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Cell Phone Stun Guns : The Best Companion Of A Working Woman

If you are a housewife and remain inside, most of the time, then there is nothing to fear, of course, most of the time. But you put your personal security at stake, all the time, when you happen to be a working woman. After all, the street-snatchers seem to be more interested in attacking a single woman, coming late in the nights, after a hard day's work, than anyone else.

Reports say that more than one-third of all the attacks by these robbers are carried out on women. And it is least important to say that the majority of such deadly attacks are targeted to working women. However, the administration tries its level best to make such working women a 'competent self defenders' by telling them to learn martial arts. But nothing works to tame those skilled criminals. Necessarily, they too are trained in those skills.

The Best One :

So, definitely, if such is the case, then there is nothing which can help you but a suitable, innovative and disguising cell phone stun gun. These are the best personal security products, a working lady must have to protect herself. A powerful cell phone stun gun, generating volts in millions, can be more than enough to stun the most powerful of snatchers.

Though, there are many types of stun guns, ranging from a mini stun gun to a standard-size stun gun, choosing a cell phone stun gun has always remained a wise step. Lets see how!

What Is This ?

A cell phone is the most useful and favored personal security product for a working woman. Its small size makes it completely invisible to a potential attacker, and you can easily stun him using this disguised cell phone stun gun, which generates almost 800,000- 900,000 volts.

Why Should I Buy It ?

The main advantage of a cell phone stun gun is that it never alerts the attacker in advance. Thanks to its small size, it successfully conceals its identity as it remains attached to keyring or belts etc. Thus the snatcher takes you lightly as an unarmed prey, only to get stunned after moments.

Most importantly, its small size has nothing to do with its efficiency. It remains as useful and accurate as any other stun gun. Rather it comes with a powerful shocking effect which immobilizes an attacker for few minutes till you make a safe distance or shout our for help.

Can I Kill Him ?

Though it proves to be a potent personal security product, it possess least risk to you and the attacker's life. Remember, it stuns only and doesn't kill, necessarily. It leaves an attacker in immense and intolerable pain making him restless. Thus his all efforts are wasted to make himself safe , as he feel like collapsing, rather than attacking you.

Moreover, such a shocking current hardly proves fatal for you. Thanks to its safe mechanism. Thus while giving him those electric shocks, you never feel a return-shock even if you are holding his limbs. Its use is pretty easy as the moment the attacker seems to launch any offensive, do nothing but make this cell phone stun gun touch the attacker and switch on the trigger. Here he goes unconscious. There you stand safe and unharmed.

Your Need Decides, Which Headphone Comforts You

buying choosing comfortable headphonesDespite doing the same 'duty' that is providing you with a session of 'sweet' and refreshing music, not all the headphones are the same. The way they vary in their looks, they vary in their features and functionality too in the very same way.

Thus, while choosing a headphone you have to keep a clear tab on your needs and the way you love to listen to your favorite music. Who knows if walking under the sun, on a chilly afternoon, gives you the right platform to kick-start your music time?

Keeping in view many such situations, here is a little effort to tell you how to choose some most comfortable earphones which work in all 'seasons.'

Love To Jog And Walk? If you are one of those who can't think of staying away from music, be it even the most basic activities like having an evening walk or jogging on the beach on any fresh morning, then nothing...yes nothing but a set of in-ear headphones, also called earbuds, will come to your rescue.

The small size of such a headphone makes it one of the most comfortable headphones while you sweat out. These in-ear headphones dip in your earholes nicely and disappear completely making it tough for someone to find out.

Moreover, the compact mechanism of such earbuds hardly allow the music to go out into air. So, it is an added advantage when you don't want to disturb others.

Confined To Your Lawns Only? Many people love to walk andbuying choosing comfortable headphones roam across their lawns only, or feel happy while strolling in their courtyards when nobody is around. On such occasions, you are hardly supposed to care whether the music goes out or not.

If that is the case, then what could be a better idea than buying a set of on-ear headphones. Their bigger size allow you to hear the more detailed notes of your favorite music. However, thus, it leads to the 'leak' of a definite amount of sound. Better to use when nobody is around.

If Music Fills Your Bedroom : I have seen many of my friends lying flat on their bed with some special types of headphones stuck up to their ears. Such headphones are called over-hear headphones. They are heavier than the above described headphones.

As they cover the ears completely, their noise canceling ability is far better and don't allow the external sound to invade. So, it hardly matters, if your spouse is enjoying a full blast on the TV. As they tend to come with bigger built, they may make you feel tired easily. So better use it while you sit or lie on the bed.

If You Hbuying choosing comfortable headphonesate Being 'Wired Up.' Well...Don't take its literal meaning. I have seen many who don't want to carry any type of load even as light in weight as such of a wire. Thus, they opt for the latest wireless headphones. Buy such headphones, and put a complete end to the menace of 'keep-managing-the-wire-with-your-hands-all-the-time.'

Moreover, it makes you feel like a flying bird who keeps hovering all around. Just plug in the headphones and step out to roam all around your home, listening to the most qualitative music ever on such tiny entertainment appliances. Bask on a completely 'weightless' music based on bluetooth or RF technology.

Shopnics.com : Redefining The Online Shopping Patterns

With the advent of consumer 2.0, the online marketers have realized that using celebrities to sell products, no way remains a fruitful affair. Thus they have generated some consumer 2.0 compatible approaches to get the desired result. The first and foremost such approach is to allow the users themselves to buy a product, irrespective of its type and size, after having a detailed study from various aspects.

Specifically, the implementation of this strategy is extremely unavoidable when the online buying/selling of electronics consumer appliances is concerned. Thus, the advent of some sites with special emphasis on 'compare product shopping' has provided the much needed help in the tapping of this unique consumer 2.0 behavior.

However, there are not many 'online shopping sites' dedicated exclusively to electronics products which helps you to pick your desired electronics product such as cameras, camcorders, laptops, cellphones, MP3 players etc, based on compare product shopping, rather than forcing you to buy things using the deceiving compare price shopping?

www.Shopnics.com is one of those sites. Technically, www.Shopnics.com works on the five most basic tendencies of modern consumers, especially the virtual and Gen Y buyer. Lets see where Shopnics stands as far as the following five rules of consumer 2.0 behaviour provided by Mr.Youth are concerned.

5 Most Basic Instincts Of Consumer 2.0 :

Least Respect To High Profile Brand Ambassadors : The consumer 2.0 seems to give no importance to the endorsed celebrities, rather he/she is looking for more authentic and scientific ways to find out an efficient electronics product.

Thus www.shopnics.com, as compare product shopping site, proves handy while choosing the right electronics product. The consumer 2.0 can evaluate a product on various parameters and importance scales which represent users need.

Loves To Create A Niche Of Own : You can't force a consumer 2.0 to buy a product without his/her consent as earlier. These days such consumer is more open to personal likes and dislikes. Thus this consumer 2.0 enjoys a niche of his/her own.

Thus www.Shopnics.com provide them an amazing platform to go through all pros and cons, and aspects, of a product from huge catalog of products before they actually pick up their buy. Here, the consumers get what they have in their minds.

Less Talking, More Discussion : The consumer 2.0 are willing to talk about a product in a few-word discourse rather than having a full length gossip. Thus they go online to look for the most filtered and refined product specifications and descriptions.

www.Shopnics.com helps a lot in doing the same as it gives a deep insight of the product merely using some graphs and one line descriptions. It is more powerful than the product reviews provided by many social networking shopping sites.

This sites also provides a way to tweet about the liked products and get feedbacks from users visiting twitter network. This site also provides the discussion to go on and around various social media like youtube, Amazon, Yahoo which helps a user to make quicker buying decision.

No To Brand, Yes To Personal Needs : The Consumer 2.0, comparatively more educated than preceding generations, believes in the needs and the proper usage of the products. So this consumer seems less gullible to the huge billboards and hoardings promoting big brands.

In this respect, www.Shopnics.com becomes helpful enough as it allows the consumer 2.0 to choose a product, not a brand, according to his/her own needs after a detailed evaluation as per various product parameters and corresponding importance scales.

They Decide The Value Of The Brand : The Consumer 2.0 discards the efforts of the manufacturer to promote its brand value. Rather, the consumer 2.0 believes in using, evaluating then giving his/her personal attributes to it.

A user of www.Shopnics.com too feels like making a brand of his own as the 'decision graph' on the site helps a lot to find a product as per the consumer's wishes , instead of falling prey to the names of a big brand. This site also provides the list of products which is similar or better to the selected product based on consumer's need and user can redefine his/her brand based on money for value.

www.Shopnics.com is a next generation 'comparison' shopping site, more focused on comparing the product which is quite aligned to the rules of consumer 2.0. As a seasoned user, I found this site an excellent place to go for electronic shopping.

'Green Realm' Expands : Green Lighting Components Take Over Empire State Building

Call it a recession led after-shocks or the ill-effects of ongoing global phenomenon of global warming and climate change, one thing is sure that 'going green' by Empire State Building, one of the most admired skyscrapers worldwide, will bear a long term effect on the mindset of all the global citizens, real estate stalwarts and technology experts.

By large, it seems to be a step to reduce the energy expenses on the first hand, but on the other it will play a big role, though at a small measure, substantially to inspires other countries and their leaders to take some urgent steps in this green direction.

Definitely, a simple shift in the usage of traditional lighting components patterns and an efficient window insulation will bring a change which can save us approximately 4.4 million US dollars a year. This should not be called less than a revolution in this 'polluted' conditions. This makeover plan will consume almost US$20 million.

Apart from this financial benefit, thanks to its green makeover the Empire State Building, which officiates 13,000 staffs, will emit carbon dioxide at an extremely low quantity. Thus the emission could be 105,000 tons less than normal, amazingly, in coming fifteen years. It will be possible by its sharp cut in its energy consumption by 38 percent.

However, switching over to 'green' lighting components is not the only step being taken into account to make this 102 storey-high New York landmark go green, There are many more scientific details are attributed to this innovative plan. Once Linkthis 'green project' is over, Empire State Building is expected to achieve a score of 90 as per ENERGY STAR standards, a score gifted to only 10 percent of all the skyscrapers worldwide.

For example, you will see a better management of solar heat while it creeps in or out of its 6,500 windows. The insulated glasses will prevent the unwanted loss or trespassing of heat in winter and summer, respectively. Thus there will be less load on air conditioners. The plan of an effective air ventilation too is underway.

The greening of this 77 year old Empire State Building is a very well planned and calculated step and has got some really 'big minds' behind this project. The most important step has been taken by the former president Bill Clinton whose Climate Initiative group is all set to give all types of financial assistance to make this 'green' dream come true.

Moreover, a global real estate services firm Jones Lang Lasalle will take care of this renovation plan of Empire State Building. Thus a team has been formed, under the supervision of Anthony E. Malkin, to make out the most feasible steps to come up with the best 'energy saving' results in a specified time period.

Geotag Your Vacations By Sony's GPS Camcorder HDR-TG5V

The phenomenon of collecting memories, while you visit exotic places as part of your vacations, has got a completely different twist. Thanks to HDR-TG5V, the latest compact handy cam with titanium exterior and GPS technology, launched by the electronics giant Sony.

This high-end, but small, HDR-TG5V camera has all we could only dream to have in such a tiny structure. It seems to be a bonsai edition of big-size video recorders. Not only that it contains features such as the ability to record videos at 1920X1080 apart from snapping 4 megapixel photos, HDR-TG5V has optical zoom of 20X too.

Storage Capacity :

The storage capacity of 16GB is more than efficient for even the most enthusiastic traveler on this planet. Amazingly, the photographic camera HDR-TG5V has an amazing capability of recording video footages for more than six hours at a stretch.

However, if still you find this memory capacity not sufficient enough, Sony has equipped this camera with a memory slot which accepts Memory Stick Pro Duo cards to give an enhanced data storage capacity.

Other Features :

Thus this digital video camera HDR-TG5V, apart from having a high-end video footage storage capacity, has got some other special features too such as; a 1/5-inch Exmor CMOS sensor, a super slow motion recording mode, smile shutter, image stabilization, built-in flash which make it a must to make your foreign tours a memorable one.

HDR-TG5V will cost you a hefty US$1,000. However, it is expected to come down once its shipping starts in May. Also it has a Dolby Digital stereo recording facility equipped with a built-in zoom microphone and innovative face detection system, apart from an efficient rechargeable battery and HDMI and USB 2.0 ports making it an affordable buy.

Main Feature :

The above described features of Sony's HDR-TG5V might be talking about its general features only, the reason why this camera stands out lies in its unique feature of being equipped with GPS technology and Navteq digital maps.

Thus, definitely, the first time in the history of small-size video recorders, you will be able to geotag your videos and photos. Moreover, you can see these geotagged data on the 2.7 inch LCD of the camera.

Camping? Choose Your Right Flashlight Before The Damage Is Done

flashlights lighting componentsGoing for camping, undoubtedly, is one of the most adventurous things to do during vacations. Especially, when we plan to have an elongated break from an exhausting office schedule.

However, while packing for your camping session you must not forget to pack the most effective lighting component for your adventurous trip, at least.

They help you to avoid many unwanted things to happen. After all, adventures and thrills, no way, should be allowed to invite unfortunate moments, especially in the nights. Despite all your arrangements, some reptiles and dangerous animals seem to all geared up to spoil your party. They love free lunches isn't it?

So, what do you think could be the most useful lighting component to shoo away those disruptions? Probably a gun? Well it could be the last resort. My motto is why should we allow the danger creep in so near. Definitely, prevention is better than cure.

So what could be a better idea than buying a useful flashlight which may help you in the dark. Such a lighting component helps you a lot while there is no other source of light to guide you, literally. There are various types of flashlights. And there are more than one way to grab your right pick. Here we go!

Are You Heir to a Massive Fortune? If such is the case, then buy very, very special and innovative HID flashlights. These flashlights are made of High Intensity Discharge bulbs which tend to be extremely durable. As the name suggests, this lighting component produce highly bright and sparkling light in great volumes, enough to turn the night into a day.

Got Enough to Spend? OK! Then go and buy a LED flashlight. A LED flashlight proves to be expensive while you buy it, but its elongated and durable services can save you enough in the long term. Moreover, they give you crisp and warm white light which seems somewhat less artificial. Remember, LED bulbs run for thousands of hours.

Planning to Waste Least Money? Then you should buy the most traditional type of flashlight. The incandescent flashlights come without burning any visible hole in your wallet, but prove a monstrous energy eater. Thus they radiate enough heat, though you can have sparkling light from these lighting components. This results in cutting short the lifespan of the incandescent bulbs and batteries.

Want to Run Without Batteries? Go for a shake flashlight. It runs with no use of batteries at all. Is it possible? Yes! Oh! Then it must be running by using eleflashlights lighting componentsctricity. No, not at all. This lighting component uses something unheard before. This shake flashlight has light producing magnets, in form of LEDs, kept inside which need to be shaken only for a while. And in return, you get some illuminated hours, though the light tends to be of very low quality.

Basking On The Gas : Thus here its comes a flashlight which has a series of incandescent bulbs full of gases like halogen or xenon. These gases work as catalysts and enable the bulbs to give an amount of brightness unseen before. The gas-filled bulbs might not be long lasting, however they are energy efficient, ironically.

Backbeat 903 Bluetooth Headphone : The Most Comfortable Bluetooth Wireless Headphones For Joggers

Backbeat 903 comfortable Bluetooth wireless stereo HeadphonesLaunched by the Altec Lansing, the undisputed king of comfortable bluetooth stereo wireless headphones manufacturers, and related to Plantronics, the Backbeat 903 those joggers who don't want to stay away from their bluetooth equipped mobiles or Mp3 players at any cost.

As something with extra weight may be a disturbance while you run, Altec Lansing has made all efforts to make this bluetooth wireless headphone as weightless as possible. It weighs an amazing 34g only and comes with swivel adjustment giving you a gripping fit.

Made of qualitative water proof materials, Backbeat 903 Bluetooth Headphone shows no sign of dysfunction while your sweat moves on to it during an elongated physical workout session. As it is made of highly durable and flexible materials, you will be able to fold and keep it inside your pockets easily without no fear of its being broken.

This bluetooth stereo wireless headphone can be easily found from the stores paying not more than 100 dollars only. Further, to provide you with an efficient service, it is equipped with A2DP and AVRC to enable you to regulate music and attend calls without any problem. It can give give you a service more than six hours at a stretch and also enjoys Bluetooth v2.1. Moreover, its standby mode stretches up to a whole week.

And, if you need to take a break from the music without plugging out your headphone, here comes the OpenMic™ which allows you to listen to the external sounds by merely clicking at the given button. The music stops and creeps in the sweet chippings of the birds. This Backbeat 903 Bluetooth Headphone is first of its kind which gives you such a facility.

Not only that, there are many more latest technologies added to it. For example, BassBoost technology enables your Backbeat 903 Bluetooth Headphone to catch even the weakest sound waves and boosts those signals immensely only to be heard with great clarity.

Even you will never have to worry about external noisy disturbances while listening to your favorite music or attending any call. Your Backbeat 903 Bluetooth Headphone uses Plantronics Dual-Mic AudioIQ® technology where one microphone gives you filtered sound or music while other does the required filtering.

most comfortable headphonesHere are its chief features in brief :

1. Weighs as low as 34 grams only.

2. Enjoys an impedance of 17 Ohms.

3. Has an input sensitivity upto 91 dB.

4. Equipped with qualitative stereo bluetooth technology.

5. 14 mm speaker with super fit eartips made of silicon

6. Frequency response ranges between 80 Hz to 12 kHz.

Want A Cool Summer ? Switch On To OLED Lighting Products

It is natural for someone to get tired of those traditional light bulbs and tube lights. Especially, those who spend a lot on their cooling devices to have a cool summer are really afraid of continuing with these heat radiating lighting products

Simply, the heat of these conventional light bulbs burns up the cool air inside forcing you too lower the internal temperature even more. Thus, you end up paying more than double on electricity expenses. So you get fire burns not only upon your body but you tend to have many holes in your pockets too.

Definitely, there should be some lighting components which may save you from this double jeopardy. These “some lighting components” are nothing but the soon to hit the market OLED lighting products. These organic lighting products are a clear cut evolutionary form of revolutionary OLED equipped household appliances which gave us the most eco-friendly entertainment appliances options ever.

Don't you know that there are many household appliances manufactures who have used OLED technology successfully to give us a series of radiation free TV displays which cause no damage to our environment at all? Not only this, go to any gadgets store near by and you will find a range of video games, mobile phones and Mp3 players which use OLED technology.

Technically, OLED lighting components are made of super thin carbon-based polymer which are highly power efficient. Once you make the current, even of very low voltage, pass through them, these Organic Light Emitting Diode lighting components start producing very bright and cool light rays. Thus, naturally, the OLED lighting products tend to be cooler and play no role in inciting global warming.

The reason behind their being the coolest organic lighting components is nothing but their ability to produce amazingly white light rays. Definitely, there is no comparison between the quality of light produced by these energy saving light bulbs and the yellow and semi-white light rays produced by the traditional light bulbs and tube lights, respectively. Also, these OLED lights are called organic lighting products because they don't have polluting products such as mercury in them.

OK! You got the coolest lighting devices to minimize the energy consumption without adding some extra notches to your air conditioner. But are you afraid that these OLED lighting components will not give you those decorative bulb products which you are habituated of?

Let me tell you, OLEDs are not here to give you cheap and safe white light only, but these transparent organic light emitting diodes are capable of giving you some amazing lamps in various designs and shapes. Thanks to their thinness and flexibility. So what do you think these organic lighting products? Is not it a very “cool” information this summer?

Dell Launches Designer Adamo : Charges Up 'Thinnest and Cutest Laptop' Fight

In order to cash in on the go-for-the-thinnest-and-cutest-computers-and-laptops instincts of the consumer appliances customers, Dell recently launched it latest notebook that has stole away the tag of the 'thinnest laptop so far' once given to Apple's MacBookAir. Amazingly, only a measure of 0.11 inches and some stylish designing were more than enough to help it win the title.

Interestingly, many experts have termed Adamo as the look-alike of Apple's famous notebook because of its huge similarity to the latter in the matter of width and depth. However, what makes it outstanding and completely different from the Apple's notebook is its artistic design and outlook. Link

The designers of this hand held personal computer, measuring 13 inches, have left no stone unturned to make it a 'treat to watch.' The artistic and detailed design work, inspired by Swiss Watches and fashion brands, done on this laptop make it more of a jewelry than a laptop.

On the part of its technical and operational abilities, it runs Windows Vista Home Premium and comes with a 128GB solid state hard drive. Also, it is equipped with backlit keyboards.

However , it sleek size makes is resistant to the use of an in-built optical device. Thus you have to choose either a $420 Blu-ray or $140 DVD/RW, laptop accessories, made available by the brand itself. Some other drawbacks could be its “an extra-pound weight” as compared to Apple's MacbookAir and the absence of multi-touch trackpad.

LinkYet, the glossy and shining body made of aluminum and its glass display give it a highly innovative and modern look. It is available in two colors; Pearl and Onyx. Dell has announced to launch two models of Adamo; Desire and Admire. Both the models have batteries with equal longevity of almost 5 hours.

Desire is the costliest of the two and comes at US $2,699. It comes with a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor assisted by 4GB 800MHz memory. While the other one, the cheaper version of Adamo, will need you to pay only US$1,999. It has a 2GB 800MHz DDR3 memory and comes with a a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Even the promotion and marketing of this latest laptop has got a completely different bend in the road. Dell released some snaps of Adamo held by professional models taken by none other than Nadav Kandar, often regarded as one of the coolest photographers.

Buying A Digital Camera? Snap Your Flash Memory Cards First

Once we plan to have a trip to exotic places or locations we haven't seen, probably the first thing which comes to our mind is nothing but buying a glittering digital camera. Of course, we want to come back with as much memories as possible filled in our digital cameras. What did I say? Memories?

Oh! This word 'memories' has reminded me of a very important thing. Your fancy to snap a wide array of exotic things will cease to be reality unless you grab the right flash memory card. Of course, your 'memories' will depend a lot on the storage capacity of your memory card and its compatibility with the digital camera it will be used in.

Thus if you want to collect the maximum memories of those far-off places, it is not the camera but it is the type of your flash memory card that proves handy.

If you want to choose something use is used by one and all then there is no way why you should not go for an SD flash memory card. It is most famous type of flash memory card and bears the approval of varied types of customers. Thus you will come across a series of comments regarding it if you talk to your friends.

An SD flash memory card is most suitable for those digital cameras which are made for an enhanced personal use only. The SD flash memory card with a capacity of 1GB is mostly and easily available while its upgraded versions too are widely used by the frequent travelers. So if you are planning an elongated photo session then an SD flash memory card up to 4 GB is there to serve you.

However, if you belong to the around-the-world-in-80-days breed, then undoubtedly nothing but an SDHC flash memory card will come to your rescue. This comes with a thumping 32 GB storage capacity. It will meet all your ends and needs. Such a flash memory card is comprehensively compatible with a fast-paced tour. After all, who gets the time to transfer all the snaps to a computer before he/she returns home?

However, here comes a caution with the use of an SDHC flash memory card. Not all the digital cameras, on the shelves, are made to enjoy the services of this highly efficient memory card. So you might have to buy a new digital camera too along with this SDHC flash memory card. Probably, it may be a step too harsh amid this recession.

However, if you have an advanced digital camera and are searching for a flash memory card with diversified capacity then go for a CF flash memory card. This card is the most versatile one as far as its storage capacity is concerned.

A qualitative CF memory card can have a maximum of 16 GB. Remember, it can be costlier too. However, if your trip is supposed to be a shorter one then you can buy a CF flash memory card with less than half GB too. However, not all the cameras support CF cards, so be careful.

Plug Computer By Marvell : Now Slide Your PC Into The Wall Power Socket

Ever heard of a personal computer which can be directly plugged into your wall power socket and you will see no need of your computer furniture anymore?

Or, ever heard of a computer which costs you $50 only when you buy in dozens or its price doubles up if bought in singles or something which uses power as low as 5 watts only?

Did you say it is a crazy question? If you think that anybody body who talks about such a computer might have gone mad, then better you go for a detailed research, or at least surf the official site of Marvell semiconductor, before going that much judgmental.

Do the investigation and you will find that Marvell, a famous manufacture of semiconductors, just, sincerely a fortnight ago, has launched a computer that looks like a plug and can be plugged into the wall too.

Moreover, it has all those computer accessories and features which make a full-fledged computer once they combine together. After all how can you call something a computer unless it has a 1.2GHz Marvell Kirkwood processor, a spacious storage device, a powerful memory drive and so and so. More clearly, it has a 512MB DRAM and 512 megabytes of flash memory storage. However it runs with Linux only. Mind it!

So it has got all what a modern computer should have. Thus this innovative computer is set to give you all the services which are a trademark job of a networked computer. Amazingly, the name sounds a bit of Indian. SheevaPlug! What do you say?

As per its usage, according to the manufacturer, Marvell semiconductor in this case, you can use this plug computer as a home server computer. Definitely, to do so, you have to plug your router and USB flash drive or external hard drive into your SheevaPlug simply. This plug computer comes with a USB 2.0 port.

Regarding size, it is as small as you can think of in terms of a computer. After all, you can't hang a desktop on a wall, isn't it? However, its small size is never a constraint in its performance. Marvell calls it as a computer with “a high-end performance.”

One thing more! Won't you call it an eco-friendly computer? Why.....? Your “why” should know that this plug computer uses only 5 watts, gives efficient service and possesses a very small built so extremely less hardware garbage once becomes unusable.

Of course, it has got all the features of a befitting green computer. However, ironically it may sound, it is completely white regarding its exteriors. Moreover, once you plan to get connected to a network , you can easily do it via Gigabit Ethernet.

Latest Home Dehumidifier By Panasonic : Dries More Than Your Room

If you are handed over something which not only dries up your room quickly, but dries up your just washed clothes with an electric speed too, probably you would be happier than normal, wouldn't you?

Also, definitely, you would love something which can remove the foul smell completely found in your clothes and in-home atmosphere caused by imbalanced humidity. Moreover, it can also get you rid of all the allergens which cause a havoc around you.

This is possible because it has got a filter made of anti-bacteria enzyme and super alleru-buster and has got two-way air outlets which keep balancing the internal temperature.

And this 'something' is nothing but the recently launched, almost a fortnight ago, Panasonic dehumidifier. This is called F-YHC12X and aims to put all your 'dry' woes to an end. Amazingly, this consumer appliance works with almost double efficiency. It measures 54cm by 34 cm by 21cm.

Unlike the older dehumidifiers which dried, or dry, not more than two pounds of clothes, this latest household appliance by Panasonic can dry upto 4-4.5 pounds of clothes taking not more than 55 minutes only. Definitely, you are not going to lose something which is twofold effective and a product of efficient hybrid technology.

Most importantly, it will fit comprehensively into your energy saving plans. Its humidity sensor keeps a continuous tab on the clothes and as soon as it senses no moisture inside, it stops working ensuring no extra energy consumption. Thus you get your clothes saved from getting deteriorated too.

Moreover, it works according to the amount of internal temperature, moisture and humidity. Thus it can modulate its efficiency as per the need. So its 'drying' ability is proportionate to the moisture found in the clothes and the room.

Finally, it is again up to you only as how you are to bring this HK$3,680 Panasonic dehumidifier in this blood soaking phase of global recession.

Organic Semiconductors Make Flexible Circuits And Screens A Possibility

Days are not far away, when we will, eventually, come to see ultra-efficients digital circuits. Thanks to the “polymeric n-channel semiconductors—practically ones—were unknown....,” as described by Antonio Facchetti, chief technology officer, Polyera Corp.

Such efficient digital circuits became a possibility when researchers, headed by Faccheti, came to find out a polymer which is said to revolutionize the printing method of electronics circuits on plastic. This polymer is said to be an organic semiconductor.

This latest polymer conducts electrons, a feature unheard so far about other types of such materials used to make semiconductors. Necessarily, nost of the polymers carry positive electric charges.

According to the researchers, they have succeeded in printing a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor ) circuit combining this latest find along with the older semiconductors.

Thus the combination of existing p-type materials, carrying positive charges, and this recently developed n-type polymer which carries electrons has opened a new road for flexible or bendable digital circuits.

Such flexible semiconductors are more powerful and efficient. “If you want to enable high-performance CMOS electronics, you need both p-channel and n-channel semiconductors,”
 Faccheti further says.

This polymer, based on naphthalene-bis(dicarboximide), is highly soluble, so it can be turned into an ink and can be printed digitally. However, its solubility doesn't mar its effective and high speed of electron mobility. Its electron mobility is said to be between 0.45 and 0.85 cm2/Vs.

Such a speed is far greater and satisfying as compared to the much below 0.5 cm2/Vs, the electron mobility rate of all the existing polymers. The researchers hope to upgrade the speed up to 1 cm2/Vs in coming years.

Undoubtedly, this invention is going to give a completely different shape to the way, the manufacturers used to make computer screens and sensor tags. Now they will be able to produce flexible screens and sensor tags which will be available at highly low prices.



The detailed story can be read at the online version of the journal Nature.


Forrester Predicts A Dive In Global IT Purchases

According to Forrester, a research company, dealing with business and technology, the purchases of IT goods have proved just another prey to the global economic recession encompassing 2008-2009, thanks to the diving interest of business segments and governments worldwide.

More clearly, the purchases of IT goods and services is set to experience a drop of almost 3 percent this year. In other words, this frightening loss of $1.66 trillion marks the end of a continuous growth in this field which carried on for last seven consecutive years.

More importantly, the ongoing market recession had least effect on IT purchases in 2008 as this business segment had touched a hike in its sales up to 8 percent. However, such a slump in the IT goods sales is not something new. The market had seen such a decline of 6 percent, way back in 2001 and 2002 too.

The report is based on the ability of purchasing things such as communication equipments,IT consulting and integration services, computers, software etc by the governments and business segments, globally.

Moreover, the research agency predicts a definite revival in the situation, but not before the beginning of the second half of 2009 and a complete escape from the losses in 2010. For IT vendor strategists, the global IT market will be a gloomy one in 2009, with prospects of improvement in 2010,” says Andrew Bartels, Forrester Research vice president and principal analyst.

Ironically, such slump is only obvious when we evaluate the market of IT goods purchases in terms of US dollars. The conditions are not that much gloomy in respect of regional and local currencies worldwide.

If the IT goods purchases evaluated in local currencies, the loss of 3 percent will turn into a profit of 1.6 percent, globally. More specifically, for the combine of the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa, the market shows a growth of 5 percent, while Western and Central Europe will notice a high of 1.3 percent. Asia pacific too expects a growth of 3 percent.

Though such a situation brings a sigh of relief for non-US businessmen, the current currency fluctuation has brought a double jeopardy for the US businessmen. "The fact that 2009 IT purchases growth is so much weaker in U.S. dollars than in local currencies means U.S. vendors with significant overseas business will feel a double dose of pain, as both the economic environment and currency market will work against them for much of 2009,"Andrew Bartels says.

CES Sees Two Latest Motorola Mobiles Among Market Crisis

The ongoing Consumer Electronics Show, a leading trade fair, has witnessed Motorola unveiling two latest mobile phones. The first one, W233, is said to be a green mobile. Thus it has succeeded enough to draw the maximum attention of environment lovers.

The making process of this cellphone, as told, seems to be bizarre. Though it uses plastic for the making of this mobile, the plastic comes from recycled water bottles. Moreover, Motorola has started investing in tree plantation and renewable energy. The phone will cost around $200 and will be marketed by Deutsche Telekom AG's (DT) T-Mobile USA.

The second product from Motorola is a smartphone, called Motosurf. It is a touchscreen mobile and can be operated using a stylus or a track ball or a finger, naturally. This smartphone uses Windows Mobile. Its sale is expected to be started with the sale of W233 right from this quarter.

Motorola And CES :

The Consumer Electronics Show has never been a happy hunting ground for Motorola. The company has always kept away from launching something bigger over here. Thus the current CES has very few products lined up by Motorola. Rather, the mobile giant prefers to unveil its best products at more prestigious communication device shows such as GSMA Mobile World Congress and CTIA.

The Impact of Financial Slump On Motorola :

Like other wireless communication giants, Motorola too has been severely affected by the current market slump. Thus this manufacturer has taken least risks to come up with something new and advanced in the market.

There is no product of the company in the market which could be called as a technology sensation. Rather it has preferred to stay on with its older versions, more or less, with few overt changes. Even there would be nothing new from Motorola, at least for the first six months.

The Current Status Of Motorola :

The marketslump has not only forced Motorola to come up with fewer products, it has also triggered some major setbacks for the company itself. Now it comes second on ranking as Samsung snatched the top post last year in US mobile phone market. Though it has lost its mobile sales graph to competitors like Samsung, Apple etc, still it has retained the top slot for the advanced communication devices.

Samsung Printers To De-stress The Users

Famous for its wonderful innovations, Samsung Electronics has launched a couple of qualitative compact printers which are not only cost effective but they are here to lessen the work stress in the office too.

These mono laser printers, ML-1640 and ML-2240 , have been made, according to Samsung officials, especially for home based offices.

Madhav Narayan, general manager, Samsung Gulf Electronics, said, “Samsung understands the challenges that businesses face in an increasingly competitive environment, and have developed a range of intelligent total printing solutions to meet business users’ most pressing needs.”


As he says, these office automation products are loaded with many features to serve a user in the most possible ways. Their optimized mechanism can give a noiseless printing, that too at a great speed. Hence, these features make these printers most effective for low budget offices and home-based users.


Not only that they are here to execute printing efficiently, they are beautifully colored as well. The ML-2240 comes in black and grey finish, while the ML-1640 looks sleek black.


Their paper tray dispensers can hold 150 sheets at a time which prevent a user from early re-stocking. Further, the ML-2240 has an output capacity of 22ppm, while ML-1640 can print as much as 16 pages per minute. These features help a lot to save time in an already busy office.


The latest models are told to be too cost effective. Both models come with “ Toner Save” buttons on them. They are capable of saving more or less 30 percent of toner. Definitely, this feature will help a lot to save cost and toner.


Moreover, the “Error LED” on these printers help a user to deal with the printer problems easily and quickly. This results in less disturbances in the office related operations.


Apart from causing minimized troubles in the office, they have the added features to help a user reduce the noise factor immensely. To the much comfort of users, these two printers, ML-1640 and ML-2240 can work producing noise of 50 decibels and 51decibles only.


The Art of Electronics

Informally it is called “the bible of electronics”. “The art of electronics” is widely recognized as the authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design. The book has revolutionized the way of teaching electronics. It is co-authored by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. Its first edition was released in 1982 while the revised edition came in 1989. The first edition sold over 125,000 copies worldwide and was translated into eight languages.

An ideal first textbook and an indispensable reference on electronics for engineers, scientists, professional, amateur, and for all those who works with electronic circuits.

With more than 1000 pages, this book covers all the areas of electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, from basic DC voltage, current, and resistance, to active filters and oscillators, to digital electronics, including microprocessors and digital bus interfacing. The book also discusses the often-neglected areas, such as high-speed design techniques, low-power applications, and high-frequency. Though the text is information dense but the intimate tone used makes it easily readable and more accessible.

The USP of this book is its collection of useful example circuits. Along with some examples of good circuits it has some bad ideas too; to disuss what makes the good designs good and the bad ones bad.


Reviews of the book
"This is a delightful book ... an excellent teaching text as well as a lab reference. The circuits actually work, the schematics are readable, and there is even a section on how to draw good schematics. I recently observed a graduate student in physics unfamiliar with op-amps start to build a haywired mess of a circuit. He then took home The Art of Electronics for one night, and the next day the mess was taken apart, to be replaced by a correctly designed working circuit." -- Review of Scientific Instruments

"Full of clever circuits and sharp insights, but with a surprising minimum of mathematics.... This scheme of making maximum use of the insights of simple approximations described in words, and introducing more formal design only after understanding has gained real headway, is the pedagogical core of this original treatment.... The depth is genuine, as is the richness of examples, data and apt tricks." -- Scientific American

Some of the best electronic industry publications.


Chumby is an amazing device

You have never seen a device like this. Call it a toy, a clock, a picutre frame or a web appliance, it is a combination of all of these.

Chumby is a compact device, an integration of several facilities, that displays useful and entertaining information from the web, such as news, music, weather, photos, celebrity gossip, webcams, sports scores. You can choose from a number of widgets offered in different categories. Interactive widgets can be used to take benefits of its touchscreen or motion sensor.

Chumby will connect to your wireless Internet router using Wi-Fi and fetch all types of content from the Web. Chumby is neither designed for web surfing nor for two-way communication like e-mail and instant messaging. It is all about an overblown Web 2.0 fascination with software widgets, open-source idealism, and building a new community around them.

Chumby is soft all around except for its touchscreen and a rear panel with a power button and ports for USB connections and the power cord. On top, there's a button hidden under the soft leather that you squeeze to control certain functions.

Features of Chumby

  • Personalized alarm clock: Life is better when chumby wakes you up. You can enjoy wake up listening to your favorite alarm tone, news headlines, internet radio station, podcast, weather, sports or any audio or visual info you choose.
  • Music & podcasts: You can tune into thousands of free online radios or internet radios from around the world. Get podcasts from The New York Times, CBS, etc on a lot of topics like news, sports, comedy, etc.
  • Free chumby network: The best thing about the chumby network is that it is free. No subscriptions to pay, no plans to sign up for. Chumby industries and sponsor companies, who will be sending you widgets such as music, games, movie previews, will pay for you.
  • Photo viewing & sharing: If you have an account on Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook, or MySpace, you can use chumby as a digital photo frame to show off your favorite photos. Using tags you can view public or private photos. You can share your photos with chumby friends.
  • Social networking: Stay connected with the recent activities on your social network accounts. Get in touch without being a slave to your computer.
  • News & entertainment: You can also have access to varieities of information like sports, auctions & classifieds.
  • Videos, Video Games, Messaging.

Apple announced 3G iphone

With the announcement of Apples's 3G iphone on June 9, finally all the rumors and speculations came to an end. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, confirmed the iPhone 3G will hit the stores in the US and over 70 other countries on July 11th. It will costs $199 for the 8GB version and $299 for the 16GB one.

Let's take a look at the design, GPS and the new features like MobileMe.


Design

The 3G iPhone is slightly thinner at the edges than its predecessor. It weighs just the slightest bit less. All other measurements are almost same. The removal of irritating recessed headphone jack, as in the earlier version, is pleasing so that you'll be able to use any 3.5mm headphones you like. The back portion has seen some significant changes. Instead of the current silver-aluminum, it is replaced by a black plastic skin. It helped reducing the cost but its long term durability can be worrying.


The 3G

The new iphone is aimed at providing twice as fast speed as the previous one. The 3G technology uses a protocol called HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) to download data faster over UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) networks. It seamlessly switches between EDGE, faster 3G, and even faster Wi-Fi, so you will always get the best speeds possible. 3G networks enable simultaneous voice and data service, you can talk on the mobile phone while surfing the web, checking email, or using Maps.


You can surf the web and make calls from anywhere on the planet since the iPhone 3G complies with the worldwide standards for cellular communications. In the vaccum 3G network areas, iPhone connects you via GSM for calls and EDGE for data.


GPS

The 3G iphone presents the best mobile map application ever produced. Maps combine GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell tower location technology along with the Multi-Touch interface. You can find your location, get directions, and see traffic. It finds your location via GPS or by triangulating your position using Wi-Fi and cellular towers. It can also search places of your interest by keyword. When you search for “coffee” it will show you every cafe nearby.


In the same way as google maps our computer, maps on iPhone lets you switch between map view, satellite view, and a hybrid view of both. You can get live traffic information, showing traffic speed along your route in easy-to-read green, red, and yellow highlights.


MobileMe

MobileMe is a new feature that will keep your computer at home, at work, and an iPhone or iPod in sync. With the help of a suite of elegant new web applications, you can access your data from anywhere. MobileMe stores all your email, contacts, and calendars on a secure online server — or “cloud” — and pushes them down to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. Changes done on one device would be automatically be updated on others.



Adobe unveils new community site & Acrobat new version

It isn't only Google that is challenging the Microsoft's on-premise Office and SharePoint productivity and collaboration suites with hosted, online versions of similar applications. Adobe has made a move into on-line document sharing sector. Acrobat announced its community site at the same time when the newer version of Adobe's Acrobat software with flash player is launched.


Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended

Adobe Acrobat is considered the almighty force in PDF software. The beta version of Acrobat 9, a smarter and more flexible version, proves its credentials further. The new version of Adobe reader, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, has come up with the biggest and best enhancements that Acrobat has seen in a long time.

The Acrobat 9 comprises of three big new features.

  • Ability to build PDF portfolios: Users can now combine multiple types of files, video, audio and even 3-D objects, in a single PDF document. They can select from different layouts or create their own to integrate content. Options are provided to define navigation.

  • Easy view of video files: Now the video files can be stored in PDF files that can be viewed by all of those who uses Adobe Reader 9, whether or not they have specific video codecs installed on their system.

  • Document-comparison feature: This feature eases out the worries of collaborative work on complex PDF files.


The new advanced collaboration features along with other miscellaneous improvements add to the appeal of this major release. Above all, this enhanced version doesn't need learning an entirely new application, as Acrobat 9 largely sticks to the user interface familiar since version 8.


Acrobat Community Site

Adobe announced the launch of the Acrobat.com community site, a move into online document sharing. It helps the users create, store and share documents online. Users can also hold web conferences to discuss changes. At the time, the Acrobat.com service can be used only in trial, or beta, form, but any user can easily sign up.


Acrobat community site includes the following online tools:

  • Adobe Buzzword: Buzzword word processor lets you create basic text documents. These files are stored on the net and invite others to collaborate, read or comment. Such a type of collaboration allows the creation of web conferences, where co-authors can join on and discuss a topic or document in real time.

  • Adobe ConnectNow: It is a personal web conferencing service, which includes desktop sharing, video and voice conferencing and integrated chat.

  • Centralized online file-sharing with access controls, online PDF conversion for up to five documents, and support for Web-embeddable documents;

  • Developer APIs for real-time collaboration, file sharing and conversion.


The trial version permits one user to convert up to five documents per month to the PDF format free of charge. You can easily embed these documents on a website or a blog. Adobe also announced that it would make the programming interfaces for the site available so others can plug it into their own services. The services of Acrobat.com can be used without buying any other Adobe products.


Most of the advancements in Acrobat 9 provide ways for the users of PDF, Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR technologies to take the advantages of the tools offered in Acrobat.com.


In comaprison to Google and Microsoft, Adobe is entering relatively late to the market for business document and file sharing on the web. Microsoft set up a trial version of Office Live Workspace in October 2007 that lets people get at and share Word, Excel and Powerpoint files via the web. Google also runs a similar system through its online documents service. The service pits Adobe squarely against Microsoft, Google and others keen to bridge the online and offline worlds.