World`s fastest production CAR...

Guinness World Records ™ verified the Ultimate Aero as the official “World’s Fastest Production Car”. Shelby Supercars' official auction website hosts the opportunity to purchase the Ultimate Aero VIN # 1S9SA28447W944002 Chassis #TT-02 the ACTUAL Ultimate Aero used to break the record. The Ultimate Aero has forever joined the ranks of the most exclusive echelon in the supercar realm, the world‘s fastest. Members include the 1932 Duesenberg SJ, 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, 1986 Porsche 959, 1990 Lamborghini Diablo, 1994 McLaren F1, and 2005 Bugatti Veyron. This is a RARE opportunity to own a remarkable piece of history...

Social networking for Emergencies...

Emergency response entails a widespread tactical effort by countless government agencies. Too often, citizens are left out of the loop and have to rely on mass media, cell phones, and Web sites for emergency information. Microsoft Vine is a new social networking tool, designed to help its users keep tabs on people and places. Currently in a beta test in Seattle, the service lets you enter a location and see news reports aggregated from 20,000 sources, and from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. You can enter people you want to track into Microsoft Vine, and then receive an e-mail, text message, or an update about them in the Vine dashboard -- which runs on Windows only. Disaster victims with Macs are out of luck.

A map overlay in Vine shows the cities you want to track and the locations of people you have entered into the software. As with Twitter, you can update your status -- which feeds directly to your Facebook account -- and let people know where you are. You can also issue a report with emergency contact information, where you are going, and how long you will be gone. The potential strength of a system like this is that it cuts through the clutter of social networking updates about who won the latest soccer game or which band you like -- it is focused entirely on emergency situations.

But Microsoft Vine will only work if it becomes the most popular portal for updating your whereabouts in an emergency. People have already used Twitter to alert family and friends about emergencies. However, Microsoft can draw from its experience on the EagleOne project (which is more of a coordinated data consolidation project for emergency response) to beef up the Vine social network with more data about catastrophic events. Vine apparently does not use traditional GPS-based location-awareness techniques. Twitter's iffy reliability makes it less than ideal for critical emergency communications; Microsoft promises vaguely that Vine will be more robust.

USB 2.4 GHZ RF WIRELESS TINY KEYBOARD WITH TRACK BALL...

Brando is back with yet another interesting device for those who do plenty of traveling - the USB 2.4 GHZ RF Wireless Tiny Keyboard with Trackball....With this combination device, you won’t need to tote a mouse with you any more, although folks who deal with more precise movements in their line of work on their notebooks will think otherwise. The keyboard comes with 56 keys alongside 29 hotkeys, where it is connected to your computer through the 2.4GHz spectrum. Being small enough to be carried around (with at least half of it sticking out of your jeans pocket), the USB 2.4Ghz RF Wireless Tiny Keyboard With Trackball has an operating distance of 10 meters. We would’ve liked to see the USB receiver come in a much smaller size though. You will have to fork out 55$ a pop for this.

Hands Free Devices for Refurbished Cell Phones...

It is becoming more and more common for states to pass laws that make it illegal for drivers to talk on their cellphones while driving if they do not use a hands-free device. People caught without a hands-free device are issued a ticket and are forced to pay a fine for their first offense. Repeat offenders face harsher penalties with each repeat offense. The theory behind these new laws is that they allow drivers to keep both hands free to steer, shift, etc. and allow the driver to focus more on driving instead of holding a phone against their ear.

The most common hands free device is a Bluetooth earpiece. This wireless solution simply clips over the ear, allowing you to speak without holding the phone. To use a Bluetooth device, just associate it with any Bluetooth capable cell phone. Today, most new cell phones, as well as many used cell phones, are Bluetooth capable.

If you own an older used cell phone, it may lack Bluetooth technology. Do not worry, however, as there are still hands-free solutions that will work with any kind of phone. The most common is a wired headset that resembles ear buds and connects to your phone with via a headphone-like jack. These devices perform the same function as a Bluetooth headset except they use a wire to transfer data to and from your phone and are also generally cheaper. They are available for nearly any model of phone made in the past 10 years, so even if you’re still using an older refurbished sprint cell phone, you will be able to find a hands-free solution.

A hands free accessory is not just beneficial for driving. Even if you live in a state that does not require hands-free devices for driving, chances are you will find some benefit from being able to talk on your phone without using your hands, such as being able to type while on the phone (not while you’re driving!).

Another choice if you are looking for a way to make your used blackberry hands free is to use a plug and play kit for your car, which usually draws power from your cigarette lighter. This tiny attachment contains a microphone and speaker, and can be attached to your dashboard, air conditioning vent, or another area in your car. Unlike a Bluetooth headset, you need not attach anything to your ear when using a car kit. While some of these are wireless and rely on Bluetooth technology, others can be attached with a wire to your cell phone.

The bottom line is that there are numerous options for hands free devices for all phones and they should not prevent you from taking advantage of the great deals you can get on used phones. Hands-free devices can be found for nearly any phone with a headphone jack and/or Bluetooth. Even if you live in a state that does not currently have a hands-free law, they probably will eventually, and the other benefits are often worth it.

Google Labs introduces Google News Time line...

Google Labs has been a source of many interesting projects and features. This time around Google Labs has introduced a service name Google News Time line. This is how Google sees it.The search box used in this recently released service is very powerful. However in order to use search box to its maximum potential, you must first select a category from the drop down. The currently supported categories include:

• News
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Blogs
• Sports Scores
• Wikipedia
• Music
• Movies
• Books
• TV Shows
• Prizes
• Buildings
• Artworks
• Video Games

This interesting service also enables you to browse through time. To do so specify a date in your search, drag the time line of the results or set the time scale to days,weeks, month, years and even decades.I just used this application once and a few useful scenarios started coming into my mind in which this application can be utilized. Every one of us read news, using this service you can track what has been happening throughout the week. Similarly there are other scenarios into which this application fits in perfectly.I suggest you to use this service by yourself and identify areas into which it can be useful for you. I am certainly loving using this amazing service.

WordPress enables support for posting a reply comment via email...

WordPress yesterday made an announcement on their blog which many bloggers were waiting for. This announcement is certainly going to please each and every WordPress blog owner. According to that announcement, now blog owners can reply to comments regarding their post via email.

To use this feature, blog owners are required to make a couple of configuration changes which are very simple. Once done with these configurations, bloggers can reply to comments using their preferred email address and save the effort of replying via the WordPress admin interface.

The two changes are as follows:

1. Please make sure that email notifications for comments are turned on.
2. Select the Enable sending comment replies via email option.

These settings can be fine tuned under Settings->Discussion page.

Next time, you receive an email regarding a comment made related to your post, you just need to click reply, after which a special WordPress email address will be generated and show itself in the Sender line thus matching your reply to the proper comment thread. Just send it and your comment will appear onto your blog in seconds.

This is one news that me and my blogging team will be pleased to hear as will many of you blog owners

Google Chrome Beta channel gets another update

Here you go. Here comes this week’s changes to the Google Chrome. However, this time around an update has been made to the Beta Channel of Google’s browser. The Beta channel has been updated to 2.0.172.8. Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.The latest update fixes two major issues namely Disappearing text and non-admin launch.

• [Issue 9904] On some sites text disappears or is never drawn. For example, on Google Calendar, the titles for all day events do not display.
• [Issue 10656] Google Chrome Beta does not launch after the update to 172.6. This affects users who installed Google Chrome through Google Pack, joined the Beta channel, and do not run as an administrator.

Google Releases My Tracks Application...

Google, the search engine giants have released an application which goes by the name MY TRACKS” for Android based phones. The released application keeps and maintains a record of the various outdoor activities, utilizing the phone’s built-in GPS. My Tracks shows all the tracks on a map and presents live statistics of these activities.

But the feature which takes the spotlight among all the other features is that it lets you share your activities with friends, family members, infact the whole world by making use of the ever famous Google Maps.

What is the thing that makes this application a unique one? Unlike My Tracks, various GPS receivers require you to go through a lengthy process. You have to insert and plug a separate device into a computer, install the software, transfer, convert and then upload you track related data to the web.

With My Tracks, you no longer need to have multiple devices while going out on a ride and other outdoor activities. You can quite easily share your rides spontaneously with any one you desire. You just need to record and upload your track directly from your phone. You can share it via an Email or even you can use Twitter.

While recording tracks, you can:

1. See location / progress on a map
2. Monitor real-time statistics: time, distance, speed, elevation
3. Create waypoints
4. Create statistics waypoints (splits tracks into subtracks)

To share tracks, you can:

1. Upload to Google Maps.
2. Upload to Google Docs.
3. Email as a Google My Map link.
4. Embed Google Map on a website.
5. Email as .gpx or .kml attachments.
6. Export as .gpx or .kml to phone SD card.
7. Tweet your My Map link on Twitter using Twidroid.

In short, My Tracks is an application that enables you to keep your loved ones up to date with your current location and activities while requiring minimum effort from your side.

Google Chrome is about to release for MAC...

Google’s first try at building a web browser was almost an unexpected success.
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Now Google is about to release a version of chrome browser for MAC.

it is not released yet, but Google is collecting email addresses, in order to let you know when it will be released.

The main advantage so far in Chrome is that each tab runs independently of the others.

Google has released the first ever screen shot, in order to prove that they are near to first beta release.

Nokia has announced 6710 Navigator and 6720 Classic

Nokia has just announces two new phone 6710 navigator and 6720 classic.
The new Nokia 6710 Navigator has just been announced. The Nokia 6710 Navigator is a device that is as dedicated to in-car navigation as it is pedestrian guidance.

Not only it has the handset got dedicated navigation keys, walk and drive mode satnav, access to Nokia Maps 3.0 and Maps on Ovi, it manages to pack both HSDPA and Wi-Fi into its sliding armature.

If that’s not all, the 6710 comes equipped with a 5MP camera, a 2.6in QVGA screen to view your snaps on and 16GB SD support.

Nokia has announced another new phone, at the start of Mobile World Congress they have introduced the Nokia 6720 Classic Phone. This phone makes sure that people also get the best voice experience with the curved design fitting perfectly to the users face and new active noise cancellation, a feature appearing for the first time in the Nokia 6720 classic, which significantly improves the quality of voice by cutting down on external ambient sounds.

The Nokia 6720 classic is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of 245 EUR before taxes and subsidies.

Windows 7 not likely to contain Ultimate Extras...

Microsoft has decided to discontinue Ultimate Extras and will not provide it with Ultimate version of Windows 7 . Ultimate Extras which was introduced with Vista is set to end with Vista.
Since the launch of Windows Vista, Ultimate Extras has brought nothing but embarrassment for the software giants. Even though Microsoft accepted the fact of Ultimate Extras not being up to the mark and apologized for it. Even it made some improvements to it. Still Microsoft was not delivering as per promised.
Majority of the users claim that they chose and went on with Vista Ultimate not because of the presence of Ultimate Extras. Microsoft is hoping that users will make the same decision when going for Windows 7 Ultimate, as it will not be cotain Ultimate Extras.
Windows 7 Ultimate is not intended to be sold at retail, instead it is targeted to be on sale during some promotional periods. Rumor says that Ultimate flavor of Windows 7 is expected to be $80 cheaper than Vista Ultimate, going for an amount of $320. What remains to be seen is how PC makers offer it, but it is highly likely to be an option in their more powerful and advanced models.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released...

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
After 22 months of constant development the Debian Project officially announced the release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny).
Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and hand held systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between.
in total twelve architectures are supported:
• Sun SPARC (sparc)
• HP Alpha (alpha)
• Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc)
• Intel IA-32 (i386)
• IA-64 (ia64)
• HP PA-RISC (hppa)
• MIPS (mips, mipsel)
• ARM (arm, armel)
• IBM S/390 (s390)
• AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64)
It also support Marvell’s Orion platform. Supported storage devices include the QNAP Turbo Station series, HP Media Vault mv2120, and Buffalo Kurobox Pro.
Debian 5.0 includes numerous updated software packages
• The K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE)
• An updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2
• The Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment
• LXDE 0.3.2.1
• The GNUstep desktop 7.3
• X.Org 7.3
• OpenOffice.org 2.4.1
• GIMP 2.4.7
• Iceweasel 3.0.6 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)
• Icedove 2.0.0.19 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)
• PostgreSQL 8.3.6
• MySQL 5.0.51a
• GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2
• Linux kernel version 2.6.26
• Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5
• Python 2.5.2 and 2.4.6
• Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6
• Asterisk 1.4.21.2
• Emacs 22
• Inkscape 0.46
• Nagios 3.06
• Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU support)
• OpenJDK 6b11
• And more than 23,000 other ready-to-use software packages (built from over 12,000 source packages)

For non-native English speaking users the package management systems is supported to translate package descriptions and it will automatically show the description of a package in the native language of the user.
Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB’s or from the network.
The key strengths of Debian’s project are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible.

Introducing RedHat`s JBoss Developer studio

JBoss developer studio is a certified open source development environment where they can get everything they need to develop rich web applications. Developers will be using technologies like JBoss hybernate,JBoss seam, JBoss Application Server.JBoss Developer Studio is bundled with Eclispe , Eclispe Tooling and JBoss enterprise application platform.
The JBoss Developer Studio includes both certified visual tooling and a runtime platform that Red Hat supports for 5 years,which can give the developers a confidence that their developed environment, platform and product will be stable, upgradeable, deployable, supportable.
Boss Developer Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS Tiger 10.4x and earlier. JBoss Developer Studio requires JDK 5.0 to run.
Red Hat has seen over 100,000 downloads of JBoss Developer Studio 1.0 beta, since this august, which is a positive sign of well-tested 1.0 release.
Brad Shimmin, Principal Analyst, Current Analysis said:“Although Red Hat’s JBoss Developer Studio is a 1.0 release, it is anything but a first stab or untested solution. (…) Since being released in beta this August, Red Hat has seen 100,000 downloads, making this product a well-tested 1.0 release.”

CaptionTube - A caption editor for a You Tube V.D.O

The term You tube is one which gets the attention of almost every single individual. Do you want to insert your own made captions to your favorite You Tube video. CaptionTube may be the ultimate answer. Caption Tube, a Google App powered site makes it possible for you to insert captions of your desire to your preferred videos.

Are you thinking that you can add captions in just the English language. Well think again. Captions can be written in languages besides English as well.

Another thing that is interesting about this site is that not only it allows you to caption your uploaded videos, it allows you to upload any video and insert custom made captions into it.

If you want to export these captions, then it is done by exporting the captions as an XML file and can be imported to YouTube at a later stage.

The site has been developed by John Skidgel (hats off to you), a user experience designer at Google.

The benefit or the need for it can be better understood by a research from PLYMedia. According to that research, adding subtitles increases the probability of users watching a subtitled video by 40%..

Here is a summarized list of all the features

• Offer viewers a transcript to read.
  
• Improve discoverability and searching for sales and training videos.
  
• Create and edit closed captions in multiple languages.
  
• Export captions and upload them to your YouTube account.
  
• Simple and secure sign in using your Google account.

Ubuntu.....cloud computing???

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced the codename for Ubuntu 9.10, which is scheduled for release in October: Karmic Koala.

For those who wish to manage clouds, Ubuntu will apparently contain tools that leverage the Amazon APIs.

The desktop goals are primarily around “first impressions,” with Shuttleworth indicating that “boot will be beautiful.”

He also promises that the appearance of Ubuntu will change significantly:

The desktop will have a designer’s fingerprints all over it - we’re now beginning the serious push to a new look. Brown has served us well but the Koala is considering other options. It sounds like the majority of the work on the server side in Karmic Koala will be around cloud computing.

The actual text can be summarized as follows:

Ubuntu server will target promoting cloud computing through entirely open-source software.

Canonical will create standard Amazon Machine Images from Karmic Koala, essentially creating “ready-to-run” appliances that will serve as “standard builds” to the Amazon community.

Shuttleworth says one goal is to speed up the boot process in Ubuntu 9.10, while possibly using a new splash screen. Canonical will also be refining the Ubuntu Netbook Remix interface for mini-laptops like the Dell Inspiron Mini.

The server edition of Karmic Koala will feature support for Amazon’s EC2 APIs, and will also use the Eucalyptus project to allow you to host cloud based apps in your own data center.

Samsung SGH-a657 candybar phone now launched

Samsung have announced the Samsung SGH-a657, a rugged push-to-talk candybar phone. This phone has the quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) device, it also supports UMTS (850/1900MHz) with HSDPA for high-speed data connectivity.

It is designed to meet military needs for dust, shock, vibration, altitude and in extreme temperature, along with strong weather conditions like rain and humidity.

Bring your favourite songs along with you, with 128MB of internal memory, and expandable microSD card support and listen with Bluetooth A2DP-supported stereo headsets. The SGH-a657 also comes packaged with AT&T Navigator for journey directions and AT&T Mobile Music for music lovers. Users can also send e-mail, text messages and instant messages.

Motorola has announced MOTOROKR W6 music phone

Motorola has announced the MOTOROKR W6, a clamshell phone for sports, fitness and music fans, the phone is currently launched in Mexico. The MOTOROKR W6 allows you to create and maintain a fitness training plan with an onboard stopwatch, a database of aerobic sequences and calories burned, and gives users the ability to export the data as Excel spreadsheets.

With the MOTOROKR W6, you will be able to store the duration of your aerobic sequences and the number of burned calories, plus exporting that info in Excel format so that you can keep a close look at your progress.

The fitness software was created by a team of researchers and developers in Latin America, where the device has been and continues to be introduced. It first launched in Peru last October.

The MOTOROKR W6 includes an great music experience with a dedicated button for playing songs, and features MOTOID, a service which allows users to easily identify songs.

You can listen to music with wireless stereo headsets via help of Bluetooth A2DP connectivity. This cell phone also includes a 1.3 megapixel camera with digital zoom, 20MB of internal memory to store pictures, and support for external microSD cards.

Currently, Moto has not provided information about the price of the W6, but users in Mexico will be the first to get it, probably followed by those around the world.

You tube.......Great news:):)

According to reports from CNET, Google decide for developing and incorporating payment mechanisms in YouTube. In the pursuit of this plan, a redesign has been applied to the part of the YouTube with that section reserved for professional content. Google Chief Executive, Eric Schmidt, in a conference call stated:
"With respect to how it’ll get monetized, our first priority is on the advertising side. We do expect over time to see micropayments and other forms of subscription models coming as well. We’ll be announcing additional things in that area literally very, very soon. We are making very good progress now with small, medium, and even large-scale video studios."

Recently Google signed a partnership deal with Sony Pictures to show full length movies. Under that deal films will be shown using a video player from Crackle, which happens to be Sony Pictures owned website. Besides this deal, Google has also successfully made deals with CBS, MGM, Lionsgate, Starz and BBC in their effort to acquire TV and film contents.

It was also expected that Google will incorporate the following changes which we have already covered.

what is a trojan????

Oh, sure, we all know what a Trojan is! It's a kind of virus that... that what? You'd better know what these little mothers do, because they're all over the place. Download the free Antimalware application and let it run for five minutes and you'll see what I mean. It found 26 Trojans tucked away on the hard disk of my Fujitsu, and around 20 on the old Acer tower. Different from viruses... sure... because instead of wreaking havoc with your operating system, they stay out of sight, and may operate for years unless you attack with an anti-malware application and get a list of them and quarantine them. So what do these insidious little programs do exactly? I finally found out, thanks to the fact that I've rented out one of my rooms to a very capable PC expert and professional programmer who's currently visiting Paris. He explained it to me in a short explanation that left a chill in my heart. 'What does a trojan do? Think about it. If you want to design an effective trojan, you build one that will capture all the user's keystrokes and surrepticiously send them to someone, somewhere on the Web.' So there you have it, dear Reader. Some very alarming news. You've probably got at least a few trojans on your hard disk. Don't believe me? Try the software mentioned above. There's a better than even chance that every keystroke you enter on your keyboard is being read by someone else, far away, for purposes you'll never know. My lodger summed it up like this: 'I have two computers with me at all times. One, off the web, where I do all my proprietary and personal work. One, on the web, where I communicate with the external world. I never do anything I don't want others to read or purloin on a machine with web access.' That's so important let me reiterate: Never do anything you don't want others to read or purloin on a machine with web access. PS - Be very careful with Antimalware. After analyzing your drives, it will give you a list of infected programs. Don't quarantine all of them until you've examined them one by one. Some of them may be essential Windows applications or programs like Explorer. Quarantine that, and your computer won't work any more. If you've got a Trojan hiding in Explorer or another Windows app' there's just one fix: reinstall Windows, and quickly.

FACE BOOK AND NOKIA LOOK TO BRING SOCIAL NETWORK TO MOBILES:) great newsss!!!!

Facebook is in discussions with Nokia on ways to integrate the popular social network into mobile phones made by the Finnish giant according to a news report. The report, citing "people familiar with the matter," said Palo Alto, California-based Facebook and Nokia were discussing a partnership that would embed parts of the social network into some Nokia phones. The report also said that talks have been going on for months. Financial terms of the potential deal could not be obtained, it said. The newspaper said Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, was deciding whether it wanted to team up with an established Web player like Facebook or "build a social network from the ground up." It said the two companies were looking at potentially integrating contact information stored in Facebook with a phone's address book. "When users looked up a contact, they could see whether their Facebook friends were logged on, send them messages and post comments on their profile pages," the report said. According to Nielsen Co. figures cited by the report, Facebook in December surpassed rival MySpace in terms of the number of visitors from mobile phones -- seven million US mobile users for Facebook compared with 5.7 million US mobile users for MySpace.

GMAIL goes offline

Google recently announced that it's making an offline version of its Gmail e-mail service available. The new feature will be initially available to users of its Googles Apps online suite of productivity applications, which includes Gmail. With offline access, Gmail users will be able to launch the program from an Internet browser to view and respond to e-mails as well as create new ones. However, the e-mails will remain in Outbook until the user is connected online at which point the application sends them automatically. Although not connected to send or receive e-mails, offline Gmail users will also still be able to perform other standard functions of the program such as "starring," or marking individual e-mails considered a priority for viewing later. E-mails that are starred in Gmail can be viewed as a list, separate from all other e-mails. The offline Gmail is built on Google's Gears platform, which has already been used to enable offline access to Google Docs, Google Reader and other third-party Web applications....