Hallmark Launches Romantic Twitter Competition

Just when you thought that chivalry and romance were out the window and Valentine's Day was lame and overrated (but still go through the paces anyway), Hallmark Cards is reviving the entire saccharine, diabetes-inducing, sorry excuse for celebration - giving UK's wannabe romantic poets, writers and song-smiths the chance to show off their talents through a creative writing contest on nothing less than Twitter.

The competition - a world-first - is being launched by Hallmark's online personalised card service as part of its build up to Valentine's Day, with a luxury weekend break away on offer for the winning 'Twittermantic'.

The best entries collected before the end of this month (January 31st) - whether they are funny, soppy or plain old romantic - will be judged by an online public vote and by a panel of experts, including poet and published author, Christine Miller.

The judging panel consists of seasoned limerick writer and author William Clark, professional poet and published author Christine Miller, as well as Hallmark's own editorial team.

The overall winning verse will be featured on a 2011 Hallmark Valentine's Day card which will be available for the public to purchase through Hallmark.co.uk. The lucky winner will also scoop a luxury romantic cottage break for two courtesy of cottages4You.

Chinese Used 'Flaws' in Microsoft Explorer to Hack Google

The Chinese managed to hack Google accounts of human activists and many businesses thanks to flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser, according to reports Friday.

Google has threatened to close its operations and offices in China after hacking and "phishing'' attempts to break into gmail accounts of US, China and Europe based Chinese human rights activists.

The company, which agreed to censor of Google.cn at its launch in 2006, has also said it is "no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn.''

Reports Friday quoted security researcher McAfee Inc. as saying that Chinese cyber attacks on Google accounts were engineered by using an unknown flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

According to McAfee, 'phishers' fooled users into clicking on a link to a website. This website then secretly downloaded malicious software onto their computers. The spyware allowed the hackers to take remote control of the computers.

Microsoft has already admitted in its blog that IE browser might be used by hackers to remotely spy on infected computers. It is likely to unveil a software update for the browser.

"We need to take all cyber attacks, not just this one, seriously,'' Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told CNBC.

"We have a whole team of people that responds in very real time to any report that it may have something to do with our software, which we don't know yet,'' he said.

Google has said that "these accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers.''

It says it will soon hold discussions the Chinese soon whether it can operate an unfiltered search engine. "We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China," Google warned in a blog Tuesday. 

BMW, Mercedes to Use Intel Atom-chips

Technology company Intel Corp will receive some additional business from the German car industry and heavy machinery sector in the coming years, its head of German operations said.

Premium German car makers BMW and Mercedes will be using Intel's microprocessor chips in information and entertainment systems in their automobiles from 2012, Hannes Schwaderer told Reuters in an interview on Friday. "We have also won new customers in the durable goods industry such as Bosch Rexroth", he added. German producers of televisions and settop boxes would also soon implement the new generation of Atom-chips - which are designed for use in netbooks and mobile devices. "In 2009 we have basically seen no revenue from that but that will start to change already in 2010," Schwaderer added. Intel's classic business with chips for personal computers and servers will continue to dominate in the immediate future. Last year, business in Germany remained stable thanks to solid demand for laptops, Schwaderer said, adding the consumer division compensated for a decline in corporate business. Schwaderer said he expected Intel's new line of notebooks and desktops to be launched soon in Germany, adding: "We are counting on profitable growth." Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday and gave a bullish margin outlook on higher prices and firm demand for server chips.

Nokia N900 software update

GLOBAL – Today sees the release of the first major update for the Nokia N900. Following quickly on the heels of the minor release earlier this week, this latest version of the software brings with it a range of improvements across the device. Read on to find out what’s in store.

First up is support for the Swiss keymat variant with hardware and virtual keyboard layouts supporting the combination of German, Italian and English characters. We’ll also see full compatibility with certain SIM cards from network operator 3. Although only a small number of SIM cards were impacted at the time, this release means the N900 is now fully compatible with 3 SIM cards.
Mail for Exchange also sees an update which will it allow it to work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. This should bring the possibility of Exchange integration to a much broader group of users.
Ovi Maps also gets the update treatment, with improvements made to search performance and route calculation. Beyond these major changes come a range of smaller usability improvements which have been worked into the release and are based on the excellent user feedback the team have received (keep it coming).
Earlier in the week a minor update was released which brought two key changes. First was compatibility with Ovi Store Beta so users can now download and install software directly to the device from the store. The second prepared the device’s application manager for over the air software updates. Any users who have installed the first update will automatically receive a notification that a new update is available for their device. Users who prefer not to update directly over the air will also have the option to install the update using Nokia Software Updater on their PC. Anyone updating using their PC will be able to upgrade directly from the original to the latest version – without the need to install the intermediate update released during the week.
The update will be available to users in a staged roll out across the world over the next 24 hours.
Once you’ve installed the update, let us have your feedback here, as the team are watching and really keen to know what you think (as are we!).

Audi Displayed Front 225 Roadster & Sportback Concept Car @ Auto Expo 2010!!

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, showcased an outstanding display at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi. To commemorate the centenary of the brand, Audi's display included the heritage Audi Front 225 Roadster, the Audi India product range and the Audi Sportback Concept car. The Audi range was presented by Mr. Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG Marketing and Sales, and Mr. Benoit Tiers, Managing Director, Audi India.
"Audi has shown exceptional promise since we began our India operations. We have grown from strength to strength in every facet of the business. Audi India will continue to play a pivotal role in the worldwide growth strategy of AUDI AG. The Audi Sportback Concept car, which we have displayed at the Auto Expo, effectively demonstrates Audi's future design vocabulary. We will continue to bring latest models from Audi to India. This is part of our commitment to the Indian customer," commented Mr. Peter Schwarzenbauer.

The two international show cars and the current Audi India product range reflect the past, present and the future glory of AUDI AG. The Audi Sportback concept show car is now rolling up to the starting line with a dual mission: As suggested by the name, it symbolizes the Sportback principle in its purest form in the combination of elegance, sportiness and variability.

The technology of the Audi Sportback concept is markedly futuristic. With its pronounced coupé-like silhouette and large rear hatch, the 4.95 m long (16.24 ft), 1.93 m wide (6.33 ft) and only 1.40 m high (4.59 ft) vehicle is boldly progressive for the luxury class. Power is provided by the world’s cleanest diesel technology: the 3.0-liter V6 TDI clean diesel almost completely eliminates nitrogen oxides. And numerous measures to ensure top efficiency mean that the Audi Sportback concept is expected to achieve impressive fuel consumption figures of 5.9 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers.
Audi India has been instrumental in creating new benchmarks in terms of sales and service thereby establishing Audi as a manufacturer of progressive, sophisticated and technically superior luxury cars. Audi introduced "Audi Top Assist", a 24x7 Road Side Assistance Program in India, earlier this year. The increasing familiarity and wider acceptance of the brand across the country is reflected in the robust growth that Audi has witnessed in terms of sales and expansion since start of operations in India.

"We have successfully exceeded our projected sales targets for two consecutive years and have strategically created a niche in the Indian automobile industry. Audi India immensely benefits from the state-of-art-infrastructure, modernised working processes, large pool of skilled personnel and favourable logistical conditions that AUDI AG provides. We will continue to provide unmatched quality 3/4 to our customers in India, reflective of our philosophy of 'Vorsprung durch Technik'," said Mr. Benoit Tiers.

In 2009 Audi India registered a 58 percent growth, a remarkable achievement in a difficult year. This success was attained through the launch of - the new Audi A6, the Audi Q5, the new Audi Q7, introduction of three new engines to the existing range of Audi A4 and expansion of its footprint across India through new dealership openings in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Kochi.

The brand celebrates "100 years of Audi", a journey of the brand's tradition, innovation, commitment, explorations, passion, successes and new ideas. To commemorate this special occasion, Audi India has several new initiatives planned for 2010, which were set in motion at the10th Auto Expo.

The company announced the introduction of Audi Q7 4.2 TDI; the most powerful engine in its class. The 4.2 TDI engine joins the highly successful and popular Audi Q7 family in India. The company also announced a Limited Edition offer on Audi A6 – the highest selling luxury sedan worldwide. The Audi A6 2.7 TDI will now be available at an attractive price of Rs. 37,00,000 onwards (ex-showroom Mumbai) for a limited period. Audi India also announced start of production of the Audi Q5, its highly successful SUV, at its group production facility at Aurangabad, and plans to launch an extended warranty program, later this month.

The international Audi stand concept will give auto enthusiasts an opportunity to experience the entire Audi product range available in India comprising the Audi A4, the new Audi A6, the Audi A8, the Audi Q5, the new Audi Q7, the Audi TT and the super sports car Audi R8, together with the two international exhibits - Audi Sportback Concept and Audi 225 Roadster at the Audi stand. The entire Audi model range is available at eight showrooms across the country: in Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kochi. Early 2010 will witness the opening of new showrooms in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai (West), Jaipur, Chennai, Ludhiana. Further developments include Lucknow, Coimbatore and Nagpur.

Hyundai i10 electric announced in India

Hyundai i10 is the second most successful car of Hyundai motors in India. The first variant of i10 was launched in 2007.  Thereafter the model has  crossed  5 lakhs in sales.  Now today at India Auto Expo 2010, Hyundai came up with new i10 electric model. i10 electric is the first electric car of Hyundai India.  The model was earlier shown at the Frankfurt motor show.  Indian model was unveiled by Bollywood badshah shahrukh khan at Pragati Maidan New Delhi . The electricity powered  Hyundai i10 does not pollute  environment  with harmful gases, and its well suited for city drive.

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Hyundai i10 electric engine:
The 49KW (66.6 PS) electric motor is the heart of this car.  This motor is run using a 16KW Li-ion battery.  Its far better than Nickel hybrid battery and has less weight. New Hyundai i10 electric can run 160 KM with single charge.  The top speed  is 130 KM!
There are tow methods to charge the electric batteries of Hyundai i10.  Normal 230V home power supply will take 5 hours for complete charging.  Also there is an industrial charging option with 413 V supply, that will take 15 min for 85% charging.
Hyundai i10 electric price in India.
There are two ways to charge the new Hyundai i10 electric. Hyundai i10 electric  is expected to offer better drivability than traditional petrol and diesel versions. Price andspecifications of Hyundai 10 electric will be announced soon.

High Tech Gadgets that will rock 2010!!

Here is a list of the most anticipated gadgets and technologies of 2010, which are expected to make it big this year.



The year 2009 offered a number of cool gadgets and software, with some of them being Windows 7, Nokia N900 (Nokia's first Linux smartphone), Samsung's 40-inch full HD OLED display, Asus Eee Keyboard PC, Intel Nehalem, Google Wave, gScreen Spacebook (a dual-screen laptop), Intel Reader, Fujitsu's F-04B splittable smartphone and Samsung bada OS. Embarking upon a new journey and with CES 2010 just around the corner, it would be really interesting to see which all gadgets make 2010 a great year for tech lovers.

We have compiled a list of the most anticipated gadgets and technologies of 2010, which are expected to make it big this year.


Google's Android phone

Google has invited the media to attend "an Android press gathering", at its Mountain View, California campus on 5 January 2010. The invitation comes amidst mounting excitment about the search giant's rumored plans to release a Google-branded smartphone. Called the One, the phone was reportedly designed inside Google and would be sold, at least initially, without being subsidised by a wireless partner.

The phone will run on Google's open source software Android. It is being manufactured by HTC, which also built the first Android phone to hit the market, T-Mobile's G1 phone. According to technology blog Gizmodo, the One will be sold unlocked on a Google website for $530.



10-inch PC from Apple

Apple is planning to launch a PC this year. Though Apple never confirmed the existence of the device, speculation has been for months. Reports are surfacing that the will have a 10.1-inch multi-touch LCD screen similar to that of Apple's iPhone.

It has an "amazing user interface" and also supports 3D graphics, virtual keyboard, video conferencing, e-books, Internet and other functions. The has a front camera for video chats, making it a first of the sort for any Apple handheld device.


According to an Oppenheimer research note, the Apple will pose a to Amazon's e-book reader since Apple is apparently also negotiating a deal with publishers to get them on-board their new with a 70/30 revenue split. The typical Kindle/publisher split, Oppenheimer says, is 50/50. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to launch the device in January. It will apparently be offered at a price lower than $1000.



World's smallest Speed Radar

The world's only pocket-sized personal speed radar is all set to be unveiled at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Pocket Radar uses the proprietary digital processing algorithms and intelligent target techniques to provide users with accuracy and speed measurement detection across all ranges. Its sleek, compact, palm-sized, ultra-portable design, combined with speed radar technology and point-and-shoot functionality, provides users with accurate, real-time speed measurements of moving objects with the touch of a button.

It is designed to be used by both professionals and everyday consumers in a range of applications, from coaches clocking baseball pitch speeds, to athletes seeking improved performance, to NASCAR racing fans looking to their viewing experience and become part of the action.



Dual-screen LCD laptop

An Italian company named V12 Design is working on a dual-screen LCD laptop called the Canova. According to Laptopmag, V12 developed its design four years ago and is currently working on a second generation version with a US manufacturer.

The gadget will support multi-touch input and will have a software keyboard that will appear on the screen. A microphone would also be built into the design for voice commands. The gadget is expected to be launched in 2010.



bada mobile phone

Samsung Electronics is likely to launch the first bada-powered mobile phone in the first of 2010. Samsung is calling bada-based phones a "smartphone for everyone", with support for motion sensors, face detection and location-based services.

The company is also keen to create an apps eco system around the OS and will allow apps to control the dialler, send messages and access contact lists. With its new OS (bada), the company is trying to grab a piece of the pie already dominated by Nokia's Symbian, Apple's iPhone, Google's Android and RIM's Blackberry.



Made In India Android-based PC
Ink is all set to launch a high-tech IT product fully developed in India, at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010. The touchscreen uses Google's Android, Nvidia's Tegra processor chips and a power-saving display screen from Pixel Qi.

The half-inch thick device has a 10.1-inch touchscreen and offers features like Bluetooth, a 3-megapixel digital camera with autofocus, video recording and 32GB data storage. According to Rohan Shravan, founder and director, creatives, Ink, "Theoretically, the device can work for 25 days if one just listens to music. To be precise, it has 48 hours of standby, eight hours of high-definition video and 16 hours of Wi-Fi Internet surfing time."


These may not be the best gadgets for 2010, but you never know which one takes the world by storm and turns out to be the hot seller.

For Google, China remains closed commercially, too!!!

Since launching in 2006, Google’s China search engine has struggled to attract users. Homegrown competitor Baidu enjoys twice the US firm's market share.

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A Chinese Google user carries bouquets of flowers that he wanted to present to the Google team at its China headquarters in Beijing on Wednesday.

Beijing

As news spread on the Chinese Internet that Google is threatening to close its Chinese websitebecause of censorship, a band of Twitterers organized a bold show of solidarity.

At lunchtime, a group of them arrived at Google’s headquarters bearing flowers, in token of their support for the search-engine giant's stand against government control of the Web.

“Respect Google for: 1) Doing what you should, even if it is not easy. 2) Protecting your heart and your clients,” read one tweet.

“There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government’s attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable,” says Rebecca MacKinnon, who is writing a book about the Chinese Web.

It was a rare display of sympathy for a company that has struggled against official and commercial pressure to make Google.cn a success in the four years since it launched.

The Chinese language search engine had a 31 percent share of the market in the third quarter of 2009, the last period for which figures are available, according to the Chinese Internet consultancy firm Analysys. The market leader, homegrown Baidu, had more than double that, with 64 percent.

Criticism from authorities

Google.cn has been winning a growing number of users, despite coming under fire from the authorities.

Three times last year the government-run China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center issued public complaints that searches on Google.cn could turn up pornographic sites, recommending that “the relevant legal enforcement departments punish the company according to the law.”

Users have also sometimes found that when they enter a search term on Google.cn, they are mysteriously redirected to competitor Baidu.

Google’s main problem, however, appears to have been in overcoming the first-mover advantage that Baidu enjoys as the first Chinese-language search engine. Many users got used to Baidu, and saw no reason to switch.

Baidu also attracted a lot of traffic by offering free music downloads; Google.cn felt obliged to follow suit last year.

Though Google accepted censorship in order to set up its search engine in China, the company has not offered any services involving personal or confidential data, which could easily be stolen from Chinese-based servers.

There is no Chinese Gmail, for example, and Google has not extended user-generated content services into China, which could allow surveillance of participants.

If Google cannot reach an agreement with the Chinese government to run an unfiltered search engine here – as is likely – and makes good on its threat to close its Chinese business, the international Google.com website will still be available, unless the authorities block it, as they have in the past.

Few Chinese Internet users, however, speak enough English for the main site to be an attractive alternative.

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Interesting facts about Technology and Internet.

Here are some very interesting facts about Internet and Technology, presented in an equally interesting manner in this great video produced by the Economist on the media landscape which is rapidly changing. 

Did you know?

1. Well over 1,000,000 books are published worldwide every year.

2. Americans have access to well over 1,000,000,000,000 web pages.

3. Myspace.com, Youtube and Facebook gets 250 million unique visitors every month, collectively.

4. Wikipedia features over 13 million articles in more than 200 languages.

5. How many text messages does the average American teen sends each month - 2272

6. Nokia manufactures 13 cell phones every second.

7. Obama leveraged online social networks to raise $55 million fund for elections.

8. 90% of the 200 billion emails sent everyday are spam.

CoPilot Live on Google Nexus One gets the green light

CoPilot Live for Android has been one of the biggest hits of 2009 on the Android Market, with more than 200,00 downloads, but ALK hasn’t just slapped it on the shelf and left it to gather dust. The navigation company’s updating all the time, and now, the mapping app will support the Google Nexus One too.

Although many Android apps runs across a range of different Google blowers, the different specs and screen resolutions often mean new phones break support for third party apps, especially complex satnav apps. But ALK, which only just updated CoPilove Live for full support on the Motorola Milestone and HTC Tattoo, has now confirmed that it works on the Google Nexus One’s lavish 3.7-inch display too.

Google Nexus One hands-on photo overload!

Of course, we’d love to have an official, working and free Google Maps Navigation app for the UK, but we’ll take a satnav app with preloaded maps for a little over a score while we wait.

Out Now | £25.99 | CoPilot Live

CoPilot Live on Google Nexus One gets the green light was originally published on Electricpig.co.uk at Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:00:37

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