The HTC HD2 now available on T-Mobile Germany. Price without contract 599 €. Various options like a monthly (think it was a 24 month contract) fee of around 35-41 € and 229€ immediately. I remember also some cheaper ones (279€ immediately, lower monthly fee)
-Update: Today they changed their ad again and the price and contract options disappeared..
Sorry, forgot to copy pictures yesterday…
See T-Mobile Germany here for the latest.
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One day, we may see a shock economic event, which causes investors to dump dollars and rush to the safety of gold.
But we’re not there yet. For now, we still live in a world where, in times of nervousness, people rush to the familiar green currency that we can make more and more of, and which so many people think will be as valuable as toilet paper.
Reuters: Gold prices tumbled nearly 5 percent to a one-week low below $1,140 an ounce on Friday as investors fearing debt default in Dubai sought safety in dollars and cash.
Other precious metals also slipped. Silver hit a two-week low of $17.66 an ounce, while platinum and palladium touched one-week lows of $1,418.50 and $351 an ounce respectively.
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We know a good percentage of our readers prefer resistive over capacitive touch screens, and for those Stantum’s technology holds the main hope of bringing capacitive advantages such as sensitivity, clarity and multi-touch to resistive screens.
The above video is not on a smartphone, but still shows at least that the company is kicking around still and is working on bringing its technology to the market.
Now if they can just hurry up and marry the best of both worlds, 100% of our readers would be happy.
Via Engadget.com
The latest beta version of Mozilla’s extremely popular browser Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 was recently pushed to testers and eager users worldwide. It’s mostly a bug fixing release, unsurprising at this stage in the development process when the focus is on rounding out the rough edges. Still, there are a couple of new features geared more at developers, but which will potentially improve the user experience significantly, like the brand new support for the HTML 5 File API.
Mozilla says a total of 100 bugs have been fixed from the previous beta version and it looks like Firefox 3.6 is now very close to a final state. Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 should be the final beta release, and a release candidate version and also the final build are expected to come by the year’s end. The new release focuses on add-on compatibility as 3.6 is considered a major release so add-ons have to be upgraded to support it.
There was talk of labeling 3.6 as a minor update, which would have meant developers wouldn’t have had to update their add-ons, but it looks like those plans were dropped after several developers complained it would create confusion about the versioning system. Still, Mozilla claims that about 70 percent of the add-ons available in the online gallery have now been updated, and it is urging users to help the developers by i… (read more)
A new ultra-portable data acquisition system providing dynamic data capture for a wide range of field and mobile or test facility applications.
Four Analogue input channels plus Tachometer and Analogue Output per housing.Versatile self-contained solution with data streamed to a laptop or other PC via USB. Synchronous 24-bit ADC per channel provides wide dynamic range with 25.8kHz bandwidth.
Synchronization between units ensures Mosquito offers modular expansion to meet your larger channel-count requirements.
Ultra-portable Vibration Monitoring:
– Weighs less than 0.4kg
– 4 Analogue channels/housing
– 1 Tachometer Input/housing
– 1 Analogue output/housing
– Up to 52kHz per channel
– Synchronous across all channels
– AC, DC, and ICP inputs
– USB Interface
– 106dB SNR
– Multi-unit operation
HGL Dynamics is a world-leading developer of high-specification dynamic data acquisition, analysis, and storage systems for industrial and engineering applications, particularly turbines and rotating equipment. We can provide a full service from supply of individual system components through to the commissioning of complete turnkey solutions. HGL Dynamics is an ISO 9001:2000 registered company in the UK.
The flexibility of our product range, our use of COTS equipment, and our approach of treating clients as partners has helped our customers to achieve their goals of reduced testing times, faster access to results, and improved accuracy over older methods.
We specialise in the continuous recording of measurement data from analogue or digital sources to disk, with automatic simultaneous archival to long-term storage. Our automatic server-based analysis systems and interactive desktop applications provide an intuitive link into the data hierarchy, allowing rapid access to data sets and fast extraction of summary information.
A new application note, freely available on the Malvern Instruments’ website, describes how the new ZEN1010 high concentration zeta potential cell for the company’s market-leading Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system, overcomes a major hurdle in measuring the zeta potential of high concentration samples. Taking the notoriously difficult to measure titanium dioxide as an example, the authors describe experimental work that demonstrates accurate and reliable zeta potential measurement of concentrated, turbid suspensions. This ability to measure the zeta potential of more concentrated samples than has previously been possible is thanks to the reduced optical path length of the new ZEN1010 cell, and has applications for a very wide range of materials. The application note can be downloaded at www.malvern.com/titaniumdioxide
Because of its high refractive index, titanium dioxide is widely used as a pigment in products such as paints, coatings, paper, food and cosmetics. To perform optimally, the titanium dioxide particles must be properly dispersed and maintained in suspension, and a key parameter used to study dispersion behaviour is zeta potential. This parameter is measured using the technique of laser Doppler electrophoresis, which normally requires samples to be optically clear. The new ZEN1010 cell, however, features an optical path of reduced length, which compensates for the issues of reduced light scattering detection experienced with standard cells when measuring high-concentration samples..
Although it is used in the same way as a standard cell on the Zetasizer Nano, the ZEN1010 allows robust zeta potential measurements in highly concentrated samples. By requiring less sample dilution, it more closely preserves the pH and chemical structure of the sample, for more directly relevant zeta potential measurements. This is especially important for many colloidal materials, where measuring the sample in its native state avoids the need for the often complicated centrifugation and dilution procedures needed to maintain sample integrity.
Download this and other application notes on the Malvern website at www.malvern.com
The IR series is a range of sealed pushbutton switches with diameter 16 mm bushing.
A latching action electrical function has recently been developped for the standard version. Illuminated or non-illuminated, available with solder lugs, flying leads, straight PC or quick-connect terminals.
APEM’s new IR series can be easily customized. Among the possibilities, round flat actuators can be marked. Also, the LED resistor can be integrated on flying lead versions.
Common features
• Sealed to IP67
• Illuminated and non-illuminated
• Tactile feedback
• Wide choice of bezel and actuator colours
• Wide choice of illumination colours
Most likely you have met him before. When occasionally you use an ATM machine, card reader, drink or other vending mache, he most certainly was at your service.
He is part of a group of silent heroes that do their work in icy conditions as well as in the heat of a summer day, unobtusively and reliably. Without any complaints, without maitenance. He is our 1.61.065, and most likely you have heard of him.
Inconspicuousness is his trademark. For many engineers his greatest advantage may be: Install him, lean back and forget him, because everything on him is focused on durability and reliability.
In addition, this DC gear motor from Bühler Motor has all kinds of other superior features. For example, it is compact. Including the gear, it is 29 mm wide, 40 mm high, 43.3 mm long. Depending on whether the gear is designed as a 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 step variation, max. Torque of 63 to 420 mNm can be achieved.
A strong performer, who will find work nearly anywhere. The show-stopper: No matter which variation of speed and torque is used, the dimensions of the gear motor stay the same. This is made possible by placing the gear box next to the motor.
Depending on the required torque, the gears may be made from plastic or metal. The special design of the gear box enables shaft operation from both sides. Addition of an encoder via an additional shaft directly out of of the motor makes for very high performances.
6V, 12V, 18V and 24 V versions are available, plus numerous customer-specific modifications. From torque adjustment through winding changes to alternative contact points, modifications of shaft extension and shaft form, to adding additional components, like extra gears, worms, flywheels and weight, all the way to adding adapter and mounting plates, a lot can be done. Upon special request, ratios of 6.4, 10.2, 2132 and 4406 can be achieved. The ratio variations readily availabable from stock are 27.4 – 1,031.6.
The combination of compact design, variability, and quality make our silent hero a first choice, not only in vending machines. Valve adjustments, printing of plastic card, or paper handling in large plotters, are Bühler agent’s 1.61.065 specialities. He’s the designer’s favorite, when a simple fulfillment of important tasks is needed.
The SPRINGTEST T1 series is a very simple and economical system for checking compression springs in one point. The force gauge gives the force applied, the displacement sensor on the side shows the flexion or height measured under load. With its revolving hand crank, it is designed to perform tests from low capacity (10N) to high capacity (2000N) with quick results. The manual test stand features a small footprint, durable design, portable and a optional a digital travel display. Combined with our Centor force gauges, the SPRINGTEST T1 can measure any compression spring in production or laboratory for an affordable price. The parallelism of the lower plate can be adjusted to ensure correct seating for the spring.
Complete system ready to measure.
French headline unemployment jumped 52,400 in October to 2.627 million, which amounts to a 2% rise over November and a shocking 25% year over year increase.
Workers over 50 and under 25 have been hit particularly hard. Yet apparenlt it appears difficult to know what exactly the unemployment rate is right now.
Reuters: France’s jobless data is not prepared according to the widely used International Labour Organisation standards and does not include an unemployment rate. However, it is politically significant because it is the mostly widely reported domestic jobs indicator.
Given France’s roughly 26 million-strong working population, unemployment is likely above 10%. Trading Economics puts it 10%.
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More often than not, the right domain name can make or break a business. Having the best domain won’t help a horrible service too much and a good one will do alright even with a less-than-inspired domain but, on the whole, it can be a great boon to a websites success. This is why domain names sometimes fetch huge amounts of money and why the ones paying them still profit in the long run. The latest big transaction in the industry was the sale of the Russia.com domain name for a hefty $1.5 million, as the Quitura blog reports.
Apparently the domain name was sold through Sedo, a marketplace for these kind of transactions, to an anonymous buyer. It’s one of the biggest sales of the year but hardly a record breaker. Insure.com was sold last month for a very solid $16 million, one of biggest transactions in history. Other notable sales this year include Toys.com, sold for $5.1 million to the toy maker Toys ‘R’ Us, and Candy.com which sold for $3 million. Korea.com was sold earlier this year for $5 million, setting a high bar for country domain names.
Russia.com was owned by NewMedia Holdings Inc., which licensed it to Paley Media, a group which operates several sites having to do with country names. The site itself was launched in 1995 and since 2004 has been offering generic travel information for the country similar to the … (read more)
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SIPOS Aktorik, specialist supplier of variable speed actuators, has marked its tenth anniversary celebrating the achievement of its international objectives for expansion. Success on the global actuation arena has included doubling workforce numbers over the last decade to a current total of 77 people, the appointment of new agents and relocation to purpose-built headquarters. In 2008, a 30% increase in sales was achieved over 2007 and, despite the worldwide economic downturn, SIPOS has maintained this turnover level through 2009.
A previous track record as part of part of Siemens gives SIPOS a history in the actuation industry dating back 100 years. Key achievements reported include differentiating the SIPOS product range with high service standards. The company has also successfully confirmed its capabilities of supporting both standard and bespoke valve applications.
Commenting on SIPOS’ global growth, Dr Matthias Rebhan, General Manager and Head of Research said:
“Over the last decade, we have established an international network of distributors in all continents. We have also relocated our German headquarters to significantly larger, state-of-the-art premises in Altdorf that offer scope for further expansion.
“Service has always been central to SIPOS’ work ethic and I would like to take the opportunity on the tenth anniversary of SIPOS Aktorik of thanking our staff and distributors for consistently ensuring the highest quality standards.”
SIPOS has set itself apart from other suppliers that support valve control applications with variable speed actuation technology. Specialist products that sit alongside SIPOS’ standard solutions are actuators for nuclear power plants and SIMA Masterstations.
Kian Abouhossein at J.P. Morgan delivers some excellent insight into the Dubai crisis. The wealthy UAE will be able to easily bail out Dubai if need be, this time. It just might not be so optimistic to do so in the future.
We are less concerned for global banks about Dubai World’s direct $59bn outstanding debt exposure with $4.3bn due to mature in Dec-09 and a further $4.9bn in 1Q10, considering “only” $13bn of syndicated loans across global banking sector based on Dealogic data. Assuming a 10% “hold” strategy, the most exposed banks would be RBS with $0.23bn, DB and CS with $0.17bn each.
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The view from our MENA team is that this event reflects cash flow challenges rather than refinancing ability. They believe that obligations on Dubai World and its property unit Nakheel PJSC are likely to be fulfilled at the new May 2010 earliest repayment date, and that Dubai should be eventually be able to fulfill its debt obligations maturing in the short-term ($4bn in Dec-09, relating to Dubai World, and $9 to $10 in 2010) with continued Abu Dhabi support. Abu Dhabi is strong financially with fiscal and current account surpluses, ~$150bn in FX reserves and a ~$300bn sovereign wealth fund. However it seems that Abu Dhabi will no longer be happy to underwrite all debt, and rather will differentiate more strongly between supporting Dubai’s strategically important assets (such as DEWA, and Dubai Ports), and the non strategic assets – hence the concurrent timing of the Dubai World debt restructure and the Abu Dhabi underwritten government of Dubai debt raising.
Here’s one rough measure of relative bank exposure to Dubai, based on Dubai World syndicated loans since 2007. Overall, JP Morgan believes the exposures are relatively small compared with the major banks involved.
Here’s probably a better estimate of relative exposure, by loans made to the UAE as a whole. The amount of direct loan exposure to Dubai specifically, within this UAE-wide figure, are apparently very difficult to know.
Conclusions for some of the major banks exposed:
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Overall we would argue the UAE direct loan exposure risk is to some extent over-discounted within global banks except for some selective banks. In terms of spillover effect there is a larger concern for IBs considering mark-to-market risk exposure as well as IB revenue exposure to EM, in our view. Current events considered support of our preference for quality credit exposed banks over IBs as discussed in our report “Switching preference from IBs to Credit banks on regulatory changes” 9 Sept 09. Our top picks remain: SocGen, Unicredit, BBVA, DnBNor, NBG and HSBC.
(Via JP Morgan, Kian Abouhossein, “UAE – Exposure at Risk analysis”, 27 November 2009)
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Google is hardly a typical media company despite making the vast majority of its revenue from advertising. In the past, it’s had a rather tense relationship with old media companies and traditional advertising outlets. The strategy seems to have paid off, judging by its success so far, but in recent years Google is using a softer tone and trying to work more with the establishment. In its latest peace offering, the company has pledged an unspecified amount to an initiative by the Advertising Association in the UK to rebuild public trust in advertising and advertisers, not exactly an easy task.
Advertisers are right to be worried, a recent study commissioned by the association found that under 15 percent of adults in the UK trust advertising. Some might say that this is generally a good thing and a healthy amount of skepticism is more than welcomed in a world where everyone is trying to sell you something.
Now, apart from the effect this has on the efficiency of the campaigns themselves, advertisers are even more worried that this would lead to harsher government regulation, the last thing they want. To be fair, more often than not, strict rules create more problems than they solve and the public should be trusted to be able to make its own decisions and judgments, despite countless evidence t… (read more)
Nanjing, December 16th, 2008 – The IGE+XAO Group announces that CSR PuZhen has selected IGE+XAO’s SEE Electrical Harness software package for designing and maintaining electrical wire harnesses. CSR PuZhen (CSRPZ), a subsidiairy of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited, is a large-scale state-owned company, designing, manufacturing and maintaining passenger car used in railways, vehicles for city traffic, as well as main parts for multiple unit cars and fittings such as car axletree.
SEE Electrical Harness is a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) package dedicated to the electrical harnesses design. It includes a complete management of signal, wires, cables and shielding. It also generates automatically various lists such as equipment list, wires list, cable list and list.
SEE Electrical Harness allows CSRPZ to draw easily electrical schematics and wiring diagrams. With this software package, CSRPZ has been able to reduce the time spent on designing electrical wire harnesses.
A key feature for CSR PuZhen was SEE Electrical Harness’s capacity to exchange data with the design software CATIA V5 – 3D through XML. This data exchange allows to determine harnesses section sizes and cable lengths. This ensures time saving and reduces the number of errors.
“SEE Electrical Harness makes electrical design much more convenient and easier. It saves designers’ time from a lot of repetitive work. We believe that we have made a big step in working with modern electrical design methods. We are also now much more compliant with the electrical design field best practices and standards” declared Mr. Liang Shisong, Engineering Manager at CSR Puzhen.
Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of Industrial Networking solutions and also one of the very few Industrial equipment vendors to offer DGM-410 Series mini-size machine to machine programmable controllers.
The Doberman DGM-410 and DGM-410LCD are M2M (machine to machine) mini programmable controllers equipped with a cellular transceiver intended to monitor industrial equipments. Its purpose is to send real time data to the monitoring system in order to provide real time status and can handle a large amount of data. The optional GPS model can serve as a tracking system used in vehicle management or maritime system. DGM series is designed with GPRS/GSM module, an Ethernet interface, optional GPS module, 3 digital inputs and 3 digital outputs, 8 analog inputs, 2 RS-232 and 1 RS-485 port. DGM series are ideal for industrial rated environments due to its robust housing design.
M2M is becoming a trend in today’s industries. It refers to Machine-to-Machine which can be applied to assign the flow of information or data between machines. M2M is consists in setting up a central management point for remote equipments and communication is set up between a central control system or server through and any type of equipment over one or multiple communication networks. With DGM series, instant monitoring, immediate message sharing, quick responding and other methods of data sharing can effectively transmitted in real time and can reduce additional operation costs by using the M2M tracking system.
DGM-410 series can be applied in remote control & monitoring system, car monitoring system, GIS system and redundant communication system.
Features
• Supports a variety of TCP/IP features, including TCP, UDP, IP, ICMP, ARP
• 10/100 BASE-T NE2000 compatible Ethernet Controller and supports SD storage card
• COM port: COM1 (5-wire RS232), COM2 (RS-485), COM3 (3-wire RS232)
• Built-in self-tuner ASIC controller on RS-485 port
• I/O: 3 channel DI, 3 channel DO, 8 channel AI
• GPRS/GSM: Tri-Band 900/1800/1900 MHz, Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900(option)
• Support TCP server, TCP client, UDP client connection from GPRS
• GPS : 16 channels with All-In-View tracking
• 128*64 dots LCM display (only for DGM-410LCD)
• Support for Virtual COM technology
• Support Modbus Protocol
• High reliability in harsh environment
Taipei, Taiwan, 22 June, 2009 – Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of industrial networking and communication solutions, announces Falcon FWI-705 which is the first Industrial 2.4GHz wireless ceiling access point in the industry. This product comes with the state-of-the art design in the Industrial Wireless arena as well as highlighting Ethernet Direct’s technology in product innovation by combining the wireless technology with artistic product design.
The FWI-705 is a compact size and light-weighted ceiling Access Point especially for factory floors and industrial office complex requiring aesthetic design. FWI-705 operates in 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g compliant Wireless Indoor Access Point available for industrial Ethernet applications. With innovative technology and aesthetic design, FWI-705 links two or more separate networks to create a single expanded LAN network cost effectively and efficiently. A built-in 4dBi directional antenna is included for flexibility in installation. FWI-705 supports three different operation modes namely Access Point, Repeater and AP + WDS. To secure information, it comes with WEP encryption and WAP function. With these advanced features, FWI-705 is a powerful indoor solution produced for industrial applications.
Yale’s new electric forklift trucks – everything’s in the right place
The new generation of Yale electric counterbalance lift trucks, the VT and VF Series, combines ergonomic excellence, class leading manoeuvrability and “e-balance”, the symmetry of energy efficiency and high productivity.
With over 100 years of experience in the design and manufacture of electric forklift trucks, few lift truck companies understand materials handling quite as well as Yale.
The launch of the next generation of 1.5 – 2.0 tonne 3 wheel (VT) and 4 wheel (VF) trucks marks a new chapter in the long tradition of Yale manufacturing electric counterbalance trucks for world markets.
Announcing the introduction of the new forklift trucks, Yale Product Manager Gaurav Anand said: “The Yale VT and VF Series delivers outstanding ergonomics and performance, resulting in the best overall energy efficiency, productivity and lowest lifetime cost of ownership, for applications where electric forklift trucks are demanded”.
Gaurav Anand explained: “The introduction of the VT and VF Series marks an unprecedented step forward in ergonomic design and operating performance for three and four wheel electric counterbalance trucks”.
“The Yale VT and VF Series offer a number of ‘firsts’ for the industry, including a four wheel truck with the smallest turning circle in each capacity, the best combination of lift and travel speeds for high productivity and the most efficient energy consumption over the VDI test cycle” commented Gaurav Anand.
Yale has an unrivalled heritage in the design and manufacture of electric counterbalance trucks and is credited with introducing the first electric powered lift truck to the European market in 1919.
Yale’s approach to the introduction of the new models has been founded on this heritage and combines this with the latest ergonomic design, efficient AC power systems and proven solid state electronic controls.
The first consignment of Yale forklift trucks has been delivered to TOTAL Petrochemicals UK Ltd in Stalybridge, as part of a new contract to supply a range of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Yale Veracitor VX counterbalance forklift trucks to assist the handling and loading of polystyrene or granules used in the manufacture of a variety of products for the Teletronics and Food Packaging industries.
Yale has been at the forefront of the development of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to power forklift trucks since the first factory manufactured truck was produced in the mid 1990s.
CNG is well established as a cleaner and safer alternative to LP gas or diesel forklift trucks. The subsequent recognition of the wider environmental issues as well as occupational health concerns and safety in the workplace, has placed greater emphasis on CNG as a viable alternative to other energy sources to power forklift trucks. TOTAL Petrochemicals has considerable experience of using Compressed Natural Gas to power Yale forklift trucks and CNG was the natural choice for the new forklift truck contract.
