InPulse Smartwatch For BlackBerry Brings Notifications To Your Arm
Remember those Sony Ericsson Bluetooth watches that were all the rage around 5 years ago? We figured that those had all but died out, but it looks like Research In Motion thinks otherwise. The creator of the BlackBerry handset has just commissioned Allerta in order to bring to market the world's first BlackBerry watch. You read that correctly--a BlackBerry watch!The timepiece, which is debately attractive, will come with a 1.3" OLED screen, a metal body, a vibrating motor for near-silence notifications and a
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Sprint To Snag Palm Pixi On November 15th For $99.99
Palm made the Pixi official back in early September, but US consumers have been waiting on two important tidbits ever since: a price and release date. Now, finally, both Palm and Sprint have come forward to confirm both of those, and we're a bit perplexed by one.The November 15th on-sale date makes perfect sense. It's just before the holiday season, it gives people plenty of time to snap one up and it should hit after all of those Verizon Droid hubbub quiets down. No problems there. The issue here is the price.If
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T-Mobile Launches Even More & Even More Plus Plans
T-Mobile recently introduced new no-contract, unlimited use wireless plans. In many circumstances, the new Even More Plus plans are cheaper than offerings from other major carriers and are also among the lowest price prepaid plans we’ve seen yet.The Even More Plus plans offer free nights, weekends, and T-Mobile to T-Mobile calling. The unlimited talk plan costs $49.99. If you want unlimited talk and text, it will cost an additional $10. For $79.99, you’ll get unlimited talk, text, and smartphone Web access.
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TomTom's Overpriced iPhone Car Kit Now Available In USA
At this point, there are a number of GPS applications available in the App Store. Without a doubt, the iPhone has the most full-featured GPS options out there in the smartphone arena, though it seems as if the TomTom TomTom app is the one getting the most attention. Regardless of whether or not it's superior to the others, it is the one with an incredibly expensive add-on, and that very add-on is now available in the United States. The price tag? $119.95, and just to remind you, that's only for the hardware.
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Other Alphabets Coming To The Internet
The domination of the Latin alphabet on the Internet is expected to come to an end this week.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is meeting this week in Seoul, South Korea, and is all but sure to approve international domain names - i.e., domain names that can be written in alphabets other than the one English uses. ICANN is the "not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world ... [that] develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers." In other
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Microsoft Announces Help for DVD-less Netbook Win7 Installers
Microsoft previously announced (or rather, trumpeted) that unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 would run just fine on a netbook, thank you. But what about the fact that most netbooks are DVD-less? Well, there's an app for that, to steal a line from Apple. Microsoft has released the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. This tool will allow you to take the ISO image for your Windows 7 install, and turn it into a bootable flash drive image. Once that's done, the netbook's BIOS must also be modified to set the boot order
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Students Finding WIndows 7 Upgrade Cheap, But Not Easy
The first SNAFU to show up on Windows 7, and it's not even an issue with the software, or even Microsoft. Rather, it's an issue with the installation package provided by Digital River for the nicely discounted student upgrade package that Microsoft has been offering at Win741.com. Now, Digital River is not small potatoes when it comes to digital distribution of software, so it's amazing this sort of fiasco has happened. Instead of delivering a simple .ISO image that could be burned to a DVD, students receive
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Lenovo Announces New Windows 7-Equipped IdeaPad And IdeaCentre Rigs
Most PC makers decided to push their new Windows 7 machines on October 22nd, the day that Microsoft officially launched its next generation OS into the public realm. Lenovo, however, decided to let the world breathe a bit, and we can't say that's such an awful strategy. Now, it has the spotlight to itself in the introduction of its new IdeaPad and IdeaCentre machines: three new notebooks (U150, U550 and Y550P) and three new desktops (B500, K300 and H230) are on deck, and all six of them have Win7 loaded on.
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Microsoft Announces Help for DVD-less Netbook Win7 Installers
Microsoft previously announced (or rather, trumpeted) that unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 would run just fine on a netbook, thank you. But what about the fact that most netbooks are DVD-less? Well, there's an app for that, to steal a line from Apple.Microsoft has released the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. This tool will allow you to take the ISO image for your Windows 7 install, and turn it into a bootable flash drive image.
Once that's done, the netbook's BIOS must also be modified to set the boot order so that the USB drive is first on the list. It's pretty simple to be honest.
Just remember that, according to Microsoft's site, this isn't a general purpose tool designed to turn any ISO into a bootable flash drive image. While we haven't tried it ourself, Microsoft is pretty clear that this can only be used with a Windows 7 ISO. Of course, we've heard that kind of "certainty" before.
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InPulse Smartwatch For BlackBerry Brings Notifications To Your Arm
Remember those Sony Ericsson Bluetooth watches that were all the rage around 5 years ago? We figured that those had all but died out, but it looks like Research In Motion thinks otherwise. The creator of the BlackBerry handset has just commissioned Allerta in order to bring to market the world's first BlackBerry watch. You read that correctly--a BlackBerry watch!The timepiece, which is debately attractive, will come with a 1.3" OLED screen, a metal body, a vibrating motor for near-silence notifications and a microUSB port. The rechargeable battery can live up to four days under general use scenarios, but we'd probably charge it every three if you're a heavy user.
As you'd expect, this watch connects with your BlackBerry via Bluetooth, and you'll need to install a special application on your handset if you want the two to talk. It's good for giving you an easy glimpse at who is calling, what emails are showing up and what SMS messages you're receiving. It's not able to send out messages, though. So, would you replace your Timex with this? If so, you can pre-order one today for $149, and it should ship out early next year.
Technical Specifications
- 1.3" full colour organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display
- Bluetoothآ® v2.0+EDR
- 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
- Glass lens and full metal body
- 22mm interchangeable wrist band
- Vibrating motor
- Micro-USB port (for charging)
- Over-the-air firmware updates
- Dimensions: 51mm height x 38mm width x 12mm depth
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Other Alphabets Coming To The Internet
The domination of the Latin alphabet on the Internet is expected to come to an end this week.TheInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is meeting thisweek in Seoul, South Korea, and is all but sure to approveinternational domain names - i.e., domain names that can be written inalphabets other than the one English uses. ICANN is theآ "not-for-profit public-benefitcorporation with participants from all over the world ... [that]develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers." In other words,it's the closest thing the lawless Internet has to a governing body.Formed in 1998, ICANN coordinates the creation of ISPs and domains sothat people can actually find what they're looking for. While it can't"control" the Internet, it does force some sort of organization on theonline world.
Alphabets including Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hindi, Japanese and Korean have been mentioned as potential domain languages.InternationalizedDomain Names could come to the Internet by year's end, ICANN said,which could vastly increase the number of users in areas outside theWestern world, particularly.
So don't be surprised if, soon, you start seeing web addresses you can't even type into your browser because your keyboard doesn't have the characters. Cut and paste should work just fine for those, though.
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TomTom's Overpriced iPhone Car Kit Now Available In USA
At this point, there are a number of GPS applications available in the App Store. Without a doubt, the iPhone has the most full-featured GPS options out there in the smartphone arena, though it seems as if the TomTom TomTom app is the one getting the most attention. Regardless of whether or not it's superior to the others, it is the one with an incredibly expensive add-on, and that very add-on is now available in the United States.The price tag? $119.95, and just to remind you, that's only for the hardware. In other words, you'll still be stuck paying $99 for the software, so at the end of the day, you're out over $200 for the complete package. Call us crazy, but we're pretty sure dedicated TomTom and Garmin GPS units are selling right now for under $200, and we're guessing they're a lot better than some app on a cellphone. In fact, the TomTom GPS app has a tough time juggling calls and routing (you can't talk while routing at all, in fact), so if that would bother you, you should probably look elsewhere.
The $120, you essentially get a suction-cup holster that holds your iPhone and routes power to it, and it also adds a built-in speaker to get those turn-by-turn directions to be louder. We can't say we think it's really worth the asking price, but if you disagree you can order it now directly from Apple.
TomTom Car Kit features
Secure docking
TomTom's specially designed, award-winning EasyPort mount attachesyour iPhone securely to your windscreen or dashboard - perfectly withinreach. It lets you rotate the screen for widescreen route display. Andit folds flat for easy moves from car to car.
Enhanced GPS performance
The TomTom car kit's built-in receiver increases the GPS performanceof your iPhone to give you a truly reliable signal - even in high-riseurban areas.
Clear voice instructions
With the built-in volume controls and superior speaker, you'll hearevery voice instruction loud and clear - so you'll never miss a thing.
Easy charging
Dock your iPhone 3GS in the mount to charge it as you drive, so it's always fully charged and ready to go.
Hands-free calling
Receive calls without taking your eyes off the road, using thebuilt-in extra-sensitive microphone and speaker. And the appautomatically starts navigating again as soon as the call ends.
Your music on the move
With the audio out connector you can play all your favorite songsthrough your car's audio system with the optional audio cable*. It evenfades music out when receiving calls and giving directions.
* Requires compatible car audio system
Technical specifications
- Audio out: 3.5 mm
- Volume control: Yes
- Portrait/Landscape support: Yes
- Windscreen and dashboard mounting: Yes
- iPhone charging via CLA: Yes
- Dimensions: 5.17 x 2.7 x 1.96 in./131.43 x 68.68 x 49.86 mm
- Weight: 4.13 oz./117 g
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MASS 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS (Ei & ISTP Indexed)
MASS 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS (Ei & ISTP Indexed) ========================================================================== The 4th International Conference on Management and Service Science MASS 2010 (formerly EMS & ISM) CALL FOR PAPERS www.massconf.org Wuhan, China August 24-26, 2010 ========================================================================== This conference is sponsored by IEEE, Sichuan University, Wuhan University, James Madison University and Scientific Research Publishing. All papers accepted will be included in IEEE Xplore and indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP. This conference will be held in Wuhan, which is one of the largest cities in China on the banks of the Yangtze River. It is in Hubei Province where the Three Gorges Dams is located. The technical areas to be covered in this conference include: Engineering Management Service Management Financial Management Knowledge Management Information and Systems Security Information System Applications The deadline of full paper submission is Feb.1, 2010 Notification of acceptance will be given by Apr.15,2010 For more information about this conference, please contact: mass@scirp.org
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T-Mobile Launches Even More & Even More Plus Plans
T-Mobile recently introduced new no-contract, unlimited use wireless plans. In many circumstances, the new Even More Plus plans are cheaper than offerings from other major carriers and are also among the lowest price prepaid plans we’ve seen yet.The Even More Plus plans offer free nights, weekends, and T-Mobile to T-Mobile calling. The unlimited talk plan costs $49.99. If you want unlimited talk and text, it will cost an additional $10. For $79.99, you’ll get unlimited talk, text, and smartphone Web access. Other options include two-line family plans with similar features for $79.99, $99.99, and $139.99 as well as plans with limited minutes.
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For users who require a discounted phone, T-Mobile is also offering Even More plans. These plans require a two-year agreement and cost more per month but you’ll get the phone subsidy. Even More unlimited talk plans start at $59.99.
T-Mobile’s new offerings are great, but they may not be the best option for everyone. We’ve seen a lot of new announcements and competition in the prepaid space lately with each carrier offering its own “best deal.†Bottom line: If you’re in the market for a new plan, it’s definitely worth your time to shop around. Beyond just the price of the monthly contract, coverage and phone options are also important to consider.
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The Sleeper: A self contained, water cooled system with no external rads or hoses....
LAN parties rock.... we all know this. However, toting your machine back and forth is cumbersome, and in the event of watercooling.... dangerous. externally mounted radiators and tubes can get banged up, hung up, yanked and pulled upon... leading to leaks and failure of the entire system, along with expensive repair and part replacement just to fix the cooling system. This does not even touch on if the actual components of the computer system are actually leaked on!
So, I propose a rugged and durable PC designed to have the water cooling fully enclosed in the chassis. Make it easy to empty and maintain for transport, and easy to fill upon arrival.The chassis must also look good, because nobody wants to roll up to a LAN party and get laughed out because your machine looks like a$$. So, displaying the internal goodness through a window is a must. All of this hardware is beautiful to look at, but will need to be tied together in a cohesive theme. If the stuff does not match... I gotta make it match or tie together. Lighting the internals with accent LED's or flood LED's will need to be weighed. But the beauty inside needs to be seen outside. And it does no good if it gets busted while being moved, so the accents need to be durable and stylish.
The Liquid cooling will allow for the best use of the Hybrid processor performance optimizations that are built into the Asus motherboard. The CPU being water cooled will make the system OC friendly and stable with exceptional heat management. Tapping into the Hybrid phase technology, I am anticipating my first true forray into overclocking to be a rewarding and smooth event. (The last time I went out purposefully overclocking, we were using Slot1 motherboards and I had a "Cloverleaf" Celeron 300a CPU, so it has been awhile!) Utilizing the enthusiast performance characteristics of this motherboard, I am looking to enjoy "performance for free". And if I'm at a LAN and need a few more FPS to lay some smack down on my opponent, I can slap the Turbo Key and get a little "somethin extra" to help push some pain! Or, if I'm gaming at my typical level, I'll simply die a WHOLE lot faster! ;)
Challanges that I am going to have are ruggedizing the case, and the internal components, internalizing a good radiator with tube management will be key, cable management will be mandatory.... all of this while maintaining a stylish balance. The Antec Quattro 800w PSU will be more than up to the task of management due to it's modular approach to cabling.There may still need to be some custom power leads created to keep it sleek and clean inside.
When you are going for a performance machine, you need I/O, and the Samsung SSD hard drive will play a prominent role in the performance of this machine. with an SSD in the mix, there is no way you would hide a drive like this, so special fabricated mounting would be required to put the drive in a position of promanence.
The The GTX260 video card is a great performer of a card and would need to be modified to fit the rugged theme. There would be no water cooling on the card to keep the complexity to a minimum as well as weight. Remember, this is needs to be a portable performer.
The G.Skill memory with the cooling fan is *prime* for modification, but having never seen one, I'm unsure what all I can do to it. It is a good loooking piece of hardware all by itself and may only need minor touchups.
This is my plan... pictures and sketches will be forthcoming as I flesh out more of the details.
Should be a fun rig to build though!
-=Craig "Tech-Daddy" Tate
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Sprint To Snag Palm Pixi On November 15th For $99.99
Palm made the Pixi official back in early September, but US consumers have been waiting on two important tidbits ever since: a price and release date. Now, finally, both Palm and Sprint have come forward to confirm both of those, and we're a bit perplexed by one.The November 15th on-sale date makes perfect sense. It's just before the holiday season, it gives people plenty of time to snap one up and it should hit after all of those Verizon Droid hubbub quiets down. No problems there. The issue here is the price.
If you'll recall, Palm dropped the price of its Pre to $150 with a 2-year contract on Sprint, and some third-party resellers are actually offering it for $99.99 with a new 2-year Sprint agreement. The Pixi, which is a smaller phone with a smaller screen, is priced at $99.99 on the same length contract. Heck, it's $79.99 at Walmart! Aside from the size and form factor, it's essentially the same device as the Pre.
It boasts the same webOS software, the same 3G support and the same touchscreen interface. What's missing? Wi-Fi, for one, and the camera is stuck at 2MP. Other specs include a 2.63" capacitive touch panel (400 x 320 resolution), a full QWERTY keyboard (as opposed to the slide out keyboard on the Pre) and 8GB of internal memory. It will also support Palm's Touchstone wireless charger, and a number of 'designer' backplates will be available for those looking to customize their new phone.
This phone, just like the first webOS device, will be available only on Sprint (at least for now). It will also only be $99.99 after a $50 instant rebate and a $100 mail-in rebate, the latter of which we know is a hassle. So, for $100, you can get a Pre or a Pixi? Which would you pick, given that both are on Sprint?
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Students Finding WIndows 7 Upgrade Cheap, But Not Easy
The first SNAFU to show up on Windows 7, and it's not even an issue with the software, or even Microsoft. Rather, it's an issue with the installation package provided by Digital River for the nicely discounted student upgrade package that Microsoft has been offering at Win741.com.Now, Digital River is not small potatoes when it comes to digital distribution of software, so it's amazing this sort of fiasco has happened. Instead of delivering a simple .ISO image that could be burned to a DVD, students receive an .EXE file that must be run to decompress two .BOX files. That's where the issue lies.
When trying to "Unload the Box" as the step is called, those trying to upgrade from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit version of Windows 7 receive the error message â€کWe are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded.â€
Microsoft has acknowledged the issue, saying:
Microsoft is aware that users who ordered the 64-bit Version of Windows 7 through the Windows 7 Student Offer and did not order the DVD Backup Media may have difficulty installing if their current operating system is running a 32-bit version of Windows such as Windows XP. Users who have encountered this difficulty should contact Digital River using the Customer Support link at the bottom of the page http://windows7.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/help for possible solutions that would allow you to install Windows 7.Naturally, it would have been much simpler if Microsoft / Digital River had simply supplied an ISO image. Ah, but it is possible to convert what Digital River delivered into such an ISO image. The problem is, that's only after you've gotten around the issue above.
Microsoft has also noted that there are other issues: for some, the download hangs at a certain percentage and won't continue or resume.آ آ In other cases, users get a generic unspecified error message.آ In the first case, it appears there is some incompatibility with 3rd party programs; in the second, the files may be incomplete or corrupt.
Assuming you have managed to download the files and extracted them, as well, you will end up with a folder called expandedSetup. Store that at your root directory (c:\) to make things easier.
Then, you'll need a tool from Microsoft. OSCDIMG is a tool included with the Windows Automated Installation kit (but that whole kit is nearly a GB in size). Download OSCDIMG.zip from here. Extract the contents of the file to your c:\Windows\System32 directory (or whatever amounts to that on your PC).
Next, open an "elevated" command prompt. To do this, in Vista you select Start, then Run, then type "cmd" and hit CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER. In XP, just type 'cmd' into the same Run dialog.
Then type the following into your command prompt (this assumes the expandedSetup folder is at the root, or c:\, as I suggested):
oscdimg.exe –u2 –b"C:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" –h "C:\expandedSetup" C:\Windows7.ISOYou will end up with a Windows7.ISO file in your root (C:\) directory that you can then burn using a variety of methods. Then all you need to do is install it, which is another issue entirely.
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