Eclipse Intuit Phone by Eddie Goh gets life in light

If you have been through the irritation of a sudden disconnection of your call and the charger is no where too be found, you must have wondered of some magic that can put back life in your phone. So, here comes the magic.

The Eclipse Intuit Phone by Eddie Goh, this one doesn’t require a charger as all you need to do to charge it is just expose it to light…not only sun light but any kind of light and it’s battery will get into action. Thanks to a chemically based thin solar skin that covering the pars of the phone, the phone gets charged in light.

Talk about rest of the features and this concept scores well there as well. It comes with a cool 5 mega pixel camera loaded with software to upload and treat pics, slide-out touch keyboard with tactile feedback, and a chick big touchscreen front and center.

All I can say is ‘I’m desperately waiting for this concept to get into life.’

AIG F566, MP3 player and digital camera-shaped sunglasses

Now that summer arrives sure that many have used to renovate its obsolete sunglasses by others with a more fashion design and brand in the pure RayBan. Not a bad example to follow, but that should not follow every good geek, because a good geek should buy these AIG F566.

These glasses are AIG F566 type CIA agent because not only protect our eyes from the sun’s rays, but also allow us to listen to music while wearing thanks to its compatibility with MP3 and WMA files can be stored in the internal memory device, which can be 1 GB or 2 GB depending on the model they purchase; obviously has a USB port that will serve as a bridge between our glasses and our computer for file transfer.

Sony Ericsson’s 8 mega pixel wonder phone Cyber Shot C905, near arrival!

If that 3 mega pixel camera looks kiddish and 5-mega pixel doesn’t interest you and your creative instincts are hungry for more, then Sony Ericsson will soon bring something for you. It is going to be a uber-cool slider phone called the Cyber-shot C905, codenamed “Shiho.”

Now, you have believe your ears when you read that this phone is going to feature a camera that’s beyond imagination -8.1 mega pixel with both xenon and LED flashes. Apart from the never before feature like the 8.1 inch camera, features like GPS, TV out, DLNA certification, and HSDPA in your choice of European and American flavors find a place in it.

The sceen is QVGA, but that’s manageable when rest is so cool. If your heart is already asking the availability, you will be glad to know that you won’t have to wait more since the Sony Ericsson will launch it on the 17th of this month in gold, silver, and black avatars!

Wash clothes in just one cup of water, thanks Eco-friendly Waterless washing machine concept

The washing machine concept that we are going to talk about now will make many many people happy the moment it gets a life. Right from the lady at home whe is most of the time sulking for water shortage to the government who keeps shouting loud to pass on the message of ‘aving water’.

Now if you are thinking that a washing machine can only waste water then let me brief you about this concept called Xeros washing machine designed by the he British inventors. This unique washing machine uses just a single cup of water to wash those piles of clothes

works in the washing machine instead of water are thousands of special plastic chips. In every wash the chips get heated as the available one cup of water heats up and absorb the dirt and stains from the clothes. Once the washing is over the chips are removed and they can be reused upto 100 times.

If all goes well you’ll see this washing machine in the market around next year and we are sure it will take the eco-friendly revolution to the next level of innovation.

Design meets technology: ‘Glass No-key keyboard is world’s flattest

Delicate, transparent, elegant, subtle and classy are a few adjectives that we usually associated with a fine creation of glass. How about loading it with a great deal of technology, unique and intelligent designing and an equally intelligent concept to make a dazzling glass keyboard?

Yes, check out Kong Fanwen’s ‘No-key Keyboard’ and you’ll know what we are talking about. When flat-surface is spinning the world with every other cellphone, TV or ipod going flat, the no-key keyboard is another step towards the flat and touch-screen revolution but in something like a keyboard which was never thought of being ‘key-less’!

This one is the world’s first flattest full size QWERTY keyboard to date that features just a glass surface, camera and lighting! Yes, the all new alternative keyboard concept will be be packed with the latest motion capture technology to sense and watch your fingers pressing the keys to key-in just the right messages!

I just can’t imagine typing on a keyboard without even pressing the keys! Must say- the power of touch is working well! Though, other creations in the world of keyboards including the giant keyboard or the mobile keyboard were no less impressive.

Jazz up your laptop with Moroccan Laptop sleeves!

Are you bored to death of seeing that same pink laptop of yours? If pocket is not allowingto change the laptop, why not change its look to something that new, unique and yes, stylish to the hilt. Check out these dramatic laptop sleeves in authentic Moroccan themes, perfect enough to lift yours as well as your laptop’s mood to some extent.

The Tile Skins as they call them will bring the old world charm back into your life with a little hints of art and romance here and there.

Luxury Gadget of the day: Nokia 8800 Arte Pink

Love them or hate them but you just can’t avoid them! (At least, I cannot). Reference here is to all those gold-diamond-platinum plated, lavish and luxury cell phones dong rounds of the gadget market. If you can afford you are most welcome to buy, if not then no body’s stopping you from drooling on the latest expensive cell phone, christened as the Nokia 8800 Arte Pink.

Designed by Peter Aloisson is created to bedazzle every eye that falls on it with it’s shining white-gold body caked with 680 white and pink alluring diamonds, making it an apt pick for the uber rich. Loaded with a price tag reading a whopping $131,000, Nokia 8800 Arte Pink is indeed an object de art, ideal to be an ornamental piece in the filthy rich’s desperately rich mobile collection that also has the Mobiado’s wonder.

Qosimo G55: First Gesture control Laptop

A move over the voice command recognizing laptops, will be Toshiba’s next addition in the laptop segment called the Qosmio G55. 55 which is all set for its launch next month touts of q unique camera-based visual gesture control system that allows you to use your hands to communicate whatever and any number of functions to the laptop.

With the first ever used Quad Core HD processor backing it, the G55 is the first notebook that lets users control music and video playback and also PowerPoint, using just their hands, yes, there’s no remote or keyboard required. The webcam senses your movement from 3 to 10 feet away and the Quad Core HD processor interprets your hand motions in real time.That means now you can even go mime with your laptop…sounds… err…looks interesting!

Apart from the visual gesture system, which happens to be the USP of G55, it is also loaded wth other features including an 18.4-inch screen, Centrino 2 CPU, GeForce 9600M GT, 4GB of RAM, dual drives, and the “Quad Core HD processor” that backs the wide range of media functions offered by Qosmio G55.

When it comes to looks. Qosmio is good enough to give many a notebooks a run for their money with a combination of a slick black chassis, LED illumination, and metal highlights on offer.

Price: $1549

Windows XP - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Only a mere 2 weeks from now the final death toll will have rung for Windows XP. Your default option for a Windows operating system will be Windows Vista. It’s time for it to sink or swim right?

I’m not sure how I feel about this move. I realize and understand that Microsoft needs to move forward with operating system support and start focusing as much of their efforts on Vista instead of continuing to keep people propped up on Windows XP indefinitely.

The problem with that thought though is that Windows XP is still a great operating system. It’s got its issues and had it’s issues from day one (just like Vista), but it’s just been so long on the market as the de facto operating system on Windows machines that it’s a tough one to walk away from quietly.

Are you an end-user that’s reluctant go move to Windows Vista? Are you a developer that’s still developing for XP exclusively? Since push has now come to shove, will you stick with a Windows operating system or will you now make the jump to Mac or Linux options?

I’m sticking with Microsoft and Windows, but if I had the cash I’d love to have a maxxed out Mac laptop running Windows just to compare things.

Rajnikanth - A Precious Stone.

Superstar not just on the screen, but he is a hero in real life too. Mr. Chitra Swaminathan is a famous photographer in Tamil Nadu. Both of them share good friendship over for a long time and recently they met up. Rajnikanth who is yet to start his shooting for Robot was spending leisure time at Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam. All of sudden, he called up Chitra Swaminathan to meet and he made up for the occasion.

When Rajnikanth asked about how is profession is going on, he replied saying that now everyone has got the camera of latest technology and it is bit difficult to withstand it. Immediately, within fraction of minutes, he presented him the latest camera of Nikon D80.

This shows that Rajnikanth is not a Kuselan on screen, but in real life too.

How Your Location-Aware iPhone Will Change Your Life

There's a lot of speculation as to what we can expect from next week's iPhone announcements, but there's one thing you can be sure of: The iPhone's location-aware features will change your life. Whether that means pinpointing your location on a Google Map (which iPhones already do), tracking your friends when you go out, or giving you a heads-up on the best place to eat within a three-block radius, the location-aware future is bright. Here's how it'll work.

Location-A-What-What?

Apple's iPhone firmware update at the beginning of the year introduced a faux-GPS feature that uses cell tower information to triangulate your position on the iPhone's Google Maps application. You click a button, and a few seconds later it tells you approximately where you are on the map. So far—unless you've jailbroken your iPhone—that's all it can do.

Jailbroken iPhones—and all iPhones after next week—have and will be seeing a slate of location-aware programs that will take advantage of that faux (and possibly true) GPS information to give you all kinds of heads-ups on what's going on in your area. Here's a look at what's to come.

Find a Great Place Nearby

CNet is reporting that the popular online review site Yelp has already slated a location-aware app to plug into their enormous database of business reviews to give you an overview on all the restaurants, clubs, dentists, and mechanics nearby. If you absolutely can't wait for Yelp, you can already find a good restaurant in the neighborhood with StreetFlow, an iPhone application for jailbroken iPhones that allows you to view and contribute to reviews of nearby restaurants. You can even take a photo while you're eating and upload it to give other users a better idea of the ambiance. (Not jailbroken yet? Don't worry, it'll only take 45 seconds.)

Social Networking Goes Hyper-Local

On the social networking front, tons of developers and opportunists are gearing up to help you keep track of your social network in real as well as virtual space. Twinkle, a Twitter application already running on jailbroken iPhones, tracks the location of your tweets and displays the location of all other Twinkle users within anywhere from 1 to 1000 miles. New social networking web sites like BrightKite are cropping up built specifically as location-based networks where you can track your existing friends and make new friends nearby, and if they don't already have an iPhone application in the works, you can bet someone else already does.

Document Where All Your Photos Were Taken

We've given you the rundown on how to geotag your photos—a process that involves embedding location data in your digital photographs—but when you've got a location-aware device taking the pictures, your memories can be automatically geotagged for you. Don't remember where you had that great sushi? Now you can just check the picture.

Google has already begun incorporating geotagged photos in Google Maps, giving users a more personal look at locations than the bird's-eye or even street views can offer. Again, jailbroken iPhone users can already install an application called iFlickr that geotags your photos as you take them and then automatically uploads them to popular photo sharing site Flickr. And since Flickr has geotagging features built in, anyone looking through my photostream can see approximately where I took the picture.

Ugh, the iPhone

I know, I know, you're sick of hearing about the iPhone, it's not the first gadget to do x, y, or z, etc. The upshot is this: The iPhone may not be the first device on the block with location-awareness capabilities (at a minimum, GPS devices have been around and providing similar services for a while now), but it is the device that's going to break location-aware applications into the mainstream. And from a consumer perspective—assuming I take off my tin-foil hat to bask in the glory of useful possibilities—the location-aware tools that will be developed for and made popular by the iPhone will change your life for the better.

If you've got your own ideas on how location-aware technology like we're seeing in the iPhone is going to change the way we shop, communicate, and socialize—or you hate the idea altogether—let's hear about it in the comments. And while you're getting your iPhone on, maybe you'd be interested in checking out my delightful iPhone book.

Western Digital Researching 20,000RPM Hard Disk to Fight Solid State Drives

According to blog Bit-Tech.net, sources in the hard drive industry say that Western Digital "is working on a 20,000RPM Raptor hard drive to combat" Solid State Drives, since these are going to "be affordable in the next 12 or 18 months." The new Raptor will be a 2.5-inch drive inside a 3.5-inch custom box designed to make it "silent," since a 20,000RPM HD could probably make your ears bleed after a few minutes at fulll speed. But can a mechanical drive compete against solid state?

Even while the new 20,000RPM Raptor could be engineered to be ultra-fast and more or less silent at the same time, the challenges for a mechanical design are too many to ignore. Mainly, there's is the issue of power consumption: this rotation speed will require a lot of extra energy compared to normal drives, which is a bad spot in a market that is claiming for greener technology, and is moving away from the desktop into the mobile space, where power consumption is a make or break issue. The reliability of such a complex mechanical design would be another potential problem.

Everything to try to match Solid State Drives, which also will keep evolving, getting faster and even more efficient down the line.

Microdia to Release ("FIRST!") 64GB CompactFlash Card

While several companies are working on a 64GB CompactFlash card, Microdia will be the first to actually bring the technology to store shelves (in Australia) this month. Dubbed the Microdia 64GB XTRA ELITE CF, the card features super fast 45MB/second read and write speeds and promises to hold somewhere around 19,000 high resolution JPEGs from a 20MP camera. No word on price yet. Read on for the full press release.

BRISBANE: Flash memory company, Microdia, launched its new business in Australia with a world-first 64 GB compact flash card shown first at PMA — the Microdia XTRA ELITE CF card has a 45 MBS data transfer rate and can store up to a claimed 19,000 photos.

Microdia founder and CEO, Louis Leung, said that it specifically chose the PMA expo in Australia to launch the new card as a demonstration of the company’s commitment to the local market as well as a showcase of its credentials.

“We have only been in Australia for a matter of weeks, and decided the best way to demonstrate our capabilities and intent to offer the world’s best flash memory products here was to launch this product at Australia’s leading professional photography trade show, PMA.”

Although a new brand to the Australian market, Leung pointed out that his company has an established track record in memory technology.

“As a new brand to Australia, but as the world’s second largest flash memory company — in terms of production capacity — with a 17 year history, globally launching the 64GB CF card in Australia at PMA will give us tremendous early momentum in this market.”

Microdia’s claim that the 64GB card can store up to 19,000 high resolution photos is based on a 20 megapixel camera taking jpeg images.

Sony Ericsson Ducati Z770 Clamshell

Sony Ericsson has teamed up with luxury bike maker Ducati to release the sporty looking Sony Ericsson Ducati Z770 clamshell handset. It will be available in Italy (where else) this June via TIM, and it looks as though this will be a standard Z770 through and through, although it will receive external cosmetic changes in the form of Ducati branded covers, themes, screensavers, and videos. One thing that sets this apart would be the inclusion of it's very own HBH DS-220-based Ducati Bluetooth headset. No word on pricing as at press time though, but it shouldn't cost too much over the vanilla Z770.

Mozilla Shooting for Download World Record With Firefox 3

Sure, Firefox 3 is the bee's knees (and has been since Beta 3), but will it go down history books? It will if it sets a world record! Mozilla's taking the quick and easy path to everlasting glory (until someone beats it anyway) by planning to set the world record for most software downloads in 24 hours on Firefox 3's official launch day. The exact day isn't posted, but it'll be sometime next month. I hope they've got some Stark Industries-powered servers running this show. Check out the super cute badge Firefox 3 download badge:

First Details on the Asus Eee Box

Asustek has dropped some details on that Eee Desktop PC EP20 we've seen floating around. First off, it has a more catchy name—the Asus Eee Box.

Expected for a global launch this July in both Linux and Windows XP versions, the cheapest model will start at about $330 and pack an 80GB hard drive (maxing out at 250GB). Standards for the line will include 802.11n Wi-Fi, 4 USB ports, and a slot for various flash memory cards. There's no word on the processor at this time, or whether or not the Eee Box will be packing an Atom like its mobile sibling.

Cybertecture Egg Makes One Tasty Office

In 2010, a few lucky office workers in Mumbai, India, will see a major upgrade from the common cubicle. Because the Cybertecture Egg is being constructed to be one of the most forward-thinking workplaces in the world.

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Its 13 floors are far lighter on columns that conventional buildings since the structure supported by its exterior. And rooftop green space dissipates heat while the building harnesses solar and wind power.

But the most impressive part of the Cybertecture Egg may be for its daily inhabitants. Office workers are treated to customizable workspaces that will apparently alter their "view" with the world locale of their choice—so much for all those gorgeous windows. In addition, bathrooms will monitor worker health by measuring weight and blood pressure. And a doctor will be alerted to any drastic changes.

Dining Table Recreates Pong With 2,400 LEDs and 2 Trackpads

The game that started a phenomenon in the 70's is back (albeit in slightly different form) thanks to the design work of one Moritz Waldemeyer. This new version takes the classic game and embeds it into a fairly plain looking dining table using 2400 LEDs and 2 trackpads. When the table is on, the trackpads allow users to take full control of the paddles. When the table is off, the game completely disappears.

The Pong Table was a big hit at MOMA's recent Elastic Mind exhibit, but despite its popularity, there is no indication that it will ever go into production. It's probably just as well though. I can only imagine the sort of dinnertime disasters that would take place during a heated contest where flailing arms would send food and drink flying around the room.

Apple's Aluminum Clad Thin and Light Laptop

Apple has some of the most sophisticated designs out there in the PC market. The MacBook Pro continues the metal clad tradition of the original PowerBook Titanium models by encasing the entire notebook with aluminum. This gives the notebook a very lightweight but durable shell. Of course, it also has one of the slimmest profiles on the market for a 15.4-inch system.

Apple MacBook Pro

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While Apple's 15.4-inch MacBook Pro certainly is quite expensive, it does offer some outstanding performance in a very thin and light package that is also stylish and durable. Sure, it is possible to get a PC with similar features for less, but it will likely be in a larger laptop that also uses a fair amount of plastics for its case.

Pros

• Very Thin and Light
• Strong Performance
• Stylish and Durable Aluminum Case

Cons

• Expensive
• Limited Number of USB Ports

Description

• Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 Dual Core Mobile Processor
• 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Memory
• 200GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
• 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner
• 15.4" WXGA+ (1440x900) Wide LCD with Integrated Wedcam
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M Graphics with 256MB Memory
• Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n Wireless, Bluetooth 2.1
• Two USB 2.0, Two FireWire, ExpressCard/34
• 14.1" x 9.6" x 1.0" @ 5.4 lbs.
• Mac OS X 10.5, iLife '08

Guide Review - Apple 15.4-inch MacBook Pro Notebook

5/28/08 - Apple's aluminum clad MacBook Pro line of computers has a very distinctive look that also provides it with one of the more durable chassis on the market. It also provides apple with one of the thinnest profiles on the market with a 1-inch thickness through the whole design unlike the more traditional notebook slant that goes from a thin to thicker profile.

In terms of performance, the 15.4-inch MacBook Pro has strong performance thanks to the use of the Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 dual core mobile processor. The system comes with 2GB of DDR2 memory, but this performs better with applications under the OS X operating system than Vista does with the same amount of memory. Of course, if you don't like the OS X operating system, it is possible to use Windows thanks to the BootCamp features of OS X 10.5.

The 15.4-inch LCD panel on the MacBook Pro provides a higher 1440x900 resolution compared to the more common 1280x800. It is a high quality display with bright colors and excellent clarity. The GeForce 8600M graphics allow it to handle pretty much any tasks one might have for it be it 3D or multimedia.

The biggest drawback to the 15.4-inch MacBook Pro is its cost. This is one really expensive system. There are equivalent PC notebooks on the market, but they re larger, heavier and typically not as durable.

The other issue has to do with its peripheral connections. Apple does not include card readers on their systems thus requiring an external reader. They also only have two USB 2.0 ports while includes a FireWire 400 and 800 port. It would be more useful for them to have a third USB port and drop one of the two FireWire.

XFX 9800 GTX Graphics Card Review

Today we are taking a look at the XFX 9800 GTX. This video card offers the second highest performance in the NVIDIA line up and sits directly below the 9800 GX2. The XFX 9800 GTX can also be used in three-way SLI mode where you can use three of the cards at the same time. The XFX 9800 GTX is also quite a bit cheaper than the 9800 GX2.

XFX 9800 GTX

Features & Specifications

The XFX 9800 GTX we are checking out today is a stock clocked video card that is SLI and HDCP ready. The card has a core clock of 675 MHz, a shader clock of 1688 MHz and a memory clock of 2.2GHz. The card is PCI Express 2.0 compliant and comes bundled with Company of Heroes. The XFX 9800 GTX can also support three-way SLI with a compatible motherboard.

Test Machine

The test machine I am using for the following review is as follows:

• Mainboard- XFX 790i Ultra
• CPU- Intel QX9770
• PSU- Top Power 1100W
• RAM- 2GB Aeneon DDR3
• OS- Windows Vista Ultimate

3DMark06

The first test up for the XFX 9800 GTX was 3DMark06, which was ran at stock settings in both the 3DMark06 control panel and the NVIDIA control panel. The XFX 9800 GTX scored as follows in 3DMark06:

• Total 3DMarks- 14298
• SM2.0- 5981
• HDR/SM3.0- 5856
• CPU- 4804
• Return to Proxycon- 50.151
• Firefly Forest- 49.527
• Canyon Flight- 55.408
• Deep Freeze- 61.703
• CPU1- 1.554
• CPU2- 2.376

To compare the BFG 9800 GTX I reviewed scored 14201 3DMarks, the XFX 9800 GX2 scores 16227 3DMArks (on a different test machine) and the XFX 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog scored 11720 3DMarks.

Crysis

The first game test up for the XFX 9800 GTX was with Crysis. I ran the game at 1920 x 1200 with 2xAA and all settings on medium. Fraps recorded the following frame rate data on a single player game starting at the initial beach insertion.

• Min- 29 fps
• Avg- 43.650 fps
• Max- 61 fps

Bioshock

The next game test was Bioshock. I ran the game at 1920 x 1200 with all settings on high and everything turned on. Fraps recorded the following frame rate data:

• Min- 29 fps
• Avg- 49.947 fps
• Max- 61 fps

Quake Wars

The final game test up was Quake Wars and it was run at 2560 x 1600 with all settings on high, 4x AA and shaders on ultra. Fraps recorded frame rata data on the single player Africa refinery map:

• Min- 29 fps
• Avg- 43.650
• Max- 61 fps

Final Thoughts

After all was said and done the XFX 9800 GTX performed very well. It edged slightly ahead of the BFG 9800 GTX in 3DMark06, but both of the cards were very close together. The biggest difference is that XFX bundles a game with its card and BFG doesn’t.

SteelSeries 7G Gaming Keyboard Announced

SteelSeries announced what may well be the most durable gaming keyboard ever built this week. The SteelSeries 7G promises to stand up to 50 million keystrokes thanks to the mechanical switch rather than a membrane like many keyboards.

A common keyboard can only withstand about 5 million keystrokes as a comparison. The 7G also features anti-ghosting technology which allows every key on the keyboard to be activated at once without having any issues with ghosting. The mechanical switches used for the keys are gold plated as well. The 7G offers both PS/2 and USB connectivity and has a pair of USB ports. The keyboard retails for $149.99 and is available now.

Via SteelSeries

Dell Mini Inspiron, Their First Mini Laptop

No one's seen before, It's a small form factor notebook, just like the Asus Eee and the HP 2133.,wouldn't tell what OS it's running, or the pricing, but that it's a low-cost notebook meant for developing countries, and I hope here. Maybe it's Atom-powered. Who knows? But I do see three USB ports, a card reader, VGA out, Ethernet, and that red candy shell. I couldn't tell how big the screen was before it was tucked away into a black sleeve and ushered from the building, but it's small. Update: Dell just released a pair of shots that add to the sense of scale, but no official name yet.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Now Available

UPDATE: Windows XP SP3 is now available via Windows Update. Enjoy!

It's been rumored for some time that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would be available soon... and it almost was a few days ago. Microsoft found an issue with SP3 which is causing a delay in its availability. I would guess that it'll be released sometime in the next few weeks.

If you'd like to read up on it, check out Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview document. The information is a little technical but it's still readable. It outlines some of the new features SP3 provides Windows XP users (don't get excited - it's nothing fancy) and provides a link to information on what sorts of problems SP3 fixes.

Here's some more service pack information for your reading pleasure:

What is a Service Pack?
How To Find What Service Pack Level Your Windows XP PC Is Running