Not happy with your 30-inch monitor? Well, NEC is releasing their first 43-inch curved PC monitor, yes you heard me right - CURVED monitor! With whopping 2880×900 pixel resolution, a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, the cost of this thing is $8,000. Worth it? I don’t think so… From the front, it looks like a flat-screen, but it’s actually a 15.2 inch deep DLP (projection-based) display.

YouTube became part of my life - I go there to watch all kinds of videos and I embedded some videos on my blog and websites. Instead of just watching and sending the YouTube links to others, you should know the following tricks:

1. High quality videos

YouTube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending at the end of the web address (URL) ‘&fmt=18‘ (stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22‘ (stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution)

2. Embed Higher Quality Videos

If you want to embed high quality videos you need to append ‘&ap=%2526fmt%3D18‘ or ‘&ap=%2526fmt%3D22‘ for 480 x 270 resolution and 1280 x 720 resolution respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

The smart folks over at Tom’s Hardware’s Forums have come up with a proposed specification that supposedly provides great gaming for the first year, “decent” gaming for the second. The cool thing is the budget is under $1000. Here’s how.

• Casing: Antec Three Hundred Black Computer Case ($60)
• Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply ($100)
• Motherboard: MSI X58 Pro ATX Intel Motherboard ($200)
• CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor ($289)
• Memory: Kingston 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Kingston HyperX 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Quad Kit Desktop Memory ($52)
• Video Card: EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512-P3-N873-AR Video Card ($135)
• Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ($75)
• Optical Drive: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 ($25)

Grand Total: $936

Some may argue that you can buy a PC with AMD chipset for less, but personally, I am in favour of the Intel Core i7 series more than AMD. Put your comments about your own or dream PC ?

Nikon is one of the most popular brands when it comes to DSLR. Now Nikon reveals the highly vaunted D5000 that looks set to blow the rest of the competition. It comes with a robust feature set as well as simple operability that’s backed by Nikon’s superlative technology, making it the perfect choice for beginners for taking good shoots.

Features:

• The D5000 first of all comes with a versatile Vari-angle LCD display
• 12.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor
• Low noise courtesy of a wide ISO sensitivity range
• Scene Recognition System with Face Detection
• It measures 2.7″ across diagonally

Source: Coolest-gadgets.com

Google’s Gmail has added the “Undo Send” feature - you can stop the email that you have sent out within 5 seconds! To enable the feature, click on the greet lab bottle in the upper right corner of the Gmail page. Find “Undo Send” and click on the “Enable” radio button.

My two cents: I think this is a great idea, but you have to be quick in order to recall your message in 5 sec.

Nintendo DSi sold 600k units during the first week-end (2-days) in the U.S and Europe, it beats its expectation. Is there a big difference between the new and the old? No, the major add-on is the cam. We think that Nintendo will also push back the plans they had for new hardware platforms as long as they enjoy this formidable success in both home and mobile consoles. In the meantime, the company will continue to cost-reduce its offering and improve its margins - not a bad tactic at all.

Many of you are waiting for the Windows 7 and willing to upgrade to skip Windows Vista. But what happens when you purchase it in the future only to realize that it is not up to your liking? Good thing Microsoft is offering users the option to downgrade not one, but two tiers - you can opt for either Windows Vista or even XP if you’re unhappy with the performance of Windows 7. This is pretty neat, partly thanks to the license which applies to businesses and individual consumers.

Congratulations to Susan McDonald from New Jersey, USA who won the Logitech VX Revolution Wireless Mouse. She told us that she is a frequent reader of the blog plus a bit lucky to be the winner! The prize has been mailed out today, you should get it next week.

The new prize this month is the 8GB SD card - ideal for your digital camera or digital equipment.

This is out of the topic but I came across this video on YouTube and I want to share with our readers. It’s about a 1 min. video clip. Enjoy!

Want a reliable and easy way to store and backup your data? Seagate has just the tonic for your bits and bytes in the form of the BlackArmor NAS 420 and 440. Both solutions feature four bay network attached storage arrays, where the former will ship with a couple of hard drives inside while the latter will be filled to the brim with a quartet of hard drives. It automatic backups of up to 50 computers that are hooked up to a network. You can pick up the 2TB NAS 420 for $799.99 while the 4TB NAS 440 will retail for $1,199.99. In addition, the 6TB and 8TB models will retail for $1,699.99 and $1,999.99, respectively.