Mar 24, 2008

World's slimmest 24-inch LCD widescreen monitor from BenQ


BenQ has launched its 24-inch LCD widescreen monitor with the claim that it is the World's slimmest LCD monitor. It has a high-end technology including a 4000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, new RHCM injection process and full 1080p HD support.

"The V2400W is inspired by the B2 stealth bomber, evoking a sense of mystery, awe and the elite" said Manfred Wang, Director of the BenQ Lifestyle Design Center. V2400W will be available at the end of March in China and Asia.

Transcend's latest high-capacity USB flash drive - V60 32GB


Transcend has announced its latest high-capacity USB flash drive - the 32GB JetFlash V60. It includes data management functions like Website AutoLogin, PC-Lock, Mobile Favorites, Secret-Zip encryption, Mobile E-mail, DataBackup and Online Update. V60 also supports Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista, Mac and Linux.

JetFlash V60 is priced at Rs. 7,300 (MRP) with a 3 year warranty.

Fastest Blu-ray Writer from LG


LG Electronics announced its launch of a Blu-ray writer that has BD writing speed of 6x Max. This IDE device can be mounted on any existing Desktop PC. A double layer BD can actually store up to 50 GB of data which means approximately 35 Bollywood movies can be stored in one BD Disc.

It is available in the market at an MRP of Rs. 29,990 inclusive of all taxes.

Panasonic FX500 Digital Camera


Panasonic recently announced the Lumix DMC-FX500 company’s first digital camera with a 3-inch touch-screen LCD, featuring a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica DC lens, 5x optical zoom and 10.1 megapixels.

It has got a advanced technology through which it engages automatically so the user does not have to change any settings. LUMIX DMC-FX500 will be available in black and silver models at a retail price of $399.95 in the US by May 2008.

Mar 19, 2008

Drag and Drop any media files - Cowon



Cowon support drag-and-drop of all media types. Like Apple’s iTunes which requires you to convert the video or audio files before you play them. Cowon plays all types of media formats, so no need of using the conversion softwares. Just drag-and-drop of any media files and enjoy.

There are two models D2 and A2. D2 comes with a 2.5 inch, 24-bit QVGA (320x240) TFT LCD touchscreen, the A2 is equipped with a 4-inch screen (480x272 pixels) that's a 16:9 wide TFT LCD.


You can watch movies, listen to music and FM radio, and browse photos with ease. TV options are available in both, while the A2 also allows you to capture from the TV.

-- D2 costs Rs 10,000 (4GB) and Rs 13,000 (8GB)
-- A2 (30GB) costs Rs 20,000.

Centro - Smartphone from Palm


Palm has introduced the Palm Centro smartphone in India, with voice, text, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities, a full-color touch screen and full keyboard.

Centro is the smallest and lightest Palm phone to date, comes with Palm OS by ACCESS, and offers all the organizer functionalities that Palm offers.

Centro features,
-- Touch screen
-- Full QWERTY keyboard
-- One-touch speakerphone
-- Conference calling
-- Bluetooth connectivity

Apart from these feature Centro is highly customizable with thousands of applications available.

Centro will be available in IT retail stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Pune and Chandigarh.

Mar 17, 2008

Create your signature online for free

mylivesignature is a place where you can create your own signatures and attach them to your mails. Just logon to this site and give your name, choose the font name and size, your signature is ready. You can create any number of signatures using this service and by becoming a free member its allows you to login and view all the signatures you have created. Try creating your signature now!!!

Website: http://www.mylivesignature.com/

An alternative to Webex - Slidelive

Get ready to share any Microsoft PowerPoint persentation with thousands of users simultaneously using slidelive. Its features are Instant sharing of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, Lightweight browser based meeting solution. This is more like an alternative to Webex. People who have used Webex can try out this and find the difference how this performs.

Website: http://www.slidelive.com/

Optimize your computer

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware.

Download CCleaner

Mar 12, 2008

Samsung launches 5 Phones

Samsung launches 5 Phones and announces Aamir Khan as its Brand Ambassador. The models are Samsung SGH –i450, SGH-G800, i550, D880, J210.

SGH – i450, seeks to give users a Mobile Theater experience, which brings alive the experience of 3D surround sound The phone makes use of the Music wheel and the Dual-Slider form factor. It is priced at Rs.15, 000.



SGH-G800 comes with a 5 mega pixel camera with 3x optical zoom, and comes packed with face detection, Xenon flash and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR). It is priced at Rs. 21, 799.







i550 Powered by Symbian S60 operating system, comes with an in-built GPS Receiver and five hot keys provided for music, camera, navigation, internet and main menu. It has a 3 mega pixel camera with capability to support Bluetooth audio streaming is priced at around Rs. 25, 000.



The Dual GSM Sim phone from Samsung, the D880, comes with 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera, 2.3-inch Wide LCD screen, Bluetooth and Stereo FM radio. It is priced at Rs. 13, 799.









J210 comes with a 2 mega pixel camera phone with FM recording, microSD memory card expansion and Bluetooth music streaming (A2DP profile). It is priced at Rs. 6,649.

Mar 9, 2008

Talk with your friends over live video


Tokbox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here's how it works: you sign up and you get your link. When you want to talk with anyone, just give them the link - they click and you chat. TokBox allows you to add this url isn your social network profile, blog, or personal webpage. Anyone who comes to your page and see a "Push to Talk" button. They click it and connect to you in real time using live video and audio.

Site: http://www.tokbox.com/

Send large files to any email address


Sendalong is a site where you can send large files to any email address. Large files here mean more than 100 mb. It is simple, yet powerful and no need to learn a whole lot of new tools. Uploading and downloading of files are faster and more secure.


Site: http://www.sendalong.com/

Mar 6, 2008

iPhone into 3G


Apple might release a 3G iPhone in 2008 but where and when is a question. The rumor is based on 3G chip supply from Infineon for Apple. The 3G chips are of course supporting HSDPA.

Mar 3, 2008

Post a picture and ask a question

If you have a doubt about what the picture is, here is the place where you can upload the photo you have and it gives the details about the picture. You just have to signup and get your user name and password to upload the photos to know the details about the photos you have.

Site : http://www.picanswers.com/

See how you look everyday

Daily Mugshot is a free service which helps you chronicle and share how you look every day. It has widgets where you can place on your profile or blog and they automatically update when you take new mugshots. All you need is a webcam to get started.

The goal of this project is to offer authentic daily snapshots, and this feature would compromise that. However, if you want to remove a picture from the mugshow, you can find the thumbnail in your 'My Sequence' section and uncheck it.

Site : http://www.dailymugshot.com/

Microsoft to launch IE 8


The IE team has been very hard at work on IE 8 for the past several months and they hit a huge milestone last Friday evening. The IE dev team checked in a bunch of code that included several new features implemented in the core rendering engine that enable IE to pass the ACID 2 test! This is great news for web developers: IE 8 is going to be our most standards compliant browser to date. Passing ACID 2 is really a combined side effect of all the new features that have been developed for IE 8.

What is ACID 2 test? Acid2 is one test of how modern browsers work with some specific features across several different web standards.

hooeey - re-use your browsing history

Internet users can re-use their browsing history in a productive manner to reduce time spent in searching for previously visited web pages, easily share interesting web pages with others and to use the provided dashboard to manage their browsing time more efficiently.

Browsing history data, which until now, was buried (or worse, lost) in the bowels of web browsers are now set free. De-linking makes the data set very flexible: browsing history data and tags can be stored on-line or on one's computer and it can be given different access levels: private, community or public. Further it can be used to build usage dashboards.

Site : http://www.hooeey.com/index.php