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Paul carries ‘Libby’ in his hand luggage. Try explaining that to customs!

Lib-b is a hexapod Paul built and recently exhibited to demonstrate his passion for technology and what can be done with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. Technology is all around us but our awareness of how we can use it to make life simple, richer and more fun is very low. The purpose of Paul’s wotudo blog is to shout out stuff you can do, and show you how to do it.

Hear more from Paul at http://www.ilivetocode.com/paul.

Also, don’t miss out on RoboChamps, a series of 3-D simulated challenges that makes robotics available to a lot more people, http://www.robochamps.com/.

Well in my last post, we told you about the different phones that can be modded. Now it’s time for some real modding. Today we are going to learn some basics of Sone Ericsson Modding. Please keep in mind that this guide covers both DB 2010/12 and DB 2020 but excludes DB 3150 phones. Please refer to this POST to know which DB series your phone belongs to.

First of all you need to install Sony Ericsson PC Suite and after that please download the USB Drivers from here. Extract the files in any folder on your desktop. Now switch off your phone and press C and then connect the wire which you use to connect to your phone to your PC. Then a new dialog box will pop-up saying new Hardware Found.

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Here are lists of Phones which can be modded. From next week don’t forget to check Tech Wizard for Modding Articles –

Nokia N95 ~

Both N95 and N95 8GB can be modded and you can get many applications for N95 which use’s the built in accelerometer of N95 to provide many new features.

All the mods of Nokia N95 applies to other Nokia phones as well that have built in accelerometer. Sadly no other Nokia phone can be modded.

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XFX today published information about XFX 9600GSO on their website. XFX 9600GSO operates at 580/1450/1400 MHz frequencies, has a 192bit memory channel and has 384Mb of Memory. The package also includes Company of Heroes Game and is available for 100 Euros.

ASUS today agreed that Asus had sent 5200mAh capacity batteries with their Eee PC to reviewers. The current Eee PC sold to consumers has a 4800mAh battery instead of the 5200mAh one. Asus apologized publicly and said that they are thinking of launching the 5200mAh battery as an add-on to the Eee PC, and accidentally they sent the Eee PC equipped with 5200mAh batteries to the reviewers. Asus said that they are thinking of replacing the 4800mAh batteries with the 5200mAh one to the consumers who have already bought the Eee PC. Something like this is nothing new and many companies have been sending cherry picked products to the reviewers so as to get more points/good comments than their product should.

Apple updated their Mac range day before yesterday and now it’s possible to purchase a Mac Workstation Pro with 8800GT Graphics Card. This card is equipped with 512Mb of GDDR3 memory and supports Dual Link DVI. Earlier this year Apple had said that 8800GT will be an exclusive option for the new Mac Pro. Apple Mac’s usually come with low to mid end graphics card and there is no option to include a high end graphics card in your Mac, so this option must be welcomed by one and all.

In February Nvidia had launched some information about its Mobile HD platform for handheld devices like PDA’s etc. A recent product briefing by Dailytech further revealed that APX 2500 has a power consumption of only 50mw which allows the chip to run upto 10 hours with a single battery charge, thus making APX 2500 ideal for handheld devices. Nvidia states that the first devices to use the APX 2500 platform will be launched within this year.

Nvidia says that APX 2500 is a single chip processor whose size is less than a dime and the APX 2500 chip will include an ARM 11 core processor with a maximum speed of 750MHz, a Geforce based GPU, a high definition Audio and Video processor, memory and an Input/Output system all within the same package. Though APX 2500 is not bigger than a dime, APX 2500 is capable of running HD videos through HDMI. APX 2500 is stated to deliver high definition video content upto 720p in H.264, Mpeg and VC-1 formats. The Geforce GPU inside APX 2500 is capable of producing 3D graphics with features like programmable pixel shader, vertex and lighting and sampled Anti Aliasing.

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Hardcore Overclocker’s already know about liquid cooling since liquid cooling allows them to overclock their processor more than air cooling will allow them to and also liquid cooling cools their processor better thus increasing its life. Liquid Cooling is one of the most extreme and exotic cooling systems for Overclocker’s/Gamers.

In the supercomputer segment companies like IBM have generally relied on air cooling using air conditioner in the room where the supercomputer is present. But things seem to have changed now, IBM’s latest supercomputer called the Power 575 which is equipped with IBM’s latest Power6 Microprocessor has moved from air cooling to liquid cooling using water chilled copper plates located above each processor and thus the new supercomputer requires upto 80% fewer air conditioning units.

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Now here’s a delight for photographers. Samsung has unveiled its NV 24HD high-end digital camera featuring HD video capabilities and 10.2 megapixel. The device has a 24mm wide lens facilitated with 3.6x optical zoom. It also has an HDMI port so that you can connect it to your HDTV for viewing your recorded videos at 30 frames per second.

Another major advantage it carries is that it has a 2.5″ AM-OLED display on the back side of the camera which means that it will be hell faster than the standard LCD. The camera also offers all sorts of regular features in the high end category like Optical Image Stabilization, Digital Image Stabilization, Red Eye Fix, Auto Contrast Balance, Blink Detection and so on making your photo-shoots a pleasurable experience.

Well all these feature are ideal for professional photographers and not for amateurs like me and you.

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You may find a headset like this among many of those bluetooth headsets our there, but you won’t find one with the price as low as $4.99. Yes the Motorola’s H350 Bluetooth Headset is available for $4.99 at OfficeDepot. It may not be as appealing or feature rich as the others but its pricing makes it stand out among the rest.

In the end it’s your choice whether to buy it or not. But considering the cheap price it offers and it’s short lifespan (the offer expires on March 15) it may attract many buyers.