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Obama Signs off on Rural Internet Act

June 23, 2011 8:48 am by Jal

Obama recently has given the gift of the internet by signing off on a provision under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which, amongst many other things, provides $100 million in subsidies for high speed internet access. The act, dubbed the Rural Area Internet Act Read more…

Google Videos shuts down in favor of Youtube

April 16, 2011 17:41 pm by Jal

Google has decided to pull the kill switch for Google Videos in favor of Youtube. Read more…

Save as… WWF, save a tree!

January 3, 2011 20:10 pm by Jal

Environment is a matter of concern and the tech world is aware of it. Every now and then some tech company is talking green. Recently Google invested a lumpsum in wind energy to help bring clean and renewable energy to 2 million households. Software and web-apps focussing on the power consumption of computers are being made and are being used by increasing number of people. Going along similar lines, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) made a new green file format: .WWF. Essentialy, a WWF file is a PDF file that can’t be printed. Once you download and install the WWF software, you will be able to save any document in a WWF format. It can be opened in a PDF viewer like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader just like any other PDF file. The only difference is, the Print button is now disabled.

WWF hopes that this small step will help prevent, at least to some extent, unnecessary printing of documents and thereby saving paper and trees. Some companies like SunCycle and B.A.U.M.e.V and Tridos Bank have already started using the WWF format on a grand scale.

iPhone 4: What you need to know!

June 8, 2010 1:33 am by Jal

Full Specifications of the iPhone 4:

Dimensions
Height	4.50 inches
Width	2.31 inches
Thickness	0.37 inches
Weight	137 grams

Display
Kind	Retina Display 3.5 inch (diagonal)
Form	Widescreen multi-touch
Resolution	960 x 640 at 326 pixels per inch
Fingerprint resistant	Yes
Support for displaying multiple languages and characters simultaneously	Yes

Storage
16GB or 32GB flash drive

Connectivity
UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA	850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
GSM/EDGE	850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Wi-Fi	Yes, 802.11n 2.4GHz only
Bluetooth	Yes, 2.1 + EDR technology

Battery and power
Built-in rechargeable lithium ion
Charging methods	via USB to computer or power adapter
Talktime	7hrs on 3G 14hrs on 2G
Standby time	upto 300 hrs
Internet connectivity	6hrs on 3G 10hrs on Wi-Fi
Audio playback	upto 40hrs
Video playback	upto 10hrs

Multimedia
Camera	5 megapixel
Video recording	HD (720p) at 30 fps
Front facing camera	Yes, VGA, video at upto 30 fps
Photo and video geotagging	Yes
LED Flash	Yes

Location
Assisted GPS	Yes
Digital Compass	Yes
Wi-Fi Cellular	Yes

Sensors
Three-axis Gyro	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Proximity sensor	Yes
Ambient light sensor	Yes

Microsoft’s Project Natal likely to be unleashed Oct 26th with $149 price tag

May 27, 2010 6:02 am by Jal

Recently we did a post about a seemingly fake site offering pre-orders for Microsoft’s Natal. There we even quoted what might be the actual price tag of the same. Turns out, our estimate was right – Yes, Microsoft’s Project Natal is likely to be released on Oct 26th with $149 price tag for the stand-alone unit.

Xbox Arcade Natal

A ‘trusted source’ of a Game Industry Network, Edge-Online, reported the exclusive news and also stated that the motion sensing camera will also be bundled with the console for $299. This is certainly awesome because, right now, the XBox 360 Arcade system itself is priced around $199. Add to it the motion sensing camera (the Natal standalone unit) priced at $149, the whole bundle could have been around $350. So my point is, Microsoft did get the pricing right.

Also, the standalone unit, won’t certainly be called ‘Natal’. I am sure Microsoft would have thought of a much cooler, market-friendly name for it and should officially unveil more details at the world-premiere event on June 13th.

The first two weeks of June this year will be pretty exciting. With Apple’s WWDC on June 7 where the iPhone 4G await its grand ceremony followed by Natal’s world-premiere on June 13th, we are surely going to have a nice time.

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Google TV narrows down to showing ads on TV; Nice features however

May 21, 2010 0:15 am by Jal

Few minutes ago, Google unleashed Google TV at the Google I/O conference held at San Fran, California. Google TV is something that’s going to be taken really seriously by the company. Google surely sees a huge opportunity in 4 billion TV users worldwide. Considering the luck Google had with 1 billion Internet users and 2 billion mobile users, it’s obvious for the giant to eye on something even more larger.

Google flipped out some statistics related to TV users around the globe. According to the stats, people in US have increased TV usage more than ever to 5 hours/day and the total money spend on TV advertisements hovers roughly around $70 billion. Of course Google aims to capture more eyeballs to their advertisements, it’s got something to offer too.

Google claims to offer seamless replacement for the traditional TV systems in your house. You just need to connect your existing TV cables with a special Google TV device (manufactured by Sony) and you are good to go. With Google TV, it’s more of watching TV than searching for programs. It takes personalization to another level. The hardware for Google TV will include a keyboard and a mouse. Have an Android phone? Sure that’ll come in handy. You can control your TV with multiple Android phones. Google TV runs Andriod 2.1 and has Google Chrome as a browser.

googletvsearch

googletvyoutubesearch Image courtesy: TechCrunch

The devices will be specialized TVs and Blu-ray players manufactured by Sony with inbuilt Google TV facility, powered by Intel Atom Processors. Thanks to Android OS, you can run Android apps on your TV. Google TV comes with a new SDK as well. And lastly YouTube’s come up with YouTube Leanback to optimize your TV experience.

Google expects to roll out Google TV in Fall 2010.

UPDATE: Although Google is lip-locked about the price, chances are that once you pay for the hardware, the service will be COMPLETELY FREE.

HTC HD Mini releases in India; Full specs and price

May 13, 2010 13:56 pm by Jal

After releasing the brew-based Smart and HTC Legend (with Android 2.1), HTC released the HD Mini for the Indian ‘junta’. HTC HD Mini is, as the name suggests, a subset of the big brother HD2 which was launched by Tata DoCoMo back in Dec. 2009.

HTC-HD-Mini

Full Specifications: