Friday, August 31, 2007

IBM's R&D goin 2 make a historical move !!




By using Nanotechnology IBM claims it has developed methods which can pack some 13,000 movies into a single device which is not bigger than an iPod !!!!!
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IBM says it was able to achieve this feat by learning how to steer single atoms in a way that could create building blocks for ultra-tiny storage devices .The important point is understanding and manipulating the behavior of atoms is critical to harnessing the power of nanotechnology..
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This is what Scentists at IBM say about atoms ----->>>
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-> "One of the most basic properties that every atom has is that it behaves like a little magnet, If you can keep that magnetic orientation stable over time, then you can use that to store information. That is how your hard drive works" said Cyrus Hirjibehedin, a scientist at International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM.N) Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California..
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->Mr. Andreas Heinrich said "What we've been able to do is to look at an iron atom on a copper surface and to move that magnetic orientation around.
Now they are looking for an atom that remains stable over a long time. In the very long run, we're shooting for data storage on a very tiny scale"
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After all these are very good signs for more portability and comfort .. Hope those Whiz guys at IBM come out with such techniques as soon as possible !!

Thursday, August 30, 2007

HP's new printer --> Photosmart A826


HP's (Hewlett-Packard) new printer Photosmart A826 though stylish and funky is a bit costly affair to deal with..
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Though the light-blue-and-white model is probably the oddest looking compact printer , this funky-shaped $249 printer encompass of touch-screen and stylus which is goin to hit the stores early next month..
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It weighs 5.5-pounds and stands nearly 11 inches tall and wide , it even has a 7-inch touch-sensitive screen the users can draw..This latest model can also handle panoramic 4-by-12 paper, as well as photo sticker paper and index cards..
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The printer can handle Secure Digital, CompactFlash, Memory Stick and xD-Picture Cards, among other types. You can also print wirelessly off a Bluetooth-capable computer or phone through an optional $39 adapter.
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The machine uses a single tricolor inkjet cartridge, which you slip into a compartment on the front. Using touch screen we can crop pictures, remove red-eye and automatically sharpen, brighten and improve the contrast..
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With a stylus or your finger, you can draw on photos, a nifty feature, though the slippery screen makes it a tad difficult. You can change the color and line thickness of your scribbles or erase them before printing..
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This new machine has several welcoming features for people who want to print snapshots, including the large touch display and funky but appealing design..
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Source:USA.com

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Wal-Mart entering the market of DRM-Free


Wanna know about DRM-Free music-------->>>>>>>>
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DRM acutally (Digital Rights/Restrictions Management) is a technology that music distributors put on the files they sell to restrict your use of the music. DRM complicates or disallows selection of different media players (both on your computer and physical devices), backing up your music and many other legal, fair-use applications of the content you've purchased. Distributors also reserve the right to change the restrictions at any time, so what you agree to today may be completely different tomorrow. Often, these restrictions can lead to being unable to listen to the music you purchased, so if you have a choice, opt for the DRM-free music files!!!
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Till now Apple's i-Tunes was only the popular site for downloading DRM-Free music but now Wal-Mart Stores Inc started selling digital music downloads on its web-site...
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Apple's i-Tunes charges $1.29 for downloading a single track where-as Wal-Mart is charging just 99 cents per a track or $9.22 per album ..
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Wal-Mart also said its new format can be played on any system including Apple's iPod , iPhone , Microsoft's Zune media portable player ..
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Wal-Mart's move into DRM-free downloads comes as major record labels debate whether dropping DRM will hurt digital music sales or encourage piracy. Copy protection software prevents unauthorized copying of a digital song bought from an online store, but it also limits where an owner can listen to it ..
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Wonder how much competation these two Giants Apple and Wal-Mart face with each other !!!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Heard about Zombie horde ???

Dont be under the impression that Zombie horde is something related to Zombies and etc,etc..

Then what is this Zombie horde ??

Actually knowingly or unknowingly through all the computers connected in internet we are distributing spam in the internet which is being used as a pawn in coordinated internet attacks, hosting illegal files, or otherwise part of the malware-distribution network known as the zombie horde.

According to some estimates there are about 55million e-mail spams being sent daily of which most of the Pc's are infected Pc's .. This spam is sent into internet without the knowledge of the user ..

These mal-ware infected pc's act as slaves to a master controller via internet thus called zombies these pc's are perhaps the biggest security threat on internet now-a-days..

Now the FBI wants to resolve this issue !!

And their approach would be nothing but contacting those million infected systems in internet and inform them that their computers are infected and are being hijacked for nefarious uses..

Their main goal is to track-down the source of all these infections spread and put the person behind bars..(This mission is called Operation Bot Roast)..

A general advice given to all the Pc owners using internet is ----->>>>

Protect yourself against malware and viruses by using the appropriate security tools, and take extra precautions if you find your PC running slowly or sending emails you didn't create (check your Sent Items folder!).

Source: Christopher Null (yahoo blogs)

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Slim and trim Apple's iMac



Also called as Apple MA456LL/A, Apple, Apple iMac MA456LL/A, Apple iMac is a huge hit in the markets ..


Its main features include the 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor with speeds ranging from 1.83GHz to 2.33GHz!!!
The main advantage of this desktop is there's nothing extra to buy, nothing to attach, no cords to fumble with, no software to install or configure.
Coming to the new feature Apple's new Remote lets you do your browsing from anywhere in the room..
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The full-screen front Row media experience , with its intuitive menus, large text and brilliant graphics lets you browse the music, photos, and videos on your iMac as easily as you browse music on your iPod..
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Specifications ----------->>>
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* The iMac comes with an installed Apple MacOS X 10.4..
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* It comes in with an included memory of 1GB which can be extended upto 3GB which supports both SDRAM and DDR2 ..
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* The hard-drive capacity is 250GB which is of Serial ATA..
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* Among the various softwares which comes included with the Pc are
---->>>Drivers & Utilities, Apple iChat AV, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, Apple Dashboard, Apple Spotlight, Apple XCode Developer Tools, IWork (30 days trial), Front Row, Photo Booth, Apple iLife'06, Freeverse Big Bang Board Games, Plasq Comic Life, Apple QuickTime, Apple Hardware Test, Apple Mac OS X Mail, OmniOutliner, Apple iCal, Apple DVD Player, Apple Address Book, Apple Safari..
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* Comes in with a 1year warranty and damn good resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels..
And with many features and the price tag being $1,500 Apple surely has a hit...

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

O2 coocon rocks in a stylish way .....















O2 ' s Coocon



Some of the features along the deign of O2 coocon which is being under developed by Streative Branding and O2 were being released very recently ..



Looking at the design constraint O2 really rocks even the features are solid..



This Device was very carefully under research for many years ..



The basic idea of O2 coocon was to switch 3- different modes the alarm clock , music player and the most important thing is is mobile phone ....



Some amazing features of O2 Coocon --->>



O2 coocon portrays several innovative design features that add to the user experience, such as the scroll-wheel in the hinge, the stereo speakers on both sides and a unique battery cover release ...



When the user docks the O2 Cocoon in its “Nest”. At this point big clock digits automatically light up on the LED display and the device turns into a radio alarm clock..



Hope this designer phone hits the market soon ....
Go O2 way !!!!!!!!































Monday, August 20, 2007

What's going to happen in the year 2012 ???


December 21, 2012 ------->>>>> End of MAYAN calender





It was said that the world would end by the year 2000...
But did that happen ???

No right ... But some people now claim that the year 2012 is going to be a very inauspicious year for humans..

Mayans (people of mayan civilization) were adept sky watchers and they were the 1st people on the earth to devise a calender 2300 years ago.. They were real scholars who predicted solar and lunar eclipses exact date which is far better and accurate than our modern calender ...

But why did they have to end their calender by the year 2012 dec 21st ???
Were they predicting any kind of apocalypse(end of the world) ..

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Polar shifts is a theory that on December 21st 2012 Earth will experience earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or other natural disasters. The predicted 2012 geomagnetic reversal of the Earth's poles (in conjunction with a solar-magnetic-reversal) brings into question the Schumann resonance of Earth and the human biophysical response to such an electromagnetic shift.
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It is believed that this "geomagnetic reversal" last occurred some 780,000 years ago, (approx. 3 cycles of the 26,000 year "precession of the according to this official FACT), but you sure need a remedial course on your maya calendar! A Bactun for the Long Count calendar is 144,000 days, which is roughly 394 gregorian years. But since you talk about thirteen bactuns, that means you're saying that between 1776 and 2012 there are 5,128 gregorian years!, which is not AT ALL equal to 260 mayan years. Thus, I'd recommend a math review along with that. (If you meant something else and just screwed up the baktuns and katuns..
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The MaYaN calender ---->>
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The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle since the calendar's mythical starting point (equivalent to 3114 BC August 11 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar, according to the "GMT-correlation" JDN= 584283).
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The Long Count b'ak'tun date of this starting point (13.0.0.0.0) is repeated, for the first time in a span of approximately 5,125 solar years. The significance of this period-ending to the pre-Columbian Maya themselves is unclear, and there is an incomplete inscription (Tortuguero Stela 6) that records this date. It is also to be found carved on the walls of the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, where it functions as a base date from which other dates are computed..
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However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya belief system a transition from the current Creation world into the next. The December solstice for 2012 also occurs on this day.
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What the with the alien-enthusiants have to say ------>>>
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Some alien-enthusiasts (e.g. Riley Martin), along with some new-agers, believe 2012 to correspond approximately with the return of alien "watchers" or "caretakers" who might have helped the first human civilizations with developing their technology and may have been waiting for us to reach a higher level of technological and/or social advancement. Beliefs range from the extra-terrestrials having benevolent purposes — such as to help human society evolve — to malevolent purposes — such as enslavement of mankind and/or manipulation ..
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Goin through a few book predictions ------->>>>>>
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1)The 1995 book The Mayan Prophecies linked the Maya calendar with long-period sunspot cycles.
The book 2012: Mayan Year of Destiny claims the Maya may have been instructed in their wisdom by discarnate entities from Orion and the Pleiades. Contact was maintained through shamanic rituals conducted in accordance with the movements of planets and stars. However, Mayan priests living and working in Guatemala aver that the so-called Mayan Prophecy for 2012, as touted by various foreign New Agers who have no knowledge of Mayan culture, language, or religion, is twaddle.
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2)The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth.
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3)The book The Nostradamus Code speaks of a series of natural disasters caused by a comet (possibly as above) that will allow the third Antichrist to disperse his troops around the globe under the guise of aid in preparation for a possible nuclear war, although in the strictest sense it is unspecific as to nuclear war or some other natural or man caused destruction..
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4)The book The Orion Prophecy claims that the Earth's magnetic field will reverse.
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5)The 2005 book Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy by Geoff Stray reviews several theories, prophecies and predictions concerning 2012 and finds where authors have used faulty information or have bent the truth to fit their theories..
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6)The 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck discusses theories of a possible global awakening to psychic connection by the year 2012, creating a noosphere..
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7)The 2007 book Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End by Lawrence Joseph does not make any specific new predictions, but it reviews a number of 2012 predictions made by various sources, and presents arguments for the possible existence of dangerous positive feedback loops involving solar storms, Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays, hurricanes, global warming, earthquakes, and supervolcanoes that may be on the verge of erupting..

Source :: Wikipedia


Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Know more about Windows-operating systems..


Do you think it was either of Paul allen or Bill Gates who was behind naming the Microsoft's (GUI) operating system as -->windows ..

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who do you think was the the guy behind Windows it was none other than
The marketing whiz ------>>> Rowland Hanson ..
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On November 10, 1983, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Microsoft Corporation formally announced Microsoft Windows, a next-generation(in those days) operating system that would provide a graphical user interface (GUI) and a multitasking environment for IBM computers.
Windows might have been released under the original name of Interface Manager if marketing whiz, Rowland Hanson had not convinced Microsoft's founder Bill Gates that Windows was the far better name.
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Goin to the backstage of development of windows !!!!!!!!!
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* windows didnot get encouragement from IBM at first as in those days MS-DOS Microsoft's other operating system was more successful .
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* The Graphical user interface(GUI) in windows were a taken from Apple's Lisa and Macintosh(Mac) pc's..
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* Microsoft Windows version 1.0 was considered buggy, crude, and slow..
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* Apple computers filed a law suit against windows warned Bill Gates that Windows 1.0 infringed on Apple copyrights and patents, and that his corporation stoled Apple's trade secrets. Microsoft Windows had similar drop-down menus, tiled windows and mouse support.
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The most Brilliant act of Bill Gates ...
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Bill Gates and his head counsel Bill Neukom, decided to make an offer to license features of Apple's operating system.
Apple agreed and a contract was drawn up. Here's the clincher: Microsoft wrote the licensing agreement to include use of Apple features in Microsoft Windows version 1.0 and all future Microsoft software programs. As it turned out, this move by Bill Gates was as brilliant as his decision to buy QDOS from Seattle Computer Products and his convincing IBM to let Microsoft keep the licensing rights to MS-DOS.
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And when Microsoft Broke The Rulesssssssss.....
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Microsoft released a much-improved Windows version 2.0 that made Windows based computers look more like a Mac. Windows 2.0 had icons to represent programs and files, improved support for expanded-memory hardware and windows that could overlap. Apple Computer saw a resemblance and filed a 1988 lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that they had broken the 1985 licensing agreement..
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In their defense, Microsoft claimed that the licensing agreement actually gave them the rights to
use Apple features. After a four-year court case, Microsoft won. Apple claimed that Microsoft had infringed on 170 of their copyrights. The courts said that the licensing agreement gave Microsoft the rights to use all but nine of the copyrights, and Microsoft later convinced the courts that the remaining copyrights should not be covered by copyright law. Bill Gates claimed that Apple had taken ideas from the graphical user interface developed by Xerox for Xerox's
Alto and Star computers.
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What would have happened if Microsoft had lost the lawsuit? Microsoft Windows might never have become the dominant operating system that it is today.........

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Wat is this LCOS ???



Our past HDTV image viewing technologies were CRT(Cathode Ray Tube) , then came LCD's(Liquid crystal displays) , then came the turn of PLASMA's and then the beautiful techonolgy being implemented was of DLP which stands for Digital Light Processing and within a very short notice came the newest technology----->>> LCoS which stands for Liquid Crystal On Silicon ..

Liquid Crystal on Silicon, LCoS, is a new display technology that is now making its grand entrance into the HDTV marketplace...Of course, LCoS isn’t really brand new because it’s been under development for more than a decade, and JVC has actually been shipping high-end professional front projectors with this technology since 1998...It’s also been a very difficult technology to perfect and quite a few companies have either given up or gone bankrupt trying.

LCoS provides the highest resolutions, the highest non-CRT Contrast Ratios, and the most artifact-free images of any display technology. For people who are sensitive to flicker and eye-fatigue, LCoS operates at the highest refresh rates (120 Hz) for the smoothest most flicker-free images..


Want to know about the brand names !!!!!!!!!!

Thomson produced the first commercial LCoS HDTV in 2001, followed by Toshiba and then Philips, but all of them had dropped out by October 2004. Intel shook the industry in January 2004 by announcing that it would begin manufacturing LCoS panels but then abandoned the project in October 2004 before anything was shipped.


The second generation of LCoS began with JVC followed by Sony and then Brillian...

Wanna c the comparison between all the 5 technologies ..
http://www.displaymate.com/ShootOut_Comparison.htm

sources :: http://www.displaymate.com/

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Do you know about NFC ????


Believe it or not !!!!!!!!!
Now you can interact with bill boards , pay your travel fares and prove your identification by just moving a NFC-enabled device near the screen ...
But what is this NFC n stuff ?????????????
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a new, short-range wireless connectivity technology that evolved from a combination of existing contactless identification and interconnection technologies.
Products with built-in NFC will dramatically simplify the way consumer devices interact with one another, helping people speed connections, receive and share information and even make fast and secure payments !!!!!!!

And how does it work ????????

Operating at 13.56 MHz and transferring data at up to 424 Kbits/second, NFC provides intuitive, simple, and safe communication between electronic devices. NFC is both a “read” and “write” technology.
Communication between two NFC-compatible devices occurs when they are brought within four centimeters of one another: a simple wave or touch can establish an NFC connection, which is then compatible with other known wireless technologies such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
There is even a forum for NFC(Near Field Communication) technology which promotes the usage of such short range wire-less devices which is a gift to the consumers ..

NFC can be used with a variety of devices, from mobile phones that enable payment or transfer information to digital cameras that send their photos to a TV set with just a touch. The possibilities are endless, and NFC is sure to take the complexities out of today’s increasingly sophisticated consumer devices and make them simpler to use

Hope this technology reaches to greater heights ..



















Saturday, August 4, 2007

Want to own your own Flying Saucer !!!!!


This isnt a lie , it is true a company called Moller International of Davis, CA is actually selling Flying Saucer like cars for $90,000 !!!

This Flying saucer doesnot help you to get into space but it's really a car-sized craft intended to fly no higher than 10 feet..

Named as M200G by Moller this vehicle is run by 8 small but powerful rotary engines which can carry a payload of 250 pounds and is stabilized by a computer system..
The driver uses a joystick for steering and sets the desired altitude (detected by a radar) with a lever.
It can fly to much higher heights than 10ft but for doing so it would require a pilot's license..
Besides gasoline, the craft’s rotary engines can burn a combination of ethanol and water, giving it very low emissions.

DISADVANTAGES--
1)The craft emits an earsplitting 85 decibels when in running state..
2)Would consume 40 gallons of fuel in an hour with a top speed of 50mph ..
The firm plans to launch its next six demo models in the next 12 months ..

Friday, August 3, 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV posponed to 2008

To the much disappiontment Take-Two Interactive stunned the game industry by announcing it was delaying Grand Theft Auto IV to the second quarter of its 2008 fiscal year, which begins on February 1, 2008 ..

Actually it was to be released on 16th october , 2007..

The company declared the reason for postponment as it is requires additional development time to complete the title ..



Some of the rare pic's of Google earth


Victoria Falls
Would u like to go for a sight-seeing ..
Most of the people prefer to watch wonderful sites from a plane but Google Earth provides us oppurtunity to watch such sites from home itself ..
Google Earth coordinates for Victoria Falls is -17.925511,25.85822




Interested in Mysteries ??

wonder why this fighter jet is parked in an residential area in Paris !!!!

The Google Earth coordinates 48.825183,2.198579



Interested about aliens and crop circles then Google earth is the best way to browse through crop circles around the world .

The above Gigantic crop circle was found outside beatty , Nevada .. The Google Earth coordinates 37.401437,-116.86773






Google earth not only tracks the stationary locations but can also capture moving things ..

In the above image 10 elephants were captured in Africa ..



Google earth not only captures some of the rare locations but also accidents such as the one above is a sinking ship.. The Google Earth coordinates were 30.541634,47.825445


Google earth is very helpful in finding locations though it may misused only by some people ..

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Dual Layer DVD


With the introduction of dual-layer DVD+R technology comes the next important milestone in the drive to continually improve and expand the optical data storage options available to consumers..

It will benefit from the additional storage capacity of the DVD+R disc as it will enable users to record 4 hours of DVD-quality video or 16 hours of VHS-quality video, without the need to turn over the disc !!!!!!

Users will be able to archive up to 8.5 Gbytes of computer files on a single disc, which almost doubles the storage capacity compared with the 4.7Gbytes for the single-layer DVD+R discs currently available ...

Working of Dual Layer Dvd -------

The dual-layer DVD+R system uses two thin embedded organic dye films for data storage separated by a spacer layer.
Heating with a focused laser beam irreversibly modifies the physical and chemical structure of each layer such that the modified areas have different optical properties to those of their unmodified surroundings.
This causes a variation in reflectivity as the disc rotates to provide a read-out signal as with commercially pressed read-only discs.

Wat else are we waiting for ??????



 

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