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The Worlds Thinnest Laptop

Fall in love with Dells ultra portable Adamo XPS, the Worlds Thinnest Laptop! Created with the combination of new design aesthetics, personalization choices, and sought-after technologies, this luxury laptop has truly proven how Dell is committed to craftsmanship and design. APPEARANCE The packaging itself is stunning a black, jewelry box-like which is as stiriking as the laptop itself. A cloth conceals the Adamo XPS and its assorted accessories. The Adamo encloses highperformance technologies in a finely-machined aluminum case only .65-inch thick. It lets you see the keyboard under the display and open the systerm with just the swipe of a finger. The keyboard also has its own features made of metal, has a large touchpad, and can be opened up to a 20 degree angle. THE SYSTEM The thickest point of its system is 0.39. By relying on a one of a kind hinge which opens underneath and acts as a built-in prop, most of the components of the computer tucked inside the display section are made made intact. Despite its slimness, it has a removable battery, two USB ports, and a DisplayPort output. Its weight is 3.2 pounds, slightly higher than the weight of its rival, MacBook Air. Adamo XPS is very compact, with features including: A 4GB DDR3 800 memory; A Intel Core 2 Duo (1.4Ghz) ultra-low voltage processor; A Thin 128GB SSD for faster, cooler, quieter and more durable storage than traditional hard drives; And a 13.4-inch high-definition display.

PERFORMANCE

1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor - delivering ultra-low-voltage mobile performance Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 4GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory Intel Ultimate-N WiFi Link 5300(802.11a/g/n) Half Mini card and Dell Bluetooth 2.1 adapter Up to 5 hours and 17 minutes with an optional extended battery life on a full charge

The laptop was lately acknowledged to be the hottest Windows 7 product, thanks to the leading technology analyst Rob Enderle with Digital Trends.

Adamo XPS was launched by Dell last March with the first Adamo laptop. The notebook is expected to be shipped in time for the holidays and bought at a minimum price of $1,799.

LINUX PHONE N900

Nokia unveiled N900, its first smart phone running on Linux software, aiming at improving its offering at the top end of the market. The Nokia N900 runs on the Linux-based Maeme 5 software, featuring true multitasking with applications as well as Web browsing with Adobe Flash support. Nokias workhorse Symbian operating system controls half of the smartphone market volume more than its rivals Apple, Research in Motion and Google put together. Nokia said Linux would work well in parallel with Symbian in its high-end product range.
As Nokia announces the software platform that will drive its future services aspirations it created a dedicated solutions unit the challenge will be to ensure that all these elements work in harmony in the face of fierce competition from Apple and Google, said Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight.

The new N900 model, with cellular connection, touch screen and slide-out keyboard, will retail for around $712, excluding subsidies and taxes. Nokia also unveiled a new Solutions business unit, which aims to better tie together its phone operations and new mobile Internet services offering.
Display: 3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display 800 480 pixel resolution

Web browsing: Memo browser powered by Mozilla technology Adobe Flash 9.4 support Full screen browsing

Camera: 5 megapixel camera (2584 1938 pixels) Image formats: JPEG CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens 3 digital zoom Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key Dual LED flash Full-screen viewfinder Photo editor on device TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP

Landscape (horizontal) orientation Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action

Video: Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA) Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4 Video recording at up to 848 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263

Music and audio playback: Maemo media player Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a Built-in FM transmitter

Upcoming GAMES
Dragon Age: Origins
Release Date: Nov 3, 2009 Genre: Traditional Role Playing Theme: Fantasy Rating: RP Game Modes: Single player Dragon Age: Origins is a fantasy computer role playing game that takes players on a journey across the Kingdom of Ferelden on the continent of Thedas. After many had thought them extinct, Dragons have reappeared in the World. Dragon Age: Origins, as the title suggests, has an over arching story/plot surrounding this new "Dragon Age" which is intertwined differently depending both on the type of character being played and the actions players take throughout the game. Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition Release Date: Nov 3, 2009 Genre: Action - Third Person Theme: Sci-Fi Rating: T for Teen Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: Star Wars Star Wars The Force Unleashed is set between the events of the third episode and fourth episodes; Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. In Star Wars The Force Unleashed players take on the role of "Starkiller" a secret apprentice of Darth Vader as they try to exterminate the remaining Jedi Knights.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Release Date: Nov 10, 2009 Genre: Action First Person Shooter Theme: Modern Military Rating: M for Mature

Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: Call of Duty, Modern Warfare In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 players will take the role of a Sergeant Gary Sanderson a member of the elite special forces unit know as Task Force 141. The game is set in Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Brazil as Sanderson and other members of Task Force 141 try to eliminate a radical military organization know as the Russian Ultranationalists. The game includes a single player campaign, two player co-op, and multiplayer online modes.

WorldShift Release Date: Nov 10, 2009 Genre: Real Time Strategy Theme: Sci-Fi Rating: T for Teen Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer WorldShift is a sci-fi/cyber fantasy real time strategy game that was released in Europe last year and is now being released in the US as a budget game release from Got Game Entertainment. WorldShift is set 1000 years in the future with humans living in one of five mega-cities. The game has a simplistic design in order to make game-play quick and easy to learn. Elven Legacy: Siege Release Date: Nov 17, 2009 Genre: Strategy Theme: Fantasy Rating: T for Teen Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: Elven Legacy Elven Legacy: Siege is the second of three expansion packs for the strategy game Elven Legacy. Elven Legacy: Siege contains 19 new missions plus some unlockable missions as well as new armies and heroes. Left 4 Dead 2 Release Date: Nov 17, 2009 Genre: Action - First Person Shooter Theme: Survival Horror Rating: M for Mature Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2 is the follow up to the survival horror co-op game Left 4 Dead in which players take on the role of a survivor who must shoot themselves out of zombie and mutant infested environments and make it to a safe zone/extraction point. Left 4 Dead 2 follows a group of four survivors, different from those in the first game, through five campaigns that stretch from Savannah, GA to New Orleans, LA.

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Release Date: Nov 17, 2009 Genre: Action/Adventure Theme: Movie Tie-In Rating: E for Everyone Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer

Game Series: Lego Indiana Jones Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues includes all new adventures from all four films of the Indiana Jones Series. In addition to the new adventures will be new gameplay features and a level creator that allows players to create their own levels. The game features both a single player mode and a 2 player split screen co-op.

Wolfschanze 2 Release Date: Nov 24, 2009 Genre: First Person Shooter Theme: World War II Rating: RP Rating Pending Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: Wolfschanze Set during World War II Wolfschanze puts players in the role of a Russian army officers as they try to accomplish various missions such as stealing a secret encrypting machine and code book as well as a secret weapon from the Germans.

NEWS
DNA Chips

In future DNA wouldnt just control human evolution but also computing evolution, if IBM succeeds to use DNA in development of next-generation microchips.

IBM scientists are using DNA scaffolding to build tiny circuit boards; this image shows high concentrations of triangular DNA origami binding to wide lines on a lithographically patterned surface; the inset shows individual origami structures at high resolution. Scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology announced a scientific advancement that could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to pack more power and speed into tiny computer chips, while making them more energy efficient and less expensive to manufacture.

Today, the semiconductor industry is faced with the challenges of developing lithographic technology for feature sizes smaller than 22 nm and exploring new classes of transistors that employ carbon nanotubes or silicon nanowires. IBMs approach of using DNA molecules as scaffolding where millions of carbon nanotubes could be deposited and self-assembled into precise patterns by sticking to the DNA molecules may provide a way to reach sub-22 nm lithography. The utility of this approach lies in the fact that the positioned DNA nanostructures can serve as scaffolds, or miniature circuit boards, for the precise assembly of components such as carbon nanotubes, nanowires and nanoparticles at dimensions significantly smaller than possible with conventional semiconductor fabrication techniques. This opens up the possibility of creating functional devices that can be integrated into larger structures, as well as enabling studies of arrays of nanostructures with known coordinates. The cost involved in shrinking features to improve performance is a limiting factor in keeping pace with Moores Law and a concern across the semiconductor industry, said Spike Narayan, manager, Science & Technology, IBM Research - Almaden. The combination of this directed self-assembly with todays fabrication technology eventually could lead to substantial savings in the most expensive and challenging part of the chip-making process. The lithographic templates were fabricated at IBM using traditional semiconductor techniques, the same used to make the chips found in todays computers, to etch out patterns. Either electron beam or optical lithography were used to create arrays of binding sites of the proper size and shape to match those of individual origami structures. Key to the process were the discovery of the template material and deposition conditions to afford high selectivity so that origami binds only to the patterns of sticky patches and nowhere else.

TIPS AND TRICKS

How to Remove Windows XP's Messenger Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak. Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% \ INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It's a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:\Windows. For others, it may be E:\WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with the hack! In the INF folder, open sysoc.inf (but not before making a BACKUP copy first). Before your eyes glaze over, look for the line containing "msmsgs" in it. Near the end of that particular line, you'll notice that the word "hide" is not so hidden. Go ahead and delete "hide" (so that the flanking commas are left sitting next to one another). Save the file and close it. Now, open the Add and Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. Click the Add / Remove Windows Components icon. You should see "Windows Messenger" in that list. Remove the checkmark from its box, and you should be set. NOTE: there are other hidden system components in that sysoc.inf file, too. Remove "hide" and the subsequent programs at your own risk. Set the Search Screen to the Classic Look When I first saw the default search pane in Windows XP, my instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. Click "Change preferences" then "Without an animated screen character." If you'd rather give it a bare-bones "Windows 2000" look and feel, fire up your Registry editor and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ CabinetState.

You may need to create a new string value labeled "Use Search Asst" and set it to "no". New Sound Blaster Drivers With the loads of problems reported by users with Soundblaster cards on Windows XP Creative has stepped up and offered drivers for at least some models of their Sound Blaster cards, but check your particular model closely. I have downloaded the SB128 drivers and my sound problems have been resolved..! So they do work. Upgrading to Windows XP You can upgrade a computer that runs Windows 98, 98SE, or Me to Windows XP Home Edition. Those same versions, along with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows 2000 Professional, can be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. (1).To ensure a smooth upgrade and avoid networking problems, follow these tips before starting the upgrade: (2)Install all network cards. XP will detect them and automatically install the right drivers. (3)Have your Internet connection available. The XP setup process will connect to a Microsoft server to download the latest setup files, including changes that have been made since XP was released. Some programs are incompatible with XP and can cause networking problems. Un-install these programs. After the upgrade is complete and the network is working, re-install XP-compatible versions of these programs: Internet Connection Sharing, NAT, Proxy Server Anti-Virus Firewall. How to Upgrade Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition Profiles to Windows XP Domain User Profiles This guide describes how to upgrade a Microsoft Microsoft Windows 98-based, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Editionbased client that has user profiles to a Microsoft Windows XP-based client. The following steps enable the Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) profiles to be retained throughout the process. Your best method to retain the profiles is to join the domain during the upgrade installation process. Otherwise, you must use a workaround method to transfer the profile information over to the Windows XP profile. During the upgrade installation process, at the networking section, the administrator is offered the choice to join a domain or a workgroup. If you join the domain at this juncture, you ensure that all the existing profiles are migrated successfully to the Windows XP-based installation. If you did not join the computer to the domain during the upgrade process, you must use the following workaround method: Join the upgraded computer to the target domain. All applicable users must log on and log off (which generates a profile). Copy the appropriate Application Data folder from the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me profiles to the newly created user profiles. How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows

2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how : Open up the Registry and go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace Under that branch, select the key : {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it. This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary. This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes. Set up and Use Internet Connection Sharing With Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Windows XP, you can connect one computer to the Internet, then share the Internet service with several computers on your home or small office network. The Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Professional will automatically provide all of the network settings you need to share one Internet connection with all the computers in your network. Each computer can use programs such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express as if they were directly connected to the Internet. You should not use this feature in an existing network with Windows 2000 Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems configured for static IP addresses.

Enabling ICS The ICS host computer needs two network connections. The local area network connection, automatically created by installing a network adapter, connects to the computers on your home or small office network. The other connection, using a 56k modem, ISDN, DSL, or cable modem, connects the home or small office network to the Internet. You need to ensure that ICS is enabled on the connection that has the Internet connection. By doing this, the shared connection can connect your home or small office network to the Internet, and users outside your network are not at risk of receiving inappropriate addresses from your network. When you enable ICS, the local area network connection to the home or small office network is given a new static IP address and configuration. Consequently, TCP/IP connections established between any home or small office computer and the ICS host computer at the time of enabling ICS are lost and need to be reestablished. For example, if Internet Explorer is connecting to a Web site when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, refresh the browser to reestablish the connection. You must configure client machines on your home or small office network so TCP/IP on the local area connection obtains an IP address automatically. Home or small office network users must also configure Internet options for Internet Connection Sharing. To enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Discovery and Control on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, run the Network Setup Wizard from the CD or floppy disk on these computers. For ICS Discovery and Control to work on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later must be installed. To enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to complete this procedure. Open Network Connections. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then doubleclick Network Connections.) Click the dialup, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection. On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box. If you want this connection to dial automatically when another computer on your home or small office network attempts to access external resources, select the Establish a dialup connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box. If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection check box.

Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its Internet connection to the other computers on your network. The Home networking connection is only present when two or more network adapters are installed on the computer.

To configure Internet options on your client computers for Internet Connection Sharing Open Internet Explorer. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Internet Explorer.) On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. On the Connections tab, click Never dial a connection, and then click LAN Settings. In Automatic configuration, clear the Automatically detect settings and Use automatic configuration script check boxes. In Proxy Server, clear the Use a proxy server check box. Set Processes Priority Follow this tip to increase the priority of active processes, this will result in prioritisation of processes using the CPU. CTRL-SHIFT-ESC 1.Go to the second tab called Processes, right click on one of the active processes, you will see the Set Priority option

2.For example, your Run your CDwriter program , set the priority higher, and guess what, no crashed CDs