Articles for May, 2006
LG Lauches 8GB MFJM53 HDD MP3 Player
LG has launched a new 8GB MFJM53, a multifunction personal digital MP3 media player with FM radio.
The LG 8GB HDD MP3 player, meant to compete with the iPod, has several features that gives it the advantage.
The MFJM53 has an 8GB drive, a 1.77-inch 128×160 pixel (262,144-colour) touch-sensitive OLED screen, and measures a slight 10.1 x 4.8 x 1.4cm, weighing 88g.
In addition to playing MP3 files, the new LG MFJM53 can handle PlaysForSure WMA files, WAV, Ogg, MPEG-4 AVI, and JPEG files.
The tiny looking gadget also has an powerful FM radio, built-in microphone, and line-in port for audio recording, and company is boasting of up to about 30 hours of music playback or 4 hours of video on a built-in rechargable battry.
Microsoft Plans To Launch ‘Xbox 360′ Around Diwali 2006
Microsoft India today announced its plans to launch its next generation video gaming and entertainment system ‘Xbox 360′, in India later this year around Diwali and would set up a retail network for its distribution across 7 cities.
Mitch Koch, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices division, told reporters that Microsoft’s next generation gaming console ‘Xbox 360′ will be available for pre-order starting in June 2006, though actual delivery would commence by Nov or Dec 2006.
The company would set up 1,200 retail centres across 7 cities, including four metros, in the country, he said.
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Toshiba Unveils Qosmio G30 Notebook Powered by Intel Core Duo Processor
Toshiba Corporation, launched Qosmio G30 Notebook Powered by Intel Core Duo Processor which is perhaps world’s first notebook PC with HD DVD-ROM drive.
Speaking on the occasion, company’s Computer Systems Division Manager (South Asia) Ivan Kam said that the new version Qosmio G30 is the latest model of Toshiba’s flagship ‘Four-in-one’ audio-video entertainment notebook with state-of-the-art product.
Powered by an Intel Core Duo Processor the Qosmio comes Microsoft Windows XP Media Center preinstalled. It features a built in HD Digital TV tuner as well as an analog TV tuner. You can view and record independently from either of the two tuners.
HP Launches Pavilion dv8216TX Centrino DUO Notebook
Hewlett-Packard India unveiled new notebook, HP Pavilion dv8216TX which is based on Intel Core Due processor and comes with with a ultra BrightView widescreen, dual hard drives (2 x 80GB) and 17″ Ultra BrightView Widescreen with High Color Gamut technology
The new HP Pavilion dv8216TX notebook also features nVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 Discrete video processing frees the PC to run multiple applications simultaneously, 1GB of memory. It comes equipped with features such as HP QuickPlay Direct, a Next Generation ExpressCard Remote Control and LightScribe, which allows users to laser etch silk-screen labels on their CDs in one go.
ATI Releases Radeon Xpress 1100 Series Chipsets For Notebooks
Graphics card vendor ATI Tech has announced the introduction of the new Radeon Xpress 1100 series of chipsets aimed at providing longer battery life and better performance for today’s notebook computers.
The latest Radeon Xpress 1100 chipsets for notebooks from ATI promises support for AMD Turion 64 X2 technology, better battery life, a 33 percent faster graphics core, and support for Microsoft Windows Vista.
The ATI Radeon Xpress chipset deals with Mobile AMD Sempron, Mobile AMD Athlon 64, AMD Turion 64, AMD Turion 64 X2 processors, complying with Advanced Power Management settings.
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AMCap is a small yet fully functional video capture and preview application compatible with Microsoft DirectShow (formerly ActiveMovie, hence the name). It is based on the sample AMCap source code from the Microsoft DirectX 9 SDK.
The VMR9 option enables support for the multi-monitor, zooming, aspect ratio and deinterlacing features (Microsoft DirectX 9.0 required.)
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ASUS India Announces W3J Notebook
Asus India today unveiled its new W3J notebook powered by Intel’s dual-core Duo processor. The 14″ W3J notebook is its second product in the wide-screen category in the Indian market.
Company claims that the new W3J notebook is an ideal answer to the needs of gamers who want to experience gaming along with portability. In addition, the new notebook allows business users to view larger spreadsheets and presentations on its wide screen.
Powered with the latest dual core technology from Intel, the W3J enables users to simultaneously run demanding applications, such as running virus scan while talking on Skype and surfing the Web.
Microsoft Offers Windows Live Messanger Beta with VoIP
Microsoft declared that company is extending its VoIP enabled chat service to cover 11 more countries next week as it made its Windows Live Messenger Beta available for download today.
The move comes a week after Skype announced its latest VoIP enabled popular software, and as Microsoft overhauls its MSN service with scores of so called live objects.
In USA, Microsoft tie-up with US phone giant Verizon to enable users make calls to cell phones and traditional landlines for a few pennies a minute. Customers in the US, UK, Germany, France and Spain are already able to access the service, with Austria, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Italy and the Netherlands coming on next week.
Dell Plan To Introduce AMD Opteron Processors Into High-end Servers
Dell, the world’s number one PC maker, has agreed to use AMD Opteron CPU chips in its high-end servers by the end of 2006. In the same breath, company clarified that the majority of the processor chips it bought would continue to be from Intel, for now.
Marty Seyer, senior vice president of AMD’s commercial business sounded like he could barely contain his enthusiasm after years of being eschewed by Dell. “This is outstanding news, we are just jumping for joy here that Dell has embraced AMD.”
Details were light but news site The Register said that Dell was “expected to use Opteron in four-socket servers“.
Dell’s acceptance of AMD is a huge blow to Intel from a marketing standpoint as it points to some of the weaknesses Intel is still experiencing with these larger servers.
Despite limiting its use to servers, a moderate degree excitement was sparked in one of the IT industry’s classic battles: AMD-versus-Intel.
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Microsoft Offers Free Software Developer Tools
Microsoft Corporation India introduced a free tool, Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions, for India’s growing student and technology enthusiast community.
The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are light-weight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn offerings that enable novices to quickly develop dynamic Web applications and Windows applications.
Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions consist of Visual Web Developer Express, Visual Basic Express, Visual C# Express, Visual C++ Express and Visual J# Express.
The Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions can be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx. In addition, to address bandwidth issues in India, Microsoft is giving out CDs of Visual Studio Express Editions.
The CD is available to the first 20,000 developers that register on the site - www.vsexpress.in and will be shipped to them free of cost.
HP India Launches HP Compaq nx6110
Hewlett-Packard India, has launched the HP Compaq nx6110 series of notebooks for local market in what is seen as its latest offering in the commercial notebook space in India.
Priced at Rs. 47,990, the HP Compaq nx6110 notebook is powered by Intel Centrino Mobile Technology and comes with free Linux with limited fucntionality and with Windows XP Professional edition preinstalled at a little extra cost.
The HP Compaq nx6110 is the only notebook in its segment that offers safety features such as HP Mobile Data Protection System protects the hard drive from shock and vibration while HP Drivelock technology prevents the data in hard drive from being compromised, even if the notebook is lost or stolen.
Acer Launched Aspire 1640 Series in India
Acer India has introduced the all new Aspire 1641NWLMi - targeted at users who want a cost-effective mobile PC that features plush multimedia capabilities, reliable performance, dependable wireless connectivity, and nice style.
The new Aspire 1641NWLMi, Acer explains, is positioned as an affordable entertainment machine that delights users with onboard Intel graphics and a 15.4″ screen that offers them an exhilarating gaming and cinema viewing experience.
Aspire 1641 is doundeled with reliable Intel processors and WLAN readiness.
