Opera started off as a PC browser developer but we [later] decided to move our browser core to other devices as well,” James Wei, Opera’s Asia-Pacific president, said Monday during a meeting with local media. “Opera wants to be platform independent.”

The company, he said, has since extended the reach of its browser to devices such as mobile phones, games devices, in-flight entertainment systems and television.

The mobile platform is leading the way, where over 35.6 million people used Opera Mini in September 2009, up 11.5 percent from the previous month and 150 percent the year before.

“Opera was not a latecomer to the browser scene but Internet Explorer (IE) became more popular due to Microsoft Windows,” he added, noting that Microsoft ships its Web browser together with their Windows operating system.

Executives here also reiterated the company’s vision of the next Internet wave, Web 3.0, where “devices can start talking to each other”. Key to its plans is a new browser-based collaboration service and platform the company calls, Opera Unite, which that turns the device into a Web server. This, the company said, will enable users to access and share files and data, including images and music, without the need for “third-party servers”.

Norton is a household name when it comes to utilities and fixes for your PC. Small wonder then, that he brings to you what’s billed as the best way to prepare your PC and data for the year 2000. Limited to PC running WIN 95/98 and NT, the CD is self-installing with little or no user input required.

The system data test detects problems in the BIOS with reference to the change of the BIOS with reference to the change of the century. If a problem is detected, it alert you, and the BIOS-Fix program lets you rectify the error.

The application scan identifies applications on your hard drive with known Y2k problems and generates a report. It gives links to the sites where you can read more about it, or download the fixes. It also gives you a list of software that are not Y2k compliant, and a set of applictions that their makers have pronounced compliant.

When it comes to slim laptops, the new P300 from LG surely is oe of the ‘top few’. Complete with a glossy top andbrushed aluminium finished keyboard, palm-rest and touchpad, this is a product that wants to take on the much hyped Mac Book Air.                      The P300 has a 13.3 inch LED backlit LCD display, with a maximum resolution of 1280 * 720. It also sports a 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4 GB of Ram, 250 GB HDD and NVIDIA ge force 8400m GS graphics to top it up.This laptop is capable of handling jobs that range from basic internet browsing, to mid-level computting. The 4 GB Ram really comes in handy when viewing HD videos; plus if you want a bigger screen, the onboard HDMI compatile device.Even though there are so many plusses to this neat laptop, we would have preferred to have an internal optical drive reather than an external one.      Finally, to sum it all up, the LG P300 comes as a compact notebook that surpises with its performance and features that are enough to take care ofyour daily computing, and all this as an ultraportable.      Specification:                                                                             Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.1 GHz, 4GB DDR2 Ram, 250 GB HDD, 13.3 inch LED backlit display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, External DVD burner.

The SCX-4300 is the latest in the successful SCX series of multi-function devices from Samsung.

The SCX-4300 looks terrific in the black outfit and will definitely look good on any desk. The wider and deeper SCX-4300 now allows buttons and two lines, 16 character LCD display on the front console. The paper cassette has healthy 250 page capacity and the output tray can hold around 50 sheets.

The scanner unit on the SCX-4300 is moderately fast at scanning and takes around 20 seconds to complete a 150 dpi A4 colour photograph. The scanner output quality is moderate; nothing to write home about. Details are captured well sharpness kept within check

The SCX-4300 is an excellent buy for the features on offer. If you want a sturdy, low volume laser MF device then Samsung SCX-4300 makes good sense and we recommend it.

Specification:

19PPM,600*600 dpi resolution, 1-99 copy, 600*2400 dpi scanner, scan to PC, 250 sheet cassette, 8MB buffer, 10,000 monthly dutty cycle, 21kg.

What we all have been waiting for is finally coming with Microsoft planning to debut the windows screen. Reports say that the next generation will be flagged off by the senior vice president of windows. Windows 7 will make use of the same kernel as windows vista but it will have a whole new look. In terms of new features windows seven will not have much to offer, though this also means that it will allow you to use your present hardware. It will also benefit its users in many ways, for instance most external devices will be compatible with it. The time Microsoft might just stick to their plan of making good software, instead of building some thing like vista again, which has received much flak. Microsoft had said that new windows 7 will not have many of its current in built software, such as windows movie maker and live mail. They are planning to give these as downloadable add-ons.

There are numerous versions of computers that have been concentrating on many aspects. A notebook has been launched to meet the demands of teenagers and computer freaks. As the name suggests BenQ joy book series 32 of notebooks aims to bring joy and fun to teenagers. The laptop packs ultra vivid 13.3 inch display with better brightness and contrast. This notebook has on-board 1.3 megapixel webcam called as QEye. It has a full sized keyboard that is good to work on. The touchpad is a Zero gap touchpad, which is very sensitive and comfortable. The configuration includes Intel core 2 duo processor running at 1.83 GHz with 1 GB DDR2 RAM and with 160 GB hard drive. It also embeds SRS Xt certified stereo speakers. It has on-board Intel GMA X3100 chipset that manages the graphic capability. To be more specific about this notebook it has DVD burner, blue tooth connectivity, Wi-Fi and its customized to enhance the sound and visual resolution.

Sonet is slowly moving into everyday business life as bandwidth requirements within the enterprise increase. Sonet, or synchronous optical network, is the standard for transmitting synchronous data on optical electrical media. It allows the entire contents of a 650 MB Cd-Rom to move from coast to coast in less than one second. Business that can’t contain their entire workforce in single building are adding sonet rings to interconnect offices in MANs and packet over sonet has the potential to supplant ATM in LAN and across WAN.
Sonet was born out of necessity, as the population expanded and communication demands grew, copper- once the transmission material of choice ceased to be economical or practical to carry the huge number of calls nation wide. Copper also was highly prone to electrical spikes from storms and other interference. Now data that once required hundreds of copper cables could be directed down a glass fiber only slightly thicker than human hair.

Virtual Network Computing is basically a server and a viewer. But the VNC remote display is fundamentally different from multi user technology. The communication is via TCP / IP on a single socket, the internet is not a problem and provided the firewall on the computer allows it. VNC works well and it employs several techniques to minimize network traffic as it transfers graphical information.The beneficial part of this VNC is that all remote users including the administrator see the same thing. Security has been a major concern in networking as data can be hacked or there are chances of unauthorized access. But the major advantage of the Virtual Network Connection is that it needs a password to make a connection. And the password is never transmitted over the network. the reason why the password is not transmitted is that VNC uses Challenge response Scheme for authentication. So VNC is completely secured and highly useful in communication aspects of technology.