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SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit)
2007-05-20 07:49:00
Eclipse became famous not only for being a first quality Java IDE developed with extensibility in mind, but also because it has a light graphic interface that is equal to the interface of the operational system where it?s being executed. This graphic interface was separated from IDE main code and became what we know today as SWT (Stand ard Widget Toolkit ).SWT is a component layer over operational system standard components. A SWT button is in fact a button of your operational system. So if you apply a theme that changes the color or shape of your button, SWT button will modify in conformity with your new theme.SWT Java applications always have the look of the operational system where they are executed in because they directly use those components to generate screen visualization. This approach lets the applications to interact with the environment in a better way, making them appear to be more natural to users and even lighter.

Dell is trying to turn things around since losi...
2007-05-18 14:40:00
Dell is trying to turn things around since losing its lead as the world's No. 1 PC maker to Hewlett-Packard and reorganizing its leadership team. As a result, it's holding sessions with the media to show off what it says are its most innovative new products.Energy efficiency is a key part of Dell's play for big- and medium-size businesses that purchase its desktop PCs. Here is the H2C cooling unit for high-performance machines, especially the kind popular among gamers. It's currently being used in Dell XPS systems, and the technology was developed within Dell's own labs, Chief Technology Officer Kevin Kettler said. The dual-cooling system, which uses a mixture of liquids, is very similar to what is found in a refrigeration unit, said Kettler. The cooling system allows processors to run at a higher frequency.Dell announced a new product for business computing called Project Hybrid, but gave scant details on it. The project includes blade servers, like the prototype shown here. "...
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Single-Use Credit Card Numbers Help Prevent Identity Theft
2007-05-14 10:58:00
Almost everyone understands the benefits of a single-use camera when on vacation- you have a camera that lets you capture the memories, but you aren?t stressed about ruining or losing the camera on adventurous trips. A single-use credit card is designed to help prevent identity theft, and they are typically referred to as ?virtual credit card numbers?.Virtual credit card numbers are used when shopping online, so that you never actually enter the number found on your credit card. How does this help? The virtual number can only be used at the web site where you make a purchase, and only for a limited amount of time. This protects you in the event that hackers have obtained your credit card details during the submission process, as they will not be able to use that number anywhere else in order to make a purchase. It also protects you when shopping with online merchants who may not be trust-worthy. The only merchant?s credit card processing system typically sends the details dire...
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Credit Card Processing Security Concerns
2007-05-14 10:51:00
As an online merchant accepting credit card payments, you have numerous security issues that you must be aware of for the safety of your business and your consumers. At this time, there are two main aspects of credit card security for credit card processing, including ?AVS? and ?CVV?. Both allow credit card transactions to be completed anonymously over the internet, and any merchant accepting credit cards online should require both forms of information of your customers.Address Verification ServiceThe ?AVS?, or address verification service, is used to determine that the address provided by a customer matches the address associated with a credit card account. This helps generate confidence that the person who is entering the credit card details is the person who owns it. While the AVS is not required to process credit card transactions, when it is provided the transaction processor will send a response back with details of how much of the address provided matches the address on t...
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Yahoo puts marketing muscle into climate campaign
2007-05-14 08:11:00
Yahoo aims to wield its power as the biggest U.S. Internet media company to encourage millions of consumers to take basic steps to help the environment as part of its corporate push to confront global warming.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company on Monday is expected to introduce Yahoo Green, an online education program that will offer users the latest environmental news, consumer tips and ways to be personally and socially active in combating climate change.Last month, Yahoo said it would become "carbon neutral" as a company by the end of 2007, a pledge to reduce emissions by conserving energy or by buying pollution credits to neutralize, or offset, one's energy use.Yahoo has joined a growing number of big U.S. companies that are putting corporate resources behind efforts to cut carbon greenhouse gases in business operations and to push for policy changes with local and national government. MORE
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Turning Heads: Free iTunes Video Podcasts
2007-05-14 08:02:00
You know what? I've been doing this all wrong. For weeks now, I've been telling you all about the free videos that appear weekly on the iTunes Store. That was OK and all, but the freebies I've been looking at is hardly all there is. It's like looking at the tip of an iceberg and saying, "gee, it's kinda small, ain't it?" From time to time, I've dipped into the video podcast area to clue you in on some interesting stuff, but I've been doing the video podcast area a great, and you, intrepid reader, disservice because, really, that is where the free meat is. I've already told you about the National Park, and National Geographic short vids, but that's only a tiny peek of the treasures hidden away in the video Postcast area of the iTunes Store? So, from now on I will include at least one look at a video podcast jewel, and there are some real gems in there too.MORE
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1.8? 64GB NAND Flash Solid State Drive introduced by Samsung
2007-03-30 13:24:00
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed a new 64GB flash solid state drive, which measures just 1.8-inches. This new flash Solid Stat e Drive is based on an eight gigabit single-level-cell NAND, making it able to provide higher performance when compared with conventional SSDs.Besides, the read and write performance of the new Samsung flash SSD has been increased by 20% and 60% respectively when compared with the 32GB flash Solid State Drive that was introduced by Samsung last year.The new flash Solid State Drive, which could well be used as a replacement for a hard disk drive, is a secure and reliable storage option. It uses instantly-accessible, non-moving NAND flash memory instead of the noisy, power-hungry, jarring-sensitive rotating disc found in conventional hard drives, allowing it to upload and download data quickly and in a much quieter environment, with minimal power consumption.The specifications of the Samsung 64GB flash solid state drive are:# 64MB/s read ...
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Device that can tell if food is fresh or stale
2007-03-27 19:55:00
Chicago: It may not be one of life?s biggest dilemmas, but it?s certainly one of the most common: Whether to dump the two-day-old fish in the garbage can, or hope for the best and put it in the pan.In many cases it?s a judgement call, but US researchers announced Sunday that they have come up with a tool that could take the guesswork, out of the decision-making process.The tool is a disposable dipstick that can detect whether a food is still safe to eat or whether it?s a health hazard that could lead to a case of food poisoning.?It has the potential to change the way individuals think about the quality of their food and greatly impact public health,? said JohnLavigne, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of South Carolina. The dipstick is made of synthetic materials that change colour in the presence of chemicals formed by disease-causing bacteria.These chemicals ? known as non-volatile biogenic amines ? are generated during the bacterial decay of f...
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Samsung develops world?s first eight-gigabyte memory chip
2007-03-14 09:04:00
Samsung?s new 8-gigabyte chipSeoul: Samsung Electronics, the world?s top memory chipmaker, announced Monday, that it has developed the industry?s first eight-gigabyte flash memory card for mobile handsets.The ?moviNAND? can store and process data twice as fast as existing four-gigbyte memory cards, the South Korean firm said in a statement.Samsung will begin mass-production in this year?s second quarter, the company said.The new card can store the equivalent of 2,000 songs or map data large enough to run a global positioning system, but it is up to 20 per cent smaller than its industry peers, Samsung said.Samsung said the new memory card would help make mobile handsets smaller because it is a built-in type that requires no external card slot.Samsung expects the market for moviNAND to be up to four billion dollars by 2010, the release said.
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Sony to Launch Virtual Universe
2007-03-08 09:29:02
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players. "Home" is a real-time, networked world for the PlayStation 3 in which players create human-looking characters called avatars. They can buy clothing, furniture and videos to play on a virtual flat-screen television in their virtual apartments.The concept is strikingly similar to Linden Lab's "Second Life," a Web-based phenomenon with nearly 4.5 million residents. But Sony's world will feature heavy doses of video games for avatars to play, as well as virtual arcades, music, movies and other Sony-approved media downloads.Sony will launch a beta version in April and officially debut in the fall as a free download on the PlayStation online store.Sony's second virtual world for PlayStation users is called "LittleBigPlanet" and allows players to build obstacle courses, puzzles and other games for avat...
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Turbo Charge Your Laptop Battery Life
2007-03-08 09:29:02
Here's a step by step tutorial on how to "refill" laptop batteries by replacing the Li-Ion cells. By purchasing higher capacity cells than your laptop uses normally, you can super-charge your battery life!Refilling laptop batteries! -Link.
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iPods can now run Linux
2007-03-08 09:29:02
The Linux on iPod developer blog says the 5.5g iPods can now run Linux -Many thanks and cheers to the hard work by DataGhost et al. in figuring out all of the final little bits in getting 5.5th gen iPods working with iPod Linux (Winpods and Macpods, 30 and 80 gig units). His various patches have been checked in, and integrated into the current nightly build of the kernel.There?s a minor patch being integrated today that will allow 30 gig units to work properly? look for that kernel tomorrow!More information can be found on the 5.5G Wiki Page with respect to installing these experimental builds on your 5.5th gen iPod.Linux on iPod » Blog Archive » 5.5g iPods are working! - Link.More:Linux on iPod projects @ MAKE - Link.
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Google Adnvances to Real Estate
2007-03-06 21:27:02
I know it's been working on this deal for some time. Google has syndicated real estate listings and most likely will have a lot more noise to make in this business soon. More than 500,000 property listings that currently reside on the Century 21, Coldwell Banker, and ERA brand Web sites will appear on Google and Trulia.com search engines making it easier for buyers to access, under a marketing agreement announced today by Parsippany-based Real ogy (NYSE:H). Shares traded at $29.56, $0.05, this afternoon. Realogy, a franchising network that serves estate brokerages and relocation and title services, said the more accessible online listings will help 320,000 real estate sales professionals who belong to its network. This serves as a milestone in our strategy to maximize the advantages of the Web for the benefit of our franchisees, our operating company and our customers," says Richard A. Smith, president of Realogy.
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Missing: A huge Chunk of the Earth's Crust !!
2007-03-06 21:27:02
A team of British scientists has set sail on a voyage to examine why a huge chunk of the earth's crust is missing, deep under the Atlantic Ocean -- a phenomenon that challenges conventional ideas about how the earth works.The 20-strong team aims to survey an area some 3,000 to 4,000 metres deep where the mantle -- the deep interior of the earth normally covered by a crust kilometres thick -- is exposed on the sea floor.Experts describe the hole along the mid-Atlantic ridge as an "open wound" on the ocean floor that has puzzled scientists for the five or so years that its existence has been known because it defies existing tectonic plate theories of evolution. "We know so little about it," said Bramley Murton, a senior research scientist at Southampton's National Oceanography Center. "It's a real challenge to our established understanding of what the earth's surface looks like underneath the waves," he told Reuters by telephone from the brand new, hi-tech British research ship RR...
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A Phone By Google in The Works??
2007-03-06 21:27:02
After iPod phone and Zune phone, there's a new "phony" buzz around: The Observer of London has reported that Googl e might be working with a Taiwanese firm along with telecom services giant Orange to build a Google Mobile Phone , which could possibly have Google software running on the device. If true, this will be Google's first venture into hardwareThe phone will come pre-loaded with mobile versions of Google apps like Google Earth and G-mail. It is rumoured to feature location-based searches, such as a tailored list of local cinemas, restaurants and other amenities, and maps and images from Google Earth. Google has been aggressive in developing location based services, like local search and mapping services.The report stated that Orange honchos travelled to Google's headquarters, or 'Googleplex', for exploratory talks on this deal. The collaboration between two of the most powerful brands in technology is seen as a potential catalyst for making Internet use of mobile phones as...
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The Bikini Goes Intelligent!!
2007-03-06 21:27:02
NEW YORK: As the bikini turns 60, it's entering the electronic age with a new model featuring a built-in alarm to warn wearers to get out of the sun -- and ease concerns that the scanty swimsuits damage the health.The American Cancer Society advises that the best way to lower the risk of skin cancer, the most common form of the disease in humans, is to avoid too much exposure to the sun and other sources of ultraviolet light.So Canadian company Solestrom has come up with a new bikini that goes on sale next month with a UV meter built into its belt and an alarm that beeps to tell wearers when to head to the shade."There's so much concern about sun exposure and skin cancer that we saw the demand and designed something to be safe for the wearer," Solestrom spokeswoman Emily Garassa said.Garassa said the meter on the $190 bikini displays a level of UV intensity on a scale from 0 to 20. A person's sensitivity to UV depends mainly on skin type, but generally three to five would be cons...
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Sanyo Defends Recall of 205,000 laptop batteries
2007-03-06 21:27:02
TOKYO: Sanyo Electric Co defended laptop computer batteries that it made and were subject to a worldwide recall, saying the problem resulted from strong external impact to the battery and was not a problem with the batteries "themselves."Computer maker Lenovo Inc. announced the voluntary recall of 205,000 battery packs a day earlier, 100,000 in the United States, the remainder overseas, Sanyo said in a release. The recall targets Sanyo's 9-cell Lithium-ion extended-life battery pack."While the pack fully satisfied specifications and internal testing standards, these incidents occurred due to a strong external impact to the battery pack of a specific notebook PC model from a certain angle," the Japanese manufacturer said."The incidents were not triggered by the battery cells themselves."Sanyo spokesman Akihiko Oiwa said the company was still assessing how much the recall would cost and could not comment on the matter.Lenovo warned the batteries could cause a fire hazard, following r...
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Hey!! Repair me!!
2007-03-06 21:27:02
The potential medical uses for the strain sensor.Powered by mere vibrations or the movement of magnets, novel sensors and transmitters are changing the way engineers look at fatigue.Communicating wirelessly via the Internet to engineers halfway across the world, the embedded sensors developed by MicroStrain ? a small business based in US ? are revealing how objects as diverse as enormous mining trucks and human knees respond to daily use.By monitoring strain levels and tracking the cumulative effects of fatigue, the researchers? ultimate goal is to supplant the nearly universal system of ?replace by this date? with a smarter approach of replacing components based upon the actual operating loads that components experience. ?By calculating the amount of fatigue that a component has been exposed to, it is possible to repair or replace the component only when required,? said engineer Steve Arms, President of MicroStrain. ?Properly implemented, this can definitely reduce costs.?The lates...
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SPACE INVADERS
2007-03-06 21:27:02
Here?s the problem with setting a video game in outer space: There?s nothing to do out there. It?s a vacuum. No one can hear you scream.So most science fiction games don?t actually spend much time there. Space travel is about as romantic as a cross-town bus ride, merely a means to get from point A to point B. Yes, there are exceptions like the old Star Wars dog-fighting games, but usually all the action is planet-side.I?m talking about some of the greatest franchises in gaming ? Halo, Metroid, Doom, Xenosaga ? so I?m not really complaining. The games reviewed here also take place mainly on solid ground, ranging from humid jungles to desert wastelands. In the meantime, I?m still looking for a game that truly captures the grandeur of space flight. STAR WARS: LETHAL ALLIANCEYeah, we?ve all heard of the Rebel Alliance; Lethal Alliance is something else. It refers to Rianna, a Twi?lek mercenary out for revenge against the Empire, and Zeeo, a droid that can zap Stormtroopers and hack comp...
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Legal Peer-to-Peer ( P2P )
2007-03-06 21:27:02
There was a time when the phrase ?peer-to-peer? (P2P) was practically a curse word in the music industry.But, in the past month, two new services have emerged to utilise the technology for the legal, protected distribution of content ? specifically video.One of them is BitTorrent, which developed the technology that, at one point, was used for one-third of all P2P traffic on the Internet. The other is Joost, which was founded by the same guys who created the notorious Kazaa music-swapping community, and later the Skype Internet telephone service.Both BitTorrent and Joost rely on P2P technology to enhance the user experience.The more popular a file is on either network, the easier and faster it will be to download. Despite their history with unauthorised digital content distribution, both services are setting themselves up to provide some of the better digital entertainment available today.The question is: Will their technology credibility be sufficient to lure the millions of downlo...
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Stephen Hawking to make zero-gravity flight
2007-03-06 21:27:02
Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawk ing will soon experience a brief history with weightlessness.Hawking, who uses a wheelchair and is almost completely paralysed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig?s disease, plans to go on a weightless flight on April 26, officials at the Zero Gravity Corporation said.?As someone who has studied gravity and black holes all of my life, I am excited to experience first-hand weightlessness and a zero-gravity environment,? Hawking said in a statement.The zero-gravity is created onboard a modified Boeing 727 which generally soars to 32,000 feet at a sharp angle and then plunges 8,000 feet so passengers can experience 25-second snippets of zero gravity during the descent. As the plane climbs, passengers experience 25 seconds of being pushed down hard, as they feel 1.8 times the normal pull of the Earth. Zero Gravity CEO Peter Diamandis said assistants will be onboard to help Hawking.?The key thing here is that weightlessness and pers...
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It?s tea-time with robotics in Japan
2007-03-06 21:27:02
A humanoid wearing an apron picks up a cup of tea after University of Tokyo Professor Tomomasa Sato drank it during the demonstrationTokyo: Japan is pretty serious about robotics.And if the droids are going to fit in, they would probably need to learn the ancient Japanese custom of serving tea.Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a demonstration this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc poured tea from a bottle into a cup.Then, another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate life with robot technology.?A human being may be faster, but you?d have to say ?Thank you?,? said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. ?That?s the best part about a robot. You don?t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.?Sato believes Japan ? a rapidly-ageing society where more than a fifth of the population i...
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What a tweak!!!
2007-02-27 15:26:01
I will write here a nice trick to impress and to confuse your classmates at the computer class.This will allow you to sent a message in all the network screens.1) Open notepad and write "command"2) Save it with the name "command.bat"3) Open the file you created4) Type "net send * Your massage here"5) Then hit enter and the message will be on the screens of all the computers using that network.6) Sit back and enjoy watching them wondering what to do
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Most of the Internet Users Go Wireless
2007-02-27 03:25:02
About one-third of Inter net users in the U.S. have used a wireless connection to surf the Web or check e-mail, according to a survey released Sunday.The survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project showed that 34% of Internet users have gone online through Wi-Fi service or a cellphone network, including 27% who have logged on from somewhere other than their home or workplace.That's up from February 2004, when 22% of Internet users said they had gone online using a wireless device.19% of Internet users now have a wireless network in their home. That number has nearly doubled since January 2005, when 10% said they had a home wireless network.Three-quarters of the people with both a home wireless network and a laptop computer said they now use their laptop in different parts of the house.One in four Internet users said they have a cellphone that can access the Internet, and 54% of those with the capability said they have used it to get online. About 13% of Internet users have a ...
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Prevent your System From Regular Crashes
2007-02-27 03:25:02
I hade previously mentioned a post where you had to save and import the registry to prevent your system from crashing...But what is the software does it itself for you?? Sound gr8 naa?? I found this software : Registry Mechanic which helps you do all the stuff...Here is the download link. Although not feature rich, this simple utility checks your registry for errors that can slow down and even crash your computer. Registry Mechanic finds a wide range of defects, including references to already uninstalled programs, missing help files, broken shortcuts, virtual devices, start-up programs, fonts, and configuration files. It also can automatically repair invalid entries at Windows start-up. If removing an entry causes problems with your system, you can restore the registry from backups. Users have a choice of Quick Scan or a more comprehensive Deep Scan, as well as a custom scan option. The aesthetically appealing interface is uncomplicated and easy to use, but Registry Mechanic is a o...
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ECO Friendly Lights on Sale
2007-02-27 03:25:02
A huge increase in sales of energy-saving "eco" light bulbs has been recorded by a major supermarket chain following a move to permanent price cuts earlier this year.One in five regular customers at Tesco are adding an eco bulb to their shopping baskets each week, compared to one in 20 two months ago.The move comes as Australia unveils plans to phase out conventional light bulbs by the end of the decade. UK consumer actions suggest Britain may not be far behind.The energy-saving light bulbs sold by Tesco in one week alone are enough to save their customers around 8.8 million of electricity and 26,000 tonnes of over one year.As well as helping to save the planet, energy-saving light bulbs are a good way to save money in the home as they last up to 15 times longer than normal light bulbs.If every regular Tesco customer swapped all the bulbs in their home to energy-saving light bulbs, in a year they could save a staggering half a billion pounds on their electricity bills.This is almost...
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Air Conditioned Shirts
2007-02-27 03:25:02
Here is what I call a "CLASSIC INNOVATION".A gadget that can prevail during the hot days. With increasing tempratures everyday, this is an 'awesome' thing to have on you.It works on a simple principle : the fans attached to it draw large amounts of air, helping vaporize the sweat which reduces the body temperature. If you don't stay near a computer's USB plug, the shirt can also be powered by batteries or even your car's cigars socket. Now that's cool !This is what I call a shirt!!
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The Thinking CCTV
2007-02-27 03:25:02
Surveillance cameras, rapidly becoming a part of daily life in public and even private places, may be sizing you up. They are now used widely in Offices as well as Houses....And they may soon get a lot smarter.Researchers and security companies are developing cameras that not only watch the world but also interpret (analyze) what they see. Soon, some cameras may be able to find unattended bags at airports, guess your height or analyse the way you walk to see if you are hiding something.The advancements have already been put to work. Cameras in Chicago and Washington can detect gunshots and alert police. Baltimore installed cameras that can play a recorded message and snap pictures of graffiti sprayers or illegal dumpers.PICTURE JUST FOR REPRESENTIATIONAL PURPOSESIn the commercial market, the gaming industry uses camera systems that can detect facial features, according to Bordes. Casinos use their vast banks of security cameras to hunt cheating gamblers who have been flagged before....
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Scrolling LED lisence Plate Frame
2007-02-25 15:24:02
We hope you?re not the type to soil your car bumper with antiquated display mediums like the bumper sticker. Any self respecting geek should have their favorite gaming console, OS affiliation, and most beloved prime number scrolling neatly under their license plate in glowing blue LEDs. Luckily for you ThinkGeek has this fine Scrolling LED License Plat e Frame to satisfy your high-tech road-based communication needs. Way better than the one your car dealer stuck you with? this aluminum alloy frame is rust proof and sports a scrolling LED display on the bottom. You can program the frame with up to 5 different 120 character messages of your choice, then quickly flip through them using the included IR remote.Important Note:The Scrolling LED License Plate Frame runs off standard 12VDC and must be wired to your car to get power. Wiring instructions are included with the frame, but the nuances will vary from vehicle to vehicle. If you?re not up to the task you may want to consider paying t...
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VU digital boombox
2007-02-25 15:24:02
The VU portable digital boombox lets you blast your music on the go. Be it from an iPod or a USB device, the player can connect to them all. The Boom box features include a USB port, a digital clock, FM tuner, 2 3-inch speakers with a total output of 12 Watts RMS and, best of all, it can run on six standard D-type batteries. The device retails for Rs 10,000. For more information on the Boombox, visit www.technologies.vu
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