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TiVo signs major deals to expand its video library

TiVo signs major deals to expand its video library With the aim to provide unlimited media via the use of single device, embedded with an easy to use interface; TiVo recently signed a deal with CinemaNow and Jamal. Thorugh this deal, more movies have been added to TiVo library, most of them being provided from Disney Studios. 

Now the movie lovers can rent the movies by paying between $1.99 and $4.99 for a time period of 24 hours or a whole week. In some cases, movies can also be bought but it all would depend upon the price agreed by the content owner. 

Nokia rolls out 2228 CDMA phone

Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia has launched a new CDMA mobile phone, Nokia 2228.

India to have a manned lunar mission by 2015

It was the very first attempt from Indian side to commence a lunar mission, and with the successful launch of Chandrayan I, the nation aims for more. It has been revealed that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will now work to have a manned lunar mission that can take place by 2015. With the unmanned spacecraft launched, India now becomes one of the six nations to send its spaceship to the moon’s orbit. The other five are U.S., former Soviet Union, European Space Agency, China and Japan.

Nokia launches N85 in India

Nokia has come up with its new N85 multimedia phone collection for the Indian consumers. Nokia N85 is a dual slider phone which promises to give its buyers a whole new package that one looks for in a ‘smart phone’.  

Devinder Kishore, the Director- Marketing of Nokia India said, “The Nokia N85 was created to be more than the sum of its parts, offering a complete mobile entertainment package. Combined with landscape gaming and dedicated gaming keys for additional comfort, the Nokia N85 breaks the boundaries of mobile gameplay,”

Apple brings up a new range of MacBooks to India

Apple has come up with its new Macbooks, a consumer notebook family which was already launched a week ago in the U.S. The product offers seven models in three categories, all of them being made from a new mechanical design using ‘unibody’ ultra light aluminium chasis making it the lightest and thinnest from its counterparts.

The three categories are MacBook, MacBookPro and MacBook Air where the 13.3 inch Mac books are priced at Rs. 96,500 and Rs. 79,700, the 15.4 inches MacBook Pro will cost the consumers around Rs. 1.20 lakh to Rs. 1.45 lakh. The Pro machine is laden with a ‘stepney’ graphics chip from NVIDIA giving it a high rendering and editing speeds for the professionals in visual computing.

How to buy a USB flash drive

How to buy a USB flash driveWashington - USB flash drives are hot - and the demand continues to grow. Consumers are snapping up flash drives at a rate of almost 40 million per quarter, according to Santa Clara Consulting Group, and manufacturers big and small - from specialist companies like Lexar to giant electronics behemoths like Toshiba - are getting in on the market.

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