Microsoft Moves to Lock Out Linux

Microsoft has announced plans for a security feature in Windows 8 that has the potential to prevent users from installing their own operating systems including Linux.

Early versions of Windows 8 do away with the established BIOS > bootloader > OS booting paradigm in favor of something called the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). This booting system has enabled Microsoft to demonstrate machines booting Windows 8 in a respectable-even-for-Linux eight seconds, but it's the security options built into UEFI that are the real difference.

UEFI includes a secure boot protocol designed to stop bootloader attacks, where rootkits or other malware are loaded into the operating system at boot time. Any code loaded at boot time has to be identified with a secure key, enabling UEFI to lock out unauthorized code. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will have to implement this feature in order to get their products Windows 8-certified.

The implications of this for Linux users are obvious. As there is no central registry of keys, it will be up to the PC vendor to determine which code is and isn't signed, giving the manufacturers unprecedented control over what is installed on your machine.

Predictably, that's not how Microsoft program manager Tony Mangefeste sees it. In a blog post he said: "At the end of the day, the customer is in control of their PC. The security that UEFI has to offer with secure boot means that most customers will have their systems protected against bootloader attacks. For the enthusiast who wants to run older operating systems, the option is there to allow you to make that decision."

Quite apart from disingenuously branding Linux an "older" operating system. Mangefeste contradicts his "the customer is in control" sentiment later in the same blog: "Microsoft supports OEMs having the flexibility to decide who manages security certificates and how to allow customers to import and manage those certificates, and manage secure boot."

Matthew Garrett, a mobile Linux developer at Red Hat, hit the nail on the head with his response: "There's no indication that Microsoft will prevent vendors from providing firmware support for disabling this feature and running unsigned code. However, experience indicates that many firmware vendors and OEMs are interested in providing only the minimum of firmware functionality required for their market. It's almost certainly the case that some systems will ship with the option of disabling this. Equally, it's almost certainly the case that some systems won't.

"It's probably not worth panicking yet. But its worth being concerned."

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What Is Cloud Computing ?

It's the BUZZWORD on everybody's lips but what does cloud computing actually mean? It's not been an easy term to define and there have been many different attempts to explain what the term means. Cloud companies have been prone, like Alice's White Knight, to define the term in a way that they want it to mean.

In some ways it's strange that the term has been so slippery. Millions of us are happy to use such cloud-based services as Facebook, Gmail and Twitter, thinking nothing of it, yet pinning down an exact definition has been as elusive as grabbing a cloud itself.

In an attempt to put a stop to these vagaries, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology put forward a definition that has now become widely accepted as the closest that the industry has to a definitive answer. The NIST definition is as follows.

"Cloud computing is a model for enabling, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources ( eg. networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models."

The service models are types of offering, such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), and deployment choices include public and private clouds. But the key characteristics of cloud from a customer's point of view are:

    Self-provisioning so a customer can provision facilities without any human interaction
    Delivery of services over a network
    Ability to be accessed by a variety of devices, not just PCs but also by netbooks, tablet computers and smartphones
    Rapid 'elasticity' - the ability to scale up or scale down computing resources.

From a cloud provider's point of view, a major element of the process is the pooling of computing resources to serve multiple consumers, using what's called a multi-tenant model whereby cloud services are provided to customers as and when they're needed. One of the important factors for cloud service providers is to be able to measure usage accurately and, even more importantly, to bill accurately.

Security concerns
The factor in cloud services that makes most users nervous is the level of security within a multi-tenant model. This is a major concern. Customers are entrusting some of their sensitive data to a third party and there is, of course, nothing stopping one of their major competitors going to the same cloud provider for a service.

Service providers believe that this concern can be easily dealt with: they've generally had a long history of keeping customers data safe and have levels of security that far exceed those of their customers. Take Amazon, one of the leading lights in cloud technology. Millions of us around the world are willing to entrust our personal details and credit cards to that company believing they'll be held safely- why should trusting the company's cloud division, Amazon Web Services, be any different?

In many ways, a more important consideration than security is the location of the data. This is for two reasons. First, there is the inherent latency within the system: the further away the data is stored the longer the lag in accessing it. This is becoming less of a problem as network connection get faster but it still can be a factor.

The second problem is a more serious one, particularly on this side of the Atlantic. There are various EU regulations on where data can be stored - personal data cannot be held outside the EU (within the EU itself, individual countries have stricter guidelines still). This has been a problem for some cloud providers, as part of the appeal is that unused resources at one data center can be used by another. If data centers outside the EU cannot store European customers' data, providers have to be careful in marshaling their resources.

Allied to this is a secondary problem: the US Patriot Act, which compels US, companies to hand over personal data held on their servers if requested by US authorities. As this applies to European data held on servers located in Europe, this has made some European customers rather nervous. The implications of the Patriot Act are still being worked through.

Virtual world
There are other elements within cloud computing. Virtualization is another key concept. It means what it says, the use of virtual resources instead of physical ones. For example, a server within a data center may be operating at just 15% of its capacity (this used to be a typical usage); virtualization is a technique where the resources that aren't being used by the server for the application that it's driving (database, website or whatever) can be used for something else- driving usage rates up. Virtualization will often go hand-in-hand with server consolidation so it helps to reduce the number of servers within a data center.

Like cloud computing, it's an old concept, originating from the mainframe world and only becoming widely used after VMware, a virtualization specialist, started applying it to servers. The technology has now been adopted nearly universally within enterprises and the technique of re-allocating resources has made it vital for the development of the cloud.

We've spoken a lot about cloud service providers but another important part of the cloud is the delivery of software the so-called software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery mechanism. This is a technique that was really pioneered by Salesforce.com with its hosted CRM product but has since been adopted by countless other companies. SaaS delivery helps solve various problems within an enterprise: over-provisioning, security updates and licensing among them, and is widely seen now as the dominant method for providing software.

As a concept, cloud computing has grown quickly and is set to penetrate deeper into the market. According to an oft-cited Gartner report, 20% of enterprises will have no IT departments by the end of 2012. While that looks to be a bit optimistic (or pessimistic depending on your view), the impetus is clearly with cloud. It's a technology that's here to stay.


Difference between outsourcing and cloud computing

Outsourcing is widely known and used in technology circles. It's when a third party performs an IT function or other service on behalf of its customer. Outsourcing can be employed for a variety of reasons - lack of expertise in-house, lack of personnel or because the resources are needed purely for an individual project.

The key differences with cloud are defined by the underlying technology of the cloud provider. Essential to this is the use of virtualization -all cloud providers make use of virtualization technology - and automation (the ideal cloud service has little human intervention). The other key element of cloud computing is the use of self-provisioning- one of the major benefits is the ability to make a business more agile and flexible because services can be turned up and down at will.

A brief history of cloud computing
Anyone hanging around cloud vendors for any amount of time will hear one often repeated mantra - "Cloud computing is not new you know, cloud has been around for some time" - generally from a veteran of the technology industry. There's an element of truth in this but, at the same time, it's spectacularly missing the point. It's possible to point to a 1966 book by Douglas Parkhill, The Challenge of the Computer Utility, tor the origins of cloud computing. In that book, Parkhill detailed many of the elements of cloud computing- elastic provision, online delivery, perception of infinite supply it’s just taken a while for the theory to become reality.

Saying that the theories espoused in Parkhill's book are the first elements of cloud computing is a bit like saying that Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks are the blueprints for the first helicopter. It's one thing coming forward with the theory; it's quite another delivering in practice. There have been plenty of false dawns before cloud computing became the beast it has become. We've seen it described as grid computing, computing on-demand and utility computing before the phrase cloud computing took hold. It's only been widely used since late 2007, although the term was first used in a lecture by computer scientist Ramnath Chellappa.

For cloud computing to become a reality, there were other changes needed first. Most important of these was the availability of fast and cheap broadband - the early attempts at cloud computing all foundered because of the dearth of such a service. Then virtualization needed to become more widespread, as this technology is the bedrock of cloud computing.

Other factors are the declining cost in storage, the availability of cheaper devices to access cloud services and the development of automatic provisioning software.

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Installing Mac OS X on a Normal PC / Non Apple PC

The news is not new, but nowadays a lot of tutorials about how to install Apple’s OS X on an x86 computer are available, and the procedure is now followable by (almost) any PC user.

I want to remember to everybody that it’s illegal to install and use OS X without a valid licence. I take no responsability for any invalid use of this tutorial.
In addiction, please take note that the following procedure may cause a data loss, so do only if you know what are you doing.

We’ll see how to install OS X on a Windows XP machine, on a 7Gb dedicated partition. So you have to prepare your hard disk with:

- The first, primary and bootable partition with a normal Win XP installation;
- A second empty NTFS primary partition;
- Any other partition you like.

Please refer to other documentations if you don’t know how to deal with hard drive partitions. You can use, for example, Partition Magic to change your HD partitions… anyway if you are not experienced in partitioning, my tip is stop here.

Then, you have to get some software:

1. An Ubuntu Linux Live CD: you can get it, or you can download it. It’s free. A valid alternative to Ubuntu that I found is Knoppix STD: use it if you’ve problems with Ubuntu;
2. VmWare Workstation it’s a commercial application, but a free trial is available;
3. The Deadmoo’s OS X Linux distro: this is available on P2P networks, usually under tiger-x86.tar.bz2 filename. I want to remember again that you’ve no right to download and to use it, if you don’t have a valid Apple’s OS X Licence.

- Boot from Ubuntu (of Knoppix) Live CD;
- Open a Terminal Window, get administrative rights (it should be sufficient to enter the command “sudo su“)… and type:
cfdisk /dev/hda
- The CFdisk utility will start: choose the partition where you want to install OS X (it should be the second one, but please make attention!) and choose “TYPE”. Now write “AF” (without quotes, of course) as type, and confirm changes choosing “WRITE”. The partition you chose will be erased and it’s type will be set to AF (Apple Format).

Now reboot, go back to Windows XP, install and open VmWare.
Create a new “FreeBSD” virtual machine. When asked to choose the primary hard drive for the virtual machine, choose your phisical hard disk; Also add a second hard drive to the virtual machine: the virtual drive inside Deadmoo’s archive; insert your Ubuntu CD and make sure that your phisical DVD/CD-rom reader is enabled in the virtual machine.
Then start the virtual machine and press on ESC as the machine begin, to enter boot menu: choose to boot from CD. Ubuntu should start booting in the virtual machine’s window. On the contrary, if you see Windows starting, immediately turn off the virtual machine and check CD-Rom settings (in this case, the CD boot has not started and your Windows XP is going to start into itself!).

When Ubuntu is ready, open a terminal window and type a command like this:

dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/dev/hda2/ bs=8192
hdb (2nd hard drive) should be the mounted Deadmoo’s image: our source;
hda2 should be the 2nd partition of the 1st hard drive (our phisical one): the destination.
CHANGE HDB1 and HDA2 with YOUR SETTINGS!

If you’re not sure about partitions, type:
fdisk /dev/hda -l
to get a list of your connected hard drives and relative partitions identifiers.

The process will take about 5-10 minutes. At the end, you can shut down the virtual machine.

Download this file.
It contains a file named chain0. Extract it to the root of your C:\ partition and add the following line:
C:\chain0=”Mac OS X”
to your C:\boot.ini file.

Now reboot your PC and choose Mac OS X at the boot list screen. Then the “Darwin boot” will ask you to select the partition with Mac OS X installed: select it with arrow keys.

Now try to type -s and then enter. If everything goes ok, at the prompt type:
sh /etc/rc
passwd curtis
passwd root
and enter your new password when asked. If anything is wrong, try to boot with -x or without arguments.

Please take note that sometimes it’s needed to boot several times (with -s, -x, or with no arguments) to get OS X work… I don’t know the reason, but it happens!

NOTE : This method is not an emulation (like others that run Mac OS X into a virtual machine. Here VmWare is used only to transfer the OS X image to the 2nd partition). Mac OS runs directly on the x86 machine, so speed is the best you can get.

Of course our PCs are not exactly the hardware thought by Apple’s developers, so speed is not the same of an original Macintosh.

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The Amazing 3MB Operating System

Kolibri desktop is a small 3MB Operating System, which is written entirely in machine code (CPU Language) and is not based on Linux, Windows or any other variants. What is surprising is the number of applications packed into this tiny file size. There are a whole bunch of games, a basic tables editor, a compiler, a text editor, a bouquet of demos, a text based web browser and more. There is also DosBox, which lets you run almost any DOS game on Kolibri. While not meant for serious use, the tiny OS shows how bloated Windows and Linux really are.

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How to check data usage in BSNL DataOne ?

Many of my friends in India use BSNL DataOne Broad Band connection because it's quite cheap on pocket, but many of them have problem viewing there data usage status.

Here is the link to check it :

http://10.241.0.195/webLogin.jsp

Just navigate to the following link and enter your username and password provided to you. You will be displayed few menu options. Click on "Service Records" and check the data usage of the required month.

Note : Use Internet Explorer as the browser and if the link above does not work, then reset all the settings of IE and clear all cookies and history and restart the browser.

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Quick tips to drive traffic to your blog or website

If you started a blog and you want to make some future,you need to concentrate on your traffic in the start,rather than getting your friends to click on the ads.But how to make people come to your website,read it and come again.Analysing and detailing it will take almost a year.Here by im posting some quick tips for the new bloggers.

    Content :You post even just one post a day,it should have content which has quality.Its better to have single good post than 10 bad ones.viewers always appreciate the pages with good content.You should make your best effort in getting them back to your site again.Make your posts conversational, pithy and topical. Keep them short and stick to one topic per post.Write often and regularly so that both readers and search engines visit your blog more often.

    Search Engines : One of the best sources of traffic if you make your site well organised.Come up with nice keywording and you will get good page ranking .The more is your page rank the more the ad provide want to pay to you.Make sure your blog URL has got very good keyword in its title.Use submission sites to submit your URL in all the search engines like google,yahoo..Dont forget to submit your feed in RSS directories.There are sites which has submission directory links in bulk.Go there and submit your feed URL.use feedstats to attract users like the feedburner chicklet i have in my subscribe box.

    Signature : Post your blog address in the signature in your email making the users know your presence in the web.Go to each and every place where you find a lot of surfers like forums,social networks,community discussion and write your link over there.Write your link in the comments of the most famous blogs.But remember that Google dont count this as a linkback to your site.

    Email subscription : Dont forget to give a link of subscribe to updates through email on your blog.

    Social bookmarking: Add a link of submit my site to digg,redditt,blinklist,buzz it and ....at the end of each article your write like i have on my blog.Submit your articles to these sites to get best traffic.

    Backlinking : Try to contact authors of good blogs and request them for backlinks.It should nt look to them that you are begging,Write a letter like this"I have something interesting for you on my webpage.If you find my site or blog interesting,give me a link o my site on your webpage"


I hope these tips might had helped you to a good extent. Don't forget to post your comments and any other additions

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Robots.txt : The most powerful text file on web

"Robots.txt" : You must have heard the name of this text file, if you are a web developer or you have got a little knowledge of search engine optimization. And if you don't know about this, one of the most powerful text files, then read on...

Robots.txt is a regular text file, as its extension says, which directs the search engine robots and crawlers while crawling your web pages.
It has got a piece of code in a special format, which actually is a set of rules for the web crawlers.

The most basic robots.txt file has the following code within it...

User-agent: *
Allow: /

This file allows all the crawlers to crawl your web page.

There can be many other methods to declare a "robots.txt" file.
You can allows some bots and disallow others.

The Format of Robots.txt

The file consists of one or more records separated by one or
more blank lines.

The record starts with one or more User-agent lines, followed by one or more Disallow lines,
as detailed below. Unrecognized headers are ignored.

User-agent

The value of this field is the name of the robot the record is describing access policy for.
If more than one User-agent field is present the record describes an identical access policy for more than one robot. At least one field needs to be present per record.

If the value is '*', the record describes the default access policy for any robot that has not matched any of the other records. It is not allowed to have multiple such records in the "/robots.txt" file.

Disallow

The value of this field specifies a partial URL that is not to be visited. This can be a full path, or a partial path; any URL that starts with this value will not be retrieved.
For example, Disallow: /help disallows both /help.html and /help/index.html, whereas Disallow: /help/ would disallow /help/index.html but allow /help.html.

Any empty value, indicates that all URLs can be retrieved.

So if you want your webpages to be crawled and indexed in the search engines in a way you like, then go and generate a robots.txt file for youe website.

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Ubuntu to go Monthly ?

 

A member of the Ubuntu Technical Board, the body responsible for deciding the direction that Canonical's distro should take when it comes to technical matters, has proposed that the distro abandon its current six-monthly development cycle and switch to a monthly release instead, as used by Firefox.

At the moment, Ubuntu releases come twice a year, in April and October, and this predictability - along with an up-to-date implementation of the Gnome desktop - is one of the key features that made it such a success when it launched as a Debian spin-off in October 2004.

These releases are supported for 18 months, except for the business-oriented long-term support (LTS) releases, which Canonical continues to support for three years on the desktop, and on the server for five years. The system seems to work well as it is, so why change it?

Scott James Remnant, the author of the proposal, said: "There is an incredible emphasis on the Ubuntu planning process of targeting features for particular releases. This is the exact thing you're not supposed to do with a time-based release schedule:

A better way

He then went on to criticize the motivations of the Ubuntu developers: "Unfortunately Canonical's own performance review and management is also based around this schedule. The Ubuntu developers so employed (the vast majority) have such fundamentals as their pay, bonuses. etc., dictated by how many of their assigned features and work items are into the release by feature freeze. It's not the only requirement, but it's the biggest one."

Summing up, he gave three reasons for Ubuntu to switch to the monthly release cycle: "The original reason for the six-month cycle has already been forgotten: features are targeted towards releases, rather than released when ready: because the original base for the release schedule (Gnome) is no longer a key component of the distribution: because no other key component has adopted this schedule."

We've plotted what a monthly release cycle would look like for Ubuntu compared with a few other big hitters on the distro landscape. Updating a distro is a time-consuming process, and while it is satisfying to have the latest and greatest software, monthly distro updates could be too much hassle for some.

The Third Way

The problem that Remnant has identified seems to us to be more closely related to the Ubuntu developers' pay structure rather than any problem inherent in the release cycle. But if Canonical was to adopt a structure that enabled it to release more often, the logical way would be a rolling release cycle, as used to brilliant effect by Arch. Even OpenSUSE is getting on the bandwagon now with Tumbleweed.

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Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD upgrade boosts MacBook Air speed more than 3X

If you really want to turn your new MacBook Air out, OWC is offering up a new SSD upgrade option that promise up to 4X read/write performance (>500MB/s) over Apple’s factory installed SSDs. The SSDs, priced at $350 for 120GB and $600 for 240GB use a Sandforce 2200 controller.

    • Tier 1/Grade A Toggle Synchronous NAND
    • SandForce 2200 Series Processor
    • Offers nearly 4x factory SSD capacity.**
    • Compatible with 2011 MacBook Air
    • Utilizes 6G SATA bus in 2011 MacBook Air to deliver over 500MB/s data rate performance

In other OWC news, they mention that yesterday’s MacBook Pro update fixed lingering issues with the 6GB SATA port on the MacBook Pros (not to be confused with the 3GB Optical port.)

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iPhone 4S Review

Backing up claims of a next-generation iPhone with an iPhone 4-like form factor, Macotakara claims that Apple is set to debut an iPhone 4S with an ARM Cortex-A9 and an 8 megapixel camera. The ARM Cortex-A9 is the CPU foundation for Apple’s customized A5 processor in the iPad 2. The iPad 2′s A5 is a dual-core chip, but the report is unsure if the iPhone 4S version is dual core. Sources told 9to5Mac last month that Apple is already testing an iPhone 4 with an A5 chip with high-profile game developers and it is likely that the iPhone 4S’s A5 will be dual-core.

The report also says backs up claims of an iPhone with dual-mode support for CDMA and GSM networks. This has long been expected since our discovery that the Verizon iPhone 4 carries a Qualcomm Gobi chip; a chip that supports both CDMA and GSM networks. The unique part about the report’s claim is that it says the iPhone 4S will feature an integrated SIM card system. That means the card is not user replacable. Apple was rumored to be working on an integrated SIM feature for future devices, but this claim has since been shot down.

The report also adds that a full iPhone revamp – iPhone 5 – is expected in spring 2012. This may mean that Apple has not just changed their iPhone release cycles to September; the September new iPhone thing could just be a 2011 thing. That’s great news for anyone holding out for an all-new design.

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Nokia Touch and Type X3-02

Nokia X3-02 is a sleek phone with 2.4 inch touchscreen and keypad. The phone has 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. It comes with multimedia features including 5MP camera, flash video support, and media player with album art. The phone provides access to social networking sites such as MySpace & Twitter and enables instant messaging via Ovi Chat. Other features include 16GB expandable memory, Opera Mini browser support, and Ovi Store app.

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Nokia Touch and Type C2-03

Nokia Touch and Type C2-03 is a dual-SIM slider phone with 2.6 inch resistive touchscreen display. The phone comes with 2MP camera and features including 4x digital zoom, video recording & white balance modes. It has Class 12 GPRS & EDGE, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity. The phone enables easy messaging via IMs such as AIM, Gtalk, Yahoo!, and Windows Live. Other features include push email, Flash Lite, Java games, access to Facebook & Twitter, and 32GB expandable memory.

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BYOND Q99 – A New Smartphone

Byond Tech puts a new smart phone Byond Q99. This Q99 phone is a Dual-Sim phone with handful of communication applications which are all set to get your world closer.

The QWERTY keypad makes sure your fingers never get tired of writing long texts or mails to your colleagues, friends or your loved ones and the optical track pad makes navigation through your mobile a breeze. The Q99 has been created keeping in mind the current trend of social and business networking, the phone has never ending list of inbuilt applications which keeps you connected with your friends and colleagues through social networking sites like Face book, Twitter and Skype and host of other features like MSN and Yahoo Messenger.

The Q99 is not only about communication but also has wonderful multimedia capabilities, you can play MP3, MP4 and various other file formats and also has an option to record your favorite tunes playing on the Radio Stations. The Q99 comes with extendable storage capacity of up to 8 GB.

If you lead a busy life and are habitually losing your phone then the Q99 is just the right phone for you as it comes with a Mobile Tracker, which would help you locate your phone at ease. This fully loaded mobile phone costs only Rupees 3,500 making this deals a complete steal.

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Google Nexus S Price in India, US & UK

Google’s now got its own product page live for the Nexus S from Samsung. It’s also got a gyroscope as do the existing Galaxy S phones — integrated VoIP support, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Interestingly, the phone’s quoted as having nothing more than a 1GHz Cortex A8-based Hummingbird processor, seemingly shooting down rumors that this thing would be rocking the Orion dual-core setup.

Here’s the rundown of Google Nexus S:

•     4-inch WVGA display
•     triband HSPA with AWS support (no HSPA+, seemingly)
•     5 megapixel autofocus camera, 16GB of onboard storage
•     720p HD video recording, NFC
•     512MB of RAM
•     Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm audio jack
•     1500 mAh battery

This thing is all but official anyway, but for what it’s worth. Google Nexus S, Android 2.3 gingerbread OS will be soon available in India through online retailer infibeam at mid January or Late January and also available in some store of Mumbai. Google Nexus S will be soon available in India for Rs. 24,000 through infibeam. The Nexus S will be available for purchase “online and in-store from all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores,” either unlocked or with a T-Mobile plan. Across the US dollar & UK pond, look for the Nexus S to hit at Perfecto Mobile’s Handset Cloud, Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy.

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Mitashi Launched 32-inch 7 LCD’s

Mitashi LCD MIC032V07 snd 300x219 Mitashi Launched 32 inch 7 LCDs Mitashi Edutainment – the pioneer in home and portable entertainment solutions & the Official Electronics Partner of the 1st IPL champions Rajasthan Royals, has recently launched the true essence of multimedia entertainment with the best in class 32” LCD i.e. Mic032v07 television for the budget conscious consumer.

32-inch version 7 LCD:

•     Full HD
•     360,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
•     USB plug and play
•     1920 X 1080 Resolution
•     32” Screen
•     HDMI Input
•     16:9 aspect ratio
•     178 degree viewing angle
•     Free Wall Mount

Grab it at Price of: Rs. 24990/-

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Motorola Glam – Dual Sim Android Phones in India

Motorola planning to launch first dual-sim Android phone in India next week. Dubbed as Milestone XT800, is actually a renamed Motorola Glam XT800.

The Glam has one GSM and one CDMA slot, so users have some flexibility in terms of choices for phone and data functions. The 3.7-inch (854×480) touch screen phone also has an HDMI-out port, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera. Bluetooth, Wi-fi, 3G, EDGE and GPRS round up the connectivity options for the phone which is supposedly coming pre-loaded with Android 2.2 Froyo. It powered with TI OMAP3430 550 Mhz processor, 256 MB RAM. It also enables users to view and edit documents in popular formats including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and Zip. The handset has built-in GPS satellite navigation using Google Maps, which helps the owner find their current location and chart routes to various destinations quickly and accurately.

The phone will be priced at Rs. 31,999 which, Motorola has already released an upgraded version of the phone, the XT800+, in China.

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Apple iPad 2 Launched in India – Specs, Features & Price

The Apple iPad 2 has already been launched in the US and several other countries on March 25. Now, approx. 1 month later, it’s coming up in India as well. The new Apple iPad 2 is the successor of the popular Apple iPad Tablet. It is one-third thinner, lighter than the old iPad, more powerful with double speed CPU and 9 times speed GPU. Also comes with the latest iOS 4.3.

Rumours and speculations have made the Apple iPad 2 as the much awaited gadget of 2011. So here are the Apple iPad 2 specifications:

•     Dimensions (HxWxD) : 241.2×185.7×8.8mm
•     Weight : 601 GM or 1.33 pounds
•     Storage : 16GB/32GB/64GB
•     Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
•     Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
•     3G : UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA , Quad band GSM/EDGE
•     Digital Compass
•     Sensors : Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
•     GPS with A-GPS
•     Display : 9.7-inch LED-back-lit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology , 1024×768 resolution
•     Processor : 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 Processor
•     Camera : 5MP Rear and Front VGA
•     HD Video Player and Audio Player
•     Battery :
•         Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi
•         Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using 3G data network
•     Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
•     3.5mm stereo headphone jack
•     Built-in speaker
•     Micro-SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

Apple iPad 2 Features:

iPad2 is coming in 2 models: Apple iPad 2 WiFi and Apple iPad 2 WiFi + 3G. Have a look on below mentioned features list:

•     9.7 inches LED-backlit Multi-Touch display, IPS technology, Fingerprint-resistant coating.
•     Dual Core Processors – A5 chip
•     Up to 2x faster CPU
•     Up to 9x faster graphics
•     Low power consuming processor
•     8.8mm thick, i.e. 33% thinner
•     Lighter – up to 15% lighter
•     Two colors – Black and White
•     Up to 10 hours battery life
•     1 month standby
•     WiFi + 3G connectivity (in iPad 2 3G model)
•     Dual Camera – Front and Rear
•     FaceTime HD
•     Sensors : Gyro, accelerometer, and compass
•     iPad Smart Cover – Available in various vibrant colors

Apple iPad 2 WiFi Prices in India:

•     16GB – Rs.29,500
•     32GB – Rs.34,500
•     64GB – Rs.39,500

Apple iPad 2 3G Prices in India (3G +WiFi):

•     16GB – Rs.36,900
•     32GB – Rs.41,900
•     64GB – Rs.46,900

Apple iPad 2 is launched in India. It’s now available in India at Apple India’s premium resellers like Croma, eZone, Reliance Store, iMagine, Staples and probably other popular stores.

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Motorola Photon 4G Phone

The Motorola Photon 4G is Sprint’s latest specimen; it’s a right super phone with a dual-core processor, large qHD display, and WiMAX with a gimmicky 3D camera. Motorola further flavored things up with a dash of WebTop functionality.

Display and Hardware:

•     158g (5.57oz) and 12.2mm (0.48 inches)
•     Cut-off corners, subtly curved top and bottom edges.
•     Sheet of Gorilla glass that protects the 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen
•     It’s reddish black over the display and blueish grey around it
•     Sensors, earpiece, front-facing camera and notification light above the screen, plus the space housing the primary microphone and four capacitive buttons (menu, home, back, search) below the display. Hard plastic coated in a glossy gunmetal-colored lacquer that wraps around the left and right sides.
•     A pair of secondary microphones.
•     Widget Clock and the home-screen.
•     1,650mAh battery, a SIM slot for the GSM / HSPA radio and a microSD card reader and 16GB built-in storage.
•     Volume rocker and camera button (both ridged for grip) are located on the right side, power / lock key, headphone jack on the top edge, and a pair of micro-HDMI and micro-USB connectors
•     NVIDIA’s snappy 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 SoC, a 1GB of RAM, eight (!) radios: WiMAX, CDMA / EV-DO, GSM / EDGE (quadband), UMTS / HSPA (tri-band 850/1,900/2,100MHz), WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GPS / AGPS and… FM (phew).
•     4.3-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) TFT panel the screen is bright even in direct sunlight, with beautiful colors, ink-like blacks and wide viewing angles.
•     Call and reception typically high standards Audio playback sounded with the loudness and clarity of the built-in speaker.
•     Battery lasted 5 hr and 54 min and a full day on a single charge.

Camera:

•     8 megapixel auto-focus cameras takes lovely pictures and a dual-LED flash ,glass pod with the same two-tone coating
•     The mechanical shutter on the original Droid X and Milestone XT720, three microphones (one on the front, two in the back).
•     No night mode and pictures shot in low light just end up looking dim even when adjusting exposure offers a rather limited number of settings.
•     The digital zoom can be controlled by pressing the volume rocker, touch-to-focus, flash mode (auto, on, off), scenes (like sport), effects (sepia, etc…), picture modes (including panorama) and a few additional options in the menus (such as resolution and exposure).
•     For video, the scenes setting change which of the three microphones are active
•     Photon captures video in HD (720p) at a smooth 30fps
•      No auto-focus of any kind when recording videos, making close-ups nigh impossible.

Softwares:

•     Latest version of Gingerbread (Android 2.3.4)
•     Motorola-specific widgets and apps (such as Gallery, Messaging and Music) with variety popular social networks.
•     In addition to seven home screens, the UI features four dock icons customized like in TouchWiz.
•     The leftmost icon brings up the app tray, which can be organized in groups (defaults are All apps, Recent, Downloaded and Sprint).
•     Gingerbread, 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM
•     Needing improvement is WebTop, which remains sluggish.
•     News, Social Networking, Rich Location, and Tasks, file manager, Quickoffice (with support for editing documents), Skype, a task manager and TeleNav.
•     Car Dock app different from Google’s
•     Including NASCAR, Sprint ID, Sprint Mobile Wallet, Sprint Music Plus, Sprint Radio, Sprint TV & Movies, Sprint Worldwide and Sprint Zone (useful for managing your account).

Speaking about overall performance, the Photon 4G is fast. With its stunning display, impressive battery life and solid performance, Motorola’s and Sprint’s best handset ever. Motorola Photon 4G is a good deal but at $200 (on contract) the Photon is definitely the first superphone.

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Samsung launches the Luxury Edition of its Galaxy Tab

Samsung has recently come out with its limited luxury edition of its Galaxy Tab. This latest gadget will prove to be a perfect choice for the rich gadget geeks who wants to have something different, classy and luxurious.

This latest luxury edition of the tablet comes along with exclusive leather case and features Bluetooth headset. Other technical specifications of the device remain the same. There is 7 inches of display in the gadget that offers resolution count of 6000 X 1024 pixels. The luxury edition also runs on Android 2.2 Froyo and comes packed with WiFi, GPS, 1GHz of processor, HSDPA, 2 cameras and other features.

The luxury edition of Samsung Galaxy Tab is specially designed so as to make it look even more impressive luxurious and elegant.  The gadget is launched to cater the rich segment of the market as it comes with a heavy price tag.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab Luxury Edition will be available in the market from 15th of December this year.

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich Coming Soon – One OS to Rule Them All!

Eric Shmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, more popularly known as “droid daddy”, recently confirmed Android’s next iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. The time frame for the release for this version is slated to be sometime between October and November this year.

“We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about”, said Shmidt.

One of the most striking features of Ice Cream Sandwich is the fact that it combines the functionality of Honeycomb (Android’s tablet OS) with that of Gingerbread (Android’s current smartphone OS). This means that when you buy an Android device – be it a tablet or smartphone – you will be guaranteed of a streamlined experience.

While most features of the new OS remain under tight lock and key, some of the features demonstrated were real-time face tracking and voice recognition, greatly enhancing the camera’s focus shifting feature.

According to reports, the first device to tout the all new operating system from Google will be Samsung’s Nexus Prime. Sony Ericsson will follow suite, as it is expected to bring all of its existing 11 Xperia smartphones (all touting Android 2.3 Gingerbread) to the latest Andriod OS.

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Vodafone 555 Blue – Facebook Phone

 Helping you remain connected with friends through Facebook is the new Vodafone 555 Blue with its dedicated Facebook button. Vodafone Blue is a basic mobile phone with 2.4 inch QVGA display and a 200 MHz MTK6235 processor. A QWERTY keypad is similar to your Backberry and is simply to use.

Even though this is an entry-level phone, it supports quite a lot of features like a 2MP camera with an LED flash letting you take clear pictures even indoors. Digital zoom, video capture and playback, a music player along with FM provides full entertainment. The screen has a 240×320 pixels resolution with an optical track pad. It also supports an Opera Mini browser and an Email client. With a long battery life, you can enjoy 10 hours of talktime and up to 20 hours of music listening.

Vodafone 555 BlueMultiple connectivity options are given with GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth and a USB port for plug-ins, though you may miss having Wi-Fi and 3G. This mobile runs on a Vodafone proprietary OS.

Besides having a dedicated Facebook button, the phone integrates user’s Facebook account and synchronizes the Facebook contacts with the phone’s own phone book. This means that all your messages – SMS and Facebook messages will come into a common inbox. Also, any updates you receive on Facebook will be automatically displayed on your screen keeping you in constant contact with your friends. The Facebook feature is in-built into the handset’s core and allows multiple chat via Facebook.

This phone is manufactured by TCL in association with Facebook and is priced at Rs. 4950 in India. Vodafone offers unlimited access to Facebook for one year with the purchase of its 555 Blue, giving you an affordable option to remain connected with friends.

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SecuraPAL – Gadget to Track Your Child’s Location

SecuraPAL can be set to let you know your child’s location automatically as often as every 5 minutes, or on demand. It also contains a button for the kids to press if they get lost, which sends out a text SOS to the parent or the designated person.

When the child crosses over the predefined electronic fences or boundaries called SecuraFences, an alert is automatically sent to the parent. SecuraFences are preset based upon your home address; however, you can easily customize them at the click of the mouse.

Other features include low battery alerts, historical reports for the last 30 days, interactive calendar for selecting dates to view, and provision for getting turn-by-turn directions to SecuraPAL’s location from any given address.

One may also use SecuraPAL for tracking elderly people or those with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other forms of memory loss. It works in 120 countries and can be bought or rented.

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Magellan RoadMate 3065 with GPS

Magellan RoadMate 3065 GPS Navigation System is available in the market now. This portable gadget is specially designed for people who travel consistently.

Magellan RoadMate is primarily designed with amiable features to make driving comfortable. This device comes with a 4.7” ultra wide screen, life time traffic alerts and traffic wake up systems. Highway lane assistant, AAA tour book with periodic recording along with Bluetooth’s connectivity is highly beneficial to concentrate on driving.

Magellan RoadMate 3065 GPS Navigation system supports instant access to personalized bookmarks in order to search particular place. This informative device work great to provide real traffic statics to avoid packs, detours and construction zones. This GPS Navigation system has an easily accessible menu and user friendly interface to perform operations.

This Navigation GPS system is now available in the market. People, who are interested to invest money over navigation devices, can place the order for shipping.

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42000 Station Car Radio

If you love to enjoy the program of your favourite RJs on various radio channels even while driving your car then he latest gadget called 42000 Station Car Radio will prove to be a perfect choice.  When connected to the home computer, this latest device is capable of recording content from more than 42,000 Internet radio stations which can be later played in the car.

The 42000 Station Car Radio can easily plug into the 12 volt outlet of your car and can play the recorded radio tunes from internet on the unused FM frequency. The device comes along with 2GB of memory which can hold up to 45 hours of music.

Moreover in order to provide convenience and easy navigation of the menus of songs, sports and podcasts, 42000 Station Car Radio comes with display and a remote. This latest gadget is compatible working with Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac computers.  So just forget about iPod adapters and burnt CDs and simply get a 42000 Station Car Radio to enjoy music in your car.

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OnStar FMV Car Gadget

OnStar FMV (For My Vehicle) is a new product which has been rolled into the market and is a car gadget that comes with many attractive features to be used by the user when he is on the go. Some of its features include GPS navigation system, automatic accident reporting and also hands free call facility.

What the emergency accident report system does is that it informs emergency responders about the precise location of where the crash has taken place. And this is done without any assistance of the driver. The navigation system provides the direction to the nearest gas filling station, hospital, movie theatre etc just by the one push of the ‘blue button’ provided on the body.

The hands free calling feature ensures that the users can make their calls without using their hands either by using the OnStar service or through their mobile handsets via Bluetooth facility. This device is surely a treat for those who are new to a city or for those who are generally on the phone while they are in their vehicle and driving.

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Magellan Road Mate 9055-LM

Magellan has launched its new road navigation system which is available in the market by the name of Road Mate 9055-LM.This latest model from the company comes in a sleek design and offers many features which make it a perfect guide during all your tours.
This device consists of a 7 inch display screen which is capable of offering a resolution count of WVGA type. This display screen can let users also use the QWERTY or the traditional keyboard as well. What’s special about it is the fact that it comes preloaded with many premium maps which are updated on a regular basis to give directions of regions like USA, Canada and Puerto Rico.
This navigation system is mainly useful for minivans, SUVs, RVs and trucks. It has been powered by a Samsung 2450 CPU and is capable of supporting a microSD card slot as well. The address book provided on it can help to store contact information and free lifetime Traffic is capable of providing real-time traffic related information.

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Tablet for Rs.1700 in India

Communications and Information Technology minister, Kapil Sibal has announced a tablet for just Rs. 1700 to be available for school children in India from October. The announcement was made at an award ceremony held by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on 29th September 2011.

The cheap priced Tablet will allow the school students go beyond the school curriculum, break boundaries of classroom and teachers, and apply their imagination and talent to learn through the IT.
 
This project is one of the biggest initiatives taken in the 12th Five Year Plan by the Indian Government taking into consideration the quality of teachers available in most of the schools in India.

The Tablet is to be available from 5th October 2011 according to the news by various sources.

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Acer Liquid Metal - Rs 20,500

Acer has launched a new Android handset in India in the form of the Acer Liquid Metal. The Android 2.2 phone is powered by a Snapdragon processor and boasts of HSPA 14.4 Mbps support. It has a 5 MP Camera which also records video in 720p. The battery life promised is about 8 hours of talktime.

Here are the interesting features of the Acer Liquid Metal

•     Powered 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Core Processor
•     Android 2.2 Froyo OS (5X faster than the earlier versions)
•     Display : 9.1 cm (3.6-inch) TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors,480 x 800 pixels resolution
•     Fastest Connectivity Suite : HSPA 14.4 MBPS , 3G (3G + Wi-Fi), GPS, Mini USB
•     Record video in HD at 720p (30fps) and watch more high-resolution videos in Xvid format (Record is possible even on low light conditions)
•     Dolby Surround technology , EQ profiles and Dynamic Bass Boost
•     Push Mail
•     3 Predictive Dialers (3 KB with XT 9)
•     Superior Battery Life up to 8 hrs of talk time (1500 MAH Battery)
•     Top LED Indicator
•     Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
•     Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP
•     Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
•     Camera : 5 mega-pixel, auto-focus, LED flash ,Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilization
•     Unique Acer Interface
•     Pinch to Zoom option
•     8GB Micro SD Card FREE (up to 32GB)

Acer Liquid Metal Price and Availability

The handset will be available in 3 colors – Silver, Brown and Tiffany Blue at a Maximum Retail Price of Rs.20500.

Press Release

ACER LAUNCHES SLEEK, ANDROID™ 2.2 – POWERED ACER LIQUID METAL SMARTPHONE

Mumbai, 17th March 2011:  Acer today announced the launch of the Acer Liquid Metal, the latest generation smartphone offering from Acer that combines power and style in a striking metal casing. The Acer Liquid Metal leverages the power of Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) platform and is further strengthened by the  Qualcomm Snapdragon Core processor enabling the user to enjoy uninterrupted web navigation at a super speed. The Acer Liquid Metal has been carefully designed keeping in mind the current requirements of today’s modern and dynamic individuals who need a fully integrated handset to support their lifestyle.
The Liquid Metal is equipped with a curved 3.6” display with a TFT capacitive touch screen aimed at providing users with a fast, responsive, multi-touch control of the phone. The curved back gives an exceptional look to the phone enabling the users to slip the Liquid Metal easily into ones pocket or in ones hand. The materials chosen, like the stainless steel of the battery cover, are solid and resistant and the chrome trims give a sense of high quality for extreme tactile and visual pleasure. The Liquid Metal utilizes HSDPA for on-the-go Internet access at speeds upto 14.4Mbps as well as WiFi allowing data transfer 10 times faster than previous devices. The LED signal on the upper part of the telephone notifies the user of missed calls, the need to charge the battery, and new incoming messages clearly.

Acer Liquid Metal’s 1500 mAh battery coupled with intelligent power management means you have up to 8 hours talk time and 550 hours in standby mode. Acer Liquid Metal comes with 3 popular keyboard layouts so you can choose the one most comfortable for you. Clever XT9 predictive text support saves you typing unnecessarily and lets you send messages as fast as your fingers can move.

The Liquid Metal is built in with a pinch to zoom feature, 5-megapixel camera with digital zoom, LED flash with a maximum resolution of 480 x 800 pixels ensuring sharp pictures and videos that can easily be uploaded to the social networking sites.  The usage of four touch sensitive control buttons below the touch screen display has meant that the phone is easier to control and operate with ease. The control buttons gives the user the access to all basic functions of the phone without having to use the touch screen display. The 5-megapixel camera offers 720p HD video recording as well as autofocus and smile recognition and the Dolby surround sound enhance the video-watching experience.

Liquid Metal shows its excellence not only in its style and power, but brings delightful user experience by the intuitive interface and software developed by Acer. Breeze, the new Acer interface is developed to manage applications even more efficiently and effectively. With this feature, information is visible even when the screen is locked; helping the user to view the application history and easy access to frequently used applications. Breeze also allows the user’s to customize their home screen and re-arrange their applications according to their specific needs. It’s not just a widget, but offers a whole new way to use an Android device. There are two layers – the first one appears when you unlock the phone and lets you look through a whole lot of widgets which give you information about social networks, the weather and the like. Flicking this over (literally) leads you to the second home screen, which lets you flick through your recent apps and video and music collections on your device.

Announcing the launch, Mr. S. Rajendran, Chief Marketing officer, Acer India, said, “We have always enhanced our product portfolio keeping consumer needs in mind. Powered by a new breed of processors, the Android platform and wireless connectivity, Acer Liquid Metal enables fast and efficient web browsing while providing a host of other unique features that makes it an ideal Smartphone.  We will be launching more smartphones in the near future to meet with the growing demands of our consumers.”

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Panasonic P50VT20D - Rs. 1,99,990

With all the 3D LED LCD TVs flooding the market place, we seem to have forgotten about plasmas. While they may still be a power hog, there's no denying the fact that they still produce some of the best black levels and they are quite a bit cheaper than LCDs.

In Q4 of 2010, Panasonic launched its version of 3D plasmas in India and today we'll be bringing you a review of the 50-inch beast, the P50VT20D. This full HD TV comes packed with features like VIERA Cast, THX certified display, memory card reader and USB ports with support for AVCHD and DivX HD. According to Panasonic, the TV supports a 600Hz sub-field rive engine, which is supposed to give a smoother, flicker free video. The TV is shipped with a single pair of 3D glasses that I've got to say look really slick. Sadly, it comes with only one pair of 3D glasses.

The glasses don't have a rechargeable battery like the one LG uses, instead they work on a button cell. There is a power button to turn the glasses on and off. The TV comes bundled with the remote, some batteries, instruction manual and wall mounting bracket. The overall look of the TV is very understated and simple as compared to some of the flashy LED TVs in the market. Since this is a plasma, it isn't exactly thin and quite heavy at 30Kg with the stand.

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Mitashi 24-inch LED TV

LED TV prices have fallen quite a bit in the past couple of months and we've seen many smaller companies releasing cost-effective, feature-rich TV cum monitors. We've already reviewed a couple of such products in the past, such as the MoserBaer ICE and the Onida HMS series LED TVs. Today we have another such contender from Mitashi, which has launched a new series of LED LCD TVs in the market.

The Mitashi doesn't have any series name and just goes by the size. This 24-inch LED LCD features your typical specifications like a full HD display, 300cd/m 2 brightness value, good set of connectors including USB and is also priced quite conservatively. Let's see if the Mitashi has what it takes to stand out from the sea of inexpensive LED LCD TVs.

Bundle

The TV comes with the following accessories:

•     Remote with batteries
•     Instruction manual
•     Composite cables

The stand comes pre-fixed to the TV, so you don't have to bother much putting it together.

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LG 42LE4600 Jazz LED

When LG first introduced the Jazz series LCD TV, it was clearly the best sounding LCD TV we had come across by miles. Although the sliding speakers were a bit gimmicky it was able to deliver the goods. Then later LG tried to rekindle the Jazz series with the Jazz Theater which boasted of nine speakers scattered across the rear. Amazingly, it sounded better than the older Jazz, the bass was a lot more pronounced and the highs and mids were clear with enough volume to easily fill a large hall in your home. It looked the part as well with cool LED lights on either sides of the TV.

Today, with all the LED hype that's around, first time buyers generally won't look at anything that's non-LED and in a way that's a smart thing too since the advantages of LED are pretty clear. The only way for LG to spruce new life into their older models is to infuse them with the LED tag and that's exactly what they've done to the Jazz. Today we have the 42LE4600 which is a 42-incher LED version of the Jazz series.

Design and Build

The exterior has gone through a makeover once again and this time LG has gone with a more contemporary design unlike the in-your-face look of the Jazz Theatre. This is not a bad thing, as the new design looks equally good with a glossy black bezel and red bit at the bottom. The backlighting is Edge LED and the panel is an IPS type, which means very good colors and viewing angles. The panel has a matt finish and isn't protected by any glass covering. The speakers are placed at the bottom of the TV and face downward, so they use the surface to disperse sound more evenly. Other features include 100Hz refresh rate, DivX HD Plus through USB and four speakers (10W RMS x2, 13W RMS x 2) plus a sub woofer hidden in the stand.

A good set of connectors fill the rear of the TV. There are plenty of HDMI and other analogue connections for all your devices. There is no LAN port, which means no DLNA or internet apps.

The woofer is placed in a stand with vents facing the sides and the rear. The silver bit in the front is just decorative and is not a vent. The Jazz Theater had two woofers facing the wall in the rear of the TV which gave it the extra punch. Let's see how this arrangement favors the Jazz LED.

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