Regardless of where electronics and other products may have been purchased, customers start by simply searching for items to trade in. If the product is listed as eligible for trade-in, then customers can click the Trade-In button to add items to their trade-in shipment. Amazon’s Trade-In program offers a variety of condition types including “Like New,” “Good” and “Acceptable,” giving customers an easy way to view multiple trade-in values. Once customers have added all the items they would like to trade in to their trade-in shipment, they can print a pre-paid shipping label and ship everything for free. After the product is received and inspected, an Amazon.com Gift Card will be deposited into the customer’s Amazon.com account, generally in less than 48 hours. There are no claim codes or waiting for a check in the mail. Amazon.com Gift Cards can be used on purchases towards millions of items on Amazon.com.

Name of product: Certain Acer Aspire-series Notebook Computers
Units: About 22,000
Manufacturer: Acer America Corporation, of San Jose, Calif.

Hazard: An internal microphone wire under the palm rest can short circuit and overheat. This poses a potential burn hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Acer has received three reports of computers short circuiting, resulting in slight melting of the external casing. No incidents occurred in the United States. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recalled notebook computer models are the Acer AS3410, AS3410T, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG. The computer’s screen size is about 13.3 inches measured diagonally. Not all units are affected. Consumers should contact Acer to determine if their unit is included in the recall.

Sold at: ABS Computer Technologies, D&H Distributing, Fry’s Electronics, Ingram Micro, Radio Shack, SED/American Express, Synnex Corporation, SYX Distribution, Tech Data Corporation and other retailers nationwide and Amazon.com from June 2009 through October 2009 for between $650 and $1,150.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled notebook computers immediately and contact Acer to determine if their notebook is affected and to receive a free repair.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Acer toll-free at (866) 695-2237 anytime, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.acer.com.

AMD Media and Analyst Conference Call Transcript – Remarks from AMD President and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer

Dirk: Good day everyone … and thank you for joining us. For the past few years, we have been very open in outlining the major steps in AMD’s transformation into a processing powerhouse:
• From the acquisition of ATI Technologies;
• To the formation of GLOBALFOUNDRIES; and
• The creation of AMD-The Product Company,
o with a single business unit,
o a reinvigorated roadmap,
o a new business model,
o And a close relationship with a world-class leadingedge foundry.

Today, I am pleased to announce the last major component of that transformation – in the form of a transparent and public agreement with Intel to create a level playing field in the x86 processor industry – taking us one big step closer to achieving our bold vision. There are three key components to the agreement:
• First, Intel has agreed to an important set of ground rules that we hope will define the path to a free and open market in the microprocessor industry;
• Second, we have agreed to a new patent cross-license agreement that gives AMD broad rights and the freedom to operate a business utilizing multiple foundries,
• And third, GLOBALFOUNDRIES has agreed to terms that allow them the freedom to operate as an independent world-class leading-edge foundry company, going forward, without being a subsidiary of AMD.
In addition, Intel has agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion.

Today marks the beginning of a new era… one that confirms that the game has changed for AMD. It is an important milestone for us, for our customers, our partners, and most important – for consumers and businesses worldwide. In addition, it represents the culmination many years of litigation and regulatory engagement. And we are optimistic that it will usher a new era for our industry.
We recognize that it will take time for people to understand how the operating conditions in processor business have changed – but make no mistake – they have changed. I would like to thank the regulatory agencies around the world for their diligence and consistency. Their work has enabled us to achieve this milestone. We are optimistic they will continue their vigilance in maintaining a fair playing field, especially with
respect to pricing practices in our industry.

Looking forward three keys to our continued success:
- Compelling offerings;
- Access to customers,
- And a winning business model.
We are confident this agreement will remove any concerns about customer access and our business model.
We look forward to healthy competition with the mutual respect one would expect between world-class competitors.

With the Nokia 5230, consumers can get new content, be it songs from the Nokia Music Store or apps, games, videos and other services from the Ovi Store, directly from their phones. The solutions offering is complemented by A-GPS navigation and the latest version of Ovi Maps with aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities and terrain map views for pedestrian and drive navigation.

The Nokia 5230 features an easy to use music player with 33 hours of playback time. In select markets the Nokia 5230 will include Comes With Music service offering truly unbeatable value with all you can eat music. The recommended price of the Nokia 5230 with the Comes With Music service will be 259 EUR before subsidies and taxes. For a mighty music experience, any headphones with a 3.5mm AV connector can be used. In addition, the Nokia 5230 features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications, such as music, photos, YouTube or Ovi Share.

The innovative Contacts bar features thumbnail images for up to 20 close friends and provides easy access to them and their communications history including emails, phone calls, photos or other social media updates.

The Nokia 5230 is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2009.

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Colorful touch design
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Bright picture optimised display for media; photos, videos, movies and browsing on the 3,2 inch widescreen
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Contacts bar with images for up to 20 buddies
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Input methods: finger, full screen QWERTY and handwriting recognition
Media
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Quick access to media via Media Bar
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Media player with graphic equalizer
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Support for all main digital music formats
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Music plug-in on the Home screen
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33 hours of music playback
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3,5mm audio connector
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Memory expandable to 16GB
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Quick access to Nokia Music Store
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Comes with Music on select markets
Social Entertainment
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Ovi Store – Get relevant content based on your interests
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Ovi Contacts and Ovi Share
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Capture memorable moments with the 2 megapixel camera
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Share via integrated online communities, such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube
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Discover new places with pedestrian and drive navigation on Ovi Maps
Music Synchronization
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Nokia Music Store
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Nokia Ovi Suite (PC client)
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Nokia Music for PC
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Windows Media Player 11
Inbox
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Nokia 5230
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Nokia Battery BL-5J,1320 mAh
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Nokia High Efficiency Charger AC-8
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Nokia Headset HS-125
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Plectrum
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User Guide
Inbox Colors
Front colors: black and white
Back cover colors: red, pink, blue, yellow, silver, dark silver

Technical Profile
System:
1) WCDMA 2100/900, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
2) WCDMA 1900/850, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
3) WCDMA 2100/850, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface: S60 50 Touch
Volume: 78cc / 83 cc (111 x 51,7 x 14,5/15,5 mm) (L x W x H)
Weight: 113g / 115g
Battery: Nokia BL-5J, 1320 mAh
Display: Bright 3,2 inch widescreen, 640 x 360 pixels
Memory: 70MB internal, Hot swappable microSD up to 16GB
Camera
Image capture: 2.0 megapixels with 3 x digital zoom
Video capture: nHD (640 x 360) at up to 30 fps
Operating Times
Talk time: Up to 7 hours (2G), up to 4,3 hours (WCDMA) Standby time: Up to 18/19 days (GSM/WCDMA),
Music playback: Up to 33 hours
Video playback: Up to 4,6/3 hours
Data Services & Connectivity
HSDPA 3,6 Mbps
GPRS/EDGE class B, Multi Slot Class 32 (5 Rx +3 Tx, Max Sum 6), max speed UL/DL = 177/296kbps.
MicroUSB, 3,5 mm AV connector
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 (A2DP & AVRCP)
Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Nokia Original Accessories
Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-504
Nokia Music Speaker MD-8
Nokia Stereo Headset WH-500
Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-214
Nokia 4 GB microSDHC Card MU-41
Nokia 16 GB microSD card MU-44

After few google search we finally find a company to produce nice Promotional Flash Drive. As we know, promo USB drives are very useful to businesses when we use it like a giveaway. Promotional Flash Drive can be pre-loaded with a company presentation, advertisements or some content. After that your business partner can use them for transporting and transferring computer files, but always your partner will see the your company logo or your special design. So, each time when he will use your promotional flash drive he will remember your company. Just imagine plugging in a liquid lava lamp USB flash drive to his computer and saving data to it from his computer! The marketing options are truly limitless.

Back to our find: FlashDealer.com is a web retailer of promotional USB flash drives. They have been in the market place for many years serving businesses looking for unique ways to keep their brand name in front of customers. They has found its niche in the market place by offering businesses affordable promo flash drive options. But they offer more than just corporate and company logos printed on a USB flash drive – they offer complete outside of the box customizations. “You dream it we can build it” is their motto.

Providing users the latest in high-quality movie playback, CyberLink’s TrueTheater HD technology turns standard content into HD-quality images. At a cost significantly under $100, the iHOS104 is an affordable and convenient way for consumers to enhance their movie viewing.

CyberLink’s video up-scaling technology can convert video resolution from 480p to 1080p, making standard-definition content played on HD screens appear to be as detailed and sharp as high-resolution video. TrueTheater HD is the ideal solution for watching standard DVD videos in full-screen sizes on large displays or via projectors.

The iHOS104 also incorporates the latest industry standard Serial ATA interface which provides better performance and compatibility. It reads Blu-ray disc media at 4X maximum, DVD media at 8X maximum and CD media at 32X maximum. The iHOS104 is now available for $69.99 MSRP and an external model is expected to launch later in the year.

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Facebook Connect for the iPhone provides the first live social experience for iPhone and iPod Touch applications, as users can now connect with their Facebook friends to play games (whether their friends are at home on a computer, or on their iPhone), and share restaurant reviews on the go, location-based status updates, and more.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 utilize HTC’s latest TouchFLO 3D interface. TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into a customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1 to deliver more consistency throughout Windows Mobile applications and menus. Focused on making navigation easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings important information to the top-level user interface, including quick access to people, messaging, e-mail, photos, music and weather. As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.

With the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2, HTC is introducing a new people-centric communication approach, providing a single contact view that displays the individual conversation history of contacts regardless of whether voice, text or e-mail were used. This can be viewed from the contact card or the in-call screen during a phone conversation, ensuring the latest communication contact by contact is always at hand.

Continuing its commitment to making the mobile Internet easier and more enjoyable, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 introduce HTC’s Push Internet technology. HTC Push Internet alleviates slow downloading and rendering of Web pages on a mobile phone. Users can preselect their favorite Web sites to get immediate access to them when needed.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 is the next step in the evolution of the successful HTC Touch Diamond. Crafted to fit perfectly in the hand, the Touch Diamond2 evolves the compact design and iconic style of the original HTC Touch Diamond. It incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a new touch-sensitive zoom bar for even faster zooming of Web pages, e-mails, text messages, photos or documents.

Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D experience combined with a people-centric communication approach and HTC’s new Push Internet technology, The Touch Diamond2 offers an advanced touch experience that is optimized for one-hand use.

With 50 percent better battery life, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, expandable memory, gravity sensor and an ambient light sensor, the Touch Diamond2 brings the most sophisticated capabilities to a broad consumer audience looking for the professional benefits of a smartphone without sacrificing size, looks or functionality.

Designed for business professionals, the HTC Touch Pro2 is architected with distinct style and strength while delivering the most powerful productivity experience available on a mobile phone. Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D, people-centric communication and Push Internet technology, the Touch Pro2 features a high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display for an expanded viewing area and large finger-friendly QWERTY keyboard. With improved battery life, expandable memory and a touch-sensitive zoom bar as well as gravity, proximity and ambient light sensors, the Touch Pro2 is optimized for touch as well as heavy e-mail use.

The new HTC Touch Pro2 leverages voice in a new way to create one of the most sophisticated communication experiences found on a mobile phone. HTC’s new Straight Talk technology delivers an integrated e-mail, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from e-mail to single- or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room.

In addition to the new simplified calling experience, Straight Talk includes an innovative mechanical and acoustic design that features a sophisticated speakerphone experience similar to those found in corporate boardrooms. Straight Talk delivers a high-fidelity voice and sound experience enhanced by asymmetric speakers and advanced noise suppression with full duplex acoustics. When the Touch Pro2 is flipped over it automatically turns into a conference room speakerphone system.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available to customers across major European and Asian markets in early Q2 2009 with broader global availability coming later in the year. The Touch Pro2 will be available across major global markets beginning in early summer.

The RobotShop Robot Rover was designed to cater to the growing demand for a versatile and user-friendly development platform at a competitive price. The unit is fully customizable and provides great flexibility with its frame and Arduino USB microcontroller, taking robot development to a whole new level.

“Market research indicated a need for a small mobile rover based around the popular Arduino USB microcontroller,” stated Coleman Benson, from the RobotShop Learning Center.
“The Rover’s size and speed are perfect for small rooms and desktops, and the platform allows for many additional or alternative components. The versatile RobotShop Rover can be further customized using standard parts found at RobotShop.”

The RobotShop Robot Rover is made available in three variants, the Frame and Hardware Kit, Basic tracked Kit and the Complete Kit integrating Arduino USB microcontroller along with sensors and other exciting features. The Robot Rover manual made available on the RobotShop Robot Rover product page, provides useful assembly information and integration with Arduino USB microcontroller.

The RobotShop Robot Rover is also available to other resellers of Arduino based products. For more information on the RobotShop Dealer Program please visit the dealer section a RobotShop website.

To see a video of the team and the lighting of the OLED Christmas tree please see below.

These cards comprise the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series, combining two ATI Radeon HD 4800 series GPUs with a more advanced cross-GPU connection based on the PCIe 2.0 standard, plus two gigabytes of memory – the most in any currently available consumer graphics card. These technologies combine to make the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series perfectly suited for the most demanding games, able to deliver astonishing frame rates at extreme resolutions and image quality settings.

The capabilities of the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series were on display yesterday in New York City, where leading experts from the game development community and Hollywood joined AMD to discuss and demonstrate eye-definition computing computing. Eye-definition computing is the art and science of achieving visual computing experiences that seem optically real. The tremendous computational 2.4 teraFLOPS horsepower of the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series makes computing experiences that approach eye-definition computing possible. The first application of eye-definition computing computing, demonstrated by AMD in New York yesterday, is Cinema 2.0, the fusion of digital people, places and things, rendered with real-time interactivity. Cinema 2.0 shows the power to digitally create interactive environments and characters that seem optically real in either a video game or digital cinema context. With the help of leading content creators, AMD demonstrated the first “virtual” actor to be rendered in real-time in perfect, lifelike detail, via the incredible processing power found in the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series.

Based on an advanced 55nm design and leading DirectX 10.1 support, the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series delivers engineering elegance and the industry’s most compelling feature set. The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is immediately available from e-tailers worldwide priced at USD $549 SRP, while the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 is scheduled to be available in September at an estimated price of USD $399.3

Driving the ultra-enthusiast experience
The ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series provides support for ATI CrossFireX, enabling incredibly fast gaming PCs with unmatched performance at ultra-high settings. Enthusiast gamers can now run the most demanding games smoothly in at the highest settings, enabling modes that were not playable before.6 With the efficient use of all four GPUs in a dual ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossFireX configuration, gamers will enjoy more than 3 times the performance of a single ATI Radeon HD 4870 card in many games.7

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2: The world’s fastest graphics card
The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 delivers unsurpassed graphics horsepower, setting a new performance bar for visual computing with 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power on a single card. It is also the world’s first graphics card to include 2GB of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5 memory. The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 features two GPUs based on a second generation 55nm technology and clocked at 750 MHz, with a combined 1600 stream processors.

Engineered to be the world’s fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 was built with efficiency, scalability and performance in mind, delivering four times the performance efficiency AMD high-end GPU offerings released just one year ago.6

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2: New levels of performance under $400
Setting a new performance standard in graphics cards priced under $400, the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 provides the power to play today’s most demanding titles at ultra-high settings. Like its big brother, the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 features 1600 stream processors, and two GPUs clocked at 625 MHz. The ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 features 2GB of GDDR3 memory.

A total of 25 ASTROVISION large-screen display systems (total display area: 1,290.6 m2) have been installed in 18 venues. The large display system at Workers’ Stadium can rotate 270 degrees and will deliver live footage of the Games.

A total of 284 RAMSA (Research for Advanced Music Sound and Acoustics) professional audio systems are installed at 41 venues. Available video includes shots of the ASTROVISION in the National stadium, ASTROVISION rotating 270 degrees at Workers’ Stadium and RAMSA audio systems.

Mass production of the 400GB MK4058GSX will start from September, targeting notebook PC and consumer electronic applications. Mass production of the 7,200rpm drives will start in August. The line-up includes the 320GB MK3254GSY and models with 80, 120, 160 and 250GB capacities.

Toshiba will feature the new drives at DISKCON JAPAN 2008, organized by The International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA), which will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from July 22 to 23, and at IFA 2008, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade fairs, which will be held in Berlin, Germany, from August 29 to September 3.

The MK4058GSX uses an improved read-write head and enhanced magnetic layer to boost areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 and achieve a capacity of 400GB on only two platters, the highest data density of any of Toshiba’s 2.5-inch HDD. A further plus is that acoustic noise during data seek has been reduced by 2 decibels (dB), compared to the company’s current top-of-the-line 320GB MK3252GSX, making operation almost inaudible. As a result, the new 400GB drive is ideally suited for noise-free playback of movies and music on notebook PCs and digital products. These advances are complemented by an improved energy consumption efficiency*2 that makes the MK4058GSX approximately 20% more efficient than Toshiba’s current top-of-the-line MK3252GSX.

The five other drives that Toshiba has added to its line-up take full advantage of a 7,200rpm rotation speed to boost performance. Compared to the current 200GB model (MK2049GSY), the 320GB MK3254GSY improves maximum internal data transfers rate by approximately 14% to support high-speed processing of high volume data, meeting demand for notebook and desktop PCs offering faster performance. The 320GB drives is also 37% more efficient than the MK2049GSY in terms of energy consumption efficiency*2. All of the drives, available in a line-up of 80, 120, 160, 250 and 320GB capacities, support an optional Free Fall Sensor function, that detects a falling HDD and parks the head before impact.

All the new drives comply with the European Union’s RoHS directive*3 for eliminating use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, and the MK4058GSX is Toshiba’s first halogen-free*4 2.5-inch HDD.

Toshiba Group, a Corporate Citizen of the Planet Earth, is committed to realizing a better environment. Guided by “Toshiba Group Environmental Vision 2050″ the Group is implementing measures to boost environmental efficiency by 10 times in FY2050, against the benchmark of FY2000. The core target is to reduce projected CO2 emissions by a total equivalent to 117.7 million tons a year by FY2025, through the development and sales of highly efficient power supply equipment and systems, and the manufacture of environmentally conscious home appliances and office equipment. By working to mitigate global warming, make efficient use of resources and control management of chemicals, Toshiba Group creates value for people and promotes lifestyles in harmony with the Earth.

The project, sponsored by oil and gas company Repsol and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, represents the next frontier for oil exploration. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service estimates that these ultra deep Gulf waters holds approximately 56 billion barrels of oil equivalent (oil and natural gas), which, at $130/barrel, would be worth over $7 trillion and would meet the entire U.S. demand for oil and gas for about five years.