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In the process to maintain its position in the line of social networking sites, Facebook has been researching to make its website more efficient. Ways are being devised to make the site brisker so that its users do not have to spend more time navigating between the pages. Facebook Lite is mainly intended for users living in places having either no broadband or an expensive broadband. So that they can save bandwidth. Facebook Lite promises to be much faster than the existing version.

Facebook faces huge competition from Twitter, which has set its mark as one of the best social networking sites connecting people across the globe. Facebook has purchased Friend feed, one of the best know aggregator of web information for around $50million. The main reason for this acquisition probably is to benefit from FriendFeed’s technology and its real-time web approach. Facebook can also improve the site by using the latter’s powerful search product.

Facebook opened up its simplified version known as “Facebook Lite” to some of its users early this week to test its functioning. Also messages were sent to users who accessed the Facebook site inviting them to experiment the new Facebook Lite. Some users who had the chance to explore the Facebook Lite pages stated that it had features similar to that of Twitter in terms of posting comments and updates.

Facebook Lite promises to be brisker so that users can have easy access to the Status updates. It also assures that accepting “friend requests” and posting comments on walls would be easier. All said and done, Facebook Lite is still in its testing phase and not open to all users. Reports obtained so far state that Facebook Lite looks like a simplified version of Twitter & Friendfeed with comments enabled.

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Samsung Launches Samsung 55B8000 The Featured High Definition Television

In the world of television technology, Samsung has pioneered with the introduction of its brand new 8000 series of LED televisions. The new model  has a 55-inch structure and is an improvement over the Samsung 6000 and Samsung 7000 series of LED televisions launched earlier by Samsung. The LED technology used in these televisions has a cutting edge over the Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFL) as it enables in making slim and smart designs which not only save energy but also render ultra-high contrast ratios.

The three series of LED televisions launched in India by Samsung have proved that there can be no limits set to performance. The new Samsung 55B8000 model vouches to provide ultimate viewing experience in comparison to its other LED counterparts. Samsung’s Wide Color Enhancer Pro and Ultra Clear Panel features display the minutest details in a broad spectrum of colors for all types of viewing conditions.The LED HDTVs provide a remarkable fusion of picture settings that are available with the LCD and plasma displays. This culminates in image clarity and reduction of motion blur. You can also be assured of crisp, easy viewing of sports, video games and movies with the added Auto Motion Plus frame interpolation technology. [Read more →]

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Google-On2 Deal All Set To Smoothen Up Video Search On The Web

Google is leaving no stones unturned in its bid to improve its penetration in search engine market. Google has made a tie up with On2 technologies. This 106.5 million dollar project  is scheduled to be sealed off  by the end of this year. The Google-On2 technologies deal will make internet search video quality really soothing. [Read more →]

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HP 2790m To Be Priced Around 500 Dollars
Hewlett-Packard  a world leader in computer hardware products has launched another stunning model in the market.This time HP has launched a 27-inch(68.58cm)monitor named the HP 2790m .This can be used for the dual purpose of a desktop monitor as well as a television set.This 27-inch delight the HP  is going take entertainment to a different zenith.27-inch can be easily called one of the largest device avaliable in the market.

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Apple is working on something codenamed the “Project Cocktail”. Project cocktail as the name suggests will be a cocktail of music .project cocktail is aiming at providing interactive music.

Apple is firing all guns blazing and aiming at huge profits in the coming days through project cocktail .Apple is planning to gear up all its business operations be it hardware, software or services. Apple in its bid to mop up its music sales has tied up with Sony music  ,EMI ,Warner, Music And Universal Music Group.Apple has planned to counter lower sales levels by launching a special packages along with this big names in music on purchase on purchase of its very famous iTunes package.

Project cocktail would sale lively albums which would look great on real time with its advanced videos, lyrics and Pics. These iTunes album would give the customers some extra dimensions which they would never find in any CDs or DVDs. These applications would also have songs which will also be compatible outside iTunes but supporting iPhone Operating system.

With such a move Apple is cruising high on its digital content distribution agenda. Apple will certainly have a hiked price for its cocktail albums. This would encourage some music enthusiasts to produce some interactive content who design them within the Apple perimeter.

Apple is also planning on the launch of some 10 inch wide tablet which will suit all these features of project cocktail. This tablet device would also have Wi-Fi and camera facilities.

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A big name in portable storage device technology producer, Kingston Technology has come up a unbelievable design. Kingston launched its best ever model the 256 flash drive Data Traveler 300.If the device becomes a successful product it will a huge improvement in both speed of data transfer and storage capacity over the previous flash drives. Kingston has achieved this feat within a window frame of just two months, when it had launched 128 GB USB flash drive.

Kingston 256 flash drive Data Traveler 300/256 flash drive DT 300 has a capacity of 256GB .DT300 can be described in two facets storage abilities and data transfer rates. As far as storage abilities are concerned DT 300 will allow users to carry voluminous data being mobile. The magnitude of storage if quantified can be compared to storage abilities of 10 blu ray discs or 356 compact disks or 54DVD’s.

On the other hand Kingston 256 flash drive Data Traveler 300 has a data transfer rate up to 10Mb/sec (writing potential) and 20Mb/sec (reading) .Added to that it has password protected security mechanism. Especially for the business class flash DT 300 is equipped with password traveler software for ultra security. Despite having all this features it is highly portable with a dimension of 70.68mmX6.90mmX21.99mm.

Data Traveler 300 can be called the called a moving database which is compatible with latest Windows7 and many other known operating systems .DT 300 can also be used to elevate the capacity of presently held low storage PC, notebook or laptop by the user any time any place.

Kingston is giving five  years warranty for the device  and is to  priced around 600 Euros(£566 to be precise).Kingston is not going worldwide with the model at the moment and will be available in europe ,middle east ,oriental countries and East Africa.

Kingston just a few days back had launched the Data traveler 200 model having 128GB capacity which was also password protected as well as highly mobile. Just within two months launching a device with double the capacity is a credible move by Kingston.

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The craze for Google’s Smartphone operating system Android is heating up. India will soon see a glimpse of Android in many a phones being released by major player like Samsung, HTC, LG and Motorola.

As said earlier here, if you are pondering what is Android? Android is an open sourced software specially designed for mobile devices. Android runs on Linux operating system. Android platform is an open source mobile software which gives a customer the option to customize his mobile with wares suiting him.

These Android phones would definitely amuse the young lot in India. These phones would mainly be marketed as high-end or mid-end phones.HTC magic was the first of such phones to be launched in India .Samsung will soon follow suit with its Samsung Galaxy by next month.Samsung Galaxy India price would be around 29000INR By the end of the quarter Motorola as well as LG would have launched their sets.

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Google the search engine giant is going to make life really easy for its mobile users.Google has come up the concept of voice based search coupled with map aids to any search activity done over the phone.The above pic shows  the feature in an apple i Phone.

Mobile searchers can always get information regarding the top search result that is going to turn up as the first search in the list.Google in empowering this service has also collaborated with many low cost GPRS handset providers.

Google India has said it is definitely interested in a market which is  14 times bigger than the PC market whose penetration is just 30 million.Google foresees a larger a populace of Indians using internet over their phones rather than their PCs in future.Hence Google search engine is aiming at easing its mobile searching capabilities a notch ahead with such a move.

The voice based search has already been incorporated for the new Blackberry users and would soon seen in many other phones from next year onwards.

To make the search more optimized and interesting the search results will be location specific.

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Sony in its aim to capture around 30% of the Indian MP3 Market has launched the Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 in Delhi yesterday .On the debut launch Sony promised that Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 would be high quality product .Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 will cost around Rs4990.

The main attraction of is its ability to integrate the whole MP3 effect into a pair of wireless ear buds .The phone is an ergonomic design made especially for people who are busy working. Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 has a good song browsing option which makes life easy and compensate the loss of not having a dedicated user interface.

Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 is usually available in black and Pink colors .It has a dimension of 2×0.8×0.4 inches in length, width and depth connected by twisted neckband .Sony is providing three different sizes of silicon ear tips to make to compatible with ears of many people. Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 is the small to the extent as much an MP3 player can get and measures a paltry 1.3ounces.one can enjoy  Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 while being  mobile enough like playing ,driving ,during workout etc .Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 provides a impressive memory of 2GB.

As far as controls are concerned in Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 the songs are played in chorological order of a alphanumeric sequence .Moreover the shuffle switch provided in the right side ear piece will play sequence randomly .Controls like volume adjuster, forward and backward swipe of songs and jog dial are present in bottom part of right hand side module.

W-Series Walkman has some really exiting features like the Zappin which will let the user get an highlight into the song within a few seconds. If one desires  listening  the song he or she can go forward playing the song from initiation .Each pair of earpiece is magnetized but is subject to power loss.A small power puff charge of 3-minute will give an extra play time of 90 minutes in crunch power situation.

Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 can play many formats like MP3, AAC ,protected WMA and WMA formats .Sony quotes that battery would hold up charge up to 12 hours.

Sony Walkman NWZ-W202 India price 4990INR.

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If Microsoft has launched big into the search engine market with the release of decision engine Bing, Google has replied strongly by releasing its own operating system Google Chrome Operating System. Both the tech biggies are trying to encroach into each other’s footprints and the war is heating up .Only time will say the devourer and devoured.

After the launch of Google chrome browser  which is being used by over 30 million people now, Google is going for its own chrome operating system which will be more internet compatible .Google terms the present era operating systems to be obsolete since their basis were designed in an age where internet was not thought of.

The main outlines of the Google Chrome Browser are:-

Chrome is an open-source open to further development and add on time to time.

Google Chrome is slated to go full fledged in later half of 2010.

Google term the OS light weight in terms of its coded bits.
Furthermore they are collaborating with other open source communities to make it big.

“Speed, simplicity and security” will form the basic essence of the chrome OS.

There will be minimal user interface in Google Chrome which will directly take the user into the web in few moments. Chrome will take the probability of attacking viruses and other malwares to almost zero.

Chrome will be a treat for application developers who can develop their applications in any web based applications which will be compatible in all well known web browsers like windows or Mac.

Chrome Promises to increase the computing time of the user rather wasting time on configuring hardware, software, booting and undue file management. Google chrome will aid people to stay connected all the while.

Google has also cleared the fact that Google Chrome and Android are different projects though both are cross functional in many aspects .Android is another open source project on Google’s card which will be compatible across many hard ware’s for instance phones, notebooks, etc.

The major challenges that Google has to overpower are
Beating the penetration of windows OS and making niche for itself ,Microsoft XP and Windows7 would give stiff competition with their low cost and compatibility, Google has to build strong co-operations with other hardware providers to keep Google Chrome afloat.

You further read it in Google’s Official Blog .

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