The iPod With An Eye

For almost a decade Apple has led the portable music revolution with it's iPod range. Now they have planned to launch it's iPod nano range with a video camera application. It will have a speaker and microphone built in, while remaining just as slim as the devices it replaces.

The main difference will be a larger colour display. And not only is it the same size, the upgraded gadget will cost no more than the previous generation of iPod nano.
Users can shoot videos on their nano, watch them back and then use their computer to easily transfer them to You Tube. Special effects can be added, including thermal imaging, X-ray and sepia tones.

iPod nano is the world's most popular music player with over 100 million sold. It will be available in its familiar nine colours, including green, pink and purple. An 8 GB model will come for Rs 9,217 and a 16 GB model for Rs 10,820. It will also have an FM radio, a voice recorder application and a pedometer, which can be synchronized to run at the beat of the music track being played. The 8 GB model holds up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, 8 hours of video and 14 hours of captured video. The device provides up to 24 hours of music playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge.

The video nano is Apple's latest application to refresh a brand which has achieved phenomenal success.

Global Internet Traffic Untouched By Recession

Not even the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression could slow the ongoing explosion of traffic over International Internet Connections, and Service Providers are still building to accommodate it.

The world economy slid into crisis about a year ago, crippled by key events such as the bankruptcy filing by investment bank Lehman Brothers, which occurred one year ago. But between mid-2008 and mid-2009, the volume of Internet traffic between countries has actually grown faster than the prior year, according to research company Telegeography.

International Internet traffic has grown at 79 percent since last year, up from 61 percent in 2008, a recent study has found.
For example, India's Tata Communications said last month it would increase the capacity of its 6,700-kilometer TGN-Intra-Asia undersea cable, which went into operation just this year. TGN-Intra-Asia was designed partly to alleviate bottlenecks between Japan and Singapore and currently has a capacity of 650Gb per second (Gbps). It originally was set for expansion next year, but demand has grown, partly because the cable bypasses a seismically active area around Taiwan where some other cables have suffered earthquake damage.

Service providers have been building up their international network capacity by 60 percent or more since 2007 and added 9.4Tbps of new international capacity just this year. Only two years ago, all international Internet links combined added up to just 8.7Tbps, according to Telegeography. Despite that expansion, the average utilization of networks has grown in some areas, rising from 56 percent to 62 percent within Asia.

Role of Media and Adolescent Sexuality

The mainstream mass media (television, magazines, movies, music, and the Internet) provide increasingly frequent portrayals of sexuality. We still know relatively little about how this content is used and how it affects sexual beliefs and behaviors.

The mass media are an increasingly accessible way for people to learn about and see sexual behavior. The media may be especially important for young people as they are developing their own sexual beliefs and patterns of behavior, and as parents and schools remain reluctant to discuss sexual topics.

Sexual talk and displays are increasingly frequent and explicit in this mediated world. One fifth to one half of music videos, depending on the music genre (e.g., country, rock, rap) portray sexuality or eroticism. Two thirds of Hollywood movies made each year are R-rated; most young people have seen these movies long before they are the required 16 years old.

Although teen girls' and women's magazines, such as Seventeen and Glamour have increased their coverage of sexual health issues over the past decade, the majority of advertising and editorial content in these magazines remains focused on what girls and women should do to get and keep their man.
The word sex is the most popular search term used on the Internet today (CyberAtlas, 2001). The Internet may have both positive and negative effects on sexual health.

Despite increasing public concern about the potential health risks of early, unprotected sexual activity, most of the mass media rarely depict three C's of responsible sexual behavior: Commitment, Contraceptives, and consideration of Consequences.

Media also should present information on the use of methods to avoid unintended pregnancies and STDs and their consequences. A few prime-time programs have done this. Promoting responsible and healthy sexual behavior by adults and adolescents may result in a greater percentage of wanted and well-spaced pregnancies, with improvement in the health and well-being of many children and their families.

Motorola Introduces Android Phone

Motorola has announced its first Android smartphone with T-Mobile USA under the name Cliq.

The touchscreen phone will use an upcoming Internet-based service for Motorola phones, called Blur, which will integrate information from users contacts on a variety of social-networking services including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Blur users will be able to combine their contacts on all those networks into one contact list, organize their own groups or divide contacts by social network.

The phone will come with Wi-Fi as well as 3G (third-generation) connectivity, a 5-megapixel camera that can shoot video at 24 frames per second and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack.

Motorola hopes the new social service, which goes by the full name of Motoblur, will help to differentiate its handsets in an increasingly competitive market. The service can provide a snapshot view of all of a user's e-mail, text and social-networking messages.

The Cliq will have a 320-by-480-pixel display, GPS (Global Positioning System), Google Maps with Street View, and an included 2GB MicroSD card with support for cards as big as 32GB. It will provide six hours of talk time and 325 hours of standby time, according to Motorola. Its standard headphone jack will let users plug in their own headsets.

Google Will Soon Launch Online Monopoly

Google will be working with giant toy company Hasbro to produce a spectacular online version of Monopoly.
The game uses Google Maps as a board, allowing players to choose from millions of streets worldwide in their bid to become virtual property tycoons.

The rules are almost the same as the traditional board game, where only one person can buy an address, and then build on the plot to earn extra rent and increase their fortune.
However, the online version also lets players build skyscrapers, football stadiums, and other buildings as well as the usual houses and hotels.

And the 'Chance' cards give players the chance to ruin rivals by building prisons, rubbish dumps and sewage works on their streets.

Players start with three million Monopoly dollars, with Downing Street costing 231,000 dollars, and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, where the White House stands, costing two million dollars.
Rent is paid automatically each day, from 50,000 dollars for a house to 100 million dollars for a skyscraper.The free game, which has no real cash prize, is being run to promote the new 3D Monopoly City game.

"It's a chance to escape the harsh reality of recession and enjoy building up an empire."

Farmville- The Most Popular Facebook Application

Farmville, an online game in which users run their own virtual farm is poised to become the most popular ever application on Facebook. The free game, which allows users to invest in farm equipment and sell their produce for profit, has exploded in popularity since being launched on June 19th.

It owes its popularity to a growing trend among urbanites to try to their hand to the rural life by harvesting vegetables, milking cows, and shearing sheep.

Online farming games have enjoyed a huge growth in popularity in recent weeks, even as the real-life industry is in steady decline.

Facebook, a website which tracks the popularity of applications, has estimated that there are over 72 million farmers on Facebook across a number of farming games.

Farmville’s San Francisco-based developer, Zynga, says that the game provided a simple, fun way for people to unwind at the end of the day.

Samsung's Prototype Remote Control

A 7-inch portable touchscreen that can not only control gadgets in the living room but also check out and what's playing on channels other than the one currently showing on the big screen.

One tuner is dedicated to the television and another is used to tune in channels to be shown on the remote control. An 802.11n WiFi link connects the two devices.

In its most basic mode, one tab displays buttons to control the TV, while a second tab shows a TV guide application. The user can browse information about what's on TV or watch an alternate channel on the remote control. The channel can be displayed full screen if the user wishes, so the device can double as a secondary television.

"The advantage is that if you have a family, your wife [can be] watching one channel, and you can browse on your small device some other channel or zap there without annoying anybody else," said Michael Zöller, a marketing director at Samsung Electronics Europe.

When the user finds a program they want to watch on the big screen, they hold down the channel icon on the remote control and then sweep the icon upwards towards the top of the screen. The channel then changes on the TV.

A third tab on the device can access basic Internet applications. This might be a very interesting application for the future.

AUDI - The World of Cars

Audi is a manufacturer with an illustrious history but also one that's looking to the future with an unshakable confidence.The marque has become one of the automobile industry's major success stories, through careful development of its brand image and product portfolio.

The Audi story back to 1899 and August Horch, a German engineer and former employee of Karl Benz. Horch built cars under his own name which means 'Hark' or 'listen' in German before settling on the name Audi which means the same thing in Latin.

Audi became part of Auto Union in the 1930s, a company that was purchased by Daimler-Benz in the late 50s before the Ingolstadt factory and the Auto Union brands were sold to Volkswagen in 1964. But it was a further merger with NSU in the late 60s that gave rise to the Audi's modern era.



Audi really made its name in the 80s when what had been a conservative and largely low key manufacturer committed to develop four-wheel-drive technology. The resulting Audi Quattro took the rallying world by storm and the production version rejuvenated the brand in the eyes of motorists worldwide.

Today, Quattro all-wheel-drive plays a pivotal role in every Audi model line and the manufacturer offers a diverse range that stretches from premium hatchbacks, saloons and the ubiquitous Avant estates to luxury 4x4s and even ultra high performance supercars.

The Audi brand has come to stand for cool understatement in a way that sets it apart from its more extrovert premium rivals. Advanced technology, elegant design and finely crafted interiors are all part of what makes an Audi.

Pamper Yourself with the Wisdom of the Ancients

Ayurveda is a holistic healing science which comprises of two words, Ayu and Veda. Ayu means life and Veda means knowledge or science. So the literal meaning of the word Ayurveda is the science of life. Ayurveda is a science dealing not only with treatment of some diseases but is a complete way of life.

Ayurveda combines physical, psychological and spiritual therapies in an approach to health, that has addressed itself to the fundamental principles of good health and longevity. It has developed a tradition of medicine and a system of treatment based on the inherent ability of the human body to rejuvenate, to heal and to restore its natural balance.

Benefits of Ayurvedic Medicines

@ By using ayurvedic and herbal medicines you ensure physical and mental health without side effects. The natural ingredients of herbs help bring 'arogya' to human body and mind. ("Arogya" means free from diseases). The chemicals used in preparing allopathy medicines have impact on mind as well. One should have allopathy medicine only when it is very necessary.

@ According to the original texts, the goal of Ayurveda is prevention as well as promotion of the body’s own capacity for maintenance and balance.

@ Ayurvedic treatment is non-invasive and non-toxic, so it can be used safely as an alternative therapy or alongside conventional therapies.

@ Ayurvedic physicians claim that their methods can also help stress-related, metabolic, and chronic conditions.

@ Ayurveda has been used to treat acne, allergies, asthma, anxiety, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, colds, colitis, constipation, depression, diabetes, flu, heart disease, hypertension, immune problems, inflammation, insomnia, nervous disorders, obesity, skin problems, and ulcers.

Significance Of Cosmetics

Most people use make up to enhance and beautify. Other uses of make up include covering up scars and deformities that can be cured. Although it is of the same purpose as a beauty aid, this use helps build up the self esteem and confidence of an individual.

Make up is also need in certain jobs and professions mostly centered in the show business industry. Being under harsh lights and the constant glare of camera flashes has prompted many show business personalities to arm themselves with make up. Since their appearance is one of their most valuable assets, they must make every endeavor to appear as the fans want them to appear.

Other use of make up that has just recently surfaced is as sun protection. Many manufacturers of beauty products and cosmetics have accommodated the need of most people to protect themselves and their skin from the rays of the sun. This is a great development because before, sun protection and make up were quite difficult to blend together.

Today cosmetics play a great role in everyday life and the industry generates crores of income in products. It has become an everyday tool to make men and women more presentable.

Sony To Launch 3-D Television

Sony Corp, which is one of the world's largest electronic company has decided to launch a liquid-crystal-display television which will be capable of playing 3-D programming.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co, LG Electronics Inc and Japan's Panasonic Corp, who are Sony's rivals have also said that they are planning to introduce 3-D products as well because 3-D video for the home is a big money maker.

At the moment, however, 3-D films in theatres are just getting off the ground, so the initial choice of such movies on video would be limited.
The 3-D plan has come up after Sony Corp incurred losses in its television sector for five years in a row and is undertaking cost cutting measures.

Over the past three years, 3D technology in Cinema as grown ninefold, with 7,000 digital 3D screens expected to be in use worldwide by the end of 2009.

Dell's new PC for kids

Dell Inc unveiled a line of Nickelodeon co-branded personal computer for children, the first in a series of branding deals intended to stimulate its consumer business.

Dell's move is the latest example of PC makers using design and targeting particular demographies to stand apart from rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co and Acer Inc in an increasingly commoditized industry.

The Dell Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition will come clad in the Viacom Inc channel's trademark "green slime" design, with additional designs based on programs such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "iCarly."

The 10-inch Netbook has wireless Internet access, weighs less than 3 pounds and comes loaded with entertainment and educational content. It will also feature a personalized user interface with Nickelodeon-branded desktop wallpaper and icons, and easy access to the channel's online content.

Michael Tatelman, vice president of global consumer sales and marketing for Dell, said “the Nickelodeon netbook is just the start of its co-branding effort as it pushes into areas such as college students and pro sports”.

"The PC, like the smartphone, has become a 21st century symbol of self-expression. People are identified by what they carry, and people identify with what they carry," he said.

The world's No. 2 PC maker did not announce pricing for the netbook, which will be available in October in the United States through Dell's online store, and at Wal-Mart Stores Inc outlets and Walmart.com.

The Nickelodeon PC is based on Dell's Inspiron Mini 10v, which starts at $300.