Coming Soon, Gigabyte M912

• Genuine Windows^®XP
  Genuine Windows VISTA^®Home Basic
  Linux
  
• Intel^® Atom 1.6GHz
• 8.9”LCD panel/WXGA 1280x768, w/Touch screen, LED Backlight, as 180° rotation angle
• Intel^®945GSE
• 2.5” ,9.5mm S-ATA HDD 120/160/250GB
• Built-in 1.3M pixel web camera
• Speaker 1.5 watt x 2
• 80 key keyboard/Touch Pad

CPU	Intel® Atom 1.6GHz
Operating System (optional)	Genuine Windows® XP, Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Linux
Chipset	Intel® 945GSE
System Configuration	Memory 1GB, HDD 160GB
LCD	8.9”LCD panel/WXGA 1280x768, w/ Touch screen, as 180° rotation angle
HDD	2.5", 9.5mm SATA HDD
Optical Drive (optional)	External ODD by USB connection
Keyboard	80 key keyboard / Touch Pad
I/O Port	USB X 3,Mic in, Earphone out, D-SUB RJ45, Express card, SD/MMC/MS
Audio	Built-in Realtek ALC268, Azalia I/F, 2 Channels Speaker 1.5 watt x 2
Bluetooth	BlueTooth 2.0 built-in
Web Camera	1.3M pixel webcam
Wireless LAN	802.11b/g by mini-card
Protection	Kensington lock
Battery	Li-ion 4500 mAh, Battery life 3.5 hrs
Dimension	235 x 180 x 28~42mm
Weight	1.3kg (include 2.5"HDD)
Service	1 year warranty, 6 month battery warranty More service information, please refer to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

LG brings the QWERTY keypad to young consumers

Berkshire, UK, 09 July, 2008 - LG Electronics, a global leader in consumer electronics, today announces the UK launch of the KS360, its vibrantly coloured, feature-packed handset specifically designed for messaging on the move.

The KS360's sliding QWERTY keypad and high-spec messaging features mean that users can send SMS, IM, email and have the ability to access social networking sites all from one device. In addition, the KS360 comes with touchscreen dialling, a 2MP camera and MicroSD card slot.


Jeremy Newing, head of LG mobile marketing, LG Electronics says, "We recognise that manufacturers need to develop a variety of handsets that cater for different segments of the market. By offering a whole range of handsets - whether it's premium or prepay, a camera or music device, for example - we're giving consumers the choice to purchase a phone that's right for them."


With the KS360's slider QWERTY keypad, users can write messages quickly and accurately. To make messaging easier, once the full length keypad has been opened, the 2.4" screen automatically rotates 90 degrees using accelerometer technology. At just 16.8mm thin, this handset has been designed to fit easily into a pocket or handbag, a convenient alternative to lugging a laptop around.


"With the popularity of social networking sites and instant messaging amongst younger audiences, the KS360 has been designed so they can access these features when away from their computer. This handset is perfect for this segment of the market. Its vibrant colours, easy-to-use QWERTY keypad and fantastic messaging features offer users a simple and fun device that will enable them to communicate with each other instantly," says Newing.


The KS360 is available in a range of colours* to suit everyone, including:
- Titanium and bright blue
- White and soft pink
- Black and red
- Black and silver

KS360 specifications:
- Network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Band: GMS 900/1800/1900
- Battery: Li-Ion 800mAh
- Dimensions: 101.5x51x16.8mm
- Main screen: 2.4" QVGA (240x320) 262k
- Camera: 2 megapixel
- Camera feature: Fixed focus
- Memory: 15MB/MicroSDTM up to 4GB
- Bluetooth: V2.0
- USB: V2.0, Mass Storage
- Ringtones: 64 polyphonic
- Audio codecs: MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
- Video codecs: MPEG4/H.263
- Browser: WAP 2.0
- JAVA: MIDP 2.0
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, IM, Email
- Other: Touch Screen Dialling
* Network operator dependent

Meet tomorrow's mobile phones

Nokia's Morph concept phone -- probably 7 to 15 years away -- will be made of flexible materials that let it morph from traditional mobile phone shape to bracelet and back



The Handphone, designed by Biodomotica's Massimo Marrazzo, makes use of the familiar "call me" gesture.



The P-Per concept phone from the Chocolate Agency has a touch screen on both sides, as if someone glued two iPhones together.


The tiny Packet concept phone, designed by Emir Rifat Isik, folds open to reveal a split keyboard and a screen for viewing e-mail, Web browsing and more.


A haptic display with millions of tiny pins on the surface is being developed by Japan's NHK Broadcasting Corp. Eventually the technology could be used on cell phone displays to mimic the tactile feel of a mechanical keyboard.


Force sensors at the corners of devices, under development at Microsoft Research Cambridge, could allow users to turn a phone on and off by squeezing or pulling it, or advance a Web page by twisting the device.


The Atlas Kinetic concept phone, designed by Ricardo Baiao of DesignerID, is self-powered: It has a built-in series of weights, rotors and springs that generate power whenever the phone is shaken or moved. That power, in turn, runs a generator that charges the battery.

image source at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless&articleId=321523&taxonomyId=15&intsrc=kc_feat.

Hyperword, Firefox add-ons, make all word interactive

Hyperlinks are amazing, they let you follow any path.... any path that anyone has made.

But what about your intuition, your hunches,
What about all the other words, the words that are not the hyperlinks?

These other word are Hyperwords

With Hyperwords for the Firefox web browser you can select any word on any web page and do useful things from the menu that appears:

Searches, references, maps, translation and much more!

Hyperwords_3.6_Demo_at_BETT

Hyperwords_3.0__with_Views

get hyperword

RoadMap to OpenSuSE 11.1, prepare for the new openSuSE

OpenSUSE 11.1, the future version of openSUSE 11, is coming December 18, 2008, and we will see the first alpha on July 24, 2008. It will feature the latest in open source innovations and cool new features from the openSUSE community, as well as software updates including GNOME 2.24, KDE 4.1.1, and a final version of Firefox 3.0.

Help out!

You can help us out to get openSUSE 11.1 ready! You can test the latest development builds (until the Alpha1 release is out) and file bugs, or find another way to participate in openSUSE!

More information

For info regarding releases, refer to the roadmap. Stay up to date with the latest news regarding openSUSE 11.1 and everything else in the openSUSE project with openSUSE News, and chat with other openSUSE users through IRC chat and the openSUSE mailinglists.

openSUSE 11.1 is the next community release that incorporates new features from both the community and internal development. It will be done for the x86, x86-64 and ppc platforms.

Major areas of interest:

• GNOME 2.24
• KDE: KDE 4.1.1 (optionally also KDE 3.5.10)
• OpenOffice.org 3.0
• Continued improvement in the software update stack
• Linux kernel 2.6.27 (or later)

The most important dates of the currently planned schedule are:

• Thu, Jul 24: openSUSE 11.1 Alpha1
• Thu, Aug 21: openSUSE 11.1 Alpha2
• Thu, Sep 18: openSUSE 11.1 Beta1 - snapshot release
• Thu, Oct 02: openSUSE 11.1 Beta2 - snapshot release
• Thu, Oct 16: openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 - snapshot release
• Thu, Oct 30: openSUSE 11.1 Beta4 - snapshot release
• Thu, Nov 13: openSUSE 11.1 RC1 - snapshot release
• Thu, Nov 27: openSUSE 11.1 RC2 - snapshot release
• Thu, Dec 4: openSUSE 11.1 GM - final release
• Thu, Dec 18: openSUSE 11.1 public release

The detailed schedule will be added later.

Ctrl-Tab, add-ons on firefox, switch between tabs, more friendly

Are you have a problem to switch between tab in firefox? try this add-ons, and you'll find the easier and friendly way to switch between tab in firefox, get it now...

(Shift+)Ctrl+Tab navigation for Firefox tabs:
* Tabs are presented in most-recently-used order, similar to Alt+Tab on various operating systems
* Releasing Tab and pressing it again moves to the next preview
* Pressing W closes the selected tab
* Releasing Ctrl switches to the selected tab
* Hidden preferences: browser.ctrlTab.smoothScroll

F4 shows all tabs in a grid:
* Shows tabs from all open windows
* Tabs can be closed by middle clicking
* Search field filters tabs based on their titles and addresses, Enter selects the first tab
* Hidden preferences: browser.allTabs.allWindows

NVIDIA Launches Visual Computing Industry’s First Emerging Companies Summit at NVISION 08

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—July 16, 2008—NVIDIA Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, today announced the Emerging Companies Summit, a two-day conference on August 26-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, aimed squarely at entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and investment bankers who are focused on learning more about the visual computing industry. The Emerging Companies Summit, sponsored by Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Morgan Stanley, and RR Donnelley will be held at the NVISION® 08 conference in San Jose, California, and include tracks focusing on CUDA and high-performance computing; visual computing; lifestyle computing; and gaming.

“Our first-ever NVIDIA Emerging Companies Summit provides a unique and exciting venue for our attendees to meet some of the most relevant and creative companies, and people, who are passionate about visual computing and the GPU,” said Jeff Herbst, vice president of business development at NVIDIA. “Our goal is for the summit to serve as a catalyst for innovation and business opportunities throughout the visual and high-performance computing ecosystems.”

In addition to presentations by over 60 companies leveraging the power of GPUs for both visual and high-performance computing applications, the Emerging Companies Summit will also include panel discussions on the role of the GPU in modern computing, as well as a “fireside chat” with Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA president and CEO, to be moderated by prominent industry analyst, Jon Peddie. Emerging companies scheduled to participate include Acceleware, Cooliris, Elemental Technologies, Emergent Game Technologies, MotionDSP, NaturalMotion, Right Hemisphere, and more.

“NVIDIA’s Emerging Companies Summit is the first conference to bring together leading investors and entrepreneurs to discuss the visual and high-performance computing ecosystems—its components, its challenges, and the promises it holds for the future of computing,” said Torsten Reil, CEO of NaturalMotion. “We look forward to participating in the summit and being part of an event that is changing the face of technology.”

To register for the Emerging Companies Summit at NVISION 08, please go to:
http://www.nvision2008.com/Professionals/emerging-companies-summit.cfm

Opera Speed Dial on Firefox, speed up your dial

Fast access to your favorite sites through thumbnails, like Opera Speed Dial.

Fast Dial replaces "about:blank" page with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite sites. Click on an empty cell, assign a site URL, click OK - a thumbnail will be generated for a site. You can also add sites opened in browser or existing bookmarks by right-clicking them and choosing "Add to Fast Dial" from context menu.
By checking "Group" checkbox in thumbnail properties you can create groups of nested thumbnails.

You can change thumbnail's position by drag-n-dropping it. (Hold Ctrl while dragging to move thumbnail into a group.)
Left click on a thumbnail title opens "Properties" dialog. Middle click on thumbnail title runs thumbnail refresh.
Alt+number keyboard shortcut opens assigned site.
If you move mouse over thumbnail's top, a panel of graphic buttons appears.
To view zoomed image press left mouse button and hold it for a moment. You can customize Fast Dial page colors & font in Preferences.

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Firefox add-ons, Mini Map Sidebar 0.3.0, search where the link come from

The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Drag and Drop addresses or address links you find on web pages to view their location in the Map Sidebar, or by manually adding locations. Preview addresses from within any webpage using the Map Panel and get larger scale maps with the Map Tab. Import/Export KML, GPX, minimap xml file, CSV (export only). View traffic Info, drag and drop kml files, local search, Google, Yahoo and Live Local directions, view in google earth, tagzania, platial, geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use. Geodiscovery reveals geoURLís or geotags as you browse, with microformat support available as an Operator plugin or natively in Firefox 3 (Adr and Geo).

This extension comes with three mapping components, the main and most powerful one being the minimap sidebar. In this sidebar you can drag and drop addresses or address links you find on web pages and they will be automatically located, and added to your saved address list. The extension also comes with a quick loading Preview Panel to easily look at an address or directions without having to pre-save in your sidebar address list. The third mapping element is a main browser Map Tab for viewing a larger map. All three elements are accessed from the Toolbar button (customize your toolbar and drop it in), or by highlighting an address, and selecting 'Map Tab: Locate Address...' in the right click context menu, with the hotkey of CTRL+SHIFT+M opening up the Preview Panel. A few of the extension features available:

* Map an Address: Drag and drop addresses or links (the view in google/yahoo type) to show on map, which is added to the address list. Manually add an address. Build up a list of locally stored addresses.
* Map a Coordinate: Manually add a coordinate which is added to the address list.
* Preview addresses (highlight text or click address link, then select Map Preview from right-click menu).
* geoDiscovery: The extension will automatically discover geoURL's and in-line geotags and populate the geoDiscovery list as you browse. Alerts you to the discovery via a status bar image.
* KML File: Drag and drop hosted kml file links to show on map.
* Import/Export KML, GPX, minimap xml file, CSV (export only). Import/Export all from Tools toolbar button, export selection from right click -> share location menu.
* The Crosshair and Lat/Lon box: Map has a centre cross hair which displays the latitude and longitude in the top right hand corner of the map.
* Navigation: Map, Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain and 3D Google Earth views. Pan and zoom.
* Address list: Build up a list of locally stored addresses and kml files.
* Directions: Get google / yahoo / microsoft directions to/from an address list entry and/or set a locally stored ëHome Addressí to get directions to/from an address list entry.
* Tagzania.com: View tagzania.com/near and post address list entry to tagzania.
* Platial.com: View Platial Places entries based on an address list entry. Add an address list entry to Platial Places.
* Google Earth: View an address list entry in Google Earth.
* View locations in Loc.alize.us, Flickr, Panaramio, Geody, Geonames and many more..
* Googlesightseeing.com: Drag and drop googlesightseeing links to view the image of interest.
* Localize: Change Google geocoder source to help improve address results, as well as change the maps domain for directions.
* Miscellaneous: Toolbar launcher available.


get MiniMap..

Amayeta SWF Encrypt 5.0 DLL Editions Now Available for C++, C# and Delphi

The Power of SWF Encrypt™ 5.0 is now available as a Dynamic Linked Library (DLL) for Windows Software Development.

The SWF Encrypt 5.0™ DLL, available in a "Silver" and "Gold" variation, can be used from within C++, C# and Delphi (and virtually any development tools which have access to Dynamic Linked Libraries!) to Encrypt, Secure and Obfuscate Adobe Flash® SWF files, protecting them from the most popular Flash Decompiler Tools on the market.

	SWF Encrypt™ 5.0 DLL "Silver" & "Gold" Editions
	DLL Usage Example (C++)
	Unencrypted Vs Encrypted ActionScript
	Frequently Asked Questions

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NVISION 08 – NVIDIA Quadro Board Special Offer

Register for a Full Conference registration package (US$995) at NVISION 08 before August 18, 2008 and qualify to receive a complimentary next-generation NVIDIA® Quadro® FX high-end professional graphics board valued at US$1999 MSRP!

Take advantage of this exciting opportunity in three easy steps:

1. Register here for the Full Conference registration package (US$995)
2. Check in onsite at NVISION 08 with your completed affidavit and attend the conference in person
3. Complete and submit an online survey which will be emailed to you after the conclusion of NVISION 08
   Boards will be shipped to qualifying attendees within sixty (60) days of the closing date of the Conference.

Download the official rules and affidavit.

Don't wait! Register today to take advantage of this special offer.

Mozilla Sets New Guinness World Record with Firefox 3 Downloads

Massive grassroots community effort behind world record for most software downloads in 24 hours

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 2, 2008 – Mozilla today announced it set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours. The record-setting 8,002,530 downloads coincided with the launch of Firefox® 3, Mozilla’s major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser.

Mozilla enthusiasts worldwide drove more than 1.7 million pledges to download Firefox 3 on Download Day, hosted regional download “fests,” and informed more than 43 million people through hosting Download Day affiliate buttons online. The global Mozilla community has been celebrating the historic goal of establishing a Guinness World Record with parties in more than 25 countries, including a 24-hour long download fest celebration called Camp Firefox at Mozilla’s Mountain View headquarters.

“The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was instrumental in achieving this record,” said Paul Kim, VP of Marketing at Mozilla. “Our community members came together and not only spread the word, but also took the initiative to help mobilize millions of people to demonstrate their belief that Firefox gives people the best possible online experience.”

“As the arbiter and recorder of the world’s amazing facts, Guinness World Records is pleased to add Mozilla’s achievement to our archives,” said Gareth Deaves, Records Manager for Guinness World Records. “Mobilizing over 8 million internet users within 24 hours is an extremely impressive accomplishment and we would like to congratulate the Mozilla community for their hard work and dedication.”

Experience AMD Game! All Systems Go

You don’t have to build your own system from scratch to get the raw multi-core performance and HD graphics capabilities needed to play the latest and greatest games they way they were intended—all out. From the processor to the graphics card to the chipset, never before has it been so easy to immerse yourself in the latest, most challenging games. With an AMD GAME! system you get:

Launch AMD GAME! Flash Demo

Reliability

AMD's team have tested the games, hardware, and components to make sure you get an amazing playing experience, right out of the box. And best of all, you don’t have to know every detail about your PC to get started.

Simplicity

Imagine a PC platform of perfectly matched components for the high-quality gaming you crave. The latest gaming features in an affordable, easy-to-manage system.

Innovation

With the latest ATI Radeon™ HD graphics technology and true multi-core processing with an AMD Phenom™ Processor, even the most high-powered games are within your command. Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 graphics capabilities and support for 1080p HD video*, audio, and displays showcase every vibrant, immersive detail.

All that and performance to spare. It’s what you get when you take a PC platform created for amazing games and combine it with games created for an amazing PC platform.

Launch AMD GAME! Flash Demo

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open SuSE 11.0 now available

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 — everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop and on the server. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, the openSUSE Project provides free, easy access to the world’s most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE.

The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion, and much more.

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Virtualization and Consolidation with Micosoft Hyper-V

Hyper-V, a key feature of Windows Server 2008, has now released to manufacturing (RTM) and is available for deployment into production environments. A beta of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 and this update provides the final release.

Server virtualization, also known as hardware virtualization, is a hot topic in the IT world because of the potential for serious economic benefits. Server virtualization enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines (VMs). With server virtualization, you can consolidate workloads of underutilized server machines onto a smaller number of fully utilized machines. Fewer physical machines can lead to reduced costs through lower hardware, energy, and management overhead, plus the creation of a more dynamic IT infrastructure. To learn more about Microsoft and virtualization, please visit the Virtualization Web site, or the Virtualization TechCenter.

With Windows Server 2008, everything needed to support server virtualization is available as an integral feature of the operating system as Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. With Hyper-V as a role, plus flexible licensing policies, it's now easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization through Windows Server 2008:

Microsoft has now released the final version of Hyper-V, which is now available for download. You can download the update for Hyper-V RTM here and experience the improved stability, usability and performance. more...