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The long expected successor of Nokia N800 internet tablet - Nokia N810 made its first official appearance today. It was announced today by the Finnish company at the Web 2.0 Summit 2007 event in San Francisco, California.

Nokia N810 is sporting the same sparkling touchscreen 4.13″ display with 800 x 480 pixels resolution we saw in its predecessor. The most exiting upgrade over the former model is the added GPS receiver with preinstalled maps. According to the manufacturer it should be perfectly adequate for navigating your way around. The other great news is that Nokia N810 will have a full hardware QWERTY keyboard which will surely greatly facilitate text input. Unfortunately, the N810 retains the same VGA-only snapper we saw on N800 but this time it’s front-mounted.

Nokia N810 Internet tablet

The new internet tablet relies on Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth connection to a mobile phone to get internet access. Although it does allow its user to make internet calls as well as almost any other internet activity you can do from a personal computer it lack mobile phone functionality, meaning that you cannot carry out regular calls on it. This is the only reason we don’t add Nokia’s internet tablets to our specifications database, despite the abundance of request we receive in our mailbox.

Nokia N810 comes complete with the adequate 2GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 10GB through the memory card slot. The device will start shipping as soon as mid November at an estimated retail price of USD 479 (excluding local taxes).

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After microsoft launched vista, still its unstable. Microsoft even offers to downgrade from vista to XP. Downgrading is a step back because they are not able to fix the bugs.

A Microsoft representative confirmed there were changes made over the summer to make it easier for customers to downgrade to XP. Under Microsoft’s licensing terms for Vista, buyers of Vista Business and Vista Ultimate Edition have always had the right to downgrade to XP, but in practice this could be challenging. In June, Microsoft changed its practices to allow computer makers that sell pre-activated Vista machines to order Windows XP discs that could be included inside the box with PCs, or shipped to customers without requiring additional activation. Microsoft noted in a statement that neither it nor the PC makers are “obligated to supply earlier versions to end users under the end user licensing terms.”

While there is always resistance by some to move to a new operating system, there appears to be particularly strong demand, especially from businesses, to stick with XP.

One of the challenges, for both businesses and consumers are Vista’s hefty graphics and memory needs.

Lenovo, for its part, has details for its downgrade program on its IBM ThinkPad Web site.

Put your vote what do you think.

Is Microsoft Vista Successful?

Yes or No

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Says it plans to get serious about developing Mobile Firefox.

After a couple of experiences dipping a toe into the mobile market, Mozilla Corp. said it plans to get serious about developing a mobile browser.

Mozilla has recently hired two new developers to help work on the project and plans to release Mobile Firefox some time in the next year or two.

The iPhone, Apple Inc.’s popular new mobile phone, in part contributed to the renewed interest in mobile browsing at Mozilla. “The user demand for a full browsing experience on mobile devices is clear,” Mike Schroepfer, vice president of engineering at Mozilla Corp. wrote in his blog on Tuesday. “If you weren’t sure about this before, you should be after the launch of the iPhone.”

As Mozilla continues to develop Mozilla2, the second version of the platform on which Firefox is built, it will add mobile devices as a category. That means developers of Mozilla2, which is expected to be complete in early 2009, will keep mobile phones in mind as they build the new platform, Schroepfer wrote.

He didn’t get more specific on a release date for the mobile browser other than to say “not before 2008.” Schroepfer also said Mozilla hadn’t yet decided which mobile phones the browser would work on.

Depending on compatibility, Mozilla could face competition from companies such as Microsoft Corp. and Apple that include their own browsers in phones running their operating systems, as well as from third parties such as Opera Software ASA that have been fine-tuning their mobile browsers for years now.

The announcement comes after the release earlier this year of a new version of Minimo, a Mozilla-based mobile browser for Windows Mobile devices. A few months prior to the release, the lead developer of Minimo said he wouldn’t be spending much time on the project in the future. On Tuesday, Schroepfer said that there are no plans to further develop Minimo.

Mozilla also offers Joey, a project in development that lets users clip and save text, photos, videos and other content while using a PC and then access that content through a browser on a cell phone.

Mozilla is also involved with a group of companies including Arm Ltd. and MontaVista Software Inc. that is developing an open-source Linux-based platform for devices that are bigger than a cell phone but smaller than a laptop. Mozilla is developing a browser for the platform and has already built one for a similar device, the N800, from Nokia Corp.

The new Mozilla hires who will contribute to the mobile Firefox initiative are Christian Sejersen, who recently worked for Openwave Systems Inc., and Brad Lassey, who worked for France Telecom R&D, which has been very active in mobile Linux initiatives.

Source: PC World

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The online companion to Microsoft Office. Sign Up Free Pre-registration available now

In a move to counter the threat posed by Google, Microsoft has announced the development of a free online tool called “Office Live Workspace” that will allow users to store, share and view their Microsoft Office documents on the internet.

Microsoft said that consumers using this service can store over 1,000 documents on a workspace. However only those users who have bought Microsoft’s Word or Excel software will be able to edit the documents online. Users interested in the service can sign up from beta testing which will get underway later this year.

The move follows the announcement of online ventures in this area by various companies as they look to acquire a bigger slice of the productivity arena. IBM’s recently announced free Lotus Symphony productivity software has had over 100,000 downloads in the first week of its release while Adobe and Google are both coming up with their own software which also includes word processors.

Microsoft has also announced a new service where in it has agreed to host the data center software which offers online versions of Exchange e-mail, Office Communications Server to handle instant messaging and SharePoint portal software.

To be known as “Microsoft Online Services”, this service will be available for companies with at least 5,000 users.

Users interested in the “Office Live Workspace” can sign up for beta at Microsoft’s website.

Features:

Anywhere Access

• Store 1000+ Microsoft Office documents in one place
• Access them from almost any computer with a Web browser
• No more flash drives or sending yourself documents via e-mail

Share With Others

• Invite people to your workspace
• You control who can view, comment, and edit your documents
• Stop manually merging versions from multiple people

Works With Microsoft Office

• Open and save files directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Synchronize contact, task, and event lists with Outlook
• No need to learn a new program

How can You use it?

There are dozens of ways to use Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta for work, school, and home projects. It’s your online place to store, access, and share documents and files. Use it to organize the stuff in your busy life. No downloads are required – just sign up and go.

For Work

Access documents when away from your desk

• Store documents and access them from any computer
• Stay productive while at home, an Internet café, library, airport, etc.

Share documents with others

• Gather feedback on a document, report, or presentation
• Share with people who can’t access your corporate network

Prepare for a meeting

• Share the agenda, minutes, and action items
• Post meeting handouts or presentations

For School

Organize a study group

• Work together on assignments and share notes from class
• Keep a shared schedule and task list for your group

Keep track of important school information

• Manage schedules from sports to registration deadlines
• Track your GPA and progress toward degree requirements

Coordinate with club or team members

• Post and manage schedules (for sports, clubs, etc.)
• Share lists of who’s bringing what (no more e-mail back and forth)

For Home

Organize an event

• Use for a party, camping trip, even a wedding
• Share to-do lists, timelines, budgets, directions

Store your information and keep track of favorite things

• Store and access important passwords, frequent flyer numbers, etc.
• Create Top 10 lists of favorite films, restaurants, books, etc.—and keep them private or share with friends and family

Prepare for a trip

• Plan for the trip with travel budget and packing list templates
• Share your itinerary, contact info, and important documents with colleagues or family

Sign Up Free Pre-registration available now

Source: www.earthtimes.org, Microsoft

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Yes its possible to install gtalk inside orkut. Google is not offering this feature with orkut currently but if you are using Mozilla Firefox you can enjoy chatting on orkut with all your friends in orkut or gtalk.

If you don’t have Mozilla Firefox installed then please install because this is most secure and fastest browser. You can install Firefox by clicking on the following link.

How to Install:

Once you have Firefox installed you need to install the Greasemonkey extension for Mozilla Firefox. Install Greasemonkey now.

What this extension do:
Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. You can write your own scripts, too. Mark Pilgrim’s definitive Greasemonkey guide, diveintogreasemonkey.org will show you how.

More details about Greasemonkey extension you can read here.

Once you have installed this extension you are prepared to insert the small Javascript code. For your convenience i have uploaded this script on Userscript.org.

Click here to get the Java script Code.

Check for the Install this Code button and click on it.

Click here to get the Java script Code.

Install the Script and restart the Firefox if prompted and go to www.orkut.com and login to your account and you will find a new block on right hand side.

Following is the screenshot of how the gtalk appears in Orkut.

Now you can enjoy the both at one time. Enjoy and spread this to all.

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