Nokia launches the cheapest 3G mobilephone, Nokia 2730 Classic @Rs.5,300. Nokia 2730 Classic will be available in the second quarter of 2009.
Specifications Nokia 2730 Classic:
* Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100 * OS: Series 40 * Display: 2-inch, with a resolution 240h320 points, displays 262 thousand colors * Camera: 2 MP * Memory: 30 MB, slot for memory cards format microSD (up to 2 GB) * Music player * FM-radio with RDS * 3.5-mm connector * Communications: Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR (with support profile A2DP), SyncML 1.2 * Opening hours: during a call up to 3.5 hours (GSM), up to 3.30 hours (WCDMA), in standby mode up to 340 hours (GSM), up to 430 hours (WCDMA) * Battery: Li-Ion 1020 mAh * Dimensions: 109,6 h46, 9h14, 4 mm * Weight: 87.7 g
German luxury car maker Audi Thursday launched a new variant of its existing sedan Audi A6 in the Indian market.
The car will be available in the market in May first week with a price tag starting from Rs.38.57 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai).
'The new Audi A6 with its thrilling design, powerful engines and its combination of dynamic performance and lower fuel consumption will be one of the key players in the Indian luxury car market,' Audi India managing director Benoit Tiers said.
The new variant has been priced some Rs.2 lakh below the existing A6 model.
Google Image Ripper is a free online tool which helps you rip images from Google. What Google Image Ripper does is that it accepts a search request from you and searches Google Images for images related to your search,it later present you with a set of relevant images which you can view in full size without the hassle of opening each individual image. You can also save,copy and use the images that you might require.
How do I Use Google Image Ripper:
It is very simple and easy to use and does not require any registration or signing up.All you need to do is enter the search request,select the size and type of image required and click on “Rip Google“.
You will then be shown all the images relevant to your search.
This is very useful for users who like to collect a lot of images of their favorite celeb,cars or just random images.
I went on vacation recently, and during that time I realized how dependent I have become on GPS applications to find what I am looking for. GPS devices maximize my vacation time by letting me drive less, since by using them, I never get lost. And driving less means I'm living a greener life, too.
GPS devices have crept up on us and become a bigger part of our lives without our really noticing it. My family has GPS in our newer car, which comes up as a pop up screen that talks us through our turns. Lots of us also have it on our iPhone to help find an address or business. Having relied on this really great technology for personal use for over five years now, I am kind of surprised that this is the first year that GPS-based applications are really taking off in our mobile computing business. It is here, it works well, and it does save companies money.
There are three types of GPS applications that are really taking off: navigation services, bread crumbing and real-time location. Navigation services is what we all use in rental cars, and now find in most new cars--an application that helps us find out how to get from point a to point b, or how to find the closest gas station or grocery store.
Bread crumbing is an application that pinpoints stops along a route and drops virtual crumbs along the way. This application is used to analyze where a vehicle has been and learn from it. For instance, can we find a better route next time, why did we spend so much time at point C, and are we complying with the business rules and logic that the driver has been taught to comply with? Real-time location usually involves fleets of vehicles, and aids dispatchers in routing that fleet in an optimized fashion.
The benefits of GPS-based applications are truly cost-justifiable, and as fuel costs continue to rise, the importance of optimized routing and driving becomes the wise and green-friendly thing to do. With the relative low cost of these applications and the technology required, the ROI on GPS is rapid, often under 12 months or less. With gas price increases and carbon offsets headed our way, it makes sense to start piloting GPS projects for companies who have vehicles or staff driving while at work.
Get the most out of Google Maps with the help of these pointers.
Google Maps: Feature Rich
Google Maps is a great Web site with more features than you can poke a stick at. Unfortunately, this means that there are probably features you don't know about or don't know how to use, which can dampen the entire experience and stop you from making full use of the service. Here are 10 of the things you may not have known you could do.
Have you ever been stuck trying to access a website that appears to be down and you’d like to check if there’s a problem with the server or a problem at your end? Well yes, you could! Here are five really easy ways of doing this.
1. Down For Everyone Or Just Me
All you need to do is to go to Down For Everyone Or Just Me and type in the URL of the site that you wish to check. The website will let you know whether the given URL is down or not but it does not provide you a very comprehensive report on the URL.
This tool just provides you with basic information on whether the typed in URL is working or not.
2. Is My Blog Working
Just log on to Is My Blog Working and type the URL of the blog you want to check out. It is free to use and pretty useful as it displays a wide range of information on the blog you typed in.
Key features:
1. Lets you know whether the blog is working or not.
2. Comments on the status of your RSS feed.
3. Provides you the status of the blog’s gzip compression, client and support caching.
4. It also provides information on what program your blog was created on.
5. It provides you a wide range of technical details regarding your blog.
Example: When Tech Spikes was typed into the dialog box this is how it appeared.
This tool will definitely turn out to be very useful to people who want to monitor the progress of their blog constantly.
3. Are My Sites Up
This is another tool available to check whether your website is working or not. There is a mandatory registration in order to use this free service.
Follow these simple steps to register yourself and get going.
1. Sign up and get an account.
2. Add your preferred sites.
3. Click on Add New Site, type in the URL and click on Check Now.
4. The current status of your website is displayed.
There are two services available: Free and Premium. The Premium service offers you the choice of checking up to a 100 sites and also offers you a wide range of info regarding your sites.
This tool will definitely go down well with people who have a large number of the websites to look after. Check outAreMySitesUp?
4. DING IT’S UP!
This is again a very useful free tool for you to check out your website’s status. It also offers you a unique feature of selecting your mode of notification whenever your website is up and running or when it is down. The e-mail feature shown here will let you know the status of your website via mail.
This tool is very useful as you don’t need to check the working of your website every time but automatically receive notifications about it as and when it detects that your website is down. Check outDING IT’S UP!
5. Uptime Party
This is also a tool which monitors your website’s status and sends you notifications regarding your website’s uptime and downtime.
It has an option of checking any site regarding its status or you can also sign up which allows you to select any one website and receive notifications via e-mail whenever it is down.
Just follow these steps to sign up and continue.
1. Sign up with all the required formalities.
2. Type in any name and and give in the URL of your website.
3. You can also select the services you need from Uptime Party and click save.
4. You are now ready to receive notifications via mail whenever your server is down.
This tool has a bunch of options you can choose from to further explore your site. Check outUptime Party
Among the five tools featured above DING IT’S UP scores high on simplicity and utility as it offers various modes to communicate with you in case it encounters any issues with the blog or website that you wish to monitor. Uptime Party is the one for advanced users.
Tata Communications is in discussion with a number of regional carriers to collaborate on extending the Global Meeting Exchange into geographically diverse markets.
Tata Communications will introduce telepresence exchange services for Cisco TelePresence, a major expansion of its telepresence services. The Global Meeting Exchange will support meetings between any connected private and public Cisco TelePresence rooms.
Tata Communications is in discussion with a number of regional carriers to collaborate on extending the Global Meeting Exchange into geographically diverse markets. As a result, any business with a connection to the Global Meeting Exchange will have unparalleled access to set up Cisco TelePresence virtual meetings with their ecosystem of users.
Tata Communication's telepresence services include managed private Cisco TelePresence rooms, public TelePresence rooms that can be rented by the hour, and the ability for these private and public rooms to connect with each other. Tata's Global Meeting Exchange will have major telepresence service points of presence (PoPs) in Mumbai, New York, and London and minor points of presence co-resident in Tata's global MPLS PoPs in major cities around the world. Customer connections will be supported at any of many easily reached PoPs and this globally dispersed PoP distribution will ensure optimum performance with short connection paths, said the company.
"The Global Meeting Exchange builds upon our current managed telepresence private network and public room services; our extensive owned data bandwidth across the world; Tata's major national network assets in India, South Africa, and later this year China; and our inter-carrier relationships developed as the number one carrier of international voice calls and one of the largest inter-carrier provider of Internet peering. Our B2B cooperation with Cisco and partner carriers will bring a new level of value demanded by Cisco TelePresence users," said John Landau, senior vice-president, global managed services, Tata Communications.
Naresh Wadhwa, president and country manager, Cisco India, added, "Cisco TelePresence enables companies to improve productivity and reduce expenses while at the same time collaborating more effectively and improving business innovation. We are pleased to be working closely with Tata Communications to bring the benefits of Cisco TelePresence to its customer base."
Ubuntu, the most popular competitor of Windows operating system, will be available for free download this evening. The latest version of Ubuntu is called Jaunty Jackalope, or simply Ubuntu 9.04.
The massive failure of Windows Vista left users angry and desperate for an alternative. While going for Mac is like buying a new piece of land and then build a house on it, what about PCs? Once upon a time, PCs belonged to Microsoft's Windows operating system, but times have changed now. Things are becoming obsolete. PC world is being taken over by GNU/Linux, though at a slower pace. You have heard of the good old rabbit-tortoise story, right?
To give users a fresh breath of free air, Canonical is releasing its latest version of Ubuntu operating system which can run on your current PCs and even Macs. There are many advantages of using Ubuntu or any other GNU/Linux operating systems. The number one priority is freedom. Here you will not be bound by heft end-user licence agreement which will make you a 'pirate', a 'thief' if you give a copy of the software to your brother or a friend. We as humans are programmed to share. Sharing is the basis of our intelligence, but some proprietary companies want to curb this very human trait -- and convert us into their customers. But that's where GNU/Linux sets you free. Here once you download or get a copy of Ubuntu, you are free to replicate it and give it to as many people as you want.
Windows or Macs may cost you bomb, but Ubuntu, like most of the GNU/Linux operating systems, comes for free. You will not have to pay a single penny to get the copy. What's more, if you don't have a good download speed and you want to try Ubuntu, you can order it from their website and they will send it to you for free.
Get your free CD's........ https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
As was increasingly expected, AMD has officially updated itsPhenom II processor linewith two new, slightly faster CPUs. The unlocked 3.2 GHz Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (about $245) supports overclocking and is the company's fastest yet, while the Phenom II X4 945 (about $225) is clock-locked at 3 GHz. AMD says the former flagship 3 GHz AM2+ Phenom II X4 940 BE (about $195) will "remain available as an overclockable Black Edition for a period of time."
The new chips again feature a total cache (L2+L3) of 8MB, and though geared for use with Socket AM3/DDR3-memory motherboards, are also backwards-compatible with AM2+/DDR2-memory systems; so the good news is that you needn't upgrade your entire PC to use them.
