SingTel and Nokia launch the new Nokia N8 smartphone in Singapore

SingTel and Nokia launch the new Nokia N8 smartphone in Singapore

Singapore 28 Oct 2010 – Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel), Asia’s leading communications group and Nokia, a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that SingTel will be the first operator to offer the highly-anticipated Nokia N8 to its customers starting from 5 Nov 2010 for a period of 4 weeks. The handset will also be available in Nokia Stores and Nokia appointed retail outlets from the same date. As the first smartphone in the world to be powered by the new Symbian^3 operating system, the Nokia N8 is the ultimate multimedia entertainment phone.

Big Screen Bonanza - Entertainment Centre in your pocket

The Nokia N8 is a great portable entertainment centre that offers a cinema-grade audio and visual experience. With its built-in HDMI interface, it allows users to play music, videos and images through HDMI-compatible televisions and home theatre systems, with full Dolby Digital Plus surround sound. To bring the best out of the Nokia N8's multimedia capabilities and to offer customers the best in live sports on the go, SingTel will offer customers one month’s free subscription to its ESPN Mobile TV service. Customers can also enjoy the latest chart hits with SingTel’s award-winning AMPed music service. As an added bonus, customers will receive a free pair of tickets to watch American pop sensation, David Archuleta, in his Singapore showcase on 14 Nov 2010.

Be a David La Chapelle or Steven Spielberg

Right out of the box, the new Nokia N8 sheds your inhibitions about being a photographer because its easy-to-use features allow you to effortlessly capture and edit still images. With its 12-megapixel Carl Zeiss Tessar optics camera, Xenon flash and the largest image sensor of any mobile device, it captures superb, pin-sharp images every time. The Nokia N8 provides the creative freedom to capture and edit HD quality video on the go, and view content on its large 3.5-inch AMOLED screen. Users can quickly share their photos and videos online in a few easy steps.

Games galore

The Nokia N8 is packed with the latest and most popular games to ensure that there’s never a dull moment. Favourites such as Angry Birds and Need for Speed Shift HD will keep avid gamers entertained for hours. Games come to life with every swipe, pinch and tap on the Nokia N8’s super-responsive touchscreen.

Price Plans

SingTel will introduce new N’tertainment 3G Flexi price plans for the Nokia N8. These plans include free local incoming calls and bundled data usage, as well as free AMPed and MobileTV service.

Customers who are interested in the Nokia N8 can currently pre-order the handset at www.singtel.com/n8

N’tertainment 3G Flexi Lite Plan
N’tertainment 3G FlexiPlanN’tertainment 3G Flexi Plus Plan
Monthly Subscription
S$39S$56S$95 FREE INCOMING CALLS
FREE Local Outgoing Calls
100 min
200 min
500 min
FREE Local Data Usage
12GB (Capped at S$30 a month for unlimited usage)
FREE Mobile TV
FREE 24 Months MobileTV Basic Pack Viewing(Includes Bloomberg TV, Channel 8, Channel NewsAsia, Dragon TV, ETTV Asia)FREE Singtel AMPed
Unlimited song downloads with no data charges from SingTel AMPed Music Store FREE ESPN Mobile TV
Free for one month

Nokia N8 Product Specifications

Stylish form carved out of a single block of scratch-resistant anodized aluminiumSleek design measuring 113.5 x 59.12 x 12.9 mm (L x W x H) and weighing only 135 gramsSharp and dazzling 3.5” AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (640 x 360 pixels) that allows high definition picture quality and intuitive and responsive navigationBuilt-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) for faster web browsing and extended data coverage, positioning, as well as support for Wi-Fi calling via UMA where available12 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, variable zoom, autofocus, Xenon flash and video recording in HD 720pSymbian^3 OS, offering users a powerful and intuitive platform with several enhancements including support for gestures such as multi-touch, flick scrolling and pinch-zoom, multiple, personalizable homescreens, a faster and more responsive user interface, greater memory management for a faster multi-tasking experience.Built-in global Ovi Maps for walk-and-drive navigation in over 70 countries worldwide with built in premium guides from Lonely Planet and Via Michelin for tips on travel, restaurants, weather, and hotelsPositioning with GPS, A-GPS, WLAN and Cell-IDMedia player for videos, pictures and music (music plays up to 50 hours)Nokia PC suite for both PCs and Macs to enable synching data such as contacts and calendar appointments between a computer and the smartphoneUSB On-the-Go and Micro-USB 2.0 high speed for file transfers and chargingNokia AV connector 3.5 mm for audio input/output and TV out
16GB mass memory + micro SD card slot, 135MB internal memory, support up to 32GB memory cards. RAM256/ROM512Access to Nokia Ovi Store, featuring a broad and growing catalog of mobile applications developed specifically for Nokia smartphones. Categories include entertainment, games, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more.Premium and easy-to-access phone features, background noise suppression technology and high quality speakerphoneBluetooth (3.0) with support for Secure Simple Pairing, hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripheralsSupport for Nokia Ovi MailSupport for 3G networks around the worldNon-removable, rechargeable 1200mAh BL-4D battery (with 1 year warranty) that provides approximately 12.5 hours of talk time and 16 days of standby time in GSM mode

Western Digital Caviar RAID Edition Drives

WD has begun shipping the WD Caviar RAID Edition (RE) drives, a family of three 3.5-inch, 7,200-RPM drives ranging in capacity from 120GB to 260GB. The drives are specifically designed to challenge competitors like the Maxtor MaxLine drives, which are rated for non-I/O-intensive low-duty cycles. By contrast, the WD Caviar RE drives are rated at 1 million hours mean time before failure (MTBF), running nonstop. WD set out to minimize recovery time with a technique called time-limited error recovery, which takes into account the ability of modern drives to do self-diagnostics and repair or exclude damaged sectors. Using the WD technology, a drive will typically drop off the RAID array for about 30 seconds to adjust its sectors; the maximum time is about five minutes. The three-platter design will offer lower power metrics than its five-platter competitors. The drive consumes 8.2 watts reading and writing, 11.5 watts seeking data, and 16.2 watts spinning up. Acoustic power will range between 28 and 33 dB, depending on the function.

Sony New amp; Faster Memory Stick PRO-HG

SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK - News) and Sony Corporation todayannounced the development of the "Memory Stick PRO-HG" format expanded from the"Memory Stick PRO" format.

The continuing increase in the capacity of IC recording media has broadened itsusage as a practical way to store high-resolution digital photos, music andvideo content (from the Internet or TV programs) on portable devices that aredesigned to handle digital entertainment content. The demand for real-timerecording and transfer of multiple gigabytes of data using IC recording media isexpected to increase rapidly, due to the growing popularity of high resolutionvideo and digital still image applications.

"Memory Stick PRO-HG" media offers high performance to meet the stringentdemands of end users. This new media format uses an enhanced, 8-bit parallelinterface in addition to a conventional serial and 4-bit parallel interface. Theinterface clock frequency also increases to 60MHz from 40MHz. This means thatmaximum data transfer speed increases up to 480Mbps, or 60MB/s (theoreticalvalue), three times as fast as that of "Memory Stick PRO" media. The minimumwrite speed at 8-bit parallel transfer is 120 Mbps, or 15MB/s(1). Theseenhancements allow large data amounts of up to several gigabytes to be quicklytransferred, as well as the real-time recording of high-resolution video andstill images.

Since "Memory Stick PRO-HG" is an extended format of the "Memory Stick PRO"format, "Memory Stick PRO-HG" compliant host devices support the conventional"Memory Stick PRO" media as well as "Memory Stick PRO-HG" media. In addition,the "Memory Stick PRO-HG" media can be used conventional "Memory Stick PRO"compliant host devices as well as "Memory Stick PRO-HG" compliant hostdevices.(2)

Licensing for the development of "Memory Stick PRO-HG" compliant host devices isscheduled to commence in January 2007.

"Sony and SanDisk share the common goal of providing exciting new digital audioand video applications to consumers," said Eli Harari, Chairman and CEO ofSanDisk Corporation. "This is the driving force that is behind our relentlessefforts to leverage our expertise and extensive intellectual property in flashmemory cards to develop the Memory Stick PRO-HG. I am proud of the closecooperation we have with Sony over the years and look forward to seeing theexciting new products that Memory Stick PRO-HG media enable."

Akira Kubota, president of Core Component Business Unit, Sony Corporation said"Sony has successfully collaborated with SanDisk Corporation in promoting theMemory Stick formats. Significant milestones have been the Memory Stick PROformat in 2003 and the Memory Stick Micro in 2005. I am delighted by today'sjoint announcement of the Memory Stick PRO-HG format. This new IC recordingmedia allows the speedy sharing of high definition video and digital stillcamera data between products." Through the introduction of this new format,Memory Stick will greatly expand its entertainment applications.

Since the September 1998 market introduction of Memory Stick, cumulativeshipments of media have achieved 200 million units as of September 2006(3). TheMemory Stick PRO-HG Duo media will be made available in 2007.

Major Specifications of Memory Stick PRO-HG

Dimensions Duo size (31 x 20 x 1.6) mm
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Connector Pin 14-pin
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Capacity 32GB(a) (format maximum)(4)
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Max. Data Transfer Rate 480 Mbps (theoretical)
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Min. Write Speed 120 Mbps(1) (As of 8-bit parallel transfer)
40 Mbps(1) (As of 4-bit parallel transfer)
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Operating Voltage 2.7 to 3.6 V
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Interface 8-bit / 4-bit parallel I/F and Serial I/F
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Max. Clock frequency 60MHz(5)
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Copyright Protection Technology MagicGate
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The Gift From Hell...

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Hellas....

Hipro-Tech.com

For those not in the know, Hipro is one of the most famous electronic guru overclocker from Greece :).

Maximizer for your DDR1/DDR2 Memory. Put it simple: MemoryVoltage Booster!

Your Memory's new room-mate, this will go into the DIMM Slot beside your Memory:

Bare-backed PCB:

A 3.5" Monitor panel to fit into your Floppy Drive Bay:

Much thanks to the friend who shipped it over. I'm going toread through the manual next to learn more about this gift from Hellas.

Razer Debuts Sphex, The World's Thinnest Mousing Surface

Carlsbad, Calif. –May 27th, 2009 – Razer™, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, today announced the release of the Razer Sphex™, the first Gaming Grade Desktop Skin with a distinctive ultrathin form factor.

“The Razer Sphex is a gaming surface that doesn’t compromise tracking ability or durability even with its slim figure,” says Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, President of Razer. “We wanted to offer gamers a simpler and less expensive gaming-grade mouse mat alternative, while retaining extreme precision and a smooth consistent glide comparable to traditional gaming mouse mats.”

About the Razer Sphex™

The Razer Sphex is currently the world’s thinnest gaming-grade mousing surface which boasts of an ultrathin profile. It is specifically engineered to perform at the highest precision for both Optical and Laser mice. Made of high-grade durable material, the Razer Sphex allows gamers to wipe or wash the product repeatedly without compromising its quality or tracking performance. The Razer Sphex can adhere and detach from any desk surface without any extra effort making it fully reusable.

Razer Sphex™ Features

Adhesive bottom to stick to any surface
Midsized mouse mat suited for most gaming environments at 320mm by 230mm
Extra thin to avoid any restrictions to your gaming experience
Excellent tracking quality for both Laser and Optical mice

COST: US: $14.99, Europe €14.99
AVAILABILITY: Worldwide

Xeon MP Server on Optical Interconnects in July

Beginning in July, a startup plans to ship a server using optical interconnects to improve the overall system performance. The Lightfleet "Beacon" server will connect multiple Intel Xeon processors using an array of mirrors, that will beam data using light, a system that Lightfleet calls "Corowave." The company demonstrated a 16-node server in 2006 as a proof of concept. In its initial implementation, Beacon will have 32 simultaneous transmitters operating at 2.5 Gbit/second each. As you add nodes to a Corowave technology-based system, system latency remains flat while overall system bandwidth increases linearly. This is a feature that is unique to Lightfleet's technology. Specifically, the technology is being touted as one that's especially applicable to parallel computing technology, although the company has not provided benchmarks to prove its superiority.

Soldam, the PC case manufacturer is bankrupt

The Japanese PC Case maker Soldam, well-known for is ALU based case branded with the name "Windy" is now bankrupt and stop manufacturing, selling of shipping any kind of product they were used to carry.... This is very sad news to the premium chasis aficionados since Soldam was among the best case manufacturer in Japan. Their casings have always been top-notch!