Monday, May 28, 2007
it's look like iphone

I could not stop myself for putting this misleading title, well Apple has not preponed its plans of launching the iPhone the Chinese manufacturers have surely. Here is the P168 one of the many iPhone rip offs, however calling it a rip-off is an understatement as they have even copied the iPhone's wallpaper. The P168 has six onboard speakers for delivering 3D surround sound, in fact it is so loud that you wont be needing a boombox. Unlike the iPhone which relies solely on the touchscreen for operations the P168 has five keys for basic operations. It has a 3.5 inch touchscreen supporting QVGA resolution. The phone supports dual SIM's something which the iPhone lacks, the onboard software allows effective management between the two cards. The manufacturers have boldly written 2.0 Megapixel camera at the back but it is a 1.3 Megapixel camera as the maximum resolution supported is 1280 x 1024 pixels. The start up sound and graphics depict the Mac OS. The phone can playback audio and video files and connects to the host via USB and is powered by a 1350 mAh Lithium Ion battery.
(More pics after the jump)





The phone has a 1.3 Megapixel camera but the company has put a 2.0 Megapixel sticker
Sunday, May 27, 2007
EU launches privacy probe into Google's search engine

BRUSSELS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- An independent panel of the European Union (EU) has launched a probe into whether U.S.-based Google Inc.'s Internet search engine violates EU privacy rules, local media reported Saturday.
In a letter to Google, the panel, made up of representatives from EU member nations, demanded clarification about the company's practice of storing and retaining personal information taken from users for up to two years, said a spokesman for the European Commission.
Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel, said the company attaches importance to the protection of personal data from users on its search engine.
The company retains the data for security purposes to protect its search engine from hackers and prevent fraud, he added, saying Google would answer the EU's concerns before the panel's next meeting in mid-June.
In the United States, three consumer groups also asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's actions on consumer privacy rights.
Shanghai maglev project suspended amid radiation concerns

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- China has suspended the construction of a high-speed magnetic levitation train linking the eastern cities of Shanghai and Hangzhou after residents raised concerns their health may be affected by radiation from passing trains, officials and experts said on Saturday.
"The project has been suspended in line with the arrangements of the municipal government," said a spokesman with the government of Minhang District in Shanghai's southern suburbs.
An official with the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress confirmed a major reason for suspending the project was the magnetic radiation concerns raised by residents living along the proposed route. "The government is working on the issue," said the official on condition of anonymity.
Approved by the central government in March 2006, the 35-billion-yuan (4.5 billion U.S. dollars) maglev train track was to be 175 km long and trains were expected to reach speeds of 450 km per hour.
Many thought the line would be operating by 2010, when Shanghai plays host to the World Expo.
The Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev line would have been the world's second commercial high-speed maglev track. Shanghai operates the world's only commercial maglev system on a 30-km run between Shanghai's financial district and its Pudong airport.
"The petition office told us early this month that construction and all the plans to relocate residents (along the route) had been suspended," said a resident in Xinzhuang township in Minhang. "We had been looking forward to this."
The 28-year-old expectant mother, began to petition in March, shortly after she learned the maglev route was to run through her community. "I was worried the radiation could harm my baby."
The planned maglev route was to be separated from communities along the route by a greenbelt only 22.5 meters wide, although a blueprint at the local government indicated a protection belt 150 meters wide would be built on either side. German specifications require a 300-meter leeway on both sides of the track.
The local government has been under huge pressure over the past months, with crowds of petitioners knocking at their doors every day as thousands of complaints were received online. The Minhang District government alone received more than 5,000 petitioners in a single day in March.
According to the designers' blueprint, the new maglev route would have run southwest from the existing maglev station in Shanghai's financial center. It was to then pass the Shanghai World Expo venue and cross the Huangpu River to the Shanghai Southern Railway Station.
From there, a double track was to be built with the northern route leading to the Hongqiao International Airport and the southern route linking Jiaxiang and Hangzhou while following the Shanghai-Hangzhou expressway.
Minhang District in the southern suburbs of Shanghai was to have been a juncture of the two lines.
The project would have required a massive relocation of residents and possible radiation dangers for those close to the tracks.
Analysts said the petitioners had apparently succeeded in convincing the government to think twice about the project.
"The project is still under study and its final design is subject to approval," said Wang Qingyun, an official in charge of transportation at National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
"It's still hard to say whether the maglev would be built, but if it is it won't be possible to complete it before 2010," said Wang.
Local media reported earlier that all the relocation work was to be done before the end of this year. Over the past few months, however, much of the relocation work was halted and new real estate projects that had been suspended resumed.
"We were told to resume construction because the maglev project had been suspended," said a sales manager of Linshui Meidi Garden, a new housing development project in Minhang District.
Sources close to the Shanghai municipal government said officials were still weighing the pros and cons of the value of the project. "The original budget was 35 billion yuan, but experts said the final cost would likely top 40 billion."
While supporters of the project said the maglev trains would speed up urbanization and economic development in the Yangtze River Delta and help Hangzhou and Jiaxing cities in Zhejiang Province catch up with their wealthier neighbor Shanghai, those who are against the idea worried the costly project would not be able to pay for itself.
"The 150 yuan cost of a one-way ticket is obviously too high for ordinary people," said Prof. Li Hong, a researcher with the NDRC's transportation institute. The price, calculated at the proposed rate of 0.75 yuan per kilometer in the project's mid-term report, would equal 75 percent of the cost of an air ticket but more than three times the current train fare.
He said high fares are affecting the number of passengers using the existing maglev train to Shanghai's Pudong International Airport. "Its ticket revenue is only 100 million yuan a year which means it will take 100 years to pay for its construction costs," said Li.
An alternative solution to the abandoned meglev project could be a high-speed rail link. It would be almost as fast as the maglev train but cost only half as much. A trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou by high-speed train would take 35 minutes, only seven minutes longer than the maglev ride.
Ministry of Railways said the project was under study. "Details will be published at an appropriate time," said Huang Min, a planning official.
U.S. military fails to engage target in new anti-missile test
·A new U.S. test to intercept a supposed enemy missile over the Pacific failed on Friday.
·The interceptor was supposed to try to collide with the target high over the Pacific.
·U.S. has 2 ground sites hosting missile interceptors, in California and Alaska, respectively.
WASHINGTON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A new U.S. test aimed to intercept a supposed enemy long-range missile over the Pacific failed on Friday, agencies reports said.
"The target did not reach sufficient altitude to be deemed a threat and so the Ballistic Missile Defense System did not engage it, as designed," Missile Defense Agency Director Henry Obering was quoted as saying.
During the test, the target missile launched from Alaska failed to reach the test area before an interceptor missile could be launched from California.
The U.S. military is still trying to find out why the target, an old intercontinental ballistic missile, failed after launch from Kodiak Island in Alaska.
The interceptor was supposed to try to collide with the target high over the Pacific.
The Missile Defense Agency described the test as "not completed," avoiding to use the term "failure" and saying it will try again some time in the summer.
At present, the United States has two ground sites hosting missile interceptors, in California and Alaska, respectively.
Since last year, the Bush administration has been negotiating with several European allies to find a third site for its ground-based interceptor missiles.
·The interceptor was supposed to try to collide with the target high over the Pacific.
·U.S. has 2 ground sites hosting missile interceptors, in California and Alaska, respectively.
WASHINGTON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A new U.S. test aimed to intercept a supposed enemy long-range missile over the Pacific failed on Friday, agencies reports said.
"The target did not reach sufficient altitude to be deemed a threat and so the Ballistic Missile Defense System did not engage it, as designed," Missile Defense Agency Director Henry Obering was quoted as saying.
During the test, the target missile launched from Alaska failed to reach the test area before an interceptor missile could be launched from California.
The U.S. military is still trying to find out why the target, an old intercontinental ballistic missile, failed after launch from Kodiak Island in Alaska.
The interceptor was supposed to try to collide with the target high over the Pacific.
The Missile Defense Agency described the test as "not completed," avoiding to use the term "failure" and saying it will try again some time in the summer.
At present, the United States has two ground sites hosting missile interceptors, in California and Alaska, respectively.
Since last year, the Bush administration has been negotiating with several European allies to find a third site for its ground-based interceptor missiles.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Duo Core Mini PC
LPC-450 Duo Core Small Form Factor PC
Dual Core LittlePCs are the new Big!
Built with the latest blazing speed Intel Duo Core Processors. The Stealth LPC-450 delivers the ultimate in small form factor performance. The rugged all aluminum small form factor chassis measures about the size of a hard cover novel yet surpasses performance of most desktops and notebook PCs.
Stealth is recognized world-wide as a leading supplier of small form factor computers. For unsurpassed performance and reliability contact Stealth today to discuss your application requirements.

Features:
* Powerful Duo Core Processors
* Fits in the palm of your hand
* 12 VDC Operation, ideal for mobile/field
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* 3D Graphics with 16x9 Capability
* Built-in Gigabit LAN, USB, Firewire, Audio, Serial, Video
* Rugged Extruded Aluminium Chassis
* Optical Drives, Front Load
* Solid State Hard Drives (Flash) optional
* WINDOWS Compatible, *other O/S Options Available
* Dimensions:
5.7"(W) x 9.9"(D) x 1.65"(H)
(14.6 x 25.2 x 4.2 cm)
Dual Core LittlePCs are the new Big!
Built with the latest blazing speed Intel Duo Core Processors. The Stealth LPC-450 delivers the ultimate in small form factor performance. The rugged all aluminum small form factor chassis measures about the size of a hard cover novel yet surpasses performance of most desktops and notebook PCs.
Stealth is recognized world-wide as a leading supplier of small form factor computers. For unsurpassed performance and reliability contact Stealth today to discuss your application requirements.

Features:
* Powerful Duo Core Processors
* Fits in the palm of your hand
* 12 VDC Operation, ideal for mobile/field
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* 3D Graphics with 16x9 Capability
* Built-in Gigabit LAN, USB, Firewire, Audio, Serial, Video
* Rugged Extruded Aluminium Chassis
* Optical Drives, Front Load
* Solid State Hard Drives (Flash) optional
* WINDOWS Compatible, *other O/S Options Available
* Dimensions:
5.7"(W) x 9.9"(D) x 1.65"(H)
(14.6 x 25.2 x 4.2 cm)
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Double Trouble

So the old saw-the-lady-in-half show didn’t exactly impress you? Ditto for the quarter behind the ear?
Well then, what if, for the next trick, you saw one bag become two?
Here we have a new Bare bucket bag. Yes, L.A.-based jewelry designer Jeet Sohal has just added carryalls to her repertoire (a feat in itself, it’s true).
Take a good look at it. All you see is a simple, sophisticated bucket bag made with the finest Napa leather, treated for durability, with but a few modern seam details, reinforced oval handles, and outside zipper pocket.
Now, watch as it is turned inside out. Voila! You’ve got the same bag but in an entirely new color. Amazing, isn’t it? Navy turns to white, black to cognac, and gold reverses to black or cognac right before your very eyes.
So much for not believing in magic.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Lawmakers want sex offenders to register e-mail addresses
HARTFORD, Conn. --Connecticut and more than a dozen other states are considering whether to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses as part of efforts to combat online sexual predators.
Three states -- Virginia, Arizona and Kentucky -- already require sex offenders to provide law enforcement with their e-mail addresses as well as their home addresses.
The bills have support from the popular social networking site MySpace.com, which has been under increasing pressure to ferret out convicted child molesters and stop them from creating online profiles.
Connecticut's proposal, which passed the state House of Representatives 149-0 on Thursday, would expand the state's version of Megan's Law, named after Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered in 1994 by a sex offender who lived across the street.
"Megan's Law is based on keeping track of where sex offenders reside. So it makes sense to track their location in cyberspace," said Connecticut House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, who championed a 1995 bill requiring sex offenders to register their home addresses. "The Internet represents a new frontier of sex predators."
Connecticut's bill would require sex offenders to register any e-mail addresses, instant message addresses or other Internet identifiers with the state police. Those who don't report the information would face up to five years in prison.
It also makes it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for any person to misrepresent his or her age to entice a minor on the Internet to engage in sexual activity.
The bill awaits action in the Senate.
MySpace is lobbying for similar legislation on both state and national levels. The company's chief security officer, Hemanshu Nigam, appeared at a state Capitol news conference with Amman on Thursday.
"Our laws need to change with the times," he said. "We can no longer unwittingly provide an advantage to predators online."
Besides Connecticut, MySpace said California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas have considered or are considering legislation that requires registered sex offenders to report their e-mail addresses.
Typical MySpace profiles include photos, music and personal information, including hometowns and education. Users can send messages to one another and, in many cases, browse other profiles.
The company said Thursday that it has removed 7,000 registered sex offenders' profiles from its site after hiring a software company to identify them. It is providing the information to law enforcement and state attorneys general.
"Mandatory sex offender e-mail registration legislation would significantly expedite this process and help keep sex offenders off our sites," Nigam said.
Under the bill, whenever MySpace determines that one of Connecticut's approximately 4,100 registered sex offenders is using the site, it must contact state police.
The bill has support from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who, along with six of his counterparts in other states, demanded this month that MySpace turn over the names and information of the identified sex offenders on its site. But he said more needs to be done.
"This one step alone is insufficient," Blumenthal said. "Many predators have never been convicted of any sexual offense, and many more use aliases and fake information. Against this threat, we need age verification, identity checks and other measures to protect children on social networking sites."
Connecticut's bill also adds people paid to repair computers to the list of those required by law to report suspicions of child abuse they come across while on the job.
Thirty-seven professions in the state are required to report child abuse, including teachers, medical personnel and counselors. People in those professions who report abuse in good faith are immune from civil and criminal liabilities. Failure to notify the state Department of Children and Families could lead to fines up to $500.
© Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Three states -- Virginia, Arizona and Kentucky -- already require sex offenders to provide law enforcement with their e-mail addresses as well as their home addresses.
The bills have support from the popular social networking site MySpace.com, which has been under increasing pressure to ferret out convicted child molesters and stop them from creating online profiles.
Connecticut's proposal, which passed the state House of Representatives 149-0 on Thursday, would expand the state's version of Megan's Law, named after Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered in 1994 by a sex offender who lived across the street.
"Megan's Law is based on keeping track of where sex offenders reside. So it makes sense to track their location in cyberspace," said Connecticut House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, who championed a 1995 bill requiring sex offenders to register their home addresses. "The Internet represents a new frontier of sex predators."
Connecticut's bill would require sex offenders to register any e-mail addresses, instant message addresses or other Internet identifiers with the state police. Those who don't report the information would face up to five years in prison.
It also makes it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for any person to misrepresent his or her age to entice a minor on the Internet to engage in sexual activity.
The bill awaits action in the Senate.
MySpace is lobbying for similar legislation on both state and national levels. The company's chief security officer, Hemanshu Nigam, appeared at a state Capitol news conference with Amman on Thursday.
"Our laws need to change with the times," he said. "We can no longer unwittingly provide an advantage to predators online."
Besides Connecticut, MySpace said California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas have considered or are considering legislation that requires registered sex offenders to report their e-mail addresses.
Typical MySpace profiles include photos, music and personal information, including hometowns and education. Users can send messages to one another and, in many cases, browse other profiles.
The company said Thursday that it has removed 7,000 registered sex offenders' profiles from its site after hiring a software company to identify them. It is providing the information to law enforcement and state attorneys general.
"Mandatory sex offender e-mail registration legislation would significantly expedite this process and help keep sex offenders off our sites," Nigam said.
Under the bill, whenever MySpace determines that one of Connecticut's approximately 4,100 registered sex offenders is using the site, it must contact state police.
The bill has support from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who, along with six of his counterparts in other states, demanded this month that MySpace turn over the names and information of the identified sex offenders on its site. But he said more needs to be done.
"This one step alone is insufficient," Blumenthal said. "Many predators have never been convicted of any sexual offense, and many more use aliases and fake information. Against this threat, we need age verification, identity checks and other measures to protect children on social networking sites."
Connecticut's bill also adds people paid to repair computers to the list of those required by law to report suspicions of child abuse they come across while on the job.
Thirty-seven professions in the state are required to report child abuse, including teachers, medical personnel and counselors. People in those professions who report abuse in good faith are immune from civil and criminal liabilities. Failure to notify the state Department of Children and Families could lead to fines up to $500.
© Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Coke agrees $4.1bn Glaceau buy
Coca Cola said it had agreed to buy Glaceau, the maker of Vitamin Water, for $4.1bn in the latest stage in the drinks giant's efforts to expand its portfolio of still drinks and give a lift to its struggling north American business.
Coke has been slower than PepsiCo, its fierce rival, to extend its reach beyond fizzy drinks into non-carbonated beverages, such as bottled water and energy drinks.
The market for still and energy drinks has been growing much faster than the mature carbonated market in north America. Increasingly health conscious consumers have started to shun products they perceive to be bad for them.
In an effort to catch up, Coke has been focusing on developing new products and on acquisitions.
"This will help us with our clearly declared goal of winning in north America," said Neville Isdell, chief executive.
Tata, the Indian conglomerate, bought a 30 per cent stake in Glaceau last year for $677m, based on an enterprise value of $2.2bn for the company, Coca-Cola said.
Muhtar Kent, Coke's chief operating officer, said: "Of course it's a high price, you may think". But the company said that it saw great growth potential for Glaceau in the south and centre of the US, as well as internationally. It already has a big presence on the east and west coasts.
The agreement to buy Glaceau, also known as Energy Drinks, comes shortly after the purchase of Fuze Beverages, a US maker of teas and juices, to close the gap with PepsiCo's broader portfolio.
The main products of Glaceau, which was set up in 1996, are "enhanced water" products and Smartwater, a bottled water brand. It will operate as a separate business unit within Coca Cola's north American branch. The top three executives at Glaceau will stay on for at least 3 years after the deal.
The all-cash deal is expected to close in mid-June, and Coke said it would add to earnings by the end of next year.
Copyright The Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved.
Coke has been slower than PepsiCo, its fierce rival, to extend its reach beyond fizzy drinks into non-carbonated beverages, such as bottled water and energy drinks.
The market for still and energy drinks has been growing much faster than the mature carbonated market in north America. Increasingly health conscious consumers have started to shun products they perceive to be bad for them.
In an effort to catch up, Coke has been focusing on developing new products and on acquisitions.
"This will help us with our clearly declared goal of winning in north America," said Neville Isdell, chief executive.
Tata, the Indian conglomerate, bought a 30 per cent stake in Glaceau last year for $677m, based on an enterprise value of $2.2bn for the company, Coca-Cola said.
Muhtar Kent, Coke's chief operating officer, said: "Of course it's a high price, you may think". But the company said that it saw great growth potential for Glaceau in the south and centre of the US, as well as internationally. It already has a big presence on the east and west coasts.
The agreement to buy Glaceau, also known as Energy Drinks, comes shortly after the purchase of Fuze Beverages, a US maker of teas and juices, to close the gap with PepsiCo's broader portfolio.
The main products of Glaceau, which was set up in 1996, are "enhanced water" products and Smartwater, a bottled water brand. It will operate as a separate business unit within Coca Cola's north American branch. The top three executives at Glaceau will stay on for at least 3 years after the deal.
The all-cash deal is expected to close in mid-June, and Coke said it would add to earnings by the end of next year.
Copyright The Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved.
Smooth-E "Contemporizes" Blake Lewis

Blake Lewis isn't this season's "American Idol," but that's no reason not to make fun of him -- and Eric Schwartz aka Smooth-E is up to the idol lampooning tricks again!
Remember the Sanjaya Anthem and how Smooth-E captured the essence of little Sanjy? In this new video, E hilariously transforms into the beat-boxing loser. This video has it all, from battling brides to hamster funerals ... even drinking priests.
Somebody needs to give this guy a show. Smooth-E, not Blake.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Some movies are too much of a good thing; others are too much of a bad thing. And some, like "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," are too much of nothing -- very expensive nothing.
The third and (please God) final entry in this screamingly successful Disney franchise is, like its predecessors, big on spectacle: There's so much to look at that you never know where to look. Director Gore Verbinksi and writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have shoehorned so much action, movement and manufactured dazzle into the picture -- all cued by Hans Zimmer's hyperventilating music -- that the thing never simply breathes. This is a glazed, inhuman, cluttered piece of work, a storytelling mishmash that buries the considerable charms of its actors under heavy drifts of silt. It will make heaps of doubloons, but at this point, the "Pirates" franchise is essentially collecting a tax from moviegoers: See it and like it, matey, or you'll be out of step with the whole universe! And who wants that?
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Abra Academy
Wanda's lifelong dream is to become a witch. Help her make it to graduation by finding magical objects hidden throughout the Abra Academy. Every room will test her witching skills, and the more items she finds, the faster she will reach her goal. There are fairies to help find those difficult items and bonus games to test your fast-thinking. Keep the cauldron fire burning by finding hidden wooden matches in every room! Let the spells begin with Abra Academy!
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Big City Adventure: San Francisco
Join the Big City Adventure treasure hunt and search for thousands of cleverly hidden items! Travel to all of the most famous (and not so famous) locations around the cosmopolitan city of San Francisco! Discover 60 fascinating and obscure facts about the city and its history, plus earn cool mementos from the 20 amazing locations you'll visit! Collect coins to get additional hints, time bonuses and a big score boost! The trip of a lifetime awaits you in Big City Adventure: San Francisco!
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