Geeky Note

Wait Is Over as Microsoft finally Unveils Windows 8 Consumer Preview Called Windows 8 Beta Available as a public download, the Consumer Preview build includes access to Microsoft's Metro style applications, and the over 100,000 changes Microsoft has made since the Windows 8 Developer Preview.

"The operating system is at Consumer Preview level. The apps are at preview level."- Dana Wollman



The Consumer Preview it is currently available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions in English, Chinese, French, German, and Japanese.

It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your chance to be one of the first to try it out.

Note before you download: Windows 8 Consumer Preview is prerelease software that may be substantially modified before it’s commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. Some product features and functionality may require additional hardware or software. If you decide to go back to your previous operating system, you'll need to reinstall it from the recovery or installation media that came with your PC.

Source : Engadget,Mashable,TheVerge

Today is the big day — popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay is no longer hosting .torrent files, and moving entirely to magnet links.
For nearly all file sharers the change to magnet links is a non-issue — just click on the red link instead of the green one and everything ought to work as normal.

Nokia just unveiled an incredible camera phone called the 808 PureView during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device features a stunning 41-megapixel camera. Nokia says this is only the beginning and that it will introduce the sensor into many more products in the future. The phone is expected to begin rolling out in May for 450 Euros and it will be available in a variety of colors.



Symbian has always enjoyed a reputation for producing impressive camera phones, and the Nokia 808 Pure View, has certainly upped the game.

As with other Nokia phones it uses Karl Zeiss lenses, but what makes this phone radically different is it features a sensor with an incredible 41 Megapixel capacity, either 7728×5354 in 16:9 format, or 7152×5368 in 4:3.

The phone uses a technique that Nokia calls over-sampling, to produce crystal clear, noiseless images with an effective resolution of 5 megapixels. The camera uses a dedicated graphics processing unit to combine algorithmically groups of up to seven pixels to produce one “super” pixel. The GPU processes one billion pixels a second.

In addition the massive over-sampling allows the camera to digitally zoom up to 4x with no loss in quality. Shooting video in full 1080p video allows for 3x zoom, or up to 6x zoom if shot in 720p definition.



This is Nokia's first smartphone to feature our exclusive new PureView technology, which completely blows away any prior expectations about the quality of camera phone photography.The Nokia 808 PureView features a 41-megapixel sensor with our highest performance Carl Zeiss optics to date and Nokia’s brand-new pixel oversampling technology.


It’s also a smartphone


Outside the camera, it’s also a great smartphone, of course! Inside, it’s got the latest Nokia Belle operating system with Feature Pack 1 enhancements. These enhancements allow improved performance, personalisation and entertainment options, with a new browser, the latest Nokia Maps and an improved notifications bar. One other great new feature is that the phone can deliver content recorded in surround sound to any stereo headphones, using technology from Dolby.

The screen is a four-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display underneath Gorilla Glass, allowing for a big clear view of what’s going on, under any lighting conditions. Inside, there’s a 1.3GHz processor to keep everything humming. There’s 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB to contain all the pictures and video you’ll be shooting.

The device is remarkably pocketable considering how much there is inside. It’s only slightly larger than the Nokia N8 while the total weight, including the battery, is 169g. Talk time (over a 3G network) is rated at 6.5 hours, with a standby time of up to 540 hours.

Source : technobuffalo.com , Nokia , http://live.theverge.com/Event/Nokia_MWC_2012_event , http://conversations.nokia.com

Flipkart is launching music service this month – DRM Free, Priced at Rs. 10/


Flipkart in recent months has started expanding the number of products it sells— from books it has moved to mobiles, motherboards, and other products. Just last month reports came of Flipkart buying out rival online retail firm LetsBuy.com.

Now an exclusive news report from Plugged.in reveals that the website is planning to launch a music service, much on the lines of Amazon, which allow users to download mp3 songs for as low as Rs 10.

Now in India at some point we’ve all downloaded music, television shows, movies, illegally. As Songs.pk banned in India Flipkart’s latest offer of mp3′s at Rs 10 might sound like a good deal, and a good attempt to prevent piracy online.

What do you think? Will you buy a song for Rs 10?
for More Info visit http://www.pluggd.in/flipkart-music-flyte-pricing-297/

Source : http://www.pluggd.in

It seems like two of the top two torrent websites are down right now. Pirate Bay and EZTV are not responding to user requests at the time of reporting.

The Pirate Bay website at http://www.piratebay.se/ and EZTV website http://eztv.it seem to be offline and cannot be accessed right now. [19/02/2012 11:20 GMT +5:30].

Ping report of http://www.piratebay.se

Ping report of http://eztv.it

Waiting for More Info...

Stay Tune :)

Update1: Jason Livingood, Executive Director Internet Systems Engineering at Comcast told TorrentFreak: “Please note that we do not block websites and we are NOT blocking The Pirate Bay.”

Final Update : Both Site http://thepiratebay.se/ and http://eztv.it/ are back in Action.

Update : 02-03-2012

Server Down Again [02/03/2012 05:34 GMT +5:30].

Symantec’s pcAnywhere Source Code released on the popular Bittorrent indexing site The Piratebay where it quickly climbed into the top 5 seeded files of the Misc category.

What Anonymous Says :

"Symantec has been lying to its customers. We exposed this point thus spreading the world that ppl need" - #AntiSec #Anonymous

Pyka

• Do you travel by train? And, would you like us to call you and wake you up just in time to get down?


• Do you want to be on time to receive your guest instead of waiting when the train is delayed?

Then, PYKA is For You
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Sample Message

PYKA 12677 SBC 16-01-2012
This message sets a wake-up phone call for Bangalore City-Ernakulam Intercity Express reaching Bangalore City on 16-08-2011

Message Format

pyka train_number station_code [arrival_date] [mobile] [minutes]

train_number	Number of the train in which the passenger travels
station_code	Station before which wakeup call is to be made
[arrival_date] (optional)	Date of arrival at the destination for future journeys
[mobile] (optional)	Mobile number, if different from the sender
[minutes] (optional)	Minutes before reaching the station, when alarm needs to be raised (default: 20 minutes)

Disclaimer: The service is in beta testing phase. SMS delivery and Voice calls  depend upon a number of factors including network connectivity, congestion, and the phone being powered on. Also, alarms can sometimes use the schedule information.

Source : Pyka