Googles new offering : Google Gear

Google Gear will enable developers to create off line web applications using JavaScript APIs. It is available in Beta version as an open source browser plugin for browsers upwardly compatible to Firefox 1.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+.

This plugin ensures the developer to create application with the assurance that it will work offline and online across browsers. The 700K download of the plugin for Firefox 1.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+ installs three developer APIs.

• API to handle the creation of data objects to store application information locally,
  
• A SQLite relational database for storing and searching the data locally, and
  
• final part will enable asynchronous JavaScript so applications can sync data in the background without overburdening the browser.

The release will be for Windows platform initially and later for Linux and other OS platforms.

Samsung to introduce large capacity MicroSD cards

Samsung has developed the largest capacity microSD memory card in this world. The 8GB one can store more than 2000 MP3 files, 4000+ digital photos or some where around five DVD-quality movies. With a read speed of 16 MB/s and a write speed of 6MB/s, the 8GB memory card is one-and-a-half times faster than the Speed Class 4 SDHC standard. Your mobile storage may not fall short of for all your requirements as of now.

Up until now, SD cards have mainly been used for storing data in digital cameras and TVs. The MicroSD version is a quarter of the size of its big brother SD cards and, if used with an adapter, can be used to downloaded files via your mobile which can be played on any other media device which uses an SD card

Canon HR10 High Defination camcorder

Canon USA has launched worlds smallest High Definition camcorder HR 10, with proprietary CMOS image sensor and HD expertise to help users effortlessly create and share High Definition movies on convenient DVD discs.

The Canon HR10 High Definition Camcorder offers the benefits of top-notch broadcast quality lenses and photographic heritage by providing users with a Genuine Canon 10x optical zoom lens, a Full HD 1920 x 1080 CMOS image sensor and the AVCHD video format. The HR10 HD Camcorder also helps users obtain the sharpest High Definition video possible, with the assistance of Canon’s exclusive Instant AF focus system and Super Range Optical Image Stabilization to help provide “rock solid” images at any focal length.

The Canon HR10 HD Camcorder features the ability to capture three megapixel still images, the new Multi-Angle Vivid LCD and the look and feel of film with the 24p Cine Mode. The smooth curves of the Camcorder fit snugly into the user’s grasp, allowing for easy, smooth, one-handed operation of nearly every function of the camcorder.

Microsoft keen to takeover Yahoo Inc.

According to some media reports Microsoft is keen to buy Yahoo as the business of networking is growing.

Few months back Microsoft approached Yahoo with the offer of $50 billions, but it was turned down then, but some sources say they have opened the communications again for a possible merger or takeover.

The impact of this deal will be obviously on Google's share of internet business and net advertising to be precise.

Microsoft is a giant compared to Yahoo, but the software major's revenues from online businesses are paltry compared to Yahoo. A possible pact between the two companies could help both, as Yahoo will help power Microsoft's online earnings and in turn will get a lot more MS-backed muscle in return.

Sony Cybershot DSC S800

Sony's latest compact Cyber-shot DSC-S800 extends the optical zooming abilities to 6 times, and features

• an 8.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD,
  
• ISO rating up to 1250,
  
• metallic frame (backside snapped after the break),
  
• 2.5-inch LCD monitor,
  
• Direct Playback mode,
  
• 54MB of internal memory,
  
• MSPro / MSDuo compatibility, and
  
• the reported ability to handle 390 shots before calling it quits.
• two-centimeter macro mode,
  
• 16:9 playback,
  
• PictBridge support, and
  
• variety of on-screen language choices

Will be available in Europe by end of May 2007.

Samsung to start mass producing 16 gb Nand flash

Samsung Electronics will be the first to begin mass producing 16 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash, so far the highest capacity memory chip now available. The company said it will fabricate the devices in 51 nanometers (nm), the finest process technology to be used in memory mass production to date.

“In rolling out the densest NAND flash in the world, we are throwing open the gates to a much wider playing field for flash-driven consumer electronics,” said Jim Elliott, director, flash marketing, Samsung Semiconductor. “To minimize production costs and improve performance, we have applied the finest process technology a ‘half generation’ ahead of the industry, which is introducing 55nm and higher.”

Samsung’s 51nm NAND flash chips can be produced 60 percent more efficiently than those produced with 60nm process technology.

The new 16Gb chip which has a multi-level cell (MLC) structure can facilitate capacity expansion by offering 16 gigabytes (GBs) of memory in a single memory card. Furthermore, by applying the new process technology, Samsung has accelerated the chip’s read and write speeds by approximately 80 percent over current MLC data processing speeds.