Ahaa... change the way you listen to music... well like it was reported earlier this one was just another gimmick by Sony to launch a new pair of headphones. Damn, and everyone almost got into a tizzy after having having a look at the teaser site which blared the words “ change music forever”. Dampening everyones expectations of a new range of walkman, Sony has finally launched the MH907s which make use of the ears to control music. Getting into the details of how this one works… the music player is activated when the two buds are inserted into the ears and when you take one of them out to do some other work, the music switches to the pause mode. Also when you get a call all you have to do is simple pop one in a lughole and the phone will answer the phone will hang up when u remove it. Apparently this one works by sensing the presence of the ear. What we can conjure by this is that the sensor gets activated when it is sheathed by skin.

The latest buzz doing the rounds here in San Francisco is that there is a Windows 7 version being launched for the netbook which in all probability will not be trickled out of most of its functionality. This means that in all there will be seven versions of the windows being launched. The news doing the round in the first half of the year was that Microsoft was likely to cut down on quite a few applications in its Windows 7 version for netbooks just because with the charge of the entire OS the pricing of the netbook would also rise to a totally new level. What is left to be seen is how Microsoft manages to adjust the Windows 7 pricing when it comes to the netbooks. However there is pressure being applied by Intel and the Original design manufacturers who build the machines and are in a tizzy over the fact that the machines would be considered inferior if the functionality is reduced. So let’s just wait n watch  [...]

Google’s plans of coming up with a registry wherein it will pay the authors whose books it scans and searches for online has received another jolt with the U.S government ruling against it. The entire plan of creating an online digital book library has suffered a huge setback because of this judgement. According to the Manhattan Court that is considering the whether the agreement abides by the laws or not and the Justice Department, the proposal should be rejected in its present form and the negotiations with different parties should be continued in order to adhere with the antitrust and the copyright laws. According to the settlement Google will pay  $125 million into a registry which will in turn pay the authors whose books are being used and reused. Google has already received a lot of criticism saying that it is trying to look for a crooked advantage in putting its plan into action and now to top it all  [...]

Expect the Japanese to come out with stuff that hardly anyone else can ever think of. This time what it has got in its kitty is a post card printer –cum- digital photo frame. It’s called the Colorio Me E-800 and can easily print images of about 89 x 127mm without resorting to the computer. It’s got a 7 inch screen with a resolution of  800×480 pixels. Text and extra icons and drawings can be added to the postcards or photos with the help of the wireless keyboard which comes along with it. This one also comes loaded with 2 USB ports and also a remote control. Going by the claims that Epson has to make, this one should hardly take 30 secs to print a full colour postcard costing a measly price of  $0.20. The company plans to sell the printers at a price of $600 from 7th of October in Japan . However Epson hasn’t confirmed if the Colorio will see a launch outside Japan as well.

Ahhaaa… well this one is surely awesome news for all the fans of Batman. Zotac International a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards has announced it own Nvidia GeForce GTX 285-powered graphics card based on the batman theme. Not that Batman: Arkham Asylum has any less fans, but with the launch of this the fanbase is surely going to increase. With every purchase the buyer will get a free copy of the game. Touted to be the best game this year, this one has batman fighting all his old enemies including Joker and Poison Ivy. Mr.Berger marketing director of  Zotac feels that the Arkham Asylum is an awesome platform to show off the power of the ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 285: Batman edition.

Well things just keep on getting better... this limited edition version could be yours for just £259.99 and without any premium. However, you got to be quick because only 900 have been made.

Students in UK, if you are aware of this, October 1st onwards  Microsoft will retail the all new windows 7 at a very low rate, specially for you, and this is a limited offer, so get off your asses and make a bee-line to your nearest retailer. For students in the US it has not yet been confirmed but will be sold to students for $30. A Microsoft representative stated that the offer was designed specifically for those students who won’t be going in for new PC’s or laptops this year but would like to have the advantage of using the new windows7. The students who order the new software from the 1st of October will be able to download it on or after the 22nd October when it is officially launched to the public. But to avail of this deal, a valid, college e-mail address is required. Similar plans are to be announced in Canada, Germany, Australia, Korea, Mexico and France, although the prices for which the windows  [...]

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, after two-months of site surveillance and measurements, was put into a 31 mile high mapping orbit by the NASA engineers. The $504 million spacecraft’s instruments are analyzing the possibilities of iced water present on the moon. NASA's chief lunar scientist, Michael Wargo made a statement saying that, “The moon is starting to reveal her secrets, but some of those secrets are tantalizingly complex”. The NASA engineers and the scientists expect the spacecraft to find traces of hydrogen, which is the biggest indicator to point out the possibility of some water presence. They are scanning the shadowed crater of the south –pole and also craters which were struck by craters years ago by comets billions of years ago. There is a probability of ice formation in these craters. To the delight of the scientists, the spacecraft detected certain areas of the moons surface that does not rise above 33Kelvin, and also  [...]

With the thought of reviving the radio experience, Pure has launched the Sensia which is touted to do to the radio what the iphone did to the mobile. Its basically an internet connected digital audio system. It comes loaded with a 5.7 inch touchscreen display much like the iPod with the help of which the user can search over a whole load of around 12000 radio and internet stations. It also has an application with the help of which the user can access his facebook and twitter accounts. Pure aims to make listening to the radio a totally refreshing experience. Users could also connect this to an iPod dock and its also got a rechargeable battery pack with the help of which users could use it on the go and going by the claims of Pure, this pack should atleast last for twenty four hours. This one is basically a Linux based machine and keeping that in mind this one could easily be opened to do anything that the developer  [...]

Dell is definitely trying to aim at two target audiences with the launch of the Core i7 Studio XPS 8000 desktop. Not only is it trying to pull in the gamers, but the home cinema watchers as well. Well why do I say this?? Its just because this one comes loaded with 7.1 high-definition surround sound, Blu-ray player and 3D capabilities. And that’s definitely not where the list ends. This one has an Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 Graphics Card and this coupled with the Core i7, it’s surely something worth placing your bets on. This brings along with it a spectacular gaming experience with 3D graphics. According to the makers, the curves that this one offers haven’t been put up there just for the heck of it. Apparently everything out there on display has been built for convenience and endurance. With all these features it already has many gamers going gaga over it. This one could be yours for £799 without the monitor and if you want the whole assembled  [...]

Seeing is believing, but I guess for the scientists at Japan the phrase could be reframed as touching is believing. At Nintendo Wii, the Japanese scientists have come up with an unique way to interact with 3D images which gives you a feeling of having touched the objects. There are Wii-mote controllers to keep a track of the movement and also there is use of ultra sound to apply pressure so that the user feels like its touching it. So far the technology has been used only on small objects but using it to create virtual light switches is also on the cards. Holography had always been used to give the 3D sort of an effect to the user but whenever the user used to touch the hologram, the hand used to pass right through it. But with the launch of this new technology a sensation of touch could be added to the holograms. Well, I really cant think of many instances where this technology could come in as handy, but surely this technology  [...]