A 3G Version Of The iPhone To Be Released

If there were one complaint about the iPhone it would have to be the slow network speeds and compared to the competition of 3G phones out there, the iPhone is much slower. This equates into slower web surfing and email downloading, which is an important part of today’s daily activities by the casual user as well as the business user. Of course, these slower network speeds are due mostly to the AT&T EDGE network. It is definitely the one topic current iPhone users talk about on forums, in coffee shops and anywhere else they congregate. A 3G version has always been the hot topic among these groups, and now the talk has become a reality. The new 3G version of the iPhone is scheduled for a summer release this year. However, there is a catch: The current iPhone will not be able to be upgraded. So, if you bought the iPhone early and took the plunge, or even if you decided to wait a few months before purchasing it, you are going to be stuck with the slower speeds of the older model. Now, the good news is that for those that waited to get an iPhone or simply couldn’t afford one at the time of its release will be able to purchase the new 3G version of the iPhone this summer.

So for most of us that waited to purchase an iPhone – we are in luck and I for one will now wait until the summer release of the new 3G model.

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May 12, 2008 | Filed Under Tech News | Leave a Comment 

A Unique MP3 Player And A Hand Crank

Look, I’m all for progression and moving forward with all the latest high tech wizardry coming out, but I was looking at the latest MP3 player from Eco, the EMP-MX71, and had to comment about it. It comes with all the latest features like 2GB of memory, which is expandable utilizing a SD memory card, 1.8” display, voice recording, and supports MP3, ASF, WMA, WAV, OGG, WMV, MPEG and AVI formats. The Eco EMP-MX71 also has some other nifty things like a picture photo viewer, an LED flashlight and a cool text reader.

Now, the most unusual part about the Eco MP3 player is the hand crank on the back of the unit. This baby can be powered by the built-in hand-crank, which provides 40 minutes of playback for each minute of cranking. It is a pretty neat idea, however I for one do not want a crank handle on the back of my MP3 player as it adds bulk to the unit. In an age where people are getting lazy and technology is helping us get even lazier, cranking a unit for one minute seems a little mundane to me and reminds me of some 1960s gadget. So, for now I am going to have to pass. Hmmm…maybe if they get an automated hand-crank on future models — then I may be interested!

In the Eco’s defense I would like to add that it can also be powered by the USB port so if you’re lazy like me and don’t mind the handle, then by all means go for it.

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March 26, 2008 | Filed Under Tech News | Leave a Comment 

XBOX 360 and Frustrating Lengthy Repair Times

XBOX 360How well is the XBOX 360 manufactured? That’s a question a lot of people seem to be asking these days as XBOX 360 returns are on the rise. In fact, the spike in these returns has supposedly led to a repair backlog and an increase in the return time back to the consumer. Some people have reported return times as high as 8 weeks. That’s insane if you consider that most gamers do not want to be without their consoles for a 2 full months! Hopefully this backlog is taken care of and Microsoft gets these hardware errors fixed with pertinent updates to the game consoles.

I really like the XBOX 360 and believe the graphics are awesome. The problem lies when you have a superbly built system and it fails. When it fails and things go wrong it leaves the consumer stuck. I mean, you can’t take it back to the store where you bought it from, so you have to rely on the manufacturer. If the manufacturer repair process is ridiculously slow, then you are basically without your game console. Nothing is more frustrating than being in this predicament as you are totally helpless and extremely upset. Hopefully none of you guys get into this situation. Now, in Microsoft’s defense, I did hear a rumor that instead of doing the lengthy repairs, Microsoft has been sending brand new game consoles back to the consumer instead.

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March 13, 2008 | Filed Under Tech News | 2 Comments 

Latest games released

Here are some of the latest games released in the month of December. I have listed out below.

Sims Carnival Bumper Blast (Platform-PC)
The Sims Carnival Bumper Blast is a game which will blast you away for hours! In this arcade-style game, before the shots run out you got to clear out all The Sims-styled bumpers. The player is challenged to master skill shots and get high scores! This game comes with over 140 action-packed levels; The Sims Carnival Bumper Blast is the fun casual game that will keep you going.
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December 31, 2007 | Filed Under Featured, Gaming, Tech News | 3 Comments 

Hospital comes up with Philips technology to manage critical patient info

Tawam, an Abu Dhabi-based hospital which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins International and Philips Medical Systems has announced today that it successfully implemented one of the advanced Data Management Systems in the world.

Patient data is collected from life support equipment and is centrally stored online using the Philips’ IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio CC Clinical Information System, Thereby providing fast access to the staff anywhere in the hospital.

The new solution is currently connected to around 20 beds in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. It includes Philips Clinical Decision Support, an application which can identify the symptoms of sepsis and then provide defense against it. The system was live at the end of August. It is collaboration between Philips Medical Systems and Tawam.

The system is user friendly and very efficient. The Chairman of the Department of Critical care Medicine at Tawam hospital said that it had a positive result on how they treated the patients.

Diederik Zeven, General Manager for Philips Medical Systems Middle East said ‘Philips is the only clinical systems solution provider that is able to cover the ‘continuum of care’ for critical documentation in Intensive Care and Anesthesia in one platform.’

The hospital has planned to expand IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio installation thereby covering the High Dependency Unit and its pediatric and neonatal Intensive Care Units. The system will link to the Hospital Information System which is currently being planned for the hospital.  Clinical Information System supports the monitoring requirements set by the Joint Commission International Hospital Accreditation, which is the biggest  accreditor of healthcare organizations in the United States.

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December 16, 2007 | Filed Under Tech News | Leave a Comment 

Boy gets triggered by a computer game

 

A campaign by the mother of a ten-year-old boy who suffered an epileptic fit triggered by a computer game has finally persuaded a leading manufacturer to change how it vets its products.

The boy’s mother rushed to his room when she heard him screaming. As she entered the room, she found him twitching uncontrollably. Tests reveal that it was caused by flashing lights on his Nintendo game console.

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December 6, 2007 | Filed Under Gaming, Tech News | Leave a Comment 

2K games releases downloadable content for Bioshack

BioShock

Take-Two Interactive’s publishing label, 2K games, announced that its top-rated title available for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows® called Bioshack has come out with new downloadable content for players on both platforms. The content comes with Plasmids, interface upgrades and others which can be downloaded freely from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace, through an Xbox 360 Title Update.

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December 4, 2007 | Filed Under Gaming, Tech News | Leave a Comment 

NTT Communications,VNPT Team Up for a Joint Venture in Vietnam

The global ICT solution provider, NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) and Vietnam’s largest telecom operator, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will sign an agreement to form a joint-venture company in Hanoi in early January 2008 with a vision to provide data center services.

In Vietnam, the demand for laid off IT facilities is increasing as network infrastructure from companies who wish to run internet related businesses increases and the growth of Internet is driving the need for data centers.

Data centers will be established in Hanoi in early 2008 and early 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City to provide services. The data centers will be offering hosting services and collocation which will ensure complete redundancy for air conditioning, power generation and others. Customers can benefit from having direct access to global networks within data centers. Camera surveillance is provided as security inside data centers.

NTT Com is likely to take a 40% stake and 60% share is owned by VNPT. 900 million yen is the estimated capitalization. The company will start off with 60 employees and will have a CEO.

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December 3, 2007 | Filed Under Tech News, Wireless | Leave a Comment 

PS3 outsells Wii in Japan for the first time

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Sony Playstation 3 overtook the Wii from Nintendo for the first time in Japan, thereby taking a vision that Sony will dominate in the global video market.

Playstation 3 which was launched a year ago sold about 183,217 PS3 consoles in Japan in November, thereby beating Wii sales which sold around 159,193 consoles according to a game magazine. The game industry was dominated by Sony for about a decade with previous editions of Playstations but had to lose its prestige to the Wii with its new technology of motion sensor in the control unit.

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December 2, 2007 | Filed Under Gaming, Tech News | Leave a Comment 

Facebook restores the new advertising tool

Facebook

Facebook Inc has renovated a new advertising system that can flicker private complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other corporations.

The 55 million people who use Facebook will be given control whether they want to join in for the three week program that movement’s responsive information about online purchases and other activities.

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November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Tech News | Leave a Comment 

World to see a Cyber War?

Cyber war

Based on a report published on Thursday, one of the biggest threats to the security in the next decade would be waged through computers resulting in a “Cyber Cold War”.

According to McAfee, an internet security company, about 120 countries are coming up with ways to use internet to target financial markets, government systems etc. McAfee said that intelligence agencies were testing other states networks to make out their weakness and their methods were growing as time goes.

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November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Security, Tech News | 4 Comments 

Cyber Monday kicks off well

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According to an internet research firm, American consumers stuck shopping sites on Monday, giving a robust start to the shopping season, resulting in good sales.

ComScore Inc reported that about $733 million were spent by consumers for shopping on Monday, resulting in a 21 percent high when compared to the same day a year ago. It was expected that the sales figure would surpass the $700 million mark.

According to ComScore, the first Monday after Thanksgiving was not the busiest day for retailers however. Wednesday, Dec 13 was the busiest day last year bringing in $667 million in sales. Monday after Thanksgiving was actually the 12th busiest day for the 2006 holiday period.

However Monday, known as Cyber Monday, represented the big sales, as consumers got back to office and started clicking to shop. Monday’s sales resulted in 84 percent jump from average daily online spending, according to ComScore.

The number of buyers online saw a rise to around 38 percent compared to last year, according to ComScore. Average dollars spent per head was 12 percent down. ComScore chairman said that he believed deeper price discount depressed sales. ComScore said that about $10.7 billion has been spent online from Nov 1 through Nov 26, thereby gaining 17 percent compared to last year.

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November 28, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Tech News | Leave a Comment 

UK TV rivals to launch online TV on-demand service

UK’s TV networks such as BBC, Channel 4, ITV are planning to launch a joint online TV on-demand service that will provide content from all channels. The unnamed new service is likely to be launched in 2008.

The new service will include free downloading, purchases through internet, streaming and more. Shows will be locally produced content and perhaps US and non-British content. According to reports so far, the new service is believed to be available to the residents of UK only.

BBC has described the importance of the new service as remarkable, To take the deal to a more viewpoint it ought to be like NBC,CBS and Fox holding together for a joint gateway where their shows would be available on demand, for download, purchase etc. But the biggest winner will be the British viewer who will have access to TV content on the net. Recently BBC had problems with its iPlayer service which had delays, then was attacked for being available to Windows users only.
The channels launching the service said that the new service will be first launched online and then it will be made available on other platforms as well. Viewers will be able to watch the content free. The venture will be owned similarly and will work as independent.

Broadcasters hope by aggregating their content into one service they will cover competition from the prior services provided by other Internet upstarts like Joost and others.

For more on the topic check Media Guardian

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November 27, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Tech News | Leave a Comment 

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