Ableton has introduced Ableton Live 6 LE, a new product aimed at beginner and hobbyist musicians.Part 1 of a special five-part series.
Jonny Evans, Macworld
Ableton has introduced Ableton Live 6 LE, a new product aimed at beginner and hobbyists musicians.
Live 6 LE is an easy-to-use, professional-grade music-making solution built on the same fundamental concepts as Live 6, the music production and performance solution.
The new version offers most of the professional product's features and introduces simple-to-use tools to help musicians develop their ideas. It's also equipped to handle the demands of digital DJ-ing, remixing and production.
Live 6 LE ships with a range of sampled instruments, including collections from Sonivox and Puremagnetik along with a series of tutorial resources to help neophytes get started on the music creation path.
The application offers two software instruments, support for VST and AU effects and also allows for the real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing of music.
Additional features include: studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz; 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project; over 20 built-in audio effects, including delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs; and multicore and multiprocessor support.
Unlike the professional version, Live 6 LE is limited to 12 simultaneous built-in audio effects, eight built-in instruments, two AU/VST effects and two AU/VST instruments per project.
Live 6 LE costs ,169 (US$340), or a download version is available directly from the company for ,149.
source:pcworld.com
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Apple's Laptop Market Share Climbs
Its notebook sales, now 17.6 percent of the market, pushed Apple to number three in the list of PC makers.
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld 
While Apple may be focusing a lot of its attention on the iPhone lately, consumers are clearly still interested in the company's computer offerings. Data from one market research firm shows Apple's notebook business broke 17 percent while another research firm said Apple has moved into third place among computer makers.
According to NPD, Apple's retail notebook market share for June 2007 was 17.6 percent, a 2.2 percent increase over the same period last year when Apple posted a 15.4 percent market share.
As good as the notebooks are doing, Apple's overall standing among computer makers is up too.
According to data from research firm IDC, Apple's continued rise in computer sales puts it in third place overall among all computer makers. This is the first time since 1996 that Apple finds itself this high on the list of top selling manufacturers.
Dell took the top spot with HP coming in second place of total unit sales. With Apple taking the number three spot, Gateway and Acer round out the top five.
The good news continues for Apple - with increased notebook sales pushing it forward, the company now has an overall market share of 5.9 percent, up 1.1 percent from the 4.8 percent it posted this time last year.
In its most recent financial quarter Apple sold 1.76 million Macs, a 33-percent rise over what it shipped in the third quarter of 2006 and 2.5 times the industry-wide growth rate published by market-research firm IDC.
Mac sales for the quarter marked a record for the company, topping the previous quarterly high of 1.61 million Macs shipped during the fourth quarter of 2006.
While there was a rise in desktop sales for the quarter - 634,000 units compared to 529,000 for the same period in 2006 - laptop unit sales skyrocketed 42 percent to 1.13 million portables. All told, 64 percent of the Macs sold during the quarter were laptops
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Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
While Apple may be focusing a lot of its attention on the iPhone lately, consumers are clearly still interested in the company's computer offerings. Data from one market research firm shows Apple's notebook business broke 17 percent while another research firm said Apple has moved into third place among computer makers.According to NPD, Apple's retail notebook market share for June 2007 was 17.6 percent, a 2.2 percent increase over the same period last year when Apple posted a 15.4 percent market share.
As good as the notebooks are doing, Apple's overall standing among computer makers is up too.
According to data from research firm IDC, Apple's continued rise in computer sales puts it in third place overall among all computer makers. This is the first time since 1996 that Apple finds itself this high on the list of top selling manufacturers.
Dell took the top spot with HP coming in second place of total unit sales. With Apple taking the number three spot, Gateway and Acer round out the top five.
The good news continues for Apple - with increased notebook sales pushing it forward, the company now has an overall market share of 5.9 percent, up 1.1 percent from the 4.8 percent it posted this time last year.
In its most recent financial quarter Apple sold 1.76 million Macs, a 33-percent rise over what it shipped in the third quarter of 2006 and 2.5 times the industry-wide growth rate published by market-research firm IDC.
Mac sales for the quarter marked a record for the company, topping the previous quarterly high of 1.61 million Macs shipped during the fourth quarter of 2006.
While there was a rise in desktop sales for the quarter - 634,000 units compared to 529,000 for the same period in 2006 - laptop unit sales skyrocketed 42 percent to 1.13 million portables. All told, 64 percent of the Macs sold during the quarter were laptops
source:pcworld.com
Adobe's Moviestar Brings HD Support to Flash
Adobe Systems announced a beta version of its web-pervasive Flash Player, code-named 'Moviestar,' that can display HD video content using the open-source H.264 standard. The H.264 codec is part of the MPEG-4 video standard, and it's implemented in both the Blu-ray and HD DVD high-def formats. The company also announced support for High Efficiency AAC audio and hardware-accelerated, multicore video playback. The beta will be available today at labs.adobe.com.
Adobe sees this enhancement to Flash as complementing its Premiere and After Effects content creation tools, as well as its upcoming AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) platform for deploying rich web applications. Another piece of the puzzle will be Adobe Media Player, which is sort of a desktop installed-software version of the browser-based Flash Player. The media player will give content creators their beloved DRM and the ability to display ads along with the video, along with TiVo-like functions for the viewer.
Adobe engineer Tinic Uro's blog wanders deep into the technical details of the update, which includes several more technology implementations than just the H.264 support, like ISO 14496-12 (read the blog if you really want to know).
SOURCE:pcmag.com
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Adobe sees this enhancement to Flash as complementing its Premiere and After Effects content creation tools, as well as its upcoming AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) platform for deploying rich web applications. Another piece of the puzzle will be Adobe Media Player, which is sort of a desktop installed-software version of the browser-based Flash Player. The media player will give content creators their beloved DRM and the ability to display ads along with the video, along with TiVo-like functions for the viewer.
Adobe engineer Tinic Uro's blog wanders deep into the technical details of the update, which includes several more technology implementations than just the H.264 support, like ISO 14496-12 (read the blog if you really want to know).
SOURCE:pcmag.com
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Samsung Launches Tiny 160GB Hard Drive
Samsung has introduced a 1.8-inch hard drive that holds 160GB, designed for gadgets such as MP3 players.
Jonny Evans, Macworld
Samsung has introduced a 160GB-capacity 1.8in hard drive that could be used in portable devices, including iPods.
Samsung's new Spinpoint N2 160GB drive runs at 4,200rpm. 160GB is sufficient for 40,000 MP3 files or 100 HD quality movies.
The company expects the new drives to see use in the video camcorder, MP3 and PMP markets. Apple already deploys 1.8-inch drives inside its existing iPods.
"The 1.8-inch HDD market will grow at a tremendous pace with annual sales expected to increase up to 65 per cent by 2010 as consumers demand smaller, more compact technology devices," said Andrew Higginbotham, director of hard drive sales and marketing.
The company promised it will continue to develop breakthrough storage technology for the evolving, feature-rich demands of the mobile consumer and entertainment markets.
There are also rumors that Apple plans to move to flash drives in all its iPods.
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Jonny Evans, Macworld
Samsung has introduced a 160GB-capacity 1.8in hard drive that could be used in portable devices, including iPods.
Samsung's new Spinpoint N2 160GB drive runs at 4,200rpm. 160GB is sufficient for 40,000 MP3 files or 100 HD quality movies.
The company expects the new drives to see use in the video camcorder, MP3 and PMP markets. Apple already deploys 1.8-inch drives inside its existing iPods.
"The 1.8-inch HDD market will grow at a tremendous pace with annual sales expected to increase up to 65 per cent by 2010 as consumers demand smaller, more compact technology devices," said Andrew Higginbotham, director of hard drive sales and marketing.
The company promised it will continue to develop breakthrough storage technology for the evolving, feature-rich demands of the mobile consumer and entertainment markets.
There are also rumors that Apple plans to move to flash drives in all its iPods.
SOURCE:PCWORLD.COM
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Compaq Gets Sleeker With New Brand Identity
Hewlett-Packard India - the country’s leading PC brand - further strengthened its largest selling portfolio of consumer PCs with the launch of its new range of Compaq Presario desktops and notebooks featuring a new brand identity. The new range of Compaq Presario SG3053IL & SG3043IL desktops and Compaq Presario V6425TU & V6406TU notebooks come in a sleekier finish and a bold style statement.
VERSATILE, FASHIONABLE AND PERSONAL
The new range of Compaq notebooks - Compaq Presario V6425TU & V6406TU are designed for users who want fast mobile performance. An affordable, powerful PC with everything one expects in a portable, the V6000 series combines ease of use and style with its 15.4-inch widescreen display with BrightView technology, roomy keyboard and four way scroll zone.
Loaded with 8X SuperMulti Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer, integrated Altec Lansing speakers, the V6000 series ensures you have the right mix of productivity and entertainment at a great value. The Compaq Presario V6000 series is priced between Rs 25,990 – Rs 45,990.
IT’S SLEEK, IT’S CONVENIENT, IT’S YOUR WORLD
The stunningly new design and enhanced ergonomic features of Compaq Presario SG3053IL & SG3043IL desktops can only leave you mesmerized, with its modern sliver finish and intuitive Easy Access Design, makes computing simpler and natural with several user-friendly innovations.
With the strategically placed power button on top of the PC, users can now stay away from the inconvenience of bending low to switch on the CPU that is mostly stacked under the PC table. The new keyboards are slim, built with easy to use low profile keys, hot keys for easy and instant access to the most common functions.
Enjoy movies without any shrinkage of the picture on frame, work conveniently on documents and files with Compaq branded widescreen LCD monitors.
Carry your pictures, music, videos and work files wherever you go with 2.5” HP Pocket Media Drive, available in 80GB and 120 GB. The new Presario desktop range is priced between Rs 15,990 – Rs 28,990.
Futuristic and Fashionable
“The new Compaq brand identity is futuristic, making it stylish and contemporary – in sync with HP’s philosophy of innovation with elegance. The new logo is a C and Q combined, and also resembles a thought bubble – which will be integrated into future marketing materials as a means to capture the possibilities, technology enables and inspires for consumers,” said Rajiev Grover, Director-Consumer Products, Hewlett-Packard India.
“The CQ thought-bubble will add new dimensions to the ‘Kal Tumhara Hai’ campaign championed by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, bringing the empowerment proposition at the forefront for Compaq,” Mr. Grover added.
The Compaq ‘Kal Tumhara Hai’ campaign is an integrated campaign, targeted to educate consumers to look at the PC as an empowerment tool that helps the individual to achieve better. HP’s vision is to make PC, the third consumer durable in the home and educate consumers on the empowerment proposition of PCs. This campaign will continue to be supported with a 360-degree approach, including traditional, web and viral marketing elements.
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VERSATILE, FASHIONABLE AND PERSONALThe new range of Compaq notebooks - Compaq Presario V6425TU & V6406TU are designed for users who want fast mobile performance. An affordable, powerful PC with everything one expects in a portable, the V6000 series combines ease of use and style with its 15.4-inch widescreen display with BrightView technology, roomy keyboard and four way scroll zone.
Loaded with 8X SuperMulti Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer, integrated Altec Lansing speakers, the V6000 series ensures you have the right mix of productivity and entertainment at a great value. The Compaq Presario V6000 series is priced between Rs 25,990 – Rs 45,990.
IT’S SLEEK, IT’S CONVENIENT, IT’S YOUR WORLDThe stunningly new design and enhanced ergonomic features of Compaq Presario SG3053IL & SG3043IL desktops can only leave you mesmerized, with its modern sliver finish and intuitive Easy Access Design, makes computing simpler and natural with several user-friendly innovations.
With the strategically placed power button on top of the PC, users can now stay away from the inconvenience of bending low to switch on the CPU that is mostly stacked under the PC table. The new keyboards are slim, built with easy to use low profile keys, hot keys for easy and instant access to the most common functions.
Enjoy movies without any shrinkage of the picture on frame, work conveniently on documents and files with Compaq branded widescreen LCD monitors.
Carry your pictures, music, videos and work files wherever you go with 2.5” HP Pocket Media Drive, available in 80GB and 120 GB. The new Presario desktop range is priced between Rs 15,990 – Rs 28,990.
Futuristic and Fashionable“The new Compaq brand identity is futuristic, making it stylish and contemporary – in sync with HP’s philosophy of innovation with elegance. The new logo is a C and Q combined, and also resembles a thought bubble – which will be integrated into future marketing materials as a means to capture the possibilities, technology enables and inspires for consumers,” said Rajiev Grover, Director-Consumer Products, Hewlett-Packard India.
“The CQ thought-bubble will add new dimensions to the ‘Kal Tumhara Hai’ campaign championed by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, bringing the empowerment proposition at the forefront for Compaq,” Mr. Grover added.
The Compaq ‘Kal Tumhara Hai’ campaign is an integrated campaign, targeted to educate consumers to look at the PC as an empowerment tool that helps the individual to achieve better. HP’s vision is to make PC, the third consumer durable in the home and educate consumers on the empowerment proposition of PCs. This campaign will continue to be supported with a 360-degree approach, including traditional, web and viral marketing elements.
Hewlett-Packard India unveils new range of Business Notebooks
INDIA – Hewlett-Packard India, the leader in potables space, further strengthened its notebook portfolio by introducing its latest range of business notebooks in the country. HP introduced four powerful feature packages in its business notebooks – standard (s), business (b), professional (p) and workstation (w) – so customers can easily identify the feature set that best aligns with their particular needs. Each of these notebooks offer personalized features that will appeal to business users across the country.
The new nomenclature for notebooks from HP is just another step in the on-going endeavor to simply technology for customers. Going beyond the model numbers these simple alphabets will help the customers to choose the right notebook for their business needs. The s, b, p and w are a part of the new model numbers in each notebook. HP brings value, uncompromised quality and features even in its entry level notebooks.
“At HP, we believe in understanding deeply the customer needs and thus developing products and solutions to suit their requirements. Hence, backed with a strong research and development team, HP is able to deliver the right mix of mobility, security and productivity to a wide range of business users” says P. Raghuraman, Country Manager – Business Notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP India. He further added “Three basic principles - Ease of use, security and reliability are at the heart of every HP Business Notebook PC.”
Today HP offers a wide range of notebooks with solutions that suit your business need on the move without any compromises on security and performance. To simplify product selection for business customers, HP business notebook model numbers are now based around three product groupings -- Ultra-Light (2000), Balanced Mobility (6000) and High Performance (8000).
HP’s professional (p) range of notebooks:
· HP Compaq 2710p Notebook PC :– Starting at only 1.65 kg, this sleek, ultra-thin convertible tablet sports an innovative design. With a twist of the screen, it transforms from an ultra-light notebook PC into pen-based tablet. HP NightLight on the keyboard to improve visibility in low light and integrated business card reader software.
· HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC :– HP’s smallest and lightest business notebook starts at only 1.3kg with an integrated optical drive. Dual-pointing devices, both a touchpad with scroll zone and point stick, offer users greater flexibility. As with the tablet, the Illumi-Lite display improves battery life by up to 90 minutes over a notebook with traditional backlighting.
· HP Compaq 6910p Notebook PC: – With industry-leading battery life of up to five hours and 45 minutes and a starting weight of only 2.0 kg, this notebook is designed for on-the-move productivity.
HP’s business (b) range of notebooks:
· HP Compaq 2200 series Notebook PC :– Delivering ultimate mobility combined with performance & value, this notebook boasts a sleek 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen display with a built in DVD Writer & all in just 1.7Kgs.
· HP Compaq 6500 series Notebook PC :– Delivering greater mobility, this notebook boasts a low profile 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen display that offers 30 percent more viewing content than the standard 15-inch diagonal XGA display.
· HP Compaq 6700 series Notebook PC :– These notebooks offer large displays, value and extensive connectivity. They feature a widescreen 15.4 inch diagonal widescreen display with a choice of anti-glare or HP BrightView display options
HP’s professional (p) and workstation (w) range of notebooks:
· HP Compaq 8710 series:– HP’s most powerful business notebook PC and mobile workstation offer the highest-end, independent software vendor–certified NVIDIA 3D graphics, a high-resolution 17-inch diagonal widescreen display and a full-size keyboard with numeric pad. The mobile workstation offers HP Performance Tuning Framework, a free, easy-to-use tool that guides workstation setup and custom configures workstations to better match users’ requirements.
· HP Compaq 8510 series :– This notebook PC and mobile workstation offer a choice of intense graphics from ATI and NVIDIA in a 2.77 kg highly mobile design. Users can also develop, record, re-write and playback high-definition video, as well as store up to 50 GB of data, with optional Blu-ray DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive with any of the new high-performance notebook PCs and mobile workstations.
HP InnoPro
All HP business notebooks feature HP InnoPro - a suite of hardware features and software solutions that are designed to enhance security, improve ease of use and help ensure reliability. These innovations help mitigate risk, increase productivity, and improve the mobile computing experience so that users can focus on their business.
HP’s business notebook lineup is one of the first to offer Intel® Centrino® Pro Mobile technology, which offers built-in remote manageability and proactive security. The notebooks include HP ProtectTools security solution, a family of business PC security features such as Embedded Security, Smart Card Security, Credential Manager, Security Manager, and BIOS Configuration security enhancements. These solutions allow users to experience performance and mobility while protecting the notebook, safeguarding both data and network connections from unauthorized access. HP integrates features such as HP DuraKeys, which are up to 50 times more resistant to visible wear than competitor keyboards without it. The notebooks sport ease-of-use features such as HP QuickLook, which with a touch of a button allows users to browse email, calendars and contact information in as little as ten seconds.
Pricing and Availability
The price range of the new range of HP’s business notebooks are from Rs 24,990 to Rs 1,49,990 (plus taxes) and is available across the country. Additional information on the notebooks are available at www.hp.com/in or on HP’s free to call number 1-600-425-7737 between 9:00 am and 7:00 pm, Monday to Saturday.
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The new nomenclature for notebooks from HP is just another step in the on-going endeavor to simply technology for customers. Going beyond the model numbers these simple alphabets will help the customers to choose the right notebook for their business needs. The s, b, p and w are a part of the new model numbers in each notebook. HP brings value, uncompromised quality and features even in its entry level notebooks.
“At HP, we believe in understanding deeply the customer needs and thus developing products and solutions to suit their requirements. Hence, backed with a strong research and development team, HP is able to deliver the right mix of mobility, security and productivity to a wide range of business users” says P. Raghuraman, Country Manager – Business Notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP India. He further added “Three basic principles - Ease of use, security and reliability are at the heart of every HP Business Notebook PC.”
Today HP offers a wide range of notebooks with solutions that suit your business need on the move without any compromises on security and performance. To simplify product selection for business customers, HP business notebook model numbers are now based around three product groupings -- Ultra-Light (2000), Balanced Mobility (6000) and High Performance (8000).
HP’s professional (p) range of notebooks:
· HP Compaq 2710p Notebook PC :– Starting at only 1.65 kg, this sleek, ultra-thin convertible tablet sports an innovative design. With a twist of the screen, it transforms from an ultra-light notebook PC into pen-based tablet. HP NightLight on the keyboard to improve visibility in low light and integrated business card reader software.
· HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC :– HP’s smallest and lightest business notebook starts at only 1.3kg with an integrated optical drive. Dual-pointing devices, both a touchpad with scroll zone and point stick, offer users greater flexibility. As with the tablet, the Illumi-Lite display improves battery life by up to 90 minutes over a notebook with traditional backlighting.
· HP Compaq 6910p Notebook PC: – With industry-leading battery life of up to five hours and 45 minutes and a starting weight of only 2.0 kg, this notebook is designed for on-the-move productivity.
HP’s business (b) range of notebooks:
· HP Compaq 2200 series Notebook PC :– Delivering ultimate mobility combined with performance & value, this notebook boasts a sleek 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen display with a built in DVD Writer & all in just 1.7Kgs.
· HP Compaq 6500 series Notebook PC :– Delivering greater mobility, this notebook boasts a low profile 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen display that offers 30 percent more viewing content than the standard 15-inch diagonal XGA display.
· HP Compaq 6700 series Notebook PC :– These notebooks offer large displays, value and extensive connectivity. They feature a widescreen 15.4 inch diagonal widescreen display with a choice of anti-glare or HP BrightView display options
HP’s professional (p) and workstation (w) range of notebooks:
· HP Compaq 8710 series:– HP’s most powerful business notebook PC and mobile workstation offer the highest-end, independent software vendor–certified NVIDIA 3D graphics, a high-resolution 17-inch diagonal widescreen display and a full-size keyboard with numeric pad. The mobile workstation offers HP Performance Tuning Framework, a free, easy-to-use tool that guides workstation setup and custom configures workstations to better match users’ requirements.
· HP Compaq 8510 series :– This notebook PC and mobile workstation offer a choice of intense graphics from ATI and NVIDIA in a 2.77 kg highly mobile design. Users can also develop, record, re-write and playback high-definition video, as well as store up to 50 GB of data, with optional Blu-ray DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive with any of the new high-performance notebook PCs and mobile workstations.
HP InnoPro
All HP business notebooks feature HP InnoPro - a suite of hardware features and software solutions that are designed to enhance security, improve ease of use and help ensure reliability. These innovations help mitigate risk, increase productivity, and improve the mobile computing experience so that users can focus on their business.
HP’s business notebook lineup is one of the first to offer Intel® Centrino® Pro Mobile technology, which offers built-in remote manageability and proactive security. The notebooks include HP ProtectTools security solution, a family of business PC security features such as Embedded Security, Smart Card Security, Credential Manager, Security Manager, and BIOS Configuration security enhancements. These solutions allow users to experience performance and mobility while protecting the notebook, safeguarding both data and network connections from unauthorized access. HP integrates features such as HP DuraKeys, which are up to 50 times more resistant to visible wear than competitor keyboards without it. The notebooks sport ease-of-use features such as HP QuickLook, which with a touch of a button allows users to browse email, calendars and contact information in as little as ten seconds.
Pricing and Availability
The price range of the new range of HP’s business notebooks are from Rs 24,990 to Rs 1,49,990 (plus taxes) and is available across the country. Additional information on the notebooks are available at www.hp.com/in or on HP’s free to call number 1-600-425-7737 between 9:00 am and 7:00 pm, Monday to Saturday.
Western Digital RE2 750 GB Enterprise-Class SATA Hard Drives coming to India
Western Digital has announced that it plans to ship the WD RE2 (RAID Edition) 750 GB hard drive in August in India. The WD RE2 hard drives have a data transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s and feature Native Command Queuing (NQC) along with 16 MB cache for high system performance.
Sharad Srivastava, Sales Director, South Asia and India, Western Digital said, “”WD has continued to leverage its extensive experience from previous RAID Edition drives, to develop a hard drive perfectly suited for a variety of high-capacity enterprise applications. These drives demand high capacity, reliability, performance and advanced features.”
The new WD RE2 hard drives (model WD7500AYYS) cater to the burgeoning high-capacity enterprise market and are reliability-rated at 1.2 million hours MTTF (mean time to failure) in high duty cycle environments. Bundled with a new 750 GB capacity, this offers enterprise-class drives with reliability and other required qualities for demanding server and network-attached storage environments, such as file servers, e-mail servers and Web servers.
In addition, the other proven features included in the new WD RE2 750 GB hard drives are:
*SecurePark for improved shock characteristics
*StableTrac for improved vibration performance
*IntelliSeek to reduce power consumption, noise and vibration
When launched in the Indian market, the WD RE2 GB hard drives will be available from the company website and also through select distributors and resellers. Manufacturer’s Suggest Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD RE2 750 GB is Rs. 12,500.
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Sharad Srivastava, Sales Director, South Asia and India, Western Digital said, “”WD has continued to leverage its extensive experience from previous RAID Edition drives, to develop a hard drive perfectly suited for a variety of high-capacity enterprise applications. These drives demand high capacity, reliability, performance and advanced features.”
The new WD RE2 hard drives (model WD7500AYYS) cater to the burgeoning high-capacity enterprise market and are reliability-rated at 1.2 million hours MTTF (mean time to failure) in high duty cycle environments. Bundled with a new 750 GB capacity, this offers enterprise-class drives with reliability and other required qualities for demanding server and network-attached storage environments, such as file servers, e-mail servers and Web servers.
In addition, the other proven features included in the new WD RE2 750 GB hard drives are:
*SecurePark for improved shock characteristics
*StableTrac for improved vibration performance
*IntelliSeek to reduce power consumption, noise and vibration
When launched in the Indian market, the WD RE2 GB hard drives will be available from the company website and also through select distributors and resellers. Manufacturer’s Suggest Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD RE2 750 GB is Rs. 12,500.
source:techshout.com
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Microsoft's Super Bundle of Security Patches
Security experts call it one of the most significant group of security fixes this year.
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Microsoft Corp. has released what security experts are calling one of it most significant security fixes this year.
On Tuesday morning, the software maker pushed out nine sets of patches, called updates in Microsoft parlance, fixing a total of 14 bugs in its software. Six of these updates are rated critical by Microsoft, meaning that attackers could exploit the flaws with no user action required. The other three updates are rated important.
It is the largest set of updates released by Microsoft since February.
"People should definitely cancel their dinner plans and make sure they take this one seriously because both the breadth and impact of these are important," said Don Leatham, director of solutions and strategy with PatchLink Corp. "This is an intense month."
Leatham is particularly concerned with the MS07-046 update, which fixes a critical flaw in the graphics rendering system used by Windows. The flaw lies in the Windows graphics device interface (GDI) software used to send graphics data to printers and monitors.
Microsoft says that attackers could exploit this flaw by tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted e-mail attachment, but because the bug lies in a core component of Windows, Leatham believes that there may be other ways to exploit the flaw. "I think this will be a target of the hacking community," he said. "if it's clear down in the graphics rendering engine, I'm assuming that there may be other ways to exploit this, because the graphics rendering engine is used by many applications."
The flaw affects all supported versions of Windows, except Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 Service pack 2.
Three other patches, fixing critical flaws in Excel and Internet Explorer should also be given priority, said Amol Sarwate, manager of Qualys Inc.'s vulnerability research lab. Those updates are MS07-044, MS07-045 and MS07-050.
These desktop applications are generally "the weakest link" in corporate security and are increasingly being targeted by attackers, Sarwate said.
All of the vulnerabilities patched Tuesday affect some components of the desktop, Sarwate noted. None of the bugs patched Tuesday had been publicly disclosed, he said.
Other critical updates relate to the XML Core Services used by Internet Explorer to process XML (Extensible Markup Language) pages and the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology used by some Windows applications.
The less-critical updates fix bugs in the Windows Media Player, Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server, and in Windows Gadgets.
With 50 security updates now released, Microsoft has kept pace with last year's patch output. By August of 2006, Microsoft has issued 51 updates.
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Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Microsoft Corp. has released what security experts are calling one of it most significant security fixes this year.
On Tuesday morning, the software maker pushed out nine sets of patches, called updates in Microsoft parlance, fixing a total of 14 bugs in its software. Six of these updates are rated critical by Microsoft, meaning that attackers could exploit the flaws with no user action required. The other three updates are rated important.
It is the largest set of updates released by Microsoft since February.
"People should definitely cancel their dinner plans and make sure they take this one seriously because both the breadth and impact of these are important," said Don Leatham, director of solutions and strategy with PatchLink Corp. "This is an intense month."
Leatham is particularly concerned with the MS07-046 update, which fixes a critical flaw in the graphics rendering system used by Windows. The flaw lies in the Windows graphics device interface (GDI) software used to send graphics data to printers and monitors.
Microsoft says that attackers could exploit this flaw by tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted e-mail attachment, but because the bug lies in a core component of Windows, Leatham believes that there may be other ways to exploit the flaw. "I think this will be a target of the hacking community," he said. "if it's clear down in the graphics rendering engine, I'm assuming that there may be other ways to exploit this, because the graphics rendering engine is used by many applications."
The flaw affects all supported versions of Windows, except Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 Service pack 2.
Three other patches, fixing critical flaws in Excel and Internet Explorer should also be given priority, said Amol Sarwate, manager of Qualys Inc.'s vulnerability research lab. Those updates are MS07-044, MS07-045 and MS07-050.
These desktop applications are generally "the weakest link" in corporate security and are increasingly being targeted by attackers, Sarwate said.
All of the vulnerabilities patched Tuesday affect some components of the desktop, Sarwate noted. None of the bugs patched Tuesday had been publicly disclosed, he said.
Other critical updates relate to the XML Core Services used by Internet Explorer to process XML (Extensible Markup Language) pages and the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology used by some Windows applications.
The less-critical updates fix bugs in the Windows Media Player, Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server, and in Windows Gadgets.
With 50 security updates now released, Microsoft has kept pace with last year's patch output. By August of 2006, Microsoft has issued 51 updates.
source:pcworld.com
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Microsoft Previews SP1 for Exchange Server 2007
Microsoft's update to Exchange Server 2007 moves the e-mail server closer to other unified communications products.
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Microsoft Corp. is offering a preview of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2007, an update that binds the company's latest e-mail server closer to other so-called unified communications products.
Those who belong to Microsoft's Developer Network or subscribe to the company's TechNet service can download a beta version of Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 as of Tuesday. The final version is scheduled for release in the last quarter this year.
Exchange 2007, released in November 2006 along with Outlook 2007, is the first major update to the mail server since Exchange 2003. It's the first version of the software that runs only on 64-bit servers and marks a major technology upgrade.
With the service pack, Microsoft has fixed an annoyance for administrators: the management tools for Exchange 2007 will now work with Windows Server 2008, the company's forthcoming server operating system upgrade, as well as with Windows Vista. The tools enable an Exchange 2007 server to be managed remotely from a desktop machine.
Also new is a feature called "standby continuous replication," where e-mail data is continuously copied to a server on standby and activated if the primary server or data center fails.
"This is in contrast to Exchange 2003, for which database problems could necessitate restoration from tape backup, causing lengthy downtime was well as the potential loss of users' most recent messages and other data," wrote Peter Pawlak, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, in a research report earlier this year.
Other improvements are focused on tighter links to Microsoft's other communications products. The company has also strengthened links to Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007, an application for mobile devices that supports features such as instant messaging and VOIP (voice over Internet protocol).
Voice mail messages can be retrieved now in Office Communicator 2007 with one click, Microsoft said. The service pack also enables users to receive faxes and check their voice mail through Outlook 2007.
The company has also modified one of its security products to work with the new service pack. Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 should be available sometime in the last quarter of this year.
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Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Microsoft Corp. is offering a preview of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2007, an update that binds the company's latest e-mail server closer to other so-called unified communications products.
Those who belong to Microsoft's Developer Network or subscribe to the company's TechNet service can download a beta version of Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 as of Tuesday. The final version is scheduled for release in the last quarter this year.
Exchange 2007, released in November 2006 along with Outlook 2007, is the first major update to the mail server since Exchange 2003. It's the first version of the software that runs only on 64-bit servers and marks a major technology upgrade.
With the service pack, Microsoft has fixed an annoyance for administrators: the management tools for Exchange 2007 will now work with Windows Server 2008, the company's forthcoming server operating system upgrade, as well as with Windows Vista. The tools enable an Exchange 2007 server to be managed remotely from a desktop machine.
Also new is a feature called "standby continuous replication," where e-mail data is continuously copied to a server on standby and activated if the primary server or data center fails.
"This is in contrast to Exchange 2003, for which database problems could necessitate restoration from tape backup, causing lengthy downtime was well as the potential loss of users' most recent messages and other data," wrote Peter Pawlak, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, in a research report earlier this year.
Other improvements are focused on tighter links to Microsoft's other communications products. The company has also strengthened links to Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007, an application for mobile devices that supports features such as instant messaging and VOIP (voice over Internet protocol).
Voice mail messages can be retrieved now in Office Communicator 2007 with one click, Microsoft said. The service pack also enables users to receive faxes and check their voice mail through Outlook 2007.
The company has also modified one of its security products to work with the new service pack. Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 should be available sometime in the last quarter of this year.
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Apple Launches New iMacs
Apple has introduced two new iMac computers built up around Intel Core 2 Duo processors to be available with either a 20" or 24" display. The 20" iMac is capable of utilizing Core 2 Duo processors up to the 2.4 GHz, while the 24" iMac will be able to utilize the Core 2 Extreme processors
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The 20" iMac will have a native resolution of 1680x1050 where as the 24" version will sport a native Full HD resolution of 1920x1200. Both the iMacs will ship integrated support for 802.11n, wired network capability and built-in Bluetooth. The graphic cards that will be available on these machines will be from ATI’s new range of cards. The 20" iMac will get an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB of GDDR3 and the 24" version will be using getting the HD 2600 Pro with 256Mb of GDDR3.
In the storage department the base 20" iMac will be get a 500 GB HDD with an option of extending to 750 GB, while the 24" iMac will be able to get up to 1 TB of storage space. The memory on both modules is DDR2 667 with an option of extending it up to 4 GB and a minimum of 1 GB RAM.
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The 20" iMac will have a native resolution of 1680x1050 where as the 24" version will sport a native Full HD resolution of 1920x1200. Both the iMacs will ship integrated support for 802.11n, wired network capability and built-in Bluetooth. The graphic cards that will be available on these machines will be from ATI’s new range of cards. The 20" iMac will get an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB of GDDR3 and the 24" version will be using getting the HD 2600 Pro with 256Mb of GDDR3.
In the storage department the base 20" iMac will be get a 500 GB HDD with an option of extending to 750 GB, while the 24" iMac will be able to get up to 1 TB of storage space. The memory on both modules is DDR2 667 with an option of extending it up to 4 GB and a minimum of 1 GB RAM.
The pricing for the 20" version will start at $1199 and the 24" iMac will cost $1799 for the base.
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Windows XP: The OS That Won't Die?
The six-year-old operating system's continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product activation keys.Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Microsoft Corp. has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system's continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product activation keys.
The new build, dubbed SP2c, includes no fixes or feature changes, but was created simply to address the shrinking pool of product keys. XP Pro SP2c, which has been released to manufacturing, will be made available to OEMs and system builders next month, said Microsoft.
"Due to the longevity of Windows XP Professional, it has become necessary to produce more product keys for system builders in order to support the continued availability of Windows XP Professional through the scheduled system builder channel end-of-life (EOL) date," wrote the Microsoft system builder team on its blog Thursday.
Previously, Microsoft has set Windows XP's EOL for retailers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) as Jan. 31, 2008, and for small-scale systems builders a year after that.
"SP2c will be released into the System Builder channel in September to provide system builders with a new, extended range of product keys," the system builder team said. The updated build applies only to Windows XP Professional; XP Home, for instance, is not affected.
The move shouldn't come as a surprise; Even Microsoft has predicted continuing strong sales of Windows XP. Last month, the company's chief financial officer said that he tweaked the fiscal year 2008 forecast to account for XP's longevity. Rather than count on an 85/15 split in sales between Vista and XP, said Chris Liddell, Microsoft now expects a 78/22 split, an increase of nearly 50 percent in anticipated XP sales.
Other signs of the not-dead-yet OS's vigor have included retreats by OEMs like Dell Inc. from earlier Vista-only policies. In April, for example, Dell again began offering Windows XP as an option to consumers. It had already done the same thing for small business customers.
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Coming to Your Laptop: 1.2TB Hard Drives
Fujitsu is expected to announce a breakthrough this week that could lead the company to produce hard drives with storage capacities of up to 1.2TB.
Brian Fonseca, Computerworld
As hard drive manufacturers relentlessly pursue packing greater aerial density on smaller devices, Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. may have an ace in the hole. The company is announcing later this week that it has created ideally "ordered" alumina nanohole patterns for isolated bit-by-bit recording on a large disk area.
With that feat, Fujitsu says it has successfully demonstrated the ability to perform basic read/write capability of each individual nanohole of the patterned media using a typical flying head on a rotating disk. That breakthrough could lead the company to produce hard drives with storage capacities of up to 1.2TB on a two-platter, 2.5-in. drive as soon as 2010, noted Joel Hagberg, vice president of business development at Fujitsu Computer Products of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujitsu Ltd.
The construction of ideally ordered alumina nanohole patterned media was done through a collaboration between Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Yamagata Fujitsu Ltd. and Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology. The achievement is published in the July online version of Applied Physics Letters.
The patterned alumina nanohole media was created via a Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) processes using nano-imprint lithography (enabling discrete distance from bit to bit or track to track), anodic oxidation and cobalt electrodeposition at a density of 100-nanometer-pitch nanoholes suitable to existing head technology.
Ideal pattern technology is a big step toward ensuring that drives won't face challenges recording at higher aerial densities by moving to tighter track densities and closer spacing among bits, Hagberg noted. However, to pull that off, he said, a number of factors still need to be examined. They include the presence of pattern thermal assist recording technology to warm media before it is written to, determining what magnetic flux is required from the head and determining how will the information be read.
Because smaller hard drives offer less power consumption and cooling efforts than their larger counterparts, hard disk drive end users and businesses want the best of both worlds -- minimized drives capable of reaching higher capacity points, said John Rydning, an analyst at Framingham, Mass.-based IDC.
"[Fujitsu's achievement] allows especially the smaller form factors to reach pretty high capacities. From a business-requirement standpoint, one advantage that brings is the opportunity to use smaller drives for applications, and smaller drives tend to use less power," remarked Rydning. "That kind of technology is definitely what's needed to get [improved storage] requirements."
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As hard drive manufacturers relentlessly pursue packing greater aerial density on smaller devices, Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. may have an ace in the hole. The company is announcing later this week that it has created ideally "ordered" alumina nanohole patterns for isolated bit-by-bit recording on a large disk area.
With that feat, Fujitsu says it has successfully demonstrated the ability to perform basic read/write capability of each individual nanohole of the patterned media using a typical flying head on a rotating disk. That breakthrough could lead the company to produce hard drives with storage capacities of up to 1.2TB on a two-platter, 2.5-in. drive as soon as 2010, noted Joel Hagberg, vice president of business development at Fujitsu Computer Products of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujitsu Ltd.
The construction of ideally ordered alumina nanohole patterned media was done through a collaboration between Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Yamagata Fujitsu Ltd. and Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology. The achievement is published in the July online version of Applied Physics Letters.
The patterned alumina nanohole media was created via a Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) processes using nano-imprint lithography (enabling discrete distance from bit to bit or track to track), anodic oxidation and cobalt electrodeposition at a density of 100-nanometer-pitch nanoholes suitable to existing head technology.
Ideal pattern technology is a big step toward ensuring that drives won't face challenges recording at higher aerial densities by moving to tighter track densities and closer spacing among bits, Hagberg noted. However, to pull that off, he said, a number of factors still need to be examined. They include the presence of pattern thermal assist recording technology to warm media before it is written to, determining what magnetic flux is required from the head and determining how will the information be read.
Because smaller hard drives offer less power consumption and cooling efforts than their larger counterparts, hard disk drive end users and businesses want the best of both worlds -- minimized drives capable of reaching higher capacity points, said John Rydning, an analyst at Framingham, Mass.-based IDC.
"[Fujitsu's achievement] allows especially the smaller form factors to reach pretty high capacities. From a business-requirement standpoint, one advantage that brings is the opportunity to use smaller drives for applications, and smaller drives tend to use less power," remarked Rydning. "That kind of technology is definitely what's needed to get [improved storage] requirements."
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Airtel Broadband Users get Google-powered Services
Bharti Airtel, the largest broadband and telephone service in India has joined hands with Google search giant Google to bring important Web-based services to Airtel broadband Internet customers.As per the Google-Airtel agreement, Airtel will offer its broadband customers a top-of-the-line portal that includes:
*Google Search for web-based queries
*Google Gmail with 2 GB storage, spam filter, & options of web access and POP access
*Google Talk instant messaging/ chatting service for sending instant messages to friends and family–anytime, anywhere in the world
*Google Docs and Spreadsheets so users can share and collaborate in real-time
*Suite of advanced utility and communication applications – NetXpert to manage and trouble-shoot internet connection; Desktop & Internet Security Services (consisting of Anti-virus, Anti-spyware, Firewall & Parental Control); Web SMS
*On-demand gaming service and music download service
Besides, Airtel broadband customers will also be able to personalize their Internet start page with content according to their own preferences. It could include news, blog postings, weather and interactive content according to the individual users’ preference.
The portal will also simplify the process of accessing email, searching the Web, publishing content and connecting with friends for Airtel Broadband users.
In order to get access to these services, Airtel broadband customers will be required to sign-up which is absolutely free of cost.
According to Mr. Atul Bindal, President, Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services, “By offering an enhanced broadband experience to our customers that is powered by Google, Airtel strengthens its commitment to innovation and collaboration. With this partnership, we are moving a step ahead on our three screen philosophy where we target meeting the infotainment needs of our consumer on the three screens of his TV, PC and Mobile.”
Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, Google India said, “Google is committed to enriching the online experience of users in India. We are delighted to work with Airtel to promote the use of Google services amongst its broadband users. Today’s alliance will provide an ideal platform for Airtel users to enjoy the best possible online experience with customized access to Google’s evolving suite of innovative products.”
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Leaked Vista Hotfix Packs Now Official
You may now download two Windows Vista updates that had leaked to the Internet at the end of July. No word on when they reach Windows Update.
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday released the two Windows Vista updates that had leaked to the Internet at the end of July, but won't say when it will begin pushing them to users via Windows Update.
Pegged as performance and reliability packs, the pair install a long list of non-security bug fixes, among them speed improvements to wake-from-hibernation, a patch that eliminates the long wait to calculate the time it will take to copy or move large directories, and several that target compatibility glitches with video drivers.
Microsoft even described one of the quashed bugs with the vague but ominous-sounding: "The computer stops responding or restarts unexpectedly when you play video games or perform desktop operations."
All of the fixes, said the company, are new to Vista, and do not replace any existing updates. Users must restart their computer after each update is installed.
The performance update, designated KB938979, weighs in at nearly 10MB, and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center. The accompanying support document is also available.
Vista's reliability update, KB938194, is petite by comparison -- just 2.1MB. It's also now available for downloading, and has a KnowledgeBase document that spells out changes.
Previews of the now-official updates had leaked to the Web at the end of July, fueling speculation that they were connected to the highly-anticipated Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), and might even be harbingers of SP1's release. A day later, July 31, a Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed that the hotfix packs would end up in user's hands "in the near future," but declined to answer questions about any link to SP1.
The company did recently confirm, however, that it has released preview code for Vista SP1 -- as well as the same for the long-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) -- to small invite-only groups of testers. But it would not say when the updates to each operating system will release in final versions.
Vista SP1, which Microsoft has so far committed only to provide in beta "sometime this year," has consistently been downplayed by the company, to the point of stifling talk of the security rollup. Many corporations, on the other hand, appear to be waiting for SP1 before deploying the new OS.
Windows XP SP3 has an even longer, and more troubled, history. Last October, Microsoft announced a delay of SP3, and pushed the release into the first half of 2008, more than a year after the retail release of Vista and about three-and-a-half years after SP2 appeared. Hints of XP SP3's progress were tucked into a status report filed with the federal judge overseeing the 2002 antitrust settlement struck between U.S. regulators and Microsoft, but details were slim. The report confirmed the existence of SP3 and said some code would be finalized in the summer of 2007, but did not specify either beta or final release dates.
Tuesday, in fact, a Microsoft spokesperson called the first-half 2008 date for SP3 "preliminary" and declined to disclose more details.
Microsoft did not respond today to queries about when the Vista performance and reliability updates would migrate to the company's automatic patching services, including Windows Update. Some bloggers and users have been betting that the hotfix packs will be offered up next Tuesday, the already-scheduled monthly patch day for Microsoft. But others have discounted that date, saying Microsoft would not overtax users or the automatic update systems with such large downloads.
Elizabeth Montalbano of the IDG News Service contributed to this report.
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Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday released the two Windows Vista updates that had leaked to the Internet at the end of July, but won't say when it will begin pushing them to users via Windows Update.
Pegged as performance and reliability packs, the pair install a long list of non-security bug fixes, among them speed improvements to wake-from-hibernation, a patch that eliminates the long wait to calculate the time it will take to copy or move large directories, and several that target compatibility glitches with video drivers.
Microsoft even described one of the quashed bugs with the vague but ominous-sounding: "The computer stops responding or restarts unexpectedly when you play video games or perform desktop operations."
All of the fixes, said the company, are new to Vista, and do not replace any existing updates. Users must restart their computer after each update is installed.
The performance update, designated KB938979, weighs in at nearly 10MB, and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center. The accompanying support document is also available.
Vista's reliability update, KB938194, is petite by comparison -- just 2.1MB. It's also now available for downloading, and has a KnowledgeBase document that spells out changes.
Previews of the now-official updates had leaked to the Web at the end of July, fueling speculation that they were connected to the highly-anticipated Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), and might even be harbingers of SP1's release. A day later, July 31, a Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed that the hotfix packs would end up in user's hands "in the near future," but declined to answer questions about any link to SP1.
The company did recently confirm, however, that it has released preview code for Vista SP1 -- as well as the same for the long-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) -- to small invite-only groups of testers. But it would not say when the updates to each operating system will release in final versions.
Vista SP1, which Microsoft has so far committed only to provide in beta "sometime this year," has consistently been downplayed by the company, to the point of stifling talk of the security rollup. Many corporations, on the other hand, appear to be waiting for SP1 before deploying the new OS.
Windows XP SP3 has an even longer, and more troubled, history. Last October, Microsoft announced a delay of SP3, and pushed the release into the first half of 2008, more than a year after the retail release of Vista and about three-and-a-half years after SP2 appeared. Hints of XP SP3's progress were tucked into a status report filed with the federal judge overseeing the 2002 antitrust settlement struck between U.S. regulators and Microsoft, but details were slim. The report confirmed the existence of SP3 and said some code would be finalized in the summer of 2007, but did not specify either beta or final release dates.
Tuesday, in fact, a Microsoft spokesperson called the first-half 2008 date for SP3 "preliminary" and declined to disclose more details.
Microsoft did not respond today to queries about when the Vista performance and reliability updates would migrate to the company's automatic patching services, including Windows Update. Some bloggers and users have been betting that the hotfix packs will be offered up next Tuesday, the already-scheduled monthly patch day for Microsoft. But others have discounted that date, saying Microsoft would not overtax users or the automatic update systems with such large downloads.
Elizabeth Montalbano of the IDG News Service contributed to this report.
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Redesigned Apple iMacs Include Massive Displays
Apple has updated its iMac line, as expected, complete with massive new flat-screen displays. 
The three iMac models will be priced at $1,199, $1,499, and $1,799, and each will be characterized by the size of its monitor: two 20-inch displays for the two lower-priced models, and a whopping 24-inch flat-screen display for the premium version.
Apple also updated its iLife suite to iLife '08, adding a new Events app and updating its iPhoto application.
The iMac updates were expected; word of the launch had leaked onto the Web, as well as into PC Magazine's own Inside Apple column. Features will include up to a 2.4-GHz Core 2 Duo, up to 4GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD graphics card and a 1TB hard drive, with 802.11n wireless built in.
One of the keys for Apple, according to chief executive Steve Jobs, was the emphasis on aluminum and glass, both materials that are associated with professionalism and, in the case of glass, easily recycled. A new keyboard was also introduced, as expected: the keyboard contains dedicated Expose and Dashboard hotkeys, as well as multimedia keys, both emulating as well as distancing itself from the Windows world and its dedicated launch key. The keyboard will come in either wired or Bluetooth 2.0 wireless forms, Jobs said.
The new iPhoto update automatically creates "events," which can be associated with a slideshow and split or merged over a period of time. Pictures can now be rated with an iTunes-like "star" rating, and hidden if a photo needs to be saved, but not viewed. The editing tools have been enhanced, and users can now print to specific themes, as well as updated book themes and calendars.
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The three iMac models will be priced at $1,199, $1,499, and $1,799, and each will be characterized by the size of its monitor: two 20-inch displays for the two lower-priced models, and a whopping 24-inch flat-screen display for the premium version.Apple also updated its iLife suite to iLife '08, adding a new Events app and updating its iPhoto application.
The iMac updates were expected; word of the launch had leaked onto the Web, as well as into PC Magazine's own Inside Apple column. Features will include up to a 2.4-GHz Core 2 Duo, up to 4GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD graphics card and a 1TB hard drive, with 802.11n wireless built in.
One of the keys for Apple, according to chief executive Steve Jobs, was the emphasis on aluminum and glass, both materials that are associated with professionalism and, in the case of glass, easily recycled. A new keyboard was also introduced, as expected: the keyboard contains dedicated Expose and Dashboard hotkeys, as well as multimedia keys, both emulating as well as distancing itself from the Windows world and its dedicated launch key. The keyboard will come in either wired or Bluetooth 2.0 wireless forms, Jobs said.
The new iPhoto update automatically creates "events," which can be associated with a slideshow and split or merged over a period of time. Pictures can now be rated with an iTunes-like "star" rating, and hidden if a photo needs to be saved, but not viewed. The editing tools have been enhanced, and users can now print to specific themes, as well as updated book themes and calendars.
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Logitech Launches 2.1 Desktop Speakers
Logitech has just launched another set of 2.1 desktop speakers – the Logitech Z-4s.
Each satellite features a new satellite design with three drivers. The speakers also include Logitech's patented pressure driver subwoofer technology, which helps deliver distortion-free bass. The speakers also have a wired remote control that includes a headphone jack, auxiliary input, volume, subwoofer, and power controls. The remote also has an input for MP3 players, CD players or any other portable audio devices.
Moninder Jain, Director-India and South East Asia, Logitech says, "The stylish looking Z-4 Speakers are the hottest little things to have on your desktop. They deliver truly impressive sound - smooth, room vibrating, bass, crisp high and a midrange nearly perfect for computer games. With a little equalizer tuning, these speakers deliver exceptional music performance and are a true pleasure to listen to soft music like rock and jazz."
The Z-4 speakers have a total peak power of 80 watts and total RMS power of 40 watts .The satellites have a 2-inch dome driver and 2-inch pressure driver. The subwoofer has an 8-inch pressure driver. The noise-to-ratio is more than 92 dB.
Logitech’s Z-4 Speakers are available for Rs. 7,595.
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Each satellite features a new satellite design with three drivers. The speakers also include Logitech's patented pressure driver subwoofer technology, which helps deliver distortion-free bass. The speakers also have a wired remote control that includes a headphone jack, auxiliary input, volume, subwoofer, and power controls. The remote also has an input for MP3 players, CD players or any other portable audio devices.Moninder Jain, Director-India and South East Asia, Logitech says, "The stylish looking Z-4 Speakers are the hottest little things to have on your desktop. They deliver truly impressive sound - smooth, room vibrating, bass, crisp high and a midrange nearly perfect for computer games. With a little equalizer tuning, these speakers deliver exceptional music performance and are a true pleasure to listen to soft music like rock and jazz."
The Z-4 speakers have a total peak power of 80 watts and total RMS power of 40 watts .The satellites have a 2-inch dome driver and 2-inch pressure driver. The subwoofer has an 8-inch pressure driver. The noise-to-ratio is more than 92 dB.
Logitech’s Z-4 Speakers are available for Rs. 7,595.
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Lenovo, Disney Launch Laptop
Lenovo and Disney Consumer Products have partnered to offer a new Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Rangers Mystic Force themed desktop targeted at children.
The limited edition desktop features a red skin with the superheroes of the Mystic Force series.
The Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Ranger desktop comes with a standard 17" LCD monitor, and is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E 4400 2.00Ghz. The desktop also comes with 1 GB RAM, a 250 GB HDD, 16XDVD +RW drive, in-built modem, Power Ranger branded speakers and an optical mouse. It is preloaded with Microsoft Vista Home Basic edition and features a special anti-bacterial keyboard from Lenovo.
"Today, PC purchasing decisions in the family are largely driven by the demands and needs of youngsters. Besides being tech savvy, children today look for style and individuality, besides pure functionality. The Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Rangers desktop has been designed and developed, keeping all these requirements in mind, making it the ideal computer for youngsters. This product has all the right elements blended into one- it’s personalized, stylish, fun, and most importantly, offers worry free computing for both parents and children." said Rahul Agarwal, vice president – Marketing, Lenovo India
"Disney is combining cutting-edge technology with fantastic storytelling to create unique entertainment experiences that continue to delight consumers worldwide," said Roshni Bakshi, Director – Disney Consumer Products (India). "Our brand represents an escape into a magical world, where Disney wonder, stories and characters come to life before your very eyes."
The Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Ranger desktop will be rolled out in phases starting with Mumbai, Lucknow, Calcutta, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Delhi from August 6th, 2007. Prices start at Rs 40,100/- and the product will be available in all Lenovo authorized storefronts.
The desktop will soon be available nationally.
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The limited edition desktop features a red skin with the superheroes of the Mystic Force series.
The Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Ranger desktop comes with a standard 17" LCD monitor, and is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E 4400 2.00Ghz. The desktop also comes with 1 GB RAM, a 250 GB HDD, 16XDVD +RW drive, in-built modem, Power Ranger branded speakers and an optical mouse. It is preloaded with Microsoft Vista Home Basic edition and features a special anti-bacterial keyboard from Lenovo."Today, PC purchasing decisions in the family are largely driven by the demands and needs of youngsters. Besides being tech savvy, children today look for style and individuality, besides pure functionality. The Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Rangers desktop has been designed and developed, keeping all these requirements in mind, making it the ideal computer for youngsters. This product has all the right elements blended into one- it’s personalized, stylish, fun, and most importantly, offers worry free computing for both parents and children." said Rahul Agarwal, vice president – Marketing, Lenovo India
"Disney is combining cutting-edge technology with fantastic storytelling to create unique entertainment experiences that continue to delight consumers worldwide," said Roshni Bakshi, Director – Disney Consumer Products (India). "Our brand represents an escape into a magical world, where Disney wonder, stories and characters come to life before your very eyes."
The Lenovo 3000 H limited edition Power Ranger desktop will be rolled out in phases starting with Mumbai, Lucknow, Calcutta, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Delhi from August 6th, 2007. Prices start at Rs 40,100/- and the product will be available in all Lenovo authorized storefronts.
The desktop will soon be available nationally.
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VMWare Fusion for Mac OS X to Release on Monday, August 6th
VMware has announced the public availability of its VMware Fusion software will finally happen on Monday 6th August 2007. With the new software all Mac users will be able to simultaneously run Mac OS X, Windows and other PC-based applications on Intel-based Macs. The other option is restarting to run Windows and Windows applications, as Apple’s Boot Camp software mandates.
VMware boasts that its VMware Fusion enables Mac users to run both 32- and 64-bit operating systems, using two processor cores concurrently, and a number of USB 2.0 devices. Further more, VMware maintained that Fusion also has the distinction of being the only Mac virtualization software available in the present day that has the ability to offer support for more than 60 operating systems and power management capabilities to safeguard virtual machines when laptops are running out of battery.
VMware Fusion beta was released in December 2006 and since then there have already been 250,000 downloads of the software.
VMware product manager Dan Chu said, “VMware Fusion was designed for Mac enthusiasts looking for a seamless way to run Windows applications on the Mac.” Adding, “VMware Fusion combines a very clean and intuitive interface that Mac users expect with the world’s most trusted desktop virtualization platform to allow users to run Mac applications seamlessly alongside PC applications on Intel-based Macs.”
However, VMware is sure to face a cut throat competition from the Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac product, in the Windows-on-Mac virtualization market. Parallels launched its third-generation product in June and a few days later there was news about the VMware Fusion Software bringing Windows apps to Mac.
For those who are currently working with Parallels, VMWare provides a Converter utility to allow users to convert their Parallels virtual machine to a VMWare version instead. Fusion also works with Boot Camp.
Parallels director Benjamin Rudolph maintained, “We’re confident that we will maintain our leadership role by continuing to respond to the needs of our customers by introducing new groundbreaking technologies - as we did with Coherence and SmartSelect - that make working with multiple operating systems easier, faster, and more productive than ever before.”
According to Lee, users who are using Parallels with a Boot Camp partition are encouraged to uninstall Parallels prior to installing Fusion.
Furthermore, Fusion bundles “experimental” support for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard,” and also features “experimental” 3D graphics support making it possible for users to try Windows games (similarly to Parallels, it’s limited at this time to DirectX 8.1 support — an older version of Microsoft’s 3D API).
VMware Fusion is now available online, and will be available through Apple’s retail stores and other authorized retailers worldwide. And the VMware Fusion site states: For a limited time, VMware Fusion is available for pre-order for only $39.99, a 50% savings over the suggested retail price of $79.99 when VMware Fusion is released for general availability.” So you have a chance to pre-order it now through Sunday, August 5, 12:00 PM (Pacific Time).
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VMware boasts that its VMware Fusion enables Mac users to run both 32- and 64-bit operating systems, using two processor cores concurrently, and a number of USB 2.0 devices. Further more, VMware maintained that Fusion also has the distinction of being the only Mac virtualization software available in the present day that has the ability to offer support for more than 60 operating systems and power management capabilities to safeguard virtual machines when laptops are running out of battery.VMware Fusion beta was released in December 2006 and since then there have already been 250,000 downloads of the software.
VMware product manager Dan Chu said, “VMware Fusion was designed for Mac enthusiasts looking for a seamless way to run Windows applications on the Mac.” Adding, “VMware Fusion combines a very clean and intuitive interface that Mac users expect with the world’s most trusted desktop virtualization platform to allow users to run Mac applications seamlessly alongside PC applications on Intel-based Macs.”
However, VMware is sure to face a cut throat competition from the Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac product, in the Windows-on-Mac virtualization market. Parallels launched its third-generation product in June and a few days later there was news about the VMware Fusion Software bringing Windows apps to Mac.
For those who are currently working with Parallels, VMWare provides a Converter utility to allow users to convert their Parallels virtual machine to a VMWare version instead. Fusion also works with Boot Camp.
Parallels director Benjamin Rudolph maintained, “We’re confident that we will maintain our leadership role by continuing to respond to the needs of our customers by introducing new groundbreaking technologies - as we did with Coherence and SmartSelect - that make working with multiple operating systems easier, faster, and more productive than ever before.”
According to Lee, users who are using Parallels with a Boot Camp partition are encouraged to uninstall Parallels prior to installing Fusion.
Furthermore, Fusion bundles “experimental” support for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard,” and also features “experimental” 3D graphics support making it possible for users to try Windows games (similarly to Parallels, it’s limited at this time to DirectX 8.1 support — an older version of Microsoft’s 3D API).
VMware Fusion is now available online, and will be available through Apple’s retail stores and other authorized retailers worldwide. And the VMware Fusion site states: For a limited time, VMware Fusion is available for pre-order for only $39.99, a 50% savings over the suggested retail price of $79.99 when VMware Fusion is released for general availability.” So you have a chance to pre-order it now through Sunday, August 5, 12:00 PM (Pacific Time).
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Acer TravelMate 6291 Notebook launched in India
Acer India has just launched the ultra portable Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook that runs on the latest Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor T5500. This notebook also comes preloaded with Windows Vista Business. 
The Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook has a design that boasts portability, protection and user-friendliness, making it a trustworthy companion especially for business professionals.
The TravelMate 6291 notebook is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor T5500 with 2MB cache and 1.66/667 MHz FSB. It even supports Intel 64 architecture, Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset and Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN network solution, providing excellent speed and performance, better graphics and signal integrity using the N Wireless platform.
Moreover, the newly launched TravelMate 6291 notebook from Acer has a large storage capacity with its 160GB Hard Disk Drive.
The TravelMate 6291 notebook sports a 12.1-inch WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD display. This notebook offers system memory of 1GB RAM that is upgradeable to 4GB.
The TravelMate 6291 laptop is equipped with a battery life up to 5 hours. Besides, the Acer ePower Management enables users to choose the power management setting in order to extend the battery life.
What’s more; the Acer SignalUp and Acer GridVista technologies that have been incorporated into this notebook only provide more reliable wireless connectivity as well as optimized and feature driven display management.
The Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook has an embedded DVD-Writer.
A notable feature of Acer’s new notebooks lies in its design. With its sturdy and slim magnesium alloy cover, the TravelMate 6291 laptop is 20 times stronger and lighter than plastic. This tends to lessen the weight and even helps to protect against drops, vibration, dust and everyday wear and tear.
Other features of the TravelMate 6291 notebook include anti-shock protection, Gigabit LAN, easy-launch buttons for WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0, email, Internet and Acer Video Conferencing facilities using the Acer CrystalEye Webcam.
According to Rajendran, general manager, sales and marketing. Acer India, “We are the first to launch the latest notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo and Vista business in India with the ultra-portable TravelMate 6291.”
The Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook is available at a price of Rs.47,499 (excluding taxes) in India
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The Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook has a design that boasts portability, protection and user-friendliness, making it a trustworthy companion especially for business professionals.The TravelMate 6291 notebook is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor T5500 with 2MB cache and 1.66/667 MHz FSB. It even supports Intel 64 architecture, Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset and Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN network solution, providing excellent speed and performance, better graphics and signal integrity using the N Wireless platform.
Moreover, the newly launched TravelMate 6291 notebook from Acer has a large storage capacity with its 160GB Hard Disk Drive.
The TravelMate 6291 notebook sports a 12.1-inch WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD display. This notebook offers system memory of 1GB RAM that is upgradeable to 4GB.
The TravelMate 6291 laptop is equipped with a battery life up to 5 hours. Besides, the Acer ePower Management enables users to choose the power management setting in order to extend the battery life.
What’s more; the Acer SignalUp and Acer GridVista technologies that have been incorporated into this notebook only provide more reliable wireless connectivity as well as optimized and feature driven display management.
The Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook has an embedded DVD-Writer.
A notable feature of Acer’s new notebooks lies in its design. With its sturdy and slim magnesium alloy cover, the TravelMate 6291 laptop is 20 times stronger and lighter than plastic. This tends to lessen the weight and even helps to protect against drops, vibration, dust and everyday wear and tear.
Other features of the TravelMate 6291 notebook include anti-shock protection, Gigabit LAN, easy-launch buttons for WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0, email, Internet and Acer Video Conferencing facilities using the Acer CrystalEye Webcam.
According to Rajendran, general manager, sales and marketing. Acer India, “We are the first to launch the latest notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo and Vista business in India with the ultra-portable TravelMate 6291.”
The Acer TravelMate 6291 notebook is available at a price of Rs.47,499 (excluding taxes) in India
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HP Dismisses Laser Printer Health Risks
Printer manufacturer claims that emissions from its laser printers do not pose a danger.
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Hewlett-Packard Co. Friday disputed research published earlier this week that said some of its laser printers may be a health risk to office and home computer users. While it did not directly contest the data gathered by Australian researchers, the U.S.-based printer and computer manufacturer flatly rejected the idea that emissions pose a danger. 
"We do not believe there is a link between printer emissions and any public health risk," the company said in a statement.
On Wednesday, researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, published a paper detailing emission measurements of 58 laser printers inside a typical office. Emissions, believed to be related to the ultrafine powdered toner used in the printers, were tracked and the printers ranked as non-, low-, medium- or high-emitters. HP's models dominated the last category, accounting for 90 percent of the printers classified as emitting high levels of particulates.
"HP does not see an association between printer use by customers and negative health effects for volatile organic compounds, ozone or dust," the company continued in its statement. "While we recognize ultrafine, fine, and coarse particles are emitted from printing systems, these levels are consistently below recognized occupational exposure limits."
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy lab in Berkeley, Calif., agreed that it's too early to draw a line between printer emissions and health dangers.
"What we don't know is what the findings in the study mean," said Rich Sextro, an environment scientist at Berkeley Lab, in a posting on the laboratory's Web site. "Certainly our expectation is that exposures to lots of ultrafine particles probably isn't a very good thing, but we have no idea at the moment what that translates into in the real world."
The Australian study is among the first to document emissions from laser printers, but the specifics of how printers produce particles and what those particles are made of is mostly unknown -- something HP emphasized. "Testing of ultrafine particles is a very new scientific discipline," the company said. "Currently, the nature and chemical composition of such particles, whether from a laser printer or from a toaster, cannot be accurately characterized."
One thing that everyone agreed on -- even the Australian researchers -- is that more study should be done. Until a definitive link between laser printers, particulates and health risks are made, "fine particles alone are not enough to worry about," said Tom McKone, another Berkeley Lab scientist.
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Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Hewlett-Packard Co. Friday disputed research published earlier this week that said some of its laser printers may be a health risk to office and home computer users. While it did not directly contest the data gathered by Australian researchers, the U.S.-based printer and computer manufacturer flatly rejected the idea that emissions pose a danger.
"We do not believe there is a link between printer emissions and any public health risk," the company said in a statement.On Wednesday, researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, published a paper detailing emission measurements of 58 laser printers inside a typical office. Emissions, believed to be related to the ultrafine powdered toner used in the printers, were tracked and the printers ranked as non-, low-, medium- or high-emitters. HP's models dominated the last category, accounting for 90 percent of the printers classified as emitting high levels of particulates.
"HP does not see an association between printer use by customers and negative health effects for volatile organic compounds, ozone or dust," the company continued in its statement. "While we recognize ultrafine, fine, and coarse particles are emitted from printing systems, these levels are consistently below recognized occupational exposure limits."
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy lab in Berkeley, Calif., agreed that it's too early to draw a line between printer emissions and health dangers.
"What we don't know is what the findings in the study mean," said Rich Sextro, an environment scientist at Berkeley Lab, in a posting on the laboratory's Web site. "Certainly our expectation is that exposures to lots of ultrafine particles probably isn't a very good thing, but we have no idea at the moment what that translates into in the real world."
The Australian study is among the first to document emissions from laser printers, but the specifics of how printers produce particles and what those particles are made of is mostly unknown -- something HP emphasized. "Testing of ultrafine particles is a very new scientific discipline," the company said. "Currently, the nature and chemical composition of such particles, whether from a laser printer or from a toaster, cannot be accurately characterized."
One thing that everyone agreed on -- even the Australian researchers -- is that more study should be done. Until a definitive link between laser printers, particulates and health risks are made, "fine particles alone are not enough to worry about," said Tom McKone, another Berkeley Lab scientist.
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Mozilla Giving Away Security Testing Tools
Mozilla is releasing some of its own security tools to the open-source community.
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Mozilla Corp. will release some of its homegrown security tools to the open-source community, the company's head of security said Wednesday, starting with a "fuzzer" it uses to pin down JavaScript bugs in Firefox.
The JavaScript fuzzer, said Window Snyder, Mozilla's security chief since last September, will be handed over Thursday morning, following a presentation at Black Hat, a two-day security conference that opened Wednesday in Las Vegas.
"We're announcing that we'll be sharing our tools with the community, and releasing the JavaScript fuzzer then," said Snyder. Other tools will follow, including fuzzers that stress-test the HTTP and FTP protocols. Those two tools, however, are not ready to offer to outsiders, largely because Mozilla wants to wrap up talks with other browser vendors before they are shared.
Fuzzing, a technique used by both white- and black-hat researchers trolling for vulnerabilities, and by developers to finger flaws in their code before it goes public, drops data into applications or operating system components to see if -- and where -- breakdowns occur. Typically, the process is automated with a fuzzer, the term for software that hammers on application inputs. The JavaScript fuzzer, Snyder said, has identified "dozens" of vulnerabilities in Firefox code.
Snyder said Firefox developers have created many tools, and though a lot of them are small, special-purpose ones, all of them could be useful to others.
"We want to make the work we're already doing available to other people and to other products" in the hope that the tools might help developers outside Mozilla spot problems in their code, she said. Snyder sees a direct benefit to Mozilla, too. The more people who bang on the tool, tweak it and modify it, the better the tools should become, she said.
She seemed unconcerned that any tool Mozilla released would prove a significant danger to users. Although hackers also use fuzzers in their vulnerability-sniffing tool kits, "the tool isn't bad or good on its own," Snyder argued. "They use debuggers all the time. Debuggers aren't bad" because of that.
Mozilla might have wished it had fuzzed Firefox a bit more over the past three weeks, when it was caught in a name-calling contest between it and Microsoft Corp. supporters. Early last month, Danish researcher Thor Larholm found what he said was a critical input-validation bug in Internet Explorer that let the browser pass potentially malicious URLs to other programs, including Firefox. He laid blame on IE, while other security experts said it was Firefox's fault.
Shortly after that, Snyder hinted that she saw the whole mess as an IE problem, but within days acknowledged that Firefox was guilty of the same behavior. "We thought this was just a problem with IE," she said July 23. "It turns out, it is a problem with Firefox as well."
Wednesday, she said that the very public disagreements between security experts as to which browser was to blame had actually been a good thing. "Debate is healthy," she said. "And if we're wrong, we say we're wrong and move on."
Mozilla updated Firefox twice in July, first on July 17 with 2.0.0.5, and then Monday when it released Version 2.0.0.6. Both updates included fixes for the URL protocol handling bug that started the brouhaha. "We weren't twiddling our thumbs during all of this," said Snyder. "We were also on the back end moving forward with fixes."
At Black Hat, Snyder and fellow Mozilla executive Mike Shaver, the company's technology strategist, also plan to discuss the new security features of Firefox 3, the major update that currently is in preview testing. Firefox 3 is expected to ship sometime this year.
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Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Mozilla Corp. will release some of its homegrown security tools to the open-source community, the company's head of security said Wednesday, starting with a "fuzzer" it uses to pin down JavaScript bugs in Firefox.The JavaScript fuzzer, said Window Snyder, Mozilla's security chief since last September, will be handed over Thursday morning, following a presentation at Black Hat, a two-day security conference that opened Wednesday in Las Vegas.
"We're announcing that we'll be sharing our tools with the community, and releasing the JavaScript fuzzer then," said Snyder. Other tools will follow, including fuzzers that stress-test the HTTP and FTP protocols. Those two tools, however, are not ready to offer to outsiders, largely because Mozilla wants to wrap up talks with other browser vendors before they are shared.
Fuzzing, a technique used by both white- and black-hat researchers trolling for vulnerabilities, and by developers to finger flaws in their code before it goes public, drops data into applications or operating system components to see if -- and where -- breakdowns occur. Typically, the process is automated with a fuzzer, the term for software that hammers on application inputs. The JavaScript fuzzer, Snyder said, has identified "dozens" of vulnerabilities in Firefox code.
Snyder said Firefox developers have created many tools, and though a lot of them are small, special-purpose ones, all of them could be useful to others.
"We want to make the work we're already doing available to other people and to other products" in the hope that the tools might help developers outside Mozilla spot problems in their code, she said. Snyder sees a direct benefit to Mozilla, too. The more people who bang on the tool, tweak it and modify it, the better the tools should become, she said.
She seemed unconcerned that any tool Mozilla released would prove a significant danger to users. Although hackers also use fuzzers in their vulnerability-sniffing tool kits, "the tool isn't bad or good on its own," Snyder argued. "They use debuggers all the time. Debuggers aren't bad" because of that.
Mozilla might have wished it had fuzzed Firefox a bit more over the past three weeks, when it was caught in a name-calling contest between it and Microsoft Corp. supporters. Early last month, Danish researcher Thor Larholm found what he said was a critical input-validation bug in Internet Explorer that let the browser pass potentially malicious URLs to other programs, including Firefox. He laid blame on IE, while other security experts said it was Firefox's fault.
Shortly after that, Snyder hinted that she saw the whole mess as an IE problem, but within days acknowledged that Firefox was guilty of the same behavior. "We thought this was just a problem with IE," she said July 23. "It turns out, it is a problem with Firefox as well."
Wednesday, she said that the very public disagreements between security experts as to which browser was to blame had actually been a good thing. "Debate is healthy," she said. "And if we're wrong, we say we're wrong and move on."
Mozilla updated Firefox twice in July, first on July 17 with 2.0.0.5, and then Monday when it released Version 2.0.0.6. Both updates included fixes for the URL protocol handling bug that started the brouhaha. "We weren't twiddling our thumbs during all of this," said Snyder. "We were also on the back end moving forward with fixes."
At Black Hat, Snyder and fellow Mozilla executive Mike Shaver, the company's technology strategist, also plan to discuss the new security features of Firefox 3, the major update that currently is in preview testing. Firefox 3 is expected to ship sometime this year.
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Microsoft to Release Free Version of Works
Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it will be rolling out a free, ad-supported version of Microsoft Works over the next few months.ADVERTISEMENT The free version, Microsoft Works SE 9, won't be distributed by Microsoft. Instead, the company's OEM partners will be responsible for the pilot deployment, according to a statement released by the company.
Microsoft decided to run the pilot, which will run for about a year across an unspecified number of "developed" countries, "in response to customer and partner needs who definitely value having productivity [applications] installed on their new PCs," said Melissa Stern, a senior product manager for Microsoft, in an interview.
The Works 9 SE software, however, will only be deployed by a limited number of OEMs. Microsoft's Stern would not name them or their number. The Works 9 SE software, however, will likely provide an inexpensive means of enticing customers to use Microsoft's low-cost Works suite, which include a word processor, database, spreadsheet, calendar and task launcher.
Microsoft Works Suite 2005
Works 9 SE (the SE is a designation, not an abbreviation, Stern said) will complement Works 9, which will be available for retail "very soon" for $39.95. Both Works 9 and Works SE are essentially identical in features and function, with the only difference the addition of advertising in the SE product, Stern said.
That advertising will be provided by Microsoft, through its partners. Ads displayed will be in conventional formats, such as a 180 x 150-pixel format. They also will be located in natural locations, she said: in the task pane, for example, the top two-thirds of the pane are used for displaying relevant information, such as recently-opened documents. The bottom third of the pane will be used to display the ad.
Accordinng to Stern, the ads served will be "relevant" to the user's activities. "We're defining who the audience is and what they're doing, such as working in budgets," she said.
"We've put a lot of thought into the implementation of advertising in Works, a lot of careful research in designing the ads in a way that's not overly intrusive," Stern added.
As one of the first major offline applications to integrate advertising, Works will have to provide relevant ads to keep its advertisers happy. However, Stern flatly denied that the software would examine the user content, whether actively -- as the user types it in -- or via saved content.
"We're serving relevant ads about what we know about Works users," Stern said. "We're not looking at content at all."
Stern declined to name the advertisers.
Editor's Note:This story was updated at 4:03 PM PDT with comments from Microsoft's Stern.
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HP India launches a New Line-up of Business Notebooks
Hewlett Packard (HP) has announced the availability of their latest line-up of business notebooks in India. The four newly launched notebooks mainly suit the business requirements. The business notebooks having the tag of standard (s), business (b), professional (p) and workstation (w) after the main model name, allows users to easily identify the feature set that best aligns with their particular needs. 
P. Raghuraman, Country Manager - Business Notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP India said, “At HP, we believe in understanding deeply the customer needs and thus developing products and solutions to suit their requirements. Hence, backed with a strong research and development team, HP is able to deliver the right mix of mobility, security and productivity to a wide range of business users.” Raghuraman continued, “Three basic principles - Ease of use, security and reliability are at the heart of every HP Business Notebook PC.”
Below is a little on each of the newly launched HP notebooks.
Falling in the ‘p’ as in ‘professional’ range of notebooks is the HP Compaq 2710p, 2510p and 6910p notebook PC.
The HP Compaq 2710p Notebook PC, weighing at about 1.65 kg, is a chic, stylish and ultra-thin convertible tablet that has a screen which is rather interesting. When twisted, the screen changes from an ultra-light notebook PC into pen-based tablet. The HP NightLight on the keyboard feature helps to enhance visibility in low light and integrated business card reader software.
The next in the series is the HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC which is the smallest and lightest business notebook starting at merely 1.3kg with an in-built optical drive. Dual-pointing devices, both a touchpad with scroll zone and point stick, offer users greater flexibility. With respect to the tablet, the Illumi-Lite display advances battery life by up to 90 minutes over a notebook with traditional backlighting.
And finally the last in the professional range is the HP Compaq 6910p Notebook PC, which packs in industry-leading battery life of up to five hours and 45 minutes. With a starting weight of only 2.0 kg, this notebook is designed for on-the-move productivity.
Coming to the next array of HP notebooks is the ‘b’ for business category of notebooks:
The HP Compaq 2200 series Notebook PC puts forth excellent mobility blended with performance and value. The super-slim notebook that sports a 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen display comes with an integrated DVD Writer etc in just 1.7Kgs.
Next in the list is the HP Compaq 6500 series Notebook PC that delivers better mobility. It incorporates a simple low profile 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen display that offers 30 percent more viewing content than the standard 15-inch diagonal XGA display.
The third one dubbed the HP Compaq 6700 series Notebook PC; it comes with large displays, value and extensive connectivity. They feature a widescreen 15.4 inch diagonal widescreen display with a choice of anti-glare or HP BrightView display options.
HP’s workstation (w) range of notebooks includes the following:
The HP Compaq 8710 series is the company’s most powerful business notebook PC and mobile workstation. Offering the highest-end, independent software vendor-certified NVIDIA 3D graphics, a high-resolution 17-inch diagonal widescreen display and a full-size keyboard with numeric pad. The 8710 series offers HP Performance Tuning Framework, which is a free, simple and convenient to use tool that guides workstation setup and custom configures workstations to better match users’ requirements.
The other one is the HP Compaq 8510 series, which is essentially a notebook PC and mobile workstation offering a variety of intense graphics from ATI and NVIDIA in a 2.77 kg highly mobile design. In addition, users can also develop, record, re-write and playback high-definition video, as well as store up to 50 GB of data, with optional Blu-ray DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive with any of the new high-performance notebook PCs and mobile workstations.
Apart from the advanced individual features, all the HP business notebooks feature HP InnoPro - a suite of hardware features and software solutions that are designed to increase security, improve ease of use and help ensure reliability. These improvements help lessen risk, boost productivity, and improve the mobile computing experience so that users can focus on their business.
Furthermore, HP’s business notebook array is one of the first to bundle the IntelR CentrinoR Pro Mobile technology, which offers built-in remote manageability and proactive security. The notebooks include HP ProtectTools security solution, a family of business PC security features such as Embedded Security, Smart Card Security, Credential Manager, Security Manager, and BIOS Configuration security enhancements. These solutions make it possible for users to experience performance and mobility while protecting the notebook, safeguarding both data and network connections from unauthorized access. HP integrates features such as HP DuraKeys, which are up to 50 times more resistant to visible wear than competitor keyboards without it. The notebooks sport easy-to-access features such as HP QuickLook, which with a touch of a button allows users to browse email, calendars and contact information in as little as ten seconds.
The latest line-up of the HP business notebooks start from Rs 24,990 and go up to Rs 1,49,990 (excluding taxes) and is available throughout India.
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P. Raghuraman, Country Manager - Business Notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP India said, “At HP, we believe in understanding deeply the customer needs and thus developing products and solutions to suit their requirements. Hence, backed with a strong research and development team, HP is able to deliver the right mix of mobility, security and productivity to a wide range of business users.” Raghuraman continued, “Three basic principles - Ease of use, security and reliability are at the heart of every HP Business Notebook PC.”Below is a little on each of the newly launched HP notebooks.
Falling in the ‘p’ as in ‘professional’ range of notebooks is the HP Compaq 2710p, 2510p and 6910p notebook PC.
The HP Compaq 2710p Notebook PC, weighing at about 1.65 kg, is a chic, stylish and ultra-thin convertible tablet that has a screen which is rather interesting. When twisted, the screen changes from an ultra-light notebook PC into pen-based tablet. The HP NightLight on the keyboard feature helps to enhance visibility in low light and integrated business card reader software.
The next in the series is the HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC which is the smallest and lightest business notebook starting at merely 1.3kg with an in-built optical drive. Dual-pointing devices, both a touchpad with scroll zone and point stick, offer users greater flexibility. With respect to the tablet, the Illumi-Lite display advances battery life by up to 90 minutes over a notebook with traditional backlighting.
And finally the last in the professional range is the HP Compaq 6910p Notebook PC, which packs in industry-leading battery life of up to five hours and 45 minutes. With a starting weight of only 2.0 kg, this notebook is designed for on-the-move productivity.
Coming to the next array of HP notebooks is the ‘b’ for business category of notebooks:
The HP Compaq 2200 series Notebook PC puts forth excellent mobility blended with performance and value. The super-slim notebook that sports a 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen display comes with an integrated DVD Writer etc in just 1.7Kgs.
Next in the list is the HP Compaq 6500 series Notebook PC that delivers better mobility. It incorporates a simple low profile 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen display that offers 30 percent more viewing content than the standard 15-inch diagonal XGA display.
The third one dubbed the HP Compaq 6700 series Notebook PC; it comes with large displays, value and extensive connectivity. They feature a widescreen 15.4 inch diagonal widescreen display with a choice of anti-glare or HP BrightView display options.
HP’s workstation (w) range of notebooks includes the following:
The HP Compaq 8710 series is the company’s most powerful business notebook PC and mobile workstation. Offering the highest-end, independent software vendor-certified NVIDIA 3D graphics, a high-resolution 17-inch diagonal widescreen display and a full-size keyboard with numeric pad. The 8710 series offers HP Performance Tuning Framework, which is a free, simple and convenient to use tool that guides workstation setup and custom configures workstations to better match users’ requirements.
The other one is the HP Compaq 8510 series, which is essentially a notebook PC and mobile workstation offering a variety of intense graphics from ATI and NVIDIA in a 2.77 kg highly mobile design. In addition, users can also develop, record, re-write and playback high-definition video, as well as store up to 50 GB of data, with optional Blu-ray DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive with any of the new high-performance notebook PCs and mobile workstations.
Apart from the advanced individual features, all the HP business notebooks feature HP InnoPro - a suite of hardware features and software solutions that are designed to increase security, improve ease of use and help ensure reliability. These improvements help lessen risk, boost productivity, and improve the mobile computing experience so that users can focus on their business.
Furthermore, HP’s business notebook array is one of the first to bundle the IntelR CentrinoR Pro Mobile technology, which offers built-in remote manageability and proactive security. The notebooks include HP ProtectTools security solution, a family of business PC security features such as Embedded Security, Smart Card Security, Credential Manager, Security Manager, and BIOS Configuration security enhancements. These solutions make it possible for users to experience performance and mobility while protecting the notebook, safeguarding both data and network connections from unauthorized access. HP integrates features such as HP DuraKeys, which are up to 50 times more resistant to visible wear than competitor keyboards without it. The notebooks sport easy-to-access features such as HP QuickLook, which with a touch of a button allows users to browse email, calendars and contact information in as little as ten seconds.
The latest line-up of the HP business notebooks start from Rs 24,990 and go up to Rs 1,49,990 (excluding taxes) and is available throughout India.
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Office Laser Printers as harmful to Lungs as Cigarette Smoking is
The ubiquitous laser printer used at your office or even in your home could in fact be a silent killer. A new study conducted by Australian scientists claims that certain laser printers pose as a health risk because of the tiny particles of toner-like material that are released into the air. 
The Australian scientists from the Queensland University of Technology have also said that such office laser printers could damage the lungs in pretty much the same way that smoke particles from cigarettes do.
For the study, the researchers studied a range of printer models and found that around a third of them emit potentially dangerous levels of toner particles into the air. Such miniscule particles may cause health problems, ranging from respiratory irritation to more severe illnesses like cardiovascular problems or even cancer.
The report also stated that one of the printers released particles into an experimental chamber at a rate comparable to the particle emissions from cigarette smoking.
During the study, Lidia Morawska, Ph.D and her colleagues in Australia classified 17 out of 62 printers as “high particle emitters” because they released such elevated quantities of particles.
Along with this rather bad news, here is some seemingly good news. 37 out of the 62 printers released no particles that diminished air quality, while six of them released only low levels, and 2 medium levels.
Interestingly, the study included commonly used printers such as those from Canon, HP Color Laserjet, Ricoh and Toshiba. The study was conducted in an open office, so as to reproduce “a real life” environment.
According to Morawska, indoor particle levels in the office air increased five-fold during working hours due to excessive printer use.
The study also found that printers emitted more particles when operating with new toner cartridges, and when printing graphics and images that require greater quantities of toner.
However, the study has not offered any definitive proof, and has concluded that more research of printers on the health effects is needed.
“By all means, this is an important indoor source of pollution. There should be regulations,” Morawska concluded.
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The Australian scientists from the Queensland University of Technology have also said that such office laser printers could damage the lungs in pretty much the same way that smoke particles from cigarettes do.
For the study, the researchers studied a range of printer models and found that around a third of them emit potentially dangerous levels of toner particles into the air. Such miniscule particles may cause health problems, ranging from respiratory irritation to more severe illnesses like cardiovascular problems or even cancer.
The report also stated that one of the printers released particles into an experimental chamber at a rate comparable to the particle emissions from cigarette smoking.
During the study, Lidia Morawska, Ph.D and her colleagues in Australia classified 17 out of 62 printers as “high particle emitters” because they released such elevated quantities of particles.
Along with this rather bad news, here is some seemingly good news. 37 out of the 62 printers released no particles that diminished air quality, while six of them released only low levels, and 2 medium levels.
Interestingly, the study included commonly used printers such as those from Canon, HP Color Laserjet, Ricoh and Toshiba. The study was conducted in an open office, so as to reproduce “a real life” environment.
According to Morawska, indoor particle levels in the office air increased five-fold during working hours due to excessive printer use.
The study also found that printers emitted more particles when operating with new toner cartridges, and when printing graphics and images that require greater quantities of toner.
However, the study has not offered any definitive proof, and has concluded that more research of printers on the health effects is needed.
“By all means, this is an important indoor source of pollution. There should be regulations,” Morawska concluded.
source:techshout.com
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Vista Hotfix Packs Leak to Web
Windows Vista hotfixes leak to the Internet after being offered to Windows Server 2008 beta testers this weekend.
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Two substantial collections of Windows Vista hotfixes leaked to the Internet after being offered to Windows Server 2008 beta testers this weekend, leading some users to speculate that the pair are actually the foundation of the future Service Pack 1 (SP1) release for the OS.
Labeled "Vista Performance and Reliability Pack" and "Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack," the two updates feature a long list of non-security-related bug fixes, including those that improve Vista's resumption after sleep or hibernation, boost the speed of copying or moving large directories, prevent some memory corruption problems, bolster the reliability of systems upgraded from XP to Vista and increase compatibility with video drivers.
"These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support or other means," the two packs' release notes said. "Installing this update will improve the performance and responsiveness of some scenarios, and improves reliability of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios."
Some Vista users commenting on several of the blogs and forums covering the hotfixes -- a message thread on nVNews appeared to have been the first -- theorized that the packs would be the core of SP1, the service pack Microsoft has been both reluctant to talk about and eager to downplay.
Some of the fixes called out in the release notes seem to point in that direction, since they describe issues and patches already posted to the Microsoft support site. The item pegged as "resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when resuming from sleep mode," for example, is likely the same as an April 24 Vista fix.
The AeroXperience site even posted results of early testing of the packs' performance. According to a write-up here, systems updated with the Vista Performance and Reliability Pack copied large-sized folders in less than half the time as unpatched machines.
As of Monday afternoon, the fix packs were still accessible on at least one non-Microsoft download site. The performance pack update weighed in at 10GB, while the compatibility pack was considerably smaller, at around 2GB.
Although it may seem odd that the fix packs were released to Windows Server 2008 testers, that operating system -- scheduled to launch early next year -- shares code, particularly in the kernel, with Vista.
Microsoft did not reply to a series of questions about the fix packs, whether they are part of an already ongoing test of Vista SP1, or whether they would be issued in an upcoming release from Microsoft Update. The company often uses the one-a-month security patch schedule to also roll out other hotfixes; the next date is Aug. 14, two weeks from tomorrow.
source:pcworld.com
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Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Two substantial collections of Windows Vista hotfixes leaked to the Internet after being offered to Windows Server 2008 beta testers this weekend, leading some users to speculate that the pair are actually the foundation of the future Service Pack 1 (SP1) release for the OS.
Labeled "Vista Performance and Reliability Pack" and "Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack," the two updates feature a long list of non-security-related bug fixes, including those that improve Vista's resumption after sleep or hibernation, boost the speed of copying or moving large directories, prevent some memory corruption problems, bolster the reliability of systems upgraded from XP to Vista and increase compatibility with video drivers.
"These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support or other means," the two packs' release notes said. "Installing this update will improve the performance and responsiveness of some scenarios, and improves reliability of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios."
Some Vista users commenting on several of the blogs and forums covering the hotfixes -- a message thread on nVNews appeared to have been the first -- theorized that the packs would be the core of SP1, the service pack Microsoft has been both reluctant to talk about and eager to downplay.
Some of the fixes called out in the release notes seem to point in that direction, since they describe issues and patches already posted to the Microsoft support site. The item pegged as "resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when resuming from sleep mode," for example, is likely the same as an April 24 Vista fix.
The AeroXperience site even posted results of early testing of the packs' performance. According to a write-up here, systems updated with the Vista Performance and Reliability Pack copied large-sized folders in less than half the time as unpatched machines.
As of Monday afternoon, the fix packs were still accessible on at least one non-Microsoft download site. The performance pack update weighed in at 10GB, while the compatibility pack was considerably smaller, at around 2GB.
Although it may seem odd that the fix packs were released to Windows Server 2008 testers, that operating system -- scheduled to launch early next year -- shares code, particularly in the kernel, with Vista.
Microsoft did not reply to a series of questions about the fix packs, whether they are part of an already ongoing test of Vista SP1, or whether they would be issued in an upcoming release from Microsoft Update. The company often uses the one-a-month security patch schedule to also roll out other hotfixes; the next date is Aug. 14, two weeks from tomorrow.
source:pcworld.com
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Logitech Unveils 'Wave' Design For Keyboards
Logitech has unveiled a new design for its keyboard range of products, which deviate from the standard “straight” into a wave format. Logitech says this new format will allow users to work longer hours with reduced stress and will not require them to retrain to a new method of input. The new keyboards that have been introduced are the Logitech Wave Keyboard and Cordless Desktop wave.
As compared to straight keyboards, there are 3 features that set these new curve keyboards apart. These features include a wave key-frame design, a U-shaped constant curve, and a cushioned, contoured palm rest to help users achieve a new level of comfort while working.
“With the increased awareness and demand for comfort in our day-to-day lives, Logitech’s new products offer a timely solution,” said Denis Pavillard, vice president of product marketing for Logitech’s keyboards and desktops. “According to a study at Harvard, for Logitech, the average person types approximately 2 million keystrokes every year. That’s equal to 200 hours of typing. The Logitech Wave Comfort Design will delight people by offering the perfect balance of comfort and usability.”
The Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave keyboard-and-mouse combination is expected to be available worldwide beginning in late August and will have a suggested retail price of $89.99 (U.S.). The corded Logitech Wave Keyboard is expected to be available worldwide beginning in October and will have a suggested retail price of $49.99 (U.S.)
source:tech2.com
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As compared to straight keyboards, there are 3 features that set these new curve keyboards apart. These features include a wave key-frame design, a U-shaped constant curve, and a cushioned, contoured palm rest to help users achieve a new level of comfort while working.
“With the increased awareness and demand for comfort in our day-to-day lives, Logitech’s new products offer a timely solution,” said Denis Pavillard, vice president of product marketing for Logitech’s keyboards and desktops. “According to a study at Harvard, for Logitech, the average person types approximately 2 million keystrokes every year. That’s equal to 200 hours of typing. The Logitech Wave Comfort Design will delight people by offering the perfect balance of comfort and usability.”
The Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave keyboard-and-mouse combination is expected to be available worldwide beginning in late August and will have a suggested retail price of $89.99 (U.S.). The corded Logitech Wave Keyboard is expected to be available worldwide beginning in October and will have a suggested retail price of $49.99 (U.S.)
source:tech2.com
Dell's New Indian Plant Starts Operation
The new facility, with an initial production capacity of 400,000 desktops a year, will focus on addressing the booming Indian PC market.John Ribeiro, IDG News Service
Dell Inc. has started production at its new manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, India, the company said Monday.
The new facility, with an initial production capacity of 400,000 desktops a year, will focus on addressing the booming Indian PC market. Dell plans to invest about US$30 million over five years in the plant.
Located near Chennai in southern India, it joins Dell's two other Asian manufacturing operations in Penang, Malaysia, and Xiamen, China.
Earlier this year, Dell began manufacturing at a new facility in Brazil, with another scheduled to open in Poland later this year.
India's PC market exceeded 5 million units last year, posting a 25 percent cent year-on-year growth in unit shipments, according to research firm IDC (India) Ltd. in Gurgaon.
Last week, Lenovo Group Ltd. announced plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Baddi in northern India. It will be the company's second facility in the country. The other plant in Pondicherry in the southern part of the country came to Lenovo after the company acquired IBM Corp.'s PC business in 2005.
The two facilities in India will help Lenovo better service both the northern and southern parts of India, a spokeswoman for Lenovo said.
The new facility in Himachal Pradesh, to be operational later this year, will make both notebook and desktop computers with a production capacity of 2 million units a year.
Hewlett-Packard Co. also runs two manufacturing facilities in India. The Bangalore facility in southern India has a capacity of 75,000 units a year, according to a spokeswoman. The one in Uttaranchal in the northern part of the country, which started production in March, has a capacity of 500,000 units a year.
SOURCE:PCWORLD.COM
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