Technology feature of the month
A wireless printer for the mobile workforce
Imagine a compact wireless printer that can be worn on the hip or mounted on a vehicle dashboard. Dubbed the Nomad, the printer is designed to produce hard copies of sales agreements, inventory reports, receipts, diagrams or parking tickets among other documents just about anywhere. The printer uses an infrared wireless connection with an optional Blue tooth module. It also features a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port for PC cable connections and can be used with both Palm OS- and Pocket PC-based handhelds. A Print Boy software development kit enables users to create custom print commands, including company logos or graphics.
The Nomad measures 6.5 inches by 3.3 inches by 7.4 inches, weighs about three pounds. It is priced at $795. 

Source : (India Times Infotech : January 2003)

IT Humour

Computer Gender

Why computers should be considered masculine :
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.

Why computers should be feminine :
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. 

Source: (Jokes Gallery.com)

IT Snippets
Baby Frocks by Windows
The artista 200E from Bernina of America is the world’s first and only sewing and embroidery system powered by Microsoft Windows CE. The customizable artista 200E offers more than 850 stitches, 16-directional sewing capabilities and a slate of “world-firsts” including-an ergonomically centered color touch screen with one-touch access to most-used features. The optional Bernina modem connects the artista 200E to the myartista Portal where sewers can download embroidery designs, access updated sewing tips and tricks. 

Source: (Data Quest : January 2003)

Friend of Music Writer
Visit a musician and you’re bound to notice the sheet music around. Volumes of it all over the place. Freehand Systems Music Pad Pro clearly has enormous potential as a space sever. It can store over 10,000 pages of music which can be viewed on a 12.1 inch flat panel display. It has a stylus and a touch screen display, so you can annotate music and save those edits.

Source :(Smart Inc : January 2003)

Tom Thumb’s Blues
The keychain-sized Philips KEY006 Audio Key Ring puts an MP3 player on a 64-MB flash memory device. You’ll get about 22 MP3 files or almost an hour of music.
The KEY007 Camera Key Ring is also small enough to hide in your palm. You plug them into your computer’s USB hub to transfer files. Both are essentially storage devices with a twist so you can use them to carry documents and other data too.

Source : (Smart Inc : January 2003)

IT Quiz
1. What is MHP in context of Home TV?

2. What does WebDAV stand for ?

3. What do you understand by the term OLED?

4. What is meant by IP QoS?

This phone reads your handwriting
Samsung Electronics handset SCH-X730, features a touch-sensitive screen and comes with a small stylus that enables you to jot down short text messages or draw simple diagrams. A handwriting recognition feature in the phone allows users to send handwritten messages as conventional text messages. The phone can also recognise and dial phone numbers written on the screen. The telephone supports the CDMA2000 1x standard it also supports Wireless Application Protocol and Java.

Source : (IT : January 2003)

Super tiny transistor on the way from IBM
The IBM Research Group has announced its new transistor at the recent International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco. The length of the transistor’s gate-a tiny pathway for electricity-is only 6 nanometers or 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. The new transistor, which is 10 times smaller than today’s state-of-the-art transistors, proves that working transistors can continue to be made using current chip technology, or similar techniques, for 10 years or more into the future. 

Source : (IT : January 2003)

IT Quiz Solutions

1. MHP stands for Multimedia home protocol. This is a new standard defined by ETSI
   (European Telecommunication Standards Institute) that allows. Superteletext along with Home Video. You would probably be able to find out complete biodata of a player by pointing your remote over the player while he is batting on the pitch.
   

2. WebDAV stands for Web based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is quickly becoming a popular standard. WebDAV allows modifications or maintenance of Web content online in a distributed environment. Thus a web designer can modify pages on the server directly without downloading, modifying and re-uploading.
   

3. An (OLED) (Organic Light Emitting Diode) is an electronic display device made by placing a series of organic thin films between two conductors. OLED’s are light weight, durable, power efficient and ideal for portable applications. Unlike standard LED’s they provide full colour capability.
   

4. IP QoS stands for Internet Protocol-Quality of Service refers to evolving set of rules that would ensure certain level of guarantee for bandwidth it and other service requirements. It has two types of service definitions called Integrated Service and Differentiated Service.