My 100th Blog..

Dear Readers,

This is my 100th blog. I would like to sincerly thank you all my readers, those who left comments, those who share their article to publish on this blog.

well, this is milestone for me. When i started i did not think that i can hold up for 2 months, but it has been since July 2008 and almost 3 month is over and i writing my 100th blog today on 26th Sep 2008.

Initially, i started with no where to go, just wrote articles from various friends and few of them from emails. Ofcourse, all the articles are liked by me and enjoy sharing it with others.
I wrote lot of blogs on Hindu-ism (since it is my religion) and lot on the technology (since it is my profession).

Some are good and some are bad (to be honest). But i am determined to write as many i can and i think there are people out there get some benefits from this.
While writing blog i learned about a lot and got some networks too.

Once again, Thank you readers.
- JS

Payment Gateway applications for Google, Nokia phones

Visa Inc plans to offer services to phones powered by Google Inc's Android including alerts when your credit card has been used.

The credit card network also said in October, No. 1 mobile phone maker Nokia would start selling the 6212 phone, which users could wave at an electronic reader to make payments and use for remote payments and money transfers.

Visa said it was still developing its application to allow in-store "contactless" payments by cell phone for Android. But it said these services --- already common in countries such as Japan -- may not take off for years here as U.S. stores would need to install new card readers and cell phones with the corresponding technology would need to be in wider use.

In the meantime, Visa said on Thursday that it would offer transaction alerts and discount offers from merchants to Android users. The application will also work with Google maps and location technology to help users find nearby cash machines and stores where special offers are available.
Visa said that for the first few months, the application will be available just to Android phone users who also have Visa cards issued by JPMorgan Chase banks. It plans to open the application to other banks in 2009

Earlier this week, Google unveiled the first Android-powered phone, which HTC Corp is making and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit is selling. But the initial Android device does not include hardware to support contactless credit card payments.

Tim Attinger, Visa's global head of product development, said that while mobile payment services have been slow to take off, the company sees mobile phones as key to adding new customers. Only 1.6 billion Visa cards are in use today, compared with more than 3 billion people with cell phones.
source : Yahoo News

Thanks
JS

Acer Aspire One & HP Mini Note - Review

Dear Readers,

I was asked to buy a small notebook for our one of your employer who is on travel all the time and the main purpose of the notebook to check the email and do some word processing.

I come across this Acer Aspire one and HP mini note, the first uses Intel Atom processor where as the later uses Via C7 processor.

Well, there are many reviews and comments about the processor, so i do not want to repeat them again. The rest all the specifications are the same such as hard disk size, usb port etc.

Acer is cheaper by hundred USD in asia market. But when it comes to the look of the products, HP wins the battle.


It has very nice looking metal finishing and very nice keyboard. I found the HP keyboard is bigger than its counter part. Acer's black colored keyboard does not blend well with the casing color of blue.
Side view of Acer and HP

HP in the front.

HP on top of Acer.

Close up shot of acer.

Acer, blue color casing..

Acer Key board hmmm not blends well with color of the casing...

Acer..


HP..

Does the 100 USD for the look is worth or not? Only the user can say that. Isn't it

Well, the user opt for the HP for its sleek and good look. So, HP wins.