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The Alex PC for $620 in UK

Alex PCThe New Alex PC from the UK’s Broadband Computer Company is going to be liked by the people who are not into computer and even do not want to know about the computers and who are not interested in what computer stuff comes inn and out.

The Alex PC is a re branded Clevo M760T notebook which does has the basic computer requirements for a user to work and move away. The basic configuration constitutes 1.66GHz Celeron CPU and 1GB of RAM. Users are going to work by logging into a custom which is based on Linux Operating System by inserting a USB drive BCC calls a latch key and typing the password.

Every person has a different latch key for logging in and accessing their own files and documents. Once the user logs in, he can have access to the regular options like the web, e-mail, an address book, a media player, a photo editor ,photo viewer and more. BCC promises that only the first log in would require a initial setup and will then after the user need not worry about the performance and updates. Also in addition to the 120GB hard drive with local content a cloud storage service is being offered for free by BCC. (which is amazing and the user would have no worries about the computer updates and about the computer. )

Apart from these services the notebook would carry a DVD burner, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and a six-cell battery. The Alex is offered with or without an Internet service, although both would have the monthly fee. The Alex PC has been tagged at a price tag of $620 in UK along with the monthly fee of $15 and also few broadband charges. This Alex PC for now is fixed for UK and still there is no information on the release of it in US.

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Twitter Being Attacked by Spam

twitter-logoTwitter is turning into a volatile media and in turn is getting into Spam attacks. Twitter users although were asked to give their twitter account details are targeted with the spams attacks. The messages shot for example are “lol, is this you”, “lol,this is me”, “lol, this is funny” that managed to turn the BZPharma ‘LOL’ phishing attack into a full scale Spam attack.

The Message sent to the users state “Viagra or something similar and by clicking it it would lead to a sexual website and the text is similar to this : “Get bigger and have sex longer. Go Here” Twitter accounts are being targeted with spam attacks and are frequently getting messages linked to the Adult websites.

If you are getting similar kind of messages then it is nothing but your account has been hacked and do change your details like the password and other details in order to avoid certain messages. The attack might have happend with the details asked by the hackers to put in ( Twitter account holder might have been fooled ) .

Sophos a security company specialized in web attacks, posted a video on Youtube in which they explain the nature of attacks. When ever you feel like your account has been hacked, the next step you got to take is log in and change your details in order to stay away from those kind of Spam Attacks. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Waterproof Camera from Intova for $30

Intova-SnapsightsNow Shoot lovely pictures underwater with the help of this cool camera from Intova.

The Intova waterproof camera has been named as SnapSights SS100.

All the sports lovers and swimmers who would like to click away the pictures underwater and all the people who await for pictures of the world underwater, this camera would be the most beneficial one and would help you to get all your favorite pics you would like to capture. But yes, you should be a good swimmer, if you ain’t a good swimmer then carry an Oxygen Mask along with the camera.

This amazing Waterproof Camera from intova has been tagged with a price tag of $30. It has got cool features which are listed below.

SnapSights SS100 Features :

1)  Sensor: 1.3 Megapixels CMOS sensor
2) VGA,1.3 Mega pixels, 5 Mega pixels (hardware interpolation), 3 5 Mega pixels (hardware interpolation)
3)  Video capture QVGA @ 30 fps and VGA @ 20 fps
4) 4X digital zoom
5) LCD display
6) 16 MB buil-in memory
7) Micro SD up to 2 GB
8 ) Photo jpeg, video AVI
9) PC interface, USB 1.1
10) 2 x AAA alkaline batteries
11) Auto off when idle for about 60s

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SD Card Album Holds Photos upto 256MB

photo albumStoring of the Photos would now become easy with the help of this SD card Album. An equivalent of 256MB of photoscan be stored in the SD card Album.

When the 60 Photos are printed out and stuck in the album sleeves it would store all your photos. Flaunt your photographs with this SD card Album. So go ahead and get yourself one. It is available as a pre order and has been tagged with a price tag of $9.99.

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Sony Japan’s DVR/TV tuner for PS3 costs $110

DVR TV tunerSony Japan has announced the Price and the release date of the ISDB-T tuner peripheral called torne for the PS3.

Sony has been preparing this ISDB-T tuner peripheral called torne for the PS3 since a long time but today it has launched its final product.

The torne is similar to PlayTV (not available in the US), a twin-channel DVB-T tuner first launched in Europe back in 2008. The torne allows its PS3 owners to record TV programs to the PS3 HDD or an external one after connecting it through the USB. This is even possible while watching a movie or playing a game on the PS3.

Now, the recording the TV program on the HDD along with playing the game can be done simultaneously with the help of this Sony Japan’s DVR/TV tuner. Thus after recording the programs on the PS3 HDD or any other external device you can watch the programs. This is a cool Stuff from Sony Japan.

The Sony Japan’s DVR/TV tuner for PS3 has been priced at a price tag of $110 and the release date has been set to March the 18th of this year. Stay tuned for more updates.

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External Hard Drive Dock from Datel

spacedockNow Enjoy playing games with the all new Space Dock from Datel. Datel Space Dock has come up with a dock where it makes the process of plugging your hard drive to your PS3 or Xbox 360 simple without any worry.

Earlier it was pretty difficult to add a USB hard drive to the PX3 and Xbox 360 but now it has been made simple by this dock from Datel.

This space dock available in PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, accepts 2.5″ or 3.5″ SATA HDDs. It can accept the HDDs of a space limit of 1TB ( that’s cool ). Once installed, the drive mounts in your system to load saved games, play movies, etc, plus you can always plug the drive back into your PC to transfer more files since the formatting structure is really just FAT32.

This is a Cool stuff from Datel, which is going to make the connection process of hard drives to PS3 method simple. This Datel Space Dock has been tagged at a price tag of $40 and will be available soon in the market. Stay Glued for more updates on this.

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Windows 7 RC Expires on June 1, 2010

windows7_logoAll the people who are still running the release candidate version of Windows 7, there is a disappointing news for all you guys. Microsoft will now be sending out email reminders to all those who may sill be running the release candidate version of Windows 7. Microsoft is going to state that the version of Windows is not the genuine one, and thus the Wallpaper would turn into a black background withe a persistent me on the desktop stating that kindly get a genuine Microsoft product.

According to the Microsoft’s email, “Starting on March 1, 2010 your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. Your work will not be saved during the shutdown.” Thus indirectly stating that the OS would not work properly and would shut down for every two hours. But still people who do not have time to upgrade it, they can wait till  June 1, 2010 till it gets expired and doesn’t respond to you.

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Intact Lab Introduces Table PC Like MS Surface

intact labIntact Lab comes up with a similar concept of Microsoft Surface table-like PC. The Microsoft Surface computers when compared to these PC’s do not have the space areas for the elbows to be placed.

The Touchy remix is slightly different in execution from the Microsoft Surface computers. The resolution of the screen is 1366 x 768 and the 40-inch touch screen makes you the feel the real pictures and videos played.

The exact specifications have not been revealed yet but we assume that this huge computer called Touchy Remix works with either2.26 GHz, 2.53GHz, or 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 processor and the Random Access Memory (RAM) ranges from 2GB or 4GB. The minimum size of hard disk space required could be 160GB. The exact configuration can only be known once the pricing and release dates are announced. The software used to run the Computer is unknown.

The Touchy Remix includes 4 USB Ports and an optional iPhone or ipod dock. This beautiful design of the Touch Remix has been designed by the German artist, “Janis Ponisch” and the huge computer Chassis has been made by Aluminum. This Touchy Remix computer will be available in three different colors Red, White and yellow respectively. . Any other color can be ordered with an extra cost. The pricing and the release dates have not been announced. Stay tuned for more updates on this.

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