Google is about to introduce an offline email service soon; Google Gear’s built-in is used for offline email service. “Gear’s for Firefox 3, as of today, is available for all users,” said Aaron Boodman. Gears is an open source project, the system requirement for Google Gears is Windows XP/Vista,  Firefox 1.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+ it’s also available for Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac (Firefox, Safari), Linux and Android.
Google said “the company described several Gears features under development–though not promised–for Gears” in May. Offline access to web application is the initial features in Google Gears.
Yahoo is also working on a similar project called BrowserPlus to improve Web browsers.
How to use this offline service
•    Go to the Labs tab within the Gmail settings
•    Click the Enable radio button given against the Offline option
•    Update the changes by clicking the Save the changes button.
•    Go back to the inbox and click the Offline 0.1 option in the upper right corner near the settings link.
•    Next comes the explanation of what you’re doing and the warning not to install offline Gears on a public machine.
•    Click The Next button to get access to the permission phase for granting Gmail access to Gears.
•    In next page, create a shortcut for Gmail Offline on your computer if required.
•    On click of the Ok button, the system will start the synchronization process to download the messages to the local system.
•    Get access to the control panel to know how far back Gmail’s offline archive goes

Microsoft announced the release of Internet Explorer 8 on January 26th. They had implemented a lot of changes in this new release. IE8 features a new rendering engine, support for CSS 2.1, and a ’smart address bar’ that is very similar to Firefox’s ‘awesome bar’, for more feature click here. It has also taken a page from Google chrome’s playbook and now opens a separate process for every tab.
It has built-in clickjacking prevention with that content providers can now add a tag to their pages and explicitly disallow their content from being shown in a frame. And also updated Inprivate browsing and filtering modes.
You can download IE 8 here.

Google added a new feature on the Gtalk, that allows users to play videos on the same screen on click of the video link received in the chat window.

If you sent the direct URL of a video e.g Slumdog Millionaire on the Gtalk, the instant messenger will show a preview image of video to the recipient. When recipient clicks on the preview image, the corresponding video will be played on the video window opened at the top of the chat window.

This feature comes under the Gmail getting voice and video chat built-in.

Jan 20, 2009 – Intel, the world’s largest chip maker announced price cuts on some of its processors. Cuts were concentrated on quad core chips are used in high end desktops, Celeron, xenon processors and Pentium dual core.
1.    The price of Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.00GHz) processors are now priced at $316. Its previous rate is $530.
2.    Celeron processors 570 (2.00GHz) designed for laptops, dropped 48 percent to $70 from $134.
3.    Intel also cut prices of its xenon processors. Its price was cut 40 percent to $316 from $530.
4.    The prices of Pentium dual E5200core was reduced 24 percent to $64 from $84.
5.    Intel also introduced the Core 2 Quad Q9400s processor (2.66GHz) and the Core 2 Quad Q8200s (2.33GHz), are priced at $320 and $245.

Youtube has now created a customized version which will make YouTube video content available on TV set using Nintendo Wii or Sony Playstation 3. Just access YouTube TV available at www.youtube.com/tv using the Wii’s Opera browser or the PS3’s built-in browser.

YouTube shares their experience as: “With enlarged text and simplified navigation, it makes watching YouTube on your TV as easy and intuitive as possible. Optional auto-play capability enables users to view related videos sequentially, emulating a traditional television experience. The TV Website is available internationally across 22 geographies and in over 12 languages.”

”As opposed to the experience a viewer gets watching videos on a PC or laptop, this website (currently in beta) has been designed to provide a dynamic, lean-back, 10-foot television viewing experience through a streamlined interface that enables you to discover, watch and share YouTube videos on any TV screen with just a few quick clicks of your remote control.”  – Google representatives.

The company also stated: “Our hope is that this site may help to accelerate an industry evolution towards open television access to Web video. Over time, we plan to add support for additional TV devices that provide Web browsers”.

The New Year has begun with all its blessings and good things for you. What’s your New Year resolution? A simple and great resolution that can be taken is to keep in pace with the changing world. New technology always brings new habits with it.

Are you still using a mobile phone with old technology? Go for an I-phone or 3G phone and get the world in your hand through its slick interface and seamless connection to the Web. Please have a look at list of the popular 3G phones before going to store: Apple iPhone 3G, HTC Touch Diamond, LG Dare, RIM BlackBerry Bold(AT&T) and Sony Ericsson W760a.

Enjoy films at home with theatre like effects using a High-Definition Television (HDTV) which is the new standard in the television technology; its main benefits being wide-screen picture quality (similar to 35mm film) coupled with compact disc (CD) sound quality. The most popular HDTVs are listed here for reference: Pioneer PRO-111FD, Panasonic TH-50PZ800U, Sony Bravia KDL-55XBR8, Samsung HL61A750 and Panasonic TH-42PX80U.

Jump into the high definition disc world by buying an HD DVD Player. It can actually be mastered up to 7.1 surround sound. Tune your ears to the high sound quality and enjoy your spare time.

Record all the memorable moments like your best friend’s her birthday party, or a lovely holiday, using a digital camera, and keep a record of those moments and never let them perish. The latest digital cameras are Canon PowerShot A590 IS, Fujifilm FinePix F100fd, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1.

Now books are also been digitized, get a latest e-book reader from the list of readers namely Sony Reader Digital Book PRS-700BC, Digital Reader 1000, Kindle, Hanlin eReader etc available on stores.

With a Laptop you have access to desired information and can work from anywhere. Pick up a laptop that best suits you from the market, and have desired information on anything from cooking recipes to solutions on fixing bugs. Please refer the popular Laptops before choosing yours: Dell XPS M1730, Acer Aspire 8920G, Lenovo ThinkPad T61, Apple MacBook and Dell Inspiron Mini 9.

It is simply great to have a PDA which is also known as palmtop computers, as it can be used as mobile phones, (smartphones), web browsers, fax sender, personal organizer or portable media players. It is an all-in-one product. Have a look at this most popular PDA list: HP iPaq hx2750, HP iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion, Palm Tungsten E2, Palm TX and Pharos Traveler GPS 525.

As New Year offers, these products are available in the market at rates as low as never before. Get hold of this opportunity and go digital.

Professor Roderick Murray-Smith of the University of Glasgow who is working for Nokia on the point-and-find software, said: “We are working on linking people on to the World Wide Web in the real world, so they can use social networking sites to locate their friends in the real world, or point their phone at a building or a bus stop and find out the right information.”

A team of scientists from Scotland have developed this latest handset that could help you locate your friends, tell you if it is going to rain and many more required information by just waving the handset in the air. The technology of Nintendo Wii is applied in the next generation phones to make them user-friendly.

Change is the law of life. The only thing that is constant in the world is change. Every field needs changes constantly, if not it will be like stagnant water which loses its purity and paves the way for algae formation. In the current world, technology in almost all fields is facing a lot of advancement resulting in introduction of new products.
This article will sum up the top 50 products of 2008 divided under 10 categories. The list doesn’t mean that the number one product is superior to other products. This is just a list of top five products under each category.

1. Web Platforms
a. iPhone SDK
b. OpenSocial
c. Adobe AIR
d. Facebook Platform
e. Mozilla Weave

2. Mobile web Products
a. FFtoGo
b. Google Maps
c. Fring
d. Brightkite
e. Shazam

3. Consumer web applications
a. Intense Debate
b. Hulu
c. Ning
d. Last.fm
e. Meebo

4. Enterprise web products
a. Amazon Web Services (AWS)
b. Basecamp
c. Google Apps
d. Wordpress
e. LinkedIn

5. Alternative search engines
a. Cooliris
b. Faroo
c. KallOut
d. Surf Canyon
e. Taggalaxy.de

6. RSS and syndication products
a. Postrank
b. FriendFeed
c. Twitterfeed
d. FeedBurner
e. Yahoo! Pipes

7. HDTVs
a. Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U
b. Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD
c. Samsung HL61A750
d. LG 47LG60FR
e. Sony KDL-46XBR4

8. PDA
a. Apple iPhone
b. Google Android
c. Windows Mobile
d. BlackBerry 8700 series
e. Palm TX

9. MP3 Players
a. Apple iPod Touch (second generation, 8GB)
b. Apple iPod Nano (fourth generation, 16GB, silver)
c. Microsoft Zune 120GB (third generation, glossy black)
d. Archos 605 WiFi (30GB)
e. Sony NWZ-S738FBNC Walkman (8GB, black)

10. Real World Web applications
a. Mint
b. Rudder
c. Sermo
d. TeachStreet
e. Kiva

This list was prepared based on our favorites. If you feel that any of your favorite is missing, please feel free to leave your comments here. Hope the New Year 2009 will bring more new products with advanced technology.

On the last day of New Year, users of Microsoft’s Zune music player reported that their 30GB Zune devices were freezing up. The Zune’s message board was filled with complaints when they found that they could not get to their songs or pictures.

The Zune developers could find the root of the problem only on the middle of the day. In its Zune 30 FAQ, it advised users with frozen Zunes to follow these steps:

1. Disconnect your Zune from USB and AC power sources.

2. Because the player is frozen, its battery will drain–this is good. Wait until the battery is empty and the screen goes black. If the battery was fully charged, this might take a couple of hours.

3. Wait until after noon GMT on January 1, 2009 (that’s 7 a.m. Eastern or 4 a.m. Pacific time).

4. Connect your Zune to either a USB port on the back or your computer or to AC power using the Zune AC Adapter and let it charge.

Hope everything goes on well with the Zune music player in the future.