Archive for October, 2007
Microsoft Launches New Xbox 360 Console for Families
Just in time for holiday, Microsoft Corp. today released a new Xbox 360® console that delivers games and content to everyone in the family for an incredible value of $279.99 (U.S. estimated retail price)*. Available in stores beginning today, Xbox 360 Arcade console is the first Xbox 360 console to include five family-friendly games, a wireless controller, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection to enable high-definition output if desired and 256 MB of memory useful for storing games and entertainment content. At $279.99, the Xbox 360 Arcade console will include five best-selling games: “PAC-MAN Championship Edition” (NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.), “Uno” (Carbonated Games), “Luxor 2” (MumboJumbo), “Boom Boom Rocket” (Electronic Arts Inc.) and “Feeding Frenzy” (Sprout Games).
“As families gather together this holiday, it’s the perfect time to launch a new low-priced, high-value Xbox 360 that plays games, TV shows and music for everyone to enjoy,” said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “In addition to offering an incredible all-in-one package for families to get right into the fun, the Xbox 360 Arcade system features the industry-leading Family Settings, which allow parents to control what their kids are watching and playing — and we know how important that control is to families around the world.”
Karen Dodge, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer at Toys “R” Us, added, “We are excited to offer this new gaming experience to our customers — children and families — who can now enjoy the fun of Xbox 360 together. Many of this holiday season’s hottest items provide Internet connectivity, and with the online entertainment options available through Xbox LIVE®, Xbox 360 Arcade offers families a great mix of online content and traditional gaming in one console.”
source- Microsoft Press release
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Fujitsu LifeBook A6110 Available
The Fujitsu LifeBook A6110, the company’s new affordable 15.4-inch laptop starting at $799 after rebates, is now available for purchase.
Based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” platform, the multimedia-oriented LifeBook A6110 series notebooks feature a Core 2 Duo processor and the Intel GM965 chipset with the GMA X3100 integrated graphics. The A6110 features 1GB or 2GB of system memory and a 160GB or 200GB hard drive, depending on configuration. There are also a DVD burner and the 1GB Intel Turbo Memory module for faster system booting and responsiveness. The notebook’s 15.4” widescreen display provides 1280-by-800 screen resolution.
The Fujitsu Lifebook A6110 features the Atheros Super AG 802.11a/b/g wireless, or the Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN 802.11a/b/g/draft-n module, depending on model. The laptop also has Gigabit Ethernet and 56k modem connections, five USB ports, PC Card and ExpressCard slots, a 4-in-1 media card reader, and a Firewire port, as well as VGA and S-Video outputs, and optional web camera and fingerprint reader.
The A6110 weighs approximately 6.6 pounds with a 6-cell battery, which provides a run time of up to 2.25 hours, according to the product specifications. There are also a spill resistant keyboard and a touch-pad with Point and Write technology for short note taking.
The four available LifeBook A6110 models ship with Windows Vista Home Premium preloaded and can be purchased through the Fujitsu’s online store.
Source- NotebookReview
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Windows Live Home page changes
As you probably know by now, Windows Live Home is the central page for Windows Live on the Web. It provides an easy jumping-off point to all your Windows Live web services and gives you at-a-glance status for some of them. On the Home page, you can quickly check for new e-mail, new comments on your blog, or updates from your Spaces friends without having to go to each of those pages.
Today we’ve released a new version of the Windows Live Home page.
Here are some of the cool additions you’ll see starting today:
- Personalized page: You asked for it, you got it! A direct link to your Live.com personalized page, where you can add gadgets and RSS feeds to see the latest content that YOU want to see.
- Events: Our new event-planning service, Windows Live Events, now has a link on the Home page, too. Use it to help plan your next holiday party or night on the town. Read more about the Events service here.
- Family Safety: If you use Family Safety to help keep your kids safer online, now you can easily access their latest activities with a direct link from the Home page.
- Friends’ updates: Now you can see more specific info about your Spaces friends, like who they’ve become friends with, and what photos they’ve added recently.
- Free downloads: You can get the latest Windows Live software including Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, Toolbar, Family Safety, and Writer from the “More Windows Live services” link on the right side of the Home page. Install just one, or get them all.
You probably already know that you can get to your space from Windows Live Home. Make sure you do that today. As we mentioned in our last blog post, Spaces has just released a bunch of new features, including improved photo sharing, more info about your friends, and easier navigation. Want to know more? Check out the long list of great new features on the Space Craft blog.
Source: http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/
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Google Analytics Unveils New Features, Urchin Software
Today at the eMetrics Summit in Washington, D.C., Google announced new features to its Google Analytics™ web service such as site search reporting and event tracking, and an updated version of Urchin™ software. This enhanced feature set makes essential Web 2.0 information more accessible and comprehensible, and enables Google Analytics users to better understand their users and to act on reporting information in more sophisticated ways.
Users can enable site search to identify keywords, categories, products, and trends across time and user segments, thereby helping them measure the effectiveness of their websites and their marketing dollars. Site search aggregates data about how searches affect site usage, e-commerce activity, and conversion rates, by tracking internal search patterns. This best-of-breed feature will soon be available worldwide, and it works with Google Custom Search™, GSA, Google Mini™ and many other non-Google site search products.
With Web 2.0 features also spreading on the Internet, measuring their success is increasingly valuable. Event tracking, which launches in a limited beta at the eMetrics Summit, enables Google Analytics users to measure visitor engagement with a site’s interactive elements, such as Ajax, Javascript, Flash movies, page gadgets, downloads, and other multimedia Web 2.0 experiences. Google Analytics users who are attending the eMetrics Summit can sign up for event tracking at the Google Analytics booth, and users should note that when they add event tracking, they must update their page tags from "urchin.js" to "ga.js".
For those who prefer a software version of web analytics, Google Analytics is introducing Urchin Software in limited beta worldwide. Urchin Software is an update to Urchin 5 software, and a free 90-day trial of the beta version of Urchin Software can be requested from an authorized reseller: http://www.google.com/analytics/support_partner_provided.html.
Urchin Software will be available for a discounted price to users of Urchin 5, and will include many improvements including tools to assist in migrating configurations and data from previous versions of Urchin. Once the new software is out of beta, it can be purchased through an authorized reseller, who often offers comprehensive support and consultation services as well.
Users all over the world rely on Google Analytics to optimize their businesses and understand their customers’ needs. To better serve them, Google Analytics has added six new languages, bringing the total number of supported languages to 25. The new languages are Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese (Portugal), Thai, Filipino, and Indonesian.
For more information or to get started with Google Analytics, follow the sign-up instructions at: http://www.google.com/analytics/. To learn more about Google Analytics, please visit the Google Analytics blog at: http://analytics.blogspot.com/.
source- Google Press
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Apple Announces Mac OS X Server Leopard
Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Server version 10.5 Leopard will go on sale on Friday, October 26, at the same time as Mac OS X Leopard. Leopard Server extends Apple’s legendary ease of use, making it even easier to take advantage of the benefits of a server, and introduces Podcast Producer, the ideal way to automatically publish podcasts to iTunes® or the web. Leopard Server packs more than 250 new features including Wiki Server, allowing people to collaboratively create and modify their shared web sites with just a few clicks; and iCal® Server, the world’s first commercial CalDAV standard-based calendar server.
“Leopard Server is the best release of Mac OS X Server yet, bringing more great innovations, like Podcast Producer, Wiki Server and iCal Server,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With new setup features that have a server up and running within minutes and no client access licenses, Leopard Server is the ideal alternative to complicated and expensive server offerings for small and large businesses.”
Leopard Server presents new features for effortless setup, management and monitoring of systems on the network. Server Assistant configures server applications, network settings such as IP addresses and DNS configurations and user accounts with just a few clicks. Server Preferences simplifies management of users, groups and key server applications, and a Server Status Dashboard widget remotely monitors activity and usage. Leopard Server also eliminates the need to manually set up Leopard clients by automatically configuring client applications, including file sharing, Mail, iChat®, iCal, Address Book and VPN from user information stored on the server.
Source- Apple News
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Apple to Ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26
Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Leopard will go on sale Friday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Leopard is packed with more than 300 new features and introduces a brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; and Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac®.
“Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is the best upgrade we’ve ever released,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “And everyone gets the ‘Ultimate’ version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.”
Leopard’s new desktop includes the redesigned 3D Dock with Stacks, a new way to organize files for quick and easy access with just one click. Leopard automatically places web, email and other downloads in a Downloads stack to maintain a clutter-free desktop, and users can instantly fan the contents of this and other Stacks into an elegant arc right from the Dock. Users can also create their own Stacks for quick access to folders, documents or applications. Leopard’s gorgeous new look extends to all applications, with every window on the desktop offering a consistent design theme and active windows outlined by deeper shadows that make them stand out.
The updated Finder includes Cover Flow® and a new sidebar with a dramatically simplified way to search for, browse and copy content from any PC or Mac on a local network. Content on any computer on a local network can now be searched using Spotlight™, browsed using Cover Flow or copied across the network with a simple drag and drop. .Mac members can use the new Back to My Mac feature to browse and access files on their remote Macs over the Internet.
Source- Apple press release
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Spider-Man 3 on the New Nokia N95 8GB
To celebrate the launch of the new N95 8GB phone, Nokia and Sony Pictures Entertainment teamed up and offer the Nokia N95 8GB preloaded with the full-length Spider-Man 3 film, coming in ten languages and subtitle combinations for all Europe and selected countries in Middle East and Africa.
The large 2.8 inch QVGA display, the high-quality speakers and the dedicated media keys of N95 8GB make the watching of any movie just like on a DVD. Nokia chose Spider-Man 3 to show off N95 8GB’s full capabilities after asking the Nseries users which film they want to watch on their devices. Spider-Man 3 was voted as the most wanted movie and this is no surprise, as the film has a huge worldwide success.
“The Nokia N95 8GB opens up a wealth of exciting options for film fans as they can now watch world-class movies like Spider-Man 3 whenever they want, wherever they want. Pre-loading a film with such fantastic special effects truly shows off the device’s advanced capabilities. With its ground-breaking features, users can now fully appreciate the meaning of entertainment on-the-go,” says Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior Vice President, Multimedia Experiences, Nokia.
Besides the full-length film, the Nokia N95 8GB also comes with a unique Spider-Man 3 message and ring tone, screen saver and wallpaper, specially created for the new handset. Furthermore, Spider-Man 3 games, additional videoclips and ring tones will also be available for download in selected countries.
The Nokia N95 8GB offers a DVD-like quality video capture that enables anyone to make movies and share them with friends via the transfer to PC functions. With its eight gigabytes internal memory, the new Nokia N95 8GB lets us enjoy more movies and more music than ever and will take mobile entertainment to the next level.
Source- softpedia
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Google Launches SMS Text Messaging Service in India
Google has launched their SMS text message service in India (already availabe for US and other customers at sms.google.com) for mobile phone users who wish to find out information from Google about business listings, movie showtimes and other local or web information via sending queries to the number 54664 from their phones (online demo available at www.google.co.in/sms).
This way, mobile phone users who do not have web browser or Internet access via their phones can still ping Google for information via SMS. If it takes off in India, this should be a huge service for other Google friendly developing countries like Brazil and China, which have a strong wireless infrastructure and where text messaging is a common part of lifestyle.
“The latest offering is part of our mobile strategy in the sub-continent, where text messaging has become a part of daily life. With mobile service providers adding over a million subscribers a month, we intend to offer them a quick and easy way to get the information from anywhere and anytime,” Google India products head Vinay Goel said.
Operator Charges:
Google SMS is a premium SMS service; queries sent to 54664 will be charged at the following rates:
Aircel: Rs. 3.00
Airtel: Rs. 2.00
BPL: Rs. 3.00
BSNL: Rs. 0.80/1.00 (post-paid/pre-paid)
Reliance: Rs. 3.00
Note: Incoming messages from Google are not charged.
Source- Search Engine Journal
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