Vodafone offers HTC Wildfire and Samsung Galaxy S

Wildfire that the School's own characteristics and application in Flash, Galaxy and S features 16GB of onboard memory and the ability to record video in 720p HD. And the Wild Fire and the Galaxy, S should be a 5MP camera.
This Samsung Galaxy S., which challenges the new Apple released the iPhone-4, features the ability to use business applications and improves security. Android-powered Galaxy S also allows its members to get a few applications for Google's Android Market, March Communications Store T and Samsung Electronics' software applications.

That Wildfire is available free of Vodafone £ 20 per month for two-year contract, which offers 300 minutes, 500MB of data and unlimited texts.

Vodafone also offers a free S Galaxy, is £ 30 per month for two-year contract, which gives subscribers 900 minutes, 1 GB of data and unlimited texts.

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Holiday Lightning Remote Kit

Tired of climbing behind your Christmas tree to turn it on? I always come out with a hair full of tinsel, which is a nice look, but more New Year''s, don''t you think?

This year we''re using Smart Home''s INSTEON Wireless Remote Starter kit which controls all your outside Christmas lights, that tasteful blow-up Santa on the lawn, and the holiday Douglas fir.

Smart Home tells us that the INSTEON Holiday Lighting Starter Kit can be set up "in less than five minutes" (it took me a little longer) to control any connected device remotely using a simple "Plug and Tap" setup process. For example, to control "linked" devices, you can tap one of the RemoteLinc''s buttons on or off, or you can hold a button to brighten or dim. Each of the six ON/OFF buttons on the RemoteLinc can be set up to control every light or just one light in your home remotely. (It can be used over 150'' from the Access Point .)



For only $89.99 you can simplify your holidays -- and leave the tinsel for the blow-out New Year''s party. Some lucky POPGADGET email subscriber will win one of these, so make sure you''re on Santa''s favorites list.

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HTC Wildfire and Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 Mini

HTC Qualcomm 528MHz processor with wildfire, 3.2-inch touchscreen, 3.5mm audio jack, microSD card slot and HSDPA flash.It also autofocus, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 5MP camera features elegant HTC Advantage sensitive user interface. Android 2.1, and other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter is used.

Wildfire HTC will also be available on 3, T-Mobile and Virgin Media network, provides shoppers with a network of beautiful selection to choose.

Vodafone pre-orders for Sony Ericsson, Ericsson x10 Mini, will be available for free in 24 months contract £ 20 per month paid to attend.

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DMP Pica200 Gpu is the power behind NINTENDO 3DS (Video)

We'd never heard of Digital Media Professionals until this very moment, but we'd guess the company won't have that problem in future -- according to a press release fresh off the Japanese wire, its Pica200 GPU is the one pushing pixels to Nintendo's autostereoscopic screen. While we don't know exactly how the tiny graphics unit works or what CPU it might be paired with in a system-on-a-chip, the company claims it supports per-pixel lighting, procedural textures and antialiasing among a host of other effects, and generates 15.3 million polygons per second at its native 200MHz. What is impressive is the video after the break -- reportedly rendered entirely on the chip -- and of course, the 3DS itself, but you'll have to take our word on that.

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Sony Vaio Z gets Core i7 processor and much more great!!!

Sony's rather quietly refreshed its VAIO Z laptops -- to include Intel's Core i7 processor and a new, optional 1920 x 1080 display. The new display upgrade is free until July 3rd so if you've been thinking about grabbing up a VAIO Z, now's probably the time to do it. You can check out our full review of the earlier VAIO Z here. Hit up the source if you just can't wait to start shopping.

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Toshiba Satellite T235D-S1350 TruBrite 13.3-Inch Ultrathin Laptop

Now offers new products is Toshiba Satellite T235D-S1350 TruBrite 13.3-Inch Ultrathin Laptop designed to be environmentally conscious with a power-efficient, mercury-free LED backlit display that also provides brilliantly colorful imagery for photos and video thanks to the native HD TruBrite screen.The T235D-S1350 features 13.3-inch widescreen HD TruBrite LED-Backlit display (1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio). The T235 has a full-sized keyboard and full-sized touchpad with multi-touch capabilities, enabling greater flexibility to browse and control what’s happening on-screen.

The T235D-S1350 has powered by 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium U5400 ultra-low voltage processor. Get the power to get things done – and freedom to keep your life moving. Advanced levels of energy-efficiency so you can go longer on a single battery charge. which weighs less than 4 pounds and measures less then 1 inch thin. Offering the performance, flexibility and functionality you expect in a standard-sized laptop but in a highly portable and efficient package,Up to 9 hours of Battery Life. Unplug – and unleash your full mobile potential. With up to nine hours of battery life the Toshiba T235 series lets you go through an entire day of school, work or errands without worrying about a recharge. the built-in webcam and Toshiba Face Recognition software on this machine, you’ll enjoy a more convenient way to communicate, log on or share your laptop among the family.USB Sleep-and-Charge port, and a hard drive impact sensor that protects your data.

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new MacBook Pro 2010

Apple Store is down, and this only means one thing, that the new MacBook Pro 2010 can be released today.
All the rumours are pointing towards only one thing, that yes, indeed, Apple is most likely to update their MacBook Pro lineup today.


Last week, Macworld Australia heard from sources that new MacBook Pro models will be announced next Tuesday, that is today, the 13th of April. Their source is also familiar with Apple product cycles and inventory levels.
Stay tuned to find out what Apple will, most likely, reveal today. New MacBook Pro with Core i5 and i7? New iMacs? Or both?

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Airwash Waterless washing machine

It looks like soon we may be able to rid ourselves of the water-guzzling washing machines in our homes. The Airwash Waterless Washing Machine takes "dry-cleaning" to a new level. Instead of immersing a clothing item in water the Airwash cleans clothes using negative ions, compressed air and deodorants to clean clothes.





What is not clear is how honey dropped on my tie is going to be cleaned. I suppose there will still be times when I will have to spot clean a clothing item to get rid of organic materials.

However, in the "smart" (read that as "green" or environmentally friendly) home, any appliance that can be used to reduce the use of water in a household is to be welcomed. I can see an Airwash Machine installed in my bedroom, but other items will still need to be cleaned in the washing machine. Perhaps the Airwash Machine could cut the amount of "water washing" I do in half; that would still be a great saving.

This Airwash Machine is not available so we will have to wait a little longer before we see this in reality in our bedrooms.

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iPhone 3GS Coming to India and Pakistan

After waiting for a long time, India is finally getting the iPhone 3GS via Bharti Airtel.
Amit Agarwal, of Digital Inspiration got an email today from the Airtel PR that they would soon start to sell the iPhone 3GS in India. No exact dates were revealed though.

New Delhi, March 19, 2010: Bharti Airtel and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3GS, the fastest most powerful iPhone yet, to India in the coming months. For information please visit www.airtel.in/iphone3gs. For more information on iPhone, please visit www.apple.com/iphone.

I’m sure all my Indian friends who wanted an iPhone 3GS would be glad to know about this. And like I said, keeping checking Airtel as they would announce the release dates soon.

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iMovie for iPhone

iMovie for iPhone app has just been announced and is now available in the App Store for $4.99 only!
It works just like the iMovie desktop app, but on a smaller screen! It gives you almost all the features for premium video editing and a lot more!

iMovie for iPhone Features

Here are the features of iMovie announced at the WWDC 10 a few minutes ago.

• Records geolocation in videos
• Transition effects
• Themes
• Video export to 360p, 540p and 720p

You can download it from the App Store for $4.99 for your iPhone!

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Grin and Snap it

Face recognition is all the rage these days in digital cameras, but Sony appeared to have taken the technology to the next level with its "smile shutter." The technology is supposed to detect when someone is smiling in a scene and automatically snap a photo of them. When I heard about the feature, I confess I was skeptical. Nevertheless, it tickled my curiosity. While I haven't been able to get my hands on a Sony model, like the DSC-T200, with the feature, Ed Baig over at USA Today has and wrote about it today.

"Smile shutter worked but not perfectly," he scribbles. "To be sure, I captured a lot of handsome smiles. But the camera missed a number of smiles, too, or took a picture when the subject wasn't fully in the frame."

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Wireless Spy Camera Pen

Q should really order up this Wireless Spy Camera Pen for Mr. Bond, as it is certainly something 007 would use.

When you twist the cap of the Wireless Spy Camera Pen, it begins to start transmitting. Not only that, the pen connects to a 2.5 inch LCD screen that has a range of 20 meters. The video you will see is 882x240 resolution, but it has built-in memory of 64 MB of storage. There is a support for SD and MMC memory cards for 2GB.

Like it? It even comes with a solar charger. Get it now for a price of $330.

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Nokia to enter netbook market

Nokia has announced it will start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market with a netbook running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Nokia had said earlier this year it was considering entering the laptop industry, crossing the border between two converging industries in the opposite direction to Apple, which entered the phone industry in 2007 with the iPhone.

Nokia has seen its profit margins drop over the last quarters as handset demand has slumped, and analysts have worried that entering the PC industry, where margins are traditionally razor-thin, could hurt Nokia's profits further.

"We are fully aware what has the margin level been in the PC world. We have gone into this with our eyes wide open," said Kai Oistamo, the head of Nokia's phone unit.

"There's really an opportunity to bring fresh perspective to the PC world," he said, adding that Nokia would introduce extended battery life and continuous connectivity.

Nokia has produced PCs before, but divested the unit in 1991 when it started to focus on the mobile phone industry.

But Nokia's first netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will use Microsoft's Windows software and Intel's Atom processor to offer up to 12 hours of battery life while weighing 1.25 kilograms. Netbooks are low-cost laptops optimised for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions. Pioneered by Asustek with the hit Eee PC in 2007, netbooks have since been rolled out by other brands such as HP and Dell.

"The question is: How will Nokia differentiate? This is already a crowded market. If they manage to differentiate it's going to give them competitive advantage," said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.

Cut-throat segment

Research firm IDC expects netbook shipments this year to grow more than 127 percent from 2008 to over 26 million units, outperforming the overall PC market that is expected to remain flat and a phone market which is shrinking some 10 percent.

"Nokia will be hoping that its brand and knowledge of cellular channels will play to its strengths as it addresses this crowded, cut-throat segment," said Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.

"At present we see Nokia's foray into the netbook market as a niche exercise in the context of its broader business."

Nokia's choice of Windows software surprised some analysts who had expected the company to use Linux in its first laptop.

Analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics said the technology choices were a good win for the US companies.

"We believe ARM and Symbian are among the main losers from the Nokia Booklet announcement," he said.

Shares in ARM were 0.2 percent lower at 1400 GMT, underperforming slightly firmer DJ Stoxx European technology shares index. Shares in Nokia were 1.6 percent stronger at 8.91 euros, while Microsoft was 0.6 percent firmer.

Nokia said it would unveil detailed specifications, market availability and pricing of its new device on Sept 2.

A source close to Nokia said the new netbook would use the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft says a stripped-down version of Windows 7 will be introduced to netbooks the same time as its general release on October 22.

Local media reports in Taiwan have said that Compal, the world's No. 2 contract laptop PC maker, has pitched netbook models to Nokia, but there has been no official confirmation from either side.

Nokia declined to comment on the manufacturer it uses.

Most of the world's top electronics brands typically do their own design work, but outsource the manufacturing process to contract manufacturers such as Compal and its larger rival Quanta.
Nokia has announced it will start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market with a netbook running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Nokia had said earlier this year it was considering entering the laptop industry, crossing the border between two converging industries in the opposite direction to Apple, which entered the phone industry in 2007 with the iPhone.
Nokia has seen its profit margins drop over the last quarters as handset demand has slumped, and analysts have worried that entering the PC industry, where margins are traditionally razor-thin, could hurt Nokia's profits further.

"We are fully aware what has the margin level been in the PC world. We have gone into this with our eyes wide open," said Kai Oistamo, the head of Nokia's phone unit.

"There's really an opportunity to bring fresh perspective to the PC world," he said, adding that Nokia would introduce extended battery life and continuous connectivity.

Nokia has produced PCs before, but divested the unit in 1991 when it started to focus on the mobile phone industry.

But Nokia's first netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will use Microsoft's Windows software and Intel's Atom processor to offer up to 12 hours of battery life while weighing 1.25 kilograms. Netbooks are low-cost laptops optimised for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions. Pioneered by Asustek with the hit Eee PC in 2007, netbooks have since been rolled out by other brands such as HP and Dell.

"The question is: How will Nokia differentiate? This is already a crowded market. If they manage to differentiate it's going to give them competitive advantage," said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.

Cut-throat segment

Research firm IDC expects netbook shipments this year to grow more than 127 percent from 2008 to over 26 million units, outperforming the overall PC market that is expected to remain flat and a phone market which is shrinking some 10 percent.

"Nokia will be hoping that its brand and knowledge of cellular channels will play to its strengths as it addresses this crowded, cut-throat segment," said Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.

"At present we see Nokia's foray into the netbook market as a niche exercise in the context of its broader business."

Nokia's choice of Windows software surprised some analysts who had expected the company to use Linux in its first laptop.

Analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics said the technology choices were a good win for the US companies.

"We believe ARM and Symbian are among the main losers from the Nokia Booklet announcement," he said.

Shares in ARM were 0.2 percent lower at 1400 GMT, underperforming slightly firmer DJ Stoxx European technology shares index. Shares in Nokia were 1.6 percent stronger at 8.91 euros, while Microsoft was 0.6 percent firmer.

Nokia said it would unveil detailed specifications, market availability and pricing of its new device on Sept 2.

A source close to Nokia said the new netbook would use the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft says a stripped-down version of Windows 7 will be introduced to netbooks the same time as its general release on October 22.

Local media reports in Taiwan have said that Compal, the world's No. 2 contract laptop PC maker, has pitched netbook models to Nokia, but there has been no official confirmation from either side.

Nokia declined to comment on the manufacturer it uses.

Most of the world's top electronics brands typically do their own design work, but outsource the manufacturing process to contract manufacturers such as Compal and its larger rival Quanta.

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LCD Monitor » VW266H

Personal Entertainment on Desk

Model VW266H
Recommended Retail Price AUD$619.00
Design Personal Entertainment on Desk
Specifications "Panel Size: 25.5“ Wide Screen
True Resolution: 1920X1200
Response Time: 2 ms (Gray-to-Gray)
Contrast Ratio (Max.): 20000 :1 (ASCR)
Stereo Speakers 3Wx2 stereo RMS
SPLENDID Video Intelligence Technology
SPLENDID Video Preset Modes (5 modes)
HDCP support
PC Input: DVI-D/D-Sub
PC Audio Input: 3.5mm Mini-jack
Video Input: Component(YPbPr)/HDMI
AV Audio Input: HDMI
Audio Output: SPDIF
Earphone jack: 3.5mm Mini-jack
Security 3 Years Warranty
Extra Full HD 1080p for High-resolution Digital Content Display
Multimedia Enjoyment Supported by Rich Video and PC Inputs
Advanced Video Technologies for Exceptional Visuals
Stylish and User-friendly Design for Modern Sophistication

Full HD 1080p Visual Excellence with Multimedia Enjoyment

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The UL50V notebook

The UL50V notebook is designed for all-day computing with up to 12 hours battery life and is crafted from satin-brushed aluminium to an ultra-light 2.3 Kg,

Model UL50VT
Recommended Retail Price AUD$1299.00
Design Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology - ultra-low-voltage Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor SU7300
Specifications Switchable Nvidia GeForce G210M with 512MB DDR3 VRAM
Platform Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit Edition / Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition
Screen 15.6" LED Backlit with DVD-RW
Hard drive 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD

The UL50V notebook is designed for all-day computing with up to 12 hours battery life and is crafted from satin-brushed aluminium to an ultra-light 2.3 Kg, under 1 inch thick. Features multi-gesture touchpad, Card Reader, Bluetooth, Wireless & HDMI

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Dell AX4-5

Simple, Scalable and Affordable

The Dell AX4-5 arrays combine low cost, easy to use features with the scalability and functionality of advanced storage arrays. Dual controller models offer the excellent availability and performance that business-critical applications require. The AX4-5 can support up to four expansion enclosures spanning up to 60 hard drives. With the ability to provide consolidated storage for up to 64 hosts, the AX4-5 can provide the headroom that will keep up with your data and application growth. With both 1Gb/s iSCSI and 4Gb/s Fibre Channel models, the AX4-5 enables organisations to choose a network interconnect that is right for their environment and needs.

New Software Capabilities
•RAID 6 support offers an extra layer of data protection for customers who want to further reduce the risk of losing data based on multiple drive faults.
•Extended SAS drive support through elimination of the Expansion pack requirement for SAS drive support for configurations with up to 12 drives.
•Enhanced integration with VMware solutions through added capabilities for a operating system on a VMware Virtual Machine, including: Console-less VMware, Navisphere host Agent (Windows only), and Navisphere Server Utility (Windows only).

Tiered Storage Options to Match Your Needs

The AX4-5 supports the simple, yet powerful concept of tiered storage by having the option to easily mix SAS drives geared for performance, as required by I/O-intensive applications, with SATA drives that deliver cost-effective capacity for backup and archiving. Also, users can migrate data between different classes of drives and RAID types, dynamically and seamlessly, helping to avoid application disruption.

Storage Capacity
Up to 27TB of raw storage capacity with SAS drives or 120TB with SATA II drives

Scalability
Support for up to 64 highly available servers attached to a single AX4-5 array in either a Fibre Channel or an iSCSI SAN
Directly connect up to 4 servers via Fibre Channel (AX4-5F) or iSCSI (AX4-5I)
Four front-end 4 Gbps Fibre Channel optical (AX4-5F) or Gigabit Ethernet copper (AX4-5I) ports per array. With the use of PowerPath® failover and load balancing software for multipath I/O, users can operate all four ports simultaneously

Cache
Up to 2GB of cache (1GB per storage processor)
UPS-backed mirrored cache for the dual storage processor system
Cache-destaging to disk

RAID Levels
RAID 3, 5, 6 and 1/0

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Supported Servers
All dual and quad socket Dell PowerEdgeTM servers
Variety of Compaq® , HP® , IBM® and SUN® servers as validated by EMC

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The Nokia N900

Introducing the Nokia N900
It's more than a mobile phone - it's a mobile computer.

The Nokia N900 is the next step in the evolution of the mobile phone. Packed with all the latest features and running the advanced Maemo operating system, this innovative high-performance device redefines the mobile phone into a true mobile computer.

The Nokia N900's powerful hardware and cutting-edge technology is packed into a sleek, compact design. The sharp 3.5 inch display is touch-sensitive and runs at a PC-grade 800 x 480 resolution. Tap the screen or slide it up to reveal a 3-row QWERTY keypad – you can use the Nokia N900 your way.

The Nokia N900 also comes with a 5.0 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera lens, with a software activating sliding lens cover and a bright LED flash. In addition it has a kick-stand that can act as a tripod or make it easier to watch videos.

Web browsing is also second to none on the Nokia N900. The powerful Maemo Browser has a fast Mozilla engine and gives you full access to rich interactive content, allowing you full-screen web browsing with Adobe Flash video and animation support. It's just like a browser on your home computer!

Multitasking is made easy with the live dashboard and panorama desktop. Create a desktop for your friends, one for your music and videos, and another dedicated to the web. It's really up to you. The live dashboard also lets you keep an eye on all your apps, conversations, missed calls and new messages – allowing you to run everything at once and jump instantly from one task to another.

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HP EliteBook 8740w

HP EliteBook 8740w: Rugged, Powerful, and Sleek


The HP EliteBook 8740w is a highly configurable, business-rugged desktop replacement laptop that actually looks pretty cool. You can have it configured with a Core i5 or i7 processor, up to 32GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM, over 1TB of hard-drive space (or up to 256GB of solid-state drive space), and HP's "DreamColor" screen. Naturally, such a loaded model will set you back considerably (here's a hint--the DreamColor screen alone will cost about $600), but it's nice to have the options. For those of us who aren't flush with cash, however, the prebuilt EliteBooks still offer a lot of power in an attractive package.

The EliteBook 8740w starts at a somewhat hefty $1999. Our review model, about $3000 (as of October 1, 2010), had a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 520M processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive (running at 7200 rpm), and Windows 7 Professional (64-bit). It also featured a 2-megapixel built-in Webcam, an nVidia Quadro FX 3800M graphics card with 1GB of dedicated video memory, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, and a DVD±RW drive.

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Acer Aspire 5741G-6983

Acer Aspire 5741G-6983: Closet Gaming machine
The Acer Aspire 5741G-6983 is a tweener in the best sense the word: It fits right between a great mainstream unit and a powerful gaming laptop. It has good input ergonomics, a nice 15.6-inch, 1366-by-768-pixel display, great everyday performance, and elegant styling. Throw in an AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5470 (with 512MB of dedicated memory) for smooth video and decent gaming frame rates, and you have a laptop that can handle almost anything.

At the heart of the 5741G-6983--one of the beefier 5741 configurations--is an Intel Core i5 430M running at 2.27GHz and the aforementioned AMD GPU. To feed the CPU, Acer provides 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 500GB hard drive. A Blu-ray drive/DVD burner is part of the package as well.

Ports consist of three USB, HDMI, ethernet, VGA, audio in/out, and a five-in-one memory card reader. The ethernet port sits about two-thirds of the way forward on the left side of the unit--not a particularly convenient location. Connectivity is top-notch with both gigabit and wireless 802.11b/g/n on board.

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Universal serial bus (USB) flash drive - Great new technology for storage

A USB flash drive consists of a flash memory data storage device integrated with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.1 or 2.0 interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g (1 oz).Storage capacities in 2010 can be as large as 256 GB with steady improvements in size and price per capacity expected. Some allow 1 million write or erase cycles and have a 10-year data retention cycle.
USB flash drives are often used for the same purposes as floppy disks were. They are smaller, faster, have thousands of times more capacity, and are more durable and reliable because of their lack of moving parts. Until approximately 2005, most desktop and laptop computers were supplied with floppy disk drives, but most recent equipment has abandoned floppy disk drives in favor of USB ports.
Flash drives use the USB mass storage standard, supported natively by modern operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix-like systems. USB drives with USB 2.0 support can store more data and transfer faster than a much larger optical disc drive and can be read by many other systems such as the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DVD players and in some upcoming mobile smartphones.
Nothing moves mechanically in a flash drive; the term drive persists because computers read and write flash-drive data using the same system commands as for a mechanical disk drive, with the storage appearing to the computer operating system and user interface as just another drive. Flash drives are very robust mechanically.
A flash drive consists of a small printed circuit board carrying the circuit elements and a USB connector, insulated electrically and protected inside a plastic, metal, or rubberized case which can be carried in a pocket or on a key chain, for example. The USB connector may be protected by a removable cap or by retracting into the body of the drive, although it is not likely to be damaged if unprotected. Most flash drives use a standard type-A USB connection allowing plugging into a port on a personal computer, but drives for other interfaces also exist.
Most USB flash drives draw their power from the USB connection, and do not require a battery. Should not be confused with some look alike music player devices that combine the functionality of a digital audio player with flash-drive-type storage and require a battery for the player function.

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The foreign exchange market (forex, FX, or currency market) is a worldwide decentralized over-the-counter financial market for the trading of currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends. The foreign exchange market determines the relative values of different currencies.^[1]

The primary purpose of the foreign exchange market is to assist international trade and investment, by allowing businesses to convert one currency to another currency. For example, it permits a US business to import British goods and pay Pound Sterling, even though the business's income is in US dollars. It also supports speculation, and facilitates the carry trade, in which investors borrow low-yielding currencies and lend (invest in) high-yielding currencies, and which (it has been claimed) may lead to loss of competitiveness in some countries.^[2]

In a typical foreign exchange transaction a party purchases a quantity of one currency by paying a quantity of another currency. The modern foreign exchange market started forming during the 1970s when countries gradually switched to floating exchange rates from the previous exchange rate regime, which remained fixed as per the Bretton Woods system.

The foreign exchange market is unique because of its

• huge trading volume, leading to high liquidity
• geographical dispersion
• continuous operation: 24 hours a day except weekends, i.e. trading from 20:15 GMT on Sunday until 22:00 GMT Friday
• the variety of factors that affect exchange rates
• the low margins of relative profit compared with other markets of fixed income
• the use of leverage to enhance profit margins with respect to account size

As such, it has been referred to as the market closest to the ideal of perfect competition, notwithstanding market manipulation by central banks.According to the Bank for International Settlements, average daily turnover in global foreign exchange markets is estimated at $3.98 trillion, as of April 2010 a growth of approximately 20% over the $3.21 trillion daily volume as of April 2007.

The $3.21 trillion break-down is as follows:

• $1.005 trillion in spot transactions
• $362 billion in outright forwards
• $1.714 trillion in foreign exchange swaps
• $129 billion estimated gaps in reporting
• So it is a great technology and an easy marketing or trading and is a great facility.

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The new 802.11n wireless technology standard introduced – wireless, 802.11n, wireless LAN – Network Communication industry HC

The new 802.11n wireless technology standard introduced – wireless, 802.11n, wireless LAN – Network Communication industry HC

802.11n context  Various wireless LAN technologies in today’s cutting the Warring States Period, WLAN, Bluetooth , HomeRF, UWB and other competing bloom, but the IEEE802.11 family of WLAN is the most widely used. Since 1997, IEEE802.11 standard has been implemented, there have 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11e, 802.11f, 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11j other standards or brewing, but WLAN is still facing “four noes One does not “question, namely, insufficient bandwidth, roaming inconvenient, network management is not strong, the system safe and no killer applications. Like today’s VoIP application as a new area of VoWLAN, although the industry as a WLAN is the most promising killer application, but because of the four “no”, it is difficult to further develop.

Order to achieve high bandwidth, high quality WLAN service to the wireless LAN to Ethernet performance levels, 802.11n emerged.

500Mbps wonderful prospects In transfer rate, 802.11n WLAN transmission rate can be from the current 54Mbps 802.11a and 802.11g provides up to 108Mbps, and even as high as 500Mbps. Thanks to the MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) and OF DM (Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) technology combines the application of MIMOOFDM technology, this technology not only improves the quality of wireless transmission, but also to greatly enhance the transfer rate.

Prospects: 802.11n WLAN transmission rate would reach the current transmission rate of 10 times, and can support high-quality voice, video transmission, which means that people can Offices Used Wi-Fi Mobile To make IP telephony and video telephony.

In the coverage area, 802.11n uses smart antenna technology, through multiple independent antenna of the antenna array can dynamically adjust the beam to ensure that WLAN users to receive a stable signal, and can reduce the interference of other signals . Therefore, its coverage can be extended to several square kilometers, making WLAN Mobile Of greatly enhanced.

Prospects: This makes use Notebook Computer , And PDA can be a greater range of movement, allowing WLAN signal coverage to the office, hotel and family anywhere, let us truly experience the mobile office and mobile life of convenience and pleasure.

In compatibility, 802.11n uses a software radio technology, it is a fully programmable hardware platform, making the base stations of different systems and terminals are available through the platform to achieve interoperability of different software and compatible, which makes WLAN compatibility have been greatly improved. This means that not only can achieve 802.11n WLAN will later forward compatible, but also realize the WLAN and wireless wide area network integration, such as 3G.

Standard two camps in the war

Pity is, 802.11n is in a “standard lag, product premature” embarrassing situations. 802.11n IEEE standard has not been a formal approval, but manufacturers have been using MIMOOFDM technology many Package Include Airgo, Bermai, Broadcom and Agere Systems, Atheros, Cisco , Intel And so on, products include wireless LAN, Wireless Router And so on, and has large number of PC , Notebook computer applications.

Leading technical camp 802.11n standard has two, namely WWiSE (World Wide SpectrumEfficiency) Union and TGnSync Union. Both camps hope the next generation wireless LAN standard is a priority dispute, but the two camps has become increasingly similar to the technical architecture, for example, are based on the MIMOOFDM technology, but also in the Aug. 2 news that they have decided to let go, common to the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11n wireless technology submitted version.

In this fierce Competition , We do not see China’s shadow, so we have to feel some regret. This is the core technology we do not have consequences. Standards war is ultimately a dispute over interests of Chinese enterprises in the WLAN core technology is difficult to achieve significant benefits, it is worth pondering.

Editorial 802.11n WLAN certainly able to bring real killer application, think about Office We can no longer use the phone, not using a desktop phone, but the use of Wi-Fi phone, you can make notebook computers without interrupting the network connection in each office, meeting room mobile office. In the family, and we can enjoy a variety of broadband wireless applications, from IPTV To the videophone can be achieved through the WLAN, more importantly, a variety of smart home appliances can be achieved through the WLAN connection can be connected with the communication system to achieve more intelligent control.

802.11n lighthouse as fog, has been getting closer and closer to us.

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Genetic engineering

Methods have been developed to purify DNA from organisms, such as phenol-chloroform extraction and manipulate it in the laboratory, such as restriction digests and the polymerase chain reaction. Modern biology and biochemistry make intensive use of these techniques in recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant DNA is a man-made DNA sequence that has been assembled from other DNA sequences. They can be transformed into organisms in the form of plasmids or in the appropriate format, by using a viral vector.The genetically modified organisms produced can be used to produce products such as recombinant proteins, used in medical research, or be grown in agriculture.
As our thinking it is a great technology and is also a great facility for human being.

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Bluetooth

The seemingly endless entanglement of data wires connecting today's electronic devices has become slightly less jumbled with introduction of Bluetooth technology and the creation of wireless data link.Thiis article develops into the implementation snd architure of bluetooth .It also describes the functional overview and applications of bluetooth.It gives significant advantages of bluetooth over other data transfer technologies such as IrDA and Home RF .It illustrates how a connection is made in bluetooth two environments.It also explains link security by Data Encrypotion.Finally it narrates how bluetooth will bring a new level of connectivity and convience when operating electonic devices.hese details in the article establish growing need for Bluetooth technology.Bluetooth is a method for data communication that uses short-range radio links to replace cables between computers and their connected units.Bluetooth is frequency raio technology utilizing the unlicensed 2.5GHz industrial,scientific and medical.Bluetooth was invented by L M Ericson of Sweden in 1994. The standard is named after Harald Blaatand.Bluetooth king of Denmark
Bluetooth attempts to provide significant advantages over data transfer technologies such as IrDA and home RF .IrDA is already popular inPC to pheripherals,but severly limited by short connection distance of 1m and the line of sight requirement for communication Du to its RF nature of bluetooth is not subjected such limitations.Linking of bluetooth device to another to another involves a series of inquiry and paging procedures.the inquiry process details the following steps.
*The bluetooth sends out an inquiry access code packet(inquiry packet)to search and to locate these devices.
*The existing Bluetooth devices already wihtin the area will accasionally enter an inquiry scan state of their own to troll for any inquiring devices
*When a device in the inquiry scan state receives an inquiry packet it will respond with a frequency hop synchronisation(FHS) packet i sent to the inquiry device.
Once inquiry is completed ,the paging progress follows:
*The inquiry Bluetooth device now wants to establish a connection with another bluetooth device.
*To successsfully locate and page target Bluetooth device,the paging device estimates the hop frequency and clock of the target Bluetooth device using the FHS packet received during inquiry.
*The page device pages the target device with target's device access code (DAC)thinks the target device is receiving and continues to do so until a connection is made
ADVANTAGES AND APPLICATIONS OF BLUETOOTH
Bluetooth can handle data and voice simulttaneosly.It is capable of supporting computers and their connected units >bluetooth is an open standard for wireless connectivity with supporters mostly from the PC and the cell phone industries.Its primary market is for data and voice transfer between communication devices and PC's .It is capable of supporting one asynchrous data channel and up to three synchrous voice channels,or one channel for both voice and data.Bluetooth finds in PC and peripherical networking,data synchronisationfor address books and calenders,home networking such as entertaining devices.This capability combined with adhoc device connection and automatic service discovery makes it a superoir solution for devices and Internet applications

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Web camera (Webcam)

A Webcam is video capture device connected to a computer or laptop or notebook .It is mainly used in ethernet services or Wi-Fi and also using a USB port.The basic features such as photo capture and video recording,Dell webcam center has a Motion Detection feature that alows us to record live video or any thing which occurs infront of the webcam,also Remote Monitiring will let you take a photo or record video at a specific time frames and it saves it in to computer or in a website very useful to parents to watch students when they stay in Foregein countries or at longer distances by viewing through webcam is possible by using Internet facility.
*To take advantage of these resolutions we will need a computer with USB 2.0 connection capabilities
*At lower resolutions,the NX-6000 performed very well .The images are clear and its easy to adjust various colour increment or decrment,zoom in or zoom out,sharpness
*The most popular use is for videotelephony,permitting a computer to acts as a videophone.It is used in messengers whie chatting we can see them live it is applicable in most of messengers of Yahoo ,live messenger and skype services.
Webcams aer known for low manufacturing costs and flexiblity making them the lowest cost form of videotelephony.The USB video device class (UVC) specification allows for interconnectivity of webcams to computers even without propritary drivers installed.Microsoft Windows XP,LINUX and MAC OSX have USB video device class rivers built in and do not require extra drivers, although they are often installed in capable of supporting additional features.It supports JPG,WMV,BMP and AVI file formats

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