The Incrudo Phantom is the first luxury mobile phone released by Russian manufacturer Incrudo. According to Incrudo, Phantom is the most durable mobile phone in the world.
The body and keypad of the phone are made of high strength titanium alloy, while its screen has scratch-proof sapphire glass. Read the rest of this entry »
Online insurance portal - click2insure.in has launched a “FREE terrorism cover” for citizens of the country. For this, the click2insure.in has tied up with insurance company New India Assurance.
The insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh is for a period of one year. It is free of cost for the all Indian citizen above 25 years of age and free insurance will be given to 1 Lakh citizens on first come first serve basis in association with New India Assurance.
The procedure for getting insurance is easy - Just visit there website www.click2insure.in and click on the link to join this free policy and fill up the form (address, permanent account number or driving licence number and contact details). After processing, the policy will be delivered within three hours to the applicant’s mailbox.
The policy document states, “The holder of this certificate is insured against the loss of life caused by or against the act of terrorism for Rs 1 lakh for one year.”
About Click2insure.in - Click2insure.in is a part of Optima Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd. With click2insure.in you can access all the information that you need to take a well informed decision while buying insurance.
[Source: http://sify.com]
Indian mobile operator Reliance Communication Ltd (RCom) and Research in Motion (RIM) announced the launch of the BlackBerry curve 8330 smartphone in India.
This high speed smartphone offer a powerful combination of communications and multimedia capabilities with a user friendly design. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 is the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry handset and comes with RIM’s intuitive trackball navigation system.
It features a 2 mega pixel camera, advanced multimedia capabilities and premium phone features along with the BlackBerry platform which supports access to email, messaging and other mobile applications.
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone also features CDMA connectivity; access to email, phone, organizer, browser and other mobile business and leisure applications; advanced media player and enhanced desktop media manager software allowing customers to easily manage music, pictures and video between their PC and the BlackBerry Curve 8330; Premium phone features including Voice Activated Dialing, speakerphone, and noise and echo cancellation technology for clearer calls; Bluetooth 2.0, with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits, and other Bluetooth accessories; Instant Messaging with BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk.
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone from Reliance is now available at more than 500 stores across the top 20 towns, priced at Rs 25,990.
mChek, a provider of mobile payment and security company has introduced the payment service through mobile phones. It provides smart and simple way for users to make payments using their mobile phone and a credit card.
mChek enables airline ticket booking, bus ticket booking, insurance payments, prepaid recharging and mobile bill payments through mobile phones. It supports all mobiles and works on all networks. There is no need to GPRS connection for transaction. mChek is an ISO 27001, PCI-DSS 1.1 certified m-commerce company, funded by Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
In India, mChek is executing a pilot project and will go live this year. The service is initially available to all customers on Airtel with Visa or MasterCard credit cards and will subsequently be expanded to customers of other telecom operators as well as to debit card holders.
mChek has tied-up with Yatra.com, Sify, India times, Future bazaar, Redbus ( online bus ticket booking portal) and Makemytrip.com. They also tied ups with SBI, ICICI, HDFC and Corporation Bank.
To get mChek simply SMS Mchek to 121 or visit www.mchek.com and follow the instructions received.
Cosmetic surgery is a very popular for the form of plastic surgery. It refers to surgery that is designed to improve cosmetics alone. In 2006, nearly 11 million cosmetic plastic surgeries were performed in the United States alone.
The most prevalent aesthetic/cosmetic procedures are:
* Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck - Reshaping and firming of the abdomen
* Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery - Reshaping of the eyelids, Eyelid surgery removes excess fat from the upper eyelids and lower eyelids
* Mammoplasty - This includes:
@ Breast augmentation or breast enlargement - Breast enlargement surgery is a surgery to make the breast larger
@ Breast reduction - Removal of skin and glandular tissue
@ Breast lift (Mastopexy) - Lifting or reshaping of breasts
* Buttock Augmentation or butt augmentation - Enhancement of the buttocks
* Chemical peel - Minimizing the appearance of acne, pock, and other scars as well as wrinkles
* Labiaplasty - Surgical reduction and reshaping of the lip
* Rhinoplasty or nose job - Reshaping of the nose
* Otoplasty or ear surgery - Reshaping of the ear
* Rhytidectomy or face lift - Removal of wrinkles and signs of aging from the face
* Liposuction or lipoplasty - Removal of fat from the body
* Chin augmentation - Augmentation of the chin with an implant (e.g. silicone) or by sliding genioplasty of the jawbone
* Cheek augmentation - Change the shape of face by rounding out the symmetry of your cheeks
* Male Pectoral Implant - It is a procedure used to enhance chest size in men by inserting silicone implants under the chest muscle
* Collagen, fat and other tissue filler injections (e.g. hyaluronic acid)
* Laser skin resurfacing
* Injection of dermal fillers
Hi-Techs Mobile e-Notes Taker - Capture, Organize, Convert and Share your Handwritten Notes Digitally Anywhere, Anytime. Attach plain paper of any kind and use the Hi-Tech’s mobile e-notes taker to capture, store and share handwritten drawings, sketches, notes, and memos at meetings, lectures, and conferences.
Mobile e-Notes Taker TM is the world’s first portable handwriting capture device based on natural handwriting as an input. A Must have product for Doctors, Academicians, Lawyers, Architects, Visualisers, Interiors, CEOs, Students, Housewives, Senior Citizens and all those who use PC/Laptops. It can also used with a PDA or Bluetooth-enabled mobile.
Features:
* Write/draw/doodle on any paper and capture electronically
Without a PC
* Includes LCD to view and confirm input
* Connects to PC/Notebook via USB cable (included)
* Allows file transfer over LAN, email, and instant messaging application (Connected mode).
* Flash memory can stores up to 50 sheets
* Convert your natural hand writing into text to near perfection
* Draw/sign/annotate in any MS office application
* Use the pen as Mouse in any graphic Application software
* Chat on your handwriting in MSN live messenger
* Write Mails on your own mother tongue/language
* E-sticky notes/reminders in your own handwriting
* Use as virtual white board Pen
* Uses normal refill and watch Cell batteries
System Requirements:
Operating System: Microsoft ® Windows 2000 or Microsoft ® Windows XP
Hardware: Min 15MB hard disk, Min 34MB Ram (recommended 64MB), Min 16 bit color quality (recommended 32 bit), Min screen resolution: 800×600 pixels and USB port.
Software: Microsoft ® Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, ICQ ® Pro 2003
Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed via the Internet, primarily via websites. The pornographic websites revenue larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and Earthlink.
Daily, 65 million pornographic search engine requests are made (25% of total) and 2.5 billion porn emails are sending. 40 millions US Adults regularly visit internet porn websites (72% male-28% female).
Some statistics about Pornography websites:
* 4.2 million Pornographic websites (12% of total websites)
* 420 million pages of adult content
* 11 new porn sites are created each hour
* 34% of Internet users received unwanted exposure to sexual material or porn
* Worldwide visitors to pornographic web sites 72 million visitors to pornography – Monthly
* Daily pornographic emails 2.5 billion (8% of total emails}
* Every 39 minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States
* The average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 11
Pornography Banning Countries: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Kenya, India, Cuba, China.
Note: Install WebAllow to your computer, WebAllow is an amazing program that will allows setting restriction over your child’s browsing habits.
[Source: internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com]
Cooliris Previews is a free browser add-on to preview links and rich media without clicking or leaving the current web page.
Just place mouse cursor over the link or over the cooliris icon to see the preview window, and a preview window instantly appears with your content. Fully interactive on just about any website, blogs, discussion forums, news sites, and others.
Features include:
* Preview weblinks, images and videos without clicking
* Preview slideshow mode for Google and Yahoo Images
* Stack temporarily bookmarks
* Instant email links - Instantly send links to friends and family with just a click
* Prefetch websites for faster previews
* Subsearch any phrase by right-clicking
* Customise preview activation method and themes
* Enable or Disable previewing on custom list of sites
Supported operating system: Win98/Me/2k/XP, Mac, and Linux
Supported Browsers: Firefox, Safari 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, and Flock
Safari 3.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0 are not yet supported.
Downloaded at:
Firefox: http://www.cooliris.com/site/firefox/
Internet Explorer: http://cooliris.com/site/ie/
Safari (Mac operating system): http://cooliris.com/site/safari/
PageOnce.com is still in private beta and working to expand the number of account types that it supports (TC readers can sign up here).
However, you can already use the service to retrieve information from many banking, social networking, airline, email, and shopping accounts such as Citibank, Facebook, American Airlines, Gmail, and Amazon.
PageOnce.com takes the information appropriate to each account (once you give it your username and password, of course) and displays it in a Netvibes/PageFlakes-like layout. If you have lots of accounts to manage, you can choose to view them according to type (finance, shopping, utilities, etc.).
Website: http://www.pageonce.com
[Via Techcrunch.com]
Noca is launching a new online payment service which brings down the total cost of processing online transactions and better than other online payment service like Paypal, Google Checkout and Amazon Flexible Payments.
Noca is a secure payment solution for online merchants with no fixed fees and zero start-up costs. It reduce pain of online merchants, current payment systems charge high processing costs for accepting credit cards online.
This new online payment service founded by ex-Visa employees, is attempting to virtually eliminate transaction fees by bypassing the credit card companies altogether with its own online payment service.
Noca aims to make possible online payments for purchases of all sizes, it begins with a focus on micro-payments. It has launched two Facebook applications to test its payments system out: OneClick Pay and HelpYourWorld.
In the longer term, Noca will become much more like a credit card company itself, providing credit to users through direct partnerships with banks.
Website: http://www.noca.com/
[Via Techcrunch.com]
Spain football team won Euro 2008, beating Germany 1-0 in the final. The final of UEFA Euro 2008 football match played on 29 June 2008 at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, Austria. Spain beat Russia 4-1 in their Euro 2008 semi final. Sixteen teams are participating in the tournament.
This is the second time Spain winning the European championship after 44 years. The last won was in 1964 with victory over the former USSR. Spanish fans have been celebrating in Madrid after their football team won Euro 2008.
[Via 2dayblog.com]
