Product Description Specifications:
Model: N99
Band: Dual-band, GSM 900 / 1800 MHz
Screen: Resolution: 240 * 320
2.6" Touchscreen LCD / 260K colors TFT
Features: Dual Sim Card & two call standby
Weight: 120g
Dimensions: 106.5 * 51 * 16
Battery: 1150 mAH Li-Battery for EXTRA-LONG battery life
Talk Time: 8 Hours
Standby Time: 400 Hours
Video Camera
Camera: 2 MP camera on back side
Ring tones: 64 bit
Supports Bluetooth
Dual Speakers with 3D sound

Features:
MP3 (mp3, AAc, WAV, AMR, MIDI, & IMDY formats)
MP4
WAP 2.0 (web browsing)
SMS (text messaging)
MMS (multimedia message servicing - send picture, voice, & text messages)
Memory: 256 mb

Supports maximum 2 GB T-flash card
Phone book (stores up to 400 numbers)
Incoming call options (set specific rings, photos, or even videos for individual callers)
Assign MP3 files as ring tones
Languages: English & Chinese (English standard) and other languages.
Call waiting
Voicemail
Pre-loaded games
Calculator
World clock
Unit conversion
Exchange rate conversion
Calendar
Health management function
Memo / To do list
Alarm
Voice Recording
Image Viewer
File management
Key stroke recognition & keyboard input

Package includes:
GSM Dual-Band Cell/Mobile Phone
Lithium Batteries (2 pieces 1800mAh)
Power Adaptor
USB DataCable
256mb TF card (Installed in the phone)
Handwriting Stylus
Earphone
Manual

Here are the made up specs for this made up phone:

• 7.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens
• 5x optical zoom (20x with digital)
• 3.5″ inch touch screen
• integrated GPS receiver
• integrated TNT receiver (Télévision Numérique Terrestre - this is what French call digitally broadcast TV channels)
• Symbian S70 3rd edition
• 3D graphics accelerator
• bluetooth
• Wi-Fi (b,g,n)
• HSDPA
• video recording at 720×576 and 30fps
• Multimedia support

5x optical zoom made us laugh the hardest. It is not mentioned in this list but I’m sure the N98 will be able to handle microSD cards and have a battery that lasts 12 hours on a single charge.

Specifications Turn on to great mobile entertainment. video & TV Immerse yourself in entertainment, watching news, sports, comedy or even live TV. Connect with ease to new video content and services. music Enjoy your favorite music tracks with superb sound. Control playback with the easy-to-use media keys. Discover new tunes with podcasts, FM Radio and Internet Radio. maps Discover and explore your surroundings, with Nokia Maps as your companion. Search and find addresses and local points of interest. Upgrade to voice-guided car and turn-by-turn pedestrian navigation. photos Take great pictures on the go. Share your moments with your friends online. Add a new dimension to your photography by tagging pictures with capture location. internet Connect to a world of information. Search and browse on the go. Connect with up to 3.5G speed, or find available hotspots. Get the latest news via RSS or the full web browser. Technical specifications Expand all Collapse all General General Operating Frequency • WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS) • Automatic switching between bands and modes • DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz Dimensions • Volume: 92 cc • Weight: 125 g • Length: 103 mm • Width: 55 mm • Depth:18 mm, locally up to 20 mm Memory Functions* • 16GB internal flash memory, plus microSD memory card slot (hot swappable) for expandability and flexibility • Approximate dynamic memory capacity indication with 16GB storage: -Video: 40 hours** -Music: 12,000 tracks*** • 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory (operating system plus dynamic user data area) * Changes to product details are possible without prior notice. Application offering may vary. Dynamic memory means that the available memory is shared between dynamic memory functions. When any of these functions is used, there is less available memory for other functions which are also dependent on dynamic memory. ** Video capacity is based on H.264 768-kbps video at 320-by-240 resolution, combined with 96-kbps AAC audio. Music capacity is based on 3:45 min per track and 48 kbps eAAC+ encoding. *** Capacity based on 3:45 per song with 48 kbps eAAC+ (M4A) encoding on the Nokia Audio Manager. Capacity with 128 kbps AAC encoding is up to [12,000] songs. Power Management • Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh • Talk time: up to 150 / 220 minutes (WCDMA / GSM) • Stand-by time: up to 200 / 220 hours (WCDMA / GSM) • Video playback: up to 5 hours (offline mode) • Music playback: up to 14 hours (offline mode) • TV playback: up to 4 hours (DVB-H) *Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage. Display and User Interface • 2.8” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) LCD TFT display with up to 16 million colors • User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 • Active standby screen, Multimedia menu Data Transfer* • WCDMA HSDPA 900/2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps) • Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4kbps • EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296/177.6kbps • GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107/64.2kbps * Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support. Video Video Video Center • Video center: central hub for video experiences • Access to last played video and easy resume • My videos: collection of stored videos • Access to Internet Videos, compatible with RSS feeds and video podcasts, with direct wireless updates and downloads • Service catalog to discover new Internet Videos Video Codecs and Formats • MPEG-4 Part 2 (H.263/SP), up to VGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or max SDTV on TV-out • MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264/AVC), up to VGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or SDTV on TV-out • Windows Media Video (WMV9), up to CIF/QVGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or SDTV on TV-out • RealVideo QCIF at 30 fps • Flash video support in browser • DRM support: OMA DRM 1, OMA DRM 2, WM DRM Live TV • Broadcast Television (DVB-H) capable -DVB-H based mobile TV with internal antenna -DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz Browser-based video access • Support for download, streaming and progressive download • Support for Flash video Music Music Music Features* • Digital music player – supports MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, album art • Playlist editing and sharing • Equalizer and visualization • Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store – with support for Windows Media DRM protected files * Nokia Music Store availability varies by country. Radio* • Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz, 76-90MHz) with support for RDS, Visual Radio™ and use of FM radio in offline mode • Nokia Internet Radio

FED means field emission display

A field emission display is a type of flat panel display using field emitting cathodes to bombard phosphor coatings as the light emissive medium.

Field emission displays are very similar to cathode ray tubes, however they are only a few millimeters thick. Instead of a single electron gun, a field emission display (FED) uses a large array of fine metal tips or carbon nanotubes (which are the most efficient electron emitters known), with many positioned behind each phosphor dot, to emit electrons through a process known as field emission. Because of emitter redundancy, FEDs do not display dead pixels like LCDs even if 20% of the emitters fail. Sony is researching FED because it is the flat-panel technology that comes closest to matching the picture of a CRT.

Like LCDs, FEDs are energy efficient and could provide a flat panel technology that features less power consumption than existing LCD and plasma display technologies. They can also be cheaper to make, as they have fewer total components. As of yet, however, there are no consumer production models available in the United States, although small demo panels have been produced.

A field emission display (FED) is a low power, flat cathode ray tube type display that uses a matrix-addressed cold cathode to produce light from a screen coated with phosphor materials. The principle of the field emission display is similar to that of the traditional cathode ray tube display. Field emission displays, like cathode ray tubes, display a color image by emitting light of a predetermined color through the bombardment of electrons onto a field emitter array (FEA) coated with phosphor. They both emit electrons to hit the fluorescent medium on a substrate in vacuum. Electron emission includes field electron emission, secondary electron emission, and photoelectric emission, as well as thermionic emission. A cold cathode is the cathode that performs electron emission by field electron emission, which occurs due to a tunnel effect when a strong electric field is applied to the vicinity of the surface of a substance to lower the potential barrier on the surface. The cathode ray tube display emits electron beams by a single electron gun and controls the direction of the electron beams by using a polarization plate. Instead, the field emission display is composed of hundreds of thousands of active cold emitters, each of which corresponds to a pixel independently, so no polarization plate is needed. Field emission displays (FEDs) apply a strong electric field from a gate to a field emitter disposed on a cathode layer at regular intervals, thereby emitting electrons from the field emitter, colliding the electrons with a phosphor material of an anode layer, and emitting .light The cold cathode electron source is broadly divided into a field emission electron source and a hot electron type electron source. The former includes a spindt type electron source, a surface conduction type electron source and a carbon nanotube type electron source. The latter includes an MIM (metal-insulator-metal) type electron source stacked with metal-insulator-metal and an MIS (metal-insulator-semiconductor) type electron source stacked with metal-insulator-semiconductor. When displaying an image in the field emission display, a driving method called a line sequential scanning scheme is used standardly. Display in each of the frames is performed for each scan line (horizontally). All the cold cathode electron sources corresponding to the number of data lines on the same scan line are operated at the same time.

Field emission display (FED) technology has been proposed as a display technology that enjoys the advantages of allowing for wide viewing angles as well as being thin and light weight. The field emission display has the advantage of high image quality found with the conventional cathode ray tube display. Also, the field emission display has advantages of high yield, fast reacting time, good performance in displaying coordination, having high brightness, light and thin structure, wide range of color temperature, high mobile efficiency, excellent distinguishability of tilted direction, etc. in comparison with the conventional liquid crystal display that has the disadvantages of blurred view angle, limited range of usable temperature, and slow reacting time. Moreover, the field emission display emits light spontaneously. Field emission display has not only soft picture, rapid reaction, and clear brightness like CRT, but also possesses characteristics of lightness of flat display and low performance consumption. FED has advantages of light weight and thin profile, like liquid crystal display (LCD), and advantages of high brightness and self luminescence, like cathode ray tube (CRT). The image quality of the field-emission display is similar to that of the conventional cathode ray tube (CRT) display, while the dimension of the field-emission display is much thinner and lighter compared to the cathode ray tube display. Being self-illuminant, field emission display does not require a back light source like the liquid crystal display. In addition to the better brightness, the viewing angle is broader, power consumption is lower, response speed is faster, and the operation temperature range is larger. Through the construction of a high efficiency fluorescent film, the field emission display provides outstanding brightness performance even outdoors so it is thought as a quite competitive display panel and is even likely to replace the liquid crystal display. Field emission devices are used in a number of different applications, including displays, e-beam lithography, chemical analysis and space propulsion.

Nokia has unveiled its Supernova series with four new models namely 7210, 7310, 7510 and 7610 targeting the fashion conscious people.

There are a total of 4 phones announced at the moment, the 7210, 7310, 7510, and 7610. The 7210 and 7310 are candybars, the 7510 a flip phone and the 7610 is a slider.

The 7210 is a tri-band GSM phone with EDGE, along with a 2 megapixel camera and FM radio, set to launch in Q3 for around $189.

The 7310 is much like the 7210, but supports Nokia's Xpress-On faceplates, TV-out as well as support for GSM 850. These additional features add another $55 to the cost of the phone, which surprisingly, is available now.

The 7510 sports the ever-popular flip design, and will have similar specs to the 7310, and is scheduled for Q4 at around $283 and in colors such as “Fatal Red”.

And last, but certainly not least, the 7610 features a slider design, along with a juicy 3.2 megapixel camera, and is scheduled for next quarter at $354.

Intel have announced the Intel Atom processor - a new family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and a new class of simple and affordable Internet-centric computers arriving later this year. The company also announced the Intel Centrino Atom processor technology for MID platforms, consisting of multiple chips that enable the best Internet experience in a pocketable device.

The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new micro-architecture designed specifically for small devices and low power, while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility consumers are accustomed to when using a standard PC and the Internet. The design also includes support for multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness. All of this on a chip that measures less than 25 mm², making it Intel’s smallest and lowest power processor yet. These new chips, previously codenamed Silverthorne and Diamondville, will be manufactured in Intel’s 45nm process with hi-k metal gate technology. The chips have a thermal design power (TDP) specification in 0.6-2.5 watt range and scale to 1.8GHz speeds depending on customer need. By comparison, today’s mainstream mobile Core 2 Duo processors have a TDP in the 35-watt range. The Intel Centrino Atom processor technology, formerly codenamed “Menlow,” includes the Intel Atom processor, a low-power companion chip with integrated graphics, a wireless radio, and thinner and lighter designs.

In addition to the MID opportunity, Intel believes the demand for a new category of low-cost, Internet-centric mobile computing devices dubbed “netbooks” and basic Internet-centric desktop PCs dubbed “nettops,” will grow substantially over the next several years and the Intel Atom processor is designed to meet the needs of these new market segments. Intel said the Intel Atom processor also has potential for future revenue opportunities in consumer electronic devices, embedded applications and thin clients.

for more info plz visit INTEL

The massive popularity of iPods and other portable music players could mean many more people will develop hearing loss, according to experts.

If the volume through headphones is too high, there is a real risk of permanent damage to hearing, they say.

Sydney's National Acoustic Laboratories found a quarter of personal music system users in a random sample listened to music at dangerous volumes.

Millions of people now own MP3 players and Apple has sold more than 20 million iPods.

A recent study by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) found 39% of 18 to 24-year-olds listened to personal music players for at least an hour every day and 42% admitted they thought they had the volume too high, according to the BBC News website.

The RNID regards 80 decibels as the level at which hearing is threatened - 20 less than a pneumatic drill.

Some MP3 players can reach 105 decibels. EU iPods have a sound limiter to comply with noise safety levels; however, sometimes users hack through this in order to listen to it louder.

The RNID said it was possible that any rise in popularity of personal music players might lead to more cases of hearing loss in the future.

Graham Frost, chairman of the British Society of Audiology, said the risk of damage increased with noise level and duration of use of personal music systems.

He said it could take months or years for that become apparent to the individual.

Here is the Patch that make blacklist key into whitelist and you can also update regularly without problem !!

Here is instruction how use patch
Before applying the patch go to kaspersky-Settings-Service
and dissable Self-Defence option

2. Delete Any current key you install in kaspersky

3. Exit kaspersky by right click in the taskbar menu.

4. copy patch in to kapsersky lab folder C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab

5. Press Clean Button

6. Then click to Patch Kaspersky Internet security or Kaspersky Antivirus
(depends on what is the version you installed in your computer KIS or KAV)


7. Then exit the patch and Open kaspersky,enable self-defense option and apply a new key.

Thats all. It's doesn't Matter that key is blacklist or white list.........Enjoy !!


This patch makes all the blocked kaspersky licenses to working ,
from blacklist to whitelist,and it also protects them from blacklisting,
the "black.lst" file that is updated from kaspersky update will not be a problem anymore,

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Gmail rocks and all of you knew it already, but even so, users always want to see more features from Google’s mail service. Regardless if we’re talking about folders or a different UI, people have always requested new functions. Because of that, Google has recently rolled out Gmail Labs, a special testing platform which incorporates test versions of the upcoming Gmail features which could be used by all users of the mail service.
"People often ask how we decide what to build next. It's usually a mix of factors, like how many users are asking for it (think delete button, vacation responder, and IMAP, among others), how useful we think it will be (think chat, conversation view, etc.) or how much fun it will be to work on (this is actually really important). We have all sorts of debates about each option, we weigh the pros and cons, and then some of the time we probably make the wrong decision," Keith Coleman, Product Manager, mentioned the reasons for implementing the new platform.

In other words, Gmail Labs is a testing platform designed by Google based on your feedback.If you and lots of other users request the same feature, Google designs it and integrates into Gmail Labs, in order to see what other people think about it. In case positive feedback is received, Google may bring the functionality in final version and upgrade it from Gmail Labs. "The idea behind Labs is that any engineer can go to lunch, come up with a cool idea, code it up, and ship it as a Labs feature," the Google official explains. "Labs is now out to all English users (US and UK), and administrators using Google Apps can choose to enable Labs by checking the ‘Turn on new features’ box in Domain Settings."

At this point, no less than 13 functions are available under the Gmail Lab link included in all Gmail accounts. All you need to do is to navigate to Settings and click on the last tab called Labs. Here you can find all the available experimental features. For instance, you can now choose new chat emoticons, mouse gestures for Gmail, custom keyboard shortcuts, custom date formats and many others. Obviously, the main goal of this testing platform is actually to get feedback, so feel free to send your opinion about the new features to Google.

Since the development of USB Drive disk and memory cards,
new type of viruses emerges affecting mobile phones, mp4 players, mp3 players,
ipod devices and other similar gadgets. And when inserted on a PC, just by double clicking the USB drive, the virus is easily installed. Some of the leading
Antivirus detect it, but mostly are not, because this type of viruses are new and can easily be updated with a new variant. These viruses are programmed using Visual Basic Script, and AutoIt Program they install automatically and spreads automatically, until you realized that your PC is running slow, always restarting, and when a typical program is opened it's just automatically shuts down, registry are disabled as well as the taskbar manager, so you have no way of stopping the processes. The virus may steal some information about you, and even passwords.
Common viruses such as ’Ravmon’ , ‘New Folder.exe’, ‘Orkut is banned’ etc are spreading through USB drives Most anti virus programs are unable to detect them and even if they do, in most cases they are unable to delete the file, only quarantine it. Here are the things which you can do if you want to remove such viruses from your USB drives

Whenever you plug a USB drive in your system, a window will appear similar to the one shown below

Don’t click on Ok , just choose ‘Cancel’. Open the Command Prompt by typing ‘cmd‘ in the run box. In the command prompt type the drive letter: and press enter . Now type dir /w/a and press enter.

This will display a list of the files in the pendrive. Check whether the following files are there or not

• Autorun.inf
• Ravmon.exe
• New Folder.exe
• svchost.exe
• Heap41a
• or any other exe file which may be suspicious.

If any of the above files are there, then probably the USB drive is infected. In command prompt type attrib -r -a -s -h *.* and press enter. This will remove the Read Only, Archive, System and hidden file attribute from all the files. Now just delete the files using the command del filename. example del Ravmon.exe. Delete all the files that are suspicious. To be on a safer side, just scan the USB drive with an anti virus program to check whether it is free of virus or not. Now remove the drive and plug it again. In most of the cases, the real culprit turns out to be the “Autorun.inf” file which mostly gets executed when someone clicks Ok in the dialog window which appears above. Thus the infections can spread

Security Tip

Disable the Autoplay feature of USB drives. If you disable the Autoplay feature of USB drives, then there are lesser chances of the virus spreading. A tool which can perform such a function is Tweak UI. Download it from here install it.

Run the program. Now you can disable the Autoplay feature of the removable drives as shown above. By following the above steps, you can keep your USB drives clean. If there are any other methods which you use, then share it with me through comments.

Flat Panel Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Screens are now commonplace in the industry with the major computer companies shipping them to customers who purchase new computer systems. And as a result of the falling prices of these LCD Screens, Notebooks sales have been steadily increasing.below is a technical brief depicting how to properly clean and maintain your LCD Screen.

First of all Turn off the computer or display.

The major computer outlet stores are now starting to carry LCD cleaners for Flat Panel Monitors and Notebooks that do not contain the chemicals found in some commercial glass cleaners. These cleaners will definitely do the job nicely, but you do have to purchase them. If you do not wish to purchase these factory made cleaners, then you can clean your LCD Screen in the following manner.

You can use Water,Water with a tiny amount of soft liquid soap,Isopropyl Alcohol,Hexane,Petroleum Benzine,Commercial glass cleaners that do not contain ammonia.
Avoid using Acetone,Ammonia,Ethyl acid,Ethyl Alcohol,Methyl chloride,Toluene,Commercial glass cleaners containing ammonia.

You should clean your LCD Screen display by applying the cleaner to a soft, clean cloth. Then you should wipe the cloth across the display from left to right, moving from the top of the display down to the bottom of the display. If your display contains grease or some other contaminant, then you should dampen your cloth with water instead of a commercial cleaner as the cleaner may smear the contaminants across the screen.

General Maintenance: You should avoid subjecting your LCD Screen display to extreme temperatures and humidity and avoid exposures to direct sunlight. You should also avoid physical shocks to your display. If you have a notebook, then you should avoid stacking books or other objects upon the notebook with the screen closed etc.

Runs on Windows 95 / 98 / Me / 2000 / NT / XP / Vista

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Have you experienced the new ORKUT virus which is quite annoying ? It does not allow the words Orkut or youtube or Mozilla to be typed on the address bar of your IE window. The browser simply closes the first time. But from the second time, strange messages come with the violent laugh MUHAHAHAHAHA!...
I found the most convinient way of deleting this virus that i like to sharing with u...(I thank the anonymous author)
The virus travels through Flash-drives. The affected Flash or Pen-drive will have a new file, Microsoftpowerpoint.exe which when double-clicked spreads the virus. Therefore whenever you find such file, just don't open it, but delete it.
To remove the virus, first open the Task Manager, by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

if you are getting the message "Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator" Do as follows....

Click Start and then click Run
Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Now the Group Policy window opens.
Next, navigate as follows, by clicking on the + button:
User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System
Now click on the folder "Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options"
You will see on the right part of the window
Remove Task Manager
Double-click the "Remove Task Manager" option.
A new window opens. In this window, select "Not Configured" and click OK.
Now press Ctrl+Alt+Delete simultaneously. Your task manager opens.

If the Group Policy window (or gpedit.msc) is disabled...click here

After the Task Manager window opens, click on Processes and examine all the listed processes. There will be several svchost.exe files. Ignore them and focus on svchost.exe with username as your username. (Sometimes it may be administrator if you have not created a user name at all).

Note that there are several types of svchost.exe in Task manager. The task manager shows the files as follows:

svchost.exe SYSTEM
svchost.exe LOCAL SERVICE
svchost.exe NETWORK SERVICE ETC.

Suppose your user name is Rahul (Your user name is shown on Top, beside your Icon, when start button is pressed).
Then you will see an entry in Task manager as follows, only if your computer is affected by Orkut Virus:
svchost.exe Rahul

This svchost.exe file with KARTHIK will be the virus file or the duplicate file and this alone should be deleted. If you delete other svchost.exe files for system, network etc, your computer will crash and recovery is difficult.

1. Therefore, first close the virus process in Task manager. To do this, select the "svchost.exe Rahul" and click "End Process". This will end this virus functionality in Memory. (otherwise you cannot delete the file in step 2).
2. Then open Internet Explorer and type orkut in the explorer's address bar; and you will see nothing will happen.
3. Then to remove the virus permanently, go to system32 folder in windows and delete only "H svchost.exe" with icon H preceding the file. Don't delete other svchost.exe files as it would damage the Operating (boot) System.
4. Then press start button, click run and type regedit and click ok. Your registry will be opened.
5. Then press F3 and find dialogue box opens.
6. There type heap and search. Wherever it stops and gives any values corresponding to "Heap", just press delete button on key board and delete it.
7. Then Press F3 once again and so ... on, till you delete all heap folders and values.
8. Then restart the computer. Your MUHAHAHA virus is gone for ever !!!!

step 1: open system properties(by right clicking my computer), choose tab advanced, click to environment variables button. in system variables section, click new. type this information to each textbox.

variable name: moz_no_remote(should be all small letter)
variable value: 1
press ok to close all windows.

step 2: open firefox icon's properties(from desktop and quick launch). add extension -p to command line(like "c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe" -p). press ok.

while starting Firefox u have to create two separate profiles of Firefox so that u can login to two accounts of any(orkut,yahoo,rediff or anything else).......
for three logins create three profiles of Firefox.........

Watch out MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis--there's a new digital audio format about to be introduced and it's creators are setting their sites on it becoming the new "de facto standard" for digital audio. The new format is called Music 2.0 and it will use MT9 as its file extension:


The new MT9 format first conceived by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea and being shaped into commercial use by venture company Audizen, has separate controls on the sound volume for each musical instrument, such as guitar, drum, base and voice — an ideal tool for music lovers of different tastes as well as karaoke fans. The new MT9 format, which has a file extension format of MT9 and a commercial title of Music 2.0, is poised to replace the popular MP3 file format as the de facto standard of the digital music source. The distinctive feature of MT9 format is that it has a six-channel audio equalizer, with each channel committed to voice, chorus, piano, guitar, base and drum. For example, whether a user turns off the voice channel, it becomes a karaoke player. Or one can turn off all the instrumentsand concentrate on the voice of the main singer as whether he or she is singing a cappella. Korean Giants Samsung and LG are both interested in equipping their mobile phones with an MT9 player and their first commercial products are likely to debut early next year.

If selected as an universal format, the MT9 technology can earn big for both Audizen and ETRI, a Korean governmental research institute. ETRI said that it holds three worldly and six domestic patents for the technology and is planning to file two more that year. The MT9 files are served in an album package. Audizen is currently selling a limited choice of albums at 2,000 won to 3,000 won on its Web site.

Use a soft cloth

Use a soft cloth and a special cleaning solution for your DVDs. You should avoid using any kind of organic solvents. Also refrain from using harsh solvents like acetone and benzene as these will dissolve the polycarbonate material on the DVD. As a result, your DVD will be damaged beyond repair. Instead, you should use mild solvents like alcohol and methanol. Mild solvents have the tendency to evaporate quickly, so the polycarbonate material on the DVD will not be dissolved.

Water-based cleaners

You can use special water-based lens cleaners as well. These cleaners are available at all local electronics and computer stores at very reasonable prices. Water-based detergents can also be used. The DVD's surface is made up of polycarbonate substrate, which is transparent and delicate. Therefore, when the surface is cleaned with a solution, there is a risk of contamination or scratching of the DVD. To prevent damage while cleaning your DVDs, you should follow the tips that are mentioned below.

Steps for cleaning DVDs

First of all, use an air puffer to blow off any dust that has settled on the DVD. Then use a dry and soft cotton cloth to wipe the disc carefully. Wipe with the dry cloth before you apply any solution on the DVD. Do not wipe the DVD in a circular direction. You should start wiping from the center of the disc and then moving to the edge in a series of direct swipes. Never use paper products such as lens paper in order to clean the DVD. Do not use any abrasive on the surface of the disc. Remove heavy accumulation of dirt from the DVD by rinsing it with water. Use only special water-based detergent formulas for cleaning the optical surface.

DVDs should be cleaned no more than once a month with a non-abrasive damp cloth. Do not use hard water; you should use bottled water instead. Use lukewarm water. When you are using air to blow off the dust, do not use canned air, as it can be very cold and can cause the DVD to crack.

Don't let the 20' x 8' x 8' shipping container fool you -- the "MATTERHORN" consists of 40 subwoofers, 40 1,000-Watt amplifiers, 1100' of 12-gauge speaker cable, and 23-pounds of 0.030 welding wire. This subwoofer was built to military specifications.

Did you know???

The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

A zebra is white with black stripes.

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.

The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias.

Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold; there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and it's tongue is as long as an elephant.

Socrates became famous for asking questions about almost everything !!

The mother of all European languages is Sanskrit, which is considered the most suitable language for computer software

The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English .....


Did you know the first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals? People walked it along

The Industrial Revolution in Europe first saw the beginning of air pollution, which gradually became a major global problem.

The major air-polluting industries are iron, steel and, cement.

Of the 35-40 million tonnes of flyash generated annually by thermal power plants in India, only 2-3 percent is productively utilized.

The worst industrial disaster in India, occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methly isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy is being felt even today.

Every year some 50million cars are added to the world’s roads. Car making is now the largest manufacturing industry in the world.

In India the number of motorized vehicles have increased from 0.2 million in 1947 to 36.3 million in 1997.

The number of registered vehicles in Delhi is more than the sum total of registered vehicles in Mumbai, Calcutta, and Chennai.

Major contributor to Delhi's air pollution are vehicles.

Nearly three-fourths of India's population, which is rural, bears 84% of the burden of exposure to air pollution.

Growing population, poverty, and inadequate access to clean fuels in rural areas have perpetuated the use of biomass, thereby condemning more than 90% of rural households and more than 35% of urban hoseholds to high levels of indoor air pollution.

One of the most important measure to counter pollution is planting trees. With neem and peepal being the largest emitters of oxygen, planting them in the gardens purifies the surrounding air and helps in maintaining hygienic conditions. While champa, mogra and chameli have better chances of surviving pollution in summer, bulbous varieties do better in winter. Courtesy http://edugreen.teri.res.in/

This amazing image of an aircraft being struck by lightning circulates via email and has also been posted on various websites, blogs and forums. A video loop that also comes with the message shows what happened before, during and after the strike.



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The video is genuine and was indeed taken over an airport in Japan some years ago. The still image and video were discussed in a University of Florida scientific publication titled "The interaction of lightning with airborne vehicles". According to the report, the image and video loop show "a commercial aircraft initiating lightning at low altitude after take off from an airport in Japan during winter". The report notes that the lightning was probably initiated by the aircraft itself. This conclusion is validated by the video loop of the incident, which shows lightning branching downward and upwards from the aircraft. In fact, notes the article, "about 90 percent of the lightning discharges to aircraft are thought to be initiated by the aircraft themselves. The initiation apparently involves a bidirectional leader whose positive and negative parts develop from opposite sides of the aircraft."


Although the lightning strike certainly looks spectacular, there are no reports that indicate that the aircraft sustained any serious damage in the incident. In fact, while aircraft lightning strikes are not uncommon, serious damage or crashes caused by lightning are quite rare. According to a Scientific American article about lightning strikes and aircraft, its is "estimated that on average, each airplane in the U.S. commercial fleet is struck lightly by lightning more than once each year". However, the article notes that the last crash directly attributed to a lightning strike occurred back in 1967 when the fuel tank exploded.


Understanding of the potential effects of lightning strikes have increased substantially since then and modern commercial aircraft go through stringent lightning certification tests. After a strike, electricity from the lightning will normally travel through the conductive metal skin of the aircraft and then exit, in most cases, causing little or no damage. Short-term problems with aircraft instruments and lighting are sometimes reported.

Lock Windows to protect computer :
You can lock Windows to protect the computer when leaving the station easily by creating a shortcut with the path rundll32.exeuser32.dll, LockWorkStation. The Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature.

Edit sysoc.inf to list all software :
To show all software that can be removed from your computer (including protected Windows services), you can manually edit (using notepad for example) the sysoc.inf file located in Windows\inf\. Just remove the word hide next to the software pack.
Note - use this at your own risk. Removing critical components of the system will make Windows instable.

Defrag
Secret - Hidden Command Line Switch
Instructions - Go to "Start", "Run" and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.

Notes - Windows XP will run this automatically every three days or so, during system idle periods. BootVis will evoke this when you run the "Optimize System" function. There is no need to manually run this unless you wish to immediately optimize a newly installed application's load time.

Disable system services for maximum performance :
There are system services that you can disable to free up the system's load. To access the interface that permits you to make changes to system's services, type services.msc and the command prompt.
This is a list of services that are *usually* useless and can be safely disabled.

• Alerter
• Application Layer Gateway Service,
• Application Management
• Automatic Updates
• Background Intelligent Transfer
• Clipbook
• Distributed Link Tracking Client
• Distributed Transaction Coordinater
• Error Reporting Service
• Fast User Switching Compatibility
• IMAPI CD-Burning
• Indexing Service
• IPSEC Services
• Messenger
• Net Logon
• Net Meeting
• Remote Desktop Sharing
• Network DDE
• Network DDE DSDM
• Portable Media Serial Number
• Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
• Remote Registry
• Secondary Logon
• Smartcard
• SSDP Discovery Service
• Uninterruptible Power Supply
• Universal Plug and Play Device Host
• Upload Manager
• Webclient
• Wireless Zero Configuration
• WMI Performance Adaptor

NOTE: Make sure you don't need them since some applications you're using could depend on them. If you make any application to fail by disabling any of the services, go back and enable it again.

IExpress
Secret - Hidden Install Creator
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type iexpress -

Notes - IExpress is a technology designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.

MS-DOS Editor

Secret - Hidden Text Editor
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type edit

Notes - Windows XP comes with another text editor besides Notepad - it's called the MS-DOS Editor, and it's commonly referred to simply as Edit. It has features similar to Notepad, as well as additional features such as the ability to work with multiple text files and change the background and text colors.

Netmeeting

Secret - Hidden Internet Conference Application
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type conf -

Notes - Windows XP is the last version of Microsoft Windows to include NetMeeting. NetMeeting delivers a complete Internet conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as point-to-point audio and video.

Notepad

Secret - Create a Log File
Instructions - Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line. On the File menu, click Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to automatically add the current date and time to each log entry.

Paint

Secret - Image Trails
Instructions - Open an image and hold down Shift then drag the image around to create an image trail.

Secret - 10x Zoom
Instructions - Open an image and select the magnifying glass icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x.

Private Character Editor

Secret - Hidden Font Editor
nstructions - Go to Start, Run, type eudcedit -

Notes - You can use Private Character Editor to create unique letters and logos for your font library.

Windows Chat

Secret - Hidden Windows Chat Program
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type winchat -

Notes - You can use Windows Chat on your computer to communicate with someone on another computer. Both computers must be connected to the same network (for example, a local area network [LAN] or the Internet). Also, each computer must be running a similar protocol, such as TCP/IP.

Windows Media Player 5.1

Secret - Hidden Windows Media Player
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type mplay32

Windows Media Player 6.4
Secret - Hidden Windows Media Player
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type mplayer2 -
Notes - Windows Media Player 6.4 (Classic) is installed along with Windows Media Player 7. The only update is that it now supports the latest codecs.

On 6 September 2007, the UK government commissioned a review of the risks children faced from exposure to harmful or inappropriate material on the internet or in video games.

Psychologist Dr Tanya Byron was asked to lead the six-month review and the report detailing the work was published on 27 March.

Here are some of the key points taken from the report.

Children will be children - pushing boundaries and taking risks.

The safety of children should be a central concern for parents and society as a whole.

The report wants search sites to show when searches are safe

[The] remit has been to look at the grey areas - of legal, adult material such as 18 rated video games, and the risks to children online from a huge range of potentially harmful or inappropriate (but legal) content, contact with others and their own conduct.

Mixed research evidence on the actual harm from video games and use of the internet does not mean that the risks do not exist.

To help measure and manage those risks there needs to be a focus on what the child brings to the technology and use our understanding of children's development to inform an approach that is based on the "probability of risk" in different circumstances.

Efforts should be focused on reducing the availability of harmful and inappropriate material in the most popular part of the internet.

Parents also have a key role to play in managing children's access to such material.

Parents need help to keep up with their children online

The internet cannot be made completely safe. Because of this, children's resilience to the material to which they may be exposed must be build up to ensure they have the confidence and skills to navigate these new media waters more safely.

There are also steps that need to be taken in the UK and on a global platform to make the waters of new technology easier to navigate safely. This is about providing children and their parents with the proper tools, clear standards and signposts and somewhere to go when things go wrong.

Alongside new technology a new culture of responsibility is needed, where all in society focus not on defending entrenched positions, but on working together to help children keep themselves safe, to help parents to keep their children safe and to help each other support children and parents in this task.

Create a UK Council on Child Internet Safety that leads development of a strategy with two core elements:

1) better regulation - in the form of voluntary codes of practice that industry can sign up to.

2) better information and education, where the role of government, law enforcement, schools and children's services will be key.

The report wants games clearly labelled with age ratings

The council should investigate how the law around harmful and inappropriate material could be usefully clarified (including suicide websites) and explore appropriate enforcement responses.

Develop an independently monitored voluntary code of practice on the moderation of user generated content, including making specific commitments on take-down times.

All computers sold for home use should have kitemarked parental control software and ISPs should offer and advertise this prominently when people sign up.

The council should ensure search providers agree to make it obvious what level of search is on (e.g. safe or moderate) and give users the option to "lock it" on. Every search engine clearly link to child safety information and safe search settings on the front page of their website.

A properly funded public information and awareness campaign on child internet safety to change behaviour.

Sustainable education and children's services initiatives to improve the skills of children and their parents around e-safety.

Creation of a "one stop shop" for child internet safety within the DirectGov information network, based on extensive research about what different groups of users want.

The report wants new home computers fitted with filters

100% of schools should have Acceptable Use Policies that are regularly reviewed, monitored and agreed with parents and students.

Ofsted take steps to hold schools to account on their performance on e-safety.

Sustained, high profile and targeted efforts by industry to increase parents' understanding and use of age-ratings and controls on consoles.

That the statutory requirement to age classify games be extended to include those receiving 12+ ratings.

Introduce a hybrid classification system with BBFC logos on the front of all games (18,15,12,PG and U). Pegi to rate all 3+ and 7+ games and their equivalent logos (across - all age ranges) will be on the back of all boxes.

That there should be focused efforts to monitor enforcement of the statutory age ratings at the point of sale.

The BBFC and Pegi develop a joint approach to rating online games and driving up safety standards for children and young people in the games, under the auspices of the UK Council for Child Internet safety.

Separating wheat from the chaff during Internet searches can be a challenge: major search engines tend to substitute quantity for quality, returning many thousand results few users have the time to go through.

When it guesses that the user might be looking for more in-depth information, a new Yahoo tool provides, a lot of additional material — mostly visual — to provide an encyclopaedia-like page of multimedia reference material. It is called Yahoo Glue Pages — and it was substantially developed at the Bangalore end of Yahoo’s R&D labs.

Interestingly, the initial or beta release, of Glue Pages, is limited to India — and to the www.yahoo.in portal. “This is the first time that Yahoo India is launching a product ahead of the rest of the world,” explained Tapan Bhat, Yahoo’s U.S.-based senior vice-president.

While a normal Yahoo search at Yahoo.com, on “Aishwarya Rai” sees a list of conventional links; the same search if done at the ‘glued’ Yahoo.in site, brings up videos of her interview on American late night David Letterman Show; a clip of her Miss Universe triumph from You Tube; music tracks from her films; a portfolio of photos from the Flickr photo sharing site — as well as leads to related terms.

A touch screen is a computer display screen that is sensitive to human touch, allowing a user to interact with the computer by touching pictures or words on the screen. Touch screens are used with information kiosks, computer-based training devices, and systems designed to help individuals who have difficulty manipulating a mouse or keyboard. Touch screen technology can be used as an alternative user interface with applications that normally require a mouse, such as a Web browser. Some applications are designed specifically for touch screen technology, often having larger icons and links than the typical PC application. Monitors are available with built-in touch screen technology or individuals can purchase a touch screen kit.

The HP-150 from 1983 was probably the world's earliest commercial touch screen computer. It actually does not have a touch screen in the strict sense, but a 9" Sony CRT surrounded by infrared transmitters and receivers which detect the position of any non-transparent object on the screen.

Touchscreens are popular in heavy industry and in other situations, such as museum displays or room automation, where keyboards and mouse do not allow a satisfactory, intuitive, rapid, or accurate interaction by the user with the display's content.

Historically, the touchscreen sensor and its accompanying controller-based firmware have been made available by a wide array of after-market system integrators and not by display, chip or motherboard manufacturers. With time, however, display manufacturers and System On Chip (SOC) manufacturers worldwide have acknowledged the trend toward acceptance of touchscreens as a highly desirable user interface component and have begun to integrate touchscreen functionality into the fundamental design of their products.

A touch screen kit includes a touch screen panel, a controller, and a software driver. The touch screen panel is a clear panel attached externally to the monitor that plugs into a serial or Universal Serial Bus (USB) port or a bus card installed inside the computer. The touch screen panel registers touch events and passes these signals to the controller. The controller then processes the signals and sends the data to the processor. The software driver translates touch events into mouse events. Drivers can be provided for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Internal touch screen kits are available but require professional installation because they must be installed inside the monitor.

There are three types of touch screen technology:

• Resistive: A resistive touch screen panel is coated with a thin metallic electrically conductive and resistive layer that causes a change in the electrical current which is registered as a touch event and sent to the controller for processing. Resistive touch screen panels are generally more affordable but offer only 75% clarity and the layer can be damaged by sharp objects. Resistive touch screen panels are not affected by outside elements such as dust or water.
• Surface wave: Surface wave technology uses ultrasonic waves that pass over the touch screen panel. When the panel is touched, a portion of the wave is absorbed. This change in the ultrasonic waves registers the position of the touch event and sends this information to the controller for processing. Surface wave touch screen panels are the most advanced of the three types, but they can be damaged by outside elements.
• Capacitive: A capacitive touch screen panel is coated with a material that stores electrical charges. When the panel is touched, a small amount of charge is drawn to the point of contact. Circuits located at each corner of the panel measure the charge and send the information to the controller for processing. Capacitive touch screen panels must be touched with a finger unlike resistive and surface wave panels that can use fingers and stylus. Capacitive touch screens are not affected by outside elements and have high clarity.
• Infrared
• An infrared touch screen panel employs one of two very different methods. One method used thermal induced changes of the surface resistance. This method was sometimes slow and required warm hands. Another method is an array of vertical and horizontal IR sensors that detected the interruption of a modulated light beam near the surface of the screen. IR touch screens have the most durable surfaces and are used in many military applications that require a touch panel display.
• Strain gauge
• In a strain gauge configuration the screen is spring mounted on the four corners and strain gauges are used to determine deflection when the screen is touched. This technology can also measure the Z-axis. Typically used in exposed public systems such as ticket machines due to their resistance to vandalism.
• Optical imaging
• A relatively-modern development in touch screen technology, two or more image sensors are placed around the edges (mostly the corners) of the screen. Infrared backlights are placed in the camera's field of view on the other sides of the screen. A touch shows up as a shadow and each pair of cameras can then be triangulated to locate the touch. This technology is growing in popularity, due to its scalability, versatility, and affordability, especially for larger units.
• Dispersive signal technology
• Introduced in 2002, this system uses sensors to detect the mechanical energy in the glass that occur due to a touch. Complex algorithms then interpret this information and provide the actual location of the touch. The technology claims to be unaffected by dust and other outside elements, including scratches. Since there is no need for additional elements on screen, it also claims to provide excellent optical clarity. Also, since mechanical vibrations are used to detect a touch event, any object can be used to generate these events, including fingers and styli. A downside is that after the initial touch the system cannot detect a motionless finger.
• Acoustic pulse recognition
• This system uses more than two piezoelectric transducers located at some positions of the screen to turn the mechanical energy of a touch (vibration) into an electronic signal. This signal is then converted into an audio file, and then compared to preexisting audio profile for every position on the screen. This system works without a grid of wires running through the screen, the touch screen itself is actually pure glass, giving it the optics and durability of the glass out of which it is made. It works with scratches and dust on the screen, and accuracy is very good. It does not need a conductive object to activate it. It is a major advantage for larger displays. As with the Dispersive Signal Technology system, after the initial touch this system cannot detect a motionless finger.
• Frustrated total internal reflection
• This optical system works by using the principle of total internal reflection to fill a refractive medium with light. When a finger or other soft object is pressed against the surface, the internal reflection light path is interrupted, making the light reflect outside of the medium and thus visible to a camera behind the medium.
• Development
• Virtually all of the significant touchscreen technology patents were filed during the 1970s and 1980s and have expired. Touchscreen component manufacturing and product design are no longer encumbered by royalties or legalities with regard to patents and the manufacturing of touchscreen-enabled displays on all kinds of devices is widespread. The development of multipoint touchscreens facilitated the tracking of more than one finger on the screen, thus operations that require more than one finger are possible. These devices also allow multiple users to interact with the touchscreen simultaneously.With the growing acceptance of many kinds of products with an integral touchscreen interface the marginal cost of touchscreen technology is routinely absorbed into the products that incorporate it and is effectively eliminated. As typically occurs with any technology, touchscreen hardware and software has sufficiently matured and been perfected over more than three decades to the point where its reliability is unassailable. As such, touchscreen displays are found today in airplanes, automobiles, gaming consoles, machine control systems, appliances and handheld display devices of every kind. The ability to accurately point on the screen itself is taking yet another step with the emerging graphics tablet/screen hybrids.
• Ergonomics and usage
• An ergonomic problem of touchscreens is their stress on human fingers when used for more than a few minutes at a time, since significant pressure can be required and the screen is non-flexible. This can be alleviated with the use of a pen or other device to add leverage, but the introduction of such items can sometimes be problematic depending on the desired use case (for example, public kiosks such as ATMs). Also, fine motor control is better achieved with a stylus, a finger being a rather broad and ambiguous point of contact with the screen.

• Yet all of these ergonomic issues can be bypassed simply by using a different technique, provided that the user's fingernails are either short or sufficiently long. Rather than pressing with the soft skin of an outstretched fingertip, the finger is curled over, so that the top of the forward edge of a fingernail can be used instead. (The thumb is optionally used to provide support for the finger or for a long fingernail, from underneath.) The fingernail's hard, curved surface contacts the touchscreen at a single very small point. Therefore, much less finger pressure is needed, much greater precision is possible (approaching that of a stylus, with a little experience), much less skin oil is smeared onto the screen, and the fingernail can be silently moved across the screen with very little resistance, allowing for selecting text, moving windows, or drawing lines. (The human fingernail consists of keratin which has a hardness and smoothness similar to the tip of a stylus, and so will not typically scratch a touchscreen.) Alternately, very short stylus tips are available, which slip right onto the end of a finger; this increases visibility of the contact point with the screen. Oddly, with capacitive touch screens, the reverse problem applies in that individuals with long nails have reported problems getting adequate skin contact with the screen to register keystrokes (note that styluses do not work on capacitive touch screens nor do gloved fingers).