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Firefox 3 is here and it is great

I have done my part of the download record and brought down Firefox 3. I think it looks much faster then Firefox 2 and for now faster then Internet Explorer.

The new tag system look and works great I can find old sites by just typing in some letters and it does not have to be a real match. The bad thing with this is that someone checking your computer can just type in “girls” and found something you not want to show.

Another good thing is the option to save the password after you tried to log in. Before you could only save it before you tried it. Then you had to resave it all the time but that function has now been approved.

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Garmin Nuvi 760 Sat Nav Review

Garmin Nuvi 760 Sat Nav

 

Garmin GPS nuvi 760 is a winner in the nuvi series with its exceptional features. This series brings two more additional features multi destination routing and “Where Am I?”. Like all other GPS, the nuvi 760 is pocket sized and reliable with gorgeous display and detailed maps for US, Puerto Rico and Canada with 6 million points of interest. This nuvi 760 is integrated with high quality features and specifications that go beyond navigation.

Visual Design

comes with new style brilliant black metallic type finish. It has a high quality 4.3 inch wide screen display with 480 x 272 pixels, which is easy to read from any direction. It proceeds with the absolute view via handy sliding on/ off switch located at the top of the screen. It is designed to view maps in detail and view photos. The screen is sunlight-readable and shows the right driving directions.

Activating GPS chip is easy in nuvi 760 that it does not have a flip-up antenna as other nuvi 600 series. But it takes quite longer time than other series to get the signal which varies 20- 30seconds. Top of the device has a “hold” switch which ignores touch screen input. SD card slot and headphone jack is enhanced on the left side of the device. It is provided with an internal memory that is loaded with detailed maps and so SD card slots are used only for MP3, multimedia files and additional map coverage. USB port connections and power/mount connector at the rear end of the device. We can also connect an external GPS antenna at the back if we need it but probably won’t require. The hardware design is neat, mount is perfect and compact that ball and Socket are easily adjustable.

Multi Destination Routing / Where Am I?

GPS navigates Multi destination routing feature in which you can calculate the route from starting point, intermediate points and ending points. It is ease to sort the routes which means “route sorting”. The Garmin most efficient true route optimization is ‘Optimally Reorder Points’. Now you can just take advantage of these features and set starting and destination locations in different POI and preview the distance and route.

Just dab “Where Am I?” this will view latitude and longitude coordinates and remembers where you have parked. It is perfect to find police stations, fuel Station, nearest hospital etc.

Navigation

This Garmin GPS System is preloaded with City Navigator NT Street maps and millions of points of interest. Nuvi carries 2D or 3D maps with turn by turn voice instructions and guides you with the street names. . It accepts custom points of interest and set alerts for forthcoming POIs. It also includes Pre-loaded safety camera database which contains locations of cameras in the European version. It supports to set up and store maximum 10 routes that can be previewed. It also exhibits the speed limits for highways. It supports more than 500 waypoints.

Bluetooth Wireless Technology

This device is integrated with Bluetooth Wireless Technology with built in Microphone and speaker for hands free calling. Easy to dial and make calls using touch screen keypad. It includes phone book transfer options.

Battery

Garmin Nuvi 760 GPS is embedded with rechargeable lithium ion battery. Battery life stands up to 5 hours usage time.

Other remarkable features

  • MP3 player
  • Audio book player
  • Picture viewer
  • Compatible FM TMC traffic receiver
  • Configurable vehicle icons
  • Calculator
  • Currency and Measurement Converter
  • World Travel Clock
  • Key Board Layout (ABCD or QWERT)
  • Garmin Lock™ anti-theft feature
  • Compatible with Mac OS and Windows 2000 or XP

Dimensions

  • Width : 4.8″
  • Height : 3.0″
  • Depth: 10
  • Weight : 176grams

Box Contents

  • nuvi 760
  • North America or Europe map Preloaded City Navigator® NT
  • vehicle power cable
  • Quick start manual
  • USB cable
  • Dashboard disc

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Sharp LC-37 RD 2 LCD TV Review

 

 

Sharp, a well known company in the UK introduces Sharp LC37RD2 LCD TV. The entertaining device can be mounted on the wall and enjoyed the experience of theatre at home.

  • Sharp LC37RD2 LCD TV has come with HD ready feature which makes the image much clearer than standard definition. HDTV allows the user to enjoy the widest range of colour sand the clearest images.
  • The product has teletext feature and the aspect ratio of the television is 16 : 9
  • It has the potential to offer maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels both in horizontal and vertical sides of the screen.
  • The response time of the product is 4 milliseconds.
  • The product has the maximum brightness of 450 cd per meter square.
  • The contrasting ratio of the television is 1800 : 1
  • The viewing angle of the product in both horizontal and vertical side is 176 degree.
  • It has the life span background lighting of about 60,000 hours.
  • It has come with automatic volume adjustment to adjust the level of volume in the speaker.
  • The product has got digital amplifier which helps achieve more sound effects in the speakers. The two speakers have featured with the stuff to offer 10 watts audio output.
  • The product has BBE surround sound which provides clean voice.

Sharp LCD Television has an automatic transmitter assortment feature. It comes with digital screen menu and multi-text feature. The product has sleep timer feature which allows you to switch off the television automatically after you sleep.

The little entertainer has two SCART connections. It has HDMI with two HDCP and AV/S video IN connection with VGA IN and RS-232C.

The product has NTSC over AV/PAL function. The speakers are made of Nicam A2 IGR stereo to produce digital sound. It has got digital video broadcast terrestrial feature (DVB-T).

The television works with the capacity of 165 watts unit of the electricity. The standby capacity of the television is 0.9 watt. The product requires the voltage supply of 220 to 240 volts.

Dimensions

The dimensions of the product are measured as 917 X 657 X 306 millimetres which indicates the breadth, height and length. The actual weight of the device comes around 21.5 kilo grams.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30EB-S Digital Camera Review

Panasonic is a well leading company in the UK introduces their Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30EB-S Digital Camera with easy to use construction. With its slim and compact design, it attracts the users. You can enjoy every shots of image you capture with this digital camera.

  • The camera has effective pixels of 7.2 mega-pixels for clear image.
  • It is supported with the SD Memory Card.
  • The image sensor of the camera is 1/ 2.5 inches which has come with CCD (couple charged Device) sensor with primary colour filter.
  • The focal distance of the product is 4.6-16.4mm per frame.
  • The white balancing of the product has various modes such as auto, daylight, cloudy, shade, halogen, white set etc. This white balance is adjustable as per the requirement of light needed by the camera.
  • The aperture of the lens system has openings of 2.8 to 8.0 per frames.
  • Panasonic Lumix DMCFX30EBS Digital Camera has self timer of 2 second to 10 second, and auto review for 1 or 3 second with zoom.
  • It has picture adjustment feature to adjust the image as your desire.
  • Take still images using JPEG format and even images with audio using DPOF format.
  • You can record images with the ratio of 4: 3 which gives standard and quality fine image.
  • The burst shooting mode is available with the product which has different options to capture images.
  • Users can use amazing unlimited consecutive shooting option to take continuous snaps.
  • It is simple to record still images with audio for a maximum of 5 seconds.
  • Panasonic Lumix DMCFX30EBS Digital Camera can record audio dubbing for maximum 10 seconds.
  • Make use of a unique advantage of "real-time histogram" feature.
  • Users can utilise distinct memory support through Built-in Memory, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and Multi-Media - Card to record various storage.
  • Panasonic Lumix DMCFX30EBS Digital Camera has speaker and microphone. Users can use different connectivity features like:
    • DC Input Interface
    • Video Output
    • USB.
  • The camera can print the image directly with using Pict-Bridge feature.
  • The product is powered with the supply of Lithium Battery.
  • The product has come with following accessories such as battery charger, battery carrying case AC cable, and USB connection cable AC cable, strap and CD-ROM.
  • The device will help you to capture pictures up to 280.
  • Users can set digital zoom up to 4x.
  • This useful unit has equipped with the focus distance from 4.6 to 16.4 millimetres.

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NOKIA 6500 SLIDE MOBILE PHONE

 

Its very interesting that how NOKIA can introduce two models with a same name and different approach. First, is the 6500 CLASSIC and second are the 6500 SLIDE models. So which one is the best among these two? The answer for this is the 6500 SLIDE is the latest one and the other side to the 6500 CLASSIC. That is, the slider design only differs in the model.

It takes a larger size with (96.5 x 46.5 x 16.4mm) where it can offer a slider design. It has a 3 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens( auto focus, 8x digital zoom). It also includes video camera for video calling through 3G connectivity and TV out socket where you can share images, music and video through nearby TV such as Samsung mobile phones.

The extra large size of the Nokia 6500 slide mobile phone gives you a series of extra buttons like a camera shutter button, 3.5mm headphone jack, volume controls, charging socket and the USB dongle to connect to the computer devices for the data transfer.

The only similarity with the CLASSIC model is that it runs with an operating system Symbian S40 3rd edition. The keys are easy to use and the other thing to note here you get a 256 MB card instead of 1GB micro SD card in the CLASSIC model.

SPECIFICATIONS:

System: Quad Band: WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900

Size : 96.5mm x 46.5mm x 16.4mm

Weight: 123g

Stand by Time: Up to 320 hours

Talk Time : Up to 6 hours

Display : 2.2″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixels)

PACKING:

  • NOKIA 6500 SLIDE mobile
  • Battery BP 5-M
  • AC-4 charger
  • Stereo Headset wired, HS-47
  • 256 MB SD Micro Memory Card MU-27
  • Micro USB Cable, Nokia CA-101
  • TV-Out Cable, Nokia CA-92U
  • CD ROM
  • User Guide

WARRANTY:

Full 24 months manufacturer warranty.

Nokia 6500 SIM free product is compatible with any 3G/GSM or 3G/GSM SIM card and unlocked. Some 3G services and some networks may not be available with this product. The images shown are for illustrative purpose only. The colours may varry and they are not guaranteed. Out of all these credits, NOKIA 6500 SLIDE model impresses people by its design and budget.

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Samsung C300 Mobile Phone Review

 

The Samsung C300 is a compact and chic model that has been enhanced with the latest technologies. This model comes with a semi automatic slide open mechanism that measures about 18.8mm depth, 44mm width & 94mm height and 94g weight with black in colour. The slider mechanism of this device is very easy to use and its stunning design makes this product to move faster amongst all other models.

This Samsung mobile phone model features 1.77 inch CSTN colour display screen with a high resolution of 128 x 160 pixels, 65K colours. It supports dual band frequencies between 900 to 1800 MHz and functions with GPRS class 10 platforms. Next, you can also send messages from this handset using the messaging service such as SMS, EMS , MMS and predictive text.

The Samsung C300 Mobile phone not only allows you to use the call management features, it also acts as a great entertainer in offering fun downloadable games such as embedded and Java™ Games. This device supports 16 Polyphonic ring tones, voice memo, vibration alert, voice mail, hands free speakerphone. You can also surf the internet with the help of WAP 1.2 browser as well as it supports organiser like other handsets.

With the size of 2 MB memory unit in this model, you can store almost 1000 entries in a phone book as well as you can store around two hundred messages in your inbox without deleting the previous one. The battery of this device is powered with Li-Ion standard that has a capacity of 800-Mah and can support a talk time for more than 6 hours and a standby mode up to 320 hours.

Though this Samsung C300 Mobile phone has been built in with high end features, the lacking of Camera and the Bluetooth options make this model to stay back amongst all other models in the UK market.

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Acer Aspire 1640 Notebook Review

Acer Aspire 1640 Notebook Review

 Acer is well known for its electronic notebooks in the market and equipped with high - end features including wide display screen with Acer CrystalBrite Technology, Rewritable DVD drive, Wi-Fi, USB and more.

The Acer Aspire 1640 Notebook supports 15.4 inches wide LCD screen with a high resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels that delivers crystal clear images without any doubt.

The battery life of this Acer Aspire laptop stands up to two hours and 20 minutes, so that you can watch a full movie without any interruption. In addition to this, the Acer Intel Centrino processor offers high speed processing up to 1.7 GHz is one among the note - worthy feature in this device. This makes you to execute or calculate all your function more easily.

Along with this function, the hard drive of this Acer model plays an essential role with a storage capacity up to 60 GB. This makes you to store more images, audios and videos, software’s in that hard drive. This user - friendly Acer Aspire 1640 Notebook has an internal memory of 512 MB that let you to offer more RAM space.

One missing feature in this Acer is that the Firewire support to go with its three USB ports. Despite that, the compact nature and other high - end functions make this model a well excel product in the market.

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Yahoo practical joke with Google search

Yahoo has made a bond with McAfee to tell internet users when the site can be dangerous for users. It will be either McAfee that tells you or it can be the some users that have reported the site.

I think this is a great step for safer surfing from Yahoo and McAfee and I hope more users will use Yahoo search from now they deserve some traffic as well.

The “funny” thing is that Yahoo or McAfee have listed Google.com as a dangerous website with downloads.

If they did this by purpose or they made a practical joke with Google we do not know but I can assure you Google search is very safe but addictive.

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Memory cards explained

Memory cards

Digital cameras function with the help of digital technology which provides enhanced picture quality. In the beginning there were cameras run by analog formatting which contained film strips where the photographs were stored. However, these analog cameras are slowly fading into oblivion and are being replaced by these digital versions where the storage is taken care of by different means. In the functioning of digital cameras, memory cards or the flash memory cards are very significant as they act as a storage device and act as electronic data storage equipment.

Memory cards are useful not only for the digital cameras, but they are also helpful for use in video game consoles, computers, music players, computers etc. These are high performance gadgets which allow power-free storage capacities and the ability to re-record according to one’s convenience and requirements. Often referred to as ‘mem cards’, most of them are solid-state cards, while some others may be non-solid state memory cards which do not use flash memory. There can be different classifications for memory cards on the basis of their functioning in different devices. For example the first memory card format to come out during the 1990s was the PC card or the PCMCIA though it is primarily used for industrial applications at present. Some other kinds of memory cards like Miniature card, SmartMedia, CompactFlash were also introduced from time to time. In case of even mobile phones and gaming consoles, smaller memory cards were used which remained fixed to the device.

Since the year 2000, there has been introduced various different kinds of memory cards like PDAs, Memory Sticks, xD-picture card, SD/MMC etc. However, for use on digital cameras, the most prevalent formats have been the CompactFlash and SmartMedia and at present various kinds of Memory Stick versions and SD/MMC are also used for the proper functioning of digital cameras.

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Office Chair Bike.. You Looking For Some New Whip At Office?

Office Chair

So, are there any of you out there who are damn tired sitting in that boring office chair of yours, doing nothing. Just staring at the PC screen, or maybe those sales reports?

Well, if you answered yes to anything from the above… I am sure you would like to experience Instructable’s Office Chair Bike.
Using the ‘nine-step’ solution, you can turn your office chair into something funky, that can actually assist you in riding to work. Not only will it assist you, you’ll probably enjoy the ride.

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