The iPod Touch

Friday, September 07, 2007



With the people going nuts after the iPhone, Apple’s next generation iPod’s looks are so like the iPhone. Infact for a moment when you look at it you would probably mistake it for the iPhone. The iPod touch was unveiled on the 5th of Sep 2007 & would be available in the US Markets by the 28th of September.

So looking more at what the iPod Touch got to offer?

The storage, it comes in two variants of 8GB & 16GB, Internally it uses Flash as the Storage Media.

The iPod Touch supports Wifi i.e. IEEE 802.11b/g. (Wonder why don’t people start having WiMax Support instead)

There have reports that the device supports Bluetooth, The reason why it’s not been issued as part of the specification is that the FCC has approved only the Wifi for this device. Probably the Hardware support for Bluetooth is available & would be activated in future software updates. ( Hacker’s got one thing now to start looking into )

The browser, Safari :-) That’s trademark Apple, I Hope it’s the patched version & not the one that was part of the initial releases of the iPhone.


The User Interface is a ditto of the iPhone, touch screen. Like the iPhone, it includes a physical home button separate from the touch screen. The home screen includes a list of buttons corresponding to the available applications: Music, Videos, Photos, iTunes on the bottom button row, and Safari, YouTube, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, and Settings in the top.

The iPod Touch does have a drawback when the comparison is done on storage, but that’s because of the limitations in the flash memory. With Toshiba coming out with 32GB, it should not be long before we see the IPod Touch with similar or larger storage capabilities.

On the whole seems like a welcome break from the typical iPod which has been around for so long.






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Google Sky

Thursday, August 23, 2007


Google Earth’s got something more !!!! It’s got the Sky in it too. The Latest Version of Google earth has a feature for you to look at the sky like never before.

You can look at a million different galaxies, constellations, stars, planets and lot more. Google has incorporated this new feature inside Google earth itself, so downloading the latest version of Google earth should give you on breath taking journey into the universe.

Google claims that it has not started this project to make money, but rather because some of it’s engineers were interested in this project. They have put together over a million different pictures to form the viewing experience that we wouldn’t forget in a hurry. The source of these images … Academia’s, Research Institutes & Space Agencies.

With about a hundred million stars and two hundred million galaxies, Sky in Google Earth lets you explore the heavens like never before.

So sit back, relax and let yourself glide through the Cosmos. Three cheers for Google. :-)

Have a look at this video, to experience more :-) Source Youtube








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Toshiba announces 32GB, 16GB SDHC & 8GB MicoSDHC cards

Wednesday, August 22, 2007




This Company Seriously Rocks !!!! They really seem to be revolutionizing the way data can be carried around. Yes you read the Title of the post right, Toshiba announces 32GB, 16GB High Density SDHC Cards. This is not all , they also announced a 8GB Micro SDHC card .

This is the world’s first 32GB memory card in this High Density. All the new cards meet the Class 4 specification in the SD Speed Class, enabling them to deliver the high level performance and functionality essential for advanced mobile phones and other personal digital products.

So when are they out in the market?????

The 16GB card would be making it’s rounds in worldwide from Oct 2007. The 32GB & the 8GB micro SD in Jan 2008.

The Key features of these cards are

SDHC Memory Card (High Speed Type)

>Realizes maximum write speed of 6 megabyte per sec (MB/s)3
>"Class 4" SD Speed Class, with a minimum sustained data write of 4MB/s
>Integrates highly secure CPRM4 copyright technology

microSDHC Memory Card

> Realizes large 8GB capacity in a microSDHC Card. It can store 139 hours5 of music at a bit rate of 128kbps6
> "Class 4" SD Speed Class, with a minimum sustained data write of 4MB/s
> Integrates highly secure CPRM copyright technology

Image & Product Sepecification Courtesy : Toshiba.com CLICK HERE To see the press release page.








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Small Electronic Devices To Run On Power From Body Heat

Monday, August 20, 2007



A group of really cool people have discovered a way to run small portable electronic devices with the help of Human Body heat. Amazing isn’t it ??? I was really astounded when I read about this.

Peter Spies , the Program head has said that this mechanism will not completely remove batteries from portable devices, but rather help in extending the charge of the batteries for a long long time without actually having to visit a electric plug point. Think of it … your smart phones on a recharge would probably last you a week !!!

So how does this mechanism work??

The difference in our body temperature to the outside room temperature is around 4 – 5 degrees typically. This when harnessed would be enough to generate up to 250milli Volts.

Now comes the problem, the typical batteries of portable devices have a voltage range between 1.8V to 3.6V. So how do these guys overcome the limitation of out body being able to produce so little power to what is actually needed?

Well Semiconductors these days has definitely come a long way. These guys have nicknamed their silicon, thermogenerator or something that sounds like that … what this does is that it keeps on accumulating the charge till it reaches a desired level & this is then sent across to charge the device.

So when is this expected in the market? No idea as of now yet … doesn’t really seem to have made it out of the lab yet. But this should be cool once we get to use it.

Anyways thumbs up for these folks, Great work & good going :-)








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Motorola RIZR Z8

Friday, August 03, 2007





The latest phone of Motorola is out. Announced in February 2007, the MOTO RIZR Z8’s got style I’ve gotta admit it, the Moto RIZR Z8 is one of a kind. The slider is unique; it opens at an angle that follows the contours of the face. I’ve never a seen a phone with a design like this. I give it 10 on 10 on the slider design.

So Motorola finally decide to get more phones running the Symbian OS. This is something that Nokia’s gotta be careful about. Most people love Nokia for the support of Symbian, so Motorola’s got them on this too. Motorola’s coming out most of its new phones running on LJ platform, i.e. the Linux – Java platform, this is also a break from the traditional Symbian OS on Smartphone’s. So I guess it should not be long before we some really cool applications for the LJ phones.

So what else is new with the Moto RIZR Z8??? The telegraph.co.uk describes that the Moto RIZR Z8 is the perfect phone for film fans on the go. Well I guess so!!! But I still prefer my PSP as the perfect portable entertainment system ;-)

Looking more at the specifications of the Phone,

The Network : It supports HSDPA / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900,

The Weight : 112 g , Hmmmm … Slightly on the heavier side.

The Display, impressive 240 * 320 and 2.2 inches ( In league with most coming out now)

The Ring Tones : Polyphonic & MP3 ( What about real & wma ??? ) I know of a Symbian application called WMAPlus which is great codec to have on your phone, so proud RIZR Z8 owners, get it ASAP.

Data support : GPRS, EDGE , 3G, USB & Bluetooth. No Wifi though.

Camera : 2 Mega Pixles.


So this is what Motorola’s got to offer in the Z8 along with the usual set of features that most phones offers. The way Motorola’s coming out new and exciting phones, it looks like Nokia is in for one big slide in the market share.








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Surface Computing And Microsoft Surface

Wednesday, August 01, 2007



Imagine the table you have coffee, the surface of which can actually display photos, play videos, sync between your mobile phone your wireless cameras without any kind of explicit connection. In total your table is being your computer ???

Seems like since fiction just a few years ago !!!! Well this is reality now & the first commercial Surface Computers should be available sometime in November 2007.

So let’s get to the basics of understanding the Concept of Surface Computing.

What is a Surface Computer ?
It is the form of computing where a specialized GUI is used, where the traditional GUI elements are replaced by objects of everyday use, for ex your fingers, your mobile, your glass etc.

So how do I interact with the Surface Computer?
Simple, we use our hands :-) No more mouse’s & keyboards and all the other everyday Input devices. Your hand does the trick and of course a lot other everyday objects.

So how does the Surface Computer work?
It lets you access multiple points on the screen unlike a traditional mouse where only on point can be accessed. It has a set of Infrared cameras that literally allows the computer to see objects placed on it. This is how it interacts with the object placed on it.

Who are the people involved in Surface Computing?
Apple and Microsoft are the two giants who seem to take a liking in promoting this Technology. Microsoft seems like the one who is all set to finish production soon.

So lets see what can we do with this Technology ?
Imagine a traditional Photograph that you have, it’s a piece of paper on which the a image is printed, and a Photo on your Computer is a image on the Screen. So what could I do to brew a combination of both the traditional & electronic approach ?



I have to have a table on which I can keep my photograph (traditional), and then also be able to resize the image at real time, edit attributes of the image too (Electronic). So get your imagination running…. Imagine a photo on the table, which is actually your screen, you can move around the photo to any part of the table by just pushing it around (Like it’s a paper) and then you can hold your finger on the edges on the photo and stretch it & it actually stretches, to the actual size of the table. Then you keep your wireless mobile phone on the table and then you decide to move the photo in to it. You just push the photo towards the place where the mobile is lying on the table & viola it just disappears into your phone. I can presume it’s a little hard to imagine it, So I’ve got a link which actually shows you how the Surface Computer works

The link is THIS, it’s a video, a superb one, you would definitely love it. (Courtesy Popular Mechanics )


From Microsoft’s point of view, Microsoft Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a black table base, topped with a 30-inch touch screen in a clear acrylic frame. Five cameras that can sense nearby objects are mounted beneath the screen. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by setting real-world items tagged with special barcode labels on top of it. (Courtesy Wikipedia)

This Microsoft surface is designed to respond to 52 touches at a time. It is initially expected to be used in Hotels, reservation counters etc. The pricing a whooping 3000$ to 5000$ ( I could buy a small car with money in India)

So when will it be available to us folks ?? Maybe in 3 to 5 years for it to find a reduction in cost and a widespread use. Till then keep the imaginations running :-)








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pspWxp : Complete Guide

Wednesday, July 25, 2007



1. Download pspWxp from this LINK

2. Extract the zip file that you get into a folder named pspWxp (Ideally it should not matter what ever is the name of the folder )

3. Paste this folder in the root of the Memory Stick. i.e. in the top most level. (not inside MP_ROOT) , this is because you don’t have to unnecessarily have to type in a long path in your browser.

4. Open your web browser.


5. Enter the address as following “ file:/pspWxp/index.html "

6. Load the page, this should begin running the pspWxp on your psp.

7.Press Triangle to hide the browser's toolbars (press triangle again to show it)

8. Their are points where you are asked whether you want to run the embedded plug-in in the page, say YES.

9. There is also a option in the pspWxp homepage, where a automatic installer is available, so you could skip step two by using this.

Instructions on using pspWxp, once loaded is as follows

For Opening a program on the desktop
--> Using the analog stick, move the cursor over the program icon
--> Press X

For Opening the Start menu
--> Use the analog stick to move the cursor over the Start button
--> Press X

For Opening a program or submenu in the start menu
--> Follow the steps above to open the start menue
--> Move the cursor over the program/submenu name/icon
--> Press X







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The iPhones’s are Vulnerable !!! Safari exploit gives hackers complete control over the iPhone.

Monday, July 23, 2007




The most awaited phone of the year. People queued up for it, like they would never lay their hands on the gadget, if they weren’t the first at the crack of dawn to get hold of the IPhone ….


So what have we here???? The a vulnerable piece of hardware, whose creators boasted of more than 200 patents tagged to the device .. Mr. Jobs !!!! 200 !!! & of all things the Browser’s gotta give way

The vulnerability is thanks to the Safari Exploit, which allows the iPhone to run malicious scripts on the phone. The browser has a feature to automatically execute a file, when the extension of the file is “safe”. These files could be inside ziped archive. Now all the hacker does is rename his script to a .safe extension & viola the script is executed.

Once in the phone, the hacker’s got complete administrative access over the phone. Nothing seems to be safe once that’s been granted to the hacker. Robbing the phone of the SMS log, e-mail & other passwords stored on the phone, address book, the complete log of the Calls. Loads of stuff that I would not like someone to steal of my phone .

Apple’s been notified of this & we hope to get some response real soon .. Till then have a look at the safety tips that apple has posted when dealing with mail attachments. The link, CLICK HERE








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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leaked

Wednesday, July 18, 2007




Yup , it’s true a photographed version of the Deathly Hallows is out today on the net. I did read the entire copy, but I guess I’ll still buy the book this Saturday :-)

So the spoilers !!!! Naaaahh … I’m not going to tell you, I would be such a kill joy if I did. I guess you would never probably come to my blog again too if do mention it.

Some facts about the last book that’s been leaked.
-->> The size of the JPEG images is around 75 MB !!!

-->> The last word is not scar (or at least this is what I know)

-->> The last line of the book is this "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."

-->> The First chapter is “The Dark Lord Ascending”

-->> Page 344 & 345 of the book talks about the actual scenario where James and Lilly Potter are murdered.

-->> The first line in Page 344 is “ Hold him off, without a wand in his hand! … He laughed before casting the curse …
“ Avada Kedavra…”


-->> Snape was never a bad guy ;-0

-->> Snape was deeply in love with Lilly Potter (Harry's Mother)

-->> The last Chapter before the Epilouge is " The Flaw in the Plan "

-->> Harry calls Voldemort "Riddlle" in the Final battle. Just the way dumbeldore addressed Voldemort.

-->> The Epilouge is " Nineteen Years Latter"

-->> Lupin & Tongs are killed

-->> Harry Survies the Killing curse for the Second Time ( But that does not mean the third is safe ;-0 )

-->> I would love to tell you who died & how "HE" died... But noooo , i'm stopping :)

Ok lemme stop or I’ll end up spoiling the fun ;-)

Hold tight guys, 21 July is just 2 days away :-) You could just buy the book then :-)







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PSP Slim A.K.A PSP 2001



I wanted to blog about this the very day the news was out, but then I decided to wait a lil longer to know more about the new guy in the block.

The PSP Lite … The name says it all. It’s the sleek, slim & sexy new version of the PSP :-) What’s new in the PSP Slim. It’s slim, that the new :-) Ok … So what else is new???

1) It’s got a less complex UMD door

2) The Wi-fi switch is shifted to the top (next to the UMD drive door)

3) It’s got a TV Out ( Now I love this device )

4) It’s probably gonna run the 3.60 FW version on it.

5) It's gonna be 33% lighter

6) It's 19% slimmer

7) It's gonna have 2 times the original RAM

8) A lot more colors to choose from

I had a chance to get my hands on the User Manual of the PSP Lite. Here’s the link [Click here]

It’s seems pretty much the same as the original PSP, except for the new features that I mentioned above.








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55 Ways to Have Fun With Google

Tuesday, July 10, 2007


Google seems to be the essence of the life when it comes to searching on the web. I happened to have a look at this site, which has a book that gives you an insight as to how to have fun with Google.

Philipp Lenssen, the author has this to say on his site …

“You probably use Google everyday, but do you know... the Google Snake Game? Googledromes? Memecodes? Googlesport? The Google Calculator? Googlepark and Google Weddings? Google hacking, fighting and rhyming? In this book, you’ll find Google-related games, cartoons, oddities, tips, stories and everything else that’s fun. Reading it, you won’t be the same searcher as before!”



The best part about this book is the , PDF version is free to download. The link to the Site is THIS.


The Chapters of the book is as follows.
1. Egogoogling: Susan Is...
2. The Google Snake Game
3. Memecodes: Survival of the Fittest Web Pages
4. The Google Irritation Game, and the Google Image Quiz
5. Googling Proverbs
6. Browsing Images of a Site
7. A Brief History of Googlesport
8. What is Google, and what do people consider fun about it?
9. How Much Time Google Saves Us
10. Google Cookin’ a Lemon Chicken
11. Douglas Adams and the Google Calculator
12. Oops, I Googled Again
13. The Disappearing Google Logo, a Magic Trick
14. Fun With Google Maps, the Wiki Way
15. Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack
16. Google Q&A
17. Celebrate Google Non-Weddings, and More
18. Design Your SketchUp Dream House
19. Kevin Bacon and the Google Network
20. The Google Alphabet
21. Google Search Tips
22. Googlepark
23. Googleshare
24. The Shortest Google Search (and the One Returning the Most Results)
25. Google Rotated and Mini Google
26. The Google Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Google?
27. Recreate Google From Memory
28. The Strange World of Google News
29. Aliens Attack Google!
30. Top Ten Signs You Are Addicted to Google
31. Dig a Hole Through Earth
32. Googlebombing
33. Google Ads Gone Wrong
34. Life in the Age of Google
35. Google Hacking
36. Googlepolls: Ask the Crowd
37. Googlefights
38. What If Google Was Evil? Plus: Five Inventions of the Google Future
39. The Google Adventure Game
40. Egobot, Voice of the Web
41. Fun Google Gadgets
42. Forty-Two, or: A Science-Fiction Interlude
43. The Google Book of World Records
44. Spelling Errors Galore
45. Google Groups, Time Machine
46. Growing a Google Word
47. Most Popular Words, and PopSents
48. Create Google Poetry, Prose, and Collages
49. Funny Google Videos
50. The Realplayer Fish, or: Telling a Story in Synonyms
51. Google Parodies
52. The Google Images Prediction Trick
53. Fun With Google Translations
54. The Giant Google Painting
55. Googledromes

Have Fun Googling :-)








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Multiple Instances of Google Talk On The Same Machine At The Same Time

Friday, July 06, 2007



Google Talk allows you to run only one instance of it, at a time on a single PC. There are times when we have multiple Google accounts and basically wanna run 2 or more instances of Google Talk on the same machine.

The simple and effective way to do it is by not enabling a mutex when Gtalk is started in the first instance.

The method to do it

1) Left Click your mouse on the desktop to bring up the contextual window.

2) Highlight the new option.

3) A Sub menu comes up, where you would find a menu item called Shortcut

4) Click on it.

5) Now a window pops up & there would be a text field that you would need to fill, this basically is the location of Google Talk on your machine.

6) If you can find the exe on your machine great, or else paste the following text

7) "C:\ Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex

8) I am assuming that you have installed Google talk in the default directory.

9) Click NEXT

10) Now change the name of the Shortcut to whatever you feel like, Ex googletalk_multiple.

11) Click Finish


Viola, your done :-) Now every time you click the shortcut, a new instance of Google talk starts up, for you to login to as many multiple users as you need to.







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Dark_AleX Has decided to quit :-(

Tuesday, July 03, 2007




This is terrible news to the PSP Community. Dark-Alex Has decided to move out of the PSP HomeBrew scene.

This is what he had to say

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Bye, scene.

I've decided to cease OE development, and leave PSP scene.
The reasons are various.
One of them is the time it consumes, which i'm losing from other things.
The other is related to my security. I didn't like Sony menaces to PS3 hackers.
I think it is better to leave now rather than end paying the consequences.
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It looks like Sony means business. They don't wanna have the Great Ones working on things that they created. It really is terrible. I just hope Fanjita doesn't move out all of a sudden.

I have a feeling the reason why Sony decided to push Dark-AleX to the corner was because, in selling a PSP Sony actually makes a loss on the Hardware & the place they earn revenue is through the games that are sold. With people pirating games rampantly, the work of people like Dark-AleX and Fanjita are getting screwed.

I just hope he decides to come back soon. The PSP Scene is like half dead without him. The other half of the life is Fanjita. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be a completely dead platform.

I still don't get it with,what does he mean by saying " I didn't like Sony menaces to PS3 hackers ". What's with the PS3 Hackers and him ???? The Sony menaces, I guess is Sony trying to bring about a lawsuit against him, but if they had to they could have done it a ong time back. I guess it's with them threatening him. Blast those Japaneese Dorks.

Anyways Thanks a lot Alejandro, the one & only Dark-AleX.

PS: I hope I'm not copyright violating by putting up the Logo of Dark-AleX's website. It's just that I appreciate all that he has done for us & it's a mark of rememberance.










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XBOX Elite

Thursday, March 29, 2007



Microsoft’s never going to give up :-) The console war continues & the newest solider to enter is the latest version of the XBOX, the XBOX Elite which was confirmed by Microsoft. It’s planned to hit the Shelves by the 29th of April 2007.

So what’s new with the XBOX Elite???

Looks wise the XBOX Elite is awesome. The sleek black, give’s the Nintendo’s Wii a run for it’s money. I kind of feel that the XBOX Elite now looks more like a PS3? How many of you folks agree on that? Still gotta give it to Microsoft for the look it’s given the XBOX Elite.

The next important feature is the 120 Gig Hard disk. [This is the reason for the high cost of the Elite]. So that’s something that Sony had not anticipated, with the PS3 having a max of 60 Gigs to offer. So thumbs up Microsoft. :-) The 120 Gig Hard disk was also available to use with the XBOX 360, as a saperate accessory. Buying that along with the XBOX 360, costed as much as the XBOX Elite.


The third aspect is the introduction of the wireless controllers. The same as in an PS3.Can’t these console manufactures come up with something more innovative? Huh !!!

The 4th addition, a HDMI [ High Definition Multimedia Interface] output. At last it’s sunk into the heads of the makers of the XBOX Elite that people have started using HDTV’s.

So what is Microsoft actually targeting at? Nintendo’s Wii has been selling a lot more units than the PS3 or XBOX, doesn’t this really worry Sony or Microsoft. Well the Wii is targeted more towards being a Family oriented console & spokesperson’s from Microsoft say that once a Wii user turns 14 , he would be looking for something more & that some thing more is the XBOX Elite!!!! I have no clue how do they come up with these kind of statistics.

So how much does the XBOX Elite cost. 400 US$ that’s what been out in the news papers today morning. The Wii costs 1 quarter of that, no wonder they’re selling like hot cakes :-)

A survey conducted suggested that only 45 % - 50% of the users of the XBOX use it for gaming. The rest use it more for other media related activities. Sony’s PS3 & Microsoft’s XBOX Elite have been built, to suit the profile of a Media Hub, rather than a Gaming console. It’s like many companies trying to get out set top boxes, where everything in your house is connected to it & it’s behaves like the centralized Hub.


Overall the XBOX Elite looks like it’s going to have a big market, I seem to notice that Microsoft’s finally delivering what Hardcore Gamer wants, his console to have the looks, the style & of course better technology.

But there's this one thing that I cant understand is, Why is Microsoft trying to release the XBOX Elite, without adding the functionality of a HD-DVD player ??

So lets see what the XBOX Elite can really deliver, once we get our Hands on it :-)

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Blu-Ray Vs HD-DVD… The War Continues….

Wednesday, March 28, 2007



In Jan 2007, Korean Electronic Giant LG decided to go for it, the Dual player that plays both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. So where does this really lead to? The end of the war, where the consumer finally is happy with something that supports both?

Well I see that this kind of a player will only help a small segment of undecided buyers. Most others have decided on what they really want, but since the new generation players a burn in the pocket, the consumer himself is playing a wait & watch game.

The dual players are again a lot more expensive? So how long are these players going to survive? Well the answer lies with what Movie studios & game developers decide. The final format that they think is the best one to support. The reason behind this is the huge storage needed now, is only for better quality movies & high graphics games. If it is for any other purpose, a DVD should really suffice when it comes to storage.

So when it comes to the wait & watch policy, who are the other electronic giants doing it? HP & Samsung seems to be the only other companies that have openly agreed to support both the formats. Ruling out HP as a "player" manufacture, but as only a Drive manufacturer, Samsung seems to be the next in the lead to make a dual player.

Are they going to make it? Well they are looking at LG’s success as a benchmark & would go on with it only if LG succeeds. So what the big deal with having both the formats on a single player? Nothing much for a consumer, except that you have a choice of buying what format you feel like.

How is it different for a retailer? Warner Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer stated in a press release that "The retailer wants to sell hardware and doesn't want to be forced into stocking two formats for everything". So what does Warner come up with a Dual Format Disc, which has Blu-Ray on one side and HD-DVD on the other. So all that the consumer has to do is pick up what he needs and play it on whatever kind of player he has at home.

Doesn’t all of these seem a unnecessary? Why cant we just have one format and get on with it? Well all I could think of with this is that Corporations have gotta make money & how best to do that? Force more on to the consumer. It’s us who finally pays :-|

I have no clue as to how long is this war's going to go. If Pioneer has their way with the UV Disc ( See my previous post). The Blu-ray & the HD-DVD both gotta did their grave.







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Ultra Violet Disc (UVD), The next Generation of Optical Storage.




The Blu-ray Disc’s just out & it seems to be obsolete already???? Talk of the town, with the community who’s crazy with optical storage is the way Pioneer come out with their new disc called the Ultra Violet Disc.

So what’s so special about this circular chap, who stores data? Nothing much, all that it can do is store around 510 GB ;-) !!!!!!!

Yup, you read it right, FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN Giga Bytes of raw storage!!!!

The way that this is done is by using an Ultra Violet beam to read and write to the Disc, which basically can let you have pits & lands 20 times closer than what they are in a Blu-ray disc. The distance between the pits is around 70 nanometer, which is like a single hair split a thousand times. Boy that sure is small.

When is this dude hitting the markets? Well pioneer as of now says that this is available only in there labs in Japan. They are themselves not sure as to when it could be commercially possible for this to come out. This was a lot similar to the press statements in 2002 – 2003, when the Blu-ray was to be out too. So I guess another 2 -3 years from now… we have a 12 cm disc that store half a Tera Byte.

I actually vaguely remember reading about this disc in How stuff works (I was working on a technical presentation on the Blu-ray disc for my College Project), but they then were themselves (i.e. How Stuff Works) not sure of the technology.

Well anyways, let’s see what the futures got in store!! Till then, way to go guys who’re making it technology like this possible :-)







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PSP : Wallpaper With Waves

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Ever wondered how cool would you PSP look with custom wallpaper and with waves on it. As you see in the above pic, its my XMB(Home Screen) with wallpaper made by me. Now how do I have a wallpaper with waves ?
Its very simple, all you have to do is just make any of your favorite picture in a 480x272 size. You can use photoshop for doing this, its simplest in it. Now save the file with name '01-12.bmp' (without quotes). Now you are done with you wallpaper, lets flash it to the PSP then.

For 3.03Oe-C
Enter the recovery mode of you psp by holding R at startup. Go to advanced and then select toggle USB (flash 0). Now on you computer you should see the new device. Open up the drive which your computer assigns to your PSP (e.g. E:). Here you will see some folders, click on folder 'vsh'. Again you see some folders, click on the folder resource. Just copy the wallpaper you just made on this screen. Make sure the name of the file is '01-12.bmp'. Just make a back-up of your original file from psp and copy your custom wallpaper here. And that's it, you have a wallpaper with waves.

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