Limited Edition Bumblebee Camaro by Chevrolet

Transformer fans have a reason to drool over because Chevrolet is planning to release the limited edition of the 'Bumblebee Camaro'. Now this is one good news, as it just enhances the anticipation of the sequel of the Transformers coming up. The car will be available with an option of V6 or V8 power engines.
The company will be taking from the 1st of June and the assembly would start on the 24th of the very month, its the same date on which the movie is going to release in the U.S.
The color of the car is a rally yellow with two black stripes on the hood, which gives the car a really nice sporty look. GM will equip the car with Transformer badges on the wheel centers and sill plates along with an embroidered emblem on the console inside.

Slimmest TV on planet, had to be Sony

The long awaited Sony’s XWL-1 TV (slimmest TV on the planet) is scheduled for a showcase in the Japanese market this December. The new TV is just 3mm thin and an 11 inch QHD screen which boasts of contrast ratio of 1000K: 1 with vivid colors.

The TV comes with a HDMI input port and QHD resolution display and can also support High Definition Video using its latest Organic EL display technology.


It is certainly a cool thing to possess but remains aloof from every man’s reach and that’s coz the price is a bit on the higher side. The cost of the TV is around 1220€ ($1734).

Microsoft Brands Office 2010, Releases Exchange Beta

Microsoft will release a beta of Exchange Server 2010 on Wednesday, the first product that enterprise customers will see from the next version of Office.
Microsoft is also going public with the official branding of its -- Office 2010. Until now Microsoft had been referring to it as Office 14, but the new name had been widely expected.
Exchange Server should be in full release by the end of the year, but the rest of the products in the suite won't be out until early 2010, said Julia White, director of the Exchange product management team.
Microsoft will release technical previews of other products in the suite, including Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010, in the third calendar quarter. A technical preview is tested by hundreds of thousands of users, while millions of people will have access to the Exchange 2010 beta, White said.
Another of the Office System products, Office Communications Server (OCS),is on a different schedule. The latest version, OCS R2, was released only in February, and Microsoft has not discussed plans yet for the next big upgrade.
Microsoft will begin the process of upgrading its hosted version of Exchange, Exchange Online, at the same time it ships the Exchange 2010 on-premise product. Exchange Online customers will have the ability to determine when their users are upgraded to the new Exchange 2010 capabilities in Exchange Online, starting in the first half of 2010.
Now that Microsoft offers Exchange as both a service and an on-premise product, it is beginning to align the features of the two offerings more closely, White said. When the company makes architectural decisions about the server product, it thinks about the service as well, she said. "We're thinking about them in a unified way."
It made it easy in Exchange 2010 to automatically configure access for certain employee roles, such as a compliance officer or human-resources manager, White said. "You can set it up [for people] to just have access to the mail boxes they need to search, and can turn that access on and off very quickly," she said.
In Exchange 2007, IT pros needed "an 80-page white paper" to do something similar, she said.

Hip Hop Artist Akon To Collaborate With A.R. Rahman

A.R. Rahman and Akon are all set to make music together. The hip-hop artist admires the Indian composer and will be working with him in the near future. Akon's manager met up with Rahman in India, this month and now Rahman will be heading to Atlanta to meet Akon in person to finalize plans for this musical venture.
With a desire to fuse South Asian music into American culture, Akon prior to this, collaborated with Kidd Skilly in the song, 'Ni Sohniye' (Hey Pretty Girl). Akon not only seems to be topping the charts in the West, but seems to be expanding himself into the East.

Microsoft Now Holds 10,000 Patents

Microsoft is marking on Tuesday the recent awarding of its 10,000 US patent, granted for its surface computing technology.

U.S. Patent No. 7,479,950 outlines how users can place objects, ranging from cell phones to fingers, on the surface computer's table-like display and the computer will identify the objects and track their position, orientation, and motion, Microsoft said. This allows objects to be associated with data or media, such as a collection of music or photos.

Microsoft was granted 2,000 patents in 2008, ranking it fourth among companies receiving US patents, Microsoft said. The company spends about US$8 billion a year on research and development.

"Most technology companies, Microsoft included, have been increasing their emphasis on IP in recent years, trying to derive greater business value from their intellectual assets," said Bart Eppenauer, chief patent counsel for Microsoft, in a statement released by the company.<<

Nokia Considers Entering the Laptop Market

Nokia's CEO says the handset maker is contemplating a move into the laptop market as a way to expand its business. While there have been rumors that Nokia has been considering making laptop PCs, it's the first time a company official has confirmed an interest in the notebook market.Nokia's comments come a week after No 3 PC brand Acer launched a foray into the phone business with eight cellphone models, joining leader Hewlett-Packard and No. 4 Lenovo in the high-growth space.
While strong profit margins in the smartphone industry attract PC brands, the attraction of the low-margin computer industry is less obvious.
"Nokia maybe nervous about entering a market segment that is already heavily commoditized, but it would be in a position to exploit its enormous scale in manufacturing, supply chain and distribution," said Ben Wood, research director at CCS Insight.

The death of the digital camera moved a step closer after Sony Ericsson unveiled the world's first mobile phone with a built-in 12.1-megapixel camera<

Sony Ericsson's new handset could render digital cameras obsolete by offering as many megapixels as many semi-professional and consumer cameras.
The Idou will also compete directly with Apple's hugely popular iPhone, and features a 3.5in widescreen touch-screen and powerful flash for high quality photos. It also has all the capabilities of Sony Ericsson's Walkman range of phones, which means it can be used for music and video playback as well as taking pictures. The device will run the Symbian mobile phone operating system, and users will be able to download extra software and applications to their device.
"The Idou is certainly an impressive change in direction for Sony," said Ernest Doku, a consultant with mobile phone comparison site Omio.com. "Sony has produced a slick, feature-rich handset to combat the iPhone's dominance, and Idou is bound to make waves with its built-in 12-megapixel camera.
"If you want one phone that can be a high-end camera, a fully-featured MP3 player and a robust mobile handset, then the Idou could be the only sensible choice."
Sony Ericsson's announcement comes just as Mobile World Congress, a huge technology conference focusing on mobile devices and services, gets underway in Barcelona, .
Over the next three days, mobile phone manufacturers from around the world will be showing off their latest handsets, and unveiling plans for new products and services that will help them compete with the all-conquering iPhone. Apple has sold more than 17 million units of it flagship device since July 2007, and it has raised the bar in terms of what consumers have come to expect from their phones.
In addition to the Idou, Sony Ericsson also showed off the W995, a mobile phone with 8.1-megapixel camera and Walkman music player. From various Soures