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BT becomes UK’s top broadband provider

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The broadband provider has secured a whopping 5 million customers in the country, which is way beyond the customer base of its counterparts. A fibre optic network for 10 million UK homes will also be laid by the year 2012 British Telecom, the desirable internet provider in UK has been touted as the number one broadband provider in the country with a whopping five million customers. The provider is the first amongst its emulators to secure such huge customer base. The internet service provider has celebrated its achievement by offering an entrapping  surprise to its five millionth customer. Elizabeth Patterson of East Kilbride, Glasgow was proffered a luxury trip by BT to Vancouver to watch the Winter Olympics that also includes the closing ceremony. British Telecom has now made its service available at the telephone exchanges that serve 99 percent of the total UK population. The provider is now reckoning to invest £1.5 billion to arrange a  fibre optic network for 10 million UK homes by the year 2012. John Petter, BT consumer division managing director said: “We are thrilled to have passed the five million mark and it’s now full speed ahead for six million. “Broadband has the ability to transform people’s lives and the fact that we are still showing strong take-up when there are more than 14million ADSL broadband customers in the UK is testament to the unique benefits of being connected. “The UK’s intensely competitive market for broadband has meant that UK customers have enjoyed superb innovation and low prices. There is more to come, as we believe bringing the content of things like iPlayer and ITV Player to the TV set via broadband is going to have a transformational effect when we launch Project Canvas with our partners next year.”

30GBP Marks and Spencer Voucher offered by TalkTalk for New Users

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TalkTalk is now offering its new customers £30 worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers at the time when they sign up.

This offer is valid till 4 December for those customers who sign up to a new broadband package along with the provider. Presently, TalkTalk is offering two broadband packages to the customers. One is the Essentials package which provides Internet and home phone calls at cheaper rates and the another one is the latest introduced Pro tariff which is mainly designed to be used by high end users. The customers can enjoy the Essentials package by paying just £6.49 per month. It comes along with the speeds of up to 8Mb and a download allowance of 40GB. The package also includes weekend landline calls as well as free calls to all local numbers. The customers who are using the Essentials package can also choose from a selection of monthly Boosts, from £2 a month permitting the users to increase the speed of their broadband, double their download allowance etc. Also they can avail Internet security for up to three PCs. They are also provided with an option of home phone Boosts. A latest high end package launched by TalkTalk is perfect for the customer s who are looking forward to get faster speeds. Such customers can go for this package by paying just £14.99 per month. The customers on this package can enjoy speeds of up to 24Mb along with a huge 80GB download allowance and anytime calls as well. Both packages include £11.25 a month line rental and a £29.99 installation fee. Michael Phillips, Broadbandchoices.co.uk product director, said: “TalkTalk offers real value for money, with some of the cheapest broadband and home phone bundles on the market. This offer comes at a time when more customers are looking to switch broadband provider and save money, and TalkTalk is a great choice.”

Now, keep stress at bay with unique ‘stress busting’ laptops from Fujitsu!

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After a thorough research on most common stress factors for laptop users such as long travelling hours, multi-tasking nature of job and finally the need of remaining connected to modern life, Fujitsu has launched a series of “stress dissipating” notebooks.

But laptop users need to be realistic here as keeping one’s hands on its 12.1 inch frame does not remove all the stress.

Fujitsu has said, “The stress of constant travelling, multi-tasking and connection on-the-go will be dissipated with the performance and design of this machine”.

Something which looks referring to absence of any USB-powered fragrant oil burner or integrated joss stick holder?

Fujitsu has named these laptops as P8110. These unique machines are backed by the powers of 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB DDR 3 memory. Apart from this, for people who require large storage, the notebook could be the best choice as Fujitsu has fitted in mammoth 320GB HD drive in these laptops and in order to insure their protection from accidental drops, an added specification of sensor technology is given.

As per the official information which has come out so far from Fujitsu, these state of art laptops are packed with cutting edge SSD-technology and are embedded with Intel’s integrated 4500 MHD Graphics Media Accelerator for offering awe inspiring display via its HDMI port.

Entertainment lovers will also find these machines handy as with its built in dual-layer DVD drive, they can just unplug themselves by watching their favourite movie or by dancing on the tunes of their rock music collection. Getting connected with web is just a cake walk with these laptops and users can either connect to web via an Ethernet connection or can enjoy web browsing with its built in Wi-Fi (802.11) and 3G features. For easy transfer of data from mobile phone to notebook, Bluetooth (2.1) is also given.

With the help of built in 2MP webcam, users can enjoy video chat and can also hold video conferences with much ease and sophistication.

The upper surface of these computing machines is studded with a cluster of “quick buttons”. With the help of these quick buttons, users can quickly get started with their day to day work including opening up of firefox and email packages etc. And, in the cluster of quick buttons, the eco mode button takes the machine into power-saving mode.

As per the fujitsu, the notebook is designed to offer power back up to 7 hours under normal usage conditions with eco mode (the power saving mode) extending it to further 3 hours, totalling to 10 hours.

Amazon finally decides to launch Kindle (a wireless reading device) in UK as well!

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Amazon which primarily was an online book store has now been known as a full fledged online market place offering numbers of products ranging from books, toys & gift items to cutting edge electronic gadgets also.

Following the same trend, there are coming reports that Amazon is soon going to launch of its wireless reading device: Kindle, in UK as well.

The Kindle features revolutionary electronic paper display on a high-resolution screen which offers users the feel of reading on a real paper. And, as the device is a full-fledged wireless device, it does not require any computer, cable or any kind of syncing. Power packed with wireless connectivity, the device enables the users to shop from online Kindle store from anywhere such as while moving in taxi, waiting at airport and hey! how we can we miss to mention the joy of reading on the bed using your Kindle. Top U.S newspapers & magazines such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, TIME, Atlantic monthly and Forbes are all get auto-delivered to your kindle wirelessly. Apart from this, top international newspapers from France, Germany and Ireland including Le Monde, Frankfurter, Allgemeine and The Irish Times similarly get delivered wirelessly. For bloggers the device could be indispensable as more than 5000 top blogs from different categories like business, technology, sports, entertainment, politics are also available on your kindle and the same get regularly updated wirelessly. The device is ligher and thinner with weight of just 10.3 ounces and can hold up to 200 titles. The Kindle has a long battery life and with wireless turned off, books on this Kindle can be read for up to a week. Besides this, this cutting edge device uses latest high speed data network (EVDO) as we found in advanced cell phones so it does not require any hotspot location to be used in. Though it is a wireless communication device, there is no hassle of wireless bills, service plans or other similar commitments. One of the prime feature of this device is its offering free wireless access to wikipedia.org, which is regarded as planet’s most exhaustive and up to date encyclopedia. Users can email their word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle and can access them on-the-go. The Kindle package consists Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter and USB 2.0 cable.

With the announcement of Kindle’s launch in UK, rumors about Qualcomn’s coming up with a device which is packed with both wireless technologies 3G and Wi-Fi, using network services of mobile network service provider from UK, have come true. However, things will further be cleared only after official announcement and we will also get information on whether Kindle DX (the most sophisticated version of Kindle) will also be the part of this launch, sharing the stage with Kindle 2. We are expecting answers of all these questions in upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair, going to commence from October 14th.

For better penetrating the tech market, Toshiba has come up with ultra-mobile laptops at £429

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Branded as “Satellite T-Series”, these stylish laptops are designed to offer a handsome 11-hours of battery life

In order to raise its market share in specific segment of high end stylish laptops, Toshiba has announced the launch of its two Satellite-branded laptops which are backed by the power of Intel’s CULV (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) processors. With thickness of just 11.6 in and 13.3 inches, both these models easily fits into the category of sleek & stylish laptops. Battery back up offered by these newbies could be their USP as both are set to deliver a good 11 hours of battery back up.

Toshiba has launched these two new models in London with color choices of pearlescent white, black and dark red. And, pricing of just £429 is surely going to swallow the market share of other lightweight laptops including MacBook Air which currently costs at whopping £1,300.

Toshiba which has mainly been known for offering business-focused laptops and Toshiba Qosmio laptops which are dedicated for gaming and entertainment, it is the first time, Toshiba has launched such “ultra-mobile” CULV laptops.

And if we believe what Toshiba’s spokesman has said, the new models will surpass the popularity of netbooks in terms of delivering the benefits of easy portability and longer battery life. Coming on to detailed technical specifications, both the models T110 and T130 do not have dedicated graphics chips installed and rather having Intel graphics processor of netbooks, latest released Intel GMA chipsets have been embedded in.

Both the laptops are 22 mm thick with 13in Satellite T130 weighing 1.76 Kg along with 11.6in T110 model which weighs 1.58 Kg. Screen of both the laptops offer stunning image resolution of 1366×768 pixels.

Some of the prime features of model T110 include preinstalled 3GB of DDR3RAM, whopping 250GB of hard drive, built in 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, an HDMI port, webcam with face-recognition function and three USB ports. However, there is no optical drive featured in T110. Toshiba is giving buyers option of choosing either Intel Pentium or Celeron Single Core Solo ultra-low voltage processors.

Contrary to this, the 13.3in Satellite T130 offers better specifications which include DD3RAM of up to 4GB, hard disk drive of up to 500 GB, along with same processor options as for T110 model. But, there is available a Satellite Pro version of T130 which offers a pair of options to buyers featuring Intel Core 2 Duo CULV processor along with option of choosing 320 GB hard disk.

After discussing the hardware specifications, let us talk about some software aspects of these latest released laptops as well. As per the Toshiba’s spokesman, 60 days free trial of Microsoft Office and pre- installed anti virus software come bundled with laptops. With these attractive bonuses, Toshiba hopes to reduce the need of having an optical drive. Apart from this, as of now, there are not available any external DVD drive from Toshiba for its newly launched ultra-mobile models. However, there are currently available compatible DVD drives from Toshiba at £50.

Denon announces its cutting edge DBT-1610 Blu-ray player at just £399

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This blue ray player is a good option for adding Japanese look to one’s living room

Denon which has always been known for offering costly high end audio/video products, has announced its sophisticated DBT-1610 Blu-ray player at unbelievable price tag of just £399.

Some of the prime features of this device are 1080p video output, deep color and Dolby True HD, DTS-HD Master Audio.The feature of digital video noise reduction nils down the compressions artifacts. With center mounted precision drive mechanism, the player’s chassis has been built as per the Denon’s Separated Unit Structure architecture, featuring five seperate sections of mechanical and electronic blocks, in order to eliminate any mutual interference. One of the best high end Blu-ray/DVD player by Denon, the device is equipped with latest specifications including an Ethernet port, 2.0 BD-Live web-enabled interactivity and compatibility with firmware upgrade. The revolutionary HDMI output offers highest resolution Dolby TrueHD along with DTS-HD digital multi-channel audio compatibility as well. The DBP-1610 Blu-ray player has stereo analog outputs, offering high-resolution Burr-Brown DACs for optimum audio purity. This Blu-ray player is compatible with numbers of disc formats such as Blu-ray, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R and CD-RW. Popular WMA, MP3 and DivxHD can easily be played, besides playback of Kodak and Fuji picture discs.

With this Blu-ray player, purchasing AK-HM 300 HDMI cable and AK-HM100 HDMI cable accessories would be best.

Is social shopping site the next revolution? Entrepreneurs thinks so

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Some articles on social shopping sites have been posted by Caroline McCarthy last week that have increased new rounds of funding. As McCarthy enumerated, StyleFeerer increased $2 million and then at present ThisNext increased to $5 million in another round of financing from Anthem Venture Partners and Clearstone Venture Partners. This news giving stress to the mounting popularity of social shopping with venture capitalists and high expectations of a future social shopping growth.

We have already done with two social shopping protocols and a search in Google for “social shopping” offers a wide collection of sites that are competing to be in the list. I personally think these websites are not going to be successful because they are lacking one potent part: sizable communities. Some of the sites, including ThisNext have got attention of number of users but in my opinion these are not enough to give competition to the mainstream social networks that are also becoming a social shopping sites.

Facebook has made clear that they are determined to get engrossed with the social shopping market by giving developers access to their present payment system: wallet. The time when Facebook enhances their payment system API to developers, that time we are going to see a great movement in social shopping activity. Ultimately Facebook Beacon was the starting of the site’s push to capture the social shopping space that unluckily for Facebook ended in a P.R. failure rather than a technological change.

Over the next 12 to 24 months I would hope the competition will be more stiffer in this space as Facebook( and Myspace and other social sites) start their own base and integrated e-commerce attributes. So, what you think about social shopping? Do you have any information what social shopping is all about?

Importance of social shopping networks

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With the growing of Americans researching products on the internet before they are brought in stores or on the web, it’s general that a modified form of shopping trend is emerging. “Social shopping” is the alluring part of social networking and online shopping, and it can provide users business a marketing push up that it requires.

Unlike the some of retail protocols that display product for sale , many accelerating famous social shopping protocols ( some still in early stage) composed of users favourite product list, often with a impetus on what’s new and trendy and exciting. An insiders aware of the the fact that display of list of favourite product on the right social shopping website can increase excitement level that ultimately leads to sales.

This new and easy form of marketing provide a beneficial opportunities for entrepreneurs with restricted budget. Before plunging into this new ventures, lets understand reason and procedure social shopping works.

1 online research help in hiking sales. Most of the respondents to a BIG research ” Consumer Intentions and Actions”
survey conducted in June 2006 stated that they sometime or regularly find about product before purchasing them from store. On online purchasing, a research by yahoo! and OMD revealed that about three quarters of the people use trusted and familiar protocols when they buy online , and majority said that the Internet is the most convenient way of finding shopping information. So, in case you sell your product online or through store, making impact on online users can leave a long lasting effect on sales.

2. people to people suggestion yields credibility. Social shopping protocols enable word of mouth marketing at its best. The Internet give power to users and speed up the exchange of information. Product suggestion that come from friends or relatives may be more reliable , so more often users from sites advertise the positive word and buy the product they came to know on site. Social shopping protocols implies user’s liking or disliking and also provide online interaction. Visitors can get shopping ideas, what’s famous and can surf links of products that they are unable to find.

3. Sites have specific characteristics. Here ‘s list of the popular social shopping websites.

* ThisNext.com: Users can find their products, add them to their wish lists, search places where they can buy them and also create themed lists of their own.
* Crowdstorm.com: This protocols measures the popularity of products based on user recommendations. Popular items go to the top of the list.
* Kaboodle.com: Users create wish lists with photos and links to products for sale online. It’s easy to post a summary of anything found on the Internet.
* Stylehive.com: This is the good site for women’s fashions and interests.
* Wists.com: Users tend to focus on interesting new products and share links to the ones they want to buy.

4. Social shopping protocols are excellent opportunities for entrepreneurs. At present, an entrepreneur can use them to endorse their product that will leads to sales. But you d better move fast. There are some protocols that are testing free models for generating traffic and after that they would adopt paid structures as they will come in contact with target mass, but the revenue generated by marketing deals with vendors and retailers or by giving the trend information generated by users.

For any marketing campaign , firstly you have to know the media. Make a list of your favourite social shopping sites and get acquainted with their way of working. For testing, post one or two products with their links, be alert to send your clicks to landing pages , so you can measure your outcome. Then enjoy and participate actively -and make your posting exciting by giving a chance to others to share products that they want to talk about.