New Technology Reviews!.: Portable

Microsoft thinks PlayStation Vita will fail, bets on Windows Phone 7

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Sony-PlayStation-Vita-Next-Gen-Portable-Gaming-Device" border="0" height="288" src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3453/sonyplaystationvitanext.jpg" title="Sony-PlayStation-Vita-Next-Gen-Portable-Gaming-Device" width="170" /></div> Xbox COO Dennis Durkin spoke to Industry Gamers about their view of the mobile gaming market, including the recently launched and very powerful PlayStation Vita. "I’m not sure I would want to be launching a dedicated portable device right now into that market. I think the DS – if you look at the 3DS, certainly versus people’s expectation’s it’s not been as successful as people would have thought. So that’s a very crowded market and a very, very red ocean right now with a lot of change happening. So I’m not sure it’s [a good idea]," he said. Microsoft has said repeatedly that Windows Phone 7 was their portable gaming device, and there are increasing evidence of ever deeper integration and capabilities including multiplayer gaming and in-game voice chat in Windows Phone 7 Mango. "You only have a certain number of bets you can make as a company and you have to decide what you want to put your wood behind and I’m just not sure that that’s a place (a dedicated handheld console) that I would put mine." Via <a href="http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/xbox-exec-doubtful-of-playstation-vita-success/" target="_blank">Attackofthefanboy</a>

Microsoft thinks PlayStation Vita will fail, bets on Windows Phone 7

Xbox COO Dennis Durkin spoke to Industry Gamers about their view of the mobile gaming market, including the recently launched and very power...

Cowon C2 portable media player review

<div><img alt="" border="1" class="aligncenter" height="239" hspace="4" src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4479/cowonc2lead.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border: 1px solid black;" vspace="4" width="360" /></div> And here you were assuming the tried-and-true PMP was dead. Au contraire. Cowon's not giving up on its dream quite yet, but after the D2 hung around at the company's low-end for the better part of four years, it's an alphabetic step backwards that's taking over as the successor. The diminutive C2 is about as simple as a PMP gets -- design wise, anyway -- but it's actually capable of supporting both music and video on its 2.6-inch resistive touchpanel. And then there's the purported 55 hours of battery life, included microSD card for expansion and the company's world-class audio quality. Still, $135 goes a long (long!) way in the portable music industry these days -- does the C2 pack enough punch to make your short list? Head on past the break to find out. <div> Gallery: Cowon C2 hands-on and unboxing <img alt="" src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /> </div> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/26/cowon-c2-portable-media-player-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>

Cowon C2 portable media player review

And here you were assuming the tried-and-true PMP was dead. Au contraire. Cowon's not giving up on its dream quite yet, but after the D2...

Online Virus in Messengers, Emails, and Portable Storage Devices

Did you know that your computer might be used for terrorist threats and illegal activities online at this moment?. It is possible that your computer is being infected with viruses as we speak and it might be doing activities as per the discretion of some unknown hacker for his activities. It might be tracking your financial data, prying on your computer for personal information or even trying to infect your friends as you chat with them. There are a lot of ways by which your computer can be affected with a virus, but mainly they come from three sources - Portable Data, Instant Messengers and emails. Though browsing unsecure sites and using pirated software can infect your computer, the above three ways are the most common and dangerous ways by which viruses spread across the internet.   Portable Data storage devices like CD-ROMS and USB sticks are very popular and hence virus creators specifically write spyware and Trojans which will affect these drives and hence propagate the virus as they are plugged or inserted into another computer. These viruses attack the auto-run settings and hence it will affect the victim the moment he inserts the drive into the computer. Viruses and Trojans spread through these means are done so that they are massively spread across the internet leeching on the victims PC and taking instructions from its creators and even sending your personal data across the internet.   Instant Messenger viruses are another popular type of viruses. Yahoo! And MSN viruses have been very annoying and disturbing to all users since the time they were popularized. These viruses usually spread in the form of links from the infected PC's. They send themselves as a harmless link to the friends to the victims virus affected PC and have a message attached to them. An example will be the popular MSN virus called the photo virus. It sends the friends of the infected user a message like - "Hey! Is that really you in this picture? OMG!" and a link to the virus. Most people thinking that this is some sort of a picture will click on the link and get infected themselves. And this chain continues across the internet.   Emails are traditionally the virus writers favourite. But this has been tackled to an extent with the help of technologies like Domain Keys and SPAM blacklists and other ways. Though the number of viruses that attach themselves to emails and mass send to all the people in the address book are almost gone, the ones that tend to phish out information from you still continues. For example, I usually get a lot of mails claiming to be from banks and that my account has been hacked up. It needs my password to reset my bank account . But when you check the links contained in the mail, you will see that it does not link to the bank, but to another site which looks exactly like the bank site. If you enter your username and password, they will get it and then your account will be hacked and money stolen by these virus creators.   So, if your computer is infected with viruses, your security is compromised and hence your personal information is in danger. Make sure you use the internet with care and check where you are entering your information to and what type of links you click or the type of sites you visit. You can use an antivirus to clean your computer off viruses. Have a safe browsing experience!

Online Virus in Messengers, Emails, and Portable Storage Devices

Did you know that your computer might be used for terrorist threats and illegal activities online at this moment?. It is possible that you...

Buffalo Unveils Portable Blu-ray Writer

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Japan based peripheral manufacturer Buffalo Technology has released a portable Blu-ray writer. The MediaStation BR-PX68U2/BK - 6x sports a slim profile and interfaces with the computer using the USB 2.0 interface. The drive is powered by an external power adapter and consumes a maximum of 7.5W. It can burn and read Blu-ray discs at 6x, DVD blanks at 8x, and CD media at 24x. The portable writer is ensconced in a high gloss chassis that looks good but may eventually pick up scratches. 
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The MediaStation is slim enough to fit into your average notebook bag. The drive ships with CyberLink PowerDVD software suite, which allows Blu-ray, DVD and CD burning and playback. The bundled suite also incorporates support for DVD upscaling, which allows standard definition DVDs to be viewed and re-recorded in near HD quality. 
 
 
Buffalo's MediaStation Blu-ray writer is priced at Rs. 18,000 and is backed by a warranty of 2 years. 
 
Source: ChannelTimes

Buffalo Unveils Portable Blu-ray Writer

Japan based peripheral manufacturer Buffalo Technology has released a portable Blu-ray writer. The MediaStation BR-PX68U2/BK - 6x sports a ...

Online Virus in Messengers, Emails, and Portable Storage Devices

Did you know that your computer might be used for terrorist threats and illegal activities online at this moment?. It is possible that your computer is being infected with viruses as we speak and it might be doing activities as per the discretion of some unknown hacker for his activities. It might be tracking your financial data, prying on your computer for personal information or even trying to infect your friends as you chat with them. There are a lot of ways by which your computer can be affected with a virus, but mainly they come from three sources - Portable Data, Instant Messengers and emails. Though browsing unsecure sites and using pirated software can infect your computer, the above three ways are the most common and dangerous ways by which viruses spread across the internet.Portable Data storage devices like CD-ROMS and USB sticks are very popular and hence virus creators specifically write spyware and Trojans which will affect these drives and hence propagate the virus as they are plugged or inserted into another computer. These viruses attack the auto-run settings and hence it will affect the victim the moment he inserts the drive into the computer. Viruses and Trojans spread through these means are done so that they are massively spread across the internet leeching on the victims PC and taking instructions from its creators and even sending your personal data across the internet.Instant Messenger viruses are another popular type of viruses. Yahoo! And MSN viruses have been very annoying and disturbing to all users since the time they were popularized. These viruses usually spread in the form of links from the infected PC's. They send themselves as a harmless link to the friends to the victims virus affected PC and have a message attached to them. An example will be the popular MSN virus called the photo virus. It sends the friends of the infected user a message like - "Hey! Is that really you in this picture? OMG!" and a link to the virus. Most people thinking that this is some sort of a picture will click on the link and get infected themselves. And this chain continues across the internet.Emails are traditionally the virus writers favourite. But this has been tackled to an extent with the help of technologies like Domain Keys and SPAM blacklists and other ways. Though the number of viruses that attach themselves to emails and mass send to all the people in the address book are almost gone, the ones that tend to phish out information from you still continues. For example, I usually get a lot of mails claiming to be from banks and that my account has been hacked up. It needs my password to reset my bank account . But when you check the links contained in the mail, you will see that it does not link to the bank, but to another site which looks exactly like the bank site. If you enter your username and password, they will get it and then your account will be hacked and money stolen by these virus creators.So, if your computer is infected with viruses, your security is compromised and hence your personal information is in danger. Make sure you use the internet with care and check where you are entering your information to and what type of links you click or the type of sites you visit. You can use an antivirus to clean your computer off viruses. Have a safe browsing experience!	 	 		 			 				 					 						<a href="http://www.msnvirus.com" target="_new">MSN Messenger virus removal</a> instructions can be found on our site at <a href="http://www.msnvirus.com" target="_new">MSN Virus</a>.

Online Virus in Messengers, Emails, and Portable Storage Devices

Did you know that your computer might be used for terrorist threats and illegal activities online at this moment?. It is possible that yo...