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Monday, November 28, 2011

Be The Winner Four Apple iPad 2 in Wiley Championship Challenge 2011



Hello guys, if you wanna free iPad 2, please follow The Wiley Championship Challenge 2011. You need to go to link below, and answer some easy question about your science preferences. It is very simple and of course fabulous. So, don't miss it, this championship until 16th Dec 2011 only.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

All About The Streaming of Xbox 360

Microsoft has a pretty interesting post on their official blog yesterday about the Xbox 360. It’s been pretty clear in the past few years that the console is an extremely important part of the company as a whole, but until recently it had seemed that the Xbox was still about gaming first and foremost. Other features of the Xbox experience like the Netflix app were great, but definitely a secondary priority of the overall focus.

According to Microsoft, 40% of all activity on the Xbox 360 is non-gaming activity. That means that users spend close to half the time on the console watching streaming video. The Netflix application, ESPN streaming, and newly introduced Hulu partnership make up a dominating trio when it comes to usage. Not to mention that users can stream movies and music through Zune.


Over 30 hours per month per Xbox is spent consuming video. That’s about an hour a day. When you think about the fact that there are over 53 million Xbox owners, 30 million of which are Xbox live members, that totals out to a lot of streaming video.

Sure, this means that 60% of use on the 360 is still gaming, but a substantial chunk has been replaced by other activities. This makes Microsoft’s console not just a video game system, but a real entertainment hub. While the PlayStation Network is doing everything but work for the last few weeks, Microsoft is reporting growth in their entertainment division that is simply astonishing.

In April, when Microsoft reported their Q3 earnings, the Xbox 360 and Kinect emerged as the stars of the report.

All of their divisions grew (Business 21% year-over-year, Server & Tools 11%, Online Services 14%). But their entertainment division grew 60%, fueled by Xbox console and Live subscription sales, as well as Kinect sales.

Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s VP of Corporate Communications says that “simply, Xbox = entertainment” in the blog post. And then he hints about the future of how Xbox will be marketed:

The vision for Xbox is straightforward: All of the entertainment you want. With the people you care about. Made easy. That is why you’ve seen us invest in partnerships with ESPN, Netflix and Hulu. That is why we’ve baked social directly into the experience with Xbox LIVE – connecting gamers, friends and families across the globe. That is why you’ll see Xbox marketed more as an entertainment brand this year.

Will the Xbox console, both the 360 and any future versions ever be less about gaming than other entertainment? It’s possible. Microsoft seems to know that it got into everyone’s homes with gaming on the Xbox, and that it can use that established position to develop a full on entertainment brand. Their recent acquisition of Skype may be further evidence of the changing landscape of the Xbox gaming console.
 
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Sunday, May 01, 2011

HTC will launch NFC-enabled phone in third quarter of 2011

Mobile phone manufacturer HTC plans to launch an NFC-enabled smartphone in the third quarter of 2011, according to Bright Side of News.

At a recent press event an HTC sales manager who wanted to remain unnamed said the phone would be positioned slightly above the recently announced HTC Sensation.

The news comes after NFC World reported last December that HTC chief executive Peter Chou had revealed the world's fourth largest handset manufacturer has plans to add NFC functionality to its mobile phones.

In a video interview Chou was asked: "Is HTC keen to support mobile payments such as NFC in its devices?"

"Yes," Chou replied. "Mobile payments — wirelessly and securely from device like smartphone — would be definitely the trend of the future and we'll be supporting that."

So, are you HTC lover? Let's wait the updated.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Top 10 Most Expensive Watches in The World Today

Here is a top list watches that you might never be so reach to buy. How could be? The price of them exceeds the purchasing power of common people on this world. These are the watches that only a business man who has an yacht can afford to buy. I hope you will enjoy it!

10. Breguet pocket watch 1907BA/12: $734,000

Breguet company was founded 225 years ago, one of the oldest watch companies in the world. Breguet is now part of the Swatch Group Company. Pocket Watch 1907BA/12 is a luxurious watch, which is made of 18 carat gold. The movement is hand made.

9. Blancpain 1735, Grande Complication: $800,000

 


Blancpain 1735 Grande Complication is a very luxurious watch, its case is made of platinum. The strap is made of crocodile skin and the engine parts are made of 740 pieces of handmade parts and components, beeing one of the most complex wirstwatches ever made in the world.

8. Louis Moinet Magistralis: $860,000

 


You might ever heard that there is a watch made of 2000 years meteorite and that watch is this beautiful Louis Moinet Magistralis. Its case is made of 18 carat gold.
Scarcity of moon meteorite is the main reason that this watch is so expensive and it won’t be produced repeatedly.

7. Hublot Black Caviar Bang: $1 million

 


You might wonder why this watch is too expensive. There are some facts that made this expensive. It was made in 2000 hours of detailed and meticulous workmanship, the case is made of 18 carat white gold combined with 322 grains of black gems included in the belt section, that makes a total of 25 carat gold. If you think twice, this watch is not expensive at all, considering that is unique in the world. It’s only one piece in the world.


6. The Chopard Super Ice Cube: $1.1 million

 


It’s called Chopard Super Ice Cube because its shape is just like an ice cubes. This watch is made of package of gemstones. The gemstones are 66 carat.


5. Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon: $1.3 million

 


Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon is a very expensive watch because its made from 688 parts including super small size (microscopic) part. The case is made of platinum. It is produced in only 2 pieces/year, a series of platinum and another one is rose gold series.

4. Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile: $1.5 million

 


Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile is considered one of the most complex watch ever made by human. Its made of 834 parts with over 10.000 hours to be produced (more than an year). The watch has two faces, which shows the same time, its case is made of gold. This watch is produced in only 7 units all over the world.


3. Patek Philippe’s Platinum World Time: $4 million

 



This watch became world’s most expensive watch in 2002 when it was sold for $4 million in an auction event. The special thing about this watch is that displays a 24-hour time zones in different countries, and its very easy to read.

2. Patek Philippe’s Supercomplication: $11 million

 


Patek Philippe’s Supercomplication is an 18 carat gold pocket watch made in 1932. It was produced in 4 years. This watch is booked by New York banker Henry Graves, Jr. This watch set a record for pocket watch in the year 1999 when it was sold by auction.

1. 201-carat Chopard: $25 million



This watch is the most expensive watch in the world. It might be unbelieveable, but this watch worth $25 million. It is made of 15 carat pink diamond, 12 carat blue diamond and 11 carat white diamond. In addition there’s 163 carat diamond surrounded by white and yellow, so that is a total of 201 carat, as the name of the watch.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

6 Technologies that Will Stick Around

6. Media Players

Somehow, the portable MP3 player is one of the few gadgets to defy the pending one device-to-rule-the-all convergence. Why? Smaer non-pjone form factors, jogging, and simplicity, for starters. All we know is that Apple sold a whopping 17 million iPods in the fourth qurter of 2010, thet's 3 milion more MP3 players than iPhones.

5. Landline Telephone

 
More and more people are ditching their landlines, but they'll never go away entirely. Service is cheap, call quality is reliable, and given how easy it is to overload mobile networks, they'll probably work better in case of an emergency. And we don't see business and corporations switching anytime soon.

4. Internal Combustion Engine


 
Hybrid tech is intriguing, but it's a stop-gap measure that, ultimately, is still gas-powered. With lots of oil left on the planet, slow-moving auto makers, and no good fuel alternative, we're going to be driving internal combustion engines for a long, long time.

3, 2, 1. The PC, Keyboard, and Mouse


We lump the together because in our minds, they're a package deal. We hope we 're not jinxing ourselves, but in some way, shape, or form, the dekstop computer will continue to sit at the center of our technological lives for some time to come.

6 Technologies That Are Destined to Be Disappear

6. Handheld Gaming Consoles

 
At some point in the near future, all of our kids will carry smartphones, and they'll find the notion of lugging around a second handheld device preposterous and antiquated. If we were Nintendo, we'd start looking into Android and iOS development today.


5. Pre-Recorded Physical Media


 
Obsolescence has already created the CD. Soon, the media swallowing black hole will demolish DVDs and Blu-ray discs. The only real question is how fast it will happen. Our call? Five years.


4. Consumer-Level Hard Drives


 
Solid-state and other memory-based drives are one threat for mechanical drives, but the bigger threat is the cloud. Our proof? Hard drives are crazy cheap these days-just like floppy drives and HD DVDs were when they neared extinction.

3. Stereotscopic 3D TVs-with Glasses

 
Wearing 3D glasses at home is a hassle, and in general, the technology feels like a temporary bridge to apoint in time when we all have autostereoscopic TVs or holographic displays in our homes.

2. Ebook Reader


This one's a bummer, but it's true. Ebook readers are going to be swallowed whole by tablets and other multifunction devices that hopefully feature secondary e-ink displays. Amazon could fight this by incorporating web browsing and apps into the Kindle, but wouldn't that make it an, erm, tablet?

1. Keys

 
It might take a while and it won't be easy, but keys suck and they deserve to be banished forever. They're already being replaced by push button ignition systems, keypads, biometric locks, and proximity based systems.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Top 10 Most Expensive Cell Phones in the World


Here’s the list of top 10 most expensive cell phones in the world. Not all people, especially people that own most expensive cell phone in the world, use cell phones for communication purpose only. As we all know, cell phones is one of the most important thing to buy nowadays. But buying the most expensive one is not everyone’s interest. So let’s just take a look at these most expensive cell phone in the world and buy a usual cell phone instead :)

10. Nokia Lamborghini 8800 Sirocco: Price is not published
 

This Lamborghini 8800 Sirocco cell phone has 3 bands GSM coverage so that it can be used in 5 continents. It’s just like usual mobile phone that it has internal memory, TFT display color and the camera. This cell phone is protected by scratch-resistant sapphire coated glass. I guess the things that made it expensive is the Lamborghini tag attached to this phone. It has a wallpapers, screensaver and ringtones and documentary video about Lamborghini.

9. Gold Edition Nokia 8800: $2,700
This cell phone is just like standard of Nokia 8800. Just the outlook casing of the cell phone is encased with gold. This casing will capture attention from the people around of course. It’s has a standard of a smart phone. Such as 62,000 color TFT (208 x 208) display screen along with a SVGA .5 MP camera. MMS, SMS, USB, Java, WAP, Infrared, Bluetooth and Edge connectivity are present. Other standard features like FM Radio, Mp3 Player, 64 polyphonic and Video Recording are also present.
 
8. Motorola V220 Special Edition: $51,800
 
 
This luxury cell phone is coming from Motorola cell phone producer. THe Motorolla Special v220 edition. It’s tagged for $51,800 and was designed by Peter Aloisson, Austrian designer. It’s pretty much feminine in looks. All features are standard except that this cell phone is studded with 1200 diamonds on the front panel as well as 18 carat gold is laid in the keyboard.

7. Vertu Diamond: $88,000
 

Vertu diamond cell phone is featuring tiny diamond dotted all over the body and the keypad that carries eight carat of diamond. The body is created from finest platinum and underpinned with ruby bearings. It’s also equipped with similar ceramic originally intended for space shuttle. You have to provide $88,000 to own this cell phone. 200 cell phones of this model have sold worldwide.


6. iPhone Princess Plus: $176,400
 

Another design of Peter Aloisson. The name is coming from the princess shaped diamond cut that studded all over the casing. 138 diamonds out of 318 shaped in this style. The others is shaped in brilliant-cut pattern. This cell phone totally use 17.75 carats of diamonds and 18 Carats of white gold. This version of iPhone are sold for $176,400.

5. VIPN Black Diamond Smartphone: $300,000
 

The body of this cell phone is made from titan and polycarbonate and spots a cutting edge mirror that finish cladding, adorned with diamonds. It’s designed by Jaren Goh. The cell phone itself is using an intel 400 Mhz processor, 4 mega pixel with 256 TFT screen. This cell phone was designed by Jaren Goh.
 

4. Vertu Signature Cobra: $310,000
 
 
This cell phone is produced by Boucheron, a French jeweler. Vertu Cobra phone is a limited edition cell phone that so far only 8 ever made. this cell phone is featuring ne carat round diamond, two carat pear cut diamond, two emerald eyes and 439 rubies that used to give a cobra look of the phone. Totally this cell phone is using 21 carats of diamond and rubies.

3. Diamond Crypto Smartphone: $1.3 million
 

This cell phone is produced by JSC Ancort that originally designed by luxury accecories designer Peter Aloisson. This expensive smart phone is encased with a platinum base and has 50 diamonds and 8 of them is a rare blue diamonds. The navigation key and the Ancort logo are of 18 Carat of rose gold. This cell phone was built on Windows CE.
 

2. GoldVish Le Million: $1.3 million
 
 
Goldvish LeMillion is designed by Emmanuel Gueit. The uniquness of this cell phone is certified by Guinness World  Records in 2008. The cell phones use a VVS1 (only microscopically flawed) diamonds with 18 Carat of white gold. The features of the cell phone is pretty standard with 2 GB storage, FM radio, digital camera, MP3 playback and bluetooth are the internal features of the cell phone. This cell phone just available by individual order.

1. Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme: $3.2 million
 
 
This luxury gadgets is coming from the designer Stuart Hughes. It’s the world’s most expensive cell phone unveiled in 2009. Goldstriker iPhone is encrusted with 271 grams of 22 carat pure solid gold. More than 200 diamonds added on the cell phone. Apple logo on the back features 53 gems and home button is covered with a single 7.1 carat diamond. The iPhone 3GS Supreme decorated as well in a chest carved from granite and Kashmir gold along with a lining made from top Nubuck grain leather.

So, are you interested to have one of those most expensive cell phones in the world?

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Atomos Ninja and Samurai HD video recorder / monitors bring compression jutsu to pro filmmaking



We all drool over the hi-res video shot by cameras like the RED EPIC, but for indie-film types, processing the massive files produced takes a lot of time (and therefore money) and not everyone has an ARRI ALEXA FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 and 3.0
to do native recording compression. Enter the Atomos Ninja and Samurai HD recorder / monitor / playback devices that take your 10-bit video and compress it in Apple's 1080p ProRes QuickTime format to make your post-production life a little easier. The Ninja pulls video through HDMI and deposits it on your choice of 2.5-inch HDD or SDD storage, does playback via a 4.3-inch 480 x 270 touchscreen, and has continuous power thanks to dual hot-swappable batteries (available in 2600, 5200, and 7800 mAh varieties). Meanwhile, the Samurai matches the Ninja's specs, but swaps out the HDMI connection for HD-SDI ports and adds SDI Loop-Through to connect an external monitor, a larger 5-inch 800 x 400 display, and 3D support (if you get two Samurais genlocked together). Both units have connections for offloading your vids. Those with Spielbergian aspirations can pony up $995 for the Ninja right now, or pay $1,495 for the Samurai upon its release this summer.
 
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Top 10 Very Best Accessories for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

1. Sub-£ 100 Speaker Dock (Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2 £ 77)


This venerable speaker dock has been arround for years, but it's still the best we've heard unless you want to spend some serious money. Despite its size, it produces rich, full sound, and it has its own built-in battery so you can enjoy your music in the park. Set it up next to your bed and you'll start each morning with a fully charged iPhone.

2. £ 100 Speaker Dock (Creative ZiiSound D5 £ 255)


Sure, the big, meaty sound that you get out of the ZiiSound D5 is reason enough to buy it but, if we're honest, we're a little bewitched by what it can do and how it looks. (There's a touch-sensitive volume control strip on the top, for example). It comes with a dongle that slots into your iOS device to stream audio wirelessly, too.

3. Sub-£ 50 Headphones (Apple In-Ear Headphones £ 44)


Perhaps suprisingly, given how lacklustre the earbuds that Apple bundles with its devices are, these upgrade headphones sound great for the price. After the leaky, tinny buds you got in the box with your iPhone or iPod touch, these comfortable earphones will come as a bassy, rich revelation. Even the case is brilliantly designed!

4. Sub-£ 50 Headphones (Sennheiser PX 210 BT £ 103)




With the exception of the original iPhone and iPos touch, all iOS devices can stream audio wirelessly over Bluetooth (which is actually great quality these days), and you get a tremendous feeling of liberation when you don't have wires to get tangled in your clothing. These sound terrific, and the battery lasts for hours.

5. Bluetooth Headset (Aliph Jawbone Icon £ 58)



If you think Bluetooth headsets make you look like either a douche or a cabbie, think ag...Well, you might not be entirely they're handy-essential, even when driving-and this one's not only look gorgeous, but has some serious smarts that help isolate your voice from ambient noise, so your caller can hear you.

6. iPad Case (Orbyx Leather Folder case £ 27)


There are cases that offer more protection and features, but as a brilliant basic case with a little flair-essentially, a fancier, leather version of Apple's own, £ 10 cheaper case-we think it's superb. It doesn't add much bulk to the iPad, and a little catch on the back lets you stand it up or lay it flat for typing.

7. iPhone 4 Case (Apple iPhone 4 Bumper £ 25)


You can spend a fiver on a case, or a hundred quid or more, but unless one particularly takes your eye, you'll actually do just as well to get Apple's. You might balk at £ 25 for a little plastic and rubber, but it's actually pretty complex and well-made, and it provides reasonable basic protection. (Stops your iPhone from sliding around, too!)

8. iPhone 3G/3GS Case (Incipio Feather £ 10)

This very slim moulded-plastic sheath doesn't offer much protection if you drop your iPhone, but it protects the back from scratches and, crucially, doesn't make your iPhone all bulky in your pocket. It also comes with a couple of screen protectors-although in our experience, the screen's tough enough.

9. iPad Stand (Twelve South Compass £ 33)



There are lots of great stands for the iPad-Griffin's A-Frame is another terrific one for about the same money-but the compass is our favourite. You can use it to stand your iPad vertically in potrait or landscape mode, or you can drop it down to place it at typing-friendly angle. It also collapses for travelling.

10. Charging (Idapt i4 £ 40)

The idea of the i4 is as simple as it is brilliant. You can slot different tips into its charging points so you can charge different devices with Apple's 30-pin dock connector, mini-and micro-USB port can supply enough power even to charge an iPad


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