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.

The audio of this one was decent enough to be heard in a small room. There was some echo kind of an effect which surely was because of the bulky interiors. The VGA webcam was efficient enough during voice calls made through Skype with a bit of blurring while waving of hands. Otherwise the images were pretty much clear. This meets the MIL-STD-810F which means that this one can be dropped from heights of  48 inches, withstand 5.8 inches of water blown at 70 miles per hour for 30 minutes; and operate in temperatures from -20 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Its got a Nvidia Quadro NVS 160M graphics chip which is more than enough for the kind of graphics that you would want to use on a rugged laptop. Anyways this isn’t a gaming laptop. The XFR was a bit noisy, like the fan was turning constantly. The system was pretty much cool at about 90 degree Fahrenheit. Powered with a 2.66-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P9600 processor and 4GB of RAM this one did pretty well in our overall system test surpassing  [...]

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  [...]

Let me start with the highlight of this one… the touchscreen display. I must say that this one is a highly responsive one, and there was hardly any hindrance in registering the touches. At times however it failed to recognize the nail presses. This one comes loaded with Windows 7 touch applications and trust me it’s a whole lot of fun to use them. Scrolling through the browser can be done by just swiping the finger up and down, pictures can be rotated by just turning the finger. Coming to the glitches I sincerely wish that either Microsoft or Lenovo does something about the Operating systems widgets or buttons because frankly its easier to use a mouse on those tiny shortcuts in the start menu but its kind of difficult to be doing that using the fingers. The speakers of this one are pretty decent as well. The sound was absolutely distortion free while playing ‘hysteria’ by Muse and was also pretty much balanced. Though it isn’t that loud, I would still recommend turning the  [...]

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  [...]

The sequel to the insanely popular Left 4 Dead has been banned from Australia because it could not be categorized as  +15. According to the reports the board said that the sequel contained a lot of violence which was not suitable enough for under 18 viewing. In Australia the game rating is either suitable for above 15 year old viewing or it is not. The game classification system out there does not have any above 18 rating system. If any game fails to get the 15 + rating, then that means the game is effectively banned in the country. This comes in as a huge setback for the Gametraders as they were expecting a real good market Down Under. Also Chad Polley national marketing manager of Gametraders added that the decision was hugely disappointing. However they are hoping that the board comes up with some above 18 classsification  to prevent the game and the others who fall in the same category from being banned. The other games  [...]

Well for all the Chrome fans… Google has announced the launch of the Chrome Version 3.0. Frankly there ain’t  any point getting into the number game because that doesn’t mean that Google has got any more mature than it already is, it’s probably just Google’s way of emphasizing its news features. However, most of the users wouldn’t even notice the change in the version because Google automatically updates the browser. Though most of us would agree that its one of the fastest browsers available today, with the Chrome 3.0 its performance has improved more with Google claiming to improve the Javascripts by about 150% since the launch of the original Beta version. Following Microsoft, Chrome supports themes as well now. So you could change the themes everyday by selecting from one of the 28 available themes. Also continuing with the visual tweaks, the new tab section can be easily customized  [...]