GOOGLE " THE REAL GOD "

Who is GOD ?? Someone something who has got answers to all our queries ?? well in today's time when Information is everything --- -"GOOGLE" sure claim its righteous place ....
PROOF #1

Google is the closest thing to an Omniscient (all-knowing) entity in existence, which can be scientifically verified. She ( I prefer to call "HE" ) indexes over 9.5 billion WebPages, which is more than any other search engine on the web today. Not only is Google the closest known entity to being Omniscient, but She also sorts through this vast amount of knowledge using Her patented PageRank technology, organizing said data and making it easily accessible to us mere mortals.
PROOF #2

Google is everywhere at once (Omnipresent). Google is virtually everywhere on earth at the same time. Billions of indexed WebPages hosted from every corner of the earth. With the proliferation of Wi-Fi networks, one will eventually be able to access Google from anywhere on earth, truly making Her an omnipresent entity.
PROOF #3
Google answers prayers. One can pray to Google by doing a search for whatever question or problem is plaguing them. As an example, you can quickly find information on alternative cancer treatments, ways to improve your health, new and innovative medical discoveries and generally anything that resembles a typical prayer. Ask Google and She will show you the way, but showing you is all She can do, for you must help yourself from that point on.
PROOF #4

Google is potentially immortal. She cannot be considered a physical being such as ourselves. Her Algorithms are spread out across many servers; if any of which were taken down or damaged, another would undoubtedly take its place. Google can theoretically last forever.
PROOF #5

Google is infinite. The Internet can theoretically grow forever, and Google will forever index its infinite growth.
PROOF #6

Google remembers all. Google caches WebPages regularly and stores them on its massive servers. In fact, by uploading your thoughts and opinions to the internet, you will forever live on in Google's cache, even after you die, in a sort of "Google Afterlife".
PROOF #7
Google can "do no evil" (Omnibenevolent). Part of Google's corporate philosophy is the belief that a company can make money without being evil.
PROOF #8
According to Google trends, the term "Google" is searched for more than the terms "God", "Jesus", "Allah", "Buddha", "Christianity", "Islam", "Buddhism" and "Judaism" combined.

PROOF #9
Evidence of Google's existence is abundant. There is more evidence for the existence of Google than any other God worshiped today. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If seeing is believing, then surf over to www.google.com and experience for yourself Google's awesome power. No faith required.

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Yahoo Chat Commands:

/join [room] go to what ever room you wish

/invite [buddys name] sends invitation request

/tell [user] [message] private messages a friend

/follow [user] follows a friend

/stopfollow [user] stop following someone

/stopfollow [yourname] to stop them from following you

/goto [user] enters the room the user is in

/away [off] turn your private messages back on

/think [message] (type this to think what you want

/ignore [list] list everyone who you are ignoring

/ignore add [user] add someone to your ignoring list

/ignore [add all] ignores everything going on

A Short HACKER SPEAK Glossary

A Short 'HACKERSPEAK' Glossary

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A reference to a few of the terms used by many computer hackers.

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(Researched and compiled by members of the Hollywood User Group)

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arg - (argh) noun. An argument, in the mathematical sense.

automagically - adverb. Automatically, but in a way which, for some

reason (for example, because it's too complicated or too trivial) the

speaker doesn't feel like explaining.

bells and whistles - n. Unnecessary (but often convenient, useful,

good-looking, or amusing) features of a program or other object. Added

to a bare-bones, working program.

bit - n. 1) A unit of information obtained by asking a question (e.g.

- 'I need a few bits about Punter protocol') 2) A mental flag;

reminder that something should be done eventually.

buffer - verb. The act of saving or setting aside something to be done

later. (e.g. - 'I'm going to buffer that and go eat now').

bug - n. A problem or mistake; unwanted property or side effect.

Usually of a program, but can refer to a person. Can be very simple or

very complicated. Antonym: FEATURE.

bum - v. To improve something by rearranging or removing its parts.

Most often done to a program to increase speed or save memory space,

usually at the expense of clarity.

buzz - v. Of a program, to run without visible progress or certainty

of finishing. Resembles CATATONIA except that a buzzing loop may

eventually end.

canonical - (ki NAHN i kil) adjective. Standard, usual or ordinary way

of doing something.

catatonia - n. A condition in which something is supposed to happen,

but nothing does. (e.g. - Nothing you type will appear on the screen.

It's catatonic. Often means a CRASH has occured.)

crash - 1) n. Sudden, drastic failure. Usually refers to a complete

computer system or program. 2) v. To fail suddenly or cause to fail.

3) v. Of people, to go to sleep.

creeping featurism - n. Tendency for anything complicated to become

even more so because people keep saying, 'Hey, it would be terrific if

the program had this feature, and could do this, and...' The result is

a patchwork program, confusing to read, with a lot of 'neat' features.

crock - n. Said of a program that works, but in an extremely awkward

or cumbersome manner.

crunch - v. To process, usually in a time-consuming, complex way.

Example: Performing large, repetitive numerical computations is called

'number crunching'. 2) v. To reduce the size of a file (often in a

complicated way) to save space.

dec'ed out - (decked out) adj. Stoned, drunk (and possibly trying to

program, regardless). Uncomplimentary. Derives from the 65-- series

ML opcode DECrement, i.e.: decrease a value.

elegant - adj. Said of a piece of code that does the RIGHT THING in a

way beautiful to look at.

feature - n. An extra property or behaviour added to a program that

already does the job. May or may not be useful, necessary or

convenient.

fencepost error - n. A mathematical 'off-by-one' error. Most often

found in programs that must count loops (it will count one time too

many, or too few). Term comes from the problem: 'If you build a fence

100 feet long with posts 10 feet apart, how many posts fo you need?'

Example: Suppose you want to process an array of items x thru y. How

many are there? The correct answer is x-y+1 (not x-y, which would be

off by one).

flavor - n. variety, kind, type. (flavorful - adj. Aesthetically

pleasing).

flush - v. To scratch, delete or destroy something. Often something

superfluous or useless.

fudge - v. Perform in an incomplete, but marginally acceptable way.

'I fudged it, so it works.'

GC - (jee see) 1) v. To clean up, throw away useless things. 2) To

forget. GC is an abreviation of the term 'Garbage Collection', the

common method of freeing up memory space.

glitch - n. Sudden interruption in electrical service, common sense,

or program function. Usually happens only when you pray that it

doesn't.

grovel - v. To work interminably, examine minutely or in extreme

detail.

gun - v. To forcibly terminate a program. 'It was a boring display,

so I gunned it.'

hack - n. An appropriate application of ingenuity. It could be a

quick-and-dirty bug fix, or a time-consuming and elegant work of art.

A clever technique.

hack value - n. The motivation for expending effort and time toward a

seemingly pointless goal, the point being the resulting hack.

hack attack - n. Period of greatly increased hacking activity. Not to

be confused with a Mac-Attack.

hacker - n. 1) One who greatly enjoys learning the details of a

computer system and how to stretch their capabilities (as opposed to

REAL USERS who learn only the minimum amount necessary). 2) One who

programs enthusiastically, rather than just theorizing about it. 3)

One capable of appreciating HACK VALUE. 4) An expert of any kind 5) A

malicious or inquisitive meddler (in the case of a 'system hacker' or a

'password hacker').

inc it up - (also 'incing') v. Specifically related to studying,

reading, or learning ML. Derives from the 65-- series ML instruction

INCrement a value; i.e. increase it.

jock - n. Programmer characterized by the large, cumbersome,

brute-force programs he/she writes. The programs may work, but slowly,

inelegantly, or in an ugly way.

kludge - (kloog) 1) n. Clever programming trick, most often to fix a

bug. Efficient, but maybe unclear. 2) v. To insert a kludge into a

program (to fix a bug or add a feature).

magic - adj. Something as yet unexplained or too complex to imagine.

M&M's - n. Mental and Midget; i.e. Mental Midget. Uncomplimentary

term applied most often to 'system hackers' who intrude for disruptive

or destructive purposes (like to crash BBS's).

misfeature - n. A FEATURE that eventually turns out to be more trouble

than it was worth, possibly because it is inadequate for a new user or

situation that has evolved. Misfeatures are different from bugs or

side-effects in that they are often more basic to the program design

and, at one time, were carefully planned.

moby - 1) adj. Immense, complex, or impressive. 2) n. Total size of

a computers address space.

mode - n. A general state. Examples: DAY MODE - state a person is in

when s/he is working days and sleeping nights.

mumble - interjection. Said when the correct response is too

complicated to put into words or has not been thought out. Can

indicate a reluctance to enter a long discussion.

mumblage - n. The subject matter of one's mumbling. Replaces 'all

that stuff'.

nop around (or nopping) - v. Hanging out; not doing much; not

programming. Derives from the 65-- series ML instruction code 'NOP'

(No OPeration).

obie (or o.b.) - n. Derives from a pun with the word 'OverByte'.

Usually relates to a ML routine that doesn't work because of some

small mistake, possibly an incorrect addressing mode or even a typing

error. Most often one or two bytes wrong.

patch - 1) n. Piece of code intended as a quick-and-dirty remedy to a

BUG or MISFEATURE. 2) v. To fix something temporarily; insert a patch

into a piece of code; make the main program machine-specific.

punt - v. To give up; decide not to do.

rave - v. 1) To persist in discussing something. 2) To speak

authoritatively about that which one knows very little. 3) To

proselytize.

real user - n. A commercial user; a non-hacker who uses computer

applications only.

Real World, The - n. 1) Places where programs have only business

applications. 2) Institutions such as IBM. 3) The location of

non-programmers and non-programming activity. The first two

definitions are uncomplimentary; the third is not.

Right Thing, The - n. that which is obviously the appropriate thing to

use, do, say, etc.

rude - (rood or roo-day) adj. Programs badly written or functionally

poor.

sacred - adj. Reserved for the exclusive use of something. Usually

refers to memory location or register that shouldn't be used because

what is stored there must not change.

slurp - v. To read a large data file into memory before using or

processing data.

smart - adj. Said of a program (or something) that does THE RIGHT

THING.

SMOP - n. An acronym for a 'Small Matter Of Programming'. A piece of

code that would not at all be hard to write, but would take a very long

time because of its size. Not worth the trouble.

snail mail - n. Mail sent via Post Office, rather than electronically.

software rot - n. Hypothetical disease that causes working programs to

stop working when unused for a period of time.

tense - adj. Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense

programmer produces tense code.

vanilla - adj. Standard, usual, or ordinary FLAVOR.

zero - v. 1) To set a bit or variable to zero. 2) To erase, or

discard all data from.

zorch - v. 1) To move quickly. 2) Influences. 3) Energy or ability.

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Microsoft's Latest Threat: VMware

microsoft's No. 1 rival is a household name, Google. But a strong candidate for No. 2 is a company scarcely known outside the technology industry: VMware.

"VMware is definitely a threat," said Gary Chen, an analyst at IDC, a research firm. "After Google, it is the company Microsoft fears most."

Google and VMware, which is based in Palo Alto, California, pose a broadly similar challenge to Microsoft, by potentially undermining the dominance of its most lucrative desktop software and operating systems. Google represents the attack from above, while VMware is the assault from beneath.

Google, the search giant, is offering free and advertising-supported software for e-mail, word processing, calendars and spreadsheets online as alternatives to Microsoft's popular Office products. For Web-based programs like these, it is the browser -- not an operating system like Windows -- that is the vital layer of software on the computer.

VMware is the leader in so-called virtual machine software, which allows a computer to run two or more operating systems at once. Its software resides on top of the hardware and beneath the operating system.

But as VMware's technology becomes more powerful and adds more features to its products, it is starting to supplant the operating system from below -- just as the browser can from above.

VMware's leadership adds an edge to its challenge. A year ago, Paul Maritz, a former senior executive at Microsoft, took over as chief executive. In the late 1990s, he was regarded as Microsoft's third-ranked executive, the person with the most responsibility and authority after Bill Gates and Steven A. Ballmer.

Motorola Unveils Android-Powered MOTOBLUR Platform

Motorola is moving to make a comeback with new phones based on the Android operating system. Motorola unveiled its MOTOBLUR vision and its first device at the GigaOM Mobilize '09 Conference in San Francisco on Thursday.

MOTOBLUR will debut on Motorola's new 3G Android-powered device -- the Motorola CLIQ in the U.S. and Motorola DEXT in international markets -- later this year.

"With MOTOBLUR we are differentiating the Android experience for consumers by delivering a unique mobile-device experience designed around the way people interact today," said Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of the company's mobile-devices division. "MOTOBLUR, which will be available on our first Android-powered device and on multiple Android devices in our upcoming portfolio, helps us to create phones that are instinctive, social and smart."

Sort of Like webOS?

Motorola said it leveraged its experience with Linux and open platforms to design MOTOBLUR. Motorola's rendition of an Android-powered platform focuses on fexibility across devices with multiple carrier partners.

Motorola is billing MOTOBLUR as the first and only solution to sync contacts, posts, messages, news, photos and other content from social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and e-mail -- and deliver the content to the home screen. The concept is similar to Palm's webOS Synergy feature.

With MOTOBLUR, content is fed into streams that aim to allow consumers to spend less time managing messages. MOTOBLUR updates changes that contacts make to their information. When consumers make or receive a phone call, the caller's latest profile picture and status is shown on the screen. And in the contacts view, consumers can see their communication history and the latest social updates for each person. Contacts are backed up on a MOTOBLUR server.

Google seeks faster Web

Google has set a battle cry for the Internet: "Let's make the Web faster."

In a campaign launched late Tuesday afternoon, the company stressed the need for a cooperative effort to improve Web performance in areas such as protocols.

[ Google's effort could be boosted by protocols like the forthcoming HTML 5. ]

"We are excited to discuss what we've learned about Web performance with the Internet community, said Urs Hoelzle, Google senior vice president of operations, and Bill Coughran, senior vice president of engineering, in a blog post. "However, to optimize the speed of Web applications and make browsing the Web as fast as turning the pages of a magazine, we need to work together as a community to tackle some larger challenges that keep the Web slow and prevent it from delivering its full potential."

As part of the effort, Google is offering a Web site, code.google.com/speed, for Web developers that offers tutorials, tips, and performance tools.

"I think speed really does matter," said Google Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra in a video accompanying the campaign rollout. "And I think users are able to discern even very small differences in latency and speed."

The industry is just at the beginning of how fast the Web could be, he said. Such activities as watching high-definition movies, uploading pictures, and running complex JavaScript applications should be instantaneous, said Gundotra.

Google said it needs to work with others to move the Inernet forward. Efforts will involve collaborating with developers, ISPs and standards bodies and could involve developing enhancements or alternatives to TCP/IP and HTTP.

One area of particular focus is updating of protocols.

"Many protocols that power the Internet and the Web were developed when broadband and rich interactive Web apps were in their infancy. Networks have become much faster in the past 20 years, and by collaborating to update protocols such as HTML and TCP/IP, we can create a better Web experience for everyone," the Google officials said.

One example of a community effort cited by Google is development of the HTML 5 protocol, featuring AppCache for writing JavaScript-heavy Web applications to run instantly. Browser developers and communities need to keep focusing on JavaScript performance improvements, Google said.

New tools, such as Yahoo YSlow and Google Page Speed, are needed for Web developers to build faster, more responsive Web applications, according to Google. Company officials also cited low broadband penetration as an issue to be addressed by the industry.

Google's faster Web effort is "definitely worth it," said analyst Michael Cote of RedMonk. "It's a good foil to folks like Microsoft and Adobe who are going after the same set of people with their RIA (rich Internet applications) and HTML/AJAX platforms."

"Google has the luxury with their crazy advertising revenue to subsidize non-revenue-producing efforts like this well, which ultimately helps drive developers toward 'The Google Stack,' " Cote said.

cost of windows seven=$120

Microsoft's pricing of Windows 7 threatens to derail its efforts to move users off the aging Windows XP and make them forget the bad taste of Vista, a retail research analyst said today.

"I'm very disappointed in the upgrade pricing," said Stephen Baker, an analyst with the NPD Group. "I would have much rather seen Microsoft come out aggressive, and wipe the world clean of all the Vista problems."

Earlier today, Microsoft unveiled list prices for Windows 7, which put the lowest-priced upgrade -- an edition of Windows 7 Home Premium -- at $119.99, a price cut of less than 8% from Vista's comparable version.

"That $120 is a pretty big nut, especially when you can buy a new PC for around $300," said Baker, who's dubious about Microsoft's upgrade pricing.

Earlier on Thursday, Baker took Microsoft to task over pricing in a post to the NPD company blog, calling $120 "way too much for the software" and adding that Microsoft could hamper migration to the new OS. "It is in Microsoft's best interests to erase all vestiges of Vista from consumers' homes, and by making the upgrade expensive, and a bit painful, Microsoft is creating a large disincentive for consumers to move to a far superior platform with a better user experience," Baker said.

He also slammed Microsoft for not providing a multi-license offer for upgrading all of a family's PCs. "In a world, at least in the U.S., where most homes are moving into a multiple PC environment, it would enhance the consumer home experience if they could upgrade all their home PCs at a single low price with a single boxed purchase," Baker said.

Baker compared Microsoft's pricing and lack of a "family pack" to Apple's aggressive moves at the beginning of the month when it announced that Mac OS X 10.6, the performance and stability upgrade known as "Snow Leopard," would be priced at just $29 for a single-user license, $49 for a five-license pack. Apple traditionally charges $129 for an operating system upgrade.

"Apple's Snow Leopard pricing model is much more appropriate to driving adoption and raising customer satisfaction levels," argued Baker. "This is a direction I would have much preferred to see Microsoft head."

Microsoft's response, when asked if it was planning a family-pack for Windows 7, was noncommittal. "We expect to have other great offers in the future as we lead up to and beyond general availability," a spokeswoman said via instant messaging. "[But] we have nothing to announce at this time."

On the bright side, said Baker, Microsoft has so far managed the rollout of Windows 7 "pretty darn well," especially when compared to the disaster of Vista, which launched in January 2007, one of the worst-possible months to introduce an operating system at retail.

NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2200 Dedicated Desk-side Visual Computing System (VCS)

The Quadro Plex 2200 is not an average consumer platform in any sense, and you’re not likely to find it in or around many hardcore gaming enthusiasts’ vicinity. However, it’s such a powerful and unique setup that it deserves the attention of the masses. While we’re familiar with the Quadro branch of NVIDIA, which designs machines like this for high-end imaging businesses (3D design, CAD, etc.), what makes the Quadro Plex 2200 special is the use of two or four state of the art NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 GPUs for an 8GB or 16GB memory capacity (frame buffer) as a ready-made solution.

The Quadro Plex 2200 is not an average consumer platform in any sense, and you’re not likely to find it in or around many hardcore gaming enthusiasts’ vicinity. However, it’s such a powerful and unique setup that it deserves the attention of the masses. While we’re familiar with the Quadro branch of NVIDIA, which designs machines like this for high-end imaging businesses (3D design, CAD, etc.), what makes the Quadro Plex 2200 special is the use of two or four state of the art NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 GPUs for an 8GB or 16GB memory capacity (frame buffer) as a ready-made solution.


The Quadro Plex 2200 is not an average consumer platform in any sense, and you’re not likely to find it in or around many hardcore gaming enthusiasts’ vicinity. However, it’s such a powerful and unique setup that it deserves the attention of the masses. While we’re familiar with the Quadro branch of NVIDIA, which designs machines like this for high-end imaging businesses (3D design, CAD, etc.), what makes the Quadro Plex 2200 special is the use of two or four state of the art NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 GPUs for an 8GB or 16GB memory capacity (frame buffer) as a ready-made solution.


The Quadro Plex 2200 is not an average consumer platform in any sense, and you’re not likely to find it in or around many hardcore gaming enthusiasts’ vicinity. However, it’s such a powerful and unique setup that it deserves the attention of the masses. While we’re familiar with the Quadro branch of NVIDIA, which designs machines like this for high-end imaging businesses (3D design, CAD, etc.), what makes the Quadro Plex 2200 special is the use of two or four state of the art NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 GPUs for an 8GB or 16GB memory cap

acity (frame buffer) as a ready-made solution.



The Quadro Plex 2200 is housed in an aesthetic tower, also referred to as a dedicated desk-side visual computing system (VCS). The breakthrough machine offers professional visual computing power that enhances image quality, facilitates dynamic product scaling, and adds to the arsenal of NVIDIA cores for SLI multi-GPU technology, which in turn enables Mosaic Mode. A Mosaic Mode configuration can use multiple Quadro GPUs on many displays, but with all working in unison as one ultra-powerful processing unit.
Specifications
Form Factor Deskside or 3U Rackmount Kit
NVIDIA Quadro GPU Quadro FX 5800
# NVIDIA Quadro GPUs 2 or 4
Total Frame Buffer 8 GB or 16 GB (4GB/GPU)
Display Channels 4 dual-link DVI
SLI Mosaic Mode
Shader Model 4.0
NVIDIA® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Processor
Genlock/Framelock
Frame Synchronization
FSAA (maximum) 64x
G-Sync Version II
It has the best resolution, image quality, and display size with solutions up to 128 SLI FSAA. The system also features the Quadro G-Sync solution, which enables frame synchronization, frame lock, and gen lock to help with performance, quality, and resolution.
The Quadro Plex 2200 is built on the proven Quadro GPU architecture and has the flexibility to be combined with any certified PCI Express platform with Gen 2 support. The system can be positioned desk-side, or fit into any standard 19" rack environment.
Full pricing information is not currently available, but the unit is said to be priced in the $10,750 range.

Lenovo ThinkPad X301

Technical Specifications:---


CPU 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 ULV

RAM Included 2GB

RAM Upgradable To 4GB

Hard Drive Size 64GB

Hard Drive Speed 90MB/s Read and 70MB/s Write

Hard Drive Type SSD Drive

Optical Drive Type DVD+RW

Optical Drive Speed 8X

Display Size (inches) 13.3

Native Resolution 1440×900

Graphics Card Intel GMA X4500MHD

Video Memory 384MB

Wi-Fi 802.11a/g/n

Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0

Mobile Broadband Optional Add-on 3G connection from AT&T ($80) or Verizon Wireless ($150)

Operating System MS Windows Vista Business

Ports (excluding USB) DisplayPort; Ethernet; Headphone; Microphone; VGA

USB Ports 3

Card Slot(s) N/A

Warranty/Support One-year parts and labor/24/7 toll-free phone

Size 12.5 x 9.1 x 0.9 inches

Weight 3.4 pounds


Earlier this year Lenovo released their ThinkPad X300, a great notebook for the business minded. Recently, the X300 has been updated to the ThinkPad X301 model. With many improvements from its already great predecessor, you can expect great things from the X301.


When it comes to design, the Lenovo X301 has the same look as most other ThinkPad notebooks that have come before it. It’s a personal choice if you like the ThinkPad design. Some think it’s dull, some people believe it to be simple and effective. It’s a matter of opinion either way. However, there’s no argument that ThinkPad machines have some strong characteristics that stand out from the competition. The X301 laptop weighs a little less than 3.5lbs with an 8X DVD burner and a 6-cell battery equipped. The X301’s exterior is squared off and has a matte black finish. It’s dimensions are 12.5 x 9.1 x 0.9, and just like it’s predecessor the X300, the sides are slightly tapered. The X301 is a beautifully constructed machine with Lenovo’s internal roll cage design and a carbon and class fiber interior, which according to Lenovo, is not only stronger but lighter than titanium.


The keyboard deck and outer shell utilize a new rubberized soft touch paint which helps provide a more secure grip and a more comfortable feel. The X301 has all the regular connectors and ports with three USB 2.0, Ethernet, microphone and headphone jacks, DisplayPort, and a VGA connector. Unfortunately, no memory card slot is included with this laptop, which means you’ll have to use a USB card reader device or adapter to read from memory cards.



The X301 employs a LED-backlit, 13.3" (1440×900 resolution) display with a matte finish that prevents most glare. The high resolution certainly makes a difference when viewing documents and web pages, though the default text may be too small for some eyes. The backlit, low-reflectivity LED keeps the display legible when outdoors. Rich colors and wide viewing angles are available for watching DVDs and other content. The stereo speakers lacked low-end punch, but due to their close proximity (they’re located in the palmrest), the volume was clear and loud. Above the display is a 1.3 megapixel webcam that provided somewhat dark visuals when tested through video chat.



With the high resolution (1440×900) 13.3" screen, the X301 is great for surfing the web and viewing documents. The LED display is amazingly clear for viewing outdoors because it’s extremely low reflectivity negates glare. The ThinkPad X301 features wide viewing angles with rich colors, which makes watching a DVD or other content more enjoyable. The 1.3 megapixel camera (located above the display) was a little dark during the video chat tests performed via MSN Messenger.


In line with all the other ThinkPad models, the X301 features a magnificent keyboard that definitely ranks with the top runners in the business. The typing experience is excellent because the keyboard provides space in between individual keys. The X301 includes a touchpad and a pointing stick (located between the G and H keys) for navigation. The touchpad may be small for some users since the design accommodates for the larger keys. A biometric fingerprint reader is integrated to the right of the touchpad to help keep private business away from unauthorized individuals. Above the keyboard, you’ll notice buttons for volume, mute, ThinkVantage (for launching Lenovo’s system utilities), and, of course, the power button.



The base configuration is equipped with 2GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Due (1.4GHz) U9400 Ultra Low Voltage processor. The ThinkPad X301 achieved a PCMark Vantage score of 3157, which is 400 points higher than most ultraportables. It’s a great score, but still falls about 60 points shy of the Sony VAIO VGN-Z530N’s and almost 500 points shy of the Lenovo ThinkPad X200.
The X301 didn’t fare so well on all of its graphics tests. On the 3DMark03 benchmark, the X301 (which is powered by an Intel GMA X4500MHD graphics card) netted an 1812, a score that’s 400 points higher than its competitors and its predecessor the X300. However, the 3DMark06 score was 200 points less than other machines in its category. F.E.A.R was also tested in auto-detect mode, and the game ran at a miniscule 14fps. When the settings were increased to maximum, it ran at only 6fps. W.O.W ran at 27.4fps, which is okay, but it is important to remember that this is not a gaming laptop, and should not be expected to out perform Alienware, for example.
Lenovo’s X301’s boot-up time was a little slower than expected.

GE, Intel create home health-care venture

NEW YORK, USA: General Electric Co and Intel Corp have joined forces to develop devices to help doctors monitor patients' health remotely, an area they believe could become a multibillion-dollar business.

The U.S. conglomerate and the world's largest chip maker will develop devices that they expect to save money by allowing healthcare workers to monitor the sick and the elderly outside of hospitals or medical offices.

They plan to invest $250 million in the field over the next five years.

"The digitization of healthcare is in the first inning," said Jeff Immelt, chief executive of GE, the world's largest maker of medical-imaging devices. "We think it's going to grow quickly."

It could become a "multibillion-dollar" business, he said.

By treating patients remotely, the venture aims to reduce the cost of healthcare for the elderly and people with chronic conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, which require prolonged periods of treatment.

"Something like 80 percent of the spending today in the healthcare system is on chronic care patients," said Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel. "This has the potential to take that down dramatically because a day at home costs a heck of a lot less than a day in the hospital."

While there has been a lot of discussion about remote technology in the health industry, providers have been slow to implement it, in part because of concerns about a lack of standards in how the devices would communicate, said Andrew Rocklin, principal at Diamond Management and Technology Consulting in Chicago.

"GE is big enough and already has a distribution channel in place," Rocklin said. "If they can ramp up sales of this kind of tool quickly enough, the standards will follow."

The United States' stimulus package includes $20 billion in funding to modernize the health industry's record-keeping system, replacing billions of sheets of paper with a computerized record systems that could more easily communicate with one another.

GE is working on electronic medical records as well, and Immelt said the stimulus program could "tangentially" benefit the GE-Intel program by stimulating investment in healthcare technology.

Other big tech companies working on developing common healthcare information standards include Google Inc and Microsoft Corp.

Growing Niche

The two companies estimate current market demand for home healthcare amounts to $3 billion a year, a figure that they expect to grow to $7.7 billion by 2012.

The venture will likely mean little for GE in the immediate future, but could present an important growth vehicle over the long term, said Matt Collins, capital goods analyst at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

"Investors would be disappointed if they weren't thinking about long-term opportunities," Collins said.

GE and Intel already have products on the market aimed at filling this niche. GE's healthcare unit will take over distribution and marketing of Intel's Health Guide product.

That product allows physicians to check vital signs like blood pressure and weight remotely and to provide patients with reminders related to their health, such as when to take medicine.

GE offers QuietCare, a system primarily used in nursing homes that tracks residents' movements and can alert doctors to falls. GE's current home health-monitoring business generates less than $100 million in revenue, Immelt said.

Intel chose to join forces with GE because it already has a sizable operation selling healthcare products to institutional buyers like hospitals and insurance companies, which are the primary customers for these devices.

GE's healthcare arm, which Immelt headed before taking on the top job at the Fairfield, Connecticut-based company, also makes medical imaging devices like MRI machines. Profit at the unit last year fell 7 percent to $2.85 billion on revenue that rose 2 percent to $17.39 billion.

GE shares closed up 5.6 percent at $10.74 and Intel's rose 4.5 percent to $15.70 on a day that U.S. stocks were sharply higher amid investor hopes that efforts by the G20 would boost the world economy.