Volvo's new S80

Volvo has launched an updated version of its S80 for the Indian market. The new S80 will cost Rs 38.79 lakhs (ex-showroom, Mumbai) and Rs 37 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi. The New Volvo S80 comes with a hgh-performance, twin-turbo diesel that puts out 205 hp and 420 Nm of torque. According to Volvo, this new engine takes performance, fuel efficiency and refinement to entirely new levels. The car has been developed entirely in-house by Volvo and is Euro 5 compliant. Volvo claims a fuel efficiency figure of 13.09 kpl. The new S80 sports dual tail pipes that lend it a sportier look. It also comes equipped with a Dolby Prologic II Dynaudio music system, rear seat entertanment, and a personal car communicator. In terms of safety, the S80 comes with Intelligent Driver Information System, Adaptive Brake Lights, Ready Alert Brakes - which further reduce braking distance during an emergency, Dynamic Stablity Traction Control, Whplash Protection System and Side Impact Protection System. The S80 is available in nine colour options.

Source: www.bsmotoring.com/news/volvo-launches-new-s80/1680/1

Samsung B5722 @ Rs. 11,680 with Dual SIM and mobile tracker

Samsung Electronics in India has launched Samsung B5722 mobile at price of for Rs. 11,680 with Dual SIM and advanced mobile tracker. Samsung B5722 is first Dual SIM touch mobile to have advanced mobile tracker. Samsung B5722 also has full touch screen key pad, 3.2 mega pixel camera, 30 MB memory (expandable to 8 GB with SD card). The battery life of Samsung B5722 has 14 hours of time time and 20 days while on standby mode. Samsung B5722 DUAL SIM mobile phones are titled as DUOS. Samsung B5722 has DUAL SIM for shifting GSM with GSM, means for GSM GSM cellular connections and between . The users having 2 GSM connections can make best use of Samsung B5722. Samsung dual SIM mobile will provide good comfort to people who want to manage 2 connections comfortably. Impressive feature of Samsung dual SIM mobile is that user do not need to switch off the cell to switch from from one GSM to another GSM SIM. Important specifications of Samsung B5722 are messaging and connectiong with friends on IM platforms for social n etworking, FM radio for entertainment and user friendly easy to switch over from one SIM to another SIM. The 2 models of Samsung B5722 DUAL SIM mobiles in India are FIZZ and W619. One of Samsung DUAL SIM mobile is with open keyboard and another is with slider. Samsung B5722 DUAL SIM mobile is available for Rs. 11,680. Samsung has DUAL SIM is targeted to middle income segment, young professionals and college students. Dual SIM are getting high demand in the market as they replace the need of having 2 phones for personal and professional reasons.

For further: infocera.com/Samsung_B5722_for_Rs._11,680_with_Dual_SIM_and_mobile_tracker_7783.htm

Maruti Suzuki aggressive overtures to maintain leadership position

With the arrival of new models and market hotting up for 2010, Maruti Suzuki the numero uno is pulling out all stops to defend its 50+ per cent market share in the domestic market. There are reports that is reportedly working on a new engine which would replace the engines (F8D) of Alto (800cc) and Wagon R (1100cc) as also indicated in a report in The Financial Express. It is expected that once the engine is replaced, the price points would be brought down significantly and help Maruti asell more of these cars. The business daily adds that the new engine is expected to be more powerful than the current one and is expected to be a revolutionary change. The engine, which has a codename – Yp3, will be available in cars by the end of 2010. While the Alto will have 2 cylinders, there would be 3 cylinders for WagonR. It is widely believed that this methodology has been envisaged after the successful run of KB series engine in Estilo (1.0 litre), Ritz (1.2 litre) and A-Star (1.0 litre). Alto and WagonR will get the codenamed engines YP3 which will replace the current F8D engine. Furthermore, there are indicationa that Maruti Suzuki WagonR too would get styling changes both on the exterior and interior. The exterior changes include an all new headlamp, new front fascia and new tail lamp styling. On the interiors, the new WagonR will get an all-new instrument panel. Although Maruti Suzuk's spokesperson could not be immediately contacted, a senior official of the company had earlier said, "We have exhausted our quota of new cars with eight new launches in India in the past three years. Now we are looking at strengthening our leadership by refreshing our old portfolio." The company has developed the new KB series petrol engines with an investment of Rs. 1,200 crore, which will be strapped in several of these cars". However, when queried about the proposed models which will undergo a facelift, he maintained, "Maruti follows a policy of refreshing models every five years," without revealing anything.

For further: www.wheelsunplugged.com/ViewNews.aspx?newsid=5571

Playing Online Keno at English Harbour

Keno is defined most of the time as a casino game which closely resembles the lotteries which is widely played today. English Harbour Casino also offers online gamblers the opportunity to play their favorite online keno game.

Skill is not required in winning on keno games. However, in order to play online keno more effectively, you should be acquainted with some keno jargons or terminologies. Here they are:

Call - means to draw the numbers for each game.
Catch (a number) - means that a number you have marked on your keno ticket has been drawn.
Combination Way Ticket - A ticket in which groups of numbers are bet several different ways, allowing the player to spread money over several combinations.
Keno Board - A large electronic board that displays the winning keno numbers.
Number Pool - The range of numbers from which you select the ones you want to play. A typical keno pool ranges from 1 to 80.
Spot - Any number from 1 to 80 that a player selects on a keno ticket. It also refers to the number of numbers that are marked on a ticket.
Touch Wand - A pointing device used on some video keno machines to select numbers.

How to Play Online Keno at English Harbour

If you start playing your online keno game for the first time, your keno table will be empty and the default amount of your wager is active. However, if you exit the game for some reasons, your current game status will be saved and when you open the game again, your previous game status will be shown.

In selecting the amount that you want to wager, you should click on one of the COIN buttons. Afterwards, you can select and mark up to 15 numbers on your keno ticket for your selected spots. The "Total Numbers Played" field on your screen displays how many spots you had chosen, and based on how many marks you selected, the paytable will change.

Now it's time to start the fun in your online keno game. Click on one of the PLAY buttons to do it, and you will see the balls that are bouncing and drops from the drum randomly. Each ball that drops from the drum rolls across the screen, and you will have your winning number. The number on each ball that drops will be displayed on your screen once it stops completely.

If you have a catch, the following three things happen:

1. On your Keno ticket, your mark changes color,
2. The ball and number change color.
3. The paytable highlights to show that a catch was made.

20 numbers will be drawn, and once these 20 numbers are completed, you can count how many catches you got and you can see how much you have won in the PAYOUT field in the screen.

You can also choose to play 5 or 10 games. If you want to play these, then you should click the PLAY 5 or PLAY 10 buttons. Once you do so, the balls then roll off the table and new numbers will be called. This will start again after each game until you have completed the 5 or 10 plays. Your account balance in the online casino will be adjusted after each game, the paytable shows the payout (number of tokens), and how many catches remain.

To play again click on the CLEAR, PLAY 1, PLAY 5 or PLAY 10 button.

Online Keno Buttons in English Harbour

COIN buttons - used to choose and adjust the size of your bet. The bets can only be changed or added between games.

Keno Ticket - the large grid of numbers from 1 through 80. Left click on a Keno ticket button to select and highlight up to fifteen numbers. You can also unselect a number by clicking on a highlighted number..

PLAY buttons - start a new game of Keno. The PLAY 1 button plays a single game of Keno, the PLAY 5 button plays five successive games using the same numbers and wager, and the PLAY 10 button plays ten successive games of Keno using the same numbers and wager.

CLEAR button - removes all selected numbers from the Keno ticket and removes the balls that were drawn.

REBET button - resets the game by removing the balls from the table and leaves your selected numbers on the Keno ticket.

Online Keno Table Limits and Payouts

The minimum machine wager is one $1.00 coin and the maximum wager is one $10.00 coin. The payouts for Keno depend upon the number of marks you selected. Below is a table showing the paytable for the various numbers of marks and catches.

Examples:

• If you selected 11 marks and correctly predicted 6 catches you would win 6 times your initial bet.
• If you selected 4 marks and correctly predicted 1 catch you would win half your initial bet.
• If you selected 15 marks and correctly predicted 11 catches you would win 300 times your initial bet.

Keno Rules

1. Twenty balls are drawn per game from the eighty balls available in Keno.
2. The wager made stays the same no matter how many marks are on the ticket.
3. The ticket has a minimum of 1 mark and a maximum of 15 marks.
4. You can change your mark(s) or wager between games only.
5. If you selected PLAY 5 or PLAY 10 you can change your mark(s) or wager after all 5 or 10 games are completed.
6. Payouts are dependant on the number of catches made and the value of the coin wagered.

Come play keno at English Harbour for more online keno fun and excitement.

Source: http://www.englishharbour.com/keno/

New satellite to power satphones

India will soon have its own dedicated satellite for providing satellite phone (satphone) services, instead of depending on foreign satellites. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is launching a satellite next year which will carry a large S-band transponder to help India provide its own signals for satellite phones. “We are in the process of building a high-beam antenna which will be deployed on board a satellite for providing satellite phone (satphone) services using S-band transponder. We can connect handheld devices when it is launched in a year or so,” former Indian space agency chairman G Madhavan Nair told reporters on the sidelines of the India Semiconductor Association’s (ISA’s) Vision Summit here on Monday. ISRO has already designed the antenna that will be mounted on the spacecraft for dedicated satphone services. Once launched, India will become a major player in use of satellite phones and this might also help bring down the cost of satellite phone services. “Presently, some foreign satellites are being used for satphone services in the country. Development work is on to synthesize the antenna. It will be deployed in one of the communication satellites with S-band transponder,” Nair added. International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) operates a constellation of geo-stationary satellites designed to provide phone, fax and data communications through handheld devices across the world.

For Further: www.business-standard.com/india/news/new-satellite-to-power-satphones/384301/

Vodafone and BlackBerry take smartphones to the next level with Bold 9700

Vodafone New Zealand says that, like its predecessor, the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 is sure to prove popular with businesses and high powered executives. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is supported by the company’s 900MHz extended 3G network. Vodafone’s 3G Extend network operates in 97% of the places New Zealanders live work and play and switches over automatically to the 2G network, should 3G be unavailable. Significantly lighter, the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 has slimmed down – flaunting a new sleek and stylish design. Its new 3.2MP camera and trackpad navigation also make for easy use. BlackBerry core strengths around email and web functionality remain as key features within the device. High-speed connectivity via Vodafone’s 3G extended network, allows customers to browse the web or view email attachments faster than before while Wi-Fi support enables the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone to access any available hotspots. More recently, BlackBerry App World has also become available to New Zealanders – providing access to a growing number of applications designed specifically for BlackBerry users. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 retails for NZ$1099 (device only) and is available immediately through Vodafone stores nationwide or online at vodafone.co.nz. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 will be phased out across all stores and replaced with the 9700 moving forward.

Source: www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8659

Ice not based on science:IPCC

Credibility issues continue to dog the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The UN climate change body is now being charged that its claim on disappearing Amazonian forests is based on a report by environmental activists while that on disappearing ice from the world’s mountain peaks is based on a doctoral student’s essay and an article in a mountaineering magazine. The IPCC report stated reductions in mountain ice in the Andes, Alps and Africa was caused by global warming. It had cited two scientific papers as its primary source of information. However, according to the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, the two sources were actually an article published in a magazine for mountaineers and a geography student’s master’s dissertation. The article in the mountaineering magazine — Climbing News — was based on anecdotal evidence about the changes the authors were witnessing during climbs. While the dissertation by a student from the University of Bern in Switzerland reportedly quoted interviews with mountain gui des in the Alps. To back its claims that the large tracts of Amazonian forests will disappear because of diminishing rainfall, the IPCC has cited a report by the environment group WWF. The Sunday Telegraph has questioned the IPCC’s decision to cite a WWF report to support its claim that 40% of Amazon forests could disappear due to declining rainfall and even be replaced by tropical savannah. UK’s secretary of state for energy and climate change Ed Miliband said that it would be “profoundly irresponsible” to allow recent controversies over scientific data to undermine the fight against climate change. “Yes, it was bad a mistake that was made. Yes, the IPCC needs to reform its procedures so these kind of mistakes don’t happen again. But the truth is, it doesn’t undermine decades of climate research,” Mr Miliband said. The pressure is be on the IPCC to improve its procedures. “The goof ups that are being reported are all from Working Group II. Clearly, evangelism has overtaken science. I am told that there are m any things in the summary for policymakers that are not there in the Working Group reports. There is a clear need to distinguish science from advocacy, and the IPCC should stick with science,” environment minister Jairam Ramesh said.

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/IPCC-claims-on-Amazon-ice-not-based-on-science/articleshow/5525992.cms