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Motheroards for AMD phenom 9550

MSI's K9A2 Platinum
ASUS' M3A32 MVP Deluxe
DFI DK 790FX-M2RS
Gigabyte's MA790FX-DS5 or DQ6

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Build a gaming PC under 35K

Configurations revisited:

Config-1:
AMD Athlon 64 2800+ (Socket 754) : Rs. 5,200
Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M Motherboard : Rs. 4,000
Transcend 512 MB DDR-400 RAM : Rs. 2,800
Kunhar ATX Cabinet with 400 Watts SMPS : Rs. 2,200
Seagate Barracuda 160 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive : Rs. 4,000
Samsung SyncMaster 793S Monitor : Rs. 5,700
XFX Geforce FX 5700 LE AGP 256 MB : Rs. 5,700
LG/Lite-On/Sony 52X/32X/52X / 16X Combo Drive : Rs. 2,600
Onboard Realtek ALC655/658 5.1 channel audio : N.A.
Artis S500 Speakers : Rs. 1,300
Logitech Spill-resistant Standard Keyboard : Rs. 300
Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical : Rs. 800
56 Kbps Internal Modem : Rs. 400
LAN : Onboard
Total : Rs. 35,000/-






Config-2:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939) : Rs. 7,800
MSI RS480-M2 Motherboard : Rs. 6,700
Transcend 2 x 256 MB DDR-400 : Rs. 3,000
Kunhar ATX Cabinet with 400 Watts SMPS : Rs. 2,200
Seagate Barracuda 160 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive : Rs. 4,000
Samsung SyncMaster 793S Monitor : Rs. 5,700
ATI X300SE PCI Express equivalent onboard : N.A.
LG/Lite-On/Sony 52X/32X/52X / 16X Combo Drive : Rs. 2,600
Onboard Realtek ALC655/658 5.1 channel audio : N.A.
Artis S500 Speakers : Rs. 1,300
Logitech Spill-resistant Standard Keyboard : Rs. 300
Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical : Rs. 800
56 Kbps Internal Modem : Rs. 400
LAN : Onboard
Total : Rs. 34,800/-

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HP Unveils New Imprint Designs laptops

HP Unveils New Imprint Designs Hewlett-Packard (HP), has unveiled three new inspirational HP Imprint designs – 'Intersect', 'Renewal' and 'Intensity' imprints on their HP Pavilion DV 4 and HP Pavilion DV 5 series.The imprint range boasts of an infinity glass finish, which enables edge-to-edge high glass screen for ultimate viewing pleasure, yhas an illuminated logo and color matched keyboards.The laptop is powered by Intel Centrino 2 Processor. and features the NVIDIA Ge Force 9600 M GT.The limited edition HP Pavilion DV 4 and HP Pavilion DV 5 series will be available in India from the first week of November 2008 in the range of Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 55,000.Users can add fun to video chats with special effect filters, animated avatars using advanced face tracking technology and video recorded clips with the Cyber Link YouCam 2.0. Edit clips, add sound tracks, effects and files and make their videos fun with the Cyber Link DVD suite.

Price: 40,000 to 55,000 INR

Price: 40,000 to 55,000 INR

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Sony VGN-CR353/s

Display
14.1 (35.8 cm) wide(WXGA:1280x800) TFT Colour display (Clear Bright LCD Lite)
Chipset
Mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipse
Battery
VGP-BPS9/S Lithium-ion battery: up to 4 hours of use
Hard Disk Drive
250 GB*5(Serial ATA, 5400rpm)
Optical Drive
DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM Drive
Dimension WDH mm
335.1 mm x 21-38.3 mm x 249 mm
Bluetooth.
Bluetooth standard Ver. 2.0+EDR
Modem
V.92 and V.90 Compliant x 1
Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English Version) with Traditional Chinese Language Pack
USB.
High Speed USB 2.0 x 3
PC Card Slot
ExpressCard/34 x1
Speakers and microphone
Built-in stereo speakers / Built-in monaural microphone
AC Adapter.
AC Adaptor(VGP-AC19V26)
Keyboard.
approx. 18 mm key pitch/2 mm keystroke , 82 keys
Wireless LAN
5 GHz (802.11a/Draft n), 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g/Draft n)
Web Camera
Effective Pixels: 1280x1024
Processor
Intel Core2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz)*1*2
Weight (Kgs)
2.5 kg (including the supplied battery)
Battery Life (Hrs)
Lithium-ion battery(VGP-BPS9/S) *14

price: 58,490 INR

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Sony VGN-CR37GN/B

Key Features :-
Cache Memory
3MB
Processor Technology
Intel Centrino Processor Technology
Wireless LAN
Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft n *8
PC Card Slots
ExpressCard/34 x1
AC Adapter.
AC Adaptor(VGP-AC19V26)
Weight
2.5kg (including the supplied battery)
Processor System Bus
800MHz
USB.
High Speed USB 2.0 x 3
Processor Name.
Intel Core2 Duo Processor T8100(2.10GHz)*1*2
Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista Business with Traditional Chinese Language Pack
Modem
V.92 and V.90 Compliant x 1
Bluetooth.
Bluetooth standard Ver. 2.0+EDR
Dimension WDH mm
335.1 mm x 21-38.3 mm x 249 mm
Optical Drive
DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM Drive
Graphics Accelerator
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
Hard Disk Drive
250GB*5(Serial ATA, 5400rpm)
Chipset
Mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipset
Display
14.1 (35.8 cm) Wide(WXGA:1280x800) TFT Colour display (Clear Bright LCD Lite)
Web Camera
Effective Pixels: 1280x1024
Battery Life (Hrs)
VGP-BPL9 Lithium-ion battery: up to 6.5 hours of use

price: Rs.65,000

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Hp Pavilion V3702TU Notebook PC

Key Features :-
Display
14.1WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
Fax/Modem
High speed 56K modem
Video graphics
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Network Card
Ethernet 10/100BT integrated network interface
Dimension WDH mm
33.4 cm (L) x 23.7 cm (W) x 2.6 cm (min H) / 3.9 cm (max H)
Sound
Altec Lansing speakers
Wireless connectivity
802.11b/g WLAN / Bluetooth wireless networking
Pointing Device.
Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
Weight
2.50 kg
Video memory
Up to 251 MB
Multimedia Drive
SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
PC Card Slots
One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
Keyboard.
101 key compatible keyboard with 1 Quick Launch Button
Microprocessor
1.60 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor T2330
Power
65 W AC Power Adapter / 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
Microprocessor Cache
1 MB L2 Cache
Memory
1024 MB (1 x 1024 MB)
Hard Drive
160 GB (5400 rpm)

price: Rs. 37,500

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Fast n Furious 4 Theatrical trailer

Fast n Furious 4 Theatrical trailer

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Casio announces EX-Z300 - EXZ250 and EZ-Z85 cameras

Both these cameras run on the Exilim Engine 3.0 which offers high noise reduction, good quality images. Face detection to an extent and shake reduction as well. The Z300 and the Z250 both have movie modes which can record video with H.264 codec which is same as MP4 and can be played on your iPods or Zunes.

The Casio EZ-Z85 is also a 9.1 megapixel camera with similar features except the 2.6 LCD screen instead of the 3inch screen.

The EZ-Z300 will cost you around $300, EZ-Z250 around $250 and the best bet for value money buy is the EZ-Z85 for less than $180

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War - Nokia N96 vs Apple iPhone

We realise that we have been going on and on about the iPhone and the Nokia N96, but thats all what we can do since this is our job and specially when the two iconic phones launched together in the same week in India.

Price Comparision:
The Nokia N96 will cost you around Rs. 36,000 while the Apple iPhone 3G with 8GB memory will cost Rs. 31000 and 16GB about Rs. 36,100. On price points even though they are hugely expensive we give them equal rank.

SMS Forwarding, FM Radio:
These two features are the darling of any mobile phone user in India. Since Texting messaging is really cheap in this part of the world forwarding SMSes is a very normal thing for all users. FM Radio is the life of people whilst traveling this is your one source of entertainment on the roads of the Indian metro cities. The lack of both these features on the iPhone is a big minus as far as its Indian market is concerned.

Battery Life:
Nokia N96 wins on this hands down. There have been lots of problems with the battery drainage of the Apple iPhone and these don't seem to stop. You will have to charge your phone everyday or twice a day for that matter if you are a heavy user.

GPS:
This is not a huge factor for the Indian market, but still a talking point. On the GPS front Nokia again wins this pretty easily.

Video Calling:
Video calling is not possible on the iPhone and the Nokia N96 is pretty good at it.

Data Transfer and Bluetooth usage:
A major , major talking point regarding the iPhone. The bluetooth on the iPhone can only be used for hands-free calling. No data transfer allowed between handsets or even with a computer with bluetooth enabled.

Storage:
You thought the storage factor will play in for the iPhone ? That isn't true. The Nokia N96 comes with 16GB of internal storage plus you have the luxury of adding a 8GB memory card giving you a whopping storage of 24GB. The iPhone again loses here.

Design:
There is no beating the iPhone, as simple as that!

All in all, if you are looking for more bang for the buck, go for the Nokia N96. Lookwise and as a fashion symbol, we still say there is no beating the iPhone!

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BenQ launches E2200HD in India

BenQ corp has launched the first 22 inch or so to say 21.5 inch 1080p Full HD LCD monitor. The monitor is equipped with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution with 300 cd/m2 brightness. It comes with VGA and HDMI inputs with a headphone jack.

The LCD has a 16:9 aspect ratio and has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio.

The E2200HD comes with integrated speakers and can render content from STBs, camcorders and DVD players. The LCD Monitor will be available for only Rs. 13,500 which is a pretty neat price for what you are getting.

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Encore Promo

Encore Promotional Video

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Third Chrome beta another notch faster

Google began updating Chrome users with the new beta version, and my performance tests show the company has ratcheted the browser's speed up another notch.

Google Chrome's latest version, 0.3.154.9, shows a 37 percent JavaScript performance improvement over the initial beta released two months ago.

JavaScript is a programming language used to add some pizazz to innumerable Web pages, but more importantly from Google's perspective, to power sophisticated Web applications such as Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Gmail. JavaScript is also up against Adobe Systems' Flash and Flex, Microsoft's Silverlight, and HTML 5, in the competition for what's the best foundation for Web applications.

Google has begun automatically updating all Chrome users to the new 0.3.154.9 beta version.

Google has begun automatically updating all Chrome users to the new 0.3.154.9 beta version.
(Credit: CNET News)

Using Google's JavaScript benchmark I pitted the newest Chrome beta, version 0.3.154.9, against both the initial beta from September and the more raw 0.3.154.3 developer release from mid-October. A higher number is better on this test, and the first beta scored 1,851, the 0.3.154.3 developer release 2,265, and the new 0.3.154.9 beta 2,546.

Google's tests aren't the only game in town; many use the SunSpider test. Here, too, the new Chrome got a notch faster, getting the test done in 2,546 milliseconds compared with 2,904 milliseconds for 0.3.154.3. (We couldn't test the first version because the testing site was down at the time.)

The new Chrome score catches closer to the 2,250 millisecond score of Firefox 3.1 beta 1 with its new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine enabled. (Tech-Recipes has useful instructions on how to enable TraceMonkey.)

On blogger Matt Asay's advice, I tested Minefield, the cutting-edge version of Firefox that's updated daily. (Minefield is downloadable from Mozilla's FTP site for those willing to use very untested software).

It had the best SunSpider score so far on my machine, 2,147 milliseconds. However, Firefox still lags on Google's speed test. Chrome's latest score of 2,546 is miles ahead of the 215 score from Minefield.

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Google stalls its Oklahoma data center construction

Google says that it is delaying its long-awaited Oklahoma $600 million data center construction because of the current global economic slump. The stalling will push the project opening back from its original date early in 2009 to mid-2010.

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Encore Promo

Encore Promo

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0_jZOzJVA

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iphone in india

Apple is goin to launch its latest innovation the iPhone 3G probably on JULY 11 in INDIA.

it is to be in partnership with vodafone which would serve as the official service providr of iphone in india.

the price for 8gb model is US $199 and you'll have to pay $299 for a 16 gb.

but in india it is expected to be around 20,000 bucks. pretty high isn't it...

but the booking has already started..

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