Apr 30
“I guess i’ll stick to my pad and paper
and quit soon. So far awindow was
something I hated to clean and ram was
the cousin of a goat. Meg was the name of
my girlfriend and gig was somthung you did
on stage for money. An application was for
employment. A program was a TV show.
Now they all mean different things. And that
really mega bytes.I hear nobody’s been killed
in a computer crash. But when it does hap-
pen, theywish they were bead.”
DID YOU KNOW?
The firest true laptop was
the GRid compass 1101
designed by Bill Moggridge
in 1970/80, and reieased in
1982. enclosed in a mag-
nesium case, it intro-
duced the clamshell
design, in which
the flat display
folded shut against
the keyboard.
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Apr 30
The PC goes compact. Just 42 mm high and 1.3 kg
heavy, Beanstalk Nano is HCL’s iatest offering. It
introduces Mobile om Desktop technology, which
saves electricity costs and cust the PC’s noise
emission.To fulfil entertainment needs, the system
can perform the roles of digital audio/video
recorder and player, gaming device, digital album,
complete TV Web browser and stereo system with
equal ease. A handi remote conyrol simplifies operations.
Also, the device is protable so it can be
easily carried around.
Price: Rs 64,000 onwards
The first general
purpose analog
computer was the
differentiel analyser built
by-American scientist
Vannevar Bush in
1930.
Apr 28
Four new models of DVD Handycams from Sony further widen the choice of the handycam lovers.
DVD808 and DVD908 have 2.7″ LCD touchscreens, making it easy and enjoyable to review your footage, even under strong sunlight glare. The DVD908 DVD808 yield 6.1 and 4 megapixel resolution, respectively. All other camcorders have Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar and Vario Tessar lens optics for blur-free images and increased optical zoom to ensure you are never too far from the action.
Prices : DVD908 : $ 1190 (Rs. 49,990); DVD808 : $ 960 (Rs. 39,990); DVD708 : $720 (Rs. 29,990); DVD608 : $ 595 (Rs. 24,990)
All Prices are approximate
