Your computer stores more information than you think. All over your hard drive there is information about the sites you have visited, files opened, people you emailed.Don’t you think you need a program to completely “clean” your system at the click of a button?
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Easy CD-DA Extractor
Easy CD-DA Extractor is a powerful all-in-one audio software which rips audio CDs, converts audio files from one format to another and creates audio CDs.
Easy CD-DA Extractor supports following audio file formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, Windows Media Audio 8, Windows Media Audio 9, Windows Media Audio 9.1, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, VQF, WAV, AIFF, Monkey’s Audio, and Shorten. Also, the Nero Digital (Nero AAC) is supported if you have the Nero Burning ROM installed on your computer.Easy CD-DA Extractor actually contains three separate programs:•
Audio CD Ripper - Rips audio CD’s.• Audio File Format Converter - Converts audio files from one format to another.• Audio CD Creator - Creates audio CD’s from audio files.Features of Easy CD-DA Extractor 10 :• Audio CD Ripper features :- Hi-performance multithreaded buffered CD-ripping & encoding- Copies “Copy-Protected” CDs- Error Recovery, reads audio from badly scratched CDs-
Download and upload disc information from/to the freedb, the Internet Compact Disc Database.- Volume Normalizer and Compressor- Fade In/Out- Silence deletion from the start and end of a song- Reads CD-Text- Output Formats: MP3, Windows Media Audio 8 and 9, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, VQF, WAV, AIFF, Monkey’s Audio, and any command line encoder•
Audio File Format Converter features :- Volume Normalizer- Volume Compressor- Fade In/Out- Silence deletion from the start and end of a song- Input formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, WAV, Shorten, and Monkey’s Audio- Output Formats: MP3, Windows Media Audio 8 and 9, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, VQF, WAV, AIFF, and Monkey’s Audio, and any command line encoder• Audio CD Creator features:-
Supports all CD-recorders without need to update the program when a new CD-recorder becomes available, all CD-recorder parameters are automatically detected!- Writes CD-Text- Supports buffer underrun prevention technologies- Input Formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, WAV, and Monkey’s Audio
Easy CD-DA Extractor v10.0.6.3
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Easy CD-DA Extractor supports following audio file formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, Windows Media Audio 8, Windows Media Audio 9, Windows Media Audio 9.1, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, VQF, WAV, AIFF, Monkey’s Audio, and Shorten. Also, the Nero Digital (Nero AAC) is supported if you have the Nero Burning ROM installed on your computer.Easy CD-DA Extractor actually contains three separate programs:•
Audio CD Ripper - Rips audio CD’s.• Audio File Format Converter - Converts audio files from one format to another.• Audio CD Creator - Creates audio CD’s from audio files.Features of Easy CD-DA Extractor 10 :• Audio CD Ripper features :- Hi-performance multithreaded buffered CD-ripping & encoding- Copies “Copy-Protected” CDs- Error Recovery, reads audio from badly scratched CDs-
Download and upload disc information from/to the freedb, the Internet Compact Disc Database.- Volume Normalizer and Compressor- Fade In/Out- Silence deletion from the start and end of a song- Reads CD-Text- Output Formats: MP3, Windows Media Audio 8 and 9, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, VQF, WAV, AIFF, Monkey’s Audio, and any command line encoder•
Audio File Format Converter features :- Volume Normalizer- Volume Compressor- Fade In/Out- Silence deletion from the start and end of a song- Input formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, WAV, Shorten, and Monkey’s Audio- Output Formats: MP3, Windows Media Audio 8 and 9, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, VQF, WAV, AIFF, and Monkey’s Audio, and any command line encoder• Audio CD Creator features:-
Supports all CD-recorders without need to update the program when a new CD-recorder becomes available, all CD-recorder parameters are automatically detected!- Writes CD-Text- Supports buffer underrun prevention technologies- Input Formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, WAV, and Monkey’s Audio
Easy CD-DA Extractor v10.0.6.3
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McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise v8.5sa Engine v5100.019
Neutralize spyware before it takes root and spreads! Protect your users and systems from spyware programs before they get a foothold. McAfee® AntiSpyware uses on-access scanning technology to detect spyware programs and prevent them from installing.
McAfee Anti-Spyware Enterprise uses true On-Access scanning to proactively block, identify and safely eliminate applications such as spyware, adware, keyloggers, cookies and remote-control programs.
And it is part of the McAfee Protection-in-Depth Strategy that provides security from the edge of the network to PCs and Servers.Protect your business from all types of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) using the unique on-access scanning technology of McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise.
Unlike other anti-spyware software that deals with spyware after the fact, AntiSpyware Enterprise catches it before it installs.Using behavioral-based methods and daily registry-signature updates, AntiSpyware Enterprise finds and blocks both known and unknown spyware. Your AntiSpyware Enterprise PUP database is maintained by McAfee® AVERT® Labs, the world’s top threat research center.
AntiSpyware Enterprise can integrate with McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise to give you spyware and virus protection using a common scanning engine for easiest management and high system performance.Benefits:• Detects and keeps spyware out.You can block and defeat spyware before it can install and spread by using AntiSpyware’s unique on-access scanning technology• Find and stop unknown spyware.
You can’t just wait for updated spyware signature files; AntiSpyware’s behavioral-based technology detects and blocks unknown spyware based on how it acts• Stop the latest known spyware.AntiSpyware’s signature files are updated daily from McAfee® AVERT® LabsProduct Features:• On-access scanning.
Detect and block spyware before it installs and spreads; scan processes and files running in memory to neutralize them before they take root; removing one process in memory is faster and than trying to remove dozens of installed applications• Stop spyware and viruses efficiently.You can stop both spyware and viruses by integrating AntiSpyware Enterprise with McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise; they share a single scanning engine to reduce system overhead and increase system performance• Scan for spyware in the registry and files.It blocks annoying spyware reinstallation because AntiSpyware scans for both registry entries and files; by doing so, it removes top security threats and adware popups
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Imageon That: 3D-Accelerated Cellphones
OK, so we've looked at AMD's Imageon 3D chip for cellphones before; that headline pun, alas, demanded life. The chipmaker did have the thing on show this week at CTIA, however, giving the world its first look at mockup phones carrying the low-power gaming GPU.
Larger than normal phones and, apparently, having a "prototype look to them," the Imageon 238X was shown running a smooth-looking demo of Sudeki, an Xbox game, on a handset with a 320x240 screen. This reminds me of my 1996 Quake days. Imageon can also decode DVD-quality video and sends whatever it's doing to a picture-in-picture box when a call comes in. Sudeki at 80x60? Good luck!
AMD Imageon Powers Up Cellphone Graphics [PC Mag]
Larger than normal phones and, apparently, having a "prototype look to them," the Imageon 238X was shown running a smooth-looking demo of Sudeki, an Xbox game, on a handset with a 320x240 screen. This reminds me of my 1996 Quake days. Imageon can also decode DVD-quality video and sends whatever it's doing to a picture-in-picture box when a call comes in. Sudeki at 80x60? Good luck!
AMD Imageon Powers Up Cellphone Graphics [PC Mag]
Apple's iPhone releasing on June 11?
According to CNET, Cingular [aka, the new AT&T] has "confirmed" June 11 as the release date for Apple's iPhone. Keep in mind that confirmation in this case is unofficial as it supposedly comes from a front-line sales support person. See, after a call to Cingular's customer service, CNET was transfered to sales where they were told of the magical date. Of course, all this makes perfect sense as the 11th also marks the kickoff of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference where Steve and Co have been proven keen to announce their wares before.
HP StorageWorks Media Vault Pro
Late last year, HP hit us up with its first venture into the world of NAS, and just as Q1 winds down and Q2 impatiently begins, the outfit is hoping to attract the attention of up and coming small business owners. The StorageWorks Media Vault Pro is one of the dozen or so products briefly (and we do mean briefly) introduced in its latest small biz lineup, and aside from the elegant image we left to stare at, we really don't know much else. Reportedly, the drive ratchets up to 1TB in size, will ring up just under a grand, and provides the obligatory "expandable network storage and enhanced protection services" that all the competitors do, but alas, we've no idea when HP plans on launching these things into hectic startup offices.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Pink Mobile Phones
Pink fetish, Pink Mobile Phones, Pink Headphones , Pink Laptop Covers and now a Pink Zune. Looks like dear old Microsoft wants to entice woman to fall in love with their Zunes..Will it work ? I don’t know. My wife still loves her MP3 playing Sony Ericsson W800i and she will only get a Pink Zune if I buy her one. So go figure. The Pink Zune goes for $249.99 at 30Gb capacity via ebgames
E-Ten Glofiish X800
E-Ten Glofiish X800 is a PDA phone supporting 3G and HSDPA. The Glofiish (not goldfish)X800 has a VGA LCD touchscreen, a 2 Megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth. The Glofiish X800 runs on the Windows Mobile 6 OS. It is expected to be available before summer for about $850-$900.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
New ReflexBlu Line of Blu-Ray Tower Duplicators
If you need the high storage capability of Blu-Ray discs, this new ReflexBlu duplicators are the most competitively-priced duplicators available on the market. Who knows, you may really have too many divx movies in your hard disk and its filling up fast.
Disc Makers, a leading manufacturer of CD and DVD duplicators, today launches its first Blu-Ray compatible tower duplicators, the ReflexBlu2 and ReflexBlu4. The competitively priced ReflexBlu line gives users the ability to create, edit, and duplicate customized Blu-Ray discs (BD-Rs), DVD-Rs, and CD-Rs all in one piece of equipment. Blu-Ray discs (BD-Rs) have five times more storage capacity than DVDs: Single layer BD-Rs hold up to 25GB and Dual Layer BD-Rs up to 50 GB.
The ReflexBlu2 — priced at $2,999 — has a throughput capacity (duplication capacity) of 2 full BD-Rs per hour, 4 full DVD-Rs per hour, and 7 full CD-Rs per hour. The ReflexBlu4 — priced at $4,999 — has a throughput capacity of 4 full BD-Rs per hour, 8 full DVD-Rs per hour, and 14 full CD-Rs per hour. Each unit also includes a complete disc creation software suite, USB connectivity allowing access to one drive for mastering and playback, and a 250GB hard drive that can store up to 9 full BD images.
Coolermaster CSX PC Casings
This Coolermaster CSX PC Casings are really hot looking. Perfect for any gamer or design freak, they will be the centre piece of attraction when guests drop by your house. Cooler Master has been teasing visitors to its Web site over the last few weeks with promises of revealing the mysterious “CSX.” Now the component maker has launched a special site for CSX, which features some sweet-looking graphics but doesn’t offer much info beyond a couple of case photos and a pre-order form.
The Kingmax Super Stick USB flash drive goes to 4GB
What makes the most attractive, irresistible gift?
The Kingmax Super Stick USB flash drive, which took the Taiwan USB flash drive market by storm in 2006, was not only a big hit with consumers but also the designated corporate gift for many major companies.
With the success of the promotional campaign in 2006, Kingmax Super Stick USB flash drive brings to local consumers a brand new technology experience and understanding. Who would know that such technology could be so trendy! Its cool white high-tech design makes it the perfect match to your stylish look, and the ideal choice for work, school or just having fun.
In 2007, Kingmax Super Stick – the world’s tiniest USB flash drive, will achieve an even greater amazing feat. Kingmax’s proprietary semiconductor PIP packaging technology will enable the ultra mini USB flash drive to provide up to 4GB storage capacity. Continuing the signature high quality of Kingmax products, the Kingmax Super Stick 4GB USB flash drive offers users an incredible experience.
In 2007, Kingmax Super Stick USB flash drive will sport new features through software and media industry collaboration. For instance, the drive will come equipped with a well-known antivirus software, providing users with antivirus and anti-hacking protection anytime and anywhere.
This protection will reduce the risk of security issues that come with portability. Recently, Kingmas has also partnered with a renowned local online game company to debut a limited edition Super Stick that is tied in with a major game launch in 2007.
Built-in game installation software, free trial game account and virtual treasures are just some of the numerous surprises that are firsts for the industry. Furthermore, all Kingmax Super Stick USB flash drives, from 512MB to 4GB, have been certified by Microsoft to support Vista ReadyBoost.
When used with PCs and notebooks running on Microsoft’s Vista operating system, it can effectively improve performance between 30~40%. With its high-tech fashionable design and improved performance, Kingmax Super Stick 4GB USB flash drive is indisputably your best choice.
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Monday, March 5, 2007
ECHOBOX (Windows)
A workspace explorer for managing design, revisions, annotations, and comments.
URLECHOBOX (Windows)
Thirteen23.com/labs/winfx/echobox/index.html
Design is hard to manage when you are constantly trading assets via email. In the design world, this is often a bottleneck in the design process.
Enter echobox: a small workspace explorer for managing design, revisions, annotations, and comments. Just drag and drop to copy your files up to the server and people connected to echobox using the same ftp site will stay in sync and be able to participate in your workspaces.
URLECHOBOX (Windows)
Thirteen23.com/labs/winfx/echobox/index.html
Design is hard to manage when you are constantly trading assets via email. In the design world, this is often a bottleneck in the design process.
Enter echobox: a small workspace explorer for managing design, revisions, annotations, and comments. Just drag and drop to copy your files up to the server and people connected to echobox using the same ftp site will stay in sync and be able to participate in your workspaces.
iLike (Windows, Mac)
A music recommendation engine for iTunes.
URL
iLike (Windows, Mac)
http://ilike.com/
Discover New MusicCheck out what your friends are listening to, browse the libraries of people with similar tastes, and get Free MP3 downloads by new artists matched to your own music tastes.
Share and CompareShare music libraries with your friends, browse and sample their most played songs, and compare your compatibility scores.
Get the iLike Sidebar for iTunesAuto-organize your iTunes library, share your music tastes with friends, and get music recommendations directly in iTunes.
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iLike (Windows, Mac)
http://ilike.com/
Discover New MusicCheck out what your friends are listening to, browse the libraries of people with similar tastes, and get Free MP3 downloads by new artists matched to your own music tastes.
Share and CompareShare music libraries with your friends, browse and sample their most played songs, and compare your compatibility scores.
Get the iLike Sidebar for iTunesAuto-organize your iTunes library, share your music tastes with friends, and get music recommendations directly in iTunes.
More Motion Web Express (Windows)
A Easy and Advanced HTML Editor.
URL
More Motion Web Express (Windows)
Download.com/MoreMotion-Web-Express/
MoreMotion Web Express is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that enables users to develop Web sites and their pages without knowing HTML. The program can be extended with compile-time functions and library elements. MoreMotion Web Express also allows experienced users to enter HTML code and ASP/JSP/PHP tags to let them build professional dynamic applications.
The key features are real WYSIWYG design, powerful design tools (align, size, dock, anchors, and usage restrictions), extensibility and reusability through library elements, page templates, advanced theme support, DHTML events, an integrated JavaScript editor, an integrated image-map editor, a Web-safe color palette, graphic text (especially useful for creating buttons), compile-time functions, broken-links checking, and an integrated FTP client.
URL
More Motion Web Express (Windows)
Download.com/MoreMotion-Web-Express/
MoreMotion Web Express is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that enables users to develop Web sites and their pages without knowing HTML. The program can be extended with compile-time functions and library elements. MoreMotion Web Express also allows experienced users to enter HTML code and ASP/JSP/PHP tags to let them build professional dynamic applications.
The key features are real WYSIWYG design, powerful design tools (align, size, dock, anchors, and usage restrictions), extensibility and reusability through library elements, page templates, advanced theme support, DHTML events, an integrated JavaScript editor, an integrated image-map editor, a Web-safe color palette, graphic text (especially useful for creating buttons), compile-time functions, broken-links checking, and an integrated FTP client.
iDump (Windows)
Copy music off of your iPod.
URL
iDump (Windows)
Download.com/iDump
This program will allow you to transfer your songs of your iPod to a PC. iDump does come wrapped in a installer but you can simply drop the .exe in the root directory on your iPod and run it from there. Connect you iPod and run iDump and you'll have access to all your songs, select the songs you want to transfer then pick a destination directory and how you would like your songs to be named. And then sit back and transfer all the selected songs to the PC.
URL
iDump (Windows)
Download.com/iDump
This program will allow you to transfer your songs of your iPod to a PC. iDump does come wrapped in a installer but you can simply drop the .exe in the root directory on your iPod and run it from there. Connect you iPod and run iDump and you'll have access to all your songs, select the songs you want to transfer then pick a destination directory and how you would like your songs to be named. And then sit back and transfer all the selected songs to the PC.
Desktop Curtain (Mac OS X)
Hide all the clutter on the desktop.
URL
Desktop Curtain (Mac OS X)Petermaurer.de
Desktop Curtain displays your favorite desktop picture just in front of your real desktop, so you won't have to clean up each time you need to take a screenshot.
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Desktop Curtain (Mac OS X)Petermaurer.de
Desktop Curtain displays your favorite desktop picture just in front of your real desktop, so you won't have to clean up each time you need to take a screenshot.
VDownloader (Windows)
A batch downloader for flash video websites.
URLV Downloader (Windows)Comunidad.uem.es
VDownloader allows you to download videos from Youtube, Google video and Grinvi to your computer, saving them in AVI or MPG format.
URLV Downloader (Windows)Comunidad.uem.es
VDownloader allows you to download videos from Youtube, Google video and Grinvi to your computer, saving them in AVI or MPG format.
Desktop Earth 2 (Windows)
A dynamic wallpaper that changes with the day.
URLDesktop Earth 2 (Windows)Download.com/3000-20-10513308.html
Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you're logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as it would be seen from space at that precise moment.
Images are created from high-resolution textures (2560x1280) so it's perfect for that QSXGA display - but they work on anything, even on SVGA. There is an image for every month to accurately depict snow and foliage changes, and the night view is simply stunning.
URLDesktop Earth 2 (Windows)Download.com/3000-20-10513308.html
Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you're logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as it would be seen from space at that precise moment.
Images are created from high-resolution textures (2560x1280) so it's perfect for that QSXGA display - but they work on anything, even on SVGA. There is an image for every month to accurately depict snow and foliage changes, and the night view is simply stunning.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Terratec Cinergy XS TV card
Product : Terratec Cinergy XS TV card
Price : RM550
A TV cunningly disguised as a memory stick – only the flaming great aerial trailing from its backside gives it away
Ahh the halcyon days of portable tellies – tiny Casio screens, dodgy tuning dials and stonking great telescopic aerials that could bring down low flying aircraft.Strangely they never really caught on in a big way but now there is another option for TV on the go: the laptop USB tuner.
This one, fresh in at John Lewis, is particularly pocketable at barely bigger than a memory stick. It's strangely aesthetically pleasing too; at least compared to the black brick designs we’re used to.
On board is a Freeview DVB-T tuner and good old analogue for when digital reception dips. Speaking of which, it comes with both a mini portable aerial and an adaptor to plug into the wall for when you're back at base or near a handy hotel room socket.Surprisingly fully featured, it packs Teletext, timeshifting and a DVR limited only by the size of your lappy's hard drive. A full remote (several times larger than the actual device) is also included along with PowerCinema 4.0 for burning recordings to DVD. Oh, and it's Vista certified too. read more
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Sagem H4 Bluetooth
Product : Sagem H4 Bluetooth
Price : RM 343 or USD 98
Description : World Smallest Bluetooth
Here's the perfect partner to Mogo's tiny Bluetooth dongle, it’s Sagem’s H4 – which claims to be the smallest Bluetooth headset on Earth.Not surprisingly we value our time too much to verify that claim, and at just 35mm long, 18 across and 13 deep, we value our eyesight too, but we'll go as far as to say that it is mighty small.
Weighing just 8g it's unlikely to be much of a drag on your lugs either.Voice recognition dialling is still crammed in, as are two extra buttons for one-touch dialling of your two favourite souls – that'll be Mamma’s Pizza and Mr Kebab then.
It takes a mere hour and a half to charge its tiny cells that manage five hours of talktime or 100 hours on standby, after which it doubles as an attractive earring.
Moto's T305 Bluetooth
Product : Motorola T305, Jabra SP500, Nokia HF-33W, Parrot Easydrive
Price : RM 340 or USD 98
Desciption : Moto's touting its T305 (pictured) with built in loudspeaker and handy car visor
clip. A Jabra SP500, Nokia HF-33W or Parrot Easydrive – which has external
controls and mic .
Pernah tak anda kena saman kerana memandu sambil guna Handphone....
RM 300 saman dia...hoi... Saya memang dap pernah kena lah tapi nasib baik dapat kowtim lah..
Tapi ia bukannya soal saman saja tapi ia juga melibatkan soal keselamatan.
memang terbukti bahawa satu tangan diguna untuk menggunakan hadphone ini boleh mendatangkan mudarat bukan saja untuk pemandunya tetapi juga kepada pengguna jalan raya yang lain.
saya dah tak buat kesalahan itu lagi mujur saya dah beli bluetooth, tapi yang malasnya nak pakai benda ala ini kat telinga ...benci betul..
Tapi sekarang ini ada bluetooth yang boleh lekat kat kereta saja... Tapi mahal juga harganya...
Keselamatan lebih penting betul tak...
Price : RM 340 or USD 98
Desciption : Moto's touting its T305 (pictured) with built in loudspeaker and handy car visor
clip. A Jabra SP500, Nokia HF-33W or Parrot Easydrive – which has external
controls and mic .
Pernah tak anda kena saman kerana memandu sambil guna Handphone....
RM 300 saman dia...hoi... Saya memang dap pernah kena lah tapi nasib baik dapat kowtim lah..
Tapi ia bukannya soal saman saja tapi ia juga melibatkan soal keselamatan.
memang terbukti bahawa satu tangan diguna untuk menggunakan hadphone ini boleh mendatangkan mudarat bukan saja untuk pemandunya tetapi juga kepada pengguna jalan raya yang lain.
saya dah tak buat kesalahan itu lagi mujur saya dah beli bluetooth, tapi yang malasnya nak pakai benda ala ini kat telinga ...benci betul..
Tapi sekarang ini ada bluetooth yang boleh lekat kat kereta saja... Tapi mahal juga harganya...
Keselamatan lebih penting betul tak...
Friday, February 23, 2007
Finger Touching Mobile
Let your fingers do the talking with this winning entry to 2007's list of iF Design Awards winners. Up under the Consumer Electronics/Telecommunications category is contender Sunman Kwon of Korea's Hong-ik University with the Finger Touching Wearable Mobile Phone concept. For the record, there've been a number of attempts by others to utilize the hand as an interface, from NTT DoCoMo's FingerWhisper handset to the Ring Phone.
This one joins the league of extraordinary "hand" phones, with the idea of a wearable mobile glove that slips onto your hand, then like a Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard, projects a 3 x 4 mobile keypad onto your fingers. Each joint makes up a button. Of course, this totally negates any possibility of handsfree yakking or picking your nose with your phone hand. 
Sony VAIO VGN-TX37GP
Writing a love poem for a laptop isn't normal behavior, but then the VAIO TX series aren't normal laptops. These 11-inch wonders have looks to die for and their petite dimensions give you a legitimate reason never to venture outdoors without them. If you're looking for a laptop that's genuinely designed for life on the move, is attractive, and you have about RM 8,000 (US$2,289.73) burning a hole in your pocket, the TX37GP could be the one.
DesignLike the virtually identical TX27GP, the VAIO TX37GP is significantly smaller than an A4 sheet of paper. Its petite 1.25kg chassis is built around an 11.1-inch display, which makes it perfectly practical for taking on the move, yet almost intolerable as an everyday office machine. Lift the lid of the VAIO TX37GP and you'll be amazed at how thin the screen is--less than 5mm. Also impressive is the keyboard section.
The keys and the palm rest have an attractive slate-blue finish, while the mouse touchpad has a dotted grid pattern that's almost reminiscent of Braille. Unfortunately, the mouse section is slightly cramped. Sony doesn't have much space to work in, so the ultra-thin selector buttons sit too far towards the front lip of the laptop, making them difficult to press. Above the keyboard, along the hinge of the laptop is a set of shortcut keys--which are accessible whether the screen is open or closed.
One, labelled AV Mode, can be programmed to launch an application of your choice, including Windows Media Player, or programmed to activate a feature such as maximum screen brightness, standby mode or multiple monitor support.
Unlike the VAIO TX27GP, the TX37GP features an integrated fingerprint reader tucked to the far right-hand side of the keyboard section. Just below this are headphone and mic ports, volume adjuster buttons, and a switch for enabling or disabling the wireless capabilities--which could come in handy during a flight. To the left front section of the laptop there's an SD memory card reader and Memory Stick Pro slot, but no sign of readers for other popular card types.
On the left there's an exposed USB port and another hidden behind a plastic flap next to a modem port. At the rear are LAN and four-pin FireWire ports. Finally, there's an implausibly thin DVD rewriter drive on the right hand side, just in front of a D-Sub VGA monitor port.
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Asus W5Fe
I was browsing thru to find a sleek notebook that I can find in the market other than Sony VAIO (really cool stuff) finally I found Asus W5Fe. Man I tell you this is sure get our salivary glands going.
Asus W5Fe is the first laptop to come with dual-screens. The external display is known as SideShow ( that is the name given by Asus) is a 2.8 inch LCD screen backed by its own operating system. That means you can use the SideShow screen-to check your calendar, scan your e-mail, track down an address in your phone book-without having to boot up the main laptop OS. You can listen to music through the SideShow, or play Solitaire during a boring conference lecture. Sweet Uhhh….
I must ask my GF to get me one for my birthday this year.
Asus W5Fe is the first laptop to come with dual-screens. The external display is known as SideShow ( that is the name given by Asus) is a 2.8 inch LCD screen backed by its own operating system. That means you can use the SideShow screen-to check your calendar, scan your e-mail, track down an address in your phone book-without having to boot up the main laptop OS. You can listen to music through the SideShow, or play Solitaire during a boring conference lecture. Sweet Uhhh….
I must ask my GF to get me one for my birthday this year.
Well the price is not available yet (crossing my finger) hope within the budget. hehe
This is the spec rundown:
· Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 (2.16GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
· Main Display: 12.1-inch WXGA Color-Shine (Glare-type) and Crystal-Shine (High
brightness) LCD
· Secondary Display: 2.8-inch QVGA TFT LCD
· Memory: 1GB DDR2 667MHz + 512MB on board
· Storage: 160GB SATA HDD
· Graphics: Intel 945GM VGA
· Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi Double Layer RAM R/W 2X, CD/DVD Read
8X/24X, CD- R 24X, CD-RW 10X, DVD-R 4X, DVD-RW 2X, DVD+R 4X, DVD+ RW
2.4X
· Input/Output: 1 x Express card, 1 x audio-in jack, 1 x audio-out jack (S/PDIF), 1 x
VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin, 1 x S-Video, 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1x IEEE 1394 port, 1
x RJ11 Modem jack, 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN
· 1.3-megapixel 235-degree swivel web camera
· Dimensions: 343 x 242 x 29.8 (front) / 38 (back) mm
· Weight: 1.7kg
This is the spec rundown:
· Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 (2.16GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
· Main Display: 12.1-inch WXGA Color-Shine (Glare-type) and Crystal-Shine (High
brightness) LCD
· Secondary Display: 2.8-inch QVGA TFT LCD
· Memory: 1GB DDR2 667MHz + 512MB on board
· Storage: 160GB SATA HDD
· Graphics: Intel 945GM VGA
· Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi Double Layer RAM R/W 2X, CD/DVD Read
8X/24X, CD- R 24X, CD-RW 10X, DVD-R 4X, DVD-RW 2X, DVD+R 4X, DVD+ RW
2.4X
· Input/Output: 1 x Express card, 1 x audio-in jack, 1 x audio-out jack (S/PDIF), 1 x
VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin, 1 x S-Video, 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1x IEEE 1394 port, 1
x RJ11 Modem jack, 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN
· 1.3-megapixel 235-degree swivel web camera
· Dimensions: 343 x 242 x 29.8 (front) / 38 (back) mm
· Weight: 1.7kg
Panasonic unveils world's smallest SD camcorder
Product :Panasonic SDR-S10
Price: TBA
On sale: MayContact: Panasonic
Related links:SDR-S10 product page
Think you can treat the world's smallest SD camcorder roughly just because it's such a titch? You'd be right
Now then, what's this slender soap bar of a contraption from Panasonic. A digital camera perhaps? Well, close. It is in fact Panny's latest contribution to pocket video recording kind, the SDR-S10.Normally, of course, we wouldn't be seen dead without an HD sticker on our camcorder but this tiny Tarantino is of such minuscule proportions that we can quite easily forgive the 'mere' standard definition 16:9 widescreen capture.Chuck in its super fast 1.7 second start-up and a 10x optical zoom and we'll happily pack this on our travels, especially as it's also a robust little fella. A drop from 1.2m is no problem and it's splash proof, to withstand wet hands fresh from the pool.At just three centimetres thick and a shade over 11 long, it cups gently in the hand with all the controls at the back nestled neatly under thumb. There's no optical viewfinder but the pop out widescreen will do nicely.Naturally it's out in Japan first but will be slipping through customs here in time for the summer.
Matrox RT.X2 & Adobe Production
Introducing the Matrox RT.X2, a high-performance realtime native HDV and DV editing platform bundled with Adobe Premiere Pro®.Ideal for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers, Matrox RT.X2 is designed primarily for realtime native HDV and DV editing. It also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame codec so users can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2's analog inputs and mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time.Matrox RT.X2 is based on the award-winning Matrox Axio architecture that incorporates Matrox Power of X and Flex technologies to leverage CPU and GPU power. "No other platform gives users so many ways to get the job done in record time, at such an affordable price point", said Lorne Trottier, president and CTO of Matrox.
Product : Matrox RT.X2
Supported Software : Adobe ProductionStudio Premium
Price : RM 5,900 or USD 1,695
Features :
*Realtime multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources
*Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects - color correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
*Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects - 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
*Native HDV and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing
*Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing
*Realtime mixing of HD codecs and SD codecs on any timeline
*Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
*Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline
*Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
*WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
*Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
*Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output
*Includes Adobe Premiere Pro
Product : Matrox RT.X2
Supported Software : Adobe ProductionStudio Premium
Price : RM 5,900 or USD 1,695
Features :
*Realtime multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources
*Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects - color correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
*Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects - 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
*Native HDV and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing
*Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing
*Realtime mixing of HD codecs and SD codecs on any timeline
*Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
*Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline
*Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
*WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
*Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
*Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output
*Includes Adobe Premiere Pro
Recomended System to work with :
Single Dual-Core Processor Workstations
Single Dual-Core Processor Workstations
- ASUS P5WD2 Premium
- ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP
- ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
- Intel D975XBX
- Intel DP965LT
- Gigabyte GA-G1975X
- ASUS M2NPV-VM
- ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
- DFI Infinity NF4
- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
- Abit AN8
- Abit KN8 SLI
Dual Processor & Dual Dual-Core Workstations - Dell Precision Workstation 690
- HP Workstation xw8400
- Tyan Tempest i5000XT (S2696)
- HP Workstation xw9300
- Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895)
- Gigabyte GA-2CEWH
Storage Recommendations:
- If you are working with compressed video, DV, HDV...
- 2 SATA Drives striped or 4 SATA Drives striped
Graphics Cards:
- ATI RADEON X1800/1900 XT
- ATI RADEON X1800/1900 XL
- NVIDIA GeForce 7800
- PNY Quadro FX 4500
Other System Guidelines:
- 2+ GB RAM
- Win XP Pro
Matrox has done a really good job posting the system recommendations for the RT.X2. It's a multipage report that not only recommends components, but explains why and ranks them.
Designing your Matrox RT.X2 system
Your particular workflow requirements and budget will determine the specific components you should choose when designing your Matrox RT.X2 editing system. To get the absolute maximum number of realtime layers and effects, in all cases, you can combine a top-of-the-line computer system, the fastest GPU, and the largest, most robust storage subsystem. If your budget is more modest, there are many tradeoffs you can make to design an editing system that will give you maximum performance to do exactly what you need to do on a daily basis.
Matrox RT.X2 relies on the power of your CPU to perform some effects and to decode and encode video streams. It relies on the power of the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) in your system to process Matrox hardware-accelerated effects (Flex GPU effects). Note that what we refer to here as a GPU has various other names that may be more familiar to you, such as display card, graphics card, or VGA adapter. The type and size of storage you require depends largely on the video formats you are using and the number of hours of video you need to maintain online. Understanding your various options in each category will help you design the most economical system for your needs.
We have validated a number of computers, display cards, and storage subsystems and provided guidelines to enable you to make an informed choice as you choose the components for your own Matrox RT.X2 editing system or work with your Matrox RT.X2 dealer to specify a turnkey system. http://www.matrox.com/video/support/rtx2/rec/home.cfm
Matrox ® Video Products Group today announced that release 2.0 software for the Matrox RT.X2™ realtime HDV and DV editing platform will provide significant new features including realtime native editing of JVC’s ProHD HDV 720p format.
Matrox RT.X2 is designed primarily for realtime native HDV and DV editing with Adobe Premiere Pro. It also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 I-frame codec so users can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2’s analog inputs and mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time. Matrox RT.X2 will be demonstrated on the Matrox stand 7.128.
“Support for all the 720p formats used by JVC’s popular ProHD series cameras will make RT.X2 even more attractive to corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities, and digital filmmakers,” said Wayne Andrews, Matrox RT.X2 product manager. “The 720p format gives them an affordable way to get into HD production.”
Other new features coming in release 2.0 include:
• Support for Matrox HDV files and Matrox Flex CPU effects in Adobe After Effects
• 4:2:2:4 (YUVA) MPEG-2 I-frame editing in HD and SD
• Realtime playback and mixing of Adobe native HDV files – .MPEG and .M2T
• Improved color correction tools
• WYSIWYG video output for Adobe Bridge and Windows Media Player
• Four new effects – cube, impressionist, ripple, twirl
Support for Matrox HDV files and Matrox Flex CPU effects in Adobe After Effects
In release 2.0 of RT.X2, Matrox has focused on the After Effects/Premiere Pro relationship and added features that complement that workflow. Matrox HDV files are now supported in After Effects. In the previous release of RT.X2 you were forced to render out your HDV files to an intermediate format for editing in After Effects. RT.X2 2.0 improves that workflow by allowing you to work directly with the Matrox HDV files. The Matrox Flex CPU effects – color correction, secondary color correction, chroma key, luma key, move & scale effect, etc. – are now available in Adobe After Effects. If you have a timeline in Premiere Pro with any of these effects and you copy/paste this timeline into After Effects, the Matrox effects will remain intact. This is a huge time saver, given that these effects are realtime in Premiere Pro.
4:2:2:4 (YUVA) MPEG-2 I-frame codecs in HD and SD
RT.X2 now includes 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame VFW codecs that you can use to render your animations or other compositions containing alpha. The 32-bit AVI file will playback in real time on an RT.X2 system. This support opens up many workflow possibilities. For example, an editor creating broadcast graphics in After Effects or using a stock animation package such as Digital Juice or Artbeats can now export one 32-bit file instead of rendering out two separate AVI + MATTE files. Having only one file simplifies management and makes it easier to include the composition in the final edit. Note that the 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame codecs are locked to the hardware and therefore will work only with RT.X2 in the system.
HDV 720p (JVC ProHD) support
Realtime native editing of the entire range of HDV 720p frame rates – 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, and 59.94 is supported in release 2.0. This includes support for JVC’s popular 100 ProHD series camera. In addition, RT.X2 goes a step beyond what Adobe Premiere Pro software offers alone and supports the 50 and 59.94 frame rates provided by the new 200 and 250 ProHD series cameras.
Realtime playback of Adobe native HDV files – .MPEG and .M2T
The ability to play native Adobe HDV files (MPEG) and Focus Enhancements FireStore files (M2T) in real time and mix them with AVI files on the timeline in real time enables powerful and flexible online/offline workflows. You can now capture HDV in the field on a laptop and bring it into RT.X2 for finishing or transfer your files directly from a FireStore to the RT.X2. You can also use a software-only machine to rough cut your HDV project and bring that project into RT.X2 without having to recapture your footage.
WYSIWYG video output for Adobe Bridge and Windows Media Player
You get instant output of video files such as MPEG, DivX, and AVI on your broadcast monitor using Adobe Bridge, Windows Media Player or other DirectShow-based applications. You can use this feature to show different versions of your work to clients on a broadcast monitor without having to open Adobe Premiere Pro. You simply double click on the file in Windows Explorer.
Improved color correction tools
Improvements to the color correction tools include: more color wheel and color picker precision, a new split view, and a luminance slider per tonal range.
Four new effects – cube, impressionist, ripple, twirl
Matrox continues to add value to the RT.X2 product line by providing exiting new effects to keep your edits looking fresh and new.
All registered RT.X2 owners can download free the new Version 2 drviers from the Matrox support center
Why upgrade from Matrox RT.X100 to Matrox RT.X2?
Both Matrox RT.X2 and Matrox RT.X100 are ideal for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities, and digital filmmakers. There are, however, important differences between the two products.
Matrox RT.X100 is designed for realtime DV editing and it has a dedicated, on-board GPU (graphics processing unit) to process Matrox Flex effects.
Matrox RT.X2 is designed primarily for realtime native HDV and DV editing. Matrox RT.X2 is built on the award-winning Matrox Axio architecture that leverages CPU and GPU power. It relies on your system graphics card to process Matrox Flex GPU effects, providing more scalability. If you want to do more layers of 3D you can simply upgrade your graphics card. RT.X2 also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame codec so you can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2’s analog inputs and mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time. With Matrox RT.X2, you get a high-performance, future-proof HDV and SD editing environment.
RT.X2 features not found in RT.X100
- Realtime, multi-layer native HDV editing – RT.X2 provides HD performance similar to what RT.X100 provides in SD
- Many more realtime layers of video and graphics in SD – on a reasonably performing system, you can expect to edit
at least five native DV video layers plus six graphics layers and effects in real time - Realtime MPEG-2 I-frame editing in HD and SD – this 4:2:2 codec provides high-quality capture from analog sources
- Realtime mixing of formats and resolutions on any timeline in real time – you can mix HD and SD material – no hassles, no rendering
- Realtime down conversion of a 1080i timeline to NTSC or PAL – eliminates the need to render an SD copy of an HD master
- 23.98 fps editing for the film look in DV
- New Matrox Flex CPU and Flex GPU effects such as realtime primary and secondary color correction, realtime track matte,
realtime surface finish, accelerated shine, etc. – the same professional effects found on Matrox Axio are provided on RT.X2 - Analog component input and output in HD and SD lets you capture and record using higher-end sources such as Betacam,
DigiBeta, etc. - 1394 pass-through is provided on the RT.X2 breakout box
- Audio VU meters on capture let you easily make adjustments so you always capture audio at the proper signal level
- Faster than realtime DVD encoding (encoding speed depends on timeline complexity and system CPU and GPU power)
- Faster than realtime export to disk (export speed depends on timeline complexity and system CPU and GPU power)
- Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output – you can view full-quality HD
on an affordable monitor
RT.X2 provides tighter integration with Adobe Premiere Pro
- Realtime effects control is integrated into the Premiere Pro user interface – there is no need to learn a custom UI,
if you know how to use Premiere Pro and After Effects, you know how to use RT.X2 - Voiceover is supported on RT.X2
- 5.1 surround sound mixing and monitoring is supported on RT.X2
- WYSIWYG support with dynamic Alt+Tab switching is now provided for the most popular applications – there is no need
to close Premiere to have a preview output - Adobe Dynamic Link support – RT.X2 lets you take full advantage of this key feature of Adobe Production Studio
- Realtime mixed-format multi-cam – your HDV and DV cameras can all be used as sources in a multi-cam shoot
- Safe title area and zooming of live window
- Additional realtime native Adobe effects: Crop, Dip to Black, Black and White, Additive Dissolve
- RT.X2 uses the Premiere Pro native “Scene Detect” feature for scan and capture in DV and HDV
Other differences
- Most features of Matrox Media Tools are now found in Premiere Pro
- Most features of Matrox Media Export are now found in Premiere Pro
- A few effects such as 3D tiles, particle effects, twirls, and cubes are not implemented on RT.X2
- To enhance system compatibility, realtime “always output to 1394” is not offered on RT.X2
- Realtime M2V capture is not implemented in the current release of RT.X2
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