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Apple releases information on new iPhone 3GS
Jun 9th
Apple today at the WWDC 2009 released information on the new iPhone called the iPhone 3GS.
The new iPhone 3GS features are as here under -
Laptops beat desktop shipments in Q3 2008
Dec 31st
Being a Laptop user since October 2008 and that includes me in the Q3 sales 
this is some good news to me .
With 3rd quarter sales, revenue, and earnings posted and evaluated, several surprising facts come into play. iSuppli, a market research firm, has evaluated desktop and laptop sales, and for the first time ever, laptop shipments this quarter have been above desktop shipments.
38.6 million laptops were sold last quarter, only slightly above 38.5 million desktops sold. Notebook PC shipments rose 40 percent over 3rd quarter 2007, while PC shipments fell 1.3 percent over 3rd quarter 2007.
HP held the top spot for notebook shipments and PCs (14.9m units), with Dell in 2nd place (11m units), but Acer is quickly catching up (9.7m units). Acer accounts the large increase in notebook shipments to it’s Aspire One Netbook line, a small and cheap laptop. Following Acer was Lenovo and Toshiba.
The laptop and netbook market is expected to grow even more in the current quarter due to the holidays and netbooks being even more aggressively priced. Also, several cellular networks are supposedly beginning to roll out savings plans to make netbooks even cheaper when bought with a data plan.
News Source : Neowin.net
This one went by so fast …
Nov 30th
I am talking about the month November, went by so fast. Only exciting thing happened this month was the new Graphics Card I added to my system ,was rather the last of the jigsaw puzzle. I feel my system is finally complete ,my eyes are being fed with Digital Feed now all thanks to the Graphics Card and the DVI on my Wide Screen LCD. I am so loving it.
For the geek friends of mine the card is the Nvidia ( It has to be Nvidia .. d00d I am a fan) 8 Series card ,code name Geforce 8600 GT from XFX, its got 256mb DDR3 memory ,active cooling et all. The card came with a free original version of the game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.
Currently I am drooling over the Eye Candy Need For Speed Most Wanted throws at me (Hell! I love this game) ,bought the Orange Box and oh my god is Steam hell or what.
Onto other stuff I am loving Prison Break Season 3 ,keeping apart Sara the season is looking very interesting.
I have no words for Heroes Season 2 absolutely love this TV Show ,I am loving the new Heroes being introduced ( Loving "Elle" especially **Blushes**) ,the twists and turns and heck is Claire (Hayden) hot or what 
Lost producers if you are reading this PLEASE RESUME LOST.
Well that’s it then I have kind of summarized whatever I thought was interesting this November.
Seagate Confirms ‘Phase Out’ of PATA Disk Drives
Jul 31st
Seagate Confirms ‘Phase Out’ of PATA Disk Drives By Brian Fonseca
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:36:07 AM PSTDue to the waning popularity of Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA) technology in favor of the newer and speedier Serial ATA-based disk drives, Seagate LLC has acknowledged plans to stop building the older products.
According to a spokesman from Scotts Valley, California-based Seagate, the company plans to continue to offer PATA drives, often referred to as integrated device electronics (IDE) drives, until late this year or early next year.
Atul’s Rig is finally complete.
Jan 19th
It’s finally complete, the rig the pc the computer no matter what you call it I will call it the rig.
Being a techy I would rather post all the technical specifications rather than crying out loud like a kid “look everybody I got a new toy!”. Every techy at heart would turn emotional with every new gadget he buys so here I am crying out loud “LOOK I GOT A NEW TOY”.
I remember complaining ,bickering ,cribbing to my dad about how slow my old pc was , finally fed up with my complaints he put into my hands 40,000 Rs. hard cash .That very day I started my online research ,searching websites visiting hardware technology sites I never knew .Posted on a few technology forums read a lot of guides kept a tab on the prices of the hardware, bookmarked a lot of webisted searched for reviews and what not.
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Microsoft Windows Vista System Requirements
May 21st
Windows Vista is everywhere in the news,people want every bit of news possible one such news would be the system requirements that would be needed to run windows vista.All those gorgeous looks,aero glass would certainly need a monster of a pc but wait a second nopes you wont need a monster of a pc.
Microsoft released the system requirements for Windows Vista,but one glance at the requirements posted wont be enough it would probably raise your eyebrows you would try cleaning your eyes wash your face or heck even have a cup of coffee.
According to the microsoft there would be two categories under which a certain Pc would be categorised,the categories are ‘Vista Capable’ and ‘Vista Premium Ready’.
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Intel releases its new logo
Dec 31st
Well got this news today Intel has released its new logo
frankly i dint like it much rather the older one looked good
they have dropped the “intel inside” slogan as you might be
knowing so now what well they have added a new slogan
the slogan is “Leap Ahead”
umm!! well again i dont think that looks good enough
i mean it should have been a bit you know in your face
like the one we had “intel inside” this “leap ahead” IMO
sounds not at all that good ,but anyways the company
must have surely done thier homework and put this up
anyways iam putting down the article from reuters
as well as the logo as below.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Intel Corp. said on Thursday it will scrap its 37-year-old logo as part of a major rebranding that will emphasise the chipmaker’s shift away from its core PC business into consumer products.
The original Intel logo featuring a lowered “e” will be replaced with one showing an oval swirl surrounding the company’s name.
The phrase “Leap ahead” will supplant “Intel inside,” which helped bring the company into the public awareness during the PC boom of the 1990s.
Intel said Chief Executive Paul Otellini is set to unveil details of the campaign during next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The Santa Clara, California-based company is rolling out the rebranding just weeks after it elevated Eric Kim to the role of Chief Marketing Officer.
Intel hired Kim away last year from Samsung Electronics, where he was credited with helping to forge a savvy consumer brand to take on industry stalwarts such as Japan’s Sony Corp.
“‘Intel. Leap ahead.’ is a simple expression that declares who we are and what we do. This is part of our heritage,” Kim said in a statement.
The new marketing effort will phase out Intel’s well-known Pentium brand and emphasise its Centrino line of laptop chips, upcoming PC and server processors, and a new effort called “Viiv” that aims to integrate PCs into home entertainment such as by recording TV shows and sending them to other devices.
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Apple Video iPod Released
Oct 13th
Apple today released its new iPod the Apple video iPod.
The iPod is released in 30gb and 60gb capacites and of coarse would support videos now
it has a 2.5-inch, 320 x 240 pixel color TFT display,will support MPEG 4 and H.264 video files
it can hold 15,000 songs ,25,000 photos or 150 hours of videos
and would also have an interface to connect the iPod to your TV to view the videos on your TV
they would cost 299$ and 399$ respectively.
Videos now can be downloaded bought from thier new apple store
videos like music videos soap operas etc would be put up for sale as low as 1.99$
take a look at he new iPods at thier site as listed below
View:Video iPod
View:Technical Specification
New 20GB and 60GB iPods released
Jun 28th
Two new iPods have been released by Apple ,called the 5th Generation iPods.
the iPods relased are of 20Gb and 60Gb capacity
donning a color screen,looks like apple now want to make an Color iPod
the need of the day .
Incidently apple has released the newer version of iTunes today as well,
which certainly aims at supporting the newer iPods as well.
As per the apple site the newer iPods would cost 299$(20gb) 399$(60gb) respectively
as earlier apple would be giving free laser engraving on the iPods bought from the apple site.
The advert at apple’s site announcing the new iPods
A shot of one of the newer iPods
To know more :Apple iPod
Nvidia unveiling next-gen GPU on June 21
Jun 3rd
Graphics manufacturer to present its new chip and give live demonstrations at San Francisco launch event in three weeks.
Nvidia has revealed that it will announce its next-generation GPU on June 21 at a launch event in San Francisco. An invitation sent to Nvidia partners, analysts, and members of the press promises invitees an “evening of full-throttle entertainment” filled with “revolutionary technologies, hot 3D content, and exciting gaming action as we unveil our next-generation GPU.”
Festivities will open with cocktails and a case-mod contest before the start of the scheduled press conference with live product demonstrations. The evening will conclude with a reception including hands-on product demonstrations and a Battlefield 2 LAN Party. If Nvidia’s next-gen GPU launch plans sound familiar, it might be because Nvidia announced its current generation GeForce 6 series in a similar, but more public fashion, at a GeForce LAN Party in San Francisco last year.
Nvidia has indicated in the past that its next-generation desktop GPU will be similar to the GPU designed for the Sony PlayStation 3.
Source:gamespot.com
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