Google is invading your living room

May I have your attention please?? Before we start our article, we'll just need one minute of your time for an exercise that we'll do together

I want you to imagine now that you have 1 million dollars in your pocket, now take ten seconds and think of what you would do with them.

Done?? I know that you have thought about that before but let's see what most people may say…I'll get myself an iphone, a car, an apartment or even travel to Hawaii

But, have you thought of making them two, three or ten millions?? If your answer is yes then I can tell that you are going to be a millionaire soon, because this is how the fortune owners’ world widely think.

And this way of thinking is exactly what made Google and think of releasing the TV product.

"We are now reaching only two billions of the world population, why don't we reach more??"

Let’s see the result of this way of thinking.

Search your TV

So many jokes we heard on Google and how it can find any thing you want even your red T-shirt at the closet, this is not a joke anymore. Now, you can search you own TV for programs, series, movies or news. moreover Google made an agreement with youtube  to provide most of the videos in HD quality to fit the TV screen. So, TV now is no more time consuming…you will watch what exactly you want to watch.

Movies up-to-date

Feeling too lazy to go watch a movie in the cinema ?? But the trailer is so wonderful that you can’t wait for it. My friend! I have good news for you. Now, with Google TV you can watch your favorite movies right after they are released as Google, Netflix and Amazon will provide them for you.

                              

Keep your favorites

sometimes, when watching a movie scene or a series, we just feel like we want to keep the moment and never let it go…moreover if it’s the final of the champions’ league or an interview with Bill Gates…it’s a must to keep them.
Now you don’t have to search youtube for the interview or the match highlights you will just need to use your Google TV to record whatever you want and replay it later.
That’s not the end of the story, If your favorite movie is on but you just have to go out. Now, you can do both things…just tell Google to put it on Queue and watch it later…that simple.

These were the TV features of Google TV. But, who said that it’s just a TV??

More than a TV

- now with your Google TV you can enjoy all the applications you love…write on your friends’ wall on face book…send your tweets on twitter…upload your photos to flickr and more.
- Make you own homepage and save you favorite channels as bookmarks to have an easy access to them.
- Listen to your favorite music on the best speakers in your house by creating a personal radio station on the fly with Pandora or listening to any song, anytime, with Napster.

- Turn the biggest screen in your house into a beautiful,  high definition photo gallery.

- You can use your mobile as a remote control for the TV. So if you don’t find the remote control, just give it a ring   :smile:" width="19" />

     

All these features and more are now available for you from Google and Sony through it’s all new HD LCD screensbut if you already have your TV and don’t want to buy a new one, Google didn’t forget you as the company has provided SonyInternetTVBlu-rayDiscPlayer.Of course we don’t want to forget the requirements of the big joy although they are not much…just your Google TV and a wireless home network.

The surprise that will shock you is that any updates innovated by Google will be automatically added to your TV for free without any extra fees. So you’ll always be up-to-date.

So, you now have two options: either buying Google TV from Sony with a very reasonable price - I think - of 600$ for a 24” TV up to 1,400$ for a 46” one…If you have your TV, then you’ll need the Disc player for only 400$ … can you believe this ??

        

Talking about Google TV is endless…but we may consider releasing a book about the features and services it’s providing

One of which is simply that it makes you capable of letting go four or five devices in you home…as you will not need a PC, music player, DVD player and of course you won’t need a Television.

Finally I would like to say that Google isn’t the only company that thought about the TV, Apple did too…and we will try to talk about its features and compare between them in an upcoming article. So stay tuned

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Published at www.magnology.net | 20th Issue | 02/11/2010

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PES 2011…Digital soccer to the next level

We all have been the loyal audience of football all over the years especially the real football found in the world cup even if it’s in the middle of our final exams,there will always be time for Messi, Ronaldo and David Villa

If you are a fan of Argentina then you will get what I am going to say.I loved Messi, Tevez, Heguain and the other fellows, but I was so pissed of Maradona who couldn’t make out the best use of the players' abilities. If I were to manage the team, I would have easily won the world cup 2010.If you feel like this, then I have good news for you…Pro Evolution Soccer 2011!!

PES 2011 will be a game that allows total control over every element of the game to give the most lifelike soccer experience…I can’t wait to tell. So, let’s get into the details.

• Total Control
• Before even you players touch the ball for the kick-off, you will have an independent world of its own which is the strategy and game plan; choose the formation of your players, edit it as much as you like, substitute and choose who to play. Simply do whatever you think is right for victory.

• Got into the game?? Now you took the lead. PES 2011 enhanced your control over the players with the new feature of 360^opassing ratio, so before you pass, shoot or even throw the ball in you should consider three variables: direction, shot power and the guess of your teammate’s move.
• Feel bored with the classic play of passes, through balls and shots?? PES 2011 provided a whole new technique of feinting that you can assign a sequence of moves and turns and make them more accessible and easy to use than ever before with one click on a button.
• Every single user of previous versions of PES suffered from the defenders that leave their positions and run towards the ball. At PES 2011, defenders hold their positions naturally and work to close down the attacker to force mistakes or apply pressure on opponents to force them off the ball.

• Reality Simulation
• In addition to the player’s power gauge, there will be another gauge for shot and stamina,so that the possession of a player for the ball too much will reduce his stamina and affect his outcome for the rest of the game, just like real life.
• PES 2011 got closely into the details of each player by modifying the facial animation, celebration techniques, objecting on the referee and even the special dribbling techniques of the players.A whole new brand of over 1000 animations of runs, throw-ins, tackles and interaction recreated from the ground up using more than 100 hours of football to extract these motions out of them.

• The speed of play will not be constant through the match, but will depend on the situation in hand. For example in counter attacks, the long runs through the field will not be useful. But, exploiting the space and passing to the teammates will make the team reach the goal faster and make the full use of the offensive raid.

More into the reality of PES 2011, you will find a variety of options for playgrounds, commentators, balls and even teams’ kits…that’s not the end of the story, PES has made two new features in its 2011 release. The first is the online Master League. Players playing against each other for the world's best players, and attempting to build a squad that can compete with the best against online peers all over the globe. The second is including Coppa Libertadores -South America’s most prominent football tournament- in its tournaments with all its forty clubs and also providing play-by-play commentary in Latin American Spanish from very well-known commentators

• Conserving Old Features

In addition to all these marvelous features, PES 2011 of course still has the good ones in the late versions such as the online updates for the latest transfers among the teams in the real world and the option of making your own player and all the other old features.

So, after all these features which give you full control and simulate the reality in the game as a whole, we need to fasten our seat belts and get ready to the whole new experiment presented by KONAMI to feel the real football for the first time. Remember not to give the ball to Messi from midfield and run towards the goal hoping to score because simply YOU WILL NOT.

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Published at www.magnology.net | 19th Issue | 20/10/2010

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W8 4 N8 !!

Most of us prefer to use Nokia products rather than other possible products for many reasons maybe one of which is that they have spread widely so you can easily find accessories for your phone and get it repaired when it needs to,but that causes Nokia fans to be a little sad or unsatisfied when they find other manufacturers presenting new products, services and capabilities with the newest technology; just like us here in Egypt when the loyal Vodafonians or Mobinilers find that Etisalat gives its customers the best offers and services while they can’t benefit from them because they are loyal.

But finally Nokia managed to draw the smile on the face of its customers by releasing the new era of phones; Nokia N8.

The new Nokia N8 touch screen phone combines two major firsts for Nokia;  it’s the world’s first device with Symbian 3 operating system and it’s the first mobile of Nokia supported by a 12 MP camera.

The first thing you would notice about the N8 is the smooth shape with curves at the corners unlike the previous design of the 5800 device that seemed a little dull for the users. You would love the wide 3.5” 360 x 640 pixel capacitive OLED touchscreen display that makes your life more interesting. Maybe the N8 doesn’t have many keys but it’s all inside, finger touch is supported as well as hand writing recognition of English and even Chinese. I know it doesn’t count much for us but, think about how awesome that is.

If you are an addicted facebooker then you would find the N8 amazing as it provides the ability to upload your photos straight to facebook and add facebook events to your calendar. Also, surf the net as you do from your PC, the real web pages.Forget about the WAP, it’s all on your mobile now. Feel like watching TV?? Not a problem at all as the N8 provides web TV service that allows you to get the latest news and catch up with the entertainment with several TV channels such as CNN and National Geographic.

One of the best advantages of the N8; it is not an isolated island as you have a lot of connectivity methods with the world, Bluetooth 3.0,High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector), FM radio, FM transmitter (allows you to transmit whatever you want on a wave at a circle of 3m diameter) and finally the HDMI interface for HD TVs, in addition to the 3.5mm AV connector that can be used with "normal" TV sets and audio accessories.

I AM LOST!! Now you can forget about this word, with the great features of the N8: GPS, Ovi maps, Wi-Fi positioning and ompass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display.

I know most of you are waiting for the media part. Here comes my favorite, where you will be fascinated by the 12 MP camera from carl zeiss optics and Xenon flash that can capture HD 720p video.If this is not enough for you then Nokia won’t let you down as the N8 comes with a large sensor that competes those in digital cameras, and this is a real good advantage for the N8 as the large megapixels are sometimes not enough for a good quality image.

With a battery supporting up to 6 hours talk time on 3G, 16 days standby, 7 hours of video playback and 50 hours of music, you will need to recharge it every now and then.

BUT, to store all these videos or images or even full movies, Nokia gave you a virtual world on your N8 of 16 GB internal memory and microSD external memory up to 32 GBs .Who needs PC’s anymore ?????

Despite the huge capabilities provided by the N8, it doesn’t come alone.You will find many things in the box: Nokia N8 (of course), the battery, connectivity cable, charger, stereo headset, compact travel charger, adapter cable for HDMI, adapter cable for USB, nokia stylus and finally the quick guide.

The N8 comes in a variety of colours: Silver white, Dark grey, Orange, Blue and Green for the taste of everybody. Forget about the one-colour mobiles, now you can choose you mobile convenient with your eye colour if you want. All these magnificent features and specifications comes to you with a relatively low price as I see it…because when I see tomorrow in one mobile then I would die to have it. So, 550$ isn’t too much for the N8.

So, at the end of the N8 discovering journey, you have a mobile from Nokia with 3.5” touchscreen to watch on it the HD 720p videos you have recorded with your 12 MP camera or the photos you have shot with the Xenon flash . Moreover they are ready to be uploaded straight to Facebook which you will log into using the Wi-Fi while you are setting in your car and using Ovi maps and the GPS to get to your home. Summing up, I would like to use the Nokia expression about the N8 "what will you do with it??"

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Published at www.magnology.net | 19th Issue | 20/10/2010
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لذة القرب

سبحان الله .. لما الواحد يبقى بعيــــــــــــــــد عن ربنا وغرقان في الغفلة والنسيان .. ويبتدي الران والصديد يتكون على قلبه..ويقسى القلب ومايحسش بحاجة .. وتبقى الصلاة مجرد حركات ومافيهاش أي روح...مجرد إسقاط للفريضة .. وقراءة القرآن عشان بس تاخد حسنات وثواب القراءة..

وبعدين الواحد يبقى عايز يرجع ويتوب ويقرب من طريق ربنا .. لكن يخاف ويبقى مكسوف - من كتر معاصيه - من إنه يرفع ايده ويقول يا رب...

وتقرر أنك تمشي في الطريق لإن ببساطة البعد عن ربنا كان مسببلك الحزن والهم..

أول شوية بتلاقي إنك مش قادر..بتلاقي نفسك بتسرح كتير في الصلاة ومجاهدة النفس بتبقى صعبة .. وتسرح..وتفتكر..وترجع تاني..وتفضل تدعي " يا رب ارزقنا الخشوع .. يا رب قربني إليك .. يا رب طرقت بابك فلا تردني خائبا "..

وواحدة واحدة مع القرآن ومع رجلك اللي بتوجعك من كتر الوقفة في الصلاة . ومع كتر دعائك إن ربنا يقبلك ولا يردك خائب ..

تبدأ طبقات الران اللي على قلبك تذوب...ويبدأ القرآن يخترق الصديد اللي على قلبك ...

لحد ماتيجي اللحظة اللي تلاقي الدموع بتنزل من خشية الله ومن التدبر في آيات القرآن ..

وتلاقي نفسك بتبكي في آيات العذاب .. وتقول يا رب أجرنا ..

وبتبكي في آيات الرحمة والجنة وتقول يا رب لا تحرمنا...

القرب من ربنا بيبقى ليه طعم جميل .. وأجمل ما فيه إنك كل ما تقرب أكتر تحس إنك لسه بعيد ومحتاج تقرب أكتر وتعرف ربنا أكتر وتحبه أكتر...

يا رب أذقنا حلاوة القرب منك... يا الله ^_^

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