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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sony Tablet S - One Of The Best Android Tablets

Although Sony being a late entrant in Tablet market, Sony is trying to top the tablet market with the launch of it two new tablets, namely the Tablet S and the Tablet P.
The Sony Tablet S features a 23.87 cms wide Touch-Screen.
It has 1GB of RAM which gives it a slight advantage compared to IPad and IPad 2 which have 256 MB and 512MB respectively.
It has storage up to 32GB. It even has an infra-red remote control.
It also has WiFi and optional 3G making it a tough contender of the IPad.
It also features the latest Android 3.2 operating system.
You can even capture stunning pics with its 5MP rear camera. It even has a front camera.
Being Playstation certified tt is packed with full of entertainment.



For more information refer to sony's website.. 

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Free Software Activists to take on Google with their free search engine?

Free software activists have released a P2P search engine to take on Google, Yahoo, Bing and others.


The P2P search engine, YaCy  uses a different concept. Instead of using a central server , its search results come from a network of independent peers [ Users who downloaded the YaCy software ] .


This project is supported by FSFE [ Free Software Foundation Europe ], which is concerned that dominant search engines have too much power and control over the information that users find online.


Everyone can access and try out YaCy at YaCy.net. Users can become part of the Yacy network by installing the software on their computer. It is currently available for GNU/Linux, Windows, MacOS.


To try out YaCy :


1.Go to Yacy.net.2.On the right side of the website you should find "YaCy 1.0 for Windows", click it. [ Its a 21MB file ]
3.Run it.
4.Click "Next".
5.Click "I Agree".
6.Click "Next".
7.Choose the directory where YaCy should be installed and Click "Install".
8.Its should take a few seconds.
9.Finally Click "Finish".
10.Go to you desktop and click on the "YaCy" Icon.
11.Open your Web Browser and open the url "
http://localhost:8090".