Call Of Duty:Black ops Tweet

If a core gamer reads the title of this post he'll be as excited as i am writing about it now. I recently had the liberty to get myself the new Call of Duty:Black ops! The best seller of all the CODs.Although i had to shell out a few extra bucks but what the hell its worth it.

The BLACK OPS is the 7th part by the Treyarch's, adding to the family of CALL OF DUTY or COD as it is notoriously known :) 
Now coming to the serious part!The game as a whole. What is so good in it that its world renowned and so popular? well keep reading and you will know why the hype exactly.
Starting with the Graphics and sound, If your a gamer and you tend to look at minute details black ops does not let you down! The graphics is just outstanding.They've made made it so realistic that from the drop of sweat to the blood spilling out when you get your kill just looks like a movie! They've worked a lot with the animations because now they not hold the knee and fall dead but have various actions for different kills.A bullet to the head or a bullet to the knee will be totally different so i hope you get my point!
Sound,what's so special this time? well i quite did not like the conversations because everyone in the game tend to Speak a lot rather than concentrating in the mission and its details! apart from that the Background Music is truly amazing and it suits the situation precisely. 

Flame thrower in action.

Now the In Game options, 
There is the campaign mode which has various difficulties and can be chosen according to your talent :P 
The Multiplayer mode which is the icing on the cream , i'll tell you why down the post.
The zombie mode for playing along with a couple of friends.


The gameplay is just similar to the previous versions about your character fighting alongside a group of people in a particular organization to make sure things are better in the world,in Black ops the entire story seems to be an interrogation which allows the vast location changes to look appropriate. Although the interrogation looks kinda out-of-the way with the narrator getting into your characters head by flashing numbers they've made it look real! 

That's you flying a chopper.

Bdw your character is Alex mason done by Sam worthington.The story is a bit difficult to be kept track of because  of the complex nature of it.The game has a lot of new stuffs ranging from flying a helicopter to riding a motorcycle to riding a boat, yeah you can do it all. Brings back the GTA memories doesn't it? But just all the more real and dangerous.The one draw back i found was that it was too scripted just to make it all dramatic which deprives the gamer his main need the choice! You are bound to do what they want us to. And bdw the game is very small i finished it in 8hr stretch so don't expect it to be all long and time consuming.Well this is all about the campaign mode.
The reason for people to keep playing this game is the MULTPLAYER mode, which has numerous additions like customizing your gun, face paint,Player experience and what not.You can even buy new weapons using your points and customize your guns by adding your own target or a flame thrower or a grenade launcher.Its all there experiment and master your weapon.There is this Wager match that allows gamers to Bet with their points guessing how they will do and the top three in the match wins the prize.Well this could just be the next big thing in gaming which makes things even more competitive,even for all you veterans out there.With better maps and weapons and killstreaks and contracts its just a thumbs up :) and bdw if your a noob please take some combat practice because it can quite mess your minds you know being shot and dying now and then.So, get used to that before entering this mode.
There is the zombie mode too just like COD 5 where friends among each other have to kill zombies, its split screen so its not much of the fun but playing with your friends is a great deal is it not?


Well the cinematography of this game is the most commendable aspect. I am sure tryarch will team up with activision again to bring something as legendary as modern warfare 1. Nothing beats that game!


So,what's my say in this, well CALL OF DUTY:BLACK OPS is not the best COD ever till date.The upgrades in the Animation ,facial expressions , the guns, the helicopters - bikes  - blasts :D but the game play is a tad stretchy. Its all there you just have to discover the soldier in you! Don't worry about the price its truly worth it. Cheers :D
PS: If you've a console better for all you PC gamers you need a great gaming rig like Ani's to make this happen , read the posts in the blog to know about various upgrades and great deals.
So until next time GAME ON :)


Ashwin
For TechnoManiacz 

Scientists store 900,000GB of data in 1 gram of E. coli bacteria Tweet

                                                                       Doesn’t seem possible? Well, scientists have been working on using proteins, bacteria and other organic material as storage media for a while now, and if only looks like all the efforts are bearing fruit, it doesn’t make it any more unlikely! Calling it ‘bioencryption by recombination’, a team of scientists from Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have figured out how to store and en/decrypt data onto living bacteria cells.

                                                                      These efforts are part of the CUHK’s submission to iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) 2010 contest, and its mission statement reads:

CUHK iGEM 2010 team is formed by a group of undergraduates and instructors from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our project is to create a brand new biological cryptography system. We harness the incredible adaptability of simple organisms in the tortured environment to make sure that the message stored can be left undisturbed regardless of any environmental changes.

 As you can infer, the aim of the project is not just to create an information dense storage medium, but also to make it extremely resistant to hacking and environmental damage, which most current solutions are especially affected by. You can download their presentation (PDF) from here. In essence, the team sought to make bacteria data storage and encryption feasible in the real world, which previously returned very low and impractical data density figures. Now, they’ve managed to squeeze more than 931,322GB of data onto 1 gram of bacteria (specifically a DH5-alpha strain of E.coli, chosen for its extracted plasmid DNA size) by creating a massively parallel bacterial data storage system. Compared to 1 to 4GB per gram data density of conventional media, the 900,000GB per gram figure the team has returned is truly astounding.


Brought to you by KVB DINESH[ Special Reporter ]

Smallest CPU.....This one is smaller than a CPU cooler Tweet

Well i am talking about the Xi3 Modular PC

This one is a complete CPU that fits right in your palm.

It comes with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor and a 2Gig DDR2 Ram.

Surprisingly the internal memory is just 16 GB. Though not to worry it comes with bucket loads of interfaces like 6 USB ports, 2 eSATA ports and the usual DVI, HDMI, Ethernet and Audio I/O 

ports. This one is a rocker as it is capable of 1080p high def playbacks and even blueray decoding. And the best part is its minimal power consumption.

It comes with attractive body color to suit ones taste. And with such aesthetic design its simply irresistible.

Specs:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2

RAM: 2 GB DDR2

Memory: 16 GB SSD

Connectivity: 6 USB,DVI,HDMI,Ethernet,3.5 mm Audio.

Computer for Rs 14,000 Tweet

Zotac has brought out its new Zbox HD-ND22 nettop computers. 
Unlike the normal nettops in the market in which the specifications are not changeable this nettop comes with just the barebone processor and an Nvidia Ion chipset. The rest can be assembled of your choice and you are good to go. It comes with an Intel Celeron Dual core processor and an Nvidia Ion chipset with integrated GPU. 
It comes with 6 USB ports and a DVI, an HDMI video output. It has an inbuilt wifi adapter which enables it to connect to your wifi router. It also comes with an eSATA port.
However it lacks a DVD drive which is a problem during software installation.

It has a 50mm cooler fan and an aluminium heat sink.
It can support upto 8GB RAM [DDR3] with its 2 RAM slots and a provision for 2,5 inch HDD or a solid state HDD or SSD.










Specs:
Processor: Intel Celeron SU2300 [Dual Core]
Chipset: Nvidia Ion [IGP-Integrates Graphic Processor]
RAM: Upto 8 GB [DDR3]

HDD: Users choice of 2.5 inch SATA or SSD
USB: 6 ports
Video output: HDMI,DVI
Other Output:eSATA, Gigabit Lan, 802.11n Wifi, 3.5 Audio Jack


A great choice for a home or office PC and great for media center PC!

10000 rpm HDD.... Steroids for desktop computing Tweet

Although the cooling fins make them look rowdy!!

We all know about the Western Digital Velociraptor which was the ultimate symbol of speed. With 600GB hard disk costing up to INR 12,000 it was no surprise this had to be something special. Well now the special pole position is now to be shared with Hitachi's new arrival.

They can be used in server computers as well to increase the surf speed

In layman terms a hard disk is a stack of aluminium platter with magnetic material on the sides onto which the data is encoded. To read and write the data the disks are connected to a central spindle which rotates and the head write the data down. The faster the spindle speed the more quicker the data acquisition. Now with this in mind the usual desktop has a spindle speed of 5400 RPM. A new Seagate barracuda had 7200RPM. However the Velociraptor had a 10000RPM which meant extreme efficiency as read write speed were increased to maximum level possible.


But now that celebrity status is gone with the arrival of Hitachi's Ultrastar C10K600. It comes in 200,450,600 GB storage space and in the new 6GBps speed. Which makes it compatible only to the new motherboards. It has a 15 p.c better random and 18p.c better sequential read write and requires 22p.c lesser power than normal HDD thus increasing competitiveness. 


It comes packaged as 2.5 inch which means they can be installed in Laptops as well. This is good news as this increases the efficiency and reduces the battery consumption of the Laptop.


The price has not yet been officially launched.