Friday, July 31, 2009

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Nikon D300s Pro-Level DX-Format D-SLR Camera

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:54 AM PDT

Nikon announced the D300s digital SLR, its new $1,799.95 DSRL camera featuring includes a 12.3-megapixel CMOS sensor and 51-point autofocus system, faster 7 fps continuous shooting and HD video capture. D300s can record HD video clips and high fidelity audio with an external stereo microphone input, offering users a D-SLR with full multimedia capabilities. Dual [...]


Lower targets for cash crops

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:22 AM PDT

ARGETS for two cash crops – cotton and rice – have been fixed at lessthan what the country achieved last year, leave alone bumper andrecord yields of the past.This year, cotton target has come down to 13.3 million bales againstlast season's production of 14.1 million bales. Similarly, rice targethas been fixed at six million tons against [...]


India’s soy production may touch previous year’s level

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 10:59 PM PDT

India's soybean output for this season ending October, is likely to touch 10.8 million tonnes, if the monsoon rain improves in the key growing regions, said an industrial official. One of the senior officials of Soybean Processors Association of India said that the monsoon is progressing in the key growing regions of the country for that [...]


Cotton Review: Climbs As Commodities, Stocks Rally

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 10:12 PM PDT

NEW YORK–ICE Futures U.S. cotton rose Thursday as commodities and equities rallied while the U.S. dollar softened. Most-active December cotton settled up 99 points at 60.11 cents a pound and the nearby October contract settled 102 higher at 58.08. Cotton dipped in early dealings, but rose off of the 58.82 intraday low. Amid rallying commodities and equities [...]


Comex Gold Futures Rise On US Dollar Weakness

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:24 PM PDT

Gold futures remain higher on a weaker U.S. dollar. “The dollar more than anything else is the driving force today,” says Bill O’Neill, a principal with LOGIC Advisors. The precious metal often rises when the dollar falls as participants buy gold as a hedge against dollar weakness. Comex Dec gold is up $8.70 at $938.40 [...]


KSE index declines 45.22 points on 30-07-2009

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:22 PM PDT

KARACHI: Depreciating local currency and continuous foreign selling during the last three days affected market sentiments and forced the local investors to offload their holdings on Thursday, analysts said. The recent raise in T-bills yield by 34bps also created uncertainty among investors over the expected cut in discount rates in the upcoming monetary policy that [...]


LSE mixed sentiments prevails on 30-07-2009

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:17 PM PDT

LAHORE: Mixed sentiments prevailed on the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) on Thursday where equities moved both the ways and finally stayed in red zone amid sluggish trend because of lacking investors’ interest. The LSE-25 index registered a decline of 16.44 points and was closed at 2235.81 against 2252.25 of Wednesday, while transaction volume further reduced [...]


LG BL40 “New Chocolate” gets official: launches Q3 2009

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 08:50 PM PDT

LG has released first official information about their new BL40 'New Chocolate' feature phone. With a larger 800 x 345 pixel screen which LG says ideal for surfing web and viewing websites at full width without any zooming necessary. Although not officially confirmed it is also expected to have a 5 megapixel camera 7.2Mbps HSPA, [...]


Thursday, July 30, 2009

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MSN launches free streaming video

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:29 AM PDT

Microsoft has announced a UK service that will stream full-length videos of television shows for free. The advertising-funded MSN Video Player will be available from next week and will include over 300 hours of shows. Microsoft said it will continue to extend the service, adding content by working with broadcasters and studios. The “beta”, or [...]


SMSs could hand-over iPhone control to hackers

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:27 AM PDT

Few SMS messages can make it possible for hackers to control your iPhone, according to two researchers. Security experts Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner have found a flaw in the way the smart phone handles text messages and which could allow hackers complete control of the phone. The hack would come in the form of a burst [...]


Comex Gold Extending Recent Pullback

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:38 AM PDT

Comex gold has extended the prior day’s retreat. “It’s mainly on the dollar,” says Bill O’Neill, one of the principals with LOGIC Advisors. The September dollar index has bounced a day after hitting its lowest level since September. O’Neill also cites concerns about China, with some ideas in the markets that the country might start [...]


Cotton Review: Ends Mixed; Weather Outlooks Cap Gains

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:23 AM PDT

NEW YORK–ICE Futures U.S. cotton settled near unchanged as weather outlooks cap prices that look to edge lower through the mid-August release of U.S. harvested acreage estimates. Most-active December cotton settled flat at 59.12 cents a pound and the nearby October contract settled 9 points higher at 57.06. March cotton ended 13 points lower at 61.28. Cotton [...]


KSE index loses 137.79 points on 29-07-2009

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:48 AM PDT

KARACHI : The KSE-100 index plunged 137.79 points on Wednesday, closing at 7,536.98 points against 7,674.77 points of Tuesday, due to investors concerns over the declining trend in the local currency, less than expectation corporate results, and the absence of leverage product. The market opened on a positive note and the index rose to 7,736.35 points [...]


LSE Bearish sentiments dominate on on 29-07-2009

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:45 AM PDT

LAHORE: The bearish sentiments dominated on the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) on Wednesday and the equities registered decline across the board on account of lacking buying support, while the investors and the institutions remained on the sideline. The LSE-25 index slide down to 2252.25 against 2313.20 thus denoting a decline of 60.95 points. While transaction volume [...]


Hackers rumored to have cracked Windows 7 activation

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:05 PM PDT

Microsoft only just released final code for Windows 7 to manufacturers and the company is already facing a security risk. The Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy system in the Windows 7 Ultimate release to manufacturers (RTM) has reportedly been compromised by some Chinese hackers, according to a variety of Chinese forums, and first reported by Neowin.com.This means [...]


Microsoft, Yahoo now free to focus on new selves

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:02 PM PDT

Investors panned Yahoo’s search and advertising deal with Microsoft on Wednesday, sending Yahoo’s stock down 12 percent. IDC’s analysts called it a “strategic mistake.” But here’s what’s good about it: After a year and a half of public scrapping, behind-the-scenes drama, and dysfunctional communications through leaks to the press, Microsoft and Yahoo now can get back [...]


Mozillla Firefox 4.0 Mockup Screenshots

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:56 PM PDT

Mozilla has released a few screenshots of how new Firefox 4 release may look. These mockups have a definite look of Google Chrome in the tab areas. But remember that these are only mockups and may not look anything like the final release. For which no release date has been given as yet. Mozilla look like [...]


Creative Launched Zii Egg Touch ScreenMedia Device

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:38 PM PDT

Creative has officially launched their new Zii Egg touch screen media device. Zii Egg is capable of outputting video in 1080P and its abundance of features (listed below) combined with an open-source operating system like Android puts it in a different league to others that have been released previously. Check out the video after the [...]


Bing Wallpaper Contest Winner Announced

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:23 PM PDT

Microsoft has launched Bing wallpaper contest last month. Company received more than 10,000 photos from different people and out of those 9,400 was accepted. With the combine decision of Bing staff and more than 13K Facebook unique voters the winner wallpaper is selected now. Wallpaper will be featured on Bing on August 3, for the entire [...]


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