The quest in making laptops into thinner size with longer lasting battery life has gone one step further as LED backlighting, a new technique for LCD illumination, will be used in new Apple and HP laptops’ LCD screen. Furthermore, with LED backlight LCD screen produces better color saturation and distributes backlight more evenly than the ordinary LCD most laptops are currently using.

Apple and HP are among the few laptop manufacturers that will be releasing LED backlit laptops in Q2 of 2007, while Sony and NEC already have their LED backlit laptops available in the market though in a limited range of laptop models.

Anyway, as expected LED Backlit Laptop will have brightness ratings of over 1,680cd/m² as compared to most laptop nowadays are only having brightness rated for 200-400cd/m².

NaturalLogin Pro is a product from Palcott which helps you to secure networks so that not to be compromised when users leave their computers unattended.

NaturalLogin Pro is basically a software that makes use of your existing USB MP3 players or USB flash drives to establish a hardware link with Windows login account and privileges. Once the users installed NaturalLogin, users no longer have to re-enter their passwords each time they approach their computer. Users can be automatically logged on to their machine as they plug in their USB drive. NaturalLogin Pro recognizes users and determines their access privileges, preventing information from falling into the wrong hands.

Palcott says that NaturalLogin Pro provides robust security for stand alone or networked computers, as well as the personalization and convenience which users require. From home users to workgroups and even large hospitals with hundreds of people accessing dozens of computers, NaturalLogin Pro ensures the security of a network, the privacy of sensitive data, and user satisfaction.

NaturalLogin Pro costs USD$29.95, and supports Windows 2000/XP.
A 15-days trial is available at Download.com.

Last month, we saw a keyboard with no inscription on the keys, which we won’t see any words printed on those keys on the board. :p

Today, I introduce you another interesting keyboard, which planned to be released in 2006: Optimus Keyboard.

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This conceptual keyboard is designed by Art. Lebedev Studio, the largest design company in Russia. Anyway, the keyboard is still in initial stage of production and hope fully will be priced less than a good mobile phone. :)

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It can be programmed to display in any sequence and there is an additional block of keys on the left, which meant for switching between programs or modes. B-)

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Optimus Keyboard

I just came across this special Linux distribution that can be installed on the iPod, and thought I should share it with you all.

You might not be aware of this small system, which can perform quite a few interesting functionalities such as audio recording, photo viewing, calculator & calendar, Tetris game, Asteroids game and the most recent feature : Playing movies !!
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Ipod Linux

Great news !! Apple has just introduced its latest iPod mp3 player, iPod Nano, a revolutionary full-featured iPod that can store up to 1,000 songs with the thickness of just a standard pencil and less than half the size of competitive players.

The iPod Nano features an ultra-portable, lightweight design with a gorgeous color screen and the interface of the device will be the classic Apple’s patent pending Click Wheel.

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“iPod nano is the biggest revolution since the original iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPod nano is a full-featured iPod in an impossibly small size, and it’s going to change the rules for the entire portable music market.”

iPod Nano Features :-

• Only 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27 inches and 1.5 ounces
• Bright 1.5-inch color LCD display
• Up to 14 hours of battery life
• Holds up to 1,000 songs and full-color album art
• Holds up to 25,000 photos
• Supports AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF

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Apple iPod Nano

A stunning blog entry by VOIPWiki revealed that a Chinese company have successfully reverse engineered the famous VOIP software, Skype. Charlie Paglee, blogger of VOIPWiki, received a call to his Skype from his friend who is working in the Chinese company and told him that the call is made through the cloned Skype software.

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We talked (on the cloned Skype) for a little over nine minutes before the call dropped. Then I called him back using my Skype and we spoke for another three minutes.

This cloned Skype client is able to use Skype’s network and act as one of the Skype clients. Doing so would possibly cause the current Skype Super Nodes and the network to deteriorate once too many non-Skype clients are being used.

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Skype Cracked (Actually Reverse Engineered)