You don’t really have to be a professional photographer to bring that effect into your images because the folks at Rollip.com have developed a new site that gives any digital photo a new look and feel by offering filters ranging from 70′s vintage to more modern ones.

They offer 40 various filters as far now and will be adding more filters in the future.. Rollip.com is free for smaller images but they do offer additional high-quality processing which some photographers can use for their professional work.

I’ve tried a couple of filters and really satisfied with the output results. Just check my image below where i opted for a movie effect and how the orginal image transformed into a frame from a movie.

And the Good news is Rollip.com offering 15 pro accounts to readers of this blog on a first come first serve basis. This pro account contains 30 credits which you can use for processing high quality images of yours. If you are interested to try Rollip then
signup using the link below.
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A  project known as AIDA (Affective, Intelligent Driving Agent), a collaborative initiative between MIT and AUDI is a personal driving assistant and an intelligent navigation system.   AIDA is not a traditional navigation system that just predicts the best route between two points, its an intelligent system which sets goals for the driver and helps to achieve it.

I would appreciate if you could watch the above video for understanding the system clearly. An another innovation in Technology…

The best part of AIDA is the personalization which includes analyzing driver behavior, frequently used routes, predicting real time events in the city that would interfere the route, collecting city traffic data as well has maps with incorporated information like business area, shopping area, workplace, night club etc.

Checkout what happens when some guys used the blackberry strom to control the real F1 car. Yeah, it’s True.. By using the phone’s built-in accelerometer for turning the phone like a steering wheel control of car’s direction. They tested it with a toy car and after uploading their video, a msg pinged from McLaren Mercedes Team to adopted the same system for controlling  Lewis Hamilton’s actual F1 car. .

After the rival Nokia releasing its N95 with 5 Megapixel camera phone, Sony Ericsson came from to introduce the same 5 Megapixel camera in its cyber shot series. This phone is expected to launch during the season of Christmas probably during december 2007.

An overview study about the technical specifications of this phone shows that it has a XENON Flash with 16x digital zoom and auto focus. Unlike other connectivity options, this gadget contains 3G connectivity with HSDPA (fastest transfer technology). Reg Hardware reports that k850 has 40 Mb inbuilt memory but it comes bundled with a 512 Mb card.

The special feature of this camera is that it allows taking five successive pictures of a take and gives the ability to pick the best out of them. I will post more detail about the phone including its price once it is stepped into the market.

Source: RegHardware.

This video showing off the new features on the iPhone.

Developer knowledge Drive is a Microsoft resource program along with Monster.com for your development in IT career. This program aims in delivering resources like Newsletter, downloads and Gifts too. Being a regular reader of MSDN flash newsletter, it has valued information which is worthwhile to read and sort of.

For every student and IT professionals who are focusing their career towards Information Technology field should opt-in to this drive program. Registration for this program is 100% free and you can join by clicking here.  The extra bit about the program is that Microsoft wants to promote it by giving referral points which you can easily redeem for gifts like cool Xbox 360, USB Music Players, Microsoft Leather Key Chains and Microsoft T-shirts. There are many reasons to join this program one of them is that it makes you stay abreast of the latest information and technical know-how thing. You will also be notified about latest events and other programs as a privileged member.

Still waiting for the free program to join?

Links:  Microsoft DKD | Join here.

How the trick actually works?

Using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards, they easily make the wild cats to fall in their pit. Leopards usually roam into villages near forests in search of food and as a result they attack people, but now this method had made the officials to fetch the leopards easily. This is one of a best usage of technology while people on other side misusing cell phones like mms scandals, pranks etc.

Vasani, one of a forest official said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage.

Yahoo news also reports that activists welcomed the new initiative saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured. Hope PETA promotes this step every where for the better care of animals.

Last week while attending our college magazine function, an officer from Planning commission has been invited as Chief Guest. He was giving several lectures about the recent developments in science and technology based on India and so on. Well the shocking or surprising news to share with all of you is that Government of India has plans to give “Free Internet All over India” within few months. Does that sound great? Also he added that the highest revenue is from the field of Information and Technology, lol I am studying for that… but the reality is that everyone is focusing towards the same field so in order to divert the minds and bring new opportunities in other field; the government has implemented many schemes for R&D (Research and Development Sector), especially R&D in biotechnology.

Ok I am going off the topic, I myself still cannot believe the news of free internet during that time when all of a sudden a guy raised a question asking that India is still lacking in giving high bandwidth to their consumers where other countries get a whooping mbps for a normal rate while this is happening in India how are they able to give free internet?

The guest thought for a while and answered that India is a largest country with millions of population, there are villages which still don’t even get telephone connections but we are using Internet vastly especially the traffic contribution from India is really high, how is it possible ?

This is another reason why we still lack in advancement of communication but our scientist have recently able to transfer date rate up to a terabyte per second (not sure about it but he added this). Even India produced three super computers which we might have not heard or it might be kept confidential. But the plans of Free Internet Connection seem to be on progress and will be launched in quite few months. When thinking from a positive angle there is no surprise or obstacle to believe this thing, since the recent advancements had made the internet and its technology a whooping success.

Lets wait and watch beside ….

To overcome this problem, one research team found a technique called SET (Similarity-Enhanced Transfer) that claims to speed up P2P downloads by anywhere from 30 to 70 percent by increasing the potential sources of files being downloaded.

How SET Works?

Their idea is simply superb and embedded in their tag itself! Yeah I am talking about “SIMILARITY”. Actually what similarity has to do with boosting up the transfer speed? My answer is that it has many. Consider this example that while you are searching for music data in p2p you come across many sources of the same file. So we had the option to download from the list of sources available.

When you compare the sources, the data you want to download is absolutely similar but only thing that differs is their tags, titles or sometimes the versions. By identifying the identical data, SET searches for similar files by “handprinting,” method that is similar to the pattern matching techniques which after identifying are scanned for any individual chunks that are identical to pieces of the file being downloaded.

After identifying them, SET expands the available sources of any given file. By this process “SET helps us to download a 30MB movie trailer in only a third of the time whereas the rate of an MP3 download is increased by 70 percent” says Arstechnica.

Future Applications:

Seem like all Future peer 2 peer will implement this technique in their system. You can know more about how this system works by visiting here.

Talking about the physical structure this walkman is 44 mm wide by 88mm high and its thickness is 9mm which weighs not more than 53g. Many geeks proclaim this box to be a rival for Apple’s I-Pod but I strongly disagree. Although they are in the parallel business the functionality and performance of both the devices is completely unique. Sony Promised to ship this product in the forth coming month of April.

Like Apple I-pod these box can play pod cast or simply from your camcorder to watch your home videos on the run. This walkman is also powered by sound technologies like Clear Bass, Clear Stereo, WM-port, connect with 13.5mm EX headphones.

Other Specifications of this walkman:

• Plays approximately 60 hours of music or 15 hours of video
• Hi-Speed USB compatible (USB 2.0)
• Supplied accessories: headphones (MDR-EX082), headphone exention cable, USB cable,software (SonicStage CP 4.3, Image Coverter 3), quick start guide (full instruction manual is included on the CD-ROM).

Just visit official Sony Store to buy this.

What is Rainbow Technology ?

Rainbow technology is a method or technique by which data can be stored in an ordinary paper and retrieved later with the help of a scanner. Sainul calls the storage medium as Rainbow Versatile Disc (RVD) which believed to be store upto 450GB of data. 

Cost and Performance:

Wonder how much a CD / DVD cost nowadays ? Basically a DVD cost around Rs.20 and a CD for rs.10 but this RVD will cost not more than Rs.2, The cost is absolutely very low when compared to other storage medium. Also the storage  capacity is 130 times more. 

Behind the Technology:

Sainul has completely changed the Zero’s and One’s Computing instead he uses a geometric shapes combining various colours. His new format is called ‘Rainbow Format’

Advantages and Highlights: 

• Nature of this storage medium is Biodegradable and Eco-Friendly
• Magazines like Digit, Chip etc can attach Data in a tearable sheet
• Rainbow Cards that is equal to sim card size can store 5 GB of data that cost  50 paise.

The Future:

Mr.Sainul is working with a project called Databank that reduces the server demand which costs upto Rs.25,000 crores to just Rs.35 lakh. He promises that his DataBank will meet the 123.60 Peta Byte (PB) capacity Demand. 

Source: DeccanHerald.

The great news for all the BSNL BroadBand Customers is that its going to offer high speed internet broadband connectivity to its subscribers. According to The Hindu Report, BSNL Telecom Service which is offering a maximum of 256 kbps internet connectivity to its subscribers will offer upto 2mbps connectivity.

Mr.Maran has announced this at the India Telecom 2006 conference. The main bit is that BSNL would offer high speed broadband at the existing price.

Transforming the telecom connectivity into a network to provide seamless access between the knowledge creators/converters and knowledge consumers.
 - A. P. J Abdul Kalam at India Telecom 2006 Conference.

I personally feel that this great upgrade is silently impacting the Vision 2020 of India. Maybe people who are using 256kbps connection already enjoyed downloading movies, games and other stuffs although they have some download limit but using the no count timings.

This upgrade will surely influence other Internet Service providers in India and hurray i think my service provider will do something to compete BSNL. But recently a French telecom and internet service provider decided to provide 2GB per second connectivity to all its customers.

Anyways this was just a great news for users like us,now the chance of exploring Internet has widenup and surely webmasters like me love to see traffic in our site.

Are you looking for a sporty phone ? Nokia 5500 is a trendy looking mobile phone that is inspired by Sports. Like Sony W830i, this phone can be used as three face mode like phone, music device and sport’s coach. Nokia 5500 Sport is a phone that projects and develop your athletic health. Confused ? Yep

It is more than an ordinary phone which manages your communication and momentum at the same time.

This phone is specially built as sport phone which means it has high durability, enhanced water, knocks and dust resistance.

How it can be used as a sports device ?

The Nokia 5500 is specifically designed as a sports phone because is has a sports tracking ability. You can track and calculate your working sessions like jogging distance etc by remote sensing device.

Other Features of this phone:

This phone as a special feature called Intuitive Tap Command by which you can play or pause or switch to next track of your music just by tapping anywhere at your phone. Unlike other phone, it has Text to speech capabilities which reads out your SMS when you are on the move. An Integrated music MP3 player with FM radio entertains you.

Specifications of this Phone:

It Weight only 103 g with a thickness of 18mm and 208 x 208 pixels display. An inbuilt 2.0 mega pixel camera with up to 4x digital zoom. Mp3 player supports AMP, MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA formats. A 10 MB built-in memory with 512 MB* MicroSD card, also expandable memory card that you can add MicroSD card up to 1 GB. It supports Connectivity through USB, Bluetooth v2.0+EDR, Infrared while the data transfer support of EDGE and GPRS.

This phone costs around $405.01 maybe around 18,000 rupees.

Highlights of the Phone:

• Trendy and Sporty body
• Sports Tracking Ability
• Intuitive Tap Command
• Expandable Memory

You can buy this phone from Cnet.

IndiMIX ’06 is an online event that is going to take place on 9th november at National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. The special host for this event is Mandira Bedi, who anchors the show and engages the participants in special contests by which you can win thousand of real cool prizes from Microsoft.

This event welcomes every individual who indulges in web business, web developing and design.
You can learn and explore how future Microsoft products and Microsoft’s new consumer services strategy help your business. A session for Web developers, designers and business professionals.

It is testimony to the promise of effective Web experiences; it is the point of inflexion; it is the demonstration of the genesis of creativity and innovation; it is The Next Web Now. — IndiMIX ’06

Some of the speakers who are going to take part in this event are Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft), Anil Kumble (Indian Cricketer & Director, StumpVision (P) Ltd). So buddies if you are of Mumbai or willing to attend the Mumbai event, you can register here and for non-mumbai residents you can either watch the event online by live webcast and for residents of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata you can watch online by visiting your nearest Virtual Townhalls. To view the townhalls near your city please click here.

Register for Event | Live Webcast | Virtual Townhall.

Wibree wirelessly connects mobile devices and pc’s to small size devices, such as watches, wireless, keyboards, toys and sports sensors.

What is Wibree ?
Wibree is a radio technology that operates within a short range (10 meters / 30 feet) based around low-cost transceiver microchips in each device. This technology is designed for ultra low power consumption (button cell battery) with power consumption as its key design requirement.

Relationship of Wibree an Bluetooth:
The main relationship of Wibree to Bluetooth is that it can be interoperabile with Bluetooth by Dual-mode implementation which will greatly extend the functionality of Bluetooth. Although Wibree can be used as an alternative to Bluetooth but Wibree’s power consumption will reduce as data transfer increases.

Technical Specifications:
Wibree technology complements close range communication with Bluetooth like performance within 0-10 m range and data rate of 1 Mbps. It is optimized for extremly low power, small size and low cost. Wibree enables or extends Bluetooth’s capability to connect new range of small devices.

Recently Nokia has introduced Wibree has their open Industry local connectivity initiative.

The technology will be made broadly available to the industry through an open and preferably existing forum enabling wide adoption of the technology.

from the Wibree Press Room.

Are you planning to buy a cellphone and addicted to brand name of Sony Ericsson ? Then go for W830i ! Sony Ericsson W830i is a triband phone that has triple face according to which it can be used as mobile phone, Walkman® and Digital Camera.

W830i – a phone that touches your senses

Although all phones do have this feature but when it comes to walkman its Sony that rocks no matter if you are an i-pod fan. Considering the specifications of this phone it has a 512Mb Memory Stick PRO Duo™ with the Walkman® player 2.0.

With this phone, you can download music, videos etc from its PlayNow™ service which Sony has expanded recently. The another bit of this phone is its Music recognition technology by which it allows you to track a song by TrackID™.

Coming to the third face of the phone, the built-in digital camera in this phone has 2.0 megapixel with 4x Zoom. This phone is compatible for connectivity with EDGE, GPRS, WAP, Java, Bluetooth and USB. This is an Upcoming model for Sony India and i will update this blog post if its launched.

P.S: I like the colour theme of this phone coz it matches my blog and website perfectly..

QuilliPad of Tachyon Technologies is a web-based site that displays any text entered in language based English to your desired language. Currently it allows you to type in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam. The interface and usability is very friendly. Currently this site is compatible with Internet Explorer 6.0 and above but it works fine in Firefox too.

In India Tata Sky a brand name of Tata has launched the First Digital Satellite Televison. All you need is a Satellite TV receiver and a DTH Set top Box.

Some Advantages of Using Tata Sky

• Digital or DVD Quality Picture and Sound
• Parental Control
• On-Demand Movies
• Search and Scan Banner
• Favourite Channels
• No Distortion or Interruption

To know more about their Services you can visit  TataSky Website or contact thier call center below:
From MTNL/BSNL lines: 1-901-425-6633
From other lines: Western India: 020 – 6600 6633
Northern India: 0172 – 6600 6633
Southern & Eastern India: 040 – 6600 6633

• Retrive it whenever you want
• No loss or maintainence of Data
• Recover it wherever you want
• Share the data with others

The above are some of the resons why i store my data online, ok now come to the part you can ask me where you can store your data and i assure you that i will help you to allocate a maximum of 1Gb Space for storing your Valuable Data. Yeah and they are free. Some of the sites which i recommend gives you 1Gb Free Storage to save your valuable files, photos, movies, videos etc.

MOZY:

Mozy is a free remote backup utility that will automatically backsup all the files you represent and allows you to store upto 2GB of files. You need to install a tool from thier site which will occasionally backsup your computer and if your computer messes up it recovers your important files from their server.

BOX:

Box is a free online storage site by which you can access important files in any computer, share photos and big files, Sync and Backup folders. They give you 1Gb Free space to store your files.

E-snips:

E-snips also gives a storage limit of 1Gb and lets you upload and share anything you want. You can even control who shares it and how they use it.

He added postive tags to his argument with reasons like native of bangalore and also told me that his friends too said him once that KFC is kennedy fried chicken, but in my inner thought i seem like correct because i remember having a free promotional sticker from peta on KFC. But since the Arguement is favouring him, atlast we decided to find the answer by refering Internet. I navigated to Wikepedia website and entered KFC. The First Result appeared is Kentucky Fried Chicken and i won.. Wikepedia is the best encyclopedia i experienced ever. By using Wikepedia you can find the company logo, founder, expansions easily and clearly.

below are the some of the Expansions i found using Wikepedia

• FCUK – French Connection in United Kingdom
• JVC – Victor Company of Japan
• BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke
• CII – Confederation of Indian Industry
• HSBC – Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation