Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Kodak EasyShare M883


Kodak EasyShare M883 is the slightly better option from among the two M-series cameras launched in India last month. It costs about Rs 1000 more than the M853, but isn’t vastly different from its brother. You will find, however, that it has a couple of useful tricks up its sleeve.
To begin with, the M883 has a slightly bigger LCD screen (3 inches) than the M853. Yet there is very little to inspire you in choosing it over the other. The layout of the back panel is a bit classier than the M853 and is a bit slimmer, but only slightly at 92 x 57 x 19 mm. This has been done by getting rid of the dial. Instead, you will find individual buttons for each job, and a separate five-way navigational joystick that also gives direct access to the flash, macro mode etc.
The top portion only features the shutter release button and the power on/off key. The ‘delete’, ‘menu’ and ‘review’ buttons are available in the M883 too. What I liked here (which was absent in the M853) is a slider that allows you to jump from ‘auto’ to ‘scene’ and video modes easily. Apart from this there's little that the camera can boast about; since it does very little that the M853 doesn’t. There aren’t any manual controls on this one either, and it's obviously designed to please the point-and-shoot brigade. All they need to do is choose auto mode and start clicking.

Sony Launches New Walkman MP3 Player


Sony India has launched its latest MP3 Walkman NWD-B100 series. This player features a USB direct connect, a three-line color LCD display, an FM tuner with radio recording capabilities, and a voice recorder function with a built-in microphone.

Weighing 30g, the NWD-B100 connects directly to the computer through a USB port without the problems of cables. The Sony MP3 player adopts the drag-and-drop interface for music and file transfer without any software installation.
The newly developed 'Auto Transfer' software built into the NWD-B100 makes it simpler to load the player with music. This software automatically searches for and transfers the most recently added tracks from your PC to your MP3 Walkman. It’s also compatible with Sony’s mini/micro hi-fi system speakers via USB. The NWD-B100 can charge its battery through the USB port while connected to a PC.

The NWD-B100 has a three-line color LCD display. Users can also search for their desired song by artist, album and song, or by folder and file name. It also has six different equalizer functions: heavy, rock, classic, pop, jazz and a customizable option.

The new player comes in two capacities: an 1GB model priced Rs. 3,990 and a 2GB model priced Rs. 4,990. The two colors available are black and white. The devices are available at select Sony showroom across the country.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Mp4 player


Mp4 is used to describe a group of digital audio players or portable Media Players, most commonly manufactured in China. These players are capable of displaying images, videos, and text files. Although commonly called MP4 players, they have little to do with the MP4/M4A/M4V audio and video files. The earlier players were usually unable to play MPEG4 format videos and were limited to proprietary file formats such as MTV, DMV, MPV and AMV. This is beginning to change however, as more of these players manufactured in recent years have begun supporting MPEG4 format video files. Some of them are a variety of S1 MP3 Player.

Laptop


A laptop computer, or simply laptop (also notebook computer or notebook), is a small mobile computer, which usually weighs 2-18 pounds (1-6 kilograms), depending on size, materials, and other factors. A laptop computer is much smaller than a desktop. Laptops usually run on a single main battery or from an external AC/DC adapter which can charge the battery while also supplying power to the computer itself. Many computers also have a 3 volt cell to run the clock and other processes in the event of a power failure. As personal computers, laptops are capable of the same tasks as a desktop computer, although they are typically less powerful for the same price. They contain components that are similar to their desktop counterparts and perform the same functions, but are miniaturized and optimized for mobile use and efficient power consumption. Laptops usually have liquid crystal displays and most of them use different memory modules for their random access memory (RAM), for instance, SO-DIMM in lieu of the larger DIMMs. In addition to a built-in keyboard, they may utilize a touchpad (also known as a trackpad) or a pointing stick for input, though an external keyboard or mouse can usually be attached.

Mobile Phone


The mobile phone or cell phone is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception is satellite phones).

AMD Dual Core Processor


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Monday, October 15, 2007

Hardware

Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a technology.It may also mean the physical components of a computer system.

Hardware historically meant the metal parts and fittings that were used to make wooden products stronger, more functional, longer lasting and easier to fabricate or assemble. In modern usage it includes equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, corners, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts, especially when they are made of metal. In the United States, this type of hardware has been traditionally sold in hardware stores, a term also used to a lesser extent in the UK.

In the electronics and especially computer industries, computer hardware specifically means the physical or tangible parts of the equipment, such as circuit boards, keyboards, monitors etc., in contrast to non-physical software running on the computer or other device.

In a more colloquial sense, hardware can refer to major items of military equipment, such as tanks, aircraft or ships.

In slang, the term refers to trophies and other physical representations of awards.

Electronics

Electronics is the study of the flow of charge through various materials and devices such as, semiconductors, resistors, inductors, capacitors, nano-structures, and vacuum tubes. All applications of electronics involve the transmission of power and possibly information. Although considered to be a theoretical branch of physics, the design and construction of electronic circuits to solve practical problems is an essential technique in the fields of electronics engineering and computer engineering.

The study of new semiconductor devices and surrounding technology is sometimes considered a branch of physics. This article focuses on engineering aspects of electronics. Other important topics include electronic waste and occupational health impacts of semiconductor manufacturing.

Computer hardware

Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computersoftware that executes within the hardware. The hardware of a computer is infrequently changed, in comparison with software and data, which are "soft" in the sense that they are readily created, modified or erased on the computer. Firmware is a special type of software that rarely, if ever, needs to be changed and so is stored on hardware devices such as ROM where it is not readily changed (and is, therefore, "firm" rather than just "soft").

Motherboard

The motherboard is the "heart" of the computer, through which all other components interface.

Description

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture provides international coverage of advances in the application of computer hardware, software and electronic instrumentation and control systems to agriculture, forestry and related industries. The latter include horticulture (in both its food and amenity aspects), forest products, aquaculture, animal/livestock science, veterinary medicine and food processing.

The journal publishes original papers, reviews, applications notes and book reviews on topics including computerized decision-support aids (e.g., expert systems and simulation models) pertaining to any aspect of the aforementioned industries; electronic monitoring or control of any aspect of livestock/crop production (e.g. soil and water, environment, growth, health, waste products) and post-harvest operations (such as drying, storage, production assessment, trimming and dissection of plant and animal material). Relevant areas of technology include artificial intelligence, sensors, machine vision, robotics and simulation modelling.