Washington, Aug 10 : Water strider’s perfectly proportioned legs allows the insect to efficiently scoot and jump on ponds and lakes, says scientists in France and the United Kingdom.
In a new study, Dominic Vella said that an insight into the insect''s many adaptations to life on water surfaces might have future implications in designing water-walking robots that can support the maximum possible payload.
Kingston Technology has launched a new family of USB data traveler. It has introduced Mini Slim USB Flash drive and DataTraveler 400 (DT400) in the market. DataTraveler Mini Slim USB Flash drive is very slim and considerably small in size. Its dimensions are 1.529? x 0.645? x 0.253?. The drive is available in many coloures such as black, blue or pink with gray bottom casings. It is available in 2GB and 4GB capacities with price range of $11and $19 respectively.
The flash memory product manager of Kingston, Jean Wong said that the new drives will be very useful for the users. They can travel with large amount of data. The data can be safely stored in the drive and recovered immediately.
Nikon Coolpix has launched Coolpix P6000 digital camera. It has in-built global positioning system (GPS) and equipped with 13.5 mega pixels capacity. It will rove best photographic tool for photography lovers.
The general manager of COOLPIX for Nikon Inc, Mr. Bill Giordano said that the new capabilities of the camera will be helpful for the customers. It will provide GPS functionality and my Picture town connectivity. The newly launched camera can be easily connected through LAN and a dedicated Ethernet port. It provides the facilities of intuitive controls and offers programmed auto, shutter-priority auto, aperture-priority auto and manual modes.
Technology giant Motorola has rolled out three GSM handsets in the ‘ROKR’ category, named ROKR EM 30, ROKR EM 28 and ROKR EM 25, to offer music loving consumers an easy access to their desired music on the move, anywhere.
Of the 3 newly launched models, the ROKR EM30 is the most high-end model of the trio, which comes equipped with innovative ModeShift technology, where blue keys highlight phone functions and red keys show music player features.
Canada-based technology giant Research in Motion (RIM) has made announcement about the launching of its new smartphone ‘Blackberry Bold’ in Austria with the intention to take on rival Apple’s iPhone 3G.
Targeting business segment, the newly launched 3G-enabled phone comes packed with a half-VGA LCD display with 480x320 resolution, full QWERTY keyboard, powerful 624 MHz processor and 1GB internal storage memory.
Striped designs: External hard drives from Toshiba
Toshiba has announced plans to introduce three new external hard drives in late August. The 2.5 inch devices offer up to 160, 250, and 320 gigabytes of storage space respectively, connected via U. S. B 2.0. The hard drives stand out for their unusual design: each casing is black with either green, red or grey stripes. The manufacturer has yet to name a price.
Quiet runner from Leipzig: Business laptop from Schenker
Washington, Aug 10 : Water strider’s perfectly proportioned legs allows the insect to efficiently scoot and jump on ponds and lakes, says scientists in France and the United Kingdom.
category, named ROKR EM 30, ROKR EM 28 and ROKR EM 25, to offer music loving consumers an easy access to their desired music on the move, anywhere.
announcement about the launching of its new smartphone ‘Blackberry Bold’ in Austria with the intention to take on rival Apple’s iPhone 3G. 
Striped designs: External hard drives from Toshiba 
