Get Flummoxed : Futuristic Laptops

1. Got these pics  from http://www.tuvie.com/category/laptop.This site has a collection and details of all these laptops with brief details.Below is a collection of these real good lucrative futuristic laptop sets.Worth a dekkhna.

DUAL SCREEN LAPTOP : LENOVA

1. Now thanks 2 laptopmag.com that I could get this pic that actually shows the newly unvield model from lenova the THINKPAD W700ds.The first of its kind in the laptop world.With a purpose of ? Still 2 decide!!!but yes some ideas start propping in every one's mind about what he/she can do with such a model if given a choice to work on.

2. A word about the cost ranges from a cool 90,000 Rs and beyond.Inside the W700ds is a choice of Intel Core 2 Quad processors, NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics and up to 8GB of DDR3 memory. There'll be a choice of hard drives in RAID configuration, or solid-state drives with a 17" main display and 10.6" vertical display.Weight is going to be a problem as the baby model baby needs a pull of 40Newtons for a pick ...I mean approx 4.1 kg.....bhaisaab over weight to hain!!koi doubt nahee...but is it worth?Who will actually need it as on date?I can guess with guarantee about few big corporate houses who like the TASHAN factor or for those who have the Lakshmi and can spare some for a style.

3. So the initial reaction is going to be limited.But......yes there is a but......I mean how many of us knew that we will possess a laptop few years back...when it seemed like a rich mans shauk.....not many....and 2day desktop are actually pursuing the stone age road already.So it is just a matter of time,low cost and sale and economic growth of a country like Hindustan where each one of us has a dil ke andar tashan kee baat.....style kee baat.....so i assume that this concept will be well recieved in near future.

4. Certainly,there needs more refinement on the concept w.r.t the cost & the weight.Lets weight ...I mean wait and watch......

MPEG vs H.264

1. A not so techie person like me knows MPEG as the extension of videos also known with the extension name of .mpg,.mpeg,.mp1.We have been seeing this name since the birth of CDs in late 90s(...i m speaking in Indian gali context,thats when this term evoluted to a common man ).

2. Any one who has followed up the term MPEG would know or would have heard names of various versions that followed MPEG1,MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG4 and lately some thing known as H.264 comes up in the context of video compression technology.So this term aroused my interest to know in some detail about what has been the change and value addition over these various versions that keep following up every 2-3 years.

3. Moving Picture Experts Group(....expanded form MPEG) also known as  ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11 evoluted from MPEG 1 to H.264 2day.

4. MPEG 1 : The earliest standard for compression of video and audio was designed to compress VHS-quality raw digital video and CD audio.This included many severe shortcomings in form of a lower resolution,less efficient audio compression system,lack of flexibility,access control issues,unsuitable for HDTV,did not support interlaced footage.

5. MPEG-2 : Successor tO MPEG 1 Standard that describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods also permitted storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission bandwidth.This overcame the shortcomings of MPEG-1 mentioned above.

6. MPEG-3 : A coding standard designed to handle HDTV signals but it was soon discovered that MPEG-2, at high data rates, would accommodate HDTV.Thus, in 1992 HDTV was included as a separate profile in the MPEG-2 standard and MPEG-3 was rolled into MPEG-2

7. MPEG-4 : About this I will give a point wise summary in days to come.In brief otherwise it absorbs many of the features of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 and other related standards adding new features such as support for 3D rendering.MPEG-4 is still a developing standard and is divided into a number of parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always clearly state which "part" level compatibility they are referring to. 

8. The key parts to be aware of are MPEG-4 part 2 and MPEG-4 part 10 used by the Nero Digital AVC, by Quicktime 7, and by next-gen DVD formats like HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

9. Now comes the talk about H.264.In short H.264 is a standard for video compression, and is equivalent to MPEG-4 Part 10, or MPEG-4 AVC (for Advanced Video Coding). It uses motion-compensation-based codec standard.Now whats motion compensation?Will speak on this in few days after I get 2 know what it is?

10. Thanks wiki for sharing this.

WHY BLOG?

1. If the answer to this question is asked from people,I am sure we will get varying answers from getting publicity, to earning money, to be in the IN thing,to become blog grok,to be zaraa hat key from the league,to create a discussion,to become a reference,agar vo kar sakta hai to y not me and the list is endless and will go on.We all have different reasons to blog.The purpose is same ....achieving SATISFACTION in some form...be it money or publicity or sharing or discussing .........

2. We all are working some where in some organisation.We all have different interests,different tastes when it comes to plain choice be it any thing like I may be interested in something to do with IT,you may be interested in something to do with cooking,dance,teaching,commerce, share market,art,painting,music etc and we all do different things in office(which obtrudes and eats into maximum time of our active life) which may not gel with the profession in which we are working.Even if we work in some similar environment we may not get the right set of hoi poll oi(ie people) to discuss or to hear what we have in our minds.So here is the job of the BLOG giving you a MUGWUMP(ie independent) platform to voice YOUR opinion on a bailiwick (ie subject) of your interest.

3. First I didn't knew what to start and where to start from,then after I got some time and was able to dig into the abstruser target of writing few lines every now and then in the blog,I realise it has gradually moulded into a regular habit.

4. Irrespective of the scuttle butts,irrespective of any number of visitants,irrespective of any readers BLOG stands out in the world of web reflecting you and you only.To make it shine you keep improving upon it by continuous feeding of good shareable info.

IPTV - TRIPLE PLAY or QUADRUPLE PLAY?

1. Recently a veri dear friend of mine Nikhil mentioned the word IPTV in one of his comments...i was familiar with the word to the extent that i knew that IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is a system where a digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure, which includes delivery by a broadband connection.

2. To see in the indian context,i just dug google slightly deep to know the scope and horizon for effect on laymen who is used to seeing the TV trash through the sincere loyal galee ka cable walah or the dish tv lot(ie airtel/dishtv/tata sky etc)...the findings were interesting...the word is buzzing in the TV industry and the word is sending shivers down the spine of the effected pers including the gali ka cable walah and the satellite tv lot.

3. The best thing about this is that unlike the satellite tv where u have a multiple choice of combo's of various channel's (with separate monthly tags)IPTV will have all in one thus leading to no confusion no tension about which package to go for.I could find reliance and bsnl already into marketing and commisioning of STB's in selected states.Although initial reaction to this has been lukeworm,since the common men is still wondering in the land of combinations offered by the satellite tv companies lot.

4. Now when the word IP is tagged within IPTV,it is bound to create added advantage with itself....sharing pics/photos across your TV with another frend with access to IPTV...hai na sahee....TV ka TV and sharing also on TV ...this is just the tip of the ice berg...as time grows it will be much more then just watching TV and sharing files.So wait and watch

5. The tariff is approx about 250 per month(price ex bsnl yr 2008) with all channels generally about 125 including all those high TRP types including saas bahu,dance reality shows and sports etc.

6. What does TRIPLE PLAY mean ? The commercial bundling of IPTV, VoIP and Internet access is referred to as "Triple Play" service (when these three are offered with mobility, the service is referred to as "Quadruple Play").That's it.Just simple but a techie word...thats what IT is all about!!!!

3D TELEVISION

1. Read about this lately in one magazine.This is about the 3D TV.From the good old Texla era to the color tv revolution to the flatrons to the LCDs and DLPs,now comes the 3D TV.What is 3D TV?Easy to explain in layman terms....u must have seen few movies on theatre screens with your 3d glasses ON like the Polar Express or Shiva ka insaaf in mid Eighties or the famous kids movie Chota Chetan....the concept is similar...wish to see 3D images on a 3D TV ,you need to wear 3D glasses.

2. Sky's digital satellite broadcast hardware delivered the content to a standard Sky + HD system, which was then played back over a '3D Ready' TV.The technical demonstration lasted for the complete duration of a match that featured the England v New Zealand rugby union test match and the Liverpool FC v Marseille UEFA Champions League match, among others.

3. Sky's 3D system currently requires viewers to wear special glasses, and 3D TV hardware comes at a price not easy to afford as on date. Manufacturers such as Philips have 3D TV technology already and LG will be launching a system next year.

4. I assume that this will be a turning point in broadcasting technolgy once the subject becomes cheap or even just affordable.But the toll of dedicated viewers will take time as it is not only about viewing with 3D glasses but also filming with special 3D TV equipment for a telecast or recording......is it far?....who knows.....u cant underestimate the speed of TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION!!!!

RFID

1. Here's an old thing in a new bottle...i mean old wine with a new meaning altogether.Radio-frequency identification (RFID) as would anyone know is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders.

2. This is not a new invention ..but the usage certainly has made it something like new.The vast usage of RFID 2day includes a big scope from controlling inventory to controlling limited access to vehs and pers to new generation security systems.

3. Big guns of the manufacturing industries across the globe have already exploited the usage of this technology and now the technology is gradually making way in the Indian industry in the form of Daphene systems,ESSL to name a few that come to my mind instantly.

4. The good thing is that even as the technology is introduced to the consumer for the first time,it comes cheap...and i mean dirt cheap.Imagine controlling an inventory of a lakh plus item at just under 25K...ie less then 25 paise per item and now body would ignore at such a low cost in bulk for the benefit of organisation.This would not only maintain the inventory but would also avoid any theft being carried out in some body's pocket....so this is just the beginning of another technology revoloution...all u guys who keep looking for some technical buzz word...keep a track of this.....

MURPHY's LAW : JALANDHAR 2 AMRITSAR & BACK

1. Do you believe in murphys law?I have so many instances to recount that murphy works on me.The theorem recently worked on me when i travelled from jalandhar to amritsar along my FIL & MIL(Father & mother in law ...) in my wagon r duo.

2. The aim was to start,with a top up lpg tank in car, start from jalandhar at 1100h,reach golden temple by 1300h,have darshan and reach wagah by 1600h...and start return at around 1830h from wagah back to jalanadhar,and reach back by 2100h ,looks perfectly fine w.r.t the road conditions and time limit....what was to follow is the result of what happens when u strike murphy.

3. I m a proud owner of a wagon r duo that works on both petrol & lpg.So as we started on the journey i decided to topup the lpg tank from the only source near me so that journey could become economical.As i reached the HPCL outlet,i was told that LPG is out of stock and i would have to wait fr a day to get a economical drive.Marta kya na karta,,,,i started with a khula dil...ke kuch nahee hota....let it be petrol......and travelled 25 km ahead...i met solid...zero visibility DHUND and with a lot of driving skills and maneuvering i reached amritsar by 1430h....and i met the jaam of life....so as to reach golden temple by 1545h........the line of devotees at the gurdwara could put to shame  a european football world cup stadium rush.....so we paid our devotion from heart outside only and started race for wagah.

4.  Again we met the dedicated traffic jam,normal rush,lots of dhundh and fog on way to wagah and successfuly reached wagah at 1710h...2 c public rushing back as the drill parade concluded for the day...but FIL insisted that he would atleast c the gate of pakistan and their sentries.....so much excited was he that he rushed ahead manuevring the public against the direction....he finally saw the gate ....saw the pak sentries....and returned back...but ye kya hua...."BETA MERA BATAUA GAYAB........."then followed our grieveinces and sympathy for the FIL/papa/nana..so that was the act by a smart jeb katra.......so it was 1750h and we decided to rush back as we were getting late already........

5. Suddenly the responsible damaad realised that lunch kab hoga.....but it was 2 late...so we decided for an early dinner.......but the visibility was 2 2 2 tooo low to even think of snailing to jalandhar....and then the good thing happened...the head light of the car focussed on a officers mess board on the wagah road.....and we decided to stay put their for the night.The deal of the day concluded.

6. We started next day after 1100h and reached in 3 hrs scawling thru the tough foggy conditions......THANX MURPHY....Do i blame murphy or my planning?

TUNE UP 2009 UTILITIES

1. I have been an avid follower of this utility since using 2007 when i used this first as TuneUp 2007 which got followed by Tune up 2008.And recently tuneup 2009 has been launched.There was a mark difference between the 2007 and 2008 versions.But the recent one has come as a small disappointment.The same face lookup,the same color template with no new features except the one finding out automatic diagnostics for ur computer setup.Either i m too early to comment on this or may be i m little harsh in saying that.

2. The main features include Intelligent recommendations for your unique PC optimization, Identifies your personal settings and protects them,Highlights your PC’s optimization potential, including unused programs and resource-draining settings and the best is the Recommendation options which explains performance results before taking any action.

3. So thats all new which is there in this version.Baaki,all the earlier features maintain status quo at their respective tabs and positions.

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