Google Chrome out of Beta

The Old Version
The New Version

Google's Browser Chrome is out of Beta and into it's version 1.0.

I have a lot of expectations from this release and wondering if Goog will stand up to them. For one, I don't want Chrome hanging when attempting to play Youtube Vids.

Vikas

Google Maps Mobile releases version 2.03 with street view

Now Google Maps Mobile releases version 2.03 with 'Street view' for Symbian S60 phones as well. Check it out by pointing your Symbian Phone browser to www.google.com/gmm and downloading the app.

Gmail adds 'Tasks' to its suite of functionalities

Gmail adds 'tasks' to its list. Check it out in your Gmail options or read on here

Kogan Agora from OZ based on Google Android

The Agora is a Tri-band 3G (HSDPA) handset with a full QWERTY keypad, 2.5" QVGA touchscreen displaying up to 262k colors, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0 and microSD card expansion. The Pro version will add Wi-Fi, GPS and a 2 megapixel camera to the feature list. 

The Kogan Agora will be sold for US$ 190 and the Pro version for US$ 250, both unlocked. The handset can be pre-ordered now, however, the shipping will only start by January end. Check it out here

NVIDIA Tesla Personal Supercomputer

Get your own supercomputer. Experience cluster level computing performance—up to 250 times faster than standard PCs and workstations—right at your desk. The NVIDIA® Tesla™ Personal Supercomputer is based on the revolutionary NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel computing architecture and powered by up to 960 parallel processing cores. Check it out here

Nokia does a slide out QWERTY - the N97

This was posted using Windows Live Writer Beta

Just checking out the new program from the ‘W’ stable that helps you write blog entries off-line. It’s called Windows Live Writer (Beta). Google it…

Robotic Beauties with Brains

First moon video from Chadrayaan

All HTC models - PocketPC and Smartphones

Read on here..

ISRO to rival Google Earth..

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which is based in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of the sub-continent, will roll-out a rival to Google Earth, the hugely popular online satellite imagery service, by the end of the month. read on here..

Free at last..

Mad intersection in St. Petersburg

What's wrong with these vehicles in St. Petersburg, Russia? Hello !!!

Chandrayaan the Indian Moon Mission

That's the Chandryaan taking off from Sriharikota in India. 'Chandra' means 'Moon' and 'Yaan' means 'Vehicle'.
from the latest news the Chandrayaan is already in the vicinity of the Moon and soon to be in Lunar orbit.

Take an X-Ray With Your Office Sticky Tape

Did you know that you could use cello tape to take an X-ray? No.
Here's how...
Look up this article..

Now Carpet Skating

We had ice Skates, water skating, then sand skating, and now we can add carpets to the list....

Chandrayaan, India's moon mission

The ASUS Eee PC unboxing

Indexing the Bike derailleur Gearshift

Here is a great and simple video on how to index the derailleur of your bike.

Google Earth's new satellite sends its first image

Google now has it's own satellite GeoEye-1 out there in the sky sending hi-res images for use on it's Google Earth services. Check it out here.

Nokia E71 lands 'Phone of the Year' award

Nokia's E71 lands the 'Phone of the Year' award and I am feeling proud to be one of the owners of this marvel. Check out the news here..

BB Storm pics leaked

From here...

Samsung Omnia (i900) unboxing - Must watch

DC does an Ambie, calls it Ambierod, priced 3 crores

OK. This news is dated, but can't help it if I just found out. Read on here..

Google releases it's first mobile phone with Android

and the Q&A session



I am not sure how much dent it will make in the Symbian / BB / iPhone markets, but, there is a contender out there and let's just hope it does a good job, being open source and all.

And read the low-down here...

Chill

IGNOU, the open University goes online

From brick

IGNOU,New Delhi on Wikimapia

to click
a sample video
Check out the following links
http://www.youtube.com/user/egyankoshIGNOU
http://www.ignouonline.ac.in
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/
http://www.ignou.ac.in/

India to Reach for the Moon Next Month

India making it's bid for the moon. Chandrayaan leaves for the Moon next month and all eyes are glued to the skies. Read on here

Book A World-Class Hotel Room For Only $19.28 Per Night

Come October 1, 2008 and the 'Leading Hotels of the World' is celebrating it's birthday by offering hotel rooms at $19.28 a night from a big choice of hotels all over the World. Check it out here

Participating Hotels of the World

Participating Hotels in Africa

South Africa
The Table Bay Hotel (Cape Town)
Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa (Knysna)


Participating Hotels in Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong
The Langham, Hong Kong (Kowloon )

Indonesia
The Legian (Bali)

Korea
The Shilla Seoul (Seoul)

Malaysia
The Club at The Saujana (Shah Alam)

Myanmar
The Strand (Yangon)

Taiwan, R.O.C.
The Sherwood Taipei (Taipei )

Thailand
Banyan Tree Bangkok (Bangkok)
The Chedi Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai)
Bo Phut Resort & Spa (Koh Samui, Suratthani)
Santiburi Golf Resort & Spa (Koh Samui, Suratthani)

Vietnam
The Nam Hai (Quang Nam Province)


Participating Hotels in Caribbean

Dominican Republic
Tortuga Bay (Punta Cana)

St. Lucia
Discovery at Marigot Bay (Marigot)


Participating Hotels in Central & South America

Argentina
Alvear Palace Hotel (Buenos Aires)

Brazil
Pestana Convento do Carmo Hotel (Salvador)

Ecuador
Royal Palm Hotel Galapagos (Galapagos Islands)
Hotel Oro Verde (Guayaquil)

Venezuela
Gran Meliá Caracas Suites and Conference Center (Caracas)


Participating Hotels in North America

Canada
Château Bonne Entente (Quebec, Québec)

Mexico
Presidente Intercontinental Cozumel Resort & Spa (Cozumel)
Marquis Los Cabos (Los Cabos)
Hotel Habita (Mexico City)
Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort (Nuevo Vallarta)
Paraiso de la Bonita Resort & Thalasso (Riviera Maya)

United States
Enchantment Resort & Mii amo Spa (Sedona, Arizona)
Bernardus Lodge (Carmel Valley, California)
The Hay-Adams (Washington, DC)
Biltmore (Coral Gables, Florida)
The James Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Wheatleigh (Lenox, Massachusetts)
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa, A Rock Resort (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
The Alex Hotel (New York, New York)
Participating Hotels in Europe

Austria
Hotel Loipersdorf Spa & Conference (Loipersdorf)

Cyprus
Amathus Beach Hotel Limassol (Limassol)
Amathus Beach Hotel Paphos (Paphos)
Anassa (Polis)

Czech Republic
Hotel Le Palais Prague (Prague)

Estonia
Schloessle Hotel (Tallinn )

France
Hotel Raphael (Paris)

Germany
Hotel Adlon Kempinski (Berlin)
Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin (Berlin)
Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg (Cologne/Bergisch Gladbach)
Schlosshotel Hugenpoet (Essen-Kettwig)
Hotel Hessischer Hof (Frankfurt am Main)
Schlosshotel Kronberg (Frankfurt am Main)
Hotel Nassauer Hof (Wiesbaden )
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg (Hamburg)

Hungary
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest (Budapest)
New York Palace Boscolo, Budapest (Budapest)

Ireland
Killarney Park Hotel (Killarney)

Italy
Hotel Santa Caterina (Amalfi)
Grand Hotel Baglioni (Bologna)
Palazzo Arzaga Hotel Spa & Golf Resort (Brescia)
L'Andana (Castiglione della Pescaia)
Villa D'Este (Cernobbio )
Grand Hotel Villa Medici (Florence )
Hotel Regency (Florence )
Villa La Massa (Florence )
Carlton Hotel Baglioni (Milan)
Grand Hotel et de Milan (Milan)
Grand Hotel Miramare (Portofino)
Hotel Lord Byron (Rome)
Grand Hotel Palazzo della Fonte, Rome (Fiuggi)
Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf (Saturnia)
Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza (Mazara del Vallo (Sicily))
Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria (Sorrento)
Bauer Hotel (Venice)
Bauer "II Palazzo" (Venice)
Luna Hotel Baglioni (Venice)
San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort (Venice)
Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amista (Corrubbio Di San Pietro In Cariano)

Netherlands
Hotel de l'Europe (Amsterdam)

Portugal
Vila Vita Parc (Algarve )
Grand Real Villa Italia Hotel & Spa (Cascais)
Bairro Alto Hotel (Lisbon )

Russia
The Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow (Moscow)
The Taleon Imperial Hotel (St. Petersburg)

Spain
Gran Hotel La Florida (Barcelona)
Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I (Barcelona)
Fairplay Golf Hotel & Spa (Benalup-Casas Viejas (Cadiz))
Silken Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao (Bilbao)
Barceló La Bobadilla (Loja/Granada)
Hotel Puente Romano (Marbella)

Sweden
Grand Hôtel Stockholm (Stockholm)

Switzerland
Tschuggen Grand Hotel (Arosa)
Hotel Eden Roc, Ascona (Ascona)
Grand Hotel Quellenhof (Bad Ragaz)
Waldhaus Grand Hotel & Spa (Flims)
Hotel d'Angleterre (Geneva)
Carlton Hotel (St. Moritz)
The Dolder Grand (Zurich)

United Kingdom (UK)
Baglioni London (London, England)
The Langham, London (London, England)
The Gleaneagles Hotel (Perthshire, Scotland)

Come on, pack your bags already.

Love downloading software?

All you need is, to visit this site, and download the giveaway of the day for free. Check it out at http://www.giveawayoftheday.com

Working with MS India

Google digitising old newspapers for online search

Google announced Monday it is working with a growing number of newspapers to “bring history online” by digitising archives of articles ranging from lunar landings to local obituaries.

Read on here and here

Microsoft Launches Dual Purpose Mouse

Microsoft has introduced new mouse, named Arc Mouse, which can be used in two modes including as desktop mouse ( when fully extended) and as notebook mouse (when folded).

Read on here and here

Google Earth to Nokia Maps (.kml to .lmx)

- Start off in Google Earth. Select your location and save it. Be sure to save as .kml and not .kmz.
- Next, go to this website: http://poiconvert.free.fr/
- For the source format, select .kml
- Next upload your file.
- Finally, select your output format. You can choose formats for TomTom (.ov2), Garmin (.asc) and Nokia Maps (.lmx). I can’t test TomTom or Garmin, so I’ll talk about Nokia Maps.
- Send the .lmx file to your phone. I sent the file with bluetooth for ease of use. You can also plug in the USB cable and then transfer the file, then open it with a file explorer. You can also email the file to yourself as an attached file.
- Open the .lmx file and Nokia Maps will start up and find the location.

You're done. Check out more tips here.

Google's own browser goes live

Google announced it's own browser, Google Chrome, and it is available at http://www.google.com/chrome

Check it out.

IE 8 beta announced. Copies from other browsers

IE 8 beta is available for download and has many features that have long been available with other, better browsers. Check it out here

Cows have magnetic sense, shows study

Cows orient their bodies in the North - South direction while grazing and resting shows a study from images on Google Earth. Read on here

Create a website, right from your mobile..

Build your website right from your mobile phone. Now this is real convenient, isn't it? Check it out at www.mobisitegalore.com

HTC Dream video leaked

The Google Android based HTC Dream due to be launched shortly.

Wordle word curry

Wordle makes a work curry from the blog feed url. Like this word soup is from this blog feed. Check it out here.

World Disaster Map,

Here is a place where you can find most world disasters on the world map, with color codes and embedded information.

Check it out here.

Nokia Email goes live as beta.

Nokia's answer to Blackberry service goes live as beta, and it is not a bad thing really. It requires you to download a small app on your handsets and it has a pretty decent GUI.

Read on here, and sign up at http://email.nokia.com

A dozen reasons to bury your iPhone!!

Here are a dozen reason why you should think before getting the iPhone. And I am not counting that you can't change the battery yourself. Only Apple can.

1. You can only sync music and video through iTunes.
2. You can only install apps through iTunes.
3. Apple deletes useful applications.
4. Apple might not accept apps which might be detrimental to its own business.
5. You can only run one third-party application at a time.
6. Apple might not allow app vendors to open up their apps.
7. Limited Bluetooth use.
8. No copy-paste.
9. No MMS.
10. No video recording.
11. No voice command.
12. Hardware locked to carriers.
%W$%$#%$@#%$%&^*&^
Read on here

HC bans plastic bags in all city markets in New Delhi

The High Court banned plastic bags in all city markets...High time they tackled this problem from the supply side. Now they are also going to shut all plastic recycling units in the city. Hope the plan works. Read on here

Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones. Beware !!

Apple is said to have installed a small app on the iPhones, called blacklist, which contacts the Apple server and allows Apple to remotely remove unauthorized apps from the iPhone and even blacklist the phone. Blacklisting will prevent further use of the phone and withdraw services from Apple support. The media is referring to it as the 'kill switch'. Read on here and here.

Nokia introduces E71, the iPhone and BB contender

Nokia introduces the E71 Smartphone with all bells and whistles included.
It's got the following ticked on the specs chart

WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
VoIP / Sip Support
Qwerty Keyboard
128 Mb RAM
256 Mb ROM
2 GB card included
FM Radio
Quad BAnd
3.5 G
3.2 MB camera with flash and AF
IR gate
and a 1500 mAh battery with 10 hours talk time
369 mHz Marvel Chip
a 10 mm thin form factor

Sounds quite a winner. Check it out here and here.

Now, $10 Laptop For Pupils!

Do I hear it right? A $10 laptop? Whoa !!!

Read on here..and here

BRB Evolution, the folding car..

Inspired by the Mercialigo, the BRB concept is a folding car that saves parking space. Check it out here

McKinnon being extradited to the US

McKinnon, the notorious UK hacker who broke into the Pentagon after the 911 attacks is finally being sent to the USA for trial and may face up to 60 years in jail. Read on here

Samsung launching an 8 MP Phone with Symbian S60

Samsung all set to launch an 8 MP phone, the i8510, with Symbain S60 and GPS, HSPDA etc. Quite a loaded phone this and should be a favorite with shutter bugs. Read on here

Google Knol goes live

Google announced their Wikipedia like authoring site known as Knol (Knol as in Knowledge) a few months back. It went live on 23rd July and you can check it out here at http://knol.google.com

5 Google calendar tweaks..

Google calendar is quite popular and a breeze to use, and with these tweaks, even breezier..Check out here.

Whoa!! Google slips. Loses market share...

Here is a chart from Comscore and the detailed report can be viewed here. Though not a major slip, it is being seen as a change in trend and hence significant. Read on here

Narrowest house is just 1 m wide

This house, the narrowest in the world has 2 rooms, kitchen, 3 bedrooms with washrooms and a veranda!and belongs to the lady in yellow - Helenita Queiroz Grave Minho , designed by her. She live in this 1 meter wide by 10 meter tall house in Madre de Deus, Brazil. Read on here.

My new E-Book on Corporate Selling

Hello there. I just managed to get my thoughts together to write a short e-book on corporate engagements, called "The 9 Ps of Corporate Engagement" and it is available at http://www.booksie.com/drvx

Do have a read and let me know if you find it useful.

Thanks
DrVx

iPhone 3G unboxing, and review by PCMAG videos

Hasselblad announces a 50 Mega Pixel camera

When it comes to professional digital cameras, the top name is not Nikon or Canon, it is Hasselblad and they have recently announced their 50 MP, yes thats 50 Mega Pixel camera model H3DII-50, but the price is not announced yet. But we can guess the approximate price if we know that their older model H3DII-39 with 39 mega pixel and lesser features, costs 37,000 US$. That's a lot of moolah for a camera, if you ask me.

It features a 36.8×49.1mm Kodak sensor, which is much larger than most DSLR cameras and a RAW format images will be around 65 MB. A 2 GB card will be able to hold just about 31 images.
Surely out of my pocket range. Read on here . Or check out their virtual demo here.

Australia may be planning to invade New Zealand

Don't believe me, check it out here and here.

Apple MobileMe goes live

http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
Apple MobileMe, the software that accompanies the iPhone, hitting the markets this friday, is already live. MobileMe stores e-mails, calendars and a picture gallery on an online server -- or "cloud" -- and pushes them down to an iPhone, iPod touch, Mac and PC. Have a sneak peek here and try it out at http://www.apple.com/mobileme/

Tour-de-France tracked by Google Street View

Tour-de-France, made popular in USA by Lance Armstrong's multiple wins, is now being tracked by Google by using Street View this summer. Check out the news here

GPS on a commercial flight

Ok that's me on a commercial flight with my GPS on. Notice the PDA is on flight mode, so it's legal and responsible, I guess.

Chatting with God online !!

Ever wanted to have a tete-a-tete with God and never got around to doing it. Here is your chance to get online with him and do it right now. He is waiting to hear from you here

The Flip Ship, actually flips !!

The FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) Ship actually flips to study wave sciences. It studies the way water circulates, how storm waves are formed, how seismic waves move, how heat is exchanged between the ocean and the atmosphere, and the sound made underwater by marine animals are just a few of the subjects studied using the amazing FLIP.

The living quarters are designed to work vertically as well as horizontally as can be seen from the pic above. Check it out here..