Nov 12

Podcasts

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Only the rich can afford radio stations, but anybody with a microphone can create and distribute their own podcast: a regularly scheduled “talk-show” recording intended for playback on an iPod or other MP3 player. iTunes offers more than 15,000 free podcasts for downloading, ranging from CNN’s ourly news updates to “Matt’s Guitar Lick of the week”.

When you subscribe to a podcast, iTunes automatically places each subsequent edition onto your iPod for listening at your leisure. To subscribe to a podcast, head for the iTunes Music store and choose Podcast from the “Inside Music Store” section.

The store lets you browse through the top 100 podcasts, browse podcast categories from Arts and Entertainment to Travel , or search for specific podcasts by title, subject, or author. The latest iPod software, available from Apple’s iPod Updater places Podcasts on your iPod’s menu.

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Sep 25

New Model of Pronto Email Device Leaked

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The cheap and simple email-only device is set to get a v2.0 makeover. The new model, called the Pronto, was briefly leaked on the company’s site, where the picture above was snapped.

This is great news, for consumers at least. A cheap, fast e-mail device could certainly take a crack at the BlackBerry’s lower end. And with the top-of-the line CrackBerries being eaten by the iPhone, RIM could be facing some trouble in the future.

Stay tuned on this one. We’re excited to see what the Pronto will look like, especially now the “leak” has been confirmed. It’s almost as if the whole thing was deliberate…

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Aug 01

Google’s GDrive – A New Online Backup System

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Taking cloud computing to a new level, Google is soon going to launch ‘GDrive’, a long-ru-mored online storage for its users. GDrive would work as an online hard disk and could essentially work as a syncing device that will periodically update itself with the activities that take place on a computer, the Google Operating System has discovered. Also discovered in a Google Apps CSS file is that there is reportedly an update for Google Docs on the way that would include a desktop client for syncing files with Gdrive.

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Since this drive will allow users to save their data online, users will be able to access their data from any computer in the world, as long as it is connected to an internet connection. In fact, if you take Google provisions seriously, you’ve probably already shifted your photograph and document base to atleast one of the Google services that work as great archiving hubs. However, space restriction and reliability could be a user’s concern while depending on the Google servers to save their precious data.

The GDrive could also partially replace the physical hard disk that a user needs to select an operating system (OS) for usage – that is, after the initial booting. Google’s online hard drive will merge all of Google’s web based applications and make them available together.

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Jul 24

Kingston launches 256 GB flash drive

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Kingston Technology has introduced a new flash drive, the data traveler 300, having a capacity of 256GB, in the market. The drive will enable customers to carry large volumes of data from one place to another. It can store data as much as 365 CD’s or 10 Blu ray discs or 54 DVD’s data.

Its major features include data transfer rate of up to 20 MB/sec (read) and 10 MB/sec (write), security mechanism and dimensions of 70.68 mm x 16.90 mm x 21.99 mm,

The drive, fully compatible with Windows Vista and the latest Windows 7, can also be used to extend the capacity of PCs, note books and laptops to store data. It will prove very helpful for travelers who have to work with large databases. It is equipped with password traveler software for business users, highly efficient for the security of private and important data.

The firm offers five years warranty for the drive, priced at around 600 Euros. Currently, it will be available in Far East, Europe, and Middle East & Africa only.

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Jul 07

APPLE TIME CAPSULE 1TB wireless-n Router

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The Apple Time Capsule 1TB is an unusual network device in that it combines a wireless-n router (the Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station 802.11n) with a network-accessible hard drive. It’s extremely quiet, has good wireless range, and its drive is delightfully simple to set up for networks using Windows or Mac OS X- or a mix thereof. Many businesses can benifit from the ability the device gives them to create a distributed wireless network and to entirely automate backup of Mac clients. Apple offers the router/NAS combo with 1TB of storage.

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The Time Capsule comes with a single drive, however. That’s a drawback because it means no RaID redundancy, a short coming that’s a bit surprising at this price. But considering all the features it offers, the Time Capsule is a good solution for many all-Mac or mixed Windows/Mac networks. Other than being larger, the Time Capsule looks exactly like the AirPort Extreme 802.11n. Both are housed in a white porcelain-like enclosure of strong polycarbonate, making the units feel sturdy, if a bit hefty. The Time Capsule certainly weighs a bit more than typical NAS devices of the same capacity. A single indicator light breaks though the smooth face, and no visible vents scar the surface, so the case radiates the typical Apple minimalist chic-along with a lot of heat.
After the software install, I chose to do the setup manually; I find that’s faster than going through the configuration process using the AirPort wizard, through the wizard, through the wizard is entirely serviceable. Of all the router setup programs I have used, however, the one that provides the clearest procedure is the Linksys Easy LinkAdvisor (LELA) supplied with Linksys routers such as the Linksys by Cisco Dual Band Wireless-N Gidabit Router WRT320N. Both the AirPort Extreme 802.11n and Time Capsule show reasonable throughput and are fairly easy to use, but I think the latter’s router/NAS combination delivers the great value. As with the AirPort Extreme 802.11n, the Apple Time Capsule 1TB works well in an all-Mac or a mixed Windows and OS X environment.

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