Today the telecom market leader in Bangladesh,Grameenphone has finally announced the long deserving tarrif plan. With the announcement of three new price packages Shohoj, Aapon,
Bondhu, along with djuice,
the pre-paid subscribers will enjoy a greatly reduced call rate as well as other benefits. The packages are interchangeable and easy to
migrate.

Grameenphone has confirmed that the Existing users can switch to the new
packages free of cost by next
month. New subscribers will also have the advantage of the new tarrif plan when they buy the connection at a reduced price. Any Grameenphone user can now switch to djuice, or vice versa. Tk 10 will be charged after April 13 for migration.

The Shohoj package will let
users who need to call all
mobile networks and offers
callers a low, flat rate of Tk
0.79 a minute and SMS at Tk 1
to any operator.
The Aapon package offers a
special daytime tariff
(12pm-4pm) and nighttime
tariff (12am-8am) of Tk 0.49
a minute.

Aapon users can
also call at Tk 0.49 a minute
and send SMS at Tk 0.50 to
three Grameenphone FnF
(friends and family) numbers
any time and SMS to any
operator at Tk 1.

The Bondhu package is for
users whose calls are usually
limited to a tight FnF circle.
This package offers the
highest number of FnFs and
users can call seven FnF
numbers at Tk 0.49 a minute
any time. Calls to all other
numbers are Tk 0.99 a
minute. SMS rates are Tk 0.50
a SMS to GP numbers and Tk 1
to other operator numbers.

However, the instructions for switching to packages has not yet been on the net. Watch the space for detail as soon as I get them,

So, who are you? Apon, Shohoj or Bondhu?

Tattoos, the art of crafting images, graphics or text on ones body, has become popular over time and is a very ancient art. It has a history of thousands of years. There is evidence of tattooing in Chile, Russia and Australia which gradually spread as an act of art across the world. Since then, thousands of people draw tattoos on their body.

The interesting fact is that it is now a very rich industry with constant developments. Tattoos are normally drawn with some easily-made instruments called the tattoo-gun consisting of a ordinary needle. These needles work very slow and has a great amount of risk involved of having infections. Latest research in tattoo technology gives the tattoo lovers a new taste of tattoo. Now there are electronic guns which can travel between the skin a thousand times in a minute. Technically, a modern tattoo gun works like a very good printer which makes it easy for the tattoo expert to draw almost anything. Designers now give a lot of time in designing a tattoo and targets a specific audience. Now anybody can select a tattoo of their favourite theme and through the web, it has just become more easier to find tattoos meaning strength or joy or just anything one feels to express. They are now more ‘psychologically’ designed.

Laser tattoo guns, that uses laser technology to inscribe tattoos on human body, are also emerging as a more comprehensive solution for tattoo lovers.

This year at CES there has been a number of new and innovative technology has been exhibited with a promise of making a lot of them available for the public in a short time.

Water is an essential element of Human life and we cannot survive without water. But if we talk about water in terms of its relationship with electronic devices, it is well known as a killer. As we know that I can’t get my favourite iPod wet while walking in the rain or moving around at the beach, when such happens is really disappointing and is considered to be an ‘accident’. It is even worse if my facourite electronic gadget gets dipped into the water!

It’s a matter of an worry even though the device is on warranty because NO ELECTRONICS company offers a warranty for wet products anyway. The latest technology can be a ray of hope. Now, there is a special kind of ‘WATER ABSORBING BAG’ available called the Bheestie Bag which may cost you around $20 or around. The role it plays is that there are water-absorbing beads in the bag which will dry out the cell phones, MP3 players or most such gadgets that has been wet. The fact is that the recovery is not guaranteed, yet it will definitely work better than using the hair-dryer or so and most interestingly it takes less time.

So, there is a new hope emerging to save our waterlogged electronics.

More Precious than Diamonds. Your Memories Carved in Stone.
“Never use rewritable discs for long-term storage.”

— Library of Congress Website

When something will last forever, we say it’s “written in stone.” That’s what we’re going to do with your digital files. Photos, music, movies, documents, ledgers – anything and everything you care about — will be etched forever into a special disc made from a diamond-like material. There’s no storage on earth as secure as a Cranberry DiamonDisc™.

It’s the permanent, backwards-compatible archive solution for the digital age.

The Library of Congress warns,”Storage media such as compact discs and DVDs that were thought to last, don’t — they often fail within a few years.” Millenniata, the inventor of the Cranberry DiamonDisc, has eliminated all the failure points in DVD technology. The result is a diamond-like DVD that will last for centuries and is not susceptible to failure.

The Cranberry DiamonDisc has no adhesive layers, dye layer or reflective layer to deteriorate. A high-intensity laser physically etches your information into the diamond-like surface of our synthetic stone disc. No other layer is needed.

The format is the same as any other DVD. We changed only the materials and construction of the physical disc. And the Cranberry DiamonDisc is fully backwards-compatible. This means that it can be read by any DVD player in any computer and is fully platform-independent.
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TRIVIA: Gold sells for about $1,000 an ounce. But one ounce of average quality, 1-carat diamonds will sell for $825,000.

Diamond – 825 times better than gold.

“Storage media such as compact discs and DVDs that were thought to last don’t — they often fail within a few years. The backup discs you make today may become damaged or obsolete in the future.”

— Library of Congress Website
Writing to the Cranberry DVD

Specialized hardware is required to etch the diamond-like surface of a Cranberry DiamonDisc. The cost of this hardware puts it out of the reach of most consumers. This is why we’ll need to etch your DiamonDisc for you.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Cranberry DiamondDisc.
The process is simple:

* Purchase your Cranberry DiamonDisc online.
* Upload your files through the secure online Cranberry File Uploader or send them to Cranberry by mail.
* Cranberry etches your files onto the DiamonDisc and mails it to your home or office.

There’s no time like the present…

If we put it off, it may never get done.

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What’s wrong with using other methods of backing up your information? Here is a one page explanation of different solutions which are available but do not meet the test of permanent backup. We encourage you to read it carefully. Once you understand the failure points of current solutions you will be eager to start moving your files to a permanent Cranberry DiamonDisc.

The Cranberry DiamonDisc is the only permanent backward-compatible backup medium available on the market today. While you do not need your files to last 1,000 years, you do need them to last until another permanent backup solution is available in the future. For now, the Cranberry DiamonDisc is your only solution.

You can start permanently storing your important memories and data on Cranberry Discs today. We make it easy.
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Each Cranberry DiamonDisc…

* Holds up to 2,000 photos
* Holds up to 1,200 songs
* Holds up to 3 hours of video

Included with your purchase is free software to easily send your files to us to be etched onto the discs purchased. The finished discs will be mailed to you.

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Each Cranberry DiamonDisc…

* Holds up to 2,000 photos
* Holds up to 1,200 songs
* Holds up to 3 hours of video

Included with your purchase is free software to easily send your files to us to be etched onto the discs purchased. The finished discs will be mailed to you.

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My Memories Suite from Polaroid adds a new level of flexibility to digital scrapbooking and earns TopTenREVIEWS’ Gold Award.

$149.75 this package of five Cranberry DiamonDiscs

The point of creating that beautiful scrapbook is to share those memories. My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software not only makes it easier to create the ultimate page or album, but also helps you share your creative masterpiece easily-and in a variety of ways. Now you can make one scrapbook, then with one click of your computer’s mouse, you can output it in so many different formats and as often as you want.
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Cranberry DVD Vault™ In addition to receiving your own Cranberry DiamonDisc you can have the piece of mind knowing that even it is misplaced or lost, you can simply request a duplicate from Cranberry. Cranberry will create a duplicate Cranberry DiamonDisc when the original is created. The duplicate will be kept in secure storage vault and used to create replacement discs when needed.

Why do I need the Cranberry DVD Vault?
Your DiamonDisc is the best technology available for safeguarding your files. That said, there are at least three reasons you should order the DVD Vault service.

Loss or theft. Your data is safe on the DiamonDisc unless it is stolen or lost.

Fire. The DVD can withstand temperatures as high as 300 degrees. Unless you can make sure that your house doesn’t burn down at more than 300 degrees, you need the DVD Vault.

We need your money. How’s that for transparency? The technology behind the DiamonDisc is so expensive that we cannot make much money selling you the DVD. We need you to subscribe to the DVD vault service so that we can pay the bills.

$89 Annual DVD Vault Storage for Up to 25 DVDs

If nature has given men the power to innovate, wouldn’t it be better if the innovations reflects the nature? And obviously, imitating nature is not going to cause harm to humanity rather than bringing some convenience to the people. Well, I am talking about the latest innovation by Qualcomm, a kind of reflective display technology that has been developed inspired by nature and gives a better performance and is more comfortable to eye than the traditional display technologies like LED or AMOLED.

They call it mirasol, a display technology that is based on a reflective technology called IMOD (Interferometric MODulation), putting the MEMS structures as the base making the whole thing extremely low power consuming, and highly reflective enabling the display to be seen even in direct sunlight.

According to Qualcomm, their engineers have developed the mirasol display by “studying and mimicking nature’s processes and structures”.

Since, it’s a relatively new technology, it may appear to be costlier for the device manufacturers to implement as a result of which the device may become of high-price range. But as the technology is both energy efficient and human-friendly, they will be chosen by device manufacturers aiming at providing consumers with better experience and more mobility by enhancing the battery life. It looks like that this display technology is a major breakthrough in the industry.

The Bluray format is struggling to achieve the popularity but it seems that the growth of Bluray market is noticeably slower than former mainstream disk media like the DVD. Cost is may be an important factor behind this but the most important fact the users are still not reluctant to accept blueray is the speed and performance.  Those who love bluray or want to use the features of the format, there is definitely a good news. The very new BDR-205 of Pioneer Electronics is an 5.25-inch internal Blu-ray writer which is announced to be available in the market in the later October and at an estimated cost of around $200-$250.

Pioneer’s achievement here is in gaining the speed. Even though it’s not a giant leap of promising you a multiplex of its present 8x speed this small shift of speed to (50% faster than the previous one) a 12x cannot be ignored either.it’s the industry’s first computer blueray writer that has the fastest speed to write at an speed of 12x for both single and dual-layer Blu-ray Disc. A blue ray disc can contain around 50 GB of storage space on a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc, enabling data backup an easy task ease which has become a bit easier with the speed-up feature.

So, it seems that the blu-ray platform is getting faster and making it’s way through. However, Pioneers achievements with BDR-205 blu-ray optical drive strikes the note that the development continues to make blu-ray more reliable, faster and of better performance.

Do you ride an awesome bike and are passionate about making your bike look more gorgeous and have a unique look then your neighbour’s one? Then it’s time to add some eye-catching gadgets and give it a personal touch.

So, what do you think will make your bike look the best? Is that the excellent and shiny wheels or the beautiful chrome accessory with that personalised license frame and back plate set?

Whether it’s the latest Yamaha or the honda, you’ll always find the perfect accessories online. There are a good number of customization services available online who maintain a great collection of honda motorcycle parts as well as parts for many brands. If you would love to take your riding experience grab some cool gadgets and accessories now!

If you spend a long time with multimedia appliances, you would be wondering the necessity of a centralized control for all your media devices being used with the setup. Since, every multimedia device incorporates a good list of features, the ability to control the same becomes a bit complex.

But technology has driven our life towards a better experience with all the advancements, and it has become immediate to grab the control. Yamaha NeoHD, the remote control for devices connected that can centrally control any devices connected to the home entertainment system.

Not only can the Media Controllers seemlessly control a large number of sources, they can function as an IR remote junction. Three IR outputs allow wireless control of up to six other AV components. For example, the customer can operate a TV, a Blu-ray player and a game system using the neoHD remote control. A vast IR code library is built in, and the remote has sophisticated code-learning capability.

No more multiple remote controls sitting on the couch or coffee table. Now the customer needs only one! And people who are intimidated by large remote controls with many buttons will like this one. In addition to power, volume, channel and mute buttons, it has just a few others plus a cursor for making selections via the on-screen interface. The message is: “Not complicated! and Family friendly!”

In keeping with the overall design concept, the GUI (graphical user interface) is clean and simple, with cool, minimal graphics. It provides activity-based operation, which is more natural than just selecting from text menus. The user simply selects Watch, Listen or Play using the remote cursor, then chooses the desired source. All the other menus, such as song lists, are also easy to view, understand and make selections from. In addition, this attractive GUI provides high quality images, such as iPod or Rhapsody album cover art.

neoHD can display pop-up menus and a virtual remote control* on the bottom of the screen. They are unobtrusively overlaid on top of what is on the screen. The pop-up menus provide quick access to various functions. The virtual remote control makes it easier to control connected components.

* When the virtual remote control menu is displayed, the cursor keys on the remote operate the virtual remote control. When virtual remote control is off, the cursor keys control the source device.

eoHD Media Controller
Enjoy all your AV sources with a single high quality media controller. One remote control gives you total media management.
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neoHD WiFi Media Controller
Enjoy all your AV sources plus music streaming from your computer, Internet Radio and Rhapsody content.
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neoHD 2.1 system
A great system that includes a neoHD Media Controller, 2 stylish speakers and a powerful subwoofer
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Air Surround Xtreme

Achieves surround sound with clarity and sound imaging unlike any other two-speaker system. You can hear clear dialogue from the front, with distinctly separate surround sounds and smooth movement around the sound field.

7.1ch technology: Articulate Sound Source Expressions from Various Directions: ”The AIR SURROUND XTREME has employed a newly developed virtual 7.1ch technology that can independently recreate the surround-channel and surround-back-channel in stereo.  The result of it is the clearly and amazingly identifiable sound sources from various directions”.

Position Mode: Sideways Shift of the Most Effective Listening Point: ”This mode is capable of shifting the most effective listening spot on the row while keeping the sound field of multi-channel program. The amazing ability to shift the best listening point by a mere balance adjustment has enabled to provide an idealistic surround effect, even when listening not exactly in between two speakers”.

Wide Mode: Widening of Surround Effective Area: ”The “Wide Mode” is for two to three people listening laterally. Our original technology, “multi-points cross talks canceling” process has enabled to create a comfortable surround feeling in much larger area, adding a further value to the AIR SURROUND XTREME for the enjoyment with more than two people”.
Dolby TRUE HD
Dolby® TrueHD is Dolby’s next-generation lossless technology developed for high-definition disc-based media. Dolby TrueHD delivers tantalizing sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master, unlocking the true high-definition entertainment experience on next-generation discs. When coupled with high-definition video, Dolby TrueHD offers an unprecedented home theater experience that lets you enjoy sound as stunning as the high-definition picture.
DTS Digital Surround
The basic DTS 5.1 channel sound format. Uses a higher data rate than Dolby Digital.
HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first and only industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. With the ability to deliver crystal-clear, all-digital audio and video via a single cable, HDMI dramatically simplifies cabling and helps provide consumers with the highest-quality home theater experience. HDMI can provide an interface between any audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, or A/V receiver and an audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV), over a single cable.

Depending on the model of product, HDMI can support standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable . It can transmit all ATSC HDTV standards and supports 8-channel, 192kHz, uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby Digital and DTS), newer HDMI devices can support HDMI 1.3 technology which adds additional support for new lossless digital audio formats Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™.

(view the Specifications of each product for details on HDMI compatibility)
USB
This unit is equipped with a USB port that allows you to enjoy WAV (PCM format only), MP3 and WMA audio files from a USB memory device (USB flash drive).
CINEMA DSP Digital
Conventional multichannel audio reproduction systems base their sound on Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, using matrix and steering technologies to create surround sound effects. Yamaha CINEMA DSP is much more advanced, actually creating richly realized independent sound fields that envelop you in an unmatched surround sound experience. With dialogue, music and effects from ideally located in these separate sound fields, you will hear sound with accurate placement, smooth movement, exceptional clarity and richness, and startlingly realistic presence. It will seem as if the walls of your room have disappeared and you are in the middle of your own immense theater! The decoding circuitry performs Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS Digital Surround, DTS-ES (DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 and DTS-ES Discrete 6.1), DTS Neo:6 and DTS 96/24 decoding with extreme accuracy, as well as all digital sound field processing.
Compressed Music Enhancer
Yamaha employs sophisticated digital signal processing with exclusive algorithms to enable playback that improves the performance of compressed music formats, including MP3 and WMA. With the Compressed Music Enhancer, highs and especially lows are richer and smoother, bringing music back to life to be as close to the original as possible.
YPAO Automatic System Calibration
Yamaha’s YPAO system uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, etc. Until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room and you don’t have to do anything!
YMC-500 neoHD MEDIA CONTROLLER
TV, movies, music…it’s all right at your command. Get ready for beautiful images and dynamic sound with ultra-easy control.

The neoHD Media Controllers are completely different than ordinary AV receivers. Instead of more functions, more buttons and more complicated operation, their basic concept is simplicity. You can connect all the equipment that you use to enjoy audio and video, and operate them all with one simple remote control! No more bother with multiple remotes. The on-screen display has an icon-based interface that’s extremely easy to use, and the sound system is also simplified—you’ll enjoy realistic surround sound even from just two speakers. neoHD: one look tells you this is a new idea in home entertainment.
MAIN FEATURES

* Easy Operation GUI
* Simplified remote control
* 1080p-compatible HDMI (3 in / 1 out)
* Video upconversion to HDMI
* HD audio format decode
* iPod / Bluetooth compatibility via optional accessories

* USB port for music and photo playback
* AIR SURROUND XTREME
* CINEMA DSP
* Adaptive DRC
* Compressed Music Enhancer

No studying manuals, no confusing procedures
—just quick and easy operation
First you have to set up your AV system for optimum surround sound. Complicated? Not at all! In fact, the neoHD Media Controller does it all for you, using Yamaha’s automatic YPAO setup system. Then its time to start enjoying your music, games, TV and movies from any of the sources you’ve hooked up.

Operation is refreshingly simple…even the basic design of the remote control is reassuring. All you need to do is touch a few buttons and adjust the volume. No complicated choices or adjustments are necessary. And you’ll really like the clear and simple GUI (graphical user interface). You simply select Watch, Listen or Play using the cursor on the remote control, then choose your desired source. All the other menus, such as song lists, are also easy to view and understand.
neoHD YMC-500 Network
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neoHD Control

Yamaha AIR SURROUND XTREME
Yamaha’s exclusive AIR SURROUND XTREME achieves surround sound with clarity and sound imaging unlike any other two-speaker system. You hear clear dialogue from the front, with distinctly separate surround sounds and smooth sound movement around the sound field.

Specifications
Channels     5.1
Dolby TrueHD     •
DTS     •
Dolby ProLogic IIx     •
DSP Programs     5
Adaptive DRC     •
Air Surround Xtreme     •
Compressed Music Enhancer     •
HDMI Auto Lip Sync     •
Analog Video to HDMI Upconversion     •
HDMI Pass-through     •
Deep Color 30 / 36 Bit     •
x v Color     •
YPAO (w/Optimizer Microphone)     •
On-Screen Display     • (GUI w/ HDMI Overlay)
Simplified Main Remote Control Unit     •
Main unit cablable of Learning IR Commands     •
Firmware Upgradeable     • (via USB)
Wireless Capability (802.11b/g)
Ethernet Connection (10/100)
1080p Compatible HDMI (In/Out)     • (3 / 1)
Component Video Inputs     2
Composite Video Inputs     1
Digital Inputs (O: Optical, C: Coaxial)     (O: 1, C: 1)
Analog Audio Inputs     1
Remote Control IR Ports (In/Out)     • (1 / 3)
Speaker Terminals     5 Ch
Subwoofer Output     •
Dock Port     • (for optional YDS-11/YBA-10)
USB Input* (Photos, Music)     •
Internet Content
Local Area Network (LAN) Content
Access to PC/Mac iTunes Library
iPod Music     • (w/ optional YDS-11)
Bluetooth (A2DP) Audio     • (w/ optional YBA-10)
Product Dimensions (W x H x D)     11-3/4″ x 3-5/8″ x 12-3/8″
Product Weight     7.9 lbs
Shipping Dimensions (W x H x D)     16-1/8″ x 7-1/4″ x 14-7/8″
Shipping Weight     11 lbs.

World leaders in environmental movement urges that alternative energy resources should be discovered and utilized to make the world a better place for the next generation.

Solar Power, which is an enormous source of power has always been a point of focus. The developments in Solar Energy as a renewable and efficient energy source for the people around the world are getting popular. The only problem has been the complexity and technical skills required in setting up a solar panel and maintaining it. Good news spread really fast and in recent years, scientists have developed and nourished a technology through which solar cells can be made with plastic components only that can turn the sun’s huge power into electrical energy regardless of the clouds in the sky.
The plastic material used to produce electric current from  solar power uses nanotechnology through harnessing the sun’s invisible, infrared rays. These cells are the first of the kind to absorb the infrared rays of the sun and turn it into power. This breakthrough has led to an idea that sooner, the plastic component based solar technology will gain more and more popularity and efficiency as well as become cost effective.

The best of the news is that the components are too light and small that the composite can be easily sprayed onto other materials, similar to the paint we use.  Plastic solar cells are nothing new but the latest development has enabled it to harness the invisible power in the infrared spectrum.

Now the form can be utilized in many different ways from charging our cellphones through the power generated by our jacket painted with solar cells or to meet our day to day power requirements.

The researchers expect that Solar Power will potentially replace traditional power sources reducing the risk of environmental damages.