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Dell XPS One Soon To Offer Color Options
Jan 24th
Desktop computers are generally looked upon as the dark, heavy beasts everyone relies on to get the job done. No one works to beautify their appearance, so to speak. But Dell products blog is confirming that the XPS One model will soon offer a red color option. Dell is working with Product Red to offer the new color schemes. The XPS One is quite a departure from the traditional boring desktop tower models. With its sleek all-in-one design this unit goes above and beyond to server as eye candy. Even with its dark and mysterious looks it stands out. With color options Dell is targeting a wider market, where people look beyond the performance and consider the looks and aesthetic beauty of the product.
Nokia Launches 2600 And 1209 Models For Emerging Markets
Jan 23rd
Buying the most expensive gadgets is not the trend the world around. In developing nations (aka emerging markets) the inclination is to buy the gadget which gives the most value for the few dollars that the people are willing to spend. Nokia is targeting this growing market with the recently announced Nokia 2600 classic and Nokia 1209 models. The phone models have similar features and their most important difference is how they look. One look and you notice how old-school these phones appear. Features include camera, FM radio and Bluetooth connectivity technology and also targeted specialties like phone-sharing, cost monitoring and flashlight which remain relevant to consumers in entry markets according to Nokia.
Phone Features
Nokia 2600 features include compact size, VGA camera, MP3 ring tones, Bluetooth, GPRS, Email, quick changing covers or skins called Xpress-On, FM radio, MMS capabilities, 1000 contact message book, prepaid tracker. Nokia 1209 features include flashlight, language changing ability, capability to share phone with multiple phonebooks and call duration, MP3 ringtones and it is made with tough plastic to extend device life.
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Wireless Becomes Faster With Marvell’s 450Mbps 802.11n chip
Jan 5th
Wireless technology is becoming faster every few months and is almost catching up to wired Local Area Network speeds which are typically at 100Mbps. The wireless standard 802.11g reached 54Mbps and the next generation of that technology called 802.11n surpassed the 100Mbps mark over wireless. That was a significant step forward. Now PR Newswire announced that chipmaker Marvell is set to launch an even faster version of the 802.11n chip.
It all started with 802.11b which pumped out a whopping 11Mbps in 1999. Doesn’t seem like much bandwidth now but at the time it was released 802.11b was the “almighty” wireless standard which every chipmaker was trying to reach. Four years later came 802.11g which sends and receives data at 54Mbps speeds. The 11g standard became so popular in the industry that it exists in most laptops even today. If your laptop is 6 months old chances are you are running 802.11g wireless. The next leap in wireless evolution is 802.11n which is not yet officially released and still has draft status. Transmitting and receiving data at 248Mbps 11n standard is set to release the next evolution in the 802 family. Now Marvell has joined the game and leaped ahead of others with its own version of 802.11n chip capable of 450Mbps data transfer speeds.
Source:
Engadget
Adobe Is Spying On Creative Suite 3 Users
Dec 28th
If you think Adobe is spying on you, you are correct. Adobe is collecting data on How you use Adobe products via a behavioral analytics firm called Omniture. UneasySilence has posted a screenshot of Adobe program trying to connect to the mother-ship.
Omniture has tried to conceal this “user tracking” by using 192.168.112.2O7.net as the server where the program connects to. 192.168.X.X is a private address range which generally indicates your local network behind your home router. This is a very shady technique and Omniture provides an obscure link to opt-out. Adobe could have simply provided a poll to see how the users use the program instead of secretly collecting usage data. Hopefully the publicity will make Adobe change the setting to make it an opt-in feature.
Source: Valleywag
