Meat Smeller Smells Meat (For Freshness!)

Startlingly similar to something that you you would see on an infomercial in the middle of the night, the SensorFreshQ meat smeller will smell your meat for you. It can tell you whether or not meat is safe to eat by analyzing the gaseous compounds that bacteria produce. The results are color-coded, following the same rules as your average traffic light. Green means good to go, yellow portrays doubt, and red means “McThrowitAway.”

The SensorFreshQ runs on two AA batteries, and detects the freshness of meat and poultry (does it work on fish?) in about a minute. It’s $90.

Worldspace Radio Live on MSN India

Today, MSN India, Worldspace Satellite Radio, and music maestro A R Rahman, announced the launch of 5 Worldspace stations on MSN India.

With this, music lovers will have 24x7 access to the five Worldspace stations, including Farishta (Hindi film classics), Gandharv (Hindustani classical), Sparsha (Kannada), Spandana (Telugu), and Shruti (Carnatic music) at http://worldspace.msnserver.com/
sers can play any/all of the five channels basis their choice, and receive weekly and monthly program guides along with RJ profiles for particular channels. All they need is bandwidth in the region of 64 kbps.

According to Worldspace and MSN, the monthly fees are on the higher side because this is the only 'legal' online streaming channel where moneys go to the concerned artistes, and copyright fees end-up getting paid.

Of the five Worldspace stations accessible on MSN India, 'Farishta' plays Hindi music from the 40s to the 80s, packaged in a way so as to stimulate and entertain listeners.

'Gandharv' takes listeners through a melifluous journey of discovery into a genre as vast and ethereal as Hindustani Classical music. The station features some of the greats produced by this genre -- right from old timers like Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Ustad Allaudin Khan to contemporary masters, including Ustad Zakir Hussain, Vidushi Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, and Vidushi Shubha Mudgal.

Meanwhile, Shruti (Carnatic music), Sparsha (Kannada), and Spandana (Telugu) provide that distinct local flavor, and are intended to be a reflection of the tastes and culture of the people hailing from these regions of the country.

"We believe that with this initiative, we will help bridge the needs of Indians across the globe to be closely connected with their roots and Indian culture, and provide them a platform to savor songs online even when they don't have access to Worldspace Satellite Radio," said Velu Shankar, senior advisor - content and programming, Worldspace India.

"This association is part of our commitment to our users in bringing the best of entertainment online. Users now can listen to their favourite music online," said Jaspreet Bindra, country manager India - online service group, Microsoft.

"While music on the net is gaining popularity today, users in India do not have many radio stations online to listen to the music they love. Now, users in India can log on to MSN India and listen to music that is relevant to them," said Krishna Prasad, executive producer of MSN India.

Musician par excellence and brand ambassador for Worldspace, A R Rahman, said, "Technology is breaking barriers, and going beyond geographical boundaries helping musicians gain recognition outside India. At the same time making their music available worldwide."

Worldspace India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldspace, is headquartered out of Bangalore, and boasts a range of over 40 radio stations across musical genres.

The offline service has about 1,70,000 subscribers across the country. It's Indian programming includes 2 Indian classical stations -- Shruti (Carnatic) and Gandharv (Hindustani), as well as regional stations -- Sonar (Bengali), Sparsha (Kannada), Spandana (Telugu), Tunak Punjabi (Punjabi), Falak (Urdu & Ghazals), Surabhi (Marathi), Radio Umang (Gujarathi), to name a few.

While the offline service is reasonably popular, the association with MSN India is an exercise in increasing the reach of Worldspace through the online medium. For MSN too, it's as much about increasing reach, as it is about giving consumers something unique and exclusive vis-a-vis competitors in the online space.

Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition

We're not going to mince words -- this post goes out to everybody in the audience that wanted a little closer look at the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition console due out next month. Enjoy the eye candy!

Sprint to offer WiMAX-enabled Nokia N800 in 2008?

While we were already looking forward to the N800 Internet Tablet's inevitable successor, it seems like Sprint may have something else in mind. According to LinuxDevices, the operator "will offer a mobile WiMAX-enabled version of Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet to North American customers next year," which reportedly falls in line with the carrier's grand scheme of making 4G services available "to over 100 million people during 2008." Furthermore, Nokia's director of open source, Dr. Ari Jaaksi, was quoted as saying that this here device would "most probably" include WiFi and Bluetooth as well, but as expected, no details regarding a specific launch timeframe were divulged.

Sony set to introduce VAIO FZ2 laptops

It's not all that long ago that Sony bumped its VAIO FZ laptops into Santa Rosa territory, but it seems that the company is planning to expand the line even further, with Notebook Italia today getting word of a pair of new FZ2 series laptops. As with its current FZ offerings, these new laptops will each pack 15.4-inch WXGA displays, but they get an upgrade in the processor department to your choice of Core 2 Duo T7250 or T7500, along with NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GT graphics on the higher-end of the two, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and your choice of Blu-ray or DVD combo drives. No word on a release date just yet, it seems, but they'll apparently set you back $1,299 or $1,399 depending on the configuration.

Princeton intros 500GB iTunes/DLNA NAS

Princeton Technology seems to be intent on keeping all its NAS bases covered, with the company now introducing a 500GB unit to complement its bring-your-own-drive offerings. As with those others units, the company's new PEC-NAV500 NAS boasts iTunes server and DLNA capabilities, includes DigiOn's DiXiM media server client software, and packs a spare USB port to accommodate a printer or an extra drive. It also promises improved heat dissipation from its aluminum enclosure, and packs a fan just in case that's enough enough to keep things cool. Look for this one to hit Japan later this month for around ¥32,800, or roughly $276.

Hutch: GPRS & MMS Config

	Manual MMS settings
	Settings name Hutch_mms Home page http://mms1.hutchworld.co.in/mms/ Session Mode Permanent Connection security Off Data bearer GPRS GPRS access point portalnmms IP address 10.10.1.100 Authentification type Normal Login type Automatic User name Password
	Manual GPRS settings
	Settings name Hutch_gprs Home page http://www.hutchworld.co.in Session Mode Permanent Connection security Off Data bearer GPRS GPRS access point portalnmms IP address 10.10.1.100 Authentification type Normal Login type Automatic User name Password

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