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Tux Droid 2.0 has just been launched recently, where this software will make it more exciting than ever to stay connected with friends and family over an Internet connection. After all, Tux Droid 2.0 will make it a snap to go through your unimaginable number of Tweets and Facebook updates among others, where you can also check on the latest weather forecast at but a glance. Apart from that, you will also be able to connect to your email inbox no matter where you are, letting Tux Droid do the reading job on your behalf, while checking out the latest news that is brewing on your personalized RSS feeds. In addition, Tux Droid is smart enough to read your chats on MSN Messenger, while reacting appropriately to emotions. With programs like Tux Droid, it makes it harder and harder to while your time away at the office, forcing you to do real and productive work instead.

HP recently established a new category in videoconferencing by shedding light on their HP SkyRoom, where it is touted to be an affordable, high-definition videoconferencing software which will offer live, real-time collaboration for instant face-to-face meetings. All this without having to fork out a single cent for subscription fees? Sounds like a dream, eh? The HP SkyRoom will be based on breakthrough video and image communication technology that was developed in HP Labs, where elements of this technology has already seen action in NASA’s Mars rovers which transferred high-resolution images back to earth from the Red Planet with huge success. The HP SkyRoom is touted to be the only videoconferencing tool that can offer real-time collaboration for up to four people over a standard business network, costing the company a mere $149 which is much less compared to a round-trip airfare from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

HP SkyRoom will soon be part and parcel on selected HP business desktop and mobile workstations, and even better news for organizations that are looking for means and ways to cut cost – the SkyRoom will be free for a trial period on a fair number of upcoming HP premium business PCs and notebooks as well. If you happen to own workstations or PCs from other manufacturers such as Dell, Lenovo or Sun, fret not – HP SkyRoom is compatible on those platforms as long as they meet minimum technology requirements.

The breakthrough innovation behind HP SkyRoom is derived from the merging of high-definition, multiuser videoconferencing and a sophisticated capability that will share display information more securely compared to the actual transfer of data and processing functions. In layman’s terms, the video engine will allow everyone to view the presenter’s display as well as each other without suffering from stuttering frame rates, via a multiway videoconferencing session. The video engine itself is multithreaded in order to take full advantage of today’s multiprocessor and multicore processing technologies. Apart from that, it can also handle 2D and 3D graphics, full-motion video and multidisplay – even if your system has but a 2D graphics card.

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Monster, a trusted name when it comes to high end audio equipment, has just rolled out its Turbine Pro In-Ear Speakers that were specially made to offer the kind of reference-quality sound which will definitely find favor with music professionals and discerning audiophile listeners of today. Head Monster Noel Lee personally designed the new Turbine Pro headphones, making sure the master’s touch can be seen in each and every Turbine Pro, where the headphones will rely on a lethal combination of advanced design, engineering and technologies in order to offer a new level of portable audio performance which are geared toward serious audiophiles and audio professionals. This pair is more or less the pinnacle of Monster’s approach where headphone design is concerned, resulting in an advanced personal listening solution which is more than capable of offering a similar sonic impact, power and performance as with reference quality high-end loudspeakers. Guess the recent Beatles re-release of remastered tracks in digital format will benefit from a pair of Monster Turbine Pros.

Each purchase of the Turbine Pro will be accompanied by new high performance “SuperTip” eartips that are touted to offer superior noise isolation whenever they’re put on, helping increase the overall performance by preventing sound leakage. According to Monster’s research on these eartips, results point toward a significant improvement in headphone performance when put on, and will come in small and large sizes. For those who have grown attached to traditional Monster eartips, fret not – three sizes of those were also thrown into the equation apart from foam tips and two sets of triple-layered eartips for a perfect fit, regardless of whether you have Dumbo ears or not.

The new Monster Turbine Pro headphones will be released to the market sometime this November, where you can choose from a couple of designs – gold with black chrome, and copper with bright chrome. Each purchase will feature an attractive, super soft sewn pouch and a matching clip pouch, where it will retail for $299.95 per pair or $329.95 with Monster’s ControlTalk headphone cable.

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