Google's Picasa Web Albums Introduces Face Recognition

Finally its reality.News of face recognition feature being introduced in major online photo sharing sites is around for a while now.But Google is once again ahead with the introduction of face recognition to Picasa Web Albums.

Picture Via Google

Cnet in its article revealed that

The Picasa Web Albums name tag feature groups like faces together to let users tag them with names a batch at a time.

"Once you've started naming people, we'll start suggesting names for you based on similarity," said Mike Horowitz, Google's Picasa product manager. "The process of naming people is really addictive and tremendously fun."

Ranking List Of Laptop Graphics Cards

Here is an exclusive Ranking list of the Laptop graphics cards available in the market.Check the class & Ranking of the Laptop Graphic cards before buying.


Class 1

» GeForce 8800M GTX SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2
» GeForce 9800M GTX
» GeForce 9800M GT
» GeForce 9800M GTS
» GeForce 8800M GTX
» GeForce 9700M GTS
» GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
» GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI
» GeForce 8800M GTS
» Quadro FX 3600M
» GeForce Go 7950 GTX
» Quadro FX 3500M
» GeForce 8700M GT SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 3870
» Mobility Radeon HD 3850
» GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI
» GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
» GeForce Go 7900 GTX
» Quadro FX 2500M
» GeForce 8600M GT SLI
» GeForce 9700M GT
» GeForce Go 7900 GS
» GeForce 9650M GS
» Quadro FX 1600M
» GeForce 8700M GT
» Quadro NVS 320M
» Quadro FX 1500M
» GeForce Go 7800 GTX
» Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
» Mobility Radeon X1900
» Mobility Radeon X1800XT
» Mobility Radeon X1800
» GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
» GeForce Go 7800



Class 2

» GeForce 9600M GT
» Mobility Radeon HD 3670
» GeForce 9600M GS
» GeForce 9500M GS
» Mobility Radeon HD 3650
» Quadro FX 570M
» GeForce 8600M GT
» Mobility Radeon HD 2700
» GeForce Go 7600 GT
» Mobility Radeon HD 2600
» GeForce 9500M G
» GeForce 8600M GS
» GeForce Go 7700
» GeForce Go 6800
» Quadro FX Go 1400
» Mobility Radeon X800XT
» Mobility Radeon X1700
» Mobility FireGL V5250
» Mobility Radeon X2500
» GeForce Go 7600
» Quadro NVS 300M
» Mobility Radeon X800
» Mobility Radeon X1600
» Mobility FireGl V5200
» Mobility Radeon 9800
» GeForce Go 6600

Class 3

» Mobility Radeon X1450
» Mobility Radeon X700
» Mobility FireGL V5000
» GeForce 8400M GT
» Quadro NVS 140M
» Mobility Radeon X1350
» Mobility Radeon X1400
» GeForce 9300M G
» GeForce 9300M GS
» GeForce 9200M GS
» Mobility Radeon HD 3470
» Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
» Quadro FX 360M
» GeForce 8400M GS
» Quadro NVS 135M
» Mobility Radeon HD 3450
» Mobility Radeon HD 2400
» Mobility Radeon HD 3430
» Radeon HD 3200
» GeForce 8400M G
» Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
» Quadro NVS 130M
» GeForce 9100M G
» GeForce 8200M G
» GeForce Go 7400
» Quadro FX 350M
» Quadro NVS 120M
» GeForce Go 7300
» Quadro NVS 110M
» Mobility Radeon X600
» Mobility FireGL V3200
» Mobility Radeon X2300
» Mobility Radeon HD 2300
» Mobility Radeon 9700
» Mobility FireGL T2e
» Mobility FireGL V3100

Class 4

» Mobility Radeon X1300
» GeForce4 4200 Go
» Mobility Radeon 9600
» Mobility FireGL T2
» Quadro FX Go 1000
» Mobility Radeon 9550
» GeForce Go 7200
» GeForce Go 6400
» Mobility Radeon X300
» GeForce Go 6250
» GeForce Go 6200
» GeForce FX Go 5700
» GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650

Class 5

» Radeon Xpress X1270
» Radeon Xpress X1250
» Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
» Radeon Xpress X1200
» Radeon Xpress 1250
» Radeon Xpress 1150
» GeForce 7150M
» GeForce Go 6150
» GeForce Go 6100
» GeForce 7000M
» GeForce FX Go 5200
» Mobility Radeon 9200
» Mobility Radeon 9000
» GeForce 4 488 Go
» GeForce 4 460 Go
» GeForce 4 440 Go
» GeForce 4 420 Go
» Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
» Mobility Radeon 7500
» Mobility FireGL 7800
» Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
» Radeon Xpress 200M
» Radeon Xpress 1100

Class 6

» GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
» Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP
» Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
» Mobility Radeon
» Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
» Radeon IGP 340M
» Chrome9 HC
» Extreme Graphics 2
» S3G UniChrome Pro II
» S3G UniChrome Pro
» S3 Graphics ProSavage8
» Mirage 3 671MX
» Mirage 2 M760
» Mirage M661FX
» Castle Rock

Laptop Rankings by GPU's

Sony Introducess Fresh Cyber-shots - DSC-W300 and DSC-H50

Sony's new Cyber-shots are expected to be available in the Asia-Pacific region sometime around April or May this year.Sony has expanded its popular Cyber-shot range with fresh models; DSC-W300 and DSC-H50.

Titanium-clad Cyber-shot DSC W300 offers a 13.6 mega pixels resolution, and boasts an "extra high speed" burst mode promising shooting 3 mega pixels photos at five frames per second (fps).

The W300 deploys a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 3x optical zoom lens, a 2.7-inches LCD screen, and an eye-level view finder -- among other features.

Keeping with the Sony Cyber-shot tradition, this camera too features Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization. Besides, it has a new extra high sensitivity mode (up to ISO 6400) to reduce blurriness in photographs while shooting in low-light conditions. Noise reduction is offered as a user-selectable option.

The other new Cyber-shot, the DSC-H50, offers a resolution of 9.1 mega pixels and boasts an advanced Sports Shooting Mode that allows for higher shutter speeds of up to 1/4000 of a second. The mode also helps combine higher shutter speeds with predictive continuous auto-focusing to capture fast-moving subjects with minimal shutter lag.

The DSC-H50 utilizes a Carl Zeiss 15x optical zoom lens, and a 3-inches tilting LCD screen making for greater creativity while shooting from high or low angles.

This camera also incorporates Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization, with noise reduction again a user-selectable option.

Both the W300 and the H50 feature the D-Range Optimizer (DRO) Plus that automatically applies image-correction algorithms when pictures are shot in high-contrast conditions. In effect, pictures retain overall exposure while bringing out the finer nuances of highlights and shadows.

Other features common to both cameras include: presence of Carl Zeiss lenses, face detection, smile shutter, and intelligent scene recognition. The USP of Carl Zeiss lenses is that they are manufactured from super low-dispersion glass, which helps them to produce very precise point-to-point correspondence between objects and their images.

[Via]: Techtree.com

Stuck in traffic? Let Microsoft help

Microsoft, with a new software technology, is now all set to help car drivers avoid traffic jams.

The software giant is launching a software technology called "Clearflow" for its website (http://maps.live.com/) that helps users with driving directions, to now avoid traffic jams as well.This technology has been under development for over the past five years by a group of artificial-intelligence researchers at Microsoft's Research lab.

Clearflow is an ambitious attempt to apply machine-learning techniques to the problem of traffic congestion. The system is intended to reflect the complex traffic interactions that occur as traffic backs up on freeways and spills over onto city streets, reports NewYork Times.

Taking into account details such as sporting events, current weather, and the time of day, the service will guide drivers to reach their destinations in the shortest amount of time.

Once launched, Clearflow will be available through Microsoft's maps.live.com service and would support around 72 cities in the US.

Is your E-mail safe?

Many of us think that viruses, Trojans and other such threats happen to others. People losing money from their bank accounts or having their credit card info stolen – these are incidents that we think we are safe from, till the day it happens to us. Here’s how to find out that your E-mail is invaded.

Symptoms

John received an e-mail from a friend, with a link to a website to view an interesting video. She clicked the link. Within a few days, her computer was behaving strangely—the Internet connection had become slow; even checking e-mail was difficult. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del to see running programs didn’t show any unusual activity. Looking at the list of installed programs didn’t help either.

Prognosis

Clicking the link installed a Trojan on John’s machine. In all likelihood, her friend would not even know that such an e-mail had been sent—many Trojans, when they infect a computer, send e-mail to all contacts in the user’s Address Book.

The Trojan could do one of several things on John’s machine. It could install programs such as keyloggers, which record keyboard strokes. Keyloggers can steal usernames, passwords and other sensitive information from a PC. It could record her John’s behavior and install an adware program to show her context-sensitive ads. Or it could even turn her machine into a ‘zombie’ computer, which could then be used to send spam, viruses or worms to thousands of computers.

Prevention

It is difficult to remove Trojans and contain the damage that they might do to your machine. They can come hidden in anything—games, screensavers, images, links are some of the ways they sneak in. Therefore, be very careful in opening attachments or clicking links, even if they seem to be coming from your friends. E-mail attachments are the most favored route for spreading viruses and worms. Before you open it, it’s better to check with your friend if she has actually sent such an e-mail or not.

Via : Msn

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 now in five new colors

Special edition versions of the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 have been announced in the US; the mouse now comes in five new colors. These being: Aloe (green), Dragon fruit (dark pink), Milk Chocolate (brown), Pomegranate (red), and Creme brulee (khaki).

In addition to the riot of colours, the special edition versions of the mouse feature Microsoft's Intelligent Tracking System for smoother tracking, 6,000 frames per second for greater precision, and 1,000 dots per inch for better responsiveness. The mice come fitted with rubber side grips and sculpted finger grooves for greater ease-of-use.Here is a photo of the mouse firstly introduced.
They are powered by AA batteries; to save on battery, the mice come fitted with snap-in receivers that automatically turn off when snapped into the bottom.

As of now, special edition versions are available with Best Buy for around $30.

Check out the Coffee Table of the Future - Microsoft Surface

In a technological break-through, Microsoft has unveiled a first-of-its-kind coffee-table shaped surface computer, called 'Microsoft Surface'. Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a shiny black table base, topped with a 30-inch (76-centimeter) touchscreen in a clear acrylic frame. The company says that 'Microsoft Surface' turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, dynamic surface that provides effortless interaction with all forms of digital content, through natural gestures, touch, and physical objects. In a statement, Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft, said, "With 'Surface' we are creating more intuitive ways for people to interact with technology. We see this as a multibillion-dollar category, and we envision a time when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror. Surface is the first step in realizing that vision."

'Microsoft Surface' has an intuitive user interface that works without a traditional mouse or keyboard, allowing people to interact with content and information on their own, or collaboratively with their friends and families, just like in the real world. It also has a 30-inch display in a table-like form factor that small groups can use at the same time.


'Microsoft Surface' has the ability to recognize physical objects that have identification tags similar to bar codes. This means that when a customer simply sets a wine glass on the surface of a table, a restaurant could provide them with information about the wine they are ordering, pictures of the vineyard it came from, and suggested food pairings tailored to that evening's menu

According to Microsoft, it will manufacture the machine itself, and sell it initially to corporate customers, deploying the first units in November this year in Sheraton Hotels, Harrah's casinos, T-Mobile stores, and restaurants in the US.

Photo Credit : AP
Via : Msn

Look at the Size of this Printer !!

We use printers in our daily lives. But i am sure you have never used a printer like this before. Just look at the size of this printer. And if you watch closely in the second picture you will find a Computer on the right hand stand of the Printer. Shows you the size of the printer.

Look for the Computer in this one

Actually this printer is released by Hp. And its called HP Scitex TJ8300/TJ8500. It uses Multi-head, drop-on-demand piezoelectric inkjet printing Printing bridge applies 6 colors (CMYK, LC, LM) simultaneously. Well its not for people like us. Its for people who have the amount & space to have it. Check the printer specifications at its Homepage.

Watch Videos That Are Deleted By YouTube!!

Hello everyone,
How often it happens that we want watch some kind of Video on Youtube but we fail to see the the due to the removal of that video from the site.There can be several reasons for the deletion of these videos.Mainly Violation of terms & Conditions of Youtube.But here is an alternate way to view the Videos that are deleted by Youtube.

1. DelUTube
2. UnDeleTube

Note: Please keep this in mind that Videos are removed from Youtube mainly due to the violation of terms & Conditions which prohibit the uploading of Copyrighted, Explicit, & Adult content.So viewing these videos may not be suitable for minors.

Google AdSense Sends Christmas Gift for 2007

Hello everyone,
AdSense publishers may soon be receiving their Christmas Gifts from Google. Last year, it was a Digital Frame but now they are sending a 2 GB USB Memory card.

I haven't received mine yet.But expecting it to arrive soon unless "Pakistan Post" does what he should not.!!!Anyways once again thanks to Google for being different from others by sending these GB USB Memory card.

Recover Deleted Data - Data Recovery Doctor

Hello all,
Have you ever deleted your files accidentally or lost some useful data due to hard disk formating,than this is a nice little software for you.
Data Doctor Recovery will recover data files and folders lost due to over written/formatted/deleted/damaged/corrupted partitions from FAT and NTFS based operating systems such as Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003 from the hard disk or other storage media such as Pen drive, Floppy disk, Memory Card, Flash memory, iPODs, Zip drives, Digital cameras, mobile communicators memory card etc.

This application is an easy, safe, read-only and non-destructive data recovery software tool.

Windows data recovery software Data Recovery Doctor for Windows partition recovery is quick, simple easy to use with extremely attractive Graphical user interface (GUI) and helpful software utility tool for restoring lost or deleted partitions, files and folders.Here are some Key features of the software.

· Supports all storage media including Hard disk, Pen drive, Floppy disk, Memory Card, Flash memory, Zip drives, iPODs, Digital cameras, mobile communicators memory card
· Best Graphical user interface (GUI) for easy and quick data recovery
· In-built step-by-step data recovery help
· Recovers data lost due to overwritten, deleted, formatted, damaged or corrupted partitions in all logical crashes
· Also Recovers Data from previously Existing Partitions
· Recovers data even from Bad sectors affected storage media
· Helpful in computer Forensics
· Long File Name files and Folders recovery support
· Support for FAT VFAT FAT12 FAT16 FAT32 NTFS NTFS5 file systems
· Recovers deleted files and folders even after use of (Shift+Del) key and emptied recycle bin, lost/missing/deleted partition formatted logical drives, missing or lost files and folders
· Multi storage support( up to 128 storage media at a time ) for hard disks and/or other storage media including all IDE, SATA, EIDE and SCSI disk devices.It requires a · Pentium-class processor 128 MB RAM recommended & 4 Mb of free space.
You can download the software here.

Gdrive On Its Way - An Online Data Storage Site From Google

News about Gdrive is not new.Its around for quite a long time now.But the recent word on Gdrive is that Google is preparing a service that would enable users to store data from their personal hard drives on its computers.
Users would be able to house files they would normally store on personal computers - such as word-processing documents, digital music, video clips and images -- on Google's computers, the Journal said, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The service could let users access their files through the Internet from different computers and mobile devices when they sign on using a password.

The service could be released as soon as a few months from now.

Google also plans to provide some free storage, with additional storage allotments avaiable for a fee. Planned pricing isn't known yet.

I don't think that Google will take long to release Gdrive.

Yahoo Brings Adsense for Pdf

Yahoo and Adobe have ended up in an agreement to provide contextual advertising on Pdf documents download.Users upload their PDFs to Yahoo’s ad network and then Yahoo hosts the document for download and serves up contextual advertising in a panel to the right of the given document’s content.There are mixed reactions on the introduction of this pdf advertisement.Some say that it will be great & why wasn't it introduced before.Others say it cant attract people as there is limited useage of Pdf documents.

From :Techcrunch

Get your 50GB of Online Storage - Adrive

ADrive.com, an online data storage and backup company, introduced its new public file sharing feature today. ADrive users are now able to share any of their files in their ADrive account instantly with friends, family, anyone they choose, while keeping their unshared files private.

ADrive users can choose to share their file after the upload process by clicking on the ‘share’ button. This generates a unique URL that the user can then share with anyone they choose. The recipients of these shared files may click on the URL link to view or download the file. At anytime, ADrive users can unshare their shared files by clicking on the ‘unshare’ button, making the file private once again. All files not being shared are protected from the public’s view.

This new file sharing feature allows ADrive users to link and share their ADrive files from web pages, blogs, and social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster.

This new feature is convenient for sharing large files such as videos, photos, music, and documents that exceed the limit to be emailed. This file sharing feature will save users time, help avoid any unwanted email bounce-backs, and make their files accessible to those they choose at any time.

ADrive.com offer users 50gb of free online data storage.

Get your 50GB of Online Storage - Adrive

Hello Everyone,
We are becoming quite familiar to Online storage sites now.But let me tell you this one is very unique as it provides you online storage of 50GB.Yes yes!!! 50GB.The site is called Adrive.

ADrive serves as a centralized, online location for all file types including photos, videos, music and more. Following the beta stage, users will continue to receive 50GB of free storage with the option to purchase premium plans. The premium plans will offer increased storage volume and enhanced service features such as additional file-sharing and backup functionalities.

ADrive is revolutionizing online data storage and backup by offering more free storage on the internet than any other provider. As the demand for file accessibility increases, web-based storage is becoming the leading platform to meet these needs.

ADrive is led by a team of industry-leading data storage and networking experts and operates using enterprise-level hardware and software technologies. Learn more about this new online file storage and backup service at Adrive.

Google awarded $10 million to Android Developers

Google has set up a developer challenge with USD 10 million worth of prize money. Android developers submitting their applications between January 2 and March 3, 2008 can have a shot at one of the 70 prizes. In the first round the 50 best are awarded $25,000 for further development of their application. Those selected will then be eligible for even greater recognition via ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards.

Google is especially looking for innovative, useful apps that make use of Android's capabilities to deliver a better mobile experience. Some suggestions:

• Social networking
• Media consumption, management, editing, or sharing, e.g., photos
• Productivity and collaboration such as email, IM, calendar, etc.
• Gaming
• News and information
• Rethinking of traditional user interfaces
• Use of mash-up functionality
• Use of location-based services
• Humanitarian benefits
• Applications in service of global economic development
• Whatever you're excited about!

More information about the contest can be found at Google.

Microsoft to acquire Musiwave

The acquisition would bring together Musiwave's relationships with music labels, device makers, and mobile operators and Microsoft's Connected Entertainment technologies and services

In a bid to deliver mobile entertainment to consumers, Microsoft is planning to acquire 'Musiwave', a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies.

The acquisition would bring together Musiwave's relationships with music labels, device makers, and mobile operators and Microsoft's Connected Entertainment technologies and services, including Windows Mobile, Zune, MSN, and Windows Live.

'Musiwave' offers software that allows mobile operators to deliver self-branded music applications to their subscribers, including full length song-over-the-air downloads, ring tones, ring-back tones, and customized play lists.

Microsoft believes that bringing 'Musiwave' on board will provide them an opportunity to explore new areas in the mobile space that were previously untapped, as well as showcase the power of software plus services.

This becomes even more important considering the pace at which the mobile music device market is growing today. According to technology research firm Ovum, by 2010, nearly 1,106 million mobile music phones will be shipped all over the world.

At present, Microsoft's technology runs on a variety of mobile platforms, and is featured on more than 140 mobile phones made by nearly 50 handset-makers.

Source: Techtree.com

Photobucket launcehes new tagging feature

Hello everyone,
Photobucket, the free media-sharing Web site for uploading and sharing, and linking and finding photos, videos, and graphics has introduced a new tagging feature for photos.

Photobucket is a unit of News Corp's Fox Interactive Media. The new tagging feature allows users to label a particular person or object within the uploaded file. Moreover, users can also link the file to other external sites for further reference.

Basically, tagging allows the authour to organise media files with the help of multiple words that describe them the best.

Before the introduction of this feature, Photobucket allowed users to search by headlines. So many a times, users looking for a monument called 'Hawa Mahal in Jaipur' would not find it because the photo was titled 'Hawa Mahal in Pink City'.

Jaipur is also known as the Pink City but the search mechanism would not recognise it as the photo was not tagged with the word.

Tagging will now allow users to add both Jaipur and Pink City to the photo. Similarly, users will also be able to add a tag to a particular person or object in the photo.

Moreover, if users insert a photo from Photobucket into some other site, the tags and the attached links will automatically follow there.

Source: Techtree

Google Introduces Android - A Platform for mobile devices

Google Introduces Android - A Platform for mobile devices

Hello Everybody,
I know you must have heard the Word "Gphone".It came to us when Google broke the news that they will introduce a mobile device.Its coming but its not a mobile device.But something much bigger then that.It is called Android.Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications -- all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation. We have developed Android in cooperation with the Open Handset Alliance, which consists of more than 30 technology and mobile leaders including Motorola, Qualcomm, HTC and T-Mobile. Through deep partnerships with carriers, device manufacturers, developers, and others, we hope to enable an open ecosystem for the mobile world by creating a standard, open mobile software platform. We think the result will ultimately be a better and faster pace for innovation that will give mobile customers unforeseen applications and capabilities.

For more details :Google Blog

Flock 1.0 Released - Certainly a Social Web Browser

Flock 1.0 Released - Certainly a Social Web Browser

Hello everyone,

The production version of the awaited web browser Flock
is now available to download."Flock The Social Web Browser" as they say it.It has several things that match Firefox 2.0,but off late there seems to be a crashing problem in Firefox.No such thing is reported about Flock. Web multitasking is made as easy as possible in Flock 1.0,online or offline blogging in several blogging sites.And Flock has the best social networking features i have come across in any web browser.It is certainly worth checking.For downloading please visit Flock.