The Wink eReader is India’s first multi-function eReader that supports more than 15 regional languages but will also offer over 200,000 book titles on debut. Though designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital books and periodicals you can also listen to music, check your mail or play games on your Wink eReader. The Wink uses e-ink technology to display content to readers. The advantages of Wink are portability, strain-free readability even in bright sunlight and substantial battery life.
Wink E-reader
Wink will offer consumers a one-stop e-store to access e-reading content of choice via www.thewinkstore.com that would enable access not just to e-books, but also journals, newspapers, magazines and selected articles, EC Media said.
Many of the titles have been acquired from international aggregators, giving Indians access to a whole lot of books not available in the country. “With the launch of Wink, we aim to revolutionise the way people read,” said Ravi DeeCee, founder and chief executive of DC Group, which has promoted EC Media and the Kerala-based publishing house DC Books.
Another offering will be Wink Wire for news, the first e-reader newspaper in India. EC Media has entered into a content alliance with IANS, India’s largest independent news service, for Wink Wire.
Wink has enrolled top publishers like Penguin, Roli, Oxford University, Harper Collins and Permanent Black for content so far. It will provide access to over 100,000 tiles to begin with, along with some newspapers and magazines.
The group has also announced a tie-up with Croma, the electronics megastore promoted by the Tata Group, as its retail partner. It has also roped in Redington as its distribution partner.
Explaining how the e-reader works, officials said a user can access the online store from the web or through the catalogue present on the gadget, intuitively designed for easy preview of content, downloads and a secure payment gateway.
Tech specifics
EC media has two types or Readers and both Readers supports capacitive touch screen with multi-touch, a full QWERTY keyboard though display and weight differs.
Reader-A has the following specs in terms of dimensions, weight and display:
Dimensions: 185mm (L) x 124.6 mm (W) x 10.9 mm (H) and weighs 260 grams with battery
Display: Gray Scale: 16-Level gray scale, resolution: 800x 600 pixels,
Screen Size: 6” measured diagonally.
Price :Rs 8,000
Reader-B has the following specs in terms of dimensions, weight and display:
Dimensions: 262mm(L)×170mm(W)×11.9mm(H) and weighs 430 grams with battery
Display: Gray Scale: 16-Level Gray Scale, Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels,
Screen Size: 9” measured diagonally.
Price : Rs 22,000
Both Readers can run for 8000 pages and take approximately 6 hours with USB charging from powered Computer or 3 hours when using optional AC charger.
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Chip maker Intel says it has agreed to buy computer-security software maker McAfee Inc for $7.68 billion, or $48 per share.
The per-share price represents a 60 percent premium over McAfee’s Wednesday close of $29.93. Shares surged 58 percent after the deal was announced Thursday to hit $47.42.
Intel Corp, which is based in Santa Clara, California, said the deal highlights “that security is now a fundamental component of online computing.”
“With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet-connected devices, more and more of the elements of our lives have moved online,” Intel CEO Paul Otellini said. “In the past, energy-efficient performance and connectivity have defined computing requirements. Looking forward, security will join those as a third pillar of what people demand from all computing experiences.”
Both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal. The deal still requires McAfee shareholder approval and regulatory clearances.
Intel said the deal with hurt earnings slightly in the first year the companies are combined. Excluding costs and other one-time items related to the acquisition, Intel predicts the deal will slightly boost earnings next year and improve after that.
McAfee, also based in Santa Clara, is one of the world’s largest security technology companies with about $2 billion in revenue last year.
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Aug 10
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Mini iPad From Apple
Technology giant Apple Inc. is reportedly planning to release a mini iPad this December, a media report said on Wednesday.
Details of a smaller version of the iPad were leaked in a Chinese newspaper that had also correctly predicted the specifications of the iPad months before its release.
Apple intends to launch the smaller iPad this December in time for the Christmas shopping season, Sky News reported citing sources.
The rumoured version is predicted to be 200 grams lighter than the standard iPad, which was released in April this year.
A report in the newspaper said Taiwanese companies have won contracts to make components smaller than those used on the current iPads.
Courtesy:Economics Times
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2010 Common wealth Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, between 3 October and 14 October. In the recently concluded world cup soccer match, Sakira’s ‘Waka Waka’ was the theme song and it became a big hit among the fans. In the same line, committee of the Commonwealth Games have asked AR Rahman to compose a theme song.
He presented the score to the committee and it has been approved as the official theme song for this year common wealth games.
The song will be directed by Shyam Benegal and produced by Bharat Bala. In general, Indians don’t lean to any other sport apart from cricket. Let’s see how this theme song will convince people to spare time for common wealth games.
Aug 10
18
New Rupee symbol in Lava Mobile
India based mobile phone makers Lava Mobiles has unveiled the first phone across the world that includes the rupee symbol.
The latest phone is none other than recently introduced Lava B5 popular for its ABCDE (alpha) keypad. The new version of the handset will boast off with the Indian Rupee symbol.
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