January 2010 - Page 5 of 9

SRS TruVoice Voice Suite for Mobile Devices Introduced

January 10, 2010

SRS Labs introduces SRS TruVoice, a comprehensive suite of voice technologies designed for mobile phones, portable media devices, Bluetooth headphones and gaming consoles. SRS TruVoice dynamically adapts to the adverse conditions and provides significantly improved voice intelligibility. Some of the features of SRS TruVoice include improved voice intelligibility on the near-end of voice communications, active ambient noise management system, and enhanced overall volume gain of other parties’ voice in real-time. […]

Mobile Security for Smartphone (Symbian & Windows Mobile) by F-Secure

January 10, 2010

F-Secure Mobile Security offers complete security for smartphones. The application is easy to install and smooth to use without affecting the smartphone’s performance. This complete security package includes a firewall, real-time anti-virus and anti-spyware to protect against mobile malware, and a remote control anti-theft feature that safeguards your confidential information even if the phone is lost or stolen. It provides features such as Remote Lock, Theft Control, Remote Wipe and Advanced automatic security updates. Get a free trial at f-secure.mobi. […]

Twitter Earthquake Detection (TED) System by USGS

January 9, 2010

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Seismologists say Twitter is the fastest way to get information out of an earthquake area, especially in those less densely populated with seismic instruments. After an earthquake, people often rapidly report […]

Google Energy – Google Applies to Become Electricity Marketer in the US

January 9, 2010

Google’s subsidiary, Google Energy, has applied to become an electricity marketer, and to identify and develop opportunities to contain and manage the cost of energy for Google. Google Energy wants to act as a power marketer, purchasing electricity and reselling it to wholesale customers. Google Energy will engage in wholesale electric power and energy transactions as a marketer; the granting of certain blanket approvals, including the authority to sell electricity at market-based rates. […]

IT Job Satisfaction Goes Down to All-Time Low, Survey Says

January 9, 2010

A job satisfaction survey by the Corporate Executive Board found that the number of dissatisfied workers continues to increase in IT industry. The survey found that the willingness of IT employees to exert high levels of discretionary effort has gone down to its lowest levels. The recession and its accompanying reorganizations and layoffs have been corrosive to IT employee job satisfaction. Over a third were planning to change jobs once the job market improves. Tech workers are under constant pressure to keep up and want to be in jobs where they can learn and grow. […]

Zen Mobile CG555 – Price Rs 4699 in India, Features, Specifications

January 9, 2010

The Zen CG555 is a dual SIM phone supporting both GSM and CDMA connections simultaneously. It has a 1.7 inch screen and camera is 1.3 megapixel. It supports video recording. The length of the video camera depends on the capacity of the memory card. The display is TFT with 65k colors. It has no internal memory, and supports micro SD up to 4GB. It has antenna inbuilt to receive FM Radio. It has a MP3 Music Player and speaker. CG555 supports GPRS, Bluetooth and USB 1.. It has a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Zen CG555 is available for Rs 4,699 in India. […]

Magicon MG 6230 – Dual SIM (GCM) Multimedia Phone – Price, Features

January 9, 2010

The Magicon MG 6230 is a stylish slim dual SIM multimedia phone with touch screen and camera. It supports two GSM network simultaneously. The touchscreen is 2.4 inch 65K color TFT.It has FM radio, Music Player and Camera. The FM Radio supports up to 20 channels FM preset and supports FM scheduled recording. The maximum resolution of the camera can be set at 640×480 pixels. MG 6230 supports GPRS, Bluetooth and USB. It has an internal memory of 294KB and supports expanded memory up to 2GB microSD card.Magicon MG 6230 costs Rs 3400 in India.
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Samsung Corby TxT (B3210) – Price Rs 7000 in India, Features, Specifictions

January 9, 2010

Samsung Corby TxT (B3210) comes with a QWERTY keypad, 2.4 inch screen, built-in social networking (Facebook, My Space, Orkut), SMS inbox, 2 mega pixel camera, Music Player supporting MP3 , AAC and WMA formats, FM Radio with RDS, Speaker phone, EDGE and GPRS support, mini USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.1, access to apps like Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa and Friendster, Multi IM capability (Google talk, AIM, ICQ, Fring), Conversational SMS and Email Setup Wizard. The Samsung Corby TxT is approximately priced at Rs 7,000 in India. […]

Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer Tablet

January 8, 2010

Sony unveiled Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer tablet device, designed solely to access information on the Internet. It has a the 7 inch touchscreen and supports pictures, music and video. There’s no storage on-board, but with Wi-Fi and Ethernet, you can connect it online and download over 1,000 specially written free Internet applications, for news, calendaring, weather, sports, social networking and more. […]

France to Tax Google Ad Revenue, Google Opposes

January 8, 2010

A report commissioned by France’s culture ministry has proposed a plan on taxing online advertising as well as Internet providers, and using the revenue to aid creative sectors, such as the music industry, which are struggling to adapt to the age of downloads. The “Google tax” plan could also target other big Internet players such as Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Facebook. […]