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Microsoft Celebrates Antipiracy Day

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Microsoft has announced that October 21st 2008, is Global Anti-Piracy Day and will proceed with a simultaneous launch of education initiatives and enforcement actions in 48 countries on five continents to combat the sophisticated, illegal trade of pirated and counterfeit software.

On their Global Anti-Piracy Virtual Pressroom a statement read: “Microsoft is taking these steps as part of its commitment to working with communities, national governments and local law enforcement agencies around the world to protect its customers and partners and promote the value of intellectual property as a driver of innovation.”

Microsoft Antipiracy Day

Microsoft Antipiracy Day

Click on the map to go to the Microsoft site for the interactive aspects of the map.

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Belkin N1 Vision : Bringing Style To Routers

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Belkin N1 Vision

Belkin N1 Vision

Belkin has entered the Indian market with one of the first products-the N1 Vision router. It might be a utility, but belkinhas managed to make it look like a lifestyle product. the design is very good and stands out amongst all the routers you might come across today. Unilink most routers, the N1 stands vertically, but the stand is stable and has rubber padding at the base the stop it from sliding around. There is a small screen on the front, which show data speeds of all the users connected to the router, both wired and wirelessly. There are buttons that can be used to navigate through the interface and the display can also used as a clock as well.

When it’s come to performance, it works pretty well on the wired ports. We recorded speeds of 7.36 Mbps for a single large file. For random files, the speeds were around 6.92 Mbps. The wireless tests revealed the weakness of the N1 Vision. The wireless performance was pretty appalling-2Mbps is the best it could do over a distance of some 10 feet. The software interface has all the features that a router firmware should have-Internet connectivity configuration, VPN, security, etc. The interface is more user-friendly then those on most well known routers. One thing you notice is the long waiting period for the router to restart every time you change a setting.
The price for the Belkin N1 Vision-Rs 11,699-is much higher then mainstream home routers. Although this router will look nice in your living room, it’s definitely not something you can rely on for performance.

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Supercomp Music Station SES 668

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The SES668 Music Station is essentially an iPOD dock with killer looks. The dome-shaped design looks good and the use of silver highlight on a jet black body adds that extra style some thing missing on most cheap docks. On the top of the speaker sits the dock receptacle. The receptacle accepts multiple connectors thus allowing the use of almost all generation of iPODS, expect for the newer wider body Nano. The base connector is large enough to hold most iPODS in place. On the corners of the squares, are the buttons for powering on and volume control, and one is dummy button. The buttons are hard to press with distinct clicks, however one can keep them pressed to increase/decrease the volume. The volume control isn’t smooth and boosts in huge steps. The dock requires 12 V and it is powered via an adapter that runs off the mains. There is no option for alternative power source like batteries, if the mains are down. The iPOD can be charged via the dock and the USB connector allows it to be connected to a PC for data transfer. The dock also has an auxiliary input thus allowing an alternate sound source. On the performance front, dock didn’t perform as per our expectation. Bass is non-existent and the drum beats often sound flat, highs are not reproduced at all and the midrange is completely muddled. Also there is no way to control the playback from the dock, and you will have to use the iPOD. Though affordable priced at $34, the SES668 Music Dock isn’t the right solution for your iPOD. We suggest that you up the ante and invest in JBL or Bose if you care for music quality, else stick to the stock earphones.

Specifications: USB charging, USB data transfer, Auxiliary input, mobilephone compatibility and CD/DVD player.

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