For those of you with a penchant for eco-friendly gadgetry, Micro Innovations will soon launch EcoSmart, an entire line of such products. We’re talking about a keyboard, a mouse, speakers, a 4-port USB hub, a USB keyboard, a webcam and media card reader/writer. All of these are to be made from materials that include organic, biodegradable stuff – bamboo, to be more precise.

The reason bamboo is preferred by manufacturers of electronic eco-friendly products is not only that it’s reasonably durable and pliable. The best thing about this kind of wood is that cutting it down and making stuff out of it doesn’t affect a bamboo forest too grievously. In the case of “classic” trees made of soft and hard wood, the harvest time is from 10 to 50 years, but bamboo apparently recovers after three to five years.

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The Panasonic Toughbook is a laptop computer created for extreme environments. The system is designed to withstand vibration, drops, spills, extreme temperature, and other rough handling. While originally targeted at military, law enforcement and heavy industrial users, Panasonic has expanded marketing towards a wider audience in recent years.
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Bharti Airtel has pioneered 16 Mbps broadband its fastest wireline broadband on DSL in the country. This service, powered by Airtels Carrier Ethernet Network, will be initially available in the cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore with phased roll-out to additional cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata.

In its press release, Bharti Airtel claimed that Airtel offers its broadband services across 95 cities in the country with approximately 9.92 lakh broadband customers as on December 31, 2008. Airtel provides its broadband service through a fibre backbone of Carrier Ethernet Network with last mile delivery on copper using ADSL2+ technology.

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GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) offers high speed data services in GSM network. It uses Packet Mode Technique to transfer data and provides connectivity to Internet. Users will be able to browse Internet using handsets supporting Internet browsing. They will also be able use their e-mail accounts as is being done through landline Internet access. Also browsing of Internet from Laptops and Desktop computers is possible by connecting the computer with the GPRS enabled mobile handset through a data cable or Infrared connectivity.

Now, here is the trick for free Bsnl GPRS with full internet access, U can surf for free via GPRS on pc too. I came to know of using BSNL GPRS for FREE with FULL ACCESS to All Sites. Here is the way.

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BSNL introduced EVDO, a usb modem, the wireless broadband. It is available in the selected cities only. Please contact your nearest BSNL telephone exchange / Commercial office for more details and availability. The BSNL EDDO modem is USB based, making it easy for Desktop computers as well as Laptops. BSNL claims the maximum speed of about 2.4MB/S but in actual, it reaches maximum to 1.0 MB/s. it works pretty good so far. speed though varies depending on the signal strength.

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Google Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser. It is a plug-in that extends your browser to create a richer platform for web applications.

For example, webmasters can use Gears on their websites to let users access information offline or provide you with content based on your geographical location. To install Gears, visit http://gears.google.com

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Google introduced a new service called ‘Google Voice’ to make free calls to mobiles, landlines and to voice mail. It also provides feature to store your all voice mails, sms messages and transfers your all phone calls to your phone.

Google has acquired a site called ‘GrandCentral’ about 20 months ago. Google voice is based on this site. Now, only those people can use this Google’s new feature ‘Google voice’ who were the members of GrandCentral. But after some time, Google will open this service for all users.

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