Steam launches holiday sale, discounts 1000+ games

With Christmas only five days away, Steam has finally launched its 2010 holiday sale, discounting over a thousand games. The event will run through January 2 and each day will bring a new batch of sales. Today's featured titles include Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($6.79), Prince of Persia (all titles 75% off), Super Meat Boy ($3.75), F.E.A.R. bundle ($9.99), and more.

Alongside the daily deals, Steam has cut prices on many publisher catalogs, not to mention the various greatly discounted bundles. For example, the 2K Mega Pack ($79.99) offers over three dozen games and expansions including BioShock 2, Mafia II, and Borderlands. Similar bundles are available for THQ, Bethesda, Square Enix / Eidos, Epic Games, Valve and many others.



If you happen to need a last minute gift for the casual gamer in your family, it's worth mentioning that more than 150 indie titles are also on sale in various $5 packs. As a reminder, today marks the conclusion of Steam's 'Treasure Hunt', so be sure to complete your objectives and log on before the end of the day for a chance to win 100 games of your choosing.

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Sandy Bridge processors on sale at Malaysian retailers

Intel's Sandy Bridge processors aren't due for release until early 2011, likely coinciding with January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but some retailers have jumped the gun. According to Lowyat.net, Malaysian retailers Compuzone, StarTec and Viewnet have begun selling several versions of the next-generation chips along with LGA 1155 motherboards.

The retailers have listed six Sandy Bridge processors for sale, including the 2.8GHz Core i5 2300 ($185), 3.10GHz 2400 ($195), 3.3GHz 2500, 3.3GHz 2500K, as well as the 3.4GHz Core i7 2600 ($300) and 2600K. If you're curious, the 'K' versions feature an unlocked multiplier for easier overclocking. We don't see a price for these yet, but you can expect to pay a premium.



Lowyat.net also discovered a few photos of Sandy Bridge chips and motherboards on Compuzone's Facebook page, but they appear to have been removed or blocked from public view. We're not sure if the retailers have received clearance from Intel, but it wouldn't be the first time a major tech product was launched prematurely -- especially in Asian markets.

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Microsoft sells 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices in six weeks

Microsoft has announced that it has sold over 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices through its various partners in the first six weeks the mobile operating system has been on the market. This is the first time the software giant has revealed sales numbers; until now, the company has been avoiding the question, leading many to believe the results were abysmal.
Microsoft says these early sales figures meet the company's expectations for a new mobile OS in an already crowded market. The company is working on multiple updates to Windows Phone 7, the first of which is rumored to be landing next month.
It's important to note that the 1.5 million number represents sales of Windows Phone 7 devices from OEMs to carriers, as opposed to devices sold from carriers to customers. Windows Phone 7 devices went on sale in Europe on October 21 and in the US on November 8. In the US, AT&T and T-Mobile offer Windows Phone 7 GSM devices. In January 2011, Verizon and Sprint are expected to begin selling CDMA Windows Phone 7 devices.
"I think our expectations are realistic for a new platform," Achim Berg, Microsoft's vice president of business and marketing for Windows Phones, said in a statement. "We started fresh with Windows Phone 7, and it's a different kind of phone. Measuring for success is more long term than short term. We launched with many of the top mobile operators in the world, and even more in the coming year in 2011. We have 18,000 developers who are developing for our marketplace. It's just getting better and better."

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Skype outage affects millions of users

Popular VoIP service Skype appears to be suffering an outage this morning as many users complain of connection issues. The company hasn't released an estimated number of affected users, but ReadWriteWeb reports that usage numbers have fallen from 21 million to 10 million, which isn't isolated to any language or region.

Skype has officially acknowledged the problem but hasn't provided much information about the cause. It should supposedly be resolved in a few hours. "Some of you may have problems signing into Skype -- we're investigating, and we're sorry for the disruption to your conversations," the company said three hours ago via its Twitter account.




Interestingly, Skype's status monitor (heartbeat.skype.com) doesn't show any problems. All services are said to be working normally, with the last known issue dated Thursday, December 16. On that day, Skype reported "sign in and registration" issues among other difficulties, but it's unclear whether there is any correlation with today's outage.

Last month, Skype reached a milestone of 25 million simultaneous users. Many of those people rely on the service for work and other important duties, so the outage is undoubtedly a major inconvenience. The last major interruption occurred in 2007 and took 12-24 hours to resolve. As of writing, I remained unable to connect to the service.

Update: Skype said the issue stems from a number of "supernodes" being taken down. Supernodes supposedly act like phone directories for Skype and there are usually plenty available. Today, many were taken offline by a problem affecting some versions of Skype, so the service may appear offline for those users.

"Our engineers are creating new 'mega-supernodes' as fast as they can, which should gradually return things to normal. This may take a few hours, and we sincerely apologise for the disruption to your conversations. Some features, like group video calling, may take longer to return to normal," the company explained.

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Craigslist closes all adult services worldwide

Just months after closing the "adult services" category on its US classified sites, Craigslist has removed adult services from all of its 700 international sites in 70 countries. The removal of the adult services section altogether is the culmination of an almost three-year legal battle with state attorneys generals, according to Wired.
The section first appeared on Craigslist as "erotic services." In 2008, the online classified service yielded to pressure from a group of attorney generals from 17 states, which accused the website of enabling prostitution and child trafficking. Craigslist tried to stem the illegal activity by renaming the section to "adult services" and requiring those creating listings to submit a verifiable phone number as well as a verifiable credit card to pay a $10 listing fee. In May 2009, adult services posts started being screened for illegal content by attorneys. In the first year, more than 700,000 ads were rejected by attorneys.
That wasn't enough, and Craigslist killed the US section in September 2010. Some saw that move as a blow to free speech and Craigslist actually slapped a black "Censored" label over where the section used to reside on its website.
Now, the section is gone on all the Craigslist websites. Of course, posters will just migrate to a different classifieds section, so we're not sure the general attorneys have truly accomplished anything.

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Microsoft to relaunch PC gaming with Windows 8

Those who claim PC gaming is dead mainly blame Microsoft. Ever since the company launched the Xbox, it has let the Windows PC gaming platform fall over the wayside. Since the software giant's number one product is Windows, the company's number one gaming platform is still the PC, no matter how much of a success the Xbox platform becomes. Rumors are now suggesting that things will really start to change with Windows 8.
"Windows 8 will represent a real new push into PC gaming," an anonymous source told TechRadar. "Gaming will be a key component for the whole OS."
Of course, we've heard things like this before: PC gaming was supposed to get a boost with the launch of Windows Vista, and there were definitely improvements, but none were particularly noteworthy. Meanwhile, multiple games from Microsoft did not receive PC versions, including Gears of War 2 and every Halo game released after Halo 2.
Two months ago, Microsoft said that it was "doubling down" on PC games. The company launched a browser-based Windows store for PC games called Games for Windows Marketplace, but it hardly made a big splash.
The fact of the matter is that Valve's Steam dominates the PC gaming market already, and it's thus difficult for Microsoft to do anything revolutionary. Including features directly in Windows, while making sure to avoid anti-trust issues, is the only way the software giant could really make a difference. The company of course currently refuses to talk about Windows 8, so as with most rumors, we'll just have to wait and see till the time is right, or till something leaks out.

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Americans can't live without high-speed Internet, or e-mail

Adults agree that the expansion of high-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on society over the past decade. A Zogby International interactive survey polled 1,950 adults from December 8 to December 10, 2010 to ask them what technology they found to have made the biggest difference in their lives.
High-speed Internet came in first place at 24 percent, followed close behind by Facebook at 22 percent, and Google settled for third place with 10 percent. Men and those over 55 said high-speed Internet has had the greatest impact on society while women and adults under the age of 55 found Facebook had the most impact. Of the technologies most said they cannot live without, high-speed Internet came in first at 28 percent, e-mail was second at 18 percent, while Facebook only grabbed 3 percent among all adults. 15 percent of young adults (aged 18-24), however, said they cannot live without Facebook.
24 percent of Americans believe the greatest technological advancement for the next year will be in home entertainment while only 16 percent believe it will be in general computing. In the next decade (by the year 2020), the following will take place:

• 43 percent of Americans believe we will see regular use of stem cells and cloning techniques to create human organs for transplant
• 40 percent of Americans believe we will see computer chips implanted in people to monitor their health
• 40 percent of Americans believe we will see robots capable of performing manual labor jobs
• 36 percent of Americans believe we will see virtual reality incorporated into home entertainment

Zogby International said slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender, and education to more accurately reflect the overall US population. The data was given a margin of error of +/- 2.3 percentage points.

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Elliptic Labs brings Minority Report interface to the iPad

If you liked the Minority Report interface demonstrated on Microsoft's Kinect motion controller, you'll like this one for Apple's iPad. Norwegian company Elliptic Labs is going to demo its touchless user interface for iPads at CES 2011. For now, we'll have to make do with the video embedded below.
"The idea is that you use touchless gestures to operate primary functions of a docked tablet in situations like when you have wet or greasy hands in the kitchen," Elliptic Labs CEO Stian Aldrin told Mobile Magazine. "In general tablets are made for being handheld. When it is docked you are often walking or standing further away, and then using a finger on the screen involves a change of modality. Rather than bending down, leaning forward or picking it up you can use larger movements a little bit further away to do things like volume up or next song without changing modality."
The technology emits an ultrasound field around the device that detects your hand movements and takes them into account. The iPad has a small screen, so standing back and using it without touching it seems a little pointless. Aldrin does, however, mention one use case that makes soem sense: when you're cooking and you're using the iPad to look at a recipe. Can you think of any others? 

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EA: microtransactions are more profitable than in-game ads

In an interview with Edge, Electronic Arts revealed that in-game ads aren't as profitable as originally expected. Ben Cousins, EA's general manager of free-to-play operations, told the publication that the mega-publisher "[isn't] getting much from ad revenue at all," and that the in-game advertising model hasn't grown as quickly as people expected it to. Instead, Cousins explained that microtransactions are more profitable.
EA tested both models with its free-to-play cartoony shooter Battlefield Heroes, and while virtual sales exploded, advertisements have been somewhat of a flop. "If you think about how fast the virtual goods business has grown in the last year or so, it's been much quicker and become a much more reliable source of revenue," Cousins said in reference to Farmville, which has been wildly successful thanks to microtransactions.
EA plans to release a new free-to-play Battlefield title called "Battlefield Play4Free" next spring, which will ditch Battlefield Heroes' cartoonish graphics and allow gamers to purchase items and upgrades with real money. Play4Free will scale up to 32 players, support vehicular combat, and include popular maps from Battlefield 2 as well as the classes and factions in Bad Company 2. You can register to become a beta tester on the official site. 

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Netflix working on HTML5 standard for streaming video

Netflix has officially embraced HTML5 video. The company doesn't just want to just push forward with its own flavor of HTML5 video, the way Apple did with its iOS devices, but it wants to build an industry-wide consensus on issues like video codecs and container formats used for browser-based video delivery as well as DRM content protection. Because many of these issues haven't been resolved yet, Netflix has yet to adopt HTML5 video, but the streaming website is clearly distinguishing itself from Apple by putting emphasis on cross-platform standards.
Netflix wants to actively get involved in standards bodies like the MPEG committee for Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), which is trying to come up with a standard for adaptive bitrate streaming to browsers with HTML5 support. The committee, which also includes companies like Microsoft and Apple, will get help from Netflix beginning early next year, by means of a profile describing a limited subset of the MPEG DASH standard.
Netflix currently uses Microsoft's Silverlight to deliver video to PC-based web browsers, but has to leverage various other technologies to support Linux-based CE devices, mobile phones, and tablets like the iPad. HTML5 video would help to simplify the roll-out of its online video service across different devices and would also help CE partners and end users.
"What's still missing is how to address the last item - how exactly to tie advanced streaming standards (MPEG DASH and others) into the HTML5 video tag," a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement. "To this end, we are starting to get involved in the community with the goal to help shape a great standard that will be useful to everybody involved in building browsers, CE devices and services for streaming video over the Internet. We know that achieving this goal will take a while. In the meantime, we’ll continue to evolve our own streaming technology to make sure our members have the best streaming experience possible and to get to as many platforms as we can."

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Financial Times names Steve Jobs Person of the Year

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been named Person of the Year by The Financial Times. Love him or hate him, it's pretty much widely accepted that Jobs has managed to make Apple very successful in the last few years.
"When Steven Paul Jobs first hit the headlines, he was younger even than Mark Zuckerberg is now," according to The Financial Times. "Long before it was cool to be a nerd, his formative role in popularising the personal computer, and Apple's initial public offering on Wall Street – which came when Mr Jobs was still only 25 – made him the tech industry's first rock star. Now, three decades on, he has secured his place in the foremost ranks of the West Coast tech titans who have done so much to shape the world around the turn of the millennium. Long-time nemesis Bill Gates may be richer and, at his peak, arguably exerted greater sway, thanks to his monopoly over the world's PC software. But the Microsoft co-founder has left the stage to devote his life and fortune to good works. It is Mr Jobs who now holds the spotlight."

Last week, Time Magazine named Mark Zuckerberg Person of the Year. Which publication do you agree with, if either?

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Facebook passes Yahoo, becomes world's third largest website

It was only a matter of time, and now it's finally happened. Facebook has passed Yahoo in traffic to become the third largest website in the world, according to recent numbers from Comscore. Facebook only just surpassed Yahoo, grabbing 648 million visitors compared to 630 million for Yahoo in November 2010, but the overall trend is the impressive part.
The top two spots are still held by Google (970 million worldwide visitors) and Microsoft (869 million worldwide visitors), respectively, though Facebook is rapidly gaining on them. Microsoft has clearly been growing much more steadily in recent months; Google's traffic seems to be flattening out. Facebook is undoubtedly growing the fastest while Yahoo simply isn't growing at all. It looks like the top three spots are going to be changing in the next few months. How and when they change might end up shocking some people.

Three months ago, Facebook passed Yahoo to become the second largest video site. Two months ago, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz admitted that Facebook could one day become Yahoo's number one competitor.

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Skype to release video-calling for mobile devices?

Skype, the company known for providing voice and video calling services over the Internet, might be getting ready to release video calling for mobile devices that have a front-facing camera. Skype has been hinting for a while now that it will be making video-related announcements at CES 2011 and that it's participating in a panel called "Video Calling Gets Ready for Primetime." In other words, the details will become official next month.
Skype recently posted a help document on its website detailing how to make video calls using Skype for iPhone, according to Engadget. Unfortunately, there did not appear to be a corresponding document for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Phone, webOS, or other mobile operating systems, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Skype is limiting the launch to the iPhone. Remember, most tablets that are currently available or that are launching early next year, also have front-facing cameras.
Skype already has video conferencing built into its PC and Mac applications that users can access via their webcams. Bringing video calling to Skype's mobile app, one that is available on multiple platforms, would be revolutionary. Skype already has a huge user base and it could grow that number very quickly if this leak is right on the money.

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Toshiba strikes chip deals with Samsung and Sony

Toshiba, the world's third biggest chip maker behind Intel and Samsung, is planning on outsourcing output of some system chips to Samsung Electronics and selling a production line to Sony. The company wants to reduce its non-memory chip exposure by restructuring its chip operations after the business lost the company billions of dollars during the global financial crisis two years ago. At the same time, Toshiba wants to build a new domestic factory to make LCD panels with total investment likely to be over 100 billion yen ($1.21 billion), according to Reuters.
In the next financial year, which starts in April, Toshiba will design cutting-edge system chips but will outsource production to Samsung and possibly other companies. This will free up resources for other projects (like memory modules) by eliminating the need for capacity upgrades, which could actually benefit Toshiba in the long run. Toshiba is the world's second biggest supplier of NAND flash memory; Samsung is first.
The company will also sell its system chip production line in the Nagasaki prefecture to Sony. The line produces chips used in the PlayStation console and is housed in a factory owned by Sony, so the transition should be a smooth one. An industry source has estimated the deal at 50 billion yen ($603.05 million). Sony originally sold the facility to Toshiba for 90 billion yen in 2008.

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Lenovo IdeaCenter B300 all in one PC launched in India

Lenovo has announced the availability of a new All-in-one PC, called the IdeaCenter B300 in India. IdeaCenter B300 is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo 7600s/5400s/Core i processor, GMA 4500MHD or a ATI Radeon HD5450 with 512MB dedicated memory, 2GB DDR3 RAM, and up to 1TB HDD.

Lenovo IdeaCenter B300 comes with a 10/100 Ethernet, Bluetooth, 3W speakers, DVD Burner, webcam, keyboard, mouse, and card reader. IdeaCenter B300 comes equipped with Lenovo IdeaTouch Software, TV Tuner, and famed Lenovo Idea Touch.
Lenovo IdeaCenter B300 has a 20-inch screen with 1600×900 pixels resolution or the 21.5-inch LED backlight screen will feature a full HD resolution and multi-touch. Other featurs include two 3W speakers, Bluetooth, DVD burner, card reader, built-in webcam and a keyboard and mouse. The B300 comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit or 64-bit depending on RAM.

IdeaCenter B300 Price

IdeaCenter B300 has a starting price of Rs. 29990.

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Asus U31 ultrathin notebook coming soon in Europe

Asus U31

Asus is planning to launch U series of notebook Asus U31 in Europe. Asus U31 will be available in two models – Asus U31F and Asus U31JG. Asus U31 notebook has a 13.3 inch LED backlit display with resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

Asus U31 notebook features an Intel’s Core i3-370M/380M or Core i5-460M processor, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 500GB hard drive, 802.11bgn WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, 3-in-1 card reader, Altec Lansing speakers, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 6 cell battery,
The main difference in U31F and U31JG notebook is in the graphics card as the U31F features Intel’s GMA 4500M while the U31JG features a NVIDIA GeForce 415M GT with 1GB of dedicated memory with Nvidia’s Optimus technology for automatic GPU switching.

Asus U31 Price

Asus U31 will be available for the starting price of 799 Euros.

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Honda Brio Hatchback Car in India – Honda Brio Price in India

Honda Brio Hatchback Price in India

Honda India is launcing a new Hatchback Car Honda Brio. The Honda Brio is expected to arrive in last quarter of 2011. The Honda Brio Hatchback will sport a power steering, Front Disk & Rear Drum brakes, 89 Bhp Pertrol engine with 1198cc SOHC, i-VTEC displacement, Power Windows, AC, 4 automatic gears, integrated Music System, Luxury seats, and have seating capacitiy of 5 persons.

Honda Brio Hatchback will sport a new design, better comfort and engine performance, safety features, power windows, Remote boot, Remote Wiper, and more features.

Honda Brio Hatchback Price in India : Expected Price of Honda Brio in India is Rs. 5,00,000

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Viewsonic Android Tablets Viewpad 7 and 10 launched, Viewpad Price

ViewSonic Android Tablet

ViewSonic has launched its new Android tablets, Viewpad 7 and Viewpad 10 with mobile phone functionality, computer and gaming capabilities in India.

Viewpad 7 has a 7 inch multi touch display and is powered by Android 2.2 OS and a 600 Mhz processor. Viewpad 7 also features 3G, Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS with AGPS support, 512 MB Internal Memory, 3 megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, and built-in dual stereo speakers. ViewPad 7 measures 17.9cm x 11cm. At 1.15-cm in thickness, ViewPad 7 tablet claims to be the world’s slimmest, multi-touch tablet.

ViewSonic’s 10 inch Android tablet, Viewpad 10 is powered by Android 1.6 OS and an Intel Atom 1.66GHz processor. Viewpad 10 comes with dual boot support, 1.3 megapixel camera, 1GB and 16GB SSD hard drive and micro SD card slot. Viewpad 10 has a 10 inch LED display with 1024×600 resolution and dual operating system Window 7 and Android 1.6.

ViewSonic Android tablet Price

ViewPad 7 is priced at Rs 32,000 and ViewPad 10 is priced at Rs 38,000. The tablets will be available in the leading retail stores by mid of January 2011.

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Samsung Launches PL100, PL150, PL200, ST600 and WB600 Digital Cameras In India

Samsung PL100, PL150, PL200, ST600 and WB600 Price in India

Samsung has come up with PL100, PL150, PL200, ST600 and WB600 PL Series digital cameras in India. The Price range for these digital cameras is Rs. 9,000 to Rs. 20,000.

Samsung PL100 : The Samsung PL100 belongs to the DualView family. The Samsung PL100 has 2.7 inch rear LCD display, a 12MP Camera with 35mm standard lens and 3x optical zoom, and comes with Samsung’s dual-image stabilization.
Samsung PL100 Price in India is Rs. 9490
Samsung PL150 : The Samsung PL150 belongs to the DualView family. The Samsung PL150 has 3 inch rear LCD display and 1.5-inch LCD display on the front, a 12MP Camera with 35mm standard lens and 3x optical zoom and equipped with Samsung’s dual-image stabilization feature.
Samsung PL100 Price in India Rs. 10990
Samsung PL200 : The Samsung PL200, the new PL series digital camera features a 14.2MP camera with 7x optical zoom, dual-image stabilization, and 720p HD video recording. The Samsung PL200 sports a 3-inch rear LCD.
Samsung PL200 Price in India is Rs. 11,990

Samsung ST600 : The Samsung ST600 is part of DualView family with high end solution. The Samsung ST600 features a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen display at the back and 1.8-inch in the front, various shooting modes up to 14.2MP Camera and has a Schneider-Kreuznach 5x optical lens.
Samsung ST600 Price in India is Rs. 19,990.

Samsung WB600 : The Samsung WB600t has a 24mm ultra-wide angle Schneider-Kreuznach lens supporting optical zoom to up to 15x and ability to shoot pictures in 14MP resolution.
Samsung WB600 price in India is Rs. 14,990.

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Yamaha FZ1 Price in India, Yamaha FZ1 Sport Bike Price

Yamaha FZ1 Sports Bike Price in India

Yamaha, the major Japanese two-wheeler has come up with sport bike Yamaha FZ1 in India. The Yamaha FZ1 is a high end sports bike equipped with 998cc liquid-cooled inline 4-cylinder. Yamaha FZ1 Superbike has 11.5:1 Compression Ratio and delivers comfortable riding position and ultimate riding experience.

Some of the key features of Yamaha FZ1 Sports Bike are:
Dimensions: 84.3 x 30.3 x 47.4 (LxWxH)
Engine:
Bore x Stroke: 77 x 53.6mm
Compression Ratio: 11.5:1
Fuel Delivery: Fuel injection
Ignition: Digital TCI
Transmission: 6-speed w/multiplate clutch
Chassis:
Suspension / Front: 43mm fork; fully adjustable, 5.1-in travel
Suspension / Rear: Single shock; adjustable preload and rebound damping, 5.1-in travel
Brakes:
Brakes / Front: Dual 320mm floating discs w/4-piston calipers
Brakes / Rear: 245mm disc w/single-piston caliper
Tyres:
Front: 120/70-ZR17
Rear: 190/50-ZR17
Warranty: 1 Year Limited Factory Warranty

Yamaha FZ1 Price in India

Rs 8.7 lakh approx.

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Dell Precision M4600, Precision M6600 Leaked, Dell Precision Price

Dell Precision M4600 and Precision M6600

Dell is launching two new laptops, Precision M4600 and Precision M6600. The new Dell Precision M4600 and M6600 laptops will be powered by Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge platform.

Dell Precision M4600: The Dell Precision M4600 is a powerful notebook sporting a 15.6-inch LED backlight display with optional touch-screen capabilty, AMD FirePro M5950 1GB GDDR5, NVIDIA Quadro 1000M 2GB GDDR5, and Quadro 2000M 2GB GDDR5 Graphics card.
Dell Precision M6600: The Dell Precision M6600 will be a powerful mobile notebook from Dell sporting a 17.3-inch LED-backlit display with optional touchscreen, AMD FirePro M8900 2GB GDDR5 Graphics, or NVIDIA Quadro 3000M 2GB GDDR5 and Quadro 4000M 2GB GDDR5 graphics card.
Price and Availability: No wording on Dell Precision M4600 and Precision M6600 Laptop Price and Launch date yet.

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Karbonn K550i Music phone launched in India, Karbonn K550i Price

Karbonn K550i

Karbonn mobiles has launched a new music centric phone, Karbonn K550i. Karbonn K550i Dual SIM music phone comes with a music player, video player, FM Radio and loud speakers.

Karbonn K550i features a 2 megapixel camera, large display, up to 8GB expandable memory, Bluetooth, GPRS, WAP connectivity, Java and Opera mini browser.

Karbonn K550i Price

Karbonn K550i will be available for Rs. 3000 approx.

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Windows 7 Ultimate Product key Activation key

Windows 7 Ultimate Product key Activation key

Windows 7 Ultimate is out there Hackers managed to crack Windows 7 Ultimate by extracting the OEM certificate and OEM product key. OEM (Original Equipment Manufactures) certificate is digitally signed by Microsoft with its own Private Key with OEM Public Key and OEMID (part of SLIC table in BIOS). Till now everyone were searching for a Windows 7 crack to get it activated permanently and this cracked product key works like a charm since it activates your copy offline and eliminates WGA notifications

 

 

windows 7 product key

Product key that has been extracted by hackers and has been working perfectly on all Windows 7 Ultimate editions is 22TKD-F8XX6-YG69F-9M66D-PMJBM. You can use this key to activate Windows 7 Ultimate system that has already been installed on your system, which BIOS has a valid OEM SLIC 2.1, and corresponding OEM cert. This cracked master product key is able to activate many OEM brands like HP, Dell, MSI and Lenovo.This product key works with both 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) computers

Source:

http://www.solidblogger.com/activate-windows-7-ultimate-with-cracked-master-

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How To Improve Samsung Corby Music and Volume

Hi Guys, today we will talk about the Samsung Corby Phones which usually have a very less volume in their phones. And it really irritates me when i hear music in my Samsung Corby TXT B3210. I would not say it has a bad clarity and a bad volume, after all it is a 3.5mm ear jack headphone compatible mobile so some thing is special in that phone which can help you to have a better music experience. I have tried to improve my phone volume and i was a bit successful in it. I will now share some useful tips with you guys so that you can enjoy the music with good clarity and volume.

People say that the music experience in samsung corby is not upto the mark. I partly agree to this point but there are still some awesome phones in samsung which are not bad compared to other music edition phones. One of them is samsung corby txt b3210, though it is a txt message phone it has a good music levels which can entertain us.

I myself have found some tips which made my music experience a lot better. Some of them are:

1) Always use a good 3.5 mm audio jack earphone which are recommended by the manufactures (Any branded earphone is better in this case).

2) Dont use all the 38mb internal memory which slows down the phone’s performance.

3) Always download or use 320kbps mp3 songs which are very good at clarity.

4) Make sure that you are using a mp3 for a music player.

5) There are some equalizer options in Samsung music player. Like POP, ROCK, DANCE, WIDE, DYNAMIC, CLASSIC, JAZZ, which can be used to improve the quality while using a headphone. (press 2(default) to change them in Samsung Corby phones)

6) Remember that samsung phones also support other formats like WAV, AMR, and other types of audio formats which are equalently good compared to MP3.

7) Try to convert the music files to WAVE with a good audio converter to make the quality better.It amazingly improves the sound quality and also size

When converting any file to WAVE make the settings compatible to 256kbps or 320kbps.

9) Its always a better option to not to make the phone busy with too many applications and data.

10) I prefer Total Video Converter to convert the mp3 files to wave files with a good custom settings.

Try to download the trail version and check whether it is useful to you or not. If you find it useful then buy it or search it some where, but don’t ask me the key. i don’t have one

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How to Make Free Calls and Free Chat on Mobile For Free

Yes this is possible with the help of a small application called as Nimbuzz, which is a Mobile Social messaging application which connects and interacts with all your friends from any network, any time and any where. Nimbuzz is available in both Mobiles and PC which instantly connects to all the networks which you like. With Nimbuzz you can login securely to all the social networking sites like Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace, Gadu-Gadu, Hyves and many more. And the best part is that you will never forget a name or number by storing all your important contacts in the Nimbuzz phone.

We have seen many applications like fring, ebuddy and etc which allows us to chat with our friends very easily. But Nimbuzz is even more effective than those applications which allows the user to even make a call from it with clients like gtalk yahoo messenger and MSN. The best part of this application is its free of cost. Lots of people are using this software and are very happy with its work. I myself has tested this application on my mobile (Samsung Corby txt b3201) which gave me instant access to all my friends with just one login, which is just amazing.

Nimbuzz for Mobile :

As said earlier we need a java supported mobile phone and a internet connection in your phone to use this Nimbuzz. So what this can do? The best part of Nimbuzz mobile is that you can be able to connect with your friends anytime and anywhere. You can instantly chat with anyone who is online. You can call a friend online with applications like Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN, Skype and etc. You can also send text messages to your friends for free. The best thing which i love in Nimbuzz is that we can even send Videos, Photos and files whenever you want.

Go to this link here and download the application to your mobile or to your phone with two advance options :
Download via your mobile browser
Download via your computer (for advanced users)
And install this in your mobile. Nimbuzz supports over 1000 handset models like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola….Whatever you want just name it. This unique mobile application now allows you to connect with all your friends. Just add people to your Nimbuzz account by just adding there ID whatever there are using, like you can add Google, yahoo, Skype and etc all ID’s at a Nimbuzz login and save them so that you can connect with them everytime they are online.You can also save lots of money by calling to landline by buying credits from Nimbuzz which are very less compared to anyother Network Provider.

Nimbuzz for PC :

This is a smart way to connect all network chats a place and make fun and save time. Just download the application and add as many as you can and have f\un. For this you need a Nimbuzz Client which can be downloaded here : Download (windows)

Just create a Nimbuzz Account and Login into Nimbuzz client and add your friends ID’s whatever the provider may be, You can add Yahoo, Gtalk, MSN, Facebook and etc friends at a single place and have fun.Go here to know more about Nimbuzz PC Client : http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/pc

Nimbuzz Webchat :

No Mobiles and No Need of a Nimbuzz Client all you need is a web browser and a Nimbuzz account which can allow you to login in your account and have fun just like your normal Nimbuzz Client have. You can visit here http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/web any time and have access to your Nimbuzz account.

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How to Speed Up Torrents In BitTorrent and UTorrent

Most of the people are not aware of torrents and there functionality so i am writing for them, this is not for people who know lot more about this torrents. So what is a torrent? A Torrent is a peer to peer downloading application program which enables us a option to resume the download from where we have stopped earlier. This is very useful for downloading data which is larger in size and the usage of torrents saves us lots of time.
 
 So how to use torrents? This is quiet simple. All we have to do is to download a torrent client such as bittorrent or utorrent or any other and just install it somewhere in your computer and now go to any torrents website like http://thepiratebay.org/, http://btjunkie.org/ or www.alivetorrents.com/  and etc. or you can direct visit the torrents search engine www.torrentz.com and search for any data which needed and just download the torrent file under the search and open it with the client which we have downloaded and installed earlier. Its always a good option to check the comments when we are downloading any particular torrents because some might be fake or damaged.

In the above screen shot we can a link where we can download the torrent and also we can see some comments are written. Just click on download torrent and save to your computer and open it with client. see the below screen shot where bit torrent client is downloading a file.

As we can see that the torrent is downloading fast and without any errors here. now a routine question how to speed up torrents? Some times we may get our torrents very slow that they download only half the downloading speed which is available to it. Its because of lack of seeds which are not available to it. For this we need to add some trackers to the torrent to make the torrent download faster. Just open the client and click on the torrent which is downloading and right click on the torrent which is downloading and click on properties and in General u can see some list of urls which come default with the torrent. Just copy new url tracker url under it and make sure each one is separated with a single gap line so that each tracker have some place. the empty line between two trackers must not have any data written in it.

here udp:// must be attached to http:// as shown. Now where to find torrent trackers for a torrent? Each torrent which is created will have some trackers in there websites for relevant data which is being downloaded. For example if we download any data from www.torrentz.com it will shows some suggested sites to download the torrent and also some trackers under them. See below screen shot for a brief idea.

Just copy them and paste in the torrent file when ever the torrent gets slow. The trackers will be updated for every hours by the websites so just make the best use of them. By this way we can speed up the torrentz and also time Comment on the post and please like it if its worth If you are not having a torrent client just download from here.

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Send Free Text Messages More than 160words

As we all know that there are so many websites which provide free text messaging service to mobiles. Out of them very few sites will give access to 160 words. Most of the sites will give access to send messages uptp 120 words or 80 words. So how about sending a message which has 440 words in it? Yes, this is possible with a website called Sms7.in

where you can send message very easily with large number of words in it. The site is very simple with basic home page where you can register your account by entering your phone number. Soon after your registration you will get a password to your mobile which is your login for the site. This is the best way to send  sms within india with 440 words. Apart from this we have few more sites where we can send 160 words sms for free.

Free Sms Sites Within India :

Note that all these websites need registration to access there services.

1. http://www.freesms8.com
2. http://www.text4free.net
3. http://www.smslife.in
4. http://isms.ibibo.com
5. http://www.jaxtr.com
6. http://www.atrochatro.com
7. http://www.smsjunction.com/home.html
8. http://www.sendsmsnow.com
9. http://www.mysmsindia.com
10. http://www.smsze.com
11. http://www.mycantos.com
12. http://www.jakasoffers.com/sign-in.php
13. http://www.160by2.com
14. http://www.smsfi.com
15. http://www.smsfame.com
16. http://wwwh.way2sms.com/content/index.html
17. http://www.vakow.com
18. http://www.SmsKites.com
19. http://gizmosms.com
20. http://tezsms.com

The ranking is random, they are not really top or something. Just to make a list of sites.Apart from these famous sites, we still have many other sites which are worthy. If i missed any of them please mention it in the comments section.Now lets see famous sites around the world which enables us to send sms to other countries.

Free Sms Sites All Around World.

Now lets see some famous sites which are too good to register and send free sms all over the globe. I have collected a list of sites which are too good.

1. http://www.jaxtr.com/user/howitworks.jsp
2. http://www.yakedi.com
3. http://www.mobik.com
4. http://www.web2msg.com
5. http://www.smsfun.com.au
6. http://www.freebiesms.co.uk
7. http://www.clickatell.com/products/sms_gateway.php
8. http://www.sendsmsnow.com
9. http://www.text4free.net
10. http://www.mobile-sender.com
11. http://smspup.com

These are the famous sites which allow us free sms. I am not sure that all will give you complete access to send sms. And one more thing please remember to use a fake email or mobile number which you wont use much. Because these people spam a lot and also they will sell our information to third party sites where they annoy us by sending spam messages all over the day.

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How to hide folder or file in different ways

In this tutorial ill show how to hidden your files or folders , There are many ways to hidden your folders but here ill show some interesting methods:



Method I:
This is the most common method used to hidden files 

 
Step 1: Select the folder you want to hide and right click and select properties a new window opens when you click on properties and then in new window select "HIDDEN" and click ok you can understand by seeing images

Step 2: Next go to tools and select folder options and select view tab and there select "DO NOT SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS"
and click apply thats all your folder is hidden

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Method II:


This method is some interesting to hide file but must be careful 
some times you may also cant find the folder


Step I:Select the file you want to hide and click on properties and select customize tab and there select change icon and select the folder box which looks like white space and select ok


Step II: And now we have to remove the folder name for this select folder and select rename and then hold your alt tab and press 0160  (only num pad)  thats all your folder is without name

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Method III:
 Hiding folders using command prompt

Step 1:First see in which drive your folder you want to hide is present (like f:/,c:/,d:/ etc..)


Step 2:Next open command prompt (start>run>cmd) and then type cd/

Step 3: Next type the drive where your file you are going to hide is present (see below pic)

 Step 4:Here type attrib +a +s +h folder name and then hit enter your folder will be hidden and if you again want to see the folder type atttrib -a -s -h folder

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How to convert your 1Gb memory card into 2Gb

I think every one try this and fed up of converting your 1Gb mem card into 2Gb but it is possible in most of the cases (but not 100%)

Simply follow the steps given below (don't forget it includes some risk )its up to you:

Steps:

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1) First of all we have to make sure that its a 1 GB memory card. This only works on 1GB And it supports only in some of the rare cases of memory cards.

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2) Now Backup all your data in that because we have to format the drive.

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3) After backing up now open the Skimedi Fix 2GB Capacity application. i will upload a link at the end of post.

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4) A small window will pop up showing the FIX and Cancel option. And you have to browse the drive where it is located (generally G: or L: drive for USB sticks)

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5) After selecting the drive press on FIX and then the updating process will be followed up. It will ask your conformation whether you agree to format or not. click on yes.

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6) Later it will ask to replug the device. Just replug the memory stick card and put it back. The size of the memory will be increased from 1Gb to 2Gb. you can see the properties before and after the cracking process.

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7) After that you can also check the memory size in phone and also you can test the size by copying all the data to it which is around 2Gb.

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8) I personally tested this and now i have converted my 1Gb to 2Gb and using 1.8 space with no problem.

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9) You can reopen the Skimedi Fix and select the drive again where it shows us the size as 1912mb which is nothing but 2Gb.
 

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10) Some times we get a parameter error while copying the files which have crossed the 1Gb size so this may not be 100% successful. 

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Download:

                                    skimedifix

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Karbonn K424 launched in India, Karbonn K424 Price

Karbonn K424

Karbonn K424 is a new Dual SIM GSM phone launched in India. Karbonn K424 music phone features a MP3 player, video player, and FM Radio with recording.

Karbonn K424 features a TFT Display, digital camera, microSD card slot, GPRS, Bluetooth, WAP connectivity, mobile tracker, torch light and long battery life.

Karbonn K424 Price

Karbonn K424 is priced at Rs. 2600.

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Karbonn K343 Dual SIM phone launched in India, Karbonn K343 Price

Karbonn K343

Karbonn K343 is a low price Dual SIM phone. Karbonn K343 features a 1.8 inch TFT display, MP3 player, FM Radio with recording, one touch FM keys and video player.

Karbonn K343 also features torch light, mobile tracker, GPRS connectivity, up to 4GB of external memory and 1000 mAh battery for talk time of up to 4 hours.

Karbonn K343 Price

Karbonn K343 is now available for Rs. 1399.

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Karbonn K451i launched in India, Karbonn K451i Price

Karbonn K451i

Karbonn K451i is a bar styled Dual SIM GSM phone featuring 2.2 inch TFT Display, digital camera with video recording, micro SD card slot and 1800 mAh battery.

Karbonn K451i also comes with a multi format music player, video player, GPRS, Bluetooth, and WAP connectivity. It measures 113.4×48.6×15.5 mm.

Karbonn K451i Price

Karbonn K451i will be available for Rs. 2500 approxi.

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Samsung Bada 2.0 Detail announced

Samsung has announced an improved version of Bada operating system Bada 2.0. Bada 2.0 comes with new features like NFC support, third-party social-networking service integration and SDK support for Linux and Mac.

Bada 2.0 Main features:
NFC support
an “all new” SDK (which will work on Mac and Linux)
multitasking
better UX and UI framework
third-party social networking services integration
security enhancements
revenue model support (operator billing, ad gateway)

Bada 2.0 launch date is still not revealed by the Samsung.

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