Casio, together with mobile operator Verizon provided a secure mobile phone G'zOne Brigade with the function Push To Talk.
The device is made in the clamshell form factor, has a QWERTY-keyboard and meets military standards of strength MIL-STD-810F. The phone also provides protection from water, temperature, solar radiation, vibration, etc. In addition, knowledge of the 3.2 megapixel camera and support networks of 3G.
Casio G'zOne Brigade will be on sale in the U.S. soon.
Gradually, the "output window" of Star Trek Online unfolds. Time scheduled for the end of 2009, the upcoming massively multiplayer Cryptic Studios was first delayed until next year before that, last October 20, developers can specify a first difference.
It was then a question came in the first quarter, but by the middle of Eurogamer, we now set. Having noticed that some dealers had given a firm date, our colleagues have actually contacted Atari / Cryptic and obtained confirmation awaited by fans of the universe imagined by Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek Online will hit shelves February 2 next America North and three days later in Europe.
An output that although only the PC version of the massively multiplayer ... We remain unaccounted hypothetical console versions which, to be honest, we do much more.
According to sources at DigiTimes, AMD is planning to announce two new platforms for desktop computers in May next year. These two platforms apparently will be called Leo and Dorado, the second will be for high-performance computers and the second for home computing.
It is expected that this platform comprised Leo processors current 45nm Phenom II, the new desktop processors six nuclei Thuban, a 890FX or 890GX northbridge and an SB850 southbridge. The Tech Report notes that it is likely that the chipset 890GX and come with integrated graphics.
Gold in exchange platform is a processor Athlon II northbridge 880g (probably also with graphic chip), and the SB810 southbridge. It is said that DirectX 11 graphics cards the Radeon HD 5000 series will be part of both platforms.
As expected AMD prefers not to comment on these products and their plans for the future.
Logos Bible Software has released a free iPhone app designed to help people get more into Bible study than ever before. Unlike most Bible related iPhone apps, which are merely Bible readers, the Logos Bible Software iPhone app delivers tools and resources to help you study the Bible with your iPhone or iPod Touch in ways never before implemented on a mobile device.
“When we set out to develop our iPhone app, we wanted to replicate the functionality of our desktop software,” said Bob Pritchett, President of Logos Bible Software. “Not only did we do it, but we are now able to reach our greater goal of getting more people into the study of God’s Word by giving this app away for free.”
Currently the Logos Bible Software iPhone app is a free download that can access 30 of the Bibles available at Logos’ Online Bible with no registration at all. If a user would like to access even more titles, they may register for an account and get access to an additional 30+ titles from devotionals, to commentaries, to original biblical languageresources including:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Systematic Theology (Strong)
New Nave’s Topical Bible
Morning and Evening
Strong’s Concise Dictionary of the Words of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Testament
Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament
And many more…
If you have the newest version of Logos Bible Software’s desktop application, Logos 4, then you will also have access to many of the books from your Logos base package. Currently more than 2,000 titles can be viewed on theLogos Bible Software iPhone app and more will be added regularly until more than 10,000 titles are available on the iPhone.
The Logos Bible Software iPhone app is designed to help you do more than just read the Bible. Dig deeper into the Scripture with the Passage Guide. Enter a verse and click “go” to receive a report linking directly to commentaries referencing your verse. The Passage Guide also provides a cross reference list, mediaresources, topics, and interesting words. All linked to resources in your library.
A second way to get deeper into Bible study is through a Bible Word Study. Tap and hold any word in a Bible with a reverse interlinear and a pop-up will display the English word along with all the original language information. From this pop-up, click Bible Word Study to see the definition, pronunciation, translations, and example uses of the various translations.
Finally, complete your Bible study by comparing verse across various translations with the Text Comparison tool. Open a verse in Text Comparison and see exactly where each translation differs. No other Bible app for theiPhone provides the depth of tools for Bible study that the free Logos Bible Software app provides.
Google News is making it even easier to follow the latest stories on whatever subjects interest you. We are happy to announce our Custom sections directory, which gives users of some of our English-language editions the expanded ability to create comprehensive sections to put on their Google News home page or share with other users.
One of the great things about online news is the ability to filter by topics. Google News has long recognized this so we've allowed users to track articles based on keywords of their choice. But it has been a little tricky at times. For example, to follow news about topics related to outer space, you would have to create a pretty complex filter.
Now, if you're using Google News and can't find the perfect section, just create your own! You can do that by adding the relevant keywords. Then, if you are happy with the resulting section, you can publish it to a directory so others can benefit.
Once you are done, you can either publish your custom section for the world to see or just keep it for yourself. Go on, customize and share some news.
You can check out the Google help center for more information on how to subscribe to custom sections or create them.
A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.
With Droid, which will work on the Verizon telecom network, Motorola is taking on mobile devide powerhouses such as Apple, Nokia and Research in Motion (RIM).
"People are gravitating to Android phones because they are different and trendy. Droid may be the new 'in' phone," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.
Taiwan-based HTC brought the first Android phone to market late last year.
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt recently proclaimed that the smart phone market was on the cusp of an "explosion" of Android devices.
Market tracking firm Gartner agrees, predicting that there will be at least 40 models of Android phones within a year, and that they will be the second place mobile platform by the end of 2012.
Reports surfaced on Thursday that Verizon is poised to add an HTC Android phone to its stable.
"In a few years Android will be the second most popular smart phone running neck-and-neck with Apple," Gartner analyst Van Baker told AFP on Thursday.
Apple iPhones have become coveted devices since they were introduced in early 2007.
Verizon and Motorola have managed to create a marketplace buzz with mysterious video featuring fighter jets releasing metal pods that slam like meteorites into forest, sea, and prairie.
The pods crack open to give glimpses of Droid devices, then end with a cowboy uttering "What in the world is that?" and a message that proclaims Friday the "drop date."
Verizon poked at Apple with 'iDon't' advertising highlighting things iPhones lacks, and US newspapers on Thursday sported full-page ads heralding the Droid's arrival.
Droid devices are likely to pose more of a threat to Blackberry smart phones made by Canada-based RIM than they are to iPhones, according to analysts.
"It's not an iPhone killer," Gartner vice president of mobile computing Ken Dulaney said of Droid.
"This is really about changing the mix at Verizon. It will be some attack on RIM."
Blackberry devices dominate the Verizon network, and the Droid offering will give subscribers a tempting alternative to RIM devices.
Meanwhile, iPhones in the United States are serviced exclusively by telecom colossus AT&T, which has no Android smart phones on its network.
"Droid is not going to draw anyone away from AT&T to Verizon," Dulaney said. "It will keep people at Verizon from going to AT&T and keep some people from going to Blackberry."
US smart phone users get discounted prices on handsets in exchange for signing multi-year service contracts with carriers.
Breaking contracts typically results in hefty fees, a fact likely to discourage people from switching to Verizon just to have Droid phones, according to analysts.
"RIM is likely to get hurt in Verizon and lose a lot of business," Baker said, suggesting subscribers will be lured to Droid handsets while not having to change carriers.
Droid is built with a slide-out keyboards, which appeal to smart phone users prone to typing as is the case with Blackberry devotees, said Dulaney.
RIM is rising to the challenge with the release later this month of a Bold 9700 smart phone.
"The Bold 9700 is outstanding," Dulaney said. "For those that like keyboards it is top-of-the-class."
Blackberry devices appeal to a "different class of user" that likes typing and demands a secure network for taking care of business or other sensitive matters, according to the analyst.
"(US President Barack) Obama is not going to be using iPhone," Dulaney said. "There isn't security in iPhone and Android is a little weaker with support."
Microsoft may end up a victim of Android's success, with the Google software supplanting the Redmond, Washington technology giant's mobile operating system as an industry standard.
"Android is taking the place of what Microsoft wanted to be, the licensed operating system for smart phones," Dulaney said.
TATA DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, has introduced an exciting offer for its prepaid customers both new and existing, under which, a customer will receive full talk time on each recharge of Rs.100 and above. There will be no service tax or processing fee deducted from the recharge value.
The TATA DOCOMO customer have full freedom to use this talktime towards any calls to any time any network – be it Local, STD and ISD.What’s more, fulltalk time can also be used for any VAS services and SMS services.
Mr. Gurinder Singh Sandhu, Senior Vice-President, GSM Marketing, Tata Teleservices stated that ”We are happy to pay back our prepaid subscribers for all the support, affection and confidence shown inTata DOCOMO. This is our way of thanking our customers for making us the fastest growing telecom brand in the country.
This offer gives opportunity and liberates TATA DoCoMo subscribers from any complex offer packs.They have full freedom to use this talktime towards any calls to any network – be it local, STD or ISD. We are glad that with each offering, we are able to DO THE NEW that works in the interest our subscribers.”
Toshiba introduced a new line up of 1.8-inch HDDs with a maximum capacity of 320GB, the highest yet announced by the industry, targeted at thin and light mobile PCs and portable external hard disk drives.
The new series delivers three models in 160GB, 250GB and 320GB capacities, and will start mass production from December.
Improvement of the dual platter MK3233GSG family's perpendicular magnetic recording head and the disk's magnetic layer secure an areal density of 801Mbit/mm2 (516Gbpsi), the industry's highest for 1.8-inch HDDs. The new drives deliver highly efficient power consumption, high-level durability and quiet seek operation.
Equipped with a serial ATA interface (3.0Gbps), 5,400 RPM rotational speed and a large capacity 16MB buffer memory, Toshiba's MK3233GSG HDDs are ideal for notebook PC applications that require high storage capacity and high speed processing. The areal density improvement allows MK3233GSG to boost internal data transfer rates by 15% from the MK2529GSG, the company's earlier 250GB 1.8-inch HDD.
Capable of withstanding the demands of mobility, the drives tolerate up to 1,500Gs of non-operational shock and 500Gs of operational shock making the 1.8-inch form factor 50 and 25 per cent more durable than the most robust 2.5-inch HDDs.
The latest range of 1.8-inch drives launched today also includes the dual platter 250GB MK2533GSG and the single platter 160GB MK1633GSG. Toshiba also today announced the immediate availability of 120GB 1.8-inch MK1235GSL HDD. This low 5-millimeter profile drive operates at 4,200rpm and boasts ultra-low power consumption.
The new 250 and 320GB drives, the MK 2533GSG and MK3233GSG, cut acoustic noise during seek to 19dB, a 4dB decrease from the MK2529GSG, the top-end drive in Toshiba's previous generation of 5,400RPM 1.8-inch HDD.
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) today announced the SH-S243N 24x DVD burner and the SH-B083A/L Blu-ray disc combo drives, both compatible with the new Windows 7 operating system.
The SH-S243N Super-WriteMaster DVD burner was released last week in S. Korea, while the SH-B083A/L will ship today in overseas markets.
Basic specifications of the new SH-S243N DVD burner include 24x burning for DVD±R, 16x for DVD+R DL, 12x for DVD-R DL, 12X for DVD-RAM, 8x for DVD+RW 8 and 6x for DVD-RW. The drive also features a quiet operation, low power consumption as well as a low heat design.
The new SH-B083L (Lighscribe) and the SH-B083A Blu-ray combo products for Windows 7 systems support 8x reproduction of Blu-ray Discs, as well as CD/DVD reading/writing. Optimized for media center PCs, the drive features an elegant and luxurius design with a blue LED button on its front panel, matching the look and feel of high-end AV devices.
The drive uses a dual-lens laser diode and a precision spindle motor control system for accurate reading of BD/DVD/CD discs. The drive also writes on DVDs at 16x and on CDs at 40x. Its price will be around €100.
Samsung developed an 8-chip technology with a thickness of just 0.6mm, the world's thicknes multi-die package according to the company.
Multichip refers to the product that piles up single semiconductors to increase memory capacity and this is the first time to implement less than 1mm in thickness.
The new technology was applied to 32GB nand flash multi chip. The new 0.6mm-thick package, which consists of eight identical dies, uses 30nm-class, 32Gb NAND Flash chips, each measuring just 15?m, to deliver a 32GB NAND solution.
Existing nand flash multi chip package implemented only 1mm by processing wafer to 60?m. If process the thickness of wafer to below 30?m, it will be hard to maintain strength of chip and secure yield rate because gap between multi chips will become too narrow.
Samsung succeeded in overcoming technical limit to process wafer to 15?m. By securing processing technology, it will be able to pile more chips to increase capacity. This means that consumers can see thinner SSD and memory cards, for example.
Samsung claims that the 8 layer multichip with 0.6mm is the most suitable solution in mobile devices market. The new packaging technology is claimed to deliver a 40% thinner and lighter memory solutions for high-density multimedia handsets and other mobile devices.
In addition, the package technology can be adapted to other existing MCPs, configured as system in packages (SiP), or package on packages (PoP).
Nero announced today that Nero 9 Lite, a free entry point to the Nero 9 "Reloaded" suite, offering disc copying and data disc burning functionality, is now available to consumers as a download from www.nero.com.
This easy-to-use product offers the Nero StartSmart command center application providing simplified disc copying and data disc burning functionality for CDs and DVDs along with Windows 7 compatibility.
Nero 9 Lite (formerly Nero 9 - Free Version) is available for download now on the company?s Web site. Users interested in upgrading to Nero 9 Reloaded including Nero BackItUp & Burn will receive a special discount price. The upgrade to Nero 9 Reloaded enables features such as creating, editing, authoring, backing up, transcoding, and sharing music, photos, videos, and data files.
On the other side of the Atlantic, the world leader in microprocessors has recently become the subject of yet another legal process to its business practices regarded as unfair.
The Attorney General of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, said on Wednesday it had opened legal proceedings involving the California group Intel.
He said the world number one processor would not have played the competition in recent years, using unfair business practices. It evokes the payment of large bribes and kickbacks to various pressures very senior level to ensure that PC makers emphasize its processors.
The prosecutor did not refer to employees who have stupidly skidded face some greenbacks, but officials at Intel and the manufacturers, and intends to see the heads fall.
For its part, Intel denies these accusations, speaking of a procedure that will not benefit consumers or justice (but for injured competitors perhaps?). As manufacturers singled out, namely Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, they did not wish to speak on the subject.
The mobile operating system Moblin, specially designed for the Intel Atom is available in version 2.1. The grind is consistent with a greater number of machines with the support of a wider range of screen resolutions.
In addition to a new browser faster and able to handle different plugins and extensions, Moblin 2.1 is more compatible with 3G modems and loads a new manager for Ethernet, WiFi, WiMAX and 3G. In turn the Bluetooth has been improved and the machine can connect to different types of compatible devices (headsets, keyboards, mouse) and make transfers with a phone. Moblin Application Installer wizard to install applications, was directly integrated into the system. Via the latter it will be possible to find the software of choice through a catalog. Finally, note that the configuration of IM accounts was facilitated and that Moblin is currently working on various translations including French.
Recall that Moblin, unveiled in July 2007, is based on the Linux distribution Fedora.
Company Nokia introduced in Indonesia offers a line of five budget mobile phones: Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690.
In addition, in December, will start service Nokia Life Tools, which provides news, weather information, educational data, the agricultural character, etc.
Nokia 1280
Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616 and Nokia 1800 are endowed support for FM-radio, flashlight, the keyboard is protected from dust, working hours in standby mode up to 22 days.
Nokia 1616
Nokia 1800
Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 have a FM-radio, GPRS, Bluetooth, camera VGA, service Ovi Mail. In standby mode, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 are 20 and 13 days respectively.
Nokia 2220 slide
Nokia 2690
Price Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616 and Nokia 1800 is respectively € 20, € 24 and € 26. Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 are priced at € 45 and € 54. Sales the first device to appear in late 2009, the rest in early 2010.
