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Sony Vaio SR Price

Alex — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:01:11 +0000

Sony Vaio SR Series Laptop Features:

* WIndows 7 Professional
* 13.3? inch (1280×800 pixels) LED Backlit Display
* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
* ATI Radeon Graphics Card with Dedicated Memory
* Fingerprint Reader
* Lightweight Portable Design
* Exclusive Switch Function
* Clear Bright LCD
* Isolated Keyboard

Sony Vaio SR Series Laptop Price in India – All Prices are in Indian Rupee

* VGN-SR56GG/B – Rs. 72,000/- Or $1532 USD
* VGN-SR53GF/B – Rs. 58,000/- Or $1234USD

Tata DoCoMo Unlimited GPRS Plan & Tariff

Alex — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:29 +0000

Now Unlimited internet surfing and browsing on mobile phone with Tata DoCoMo Unlimited GPRS Plan.

Tata DoCoMo Unlimited GPRS Tariff

* Rs. 15/- Package – 3 days unlimited GPRS Access
* Rs. 95/- Package – 1 month/30 days unlimited GPRS Access

You need to first download or activate GPRS on your mobile phone (contact nearest Tata DoCoMo retailer) and it is available at Tata DoCoMo home and roaming networks.

But speed is very slow 26 to 48 kbps under these GPRS plans, otherwise many mobile service providers offer speeds up to 115kbps with there GPRS and EDGE networks.

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Eric — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:34:24 +0000

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Samsung OMNIA II I8000 Price

Alex — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:41 +0000

Samsung OMNIA II I8000 – Latest full touchscreen mobile for Indian consumers features 3.7” bright AMOLED Display, 5 MP camera, Push email facility and you can also view and edit MS-office documents like an MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint easily.

Samsung OMNIA II I8000 Features:

* Windows Mobile 6.1
* Large Wide 3.7? inch Display
* 5 MP Camera with Autofocus
* Stereo FM Radio with RDS
* 3.5 mm Headphone Jack
* A-GPS Navigation with Google Maps
* Wi-fi
* Battery provides Talktime upto 10 hours; Standby time is upto 430 hours

Samsung OMNIA II I8000 Technical Specification:

* GSM Quad Band (900/1800/1900 MHz+2100)
* 3G/HSDPA
* Based on Windows Mobile 6.1
* 3.7? inch (800 x 480 pixels) 65K Colors AMOLED Display
* 5.0 Megapixel with Auto Focus, 4X digital zoom and Dual LED Flash
* 2GB internal Memory ( MicroSD car up to 32 GB of expandable Memory)
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* Bluetooth
* DivX / XviD Video Player
* E-Mail – Push Mail, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, SSL
* 3D Games
* Battery – 1500 mAh
* Weight – 123 gm

Samsung OMNIA II I8000 Price in India – Rs. 28,990/- Indian Rupee (INR) Or $617 USD

Astronauts Outfit Space Station in Mission’s Last Spacewalk

Alex — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:02:30 +0000

Two spacewalking astronauts primed the International Space Station Saturday for future shuttle visits Saturday despite dealing with a wayward spacesuit camera that almost came loose late in their work.
The helmet-mounted video camera and lights on Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang’s spacesuit popped free from their mooring, but luckily never fully came unplugged. The glitch occurred late in what was an otherwise smooth seven-hour spacewalk, with Fuglesang and crewmate Danny Olivas accomplishing nearly all of their station maintenance tasks.
Olivas managed to attach a tether on helmet camera before it drifted away and handed it back to Fuglesang for safekeeping. Mission Control noticed the loose camera when views from Fuglesang’s spacesuit began to shift wildly.
“We thought you were doing tremendous acrobatics,” Mission Control radioed the space walkers.
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It was the third spacewalk in five days for Discovery shuttle astronauts, who launched last week on a 13-day mission to deliver a new crewmember and supplies to the space station. Mission Control packed the excursion with odd jobs to repair station systems and prepare for future construction.
Fuglesang was wrestling with a stubborn power cable connector that refused to plug in – the spacewalk’s only other hitch – when the camera glitch occurred. Crewmate Patrick Forrester, who choreographed the work from inside Discovery, told him to stand down for fear of shaking the camera completely loose.
Without the aid of his helmet camera and attached lights, Fuglesang returned to the space station’s airlock before the sun set as the station passed over the Earth’s night side.
“Christer, no need to rush but hurry every chance you get,” Forrester said. “Sunset in about six minutes.” Fuglesang made it back inside safely and was ready to use his dismounted helmet lights as a flashlight if needed.
Fuglesang said he may have bumped the camera against part of the station to set it free. But Zeb Scoville, lead spacewalk officer for Discovery’s flight, said the system is designed to prevent that and an unseated latch is more likely the culprit.
Spacewalk finale
Olivas and Christer Fuglesang began the seven-hour, one-minute spacewalk at 4:39 p.m. EDT (2039 GMT) as the station flew 220 miles (354 km) over western Argentina.
Olivas, the mission’s lead spacewalker, and Fuglesang made quick work of deploying a fold-out platform on the station’s starboard side. The platform will serve as a storage point for large spare parts due to be shipped to the station during a November shuttle flight.
They also installed a pair of new Global Positioning System antennas and replaced a failed component in the station’s attitude control system, as well as a broken circuit breaker box. Mission Control tested the replaced devices while the spacewalkers were still outside and declared the repairs a success.
“That’s awesome, that’s great news,” Olivas said.
The spacewalkers also uncoiled and installed two 60-foot (18-meter) power and data cables so they can support a new space station room, called Tranquility, which is due to be delivered to the outpost next year. It was one of those power connectors that refused to lock in place, so the astronauts secured it down and moved on.
Space station flight director Heather Rarick said astronauts on a future mission will try to connect the power cable and, if necessary, draw up a backup plan to get power to Tranquility. The new room is not slated to arrive at the station until February 2010, so there’s no rush, she added.
“We definitely have some time,” Rarick said.
Shuttle mission’s homestretch
Saturday’s orbital work marked the 133rd spacewalk dedicated to space station construction and the fifth career excursion for both Olivas and Fuglesang. Olivas ended the day with 34 hours and 28 minutes of total spacewalking time under his belt while Fuglesang finished with 31 hours and 54 minutes.
With five spacewalks to his name, Fuglesang – who represents the European Space Agency on Discovery’s crew – is now the most experienced spacewalker who is not American or Russian. The world spacewalk record is held by Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyov, who performed 16 career spacewalks.
Discovery astronauts spent a total of 20 hours and 15 minutes working outside the station during their three spacewalks. They replaced a massive ammonia coolant tank and retrieved old experiments on the other two excursions.
Inside the space station Saturday, astronauts continued packing up the 21-foot (6.4-meter) long cargo module that they brought to the space station with trash and other equipment no longer needed on the orbiting lab. They also replaced a jammed bolt, one of 16 bolts securing the cargo module to the station, during a five-hour repair.
On Sunday, the astronauts will finish packing up the cargo module and prepare to return it to Discovery’s payload bay. The shuttle is due to undock from the space station Tuesday and land in Florida Thursday evening.

Square: DLC on the way for future Final Fantasy games

Alex — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:38:02 +0000

Square-Enix have revealed that that the company are considering releasing DLC for future FinalFantasy titles, but there are no plans for extra content for the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII, which will be released in Japan on PS3 before the end of the year.

Square’s Yoshi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama made the comments to VG247, during GamesCom 2009. Both of them also said that they are listening to their fans in Europe and North America, and are aware that DLC content is something that everyone wants.
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If DLC does happen to be released along the way for Final Fantasy XIII, you can expect it to be item-or enemy based, and not a major update that would tie into the story.

Spacewalk performed despite approaching space junk

Alex — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:46:06 +0000

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two spacewalking astronauts installed a new fully loaded tank of space station coolant Thursday as a large piece of orbiting junk headed their way, just far enough away to pose no concern.

The old rocket part was expected to pass within two miles of the shuttle-station complex late Friday morning, considered a safe distance by NASA specialists. Managers decided there was no need to move the linked spacecraft out of the way and proceeded with the spacewalk as planned.

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It was the second spacewalk in three days for the Discovery and space station crews.

Despite a late start because of minor spacesuit problems, Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang quickly accomplished their main objective. They collected the new ammonia tank from Discovery, bolted it onto the space station, then hooked up all the electrical and fluid lines. Mission Control praised their effort.

The old tank, launched seven years ago, was removed during Tuesday night’s spacewalk. Olivas and Fuglesang anchored it inside Discovery for next week’s return to Earth.

The tanks are big and awkward for spacewalkers to handle: nearly 5 feet long, 7 feet wide and 4 feet high. The new one weighs 1,700 pounds.

The men, both experienced spacewalkers, appeared to have no problem dealing with the tanks and they even had time to knock off some extra chores before their 6 1/2-hour excursion ended early Friday morning. Fuglesang is Swedish.

At one point Wednesday, NASA considered moving Discovery and the space station into another orbit because of the space junk, and possibly even delaying this spacewalk. But by Thursday morning, the track of the debris became clearer and experts were able to say with certainty that the two spacecraft and 13 astronauts were safe where they were.

Olivas and Fuglesang, who is Swedish, will go back out Saturday for the third and final spacewalk of the mission.

Discovery is scheduled to undock from the space station Tuesday.

Conceptual Apple TriBook

Dave — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:31:49 +0000

Conceptual Apple TriBook

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One good thing about conceptual gadgets is that it is free from problems associated with reality, and the creator will integrate anything which he may deem fit to make his concept stand out from the rest. Check out the triBook, which sports two additional side screens apart from the standard one. The result is three LCD screens spanning 21 inches and a large trackpad for multi-touch gestures, all carved into a unibody chassis.

Apple Releases Mac OS X Update

Dave — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:16:01 +0000

Apple Releases Mac OS X Update

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Apple’s long anticipated Mac OS X 10.5.6 update has been released for Mac machines running on Mac OS X Leopard. Packed with several fixes and tweaks, the new update will impress MobileMe with the improved syncing of service to and from a Mac machine. Get these updates via the Automatic Software Update or download the standalone installers.
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5.6 beta builds reportedly were being tested by beta testers and the list of expected fixes, updates, and enhancements has been floating around on the web.

Linux On iPhone, Finally!

Dave — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:06:04 +0000

Linux On iPhone, Finally!

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No Google Voice App for iPhoneThe iPhone Dev Team announced their success in porting the Linux 2.6 Kernel onto the iPhone platform; it is just a rough draft of the intended project, and many drivers are yet to be developed. Currently, this porting is applicable to the first and second generation iPhones and the first generation iPod Touch. The second generation iPod Touch reportedly has a different and faster processor.
The iPhone Dev Team have come out with the Jailbreak and the Pwnage tool to unlock the iPhone to install third party apps on it. Now, here’s something that might put off Apple fanboys, but it is indeed a great piece of technology programming.