Constance-Belle Mare Plage-Mauritius (Hotel)

The Oberoi Hotel in Mauritius

ATI Catalyst graphics driver

Yesterday ATI released the latest version 10.1 of ATI Catalyst graphics driver software for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. There are various performance improvements in this release for the 58XX series of ATI graphics cards, as much as 3% while playing Left4Dead and around 4% increase in Crysis. Most of the Windows 7 issues have also been sorted out in this release.

Apple iPAD

Here is the video of the latest Apple device, the iPAD!!

Features of iPad:

• crisp 9.7 inch Capacitive Multi-Touch Display

• 16,32 or 64 GB Flash memory

• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi b/g/n

• 10 Hour battery life

• Half inch thick

• Weighs around 1.5 pounds

• In simple terms its a Giant iPod Touch

iPad Pricing

Apple’s iPad will be available at a starting price of just $499, kudos to Apple for unbelievable pricing. A total of 6 iPad models will be available.

Wi-Fi iPads and their Price:

16GB iPad - $499
32GB iPad - $599
64GB iPad - $699

Wi-Fi + 3G iPads

16GB iPad - $629
32GB iPad - $729
64GB iPad - $829

Pamplemousses Botanical Garden!!

Here are some pictures of plants, that i have taken at the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden found in Mauritius.

Nokia Money!!

Nokia Money!

Recently, Nokia released a new Booklet 3G and it is now planning on introducing a new service called ‘Nokia Money.

Nokia Money is simply about sending and receiving payments, using nothing but your mobile phone. Isn’t that awesome?? In Fact, Nokia will be working with Obopay to offer this new service. Obopay specialises in mobile payment solutions and is currently available in the US and India.

According to the company, Nokia Money will be easy to use and available on just about any phone, across different operator networks. Thus, it will be easy for millions of consumers to be able to use the service and manage much of their financial needs from their mobile phones. Also, Nokia intends for the service to work with other similar payment services.

The service is planned to be rolled out gradually over a period of time, starting in early 2010.

Dell Launches Alienware M11X Portable Gaming Laptop

Alienware- M11X

Have you ever heard about the Alienware M11X?? I guess some of you don't know. You will be surprised to know that Dell has launched a premium Alienware M11X, a 11.6 inch gaming laptop at the CES 2010. It is meant for all die hard gamers out there who wants portable gaming without giving out on graphics.

Alienware M11x Feautures:

• Sports a 720p resolution display along with NVIDIA GT335M graphics

• 6.5 hours battery life in standard mode (when not gaming)

• In gaming mode, it dies out in sub 2 hours
  

• 11.6" screen

• Intel C2D

• HDMI, DisplayPort and VGA

• NVIDIA GeForce Graphics with 1GB Memory and Integrated Graphics-Switchable without restarting

• 50FPS Crysis

• 30 FPS Call of Duty: MW2

• 3D Mark scores in 6

And guess what the price is?? Less than $1000 fully loaded and around Rs30000.

eVaro-Future Hybrid Sportscar.. Of The Present!!

Here comes a New Vehicle Design which may surprise us a little. It may look a bit weird but you will be surprised with the handling.

Specs:

• No emission for about 90% of the time that it is on the road.

• Achieves an average of less than 1 litre per 100 kilometers or 275 Miles per gallon for leisurely 20-60kph city driving.

• Average of 1.43 litres per 100 kilometres (165 Mpg) on the open road.

• 135 mph top speed (217 kilometres per hour).

• Acceleration speed 0-60 in 5 seconds.

• 122 to 325 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) between 100-125 mile ranges (160-201 kilometres) on electricity alone.

• Onboard FVT gas generator.

• 3 hour plug in at home recharge time or 1 hour with an FVT on board generator.

Alienware M15x - A BEAST of a machine!

ALIENWARE - M15x!

Have you ever heard of the term 'Gaming Rig'? It refers to usually to a persons most powerful PC used usually for gaming and entertainment.

I remember just a few years ago that when we wanted to be gamers, we had to build our rig from scratch, limiting to to being a desktop.

But as the years past, more and more high end compoments are being developed for laptops and even SLI (the use of more than one graphics card) has been introduced in larger sized laptops.

3 years ago - NVIDIA go 7900 gs, NVIDIA go 7900 gt, NVIDIA go 7950 gtx
2 years ago - NVIDIA 8600m GT
1 year ago - NVIDIA 8800m GTX, NVIDIA 9800m GTX
Most resent power house - NVIDIA GTX260m -> with 1 gigabyte DD3 VRAM

For everyone who is a Gamer, they must of come accross the company AlienWare (which just recently got bought by DELL).

The AlienWare range of machines target the gaming market and thus they try thier best to intergrate the most powerful components into thier products and thus even thier smallest laptop is a gaming beast!

Here is the AlienWare M15x:

Think WOW! All that power inside a 15.6" Laptop!

SYSTEM COLOR Alienware M15x, Cosmic Black
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1 Year Basic Service Plan
VIDEO CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M
LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz – 2 x 4096MB
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
BATTERY OPTIONS Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
WIRELESS CARDS Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card
PERSONALIZED PLATE Personalized Nameplate
ALIENFX COLOR AlienFX Mars Red
SOUND OPTIONS Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
BLUETOOTH Internal Bluetooth 2.1 Mini-Card - 2.1 Enhanced Data Rate

And all this for ONLY (in gamng rig terms, this is not much) $2249!!
In mauritian terms - ONLY Rs 67,255

Just for fun

Waterproof Camcorder

Ever dropped your camcorders in water?? Want to know more about underwater life?? Well, am curious about aquatic life and am looking forward to the Xacti DMX-CA8 camcorder. It is a waterproof camcorder which might be released in August 2010.

Specs:

• 8MP CMOS sensor
• 5x optical Zoom
• Face Chaser mode that does facial recognition even when underwater
• Compatible with JIS IPX5 and IPX8 Japanese standard
• Waterproof up to 1 hour underwater at 1.5m depth
• Can record video files in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 at 60fps in VGA

Walking table.. Is that Real??

Did you guys know about walking tables?? For those who don't about it, watch this video!! It is funny but real..

The famous Dodo

Here are some pictures of the famous extinct bird which was once found in Mauritius.

Mauritius?? What's that??

Many people are not aware about the existence of Mauritius Island or where it is found. Most of them go "huh, Mauritius?? Where is that", "Mauritius?? Never heard of that before" or "OOHHH, the Dodo island!!"

Well folks, you are right!! It is indeed the famous Dodo island. Let me offer you a brief tour to show you what Mauritius is.

Mauritius is officially known as the Republic of Mauritius (L'ile Maurice, moris, paradise island) and is found in the indian ocean, about 900 kilometers east of Madagascar.

I have taken a few snapshots of places in Mauritius. Feel free to have a look and I hope you will like it..

Flic en Flac Beach

Belle Mare Beach