First Mobile Phone With Projector Makes an Appearance

Epoq EGP-PP01.

This Tri-band GSM handset has the capability of projecting images as large as 30 inches (diagonal). The resolution of the projector is 640 x 480 pixels. Not only can it project images that are on the phone but DVD players or other media devices (including Laptops) with TV out features can be hooked up to the handset.
The handset comes with a 2.4-inch TFT LCD with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution. It supports GPRS and WAP, has a 1.3MP camera, supports Bluetooth with A2DP and USB and has a sound recorder. From the looks of the images floating around it seems like the handset runs on a UI similar to Apple’s iPhone.The Epoq EGP-PP01 is priced at $549.95 on GadgetCraver. Perhaps it’ll make it here too. When... is of course the big question.

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MOTOZINE ZN5 Launches in India

Motorola and KODAK's MOTOZINE ZN5 camera phone has finally made it to the Indian market. Sony Ericsson's Cyber-Shot series has got more competition now. With features that include Motorola's "ModeShift Technology" and KODAK's "Imaging Technology" this camera could just give the other mobile in this segment a run for their pixels. The ZN5 also comes with a Xenon flash. It has a 2.4-inch TFT display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution and 256k colors. With regards to connectivity the handset supports Wi-Fi, EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth with A2DP and USB v2.0. Memory can be expanded via microSD cards. It also comes with a TV out feature and a 3.5mm earphone socket. Motorola's CrystalTalk technology is also present in the ZN5.
Consumers can experience a totally customized Indian experience on their ZN5. They can stay updated with news on their mobile phones with access to the WAP version of printed publications including Financial Express, Indian Express, and Deccan Chronicle via the ‘Daily News’ link in the ZINE ZN5. This WAP version has been specially designed by Pressmart Media Limited. Motorola designers have specially designed wallpapers inspired by India and its people, traditions and fine arts.

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City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians, Power Itself !

A particularly optimistic design firm in Dubai called Timelinks has proposed designs for the Ziggurat, a complete city to be layered inside of a massive pyramid that could serve as home for a million people at a time. Timelinks is currently seeking patents for a variety of technologies that would make such a building possible, including a three axis public transportation system that would run residents up, through and across the pyramid. They've also claimed that with a hybrid wind, solar and steam power the Ziggurat would be able to meet its own power needs, and that there would be enough room to allow for some minor agriculture in designated "green spaces."
Before you just write this off as another wacky internet design concept, consider the absurdly ostentatious structures that Dubai has already built, and the fact that unlike the hyperluxurious ego-boosters currently under construction, the Ziggurat might be a viable housing solution for people who don't have a natural resource-infused trust fund.

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The i-bird. You are the wind beneath its wings.

The i-Bird is the latest generation of R/C flyers, and without a propeller in sight, it’s easy to see why this gadget does warrant a whole new generation. Rather than using un-bird-like rotors, the i-Bird simulates a real bird’s flapping wings perfectly. This is enough to keep it airborne and allows it to flit around both indoors and outdoors, completely in your control.
Granted, the hand controller isn’t as sleek as the i-Bird itself, but through infrared, it does the job of manoeuvring the little fella away from the expensive crystal. If you are still worried about not being skilled enough to steer away from an expensive crash, the i-Bird flies at a relatively slow speed so that you can keep up with it. It’s also tough enough to survive even my abrupt landing skills.
Priced at £30 from RED5* the i-Bird is an affordable must for the gadget lover in your life.

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Philips Squeezes Home Theater System into Tiny Round Box

Philips has stumped up a new home theater system that's as small, and almost as round as, a soccer ball—for those of us bored of boring, standard rectangular entertainment gadgets. Though it's tiny, it fits in an iPod dock, a five-channel amp, six speakers and a subwoofer built into the base. It must be pretty cramped inside, since it's just 10.75-inches across, and only 6.75 high. The DVD player can cope with DivX, MPEG-4 and WMV, and upscales to 1080p over HDMI and the CD player can read MP3 discs, and it's got USB-in. If that's whetted your appetite, you'll have to wait as there's no info yet on timing or price.

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Xbox 360 Goes Coin-Op..

While the Xbox 360 arcade is ironically the least expensive version of 360, The Arcade Station T2 is the probably the most expensive...and it actually belongs in an arcade. Essentially an arcade cabinet housing an Xbox 360, the Arcade Station T2 features two controllers, memory card slots and system link gaming (which we're assuming means local multiplayer, not full LIVE access). Potentially bundled games could include Halo 3, FIFA 08, Assassins Creed and Devil May Cry 4, but players won't need to shove in more quarters every time Master Chief gets teabagged. This will be a pay-for-time unit. Bonus pic:
Currently in testing overseas, the officially licensed cabinet should be available in the coming months. And if it only ditched those controllers for a couple of high performance joysticks, we might just be tempted to score one for home use.

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World's Best Looking Solar Gadget Charger..

Great concept from designer Vivien Muller for a modular, Lego-like little bonsai tree with 54 mini photovoltaic panels as leaves to soak up juice from the sun and charge your gadgets. Adapters get tucked away beneath a nice little tray, and your gadgets lay on top, basking in the shade. Vivien can you make this, please? I can't keep a real plant alive worth a damn, but this I think could place in the windowsill and be just fine with. More shots of the detachable pieces follow.

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Bluetooth Enabled USB Sunglasses with MP3 player

This cool and smart sunglass allows you to attend the calls via the Bluetooth connectivity. This wireless gadget can connect to phone calls even when you are listening to music. It will automatically switch from mp3 to call when an incoming call is sensed. Similarly when you hang up the call, you will get back to the mp3 mode.
This Bluetooth enabled USB sunglass is mounted on a light weighted frame for your whole-day comfort. The three-way adjustable earphone lets you converse easily. The special flip-up lenses with contours can protect your eyes from sun, wind and side impact.
Other exciting features of this spectacular sunglass follow:
512MB flash memory
Support MP3, WMA and WAV
Volume control
Play/pause/stop control
Continuous Playing Time: 6 hours
Recharging Time: 3 hours
Talking time: 4 hours, standby time: 120 hours
Charge battery by using USB cable, Car charger or AC adaptor
Weighing just 52 g, this light weight audio player has an overall dimension of 172×160x40mm. Make your forthcoming days comfortable by switching to this Bluetooth enabled sunglasses for just $110.

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The Pen Phone

This is a new kind of device that looks like a Pen and works like a Phone. It is still in concept stage and lacks many modern features.
Because of the limited size, you should not expect it to have a camera, big LCD screen and all the modern stuffs. Instead this phone has everything on the minimal side. Apparently, this phone also has a microSD slot.
As you can see from the picture, the numbers are on the side of the Pen adjacent to wide LCD screen. The control-wheel helps you jump between phonebook content. Unlike other pen phones, this device is quite small and is unclear how the speaker and microphones are embedded.

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Mini Phone Based Ghetto Blaster

Mini Phone Based Ghetto Blaster
This mini slider cell phone features a built in MP3 playing boombox that gets surprisingly loud. The best part, you don't have to forsake your existing cell phone (unless you want to). The Mini Boombox GSM Cell Phone comes with 256 MB of built in memory to store your MP3 music files or videos, and the storage is expandable up to 2GB via a Micro SD card slot. Now you can share your musical tastes with everyone around you without making your old phone mad.

Product Features
Mini cell phone features a sliding keypad and built in boombox for playing MP3 music files
tri-band unlocked GSM Phone (850/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS Speed for Data
Powerful Amplified Speakers
Sends SMS and MMS messages. Supports SMS group sending
Can play back MP3 music files and display Movie Files
Supports MP3 or MIDI based ringtones
WAP Browser
Built-In Speakerphone
Optionally reads the numbers of incoming calls with voice synthesis
Built in 256MB Memory expandable up to 2GB
Transfer files via USB

Hardware Specifications
Phone Dimensions (Closed) 3.5" x 1.3" x .8"
Tri-band unlocked GSM Phone (850/1800/1900 MHz)
GPRS Data
Powerful Amplified Dual Stereo Speakers
1.3 Mega Pixel CMOS Camera/Camcorder Function
1.5" 65K Color TFT LCD Screen
Built-in MP3/MPEG4 Player Functions
SMS, MMS, WAP Support
64 Polyphonic Sound
Expandable Micro SD card slot
Video Recording up to allowable memory space

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Your iPhone has a Huge Security Flaw

The iPhone 3G's password gate can be broken down with just two taps

The invincible iPhone has been jailbroken, pwned and now get ready to hear this -- your private data is not secure; even if you have password-locked your iPhone. With the latest iPhone 2.0.2 update: just a simple tap and your password can be bypassed, and access to personal data such as SMS messages, your inbox, your contact list is just taps away! Scary stuff. The process to bypass your password? As easy as ABC, or rather just A and B --
1. Tap emergency call. 2. Double tap the home button. That's it, you are in -- password bypassed. To prevent this breach, you need to change some interface behaviour.

As Gizmodo puts it: 1. In the iPhone home, go to Settings 2. Click on General 3. Click on Home Button 4. Click on either "Home" or "iPod"

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IronKey....self destruct pendrive (Beware)

This Thumb Drive will self-destruct in 10 seconds...
Thumb drives are a convenient and cool way to carry around your data, and with drive sizes in the gigabytes, you can store a ton of photos, files, music, and video in a very tiny space. Unfortunately, due to their small sizes, they are targets for information thieves.
Think about it - all that personal data - your resume, email, password-files, and pictures of your girlfriend (wink) can be picked up and copied and returned before you even noticed it was missing. You want to have this data handy, but handy for you and not for that scumbag down the hall with the sticky fingers.
Like you, the US Military wanted portable but secure storage, and the guys at IronKey stepped up. They've developed the perfect solution that's one-part thumb-drive, and two parts Mission: Impossible. Their thumb drives hold up to 8 Gigabytes of data, but includes a hardware encryption chip that scrambles the data so as to be completely unreadable without a password.
Passwords can be hacked, but not the IronKey. It's built to withstand attacks both virtual and physical. 10 incorrect password attempts, and the encryption chip self-destructs, making the contents of the flash drive totally unreadable. The contents of the drive are filled with epoxy, so if a hacker tries to physically access the chips, he'd more likely damage them instead. Even if he did get access to the memory chips, they'd be worthless without the encryption chip. Electron-shielded, even a scanning electron microscope can't get inside.

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Eyeball Lamps clone your eyes ...WoW !

This new lamp can be filed under all that is bizarre and the slightest bit creepy. They are hand blown glass and made to look exactly like your eyes. So if you’re a bit full of yourself when it comes to your eye color, now you can show it off through a bit of quirky lighting. Although I imagine your guests would feel the slightest bit unnerved by sitting next to a set of lamps that keep staring back at them.
So just depending on how much you actually like your friends, you might not want to keep something like this around. To get your own set custom made for you, you will have to take close up shots of your eyes. Then pick out a color that matches the shade of your eyes. These are made by Livio Serena who works out of Murano. Each pair is going to obviously be created made to order, so its not something that can be rushed out. You will need to contact 5.5 Designer to get the pricing info and availability on this product.

Source: Gadgettastic

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Sonic Bomb Bed-Shaking Alarm Clock: You’ll never oversleep again!

Personally, I wouldn’t pay anyone to deafen me and shake me out of bed in the morning. I’d give them something… but certainly not money. Nevertheless, for those who are a sucker for that extra five minutes, which inevitably turn into an hour, this is the perfect solution.

The Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock’s buzz is way beyond that of a normal alarm clock; it booms out at 113 decibels and is guaranteed to wake the heaviest of sleepers. (Either that, or give them a heart attack!) It can be likened to the sound of a pneumatic drill, at 110 decibels.
If the ludicrously loud volume isn’t enough to wake the living dead, this alarm clock viciously shakes your bed courtesy of a vibrating pad under your mattress.
Now, the last time I woke up to my bed shaking, my room was being possessed by a poltergeist! Ok, so it was actually an earth tremor… but my vivid imagination and exorcist style bad dream led me to believe otherwise.
Don’t worry though; this alarm clock can be used as a ‘normal alarm clock’ thanks to some regular features, including:
A red LED display for night viewing.
Snooze button (As if! I’d be flying out of that bed!)
Battery back-up.
Volume control (Thank god!)

Price: $ 50

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The iRing: Making the Coolest Gadget Ever Even More Fashionable

Without doubt, the gadget that has set the benchmark for style, technology and popularity is the Apple iPod. It wasn’t going to be long then before new gadgetry was designed around the deity of the techy world, to make the already usable iPod even easier to live with. Introducing the iRing, a Bluetooth ring concept that you wear on your finger to control the playback functionality of your iPod… and to show everyone around you just how tech-savvy you are!

Its wireless connectivity means that skipping that one song that you hate on your favourite CD no longer warrants you rummaging through your handbag, or risking cracking a vertebrae as you twist around for your iPod in your back pocket. You no longer even need to jostle the people around you on the ever-crowded bus, just subtly press on your ring and be in total control of what you listen to.

The iRing’s functionality is every bit as cool as the iPod’s. To adjust the volume, you simply need to slide your finger across the touch sensitive surface of the ring. To play or pause songs, just tap the apple icon on the ring and to skip tracks you need only touch on either side of the icon depending on which direction you want to go. The iRing is USB powered and comes with an equally stylish cradle for you to keep the ring safe or (as I would!) display it proudly on your coffee table. The cradle is also used to recharge the iRing through a USB connection.

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They call it a "Headphone"

Since everything is going wireless these days, we are clearly looking at a future where all headphones will be wireless. There are many models of wireless headphones on the market today, and one that I have recently encountered is the Sennheiser MX W1 Totally Wireless Headphones.
The Sennheiser MX W1 is able to wirelessly connect to an MP3 Player, but it does not use any Bluetooth at all. Instead, it relies on Kleer corporation’s digital transmission technology, which uses the same 2.4 GHz range, but has better streaming of CD-quality sound for your ears.
The user needs to attach a transmitter to his or her MP3 Player via headphone jack. In fact, I believe these wireless headphones will work for any device that has a headphone jack.
It doesn’t look like the transmitter is powered by the MP3 Player or other electronic device, as you will also have to charge the transmitter and earbuds. The transmitter will last for about 10 hours, while the earbuds can last 3 to 5 hours. The headphones come with a special carrying case with a built-in battery that allows a full recharge of the earbuds three times.
Unfortunately, this wireless technology does not come cheap. In this case, this Sennheiser MX W1 will cost about $499.99.

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New Folder.exe Virus Removal Tool

Virus also known as- IT University Sohanad W32.HLLW.Ssdx newfolder.exe
If this virus infected in you computer, It will Disable the following …
Task Manager, Registry Editor, Folder Options, Run in start menu
And it will create exes like the icon of folders. If this virus is running it will use more than 50 % of your processor

Download any one of the following tool to remove new folder.exe virus
Download Tool 1 Download Tool 2 ( run tools In safe mode )

Manually remove it (new folder.exe Fix):

Delete File named svichossst.exe
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]“@”=[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]“Yahoo Messengger”=
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]“Shell”=”Explorer.exe “


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Have VLC player ...now make it in ur way

VLC Is just look like classic player. But you can download different type of skinks from www.videolan.org.
If you apply following skin to VLC player, It will give a look of windows media player 11.

Download Windows media player 11 skin for VLC Player

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Google Talk Multiple Instances

You can login to Multiple Google Talk Accounts Simultaneously, For that you have to create a shortcut and paste this to following line “Location of the item”

"c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex

Just imagine....Apple iGlasses !

It’s rare that we’re given a glimpse inside Apple’s future design book, but the latest findings from one tech researcher points towards the Mac-maker developing wearable video screens.
According to Research and Markets’ latest report, both Apple and Sony are investigating screens that could be worn inside glasses.
“Today’s personal viewers provide video only with limited visibility of the environment. Sony and Apple are developing the next generation personal viewer, the navigation/video sunglasses. These products will offer navigation features in full see-through mode as well as video viewing with a clip-on to block the background,” the report explains.
Apparently, there’s a big market in both high street stores and the military for video goggles. Now, who wants to place a bet on Steve Jobs calling his creation the iGlasses?

Source:http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/08/13/apple-developing-wearable-video-screens/

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Logitech Harmony One Officially Released !

Logitech has unveiled the CES award winning Harmony One advanced universal remote control in India (finally). Offering the same one-touch, activity-based control as other Harmony remotes, the Harmony One has a full-color touch screen, an intuitive button layout and a comfortable user-friendly design. The Harmony advanced universal remotes have been highly successful at providing easy, one-touch access to favorite activities, such as watching TV, playing a video game, or listening to music - all with a single remote," said Subrotah Biswas, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Logitech. "To further improve our lineup, while developing Harmony One, we sought to intimately understand the interaction between people, their remotes, and their entertainment systems. In fact, Harmony One is the result of our most comprehensive research and development undertaking ever - more than 20,000 hours."

Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote Control is priced at Rs. 18,495 and is distributed by Rashi Peripherals in India. Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote Control has a replacement warranty of 2 yrs.

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Transcend Introduces Stylish Contemporary Portable Hard Drive

Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend), a global leader in the digital storage industry, proudly introduces its eye-catching new portable hard drive, the chic StoreJet™ 25C. Measuring only 124mm long by 78mm wide and just 14mm thick, the StoreJet 25C is designed for business travelers and people who prefer a bolder, more elegant way to carry their data. With its huge storage capacity and luxurious polished stainless steel case with piano-gloss connection panel, the StoreJet 25C is truly a fashionable piece of technology. Additionally, its distinctive textured backing not only provides a stable non-slip base for resting the drive on a table, but also adds character and enhanced tactile feel. Despite its compact size, the StoreJet 25C has up to 320GB of storage space so users can easily transfer, store, and share important files and data.
In order to ensure maximum compatibility with modern desktop and notebook computers, the StoreJet 25C uses a high-speed USB 2.0 interface that provides data transfer rates up to 480Mb per second, while adding the convenience of true “plug and play” operation. Moreover, the StoreJet 25C offers improved productivity with its bundled StoreJet™ elite software that features Website AutoLogin, Mobile Favorites with NoTrace internet browsing, Secret-Zip file encryption, Mobile E-mail, Online Update and intelligent backup scheduling, security, and file compression functions. Transcend’s StoreJet 25C supports all commonly used operating systems, including Windows® 2000 / XP / Vista, Mac®, and Linux®. Now available in 250GB and 320GB capacities, the lustrous StoreJet 25C is the classiest, most elegant portable data storage solution around.

Product Features :

Luxurious stainless steel case with piano gloss connection panel
Elegant anti-slip / anti-vibration textured backing
Stylish zippered carrying case
LED power and data transfer activity indicator
High-speed USB 2.0 compliant and backwards compatible with USB 1.1
Data transfer rates up to 480Mb per second
Includes Transcend’s StoreJet™ elite software pack:
Website AutoLogin: Automatically login to your online accounts
Mobile Favorites: Browse bookmarked websites on any computer
Secret-Zip: Compress and password-protect files with powerful encryption
E-Mail: Use any computer to securely check, save and send email
DataBackup: Backup, restore and synchronize mobile data
Online Update: Easily upgrade to the latest version of StoreJet elite
Easy Plug and Play operation – no drivers required
Completely USB powered

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10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP...

I’ve focused here on the ones which are simple to do and won’t cause problems if you get it wrong, rather than listing registry tweaks etc.

1. Disable Indexing Services
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:
Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components
Uncheck the Indexing services
Click Next

2. Optimise Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:
Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Click System
Click Advanced tab
In the Performance tab click Settings
Leave only the following ticked:
Show shadows under menus
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show translucent selection rectangle
Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttons

3. Speedup Folder Browsing
You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:
Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab.
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computer

4. Disable Performance Counters
Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several areas of your PC’s performance. These utilities take up system resources so disabling is a good idea.
To disable:
download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List
Then select each counter in turn in the ‘Extensible performance counters’ window and clear the ‘performance counters enabled’ checkbox at the bottom.button below

5. Improve Memory Usage
Cacheman Improves the performance of your computer by optimizing the disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.
Once Installed:
Go to Show Wizard and select All
Run all the wizards by selecting Next or Finished until you are back to the main menu. Use the defaults unless you know exactly what you are doing
Exit and Save Cacheman
Restart Windows

6. Optimise your internet connection
There are lots of ways to do this but by far the easiest is to run TCP/IP Optimizer.
Download and install
Click the General Settings tab and select your Connection Speed (Kbps)
Click Network Adapter and choose the interface you use to connect to the Internet
Check Optimal Settings then Apply
Reboot

7. Optimise Your Pagefile
If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.
Right click on My Computer and select Properties
Select the Advanced tab
Under Performance choose the Settings button
Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change
Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.
Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.

8. Run BootVis - Improve Boot Times
BootVis will significantly improve boot times
Download and Run
Select Trace
Select Next Boot and Driver Trace
A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot
Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log your system’s boot process. When it’s done, in the menu go to Trace and select Optimize System
Reboot.
When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the Optimizing System box appear. Be patient and wait for the process to complete

9. Remove the Desktop Picture
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.
Right click on Desktop and select Properties
Select the Desktop tab
In the Background window select None
Click Ok

10. Remove Fonts for Speed
Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.
Open Control Panel
Open Fonts folder
Move fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBKUP?) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.
Hope you find these 10 tips useful please leave a comment below and please share any other tips you may have with other readers.


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How to access MS office files online?

Using MS Office, users can now be more productive by viewing, sharing, and editing their Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents over the Internet using a web browser
A workspace that can be shared with others and is accessible from anywhere is fast becoming a necessity for individuals that are always on the move. Office Live Workspace is an online space provided by Microsoft for saving, accessing, and sharing documents and files. Using it one can access his/her documents from anywhere over an Internet connection via Web browser.
This tool can be used for grouping information for work, school, and personal projects. Consider an example where a team is working on different modules of the same project and all are on the move. Now to update each other about the status and to actually show the amount of work done this workspace can be of great help. To use this workspace there is no download required.
One just needs to sign up and and get a Windows live ID to start using it. The web interface of Live Workspace is very well designed, making it very easy to use. One can create office documents on their machines and directly save them in the provided Web space (using .NET passport).
Another great feature of this workspace is proper management of different versions of the same document. This helps in better understanding of content and even enables one to rollback to a previous version if required. You can also add comments to the documents for better communication. Sharing documents with other users for viewing or editing is another useful feature of this Workspace.
Other users will also need to have MS Office installed on their machines if they want to edit the documents. Viewing documents however, doesn't require this. People with MS Office installed will also need to install a Live update on their systems. This is pretty easy to do and takes just a few minutes. Once done, you can start sharing and working on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.

Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld to Sell PCs?

Microsoft has signed the veteran comedian for $10,000 to endorse the brand with ex-Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates by his side. Microsoft's latest move to get Jerry Seinfeld on board for its $300 million advertising campaign has brought in a plethora of reactions from industry observers - mostly negative, if early reports are any indication.
The Jerry Seinfeld-Bill Gates campaign is a brand-revamp programme for Microsoft aiming to mend its reputation and tackle the Apple syndrome. Reactions have included comments such as Jerry Seinfeld not being in-sync with the current generation's tempo, even though he's had his moment as comedian, and is still much sought-after. Other comments suggest that Seinfeld needs to be really funny in order to make an impact on consumers in order to get their attention. Whatever the industry experts say, Microsoft and Seinfeld are sure to come out with an impossible-to-ignore campaign, if not exactly creative. So let's hold on and wait for the ads to come out.

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India among top 10 spam sending countries!

Secure Computing, a public company that provides enterprise security solution, recently published the Internet Threats Report for the second quarter of 2008. Among other findings, the report shows that while spam volume and new zombies have decreased in the past quarter, enterprises and home users are increasingly being attacked through malicious Web content and blended security attacks.According to the report India figures among the top 10 spam sending countries, accounting for nearly 3 per cent of spam sent globally in the second quarter of 2008, says The Economic Times, quoting the report. The report further notes that spam or unsolicited e-mails sent from emerging markets is expected to grow as the Internet infrastructure improves. According to Secure Computing, the top 10 countries account for 55 per cent of the world's spam volume. While US topped the spammers' list with a 16.56 per cent contribution, Russia comes second with nearly half of that. The other countries in the list are Turkey, Brazil, Italy and China. India is ranked ninth in the list. The report states that even though the overall spam volume is up 280 per cent from Q2 2007 to Q2 2008, spam volumes have decreased by 40 per cent this quarter. Even though both spam and new zombies are down this year, Secure Computing researchers point to other areas that are increasingly problematic.

LG Announces 8 Megapixel Mobile Handset

LG has announced yet another touch screen handset that could be their next iKiller. The KC910 will be going up against the other 8 megapixel camera phones out there like Samsung’s INNOV8 and of course SE’s C905 both of which happen to be sliders unlike the 910 which is simply a touch screen handset.
It has a 3-inch TFT touch screen with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution and 256k colors. Aside from the 8MP auto-focus camera that uses Schneider-Kreuznach optics and has a Xenon flash, it’s able to record video with VGA (30fps) and QVGA (120fps) quality. The camera also uses a geo-tagging feature that works in tandem with its onboard GPS receiver. With regards to connectivity the handset supports Wi-fi, 3G with HSDPA, Bluetooth with A2DP support and of course USB connectivity as well. The KC910 also has a lot to offer in the media department with a preloaded codec that supports Xvid and DivX video playback and Dolby sound for music. Other features also include microSD support for external memory and a TV out feature. Reports also state that unlike the other 8MP camera phones I mentioned, this one will be thinner considering it doesn’t have a keypad.

Solar Powered Handheld MP4 and Nintendo Emulator

Here’s a third-party Nintendo emulator that doesn’t look like total garbage. Though it has the typical generic name of Solar MP4, this little device actually has some impressive features. It can play MP4 files up to 320×240 in size on its 3.5 inch TFT screen, it also has built-in emulators for NES, GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. Of course you have to use ROMS loaded via an SD card, but those are easy enough to find. It can even function as an e-Book reader with the ability to read out loud any text file as long as it’s written in English or Chinese.
Did I mention that it has a USB port to charge your other gadgets?

"Naked Angelina" is a threat !

Secure Computing Corporation SCUR), has come out with its second monthly report that outlines major spam waves in the month of July. The Secure Computing TrustedSource Research Team detected a spam-based email attack that links to new Web-based malware and features news on Angelina Jolie as bait. Both the Web and email campaigns were detected jointly by Secure Computing's Secure Web (Webwasher) and Secure Mail (IronMail) products, and successfully correlated by the company's global reputation system, TrustedSource.On average, about 2.28 percent of the total global daily email volume contains subjects like "Angelina Jolie naked," "Angelina Jolie nude movie," and "Angelina Jolie naked video." Approximately 100,000 unique IP addresses were identified as responsible for this spam on the first day of its outbreak.The "Angelina Jolie" spam campaign contains a URL linked to an executable binary, mostly seen as msvideoc.exe hosted at multiple domains. Secure Web's proactive scanning engine identified it as "Trojan.Crypt.XPACK.GEN," and both Secure Web and Secure Web Protection Service users were protected from the beginning.Another trend, the company has noticed is has been steady waves of mass-mailings hitting users' inboxes with fake invoices. For example, fake UPS messages claimed that a package couldn't be delivered and was returned, and instructed the user to print an attached invoice-which contained malware.

International telephone calls as cheaper as a local call

In a breakthrough that can make international telephone calls as cheaper as a local call tariff and eliminate roaming charges, an Israeli company has developed a unique solution, which integrates GSM technology with the Internet!
The technology allows a GSM SIM card to be integrated with a USB port or a phone. Once the device is connected to a PC, the system converts to a telephone and allows users to make VoIP calls to any mobile or handset anywhere in the world!
Skuku, coming to India!
This unique solution has been developed by Skuku, an international communications company specializing in network based telephony solutions. After two years of development work in Latvia and Israel, Skuku devices will hit the market worldwide in a big way, including India.
Skuku is a USB handset or a USB stick which, once a SIM card has been inserted, allows the user to pay only their local airtime charges when making and receiving calls from their home country. The Skuku phone transforms the user's PC into his or her personal mobile phone, retaining all of the phone's features, and allowing low-cost VoIP and text messaging.
The user keeps his/her personal phone number and enjoys all of the other features of the mobile phone, including contact lists and text messaging.
Free calls!
The Skuku phone also enables receiving and making of international calls from anywhere in the world at low IP tariffs, while inter-network calls are free between Skuku users.
The Skuku phone now allows users to enjoy the added convenience of using an actual phone-like handset to make and receive calls from their PC. Besides sending and receiving SMS messages is also possible using a Skuku device.
"We wanted to make people as comfortable as possible when making calls from their personal computers," said Lior Tzabari, vice president of marketing for Skuku. "The Skuku phone and stick, allows users to totally eradicate roaming costs while at the same time maximizing user comfort."
The Skuku handset device follows the launch of the Skuku stick, Skuku's original solution to eliminating roaming charges. The Skuku stick is a USB device, which, once a SIM-card is inserted into it and is placed in the user's PC, offers the same benefits as Skuku phone.

Nokia came with E series.....

Nokia announced the launch of its E62 smartphone in the country, making India the second nation in the world after US to sell the Nokia E62 Smartphone. The Nokia E62 comes with inbuilt memory of 90MB. It supports multiple email solutions and provides advanced voice functions including conference calling with up to six callers. In addition, it offers superior web experience with large Active Matrix Display of up to 16 million colors. With the growing mobility demands of a business traveler, the Nokia E62 smartphone has been packed with quad-band support for GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE 850/ 900/1800/1900. It has enhanced security features like Remote Device Lock and device wipe, SSL 3.0/TSL 1.0, OMA DRM Forward-lock and third party add-ons like PointSec Data Protection and Symantec Firewall, Nokia said in a statement.Chakrapani GK, country general manager, Nokia Enterprise Solutions, said, “According to InStat, a leading market research firm, 18.8 million smartphones were sold in APAC in 2006 and this number is expected to increase to 64.2 million by 2010. We have introduced the Nokia E62 smartphone to catalyze this growing need for enterprise mobility.” Nokia E62 has a full messaging keyboard and supports the Nokia PC Suite. Imported business attachments received via e-mail, such as document presentations and spreadsheets, can be easily accessed via the Quickoffice viewer. It supports multiple audio formats that include MP3, MPEG4 (ACC), RealAudio and MIDI formats. The phone has a number of connectivity options that include Bluetooth, Infrared, USB data cable and the Nokia PC Suite.It also supports Adobe Reader and WinZip Manager. The phone supports multiple e-mail solutions like Intellisync Wireless Email, GoodLink, Seven Always-On Mail, Blackberry Connect, and ConstantSync Mail for Exchange.

Upcoming sensation of Nokia.

Imagine you are in a business meeting and the ring tone – the signature tune of Bond movies – embarrassingly alerts you of an incoming call. You don't want to take your eyes off the presentation, but want to silence the mobile with ease, such as flipping it over or tapping on it. Many of us have gone through this experience and have wondered why handset manufacturers are not coming up with an easy way to disconnect such calls. Finland-based mobile handset maker Nokia is set to launch such a device, which will help you silence the phone by just flipping it over or by tapping on it. This is just one among many other applications that have been developed on the S60 open mobile platform.The mobile phone giant will introduce enhancements to the S60 user experience in its models that will hit the markets worldwide in 2008.The new models will have intuitive touch user interface with tactile feedback, advanced sensor technologies and user interface accelerator toolkit and desktop-like video experience with FlashLite3.

Here comes the real iPOD

iRiver’s new Spinn PMP is a touch screen enabled player that also provides users with haptic feedback. It has a large 3.2-inch touch screen AMOLED display with a 480 x 272 pixel resolution. The PMP supports Bluetooth v2.0 connectivity as well as T-DMB TV. It has 8GB of onboard flash memory.
The player has a large wheel that uses 3D technology for navigating the various menus in the PMP. Its other features include a JPEG viewer, FM radio voice recorder, text viewer and a dictionary. Two models will be launched – 4GB and 8GB - in White and Silver.

The Spinn is available on pre-order in South Korea with the 4GB model for approximately Rs. 11,000 ($259) and 8GB for about Rs. 12,690 (about $299).

Were on eatrth is iPhone 3G is going to b launched?

Apple has introduced the Apple iPhone, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software, which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK. In the US, the new iPhone 3G is priced at a stunning $199 for the 8GB model, and just $299 for the 16GB model. The iPhone 3G will be available in more than 70 countries later this year, beginning with customer availability in 22 countries -- Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US -- on July 11."Just one year after launching the iPhone, we're launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year."iPhone 3G gives users ever faster access to the Internet and email over their cellular network with quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA for voice and data connectivity around the world. iPhone 3G supports Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks and automatically switches between them to ensure the fastest possible download speeds. The new iPhone 3G also makes it easier to multi-task with simultaneous voice and data communications, so with iPhone 3G you can browse the web, get map directions, or check your email while you are on a call.iPhone 3G includes the new iPhone 2.0 software with both the iPhone SDK and key enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide over-the-air push email, contact and calendar syncing as well as remote wipe and Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to corporate networks. The iPhone SDK allows developers to create amazing applications that leverage the iPhone's groundbreaking Multi-Touch user interface, animation technology, accelerometer and GPS technology on the world's most advanced mobile platform. iPhone 3G includes the new App Store, providing iPhone users with native applications in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so you can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Some applications are even free and the App Store notifies you when application updates are available. The App Store will be available in 62 countries at launch.Additional features available with the iPhone 2.0 software include the ability to do real-time mapping and track your progress with GPS technology, mass move and delete multiple email messages, search for contacts, access a new scientific calculator, turn on parental control restrictions for specified content, save images directly from a web page or email them to your iPhone and easily transfer them back to your photo library on your Mac or PC. iPhone 3G delivers an amazing 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and five hours using 3G, with up to five-six hours of web browsing, up to seven hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback.The iPhone 3G takes advantage of MobileMe, a new Internet service that pushes email, contacts, and calendars from an online "cloud" to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. With MobileMe email, messages are pushed instantly to iPhone, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads, and push keeps contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically updated on other devices. With iPhone, you can even snap a photo and post it directly to a MobileMe Gallery to share with friends and family.The iPhone 3G will be available in the US on July 11 for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model in both Apple and AT&T's retail stores, and requires a new two-year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. iPhone 2.0 software will be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunes 7.7 or later for all iPhone customers.Who's launching iPhone 3G, and where!AT&T and Apple to Launch iPhone 3G in the US on July 11America Movil and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Mexico on July 11Rogers and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Canada on July 11Vodafone and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Australia, Italy, New Zealand & Portugal on July 11Orange and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Austria, France, Portugal & Switzerland on July 11T-Mobile and Apple to Launch iPhone 3G in Austria, Germany & the Netherlands on July 11TeliaSonera and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden on July 11Telefonica and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Spain on July 11Telecom Italia Mobile and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Italy on July 11Swisscom and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Switzerland on July 11Softbank and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Japan on July 11SingTel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to SingaporeOptus and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Australia on July 11O2 and Apple to Launch iPhone 3G in the UK & Ireland on July 11Hutchison Telecom and Apple to Bring iPhone to Hong Kong on July 11.

iPhone comes in India - but is it cool enough for Indian's

Gigesh: I got some comments of people on iPhone launch in India. The decision by Vodafone to price the Apple iPhone 3G at Rs 31,000 and Rs 36,100, for 8GB and 16GB respectively has disappointed thousands of eagerly awaiting mobile users in the country.Expected to be priced in the range of Rs.16,000 to Rs 20,000, which is Rs 10,000 more than price iPhone is selling in US, users feel let down by exorbitant pricing of the much hyped handset in India.Says Mehak Chawla, "I expected it to be priced at around Rs. 16000 much less than the current exorbitant price." "If it's available for only 12000 in US, why is it so crazily being priced here," adds Mehak, an iPhone fan who has now shelved the idea of buying the phone. Apple iPhone 3G is available for $199 (Rs 8,358) in the US, plus $99 (Rs 4,158) as an annual contract with the single mobile operator AT&T, unlike India where the handset is linked to both Vodafone and Airtel. The handset will be launched on August 22 across India. Unconfirmed reports have suggested that Airtel is also mulling the same pricing plan for Apple iPhone in India.Mehak's disappointment is shared by Aamir Khan, IT specialist at IT services company. "This is pretty discouraging. For me, 3G excitement has been punctured even before it could take off. If the best 3G phone is so costly, how do users get to know what high-speed mobile internet means", says Khan."When the access device itself is costly, how can we go for 3G services", adds Khan. The pricing has also surprised market analysts, who expected the pricing to be more reasonable considering the dynamics of Indian market. "iPhone is clearly over priced in India. Operators are looking at skimming the high end market in the country" says, Prasanto K Roy, Chief Editor at CyberMedia."The operators are basically following US model, pricing the handset at a very high price in the first year and then lowering the prices," adds Roy.However, Roy questions the judgment of using the same model India also, "Indian mobile users have been exposed to iPhone and are quite aware of the pricing world wide" adds Roy."They will feel let down", contends Roy.Roy also adds this pricing would only encourage grey market for these handsets in India."iPhone is available in Indian grey market at around Rs 20,000 much less than the price it will be sold here," adds RoyBut will the pricing impact sales of iPhone in India?. Roy feels the initial excitement and hype around iPhone will see the operators through the initial six months."Initially operators won't face any problems selling the iPhone in India and once the hype is over in another six months, I expect operators to revise the rates." adds Roy.Hitesh Raj Bhagat, editor of Living Digital, a consumer electronics magazine, though doesn't fully agree that iPhone is exorbitantly priced in India as compared to US. However, he contends the terms of pricing for the handset are not justified in India."See in US, they pay $199 upfront and another $99 as annual contract which roughly comes to $450 which is also reasonably costly", says Hitesh."Why they didn't follow the contract model here in India was operators were afraid that users will buy iPhone for subsidised cost and get them unlocked in grey markets to use any other network provider", adds Hitesh.This, Hitesh argues would have seriously dented operators revenues. However, Hitesh feels Vodafone, is completely unjustified when it comes to modalities charted out by company to sell handsets in India "In US you pay the money in installments and not upfront as it is the case here. And your iPhone is being locked with the operator and he decides which talk plan to choose", Hitesh. "This is totally unfair. You can't have cake and eat it too", adds Hitesh.





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