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Google Chrome Advertisement in Orkut

techrar — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:54:26 +0000

Google’s comes up with a new ad for Google Chrome, in Orkut. This ad looks catchy and you can see this ad in Orkut and other google sites. Below is the screenshot of the Advertisement in Orkut.

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Video – Featuring Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz

techrar — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:05 +0000

Watch this new video about the search agreement of Yahoo with Microsoft. Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz speaks about how yahoo users , advertisers, shareholders and others benefit from this agreement.

This search agreement last for 10 years. Microsoft will use the Yahoo search technology into its existing web search platforms for next 10 years. Surprisingly Bing with the exclusive search algorithm will be the paid search platform for Yahoo sites.

Microsoft will have to pay traffic acquisition costs to Yahoo with an initial rate of 88% of search revenue. Also the self advertising for Yahoo and Microsoft will be fulfilled by AdCenter program by Microsoft.

“This deal fits the long-term strategic direction of Yahoo! to remain the world’s leading online media company and Carol Bartz has the full and unanimous support of the Yahoo! Board behind this deal,”
-said Roy Bostock, chairman, Yahoo.

Watch the Video about Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz discussion about the agreement with Microsoft.

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Acer Aspire One – Windows Xp – pros and cons

techrar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:40:12 +0000

Acer Aspire One is an amazing decent net-book from Acer. Aspire one featuring 10 inch CrystalBrite LED backlit LCD screen, 249 mm x 170 mm x 29 mm in dimension with built in web cam is designed for basic purposes like internet browsing, messaging and other general simple tasks. The price is very much affordable for everyone. Find the Pros and Cons of this net-book below.,

Pros :

Compact Size and Elegant Design.
Lightweight with a great screen.
Powerful and bright LCD.
120.0 GB Hard disk , hence you can store more data.
Web cam Quality is good.
Price is less than $350.
Keyboard is well designed.
Atom processor keeps your PC cool.
Windows XP User-friendly interface and lot more.,

Cons :

Battery Life is comparatively less, even though it has 6 Cell battery.
Features are limited to basic computer purpose.
Cant upgrade memory
Speaker performance is very low.
Shiny surface has fingerprints.
Internet zoom feature
Wireless does not work with ATT U-Verse modems.

Have a Look :

Review From PCWORLD :

“Despite these shortcomings, the Aspire One is a fine little machine. If you need more hard drive headroom or slightly speedier performance, Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10 may be a better choice. But Acer’s Aspire One is one of the best category bargains around. Just stay near a power outlet or invest in the extra six-cell battery.” (PCWorld, 2009)

The BottomLine :

A Little Fella with More stuffs inside.

For more visit Review Heaven

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Sun Java Communication Suite 7 Released

techrar — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:29:40 +0000

Sun released its new communication suite 7 recently. Sun Suite 7 is a carrier-grade , scalable, secure, reliable, high comfort in messaging, more robust and an innovative delivery with a very rich user experience. The design of this suite 7 is very elegant and accessibility is pretty good. This suite provides lower total cost-of-ownership for their users.

More Features :
Faster Search. Very faster search for email to find critical data quickly.

Awesome Features like email, calendar and instant messaging clients including MS Outlook, Mac iCal, Yahoo IM, iPhone, Mozilla Lightning, MSN and AOL IM.

Thousands of organizations worldwide have already deployed 170 million slots of the Java Communications Suite.

What’s New in Suite 7 :

Calendar Server supports CalDAV standard
Real-time indexing
Faster search of email content
AJAX Web 2.0 client experience
Mobile messaging
Mobile synchronization
Rich Graphic UI.

Watch this Video :

Suite 7 Gallery :
Find few screen-shots of suite 7 . The looks are really cool and awesome. The IM is very elegant and readability has been increased a lot.

Mail and IM in one screen .,

and finally the Gallery ..,

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HTC Touch 2 introduced in India

techrar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:30:57 +0000

Good news for Indians, HTC introduces all new HTC Touch 2 in India on RCOM GSM network. Get ready to feel the new experience with HTC Touch 2. This is the first smart mobile in India that uses Microsoft’s newly released Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. Cool isn’t it.

Features are same as Touch like 3.5G, 7.11 cm touch-sensitive screen and 3.2 MP camera. But the Performance and capability has been increased drastically. It works in all GSM network across the country.

So whats new in this Touch 2 ? You can feel the attraction of the sleekness with an elegant and neat design. The mobile performance has been increased with a Windows 6.5 platform. RCOM is the telecoms operator which first offer this gadget. Also RCOM gives six months free data usage per month of about 200MB.

Features :

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5
7.11 cm touch-sensitive screen
3.2 megapixel camera and
Enhanced Application support like Touch.

“The HTC Touch2 is a compact Windows Mobile device which delivers a familiar touch experience that our consumers relate to, have experienced in the past, and expect in the future from the house of HTC,”
-said Mr Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India.

The price ranging about Rs. 22490/- for Indian people at all leading authorized HTC centers. So move now and grab this gadget as soon as possible.

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Cisco Buys Starent for $2.9 Billion

techrar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:34:21 +0000

Cisco Systems Inc., the leading maker of networking equipment has recently announced that it has agreed to buy Starent Networks Corp.,

Also reported Starent equipment would help them in wireless carriers support for smart phones such as analyzing or understanding the traffic over networks and speedy routing to overhaul the traffic issues

Starent, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, makes equipment that allows carriers to tie their wireless networks to the Internet.

Cisco, who pays $35 per share in cash already, anticipates the deal to close early next year as Cisco agreed to buy for $2.9 billion.

Cisco CEO John Chambers reported that they expect to make more acquisitions in future.

The deal follows a wave of consolidation in the technology industry as tech companies seek to position themselves for a recovery.In the past month, Dell Inc. spent $3.9 billion to buy Perot Systems Inc.; Xerox Corp. shelled out $5.6 billion for Affiliated Computer Services Inc.; and Adobe Systems Inc. paid $1.8 billion for Omniture Inc.

It is the second major acquisition in two weeks for Cisco, the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear. On 1 October, it announced a deal to buy Tandberg ASA, a leading maker of videoconferencing gear, for $3 billion.

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Realtek High Definition Audio driver failed to install

techrar — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:47:36 +0000

I heard lot of people having this problem , getting error message “High Definition Audio driver failed to install”.

Here is the solution for this problem.
If your Audio driver failed to install from your motherboard CD and displays a error message “Audio driver failed” , kindly follow the below steps,
1] Go in Safe mode. Goto Device manager -> System devices.
2] Uninstall the Microsoft Universal UAA Bus driver.
This will remove all the Unknown music video and other controller devices from your PC.
3] Now try installing the latest Realtek audio driver.
4] Restart the PC.
5] In the Found new Hardware wizard, check the automatic search option to install the driver. The wizard will install it for you.

Thats it , your audio devices will be working fine from now.

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A Moment Of Joy At Techrar

techrar — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:06:28 +0000

All employees of Techrar wanted to thank our loyal customers as Techrar is about to celebrate 1st year anniversary of uninterrupted service.

We take this opportunity to thank all our visitors, subscribers, bloggers, advertisers and also our promoters in making us to succeed.

Yes. We are going to celebrate this grand moment with our employees. Invitations will be emailed to all our employees. Techrar would like to invite you all with your family to join us in this celebration.

Techrar wants to extend this celebration even to our advertisers.

Yes, Techrar brings you all type of advertising for advertisers at cheaper cost only on this occasion.

1. Text advertising
2. Post advertising
3. Banner advertising
4. Affiliate marketing
5. Product advertising

All other type of advertising too at user convenience and at cheaper cost ranging from $5.
Annual membership for advertisers also ranges from $300.

Techrar assures that all the advertisers’ information will be maintained more securely and ensures privacy.

For bloggers and promoters, celebration offer package details will be mailed

Techrar thanks advertisers who’ve already enrolled and become our affiliates. We serve your demands and you will see your advertisements as you’ve specified from this week

We look forward to a continued, mutually beneficial relationship with you during the coming years and also we will continue to do everything possible to maintain your trust in our expertise.

Wanna Contact US?

You can either contact us directly at advertise@techrar.com or fill the form in advertise page. Click here

We will revert to you back soon.

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Azure Development Contest

techrar — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:47:11 +0000

Microsoft is working hard in enabling us to learn and work with its new technologies. One such technology is Azure , which is an Internets new cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services. Azure is a open architecture that gives developers the choice to build web applications running on connected devices. If you are a cloud developer , then this is for you… !!

Microsoft announced its new contest for cloud developers, Azure Development Contest. This contest commences from 19th August and ends on 16th oct 2009.

Who can participate in this contest ??

Software Programmers
Students
and other supreme visionaries of the world.

Develop some innovative cool applications and submit them to Microsoft. Your application will be showcased in their Marketplace [Community] and will be rated by others. The categories in which you have to develop the application are PHP Applications on Windows Azure and ASP.Net Applications on Windows.

Hey what about the Prize ?
One Grand Prize Winner among Professionals will get Windows 7 Laptop. One Grand Prize Winner among Students will get Windows Net book PC. Five Consolation Prize Winners will get Windows Mobile Phones. These prizes will be given for each category.

What Should I submit ?

* Solution Title
* Solution Category
* Audience Type
* Solution Overview
* Solution Documentation and
* Website Link where Solution is deployed.

So what are you waiting for ? Register and start exploring with Microsoft products.

Official Website : http://www.thecloudapp.com

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Batman Arkham Asylum – Game review

techrar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:55:32 +0000

Batman Arkham Asylum is released yesterday. Here is game about.

I’m sure that you all might’ve known more about batman, but if you’ve not read the comics, probably you might not be aware of term Arkham asylum. Arkham is Gotham’s home for the criminally insane. Arkham is the setting for a third-person action game in which the lunatics take over the refuge or asylum and you are supposed to stop them. Clown Prince of Crime flees away a few weeks ago, but Batman was able to track him down and re-incarcerate baddie. Being a Batman, you not only get to go toe-to-toe with thugs in fast-paced punch-ups, but you also employ satisfying stealth tactics, play with great gadgets, solve some remarkable riddles, and do a decent amount of detective work.

As you take the controls, Arkham Asylum wastes no time throwing you into the thick of the action. Almost immediately, you’re rushed by a few of Joker’s goons and encouraged to knock them out using both basic attacks and counters. Both the Xbox 360 controller and mouse-and-keyboard control schemes work very well, though the latter occasionally demands a bit more dexterity to perform certain actions. You’re free to move between the two options on the fly though, and the onscreen prompts for context-sensitive controls change accordingly. Using just two buttons on your mouse or controller, you can perform a huge number of moves from Batman’s superbly animated repertoire, and it isn’t at all difficult to string together combos worthy of Hollywood’s finest fight coordinators. That’s because for the most part, at least early in the game, combat requires you to do little more than mash the attack button and then hit the counter button anytime you notice an enemy with an “I’m about to attack you” icon above his head. None of the thugs that you encounter pose much of a threat individually, but you rarely encounter fewer than three or four of them at once, and often, you’ll be up against six or more. Furthermore, the vanilla thugs are joined by enemies with knives, cattle prods, and guns later on, who force you to raise your game and incorporate stun attacks and evasive rolls into your deadly dance routine. Boss battles against super villains like Scarecrow and Harley Quinn are definitely among the game’s highlights, though it’s a little disappointing that there aren’t more of them. One super villain in particular makes a number of appearances, but you never actually get to fight him.

The combat in Arkham Asylum never gets overly complicated, though the number of moves and attacks at your disposal increases quite dramatically as you progress through the Story mode, earn experience points, and subsequently spend those points on acquiring new combo moves and gadgets. Throws, takedowns, and even batarang attacks can be incorporated into your combos this way, but you never need to press more than two buttons simultaneously, and the timing of your moves doesn’t have to be particularly precise. Fighting against mobs of up to a dozen enemies or so is a blast, and while they’re not smart enough to all just jump on you at once, they’re not stupid either. Given half a chance, thugs will pull pipes from walls to attack you with, pick up boxes to throw at you, and recover weapons from fallen colleagues. Fortunately, there’s one weapon that your foes seem blissfully unaware of but which Batman is incredibly comfortable with: the environment.

Regardless of whether you’re getting sucked into the Story mode or competing for high scores in the Challenge mode, Batman: Arkham Asylum does an outstanding job of letting you be Batman. Everything about this game is impressive visuals, stirring soundtrack, superb voice acting and fiendish puzzles, hard hitting combat feels like it has been lovingly crafted by a development team that’s both knowledgeable and passionate about the source material.