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Wiredness.com : A cool website

Wiredness.com is an image manipulation website that allows you to manipulate images. It is currently in its beta phase but the features it offers can help it make a popular website in future. It is more for photo enthusiasts who want to experiment with their images and don't want to use a software like the  adobe photoshop.<< MORE >>

Windows 7 in 2010, Microsoft silent on details

Windows enthusiasts hungry for details about Microsoft 's next operating system will have to sit tight.

Microsoft is staying quiet on many of the details of its Vista follow up, dubbed Windows 7, until the company gets closer to its expected January 2010 launch date, blog post.

Microsoft is careful and has decided to strategically decided to share information on Windows 7 as it says that talking about the planes for Windows 7 significantly impacts partners and customers.

The developmental process of the Windows 7  is on and it will shipped approximately 3 years after the general availability of Windows Vista. The early releases and builds of the Windows 7 will be released for feedback prior to its general availability.

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Adobe DreamWeaver CS4 beta

Adobe Systems Inc, the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software, started public trials of its next-generation design software on Tuesday.
Registered owners of Creative Suite 3, however, will be allowed to use these betas until the release of CS4, which currently has no release date. However, unless Adobe has some kind of registration system built into those betas, they may need to be installed on production systems alongside CS3<< MORE >>

HOP 1800: The $10 cell phone

HOP 1800: the $10 cellphoneHOP HOP and HOP on the 1800 MHZ spectrum. You are there. Only $10. What else do you need. You have a rough and tough phone with 4 hours of talk time and 150 hours of standby time. Looks fairly ok and has embedded vibration, sim lock and keypad lock. Wow! What a fabulous approach when the world is busy selling cheaper iphones. This strategy perfectly makes sense.

Whats on the other side


On the other side is a phone that costs you more and only has a screen. This phone is screen less phone or to say a faceless phone and only has a keypad. It is a cordless phone with a good range and sim in it. Lets see what the world goes for and are they willing to put an extra 0 in their budget to buy a cellphone.

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Video game not to focus on fitness

Video games have been known for the gripping and entertaining powers. The more involved you get in a game, the better it is. This is what basically GTA series by rockstar games was all about. Now comes Nintendo, planning to make a mark and satisfy the mothers who were not happy with the GTA 4 after the MADD(Mothers against drunk driving) controversy. This strategy seems perfect. Satisfy those who were not satisfied by the last popular game.
The game's novel appeal is delivered through an electronic Wii balance board controller, sold in a bundle with Wii Fit for $90. The board, with multiple sensors, measures a player's weight and turns steps and shifts in balance into moves on screen.

Players can chart their weight and body mass index over time and work to improve them by engaging in about 40 activities including yoga, aerobic step routines, strength and training exercises, and balance games. The balance board can track the progress of up to eight players, so users can encourage each other toward their respective goals.

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NASA probe lands on Mars

The new NASA probe landed on Mars perfectly in the most ambitious effort of NASA till data. It landed on the north pole of Mars and its aim is to find life on Mars.
The pictures sent by the probe after landing confirmed that probe had landed successfully. There was a lot of doubt earlier on the landing of the probe. The scientists confirmed that probe had landed and unfolded its solar panels that provided the life support or the power to the probe. It was a long nine month journey for the probe to Mars. The key task still is to use the landers robotic arm which also carries a box shaped camera.

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iphone prices to reduce

Based on a new case study by AT&T, the prices of the new iphone would be reduced.
The buzz is growing ahead of Apple’s debut of the sleeker 3G iPhone, expected during the company’s worldwide developers conference starting June 9. The iPhone is expected to go on sale on the anniversary of the original iPhone introduction on the last weekend of June.
This reduction in price has been cited as a promotional discount.

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Microsoft loses a Zune

GameStop, a leading video game retailer, has decided that it will no longer stock Microsoft's Zune players, citing poor sales. And while I don't quite agree with my fellow-blogger Don Reisinger that this is the beginning of the end for Zune, it's hard to see any silver lining in the news.<< MORE >>

China's Internet sensors survive after the deadly earthquake

As China dealt with the aftermath of deadly 7.9-magnitude earthquake earlier this month that killed more than 55,000 people, the Chinese government's internet censors were on the job.<< MORE >>

Google locks horns with Facebook over open social

Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace. Google, whose Orkut social network has tens of millions of users in Brazil, tried to reach further into social networking with the November unveiling of a consortium called OpenSocial, which lets developers write applications for use on multiple social networks. News Corp.'s MySpace has joined, but Facebook hasn't. This month, Google unveiled Friend Connect, which promises to pool profile data from Facebook, Google Talk, Orkut, LinkedIn, Plaxo and hi5, though not MySpace. The profile information gets incorporated into other sites - a political campaign, for instance, can build communities of supporters by tapping existing networks - with Google serving as the intermediary.<< MORE >>