Hands-on: Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate

Hands-on: Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate:

After tens of millions of downloads of last year's beta, Microsoft has shipped the release candidate of Internet Explorer 9. The latest iteration of Microsoft's new browser boasts a few new features, a refined user interface, better performance, and improved standards compliance.

Perhaps as a testament to the success of its platform preview program and beta release, the changes are, for the most part, quite subtle. The platform previews have allowed Web developers to track the progress of the browser's core rendering engine, and to submit bugs and feedback to the company; thus, when the beta was released, there were few surprises in the browser's treatment of webpages.

The new user interface was the big surprise of the beta: taking a leaf from Chrome's book, Internet Explorer 9's user interface is a pared down, minimal affair, designed to be much less intrusive and to put the focus squarely on websites rather than the browser itself.

San Francisco’s MUNI Bus System has Video Game Equipped bus stops

Games while waiting for the Bus...

I’m sure that you have waited at a bus stops before, and most of us have had little to occupy our time while we wait.

Fortunately, if you live in San Francisco, that isn’t the case. Right now, many of the bus stops on the MUNI line are set up with touch-capable video screens that are designed for games like puzzles and trivia. This service for 20 stops in the Bay Area is sponsored by Yahoo.

Not only is this designed to keep the would-be passenger occupied, but these screens are actually linked to each other. That means that those who are waiting can play with others who are waiting.
By the way, the social networking aspect is actually an official competition rather than another way to kill time. You see, the player is allowed to enter in his or her neighborhood of choice, and if he or she wins, it is worth 100 points. On January 28th, the neighborhood with the most amount of points will attend an exclusive party with the band OK Go on February 5th.

Now here’s a good question: why aren’t all bus systems in all major cities as hooked up as this one is in San Francisco? Man, it is almost enough to make me want to ride the bus for a change.


Source
[http://www.ohgizmo.com]

Flood in Brisbane destroys retro game console collection

Noooooooo!

If you’re an avid collector of retro video game consoles you’ll probably feel the pain of this poor guy in Brisbane, Australia. Amidst the recent floods that have been happening in that part of the world, the latest one totally wrecked his lifelong collection of retro gaming controls. PC-Engines, old Segas, Nintendo Game & Watch handhelds, game cartridges – you name it, he probably had it (maybe even more than one) – were all gone with the flood. What was once an impressive collection of classic pieces of hardware is now a bunch of soaked, muddied, and worthless boxes. Such an unfortunate disaster that had to happen to him. Well, at least he’s safe and sound. Something tells me he won’t be starting another collection in the near future. I wonder if his consoles can be saved if they were cleaned and dried carefully?

Flood in Brisbane destroys retro game console collection, By Ubergizmo, 17 Jan 2011.

Sony Introduce its first 5” HDMI External Monitor for DSLR and Handycam

Proud owners of Sony’s gorgeous NEX-VG10 Camera and Other DSLR with fix LCD monitor rejoice! Sony announced the CLM-V55, an HDMI 5.5” WVGA Clip-On Monitor made to create the perfect shooting setup for any HDMI capable product and not only Sony’s one!

With such External HDMI Monitor it will be easier for you to not only shoot video and help you to get the best focus ever, but could also help many professional who works in Studio and like to shoot photos on a Tripod.
I happen to own an equivalent ...

Sony Launches Double Full HD 3D Camcorder : CES 2011

Sony has introduced yet another remarkable product at the event, in the form of the all new Sony HDR-TD10 3D Camcorder, that has been designed to capture video in double full HD. 


3D in Double Full HD, 3D viewing directly on 3.5" LCD—no need for 3D glasses, Full HD 2D playback from 3D recordings, 1920x1080 Full HD 60p/24p recording, 10x optical zoom in 3D



The HDR-TD10 has been given the advantage of dual lens system, where in Sony has put in two pieces of each of the required components, such as two Sony G lenses, two ‘Exmor R’ CMOS sensors and two ‘BIONZ’ image processors. The TD10 is capable of playing Full HD 3D videos on compatible 3D HDTVs and this incredible camcorder can even record dual full HD video streams at 1920 x 1080 resolution. For those consumers, who don’t own a 3D HDTV, Sony has made it easier for them, as the TD10 can easily playback 3D content in full HD 2D on conventional TVs and displays. The TD10 also some comes with some very impressive features, such as the likes of 10x optical zoom with Optical SteadyShot, iAUTO and Tracking Focus, and features 64GB of flash storage space.

The incredible Sony HDR-TD10 Camcorder will be available for purchase from the month of April this year and will be carrying a price tag of $1,500.

Lenovo Ice looks cool as a cucumber

Lenovo's new transparent Ice looks desktop...

Goldman Sachs Invest $50 Billion on Facebook along with Digital Sky Technologies...

Is Facebook worth that money?

Facebook has raised $500 Million from Goldman Sachs and an Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies in a deal valuing the social networking site at $50 Billion, the New York times reported citing people involved in the transaction.
This deal has made Facebook worth more than companies like Yahoo, eBay and Time Warner.

Representatives for Facebook, Goldman and Digital Sky Technologies all declined to comment.Facebook's competition with search giant Google has intensified more with this deal. Now why a financial giant like Goldman Sachs would invest so much in a social networking company is yet to be uncovered. But not for long. The pressure on Facebook will soon make them roll out their future plans..

Air Force Doles Out Cash to Microwave Computers

Fried Microwave Computers


Nice work if you can get it. BAE Systems just won $150,000 to bombard computers with high-powered electromagnetic radiations to see whether they’ll fritz out. The objective: learn how to fry the other guy’s electronics while protecting your own.

Yesterday, the Air Force announced that Europe’s biggest arms company will develop the first tests for its High Power Microwave Technological Electromagnetic Susceptibility with Laboratory Applications project. Basically, much as microwave jammers stop homemade bombs by interfering with the signals sent from their remote detonators, the Air Force wants to find out how much damage it can inflict on other systems, and how much damage its own systems can handle. Or, in its words, figure out “cost effective, innovative solutions for determining the susceptibility/vulnerability of U.S. and foreign systems to high power electromagnetic (EM) environments.”

Photo: Flickr / Pyroclastichawk

Source: Wired.com

Acer Iconic Dual Screen Laptop/Tablet Launched...takes on its tablet competitors head-on, with an "entire family" of tablets

Acer's Dual Screen Laptop/Tablet

Few minutes back Acer today launched their Iconic Dual Screen laptop/Tablet to take on its competitors Head-On in Acer's Global Press Conference (Going On Live)..

Dual Screen: Acer's iconic definitely seems to be strange and unique beast, the first of its kind. It consists of two 14 inch HD screens with a hinge which separates the screens. The screen can be spread out nearly flush on a table for use in presentations.

Both the screens can be used at the same time. You can open your facebook in one screen and have a live streaming video open in the other one. It can be of tremendous help for work purposes where you can have multiples charts open and compare them with their graphical trend.

The Virtual keyboard:

If you put both hands on top of the display, a virtual keyboard automatically appears, anticipating your needs. There are gesture controls, as well, for easy interaction with the system.
You can use the whenever you need to type something though typing can be stressful if used for a long time.

Configuration:

As per update from Techradar.com, it has the following specs-

OS-Windows 7
A Calpella i5 processor
Intel HD graphics
2x DDR3 memory (4GB and above)
A 4-cell battery.
Acer systems as usual continues to provide good battery backup.The laptop is expected to give a battery backup of around 3 hours which is pretty good for a dual screen laptop.

The Acer overlay has been called the Acer Ring – this is a place where you can easily access documents, bring up web pages and use the capacitive screens to resize pictures.

The Acer overlay has been called the Acer Ring – this is a place where you can easily access documents, bring up web pages and use the capacitive screens to resize pictures.To summon the Acer Ring, you have to put one palm on the screen. Both screens can work independently of each other and connectivity on the device comes in the form of three USB ports (one is USB 3.0), HDMI and there is also Wi-Fi and 3G support.


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Facebook launched their new email service called "Social Inbox"..with Microsoft Office Integration Features,Panicked Google plans new features with Lotus Notes..

Facebook's new email service called Social Inbox..goes after Google...

The much awaited Facebook email service has been finally launched. You can soon get an email address @facebook.com. Young facebook is clever enough and decides not to directly take on Google. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it is a single “social inbox” for every kind of communication that people use online or from their mobile phones, including email, SMS, instant messaging and Facebook chat messages. The CEO did not want to provoke its tough opponent Google by saying-

“This is not an email-killer. This is a messaging system that 
  includes email as one part of it.” The email here is nothing other then Gmail..

First Off if you want it ASAP, go ahead and apply to get an invitation from Facebook Messages page.

  Whats included in the Modern Messaging System of Facebook?

• According to facebook it is not Facebook mail or Facemail but a centralized application that you can use to send messages via different methods, be it an e-mail, or an SMS message.
•  The email service where you can have an email address @facebook.com will also be included but users will not have to register one, rather, they could use their existing e-mail addresses from other service providers such as Google’s gmail service.
• As facebook says messages are not emails, the service will not have a subject line unlike emails because most of the messages exchanged in facebook do have any subject line other than "Hi".
•  Users will also be able to view select Microsoft Office documents such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentation documents from their messages directly from the messaging application in Facebook.
•  Another important addition will be Micorosft Exchange Support will is expected to be launched in coming weeks.
  
  The new email feature has been a huge concern for Gmail lately. Google being a tough competitor is aggressively pursuing Lotus Notes customers by offering enhancements that include integration with GMail.
  
   The War of the Web Giants is definitely going to give us some great features. So go ahead and apply for an invitation from Facebook email till we get another update from Google.                                       
  
  

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