirror data to FTP or online storage accounts.
Data protection applications fix users to back up to local backup devices and force them to use proprietary backup technology. Novabackup10 enables users to choose not only whether to backup locally or online, but also the flexibility to backup in the format that best suits the users needs.
To manage a local backup and an online backup service can be time consuming and frustrating for many computer users. Novabackup 10 easily combining both backup methodologies into one software package to manage a backup.This offers users more flexibility and peace of mind by creating on premise backups for quick file restores and off-premise backups of critical files in the case of a catastrophe that wipes out the computer and the local backup.
Intel driving Linux infotainment systems to cars
Now we going to use linux in our cars instead of in our computers, our phones, our Wi-Fi equipment, our TiVos. Intel have been working with automotive industries to advance in vehicle infotainment with linux-based, interoperable hardware and software called Open Infotainment Platforms (OIP) systems.
It make possible for car manufacturers to bring new infotainment products to meet consumer demands.The automobile industry foccuss towards adding media and information in cars.
Car manufacturers want to extend the media digital experience into the automobile and making it so that these devices are always connected to the Internet.
These devices will use Linux, and support the full TCP/IP network. Intel plans on using mobile WiMax for internet connectivity. The idea is that lots of people will bring their mobile devices into their cars. If the devices have the same architecture as those in the dashboard, users will be able to transfer music, maps, and other data between cars and mobile devices.
Consumers expect a different environment in their car. Sure, people still buy cars because of mileage and brand, but now they also want up-to-date infotainment.
Besides built-in GPS for example, find the closest pizza place that’s still open with your built-in GPS/MID.
Source:Linux
Toshiba eyes fuel cells, cell-based TV by 2009
Toshiba plans to begin direct methanol fuel cells and television based on the powerful cell microprocessor in large amount.
Toshiba has been developing the fuel cells and cell chip and their readiness for commercial use coupled with continuing advances in the company’s chip making expertise are expected to be key drivers behind growth in toshiba’s digital products and electronic devices divisions.
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) produce electricity from a reaction between methanol, water and air. The only by-products of the reaction are a small amount of water vapor and carbon dioxide, so the fuel cells are typically seen as a much greener form of energy than traditional batteries. A big advantage of DMFCs is that they can be replenished with a new cartridge of methanol in seconds.
The spurs engine is a coprocessor that’s a chip designed to sit alongside a main processor in a system and handle heavy jobs like real-time graphics processing and video manipulation. Inside the chip there are four processor cores of the same type used in the cell chip and a hardware codec for encoding and decoding high-definition MPEG2 and H.264 video streams. Toshiba said it will launch a laptop PC that features the spurs engine.
Toshiba also planning to launch a new 1.8-inch solid-state disk (SSD) drive using multilevel NAND flash memory chips. Such chips can hold two bits of data in each cell, doubling the storage capacity within a given space.Toshiba to store up to 128G bytes in the first drives using multilevel memory.
Source: ITworld