Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - meet the server unleashed

Reaching the next major milestone in virtualization development, Microsoft today made broadly available a feature-complete release candidate of Microsoft Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization software available with various versions of Windows Server 2008. A beta of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 when it launched last month, and this release candidate provides updated, near-final code.
Hyper-V provides customers with efficient and cost-effective virtualization infrastructure software. It enables customers to reduce operating costs by increasing hardware utilization, optimizing infrastructure and improving server availability.

ROAD MAP OF THIS SERVER

The Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide provides a comprehensive technical overview of the innovative features and functions that make Windows Server 2008 the next-generation Microsoft Windows Server operating system and successor to Microsoft Windows Server 2003. This guide also provides information about the benefits Windows Server 2008 offers diverse users, as well as information about different scenarios.

This document supports the release of Windows Server 2008:-
Introduction to Windows Server 2008.
Server Virtualization.
Centralized Application Access.
Branch Office.
Security and Policy Enforcement.
Web and Applications Platform.
Server Management.
High Availability.
Better Together—Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

Nokia N96 - Fashionable Cool Look

Nokia N96 mobile phone : A new multimedia computer has been announced by Nokia during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008, held in Barcelona, Spain. The Nokia N96 is the successor of the popular N95. The Nokia N96 is a multimedia computer which is truly optimized for video and TV. With a large 2.8" screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and support for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats, the dual-slide Nokia N96 represents an exciting new chapter in mobile media. Accessing internet videos is quick and simple. The Nokia N96 supports common video formats including MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video, making favorite videos easy to view. Transferring and accessing videos is even faster with the high-speed USB 2.0 connection and WLAN and HSDPA support.

Nokia N96 Internet, Video & TV : "In 2007, the Nokia N95 became an icon of convergence of Internet and mobility. With over 7 million units sold to date, the Nokia N95 has changed the way people use their mobile device. The Nokia N96 we introduced builds on the success of the Nokia N95, further enhancing the experience," says Jonas Geust, who oversees Nokia's Explore category. "Through the power of the Internet, video and TV are becoming even more prevalent in people's lives. With its large, bright screen, and a range of high-speed connectivity options and the enhanced Nokia Video Center, the new Nokia N96 is a personal window to entertainment."

Nokia N96 mobile phone storage : In select markets, the integrated DVB-H receiver offers live broadcast TV with an automatically updating program guide. The massive memory can store up to 40 hours of video content. The storage capacity of the Nokia N96 can even be further expanded with an optional microSD card, such as the new Nokia 8GB microSDHC Card MU-43 which increases the available memory of the Nokia N96 phone to a total of 24 GB. For added convenience, the Nokia N96 features a 'kickstand' on the back cover that allows for hands-free viewing.

Nokia N96 Digital camera & A-GPS : The Nokia N96 mobile phone boasts a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash and video light. It allows DVD-like quality video capture at 30 frames per second. Further, with the integrated A-GPS, consumers can now 'geotag' their pictures with location data and share them with their online communities. The Nokia N96 naturally supports the Ovi family of Nokia internet services, including maps, music, media sharing and more. The Nokia N96 multimedia computer is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated sales price of approximately 550 euros, before subsidies or taxes.

Nokia N96 phone with Nokia Maps : For a superb music experience, the Nokia N96 features media keys, a 3.5 mm headphone connector and built-in 3D stereo speakers. The Nokia Maps application offers richer maps with urban details and satellite views and has upgrade options such as City Guides, turn-by-turn pedestrian mode and voice-guided car navigation.

The way of using Portable Firefox, ThunderBird, FileZilla, and Pidgin Over SSH On Unprotected Networks Using Any USB Drive

A few years ago I started using PortableFirefox on my USB drive to browse with. It was easier to always have my stored form data, bookmarks, and other browser settings with me regardless of which computer I happened to be using. The problem was I'd often find myself on a public WiFi network and didn't like the fact that my passwords and other personal data could be discovered by any average joe running a sniffer.
In this guide we're going to provide you with step-by-step instructions on how you can browse, email, FTP & IM over SSH on your USB drive.

To see the guide just click here

Turn Your Mobile Into A Portable WiFi Hotspot

The CradlePoint PHS300 will allow you to turn your Blackjack, Blackberry, RAZR or other cellular or USB modem into your own personal 802.11b/g wireless hotspot. Simply plug the USB cable from your supported cell phone into the PHS300 and your're ready to go with all the bells and whistles you'd expect from a wireless router like NAT, Firewall, access control, UPnP, and 64/128-bit WEP (11b/g), WPA/WPA2, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. This portable wireless device is also priced right at $179.

Lets look through the featurs : -

• 3G device support for networks that support ‘Phone-as-Modem’ or USB Modem Data Plans

• Firewall features Network Address Translation (NAT), and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) protectsagainst DoS attacks

• Access Control to prevent unauthorized usage

• UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) and ALGs support for Internet applications such as Email, FTP, Gaming,Remote Desktop, Net Meeting, Telnet, and more

• Provides additional security of Enable/Disable SSID, Internet Access Control (Services, URL and MACFiltering)

• Supports multiple and concurrent IPSec, L2TP and PPTP VPN pass-through sessions

• Flash memory for firmware upgrade, save/restore settings

• Easy Management via Web Browser (HTTP) and Remote Management

• Supports 64/128-bit WEP (11b/g), WPA/WPA2, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

• Compliant with Windows 98SE/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, Linux and Mac OS

Liscio from ONYX - Just a fashion phone

If you are planning to replace your old phone with something that’s not much when it comes to features but quite swanky to look at …then Onyx’s latest fashion phone – Liscio, can be a perfect pick for you.The all black phone is a stunner packed in a chic small bod. It’s just 90mm long and 35mm wide, and is as light as 60 grams. Coming to the features, Liscio comes with good old MP3 player, bluetooth and built-in radio, 128MB of inbuilt-memory which is expandable to upto 1 GB with a Micro SD card (it could have been more). Apart from this the phone also features a full color OLED display, but that’s also not much of an attraction as it’s just 1.10 inches. On the whole it’s indeed a fashion phone with great looks and average features that you can do with.

Price: GBP 129.99.

Swiftpoint Slider Mouse - Perfect for Visual artists and Laptop users

With a trail of innovative mouse coming into the market which offer utmost comfort to the user thanks to the flexibilty on offer, we have got something to please the lovers of small!
The graphic designers or anybody who has to work quite closely on Photoshop taking care of minute detailing, or for that matter a Laptop user would love what we have got.
Check out the Swiftpoint Slider mouse that gives you a perfect close grip to take care of all the fine details. You can hold it like a pen or lay it flat and rest your thumb on it to move it just like a normal mouse. It is the small design of the Swift slider that gives you complete control of movements.The visual artists will find the similar comfort of function in Swift Slider as offered by Wacom tablet. As far as the connectivity goes, it comes with ‘No strings attached’, which in a way works on dual side for it. On one hand the wireless concept gives you the freedom of movement, while on the other it makes the tiny miny mouse susceptible to getting lost. Coming back to the functions and features, the mouse offers bothe right as well as left clicks and its not necessary that you use it over a mouse pad, even a notebook can work well.There’s no update on pricing and availability.

World's most costly iPhone

Here a treat for the luxury lovers! Well, who doesn’t love luxury, it’s just that how many can afford it.So for those who boast of affording it can take pride in owning the world’s most expensive iPhone. Austrian luxury designer and jeweler Peter Aloisson has added another feather in his cap after designing this lavish piece of technologyWhat makes this phone so special is the use of 138 Princess cut diamonds and another set of 180 brilliant cut diamonds on its surface.This is not where the story of opulence ends.

The 17.75 carats of diamonds find a home in 18k white gold around the rim of the phone. The best quality of diamonds set in oure gold makes the iPhone a priciest possession for the tech lovers making it worthy of a price tag that reads $176,400 USD.The rich souls who are planning to get there peie of luxury should know that the iPhone has already got a customer in a Russian businessman who ordered the phone way back in October 2007 for January 2008 delivery.And if the princess cut edition is not your cup of tea, you cab put your hands on a comparatively cheaper piece which has only the brilliant cut diamonds and is priced at a modest deal of $66,150 USD…

A Dual Bay SATA Hot Swap JBOD Enclosure.....

This spiffy new JBOD Enclosure from ThinkGeek features a one touch backup function, blue and red LED's and data transfer up to 480Mbps (60MB/s) over USB 2.0. Lets see, when would an enclosure like this be useful? If you have 1TB of data to transfer to another system and you only have two 500GB drives, then you could place both of your 500GB drives into this enclosure to create a single 1TB drive to move your data with. The caveat here is a big one however - while your data is on this JBOD disk system (which stands for "Just A Bunch Of Disks") it is not redundant and if either drive fails, your data is potentially gone gone gone for good. Also good to know is that JBOD ≠ RAID-0, which means the typical speed increase one would see from a RAID-0 config is missing in JBOD. This is a very cool enclosure for use in specific situations.

Best Tapeless Hard Drive Camcorder With Microphone Input Jack

There's a funny trend going on with camcorders where key features are stripped to encourage you to buy the more expensive models. I'll get straight to the point - I wanted a hard drive camcorder that had manual and auto light exposure modes, and most importantly a line-in audio microphone input jack that comes in around $500. Sounds easy right? Not! With camcorder video quality on lower end models getting better and better, some manufacturers have started to gimp the audio features on their base and mid-range models to encourage you to buy their higher end video cameras. Just go out on Amazon and try to find a less than $800-$1000 hard drive camcorder with a line-in audio jack - it's almost impossible.

I did say almost - here's how you do it. The Sony HandyCam SR62 has a 30GB disk for storing video and connects to your PC via USB port. It does not have a direct external mic jack but instead uses a proprietary Sony "Active Interface Shoe" to allow for you guessed it - proprietary Sony microphones and light accessories. So how do you hack or modify the AIS port to attach a standard lapel or wireless mic?

Watch Camera Cell Phone Hyundai W-100

We're on a new integration kick - multi-function gadgets are the new thing. The Hyundai W-100 cell phone watch has a 1.3MP camera, touch screen, and Bluetooth. Apparently the perfect watch will be available in English and Chinese, and sports microSD for expansion for MP3 audio and video playback. Battery life is sure to suck but for everything this new gadget packs on your wrist, we're likely not to care too much so long as it will go a day on a single charge.

APPLE iPHONE - Rocking The World

Apple added some iPhone pages to their website today after Steve Jobs’ keynote speech was completed. Now that the dust has settled a little bit, here are some additional detailed specs to go along with the iPhone release information we posted earlier today. The new Apple iPhone has a 3.5 inch Multi-touch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480 at 160 ppi. The Multi-touch screen works by finger touch, not a stylus and can track multiple fingers moving on and across the screen to perform tasks such as resizing an image. It has a 2.0 megapixel built-in camera and a battery that allows 5 hours of talking, watching videos or browsing the web, and up to 16 hours of listening to music.

The service will be provided by Cingular with Quad-Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900) GSM, EDGE, Bluetooth and WiFi. (No 3G listed in the stats). The actual dimensions of the iPhone are 115 x 61 x 11.6mm, which makes it just slightly thicker than the iPod (thicker than the Nano) and roughly the same dimensions as Cingular’s 8525 for height and width, and weighs 136 grams.
Apple says they will start shipping the iPhone in June of this year after they receive FCC approval, and prices are expected to be $499 for the 4GB model, and $599 for the 8GB.

Samsung F480

Samsung F480 is a A slim touch screen handset that gains in both design and features has been launched at the MWC 2008.

Specs and features include:
• HSDPA• 2.8 inch touch screen

• 5 MP camera with auto focus

• Power LED flash

• Image and Video stabilisation

• Slow motion & Video editing

• Audio / Video player

• FM Radio with RDS

• Email

• Video messaging

• Mobile tracker

• Mobile blogging

LG - KF700

LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today announced the launch of its LG-KF700, a new multimedia phone that combines three input methods to create an amazingly intuitive user interface and provides instant access to features. The world’s first phone with three separate input methods, the LG-KF700 itegrates a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and Shortcut Dial. Each of these input methods is assigned to the tasks at which it is most efficient, making LG’s highly intuitive interface possible. With its user-optimized navigation, all of the phone’s functions and features are instantly accessable. From the phone’s main screen users can flip through several handy widgets, including a calendar, scheduler, and memo pad, with the swipe of a finger. The large touchscreen also means that the phone can provide an adaptable on-screen interface, rather than tying users to a fixed, preset button layout.

The Shortcut Dial on the back of the phone quickly scrolls through six user-selected features by controlling a virtual dial on screen, rather than wasting time digging through menus. This can be done at any time, from any application, not just when the phone is idle. The Shortcut Dial can also be used to scroll through web pages or e-mails, adjust volume and perform other functions for which a wheel is naturally best. One of the LG-KF700’s powerful multimedia features is a full featured Web browser that provides full access to Google Search, Blogs, Gmail, Maps and Youtube. Support for HSDPA 3G networks* makes web browsing extremely fast and makes other features like video telephony possible. Other features include an MP3 player, MPEG4 video player, 3.0 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity and more. All of these multimedia features are packed into a slim and stylish package with a clean, minimalist look.