Digital World-10: "New Camcorder from Sony"

Japan's electronics giant Sony has launched a new high-definition camcorder, Cybershot HDR-XR500V. This comes equipped with a newly developed 'Exmor R' CMOS sensor, and a 120 GB hard disk drive. This will be coming to the market next month.

Source: The Hindu, Madurai, 21, 2009.

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Digital World-9: "Digital Music 2008"

Digital music sales grew well in 2008 but the scale of illegal downloads was still huge, despite industry efforts to offer more to customers, a report said.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 17, 2009 ("Snapshots")

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Digital World-8: "Electronic Babysitter"

A British technology firm has developed an electronic babysitter: a wristwatch-like device that lets parents know where their children are at all times.

The GPS Child Locator, or num8, attaches securely to a child's wrist and contains Global Positioning System equipment, said a spokesman for the manufacturer, lok8u. It uses GPS and GSM (Global System for Mobiles) technology with an accuracy of 10 feet. It only starts working when the device is connected to the child's wrist and is very difficult to get off.

Even if the child manages to get it off, it would send an emergency text message through to your mobile phone. It would give you a Google Maps image with their exact location, the street name and zip code.

When a child is wearing the device, a parent sends the text message "wru" and the child's current location is sent back to a mobile phone or computer. - AFP.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 13, 2009.

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Mobile World-25: "Vodafone launches BlackBerry Storm"

The Hindu reports of Mobile service operator Vodafone launching the first touch-screen smart-phone, BlackBerry Storm. Priced at Rs.27,990/-, it is available for Vodafone customers in India from January 15, 2009.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 13, 2009 ("Snapshots").

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Digital World-7: Polaroid Pogo Instant Digial Camera"

Polaroid is launching a digital camera with insant full-colour prints facility. Polaroid's PoGo reaches the market one year after they ended the production of their legendary instant film camera. It uses Zink ink-free printing technology to produce instant prints on a special paper embedded with heat-activated dye crystals. Photos can be reviewed on a three-inch color LCD screen before printing. Polaroid PoGO will be available in March 2009 and will cost $199.

Source: AFP

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 11, 2009.

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Mobile World-24: "Unlimited Music Service from Nokia"

Nokia, the mobile phone maker, will roll out its unlimited music service in Australia and Singapore soon and is eyeing expansion in Europe and the U.S.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 18, 2009.

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Dotcom World-23: "Pope getting his own channel"

Pope Benedict XVI is getting his own channel on Google, where text and video of his speeches as well as news about him will be posted directly.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 18, 2009 ("Snapshots")

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Dotcom World-22: "Microsoft Internet Explorer to be Untied"

The European Union has asked Microsoft to stop selling the Internet Explorer browser together with its Windows system as it violates EU antitrust rules.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 18, 2009 ("Snapshots").

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Computer World-17: "Windows 7 Beta Version Launched"

Microsoft has launched a test version of a new operating system, Windows 7 Beta. The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, has invited users to try the test version online.

Source: The Hindu, Madurai, January 9, 2009 ("Snapshots")

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Computer World-16: "Pocket-size Notebook from SONY"

Japanese electronics giant, Sony has launched a powerful, fashionable notebook computer small enough to fit in a purse.

Source: The Hindu, Madurai, January 9, 2009.

On Vaio Notebooks from Sony's Portal:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=16154

Detailed Wikipedia article on "VAIO":
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Mobile World-23: "Motorola's MOTOYUVA"

U.S.mobile handset-maker Motorola on December 31, 2008 launched another entry level 'MOTOYUVA' phone, priced at Rs.5,150. The Motoyuva EM 325 comes with mobile music experience to the user with one-touch access to MP3 library.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, (Business Page - Snapshots), Jan.1, 2009.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOTOROLA

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