HP becomes the latest company to offer online storage service. HP has launched upline, an online data storage service that lets you put your data in a more secure location where you can share, store, retrieve and manipulate everywhere for as long as you are online.

HP offers three storage plans namely Home/Home Office, Family and Professional plans. All are offering unlimited storage and features that suit your needs.

The good news is that HP offers “free plan” with 1GB of storage for one year for those who would like to try the service first. The paid plans start at $59 per year.

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Hitachi has updated its TravelStar laptop hard drive products with a 320GB disk that spins at 7,200rpm.

The 2.5-inch Travelstar 7K320 beats its year-old 7,200rpm predecessor by 120GB data capacity. Hitachi also claims that TravelStar 7K320 increases an application performance gain of 12% and reduce power consumption by 22%. Power specs are: 1.8W read/write power and 0.2W standby power.

The TravelStar 7K320 drive can be connected to a SATA 3Gb/s interface or to a SATA 1.5Gb/s in models featuring on-board automatic data encryption technology.

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China’s satellite navigation officials intend to have an operational GPS system covering all of Asia by 2010. However, the officials are giving few details on the deployment plans for their GPS system. China is yet to complete the frequency coordination with the United States, Europe, Russia and others despite the fact that it is a member of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICGNSS) which was founded to ensure global interoperability of navigation satellite networks.

According to Space.com, Chinese officials said at the Toulouse Space Show that China’s global Compass/Beidou system would be fully compatible with the U.S. GPS, European Galileo, and Russian Glonass global navigation constellations.

Japanese officials have expressed concerns about the Chinese plans because Japan is developing its own regional system called the Quazi Zenith Satellite Systems which will have three satellites in orbit with an apogee over Japan and Asia. When the U.S., Russian, Chinese and European medium Earth satellites are added together there could be 120 operational navigation satellites in medium Earth orbit.

The Chinese satellite system will include an encrypted channel, presumably for use by the Chinese military.

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While Microsoft Vista is struggling to get the public’s perception, Bill Gates said that 140 million copies of Microsoft Vista have been sold. However, Bill Gates did not clarify whether those were licenses or retail copies. Microsoft first made such an announcement when they crossed the 100 million mark of Vista sold at the end of last year.

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I noticed that this blogger has been copying some contents of my blog without my permission and listed me as “contributor“. It’s okay to copy the contents of my blog, just “ask permission first” and “please include the original URLs where these blog contents came from”

LiNTEK

UPDATE:

I find it really strange that even this post has been copied…… TSK TSK TSK… LOL!

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Imagine a device that can copy the contents of a USB drive to 60 other USB drives at a time. Virtual Console USB Duplicator can do that, it is designed for duplicating the content of a USB drive to 60 others at a time, thereby saving time and energy. Virtual Console USB Duplicator can operate independently (without the use of a computer) or it can be connected to a computer to monitor the process if needed. To avoid getting caught for transferring ‘dangerous’ data and also confidential data, the drive provides with a unique feature of encryption using the 128-bit AES system and it provides individual keys to each device. Data can be copied from a USB drive or from fast ethernet port. Virtual Console USB Duplicator supports stackable operation, multicast duplication via TCP/IP and duplication of non-standard file systems. The manufacturer of Virtual Console USB Duplicator claims that it can duplicate 60 512MB flash drives in 91 seconds.

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Alesis Multiport is a pro-grade USB computer audio interface with playback, control, and the ability to record directly to your iPod (if you don’t have a computer). MultiPort has industrial-grade, balanced inputs, 1/4″ stereo outputs, and phantom power so you can use professional or consumer microphones with ease. All of these features packed into a compact, functional form-factor make MultiPort the perfect iPod companion from the control room to the boardroom.

Key features include:

• Record directly to iPod Classic, 5th gen. (Video), and 2nd or 3rd gen. iPod nano
• Record directly to your computer via USB
• Playback from iPod while recording at the same time
• Mic/Line inputs for crystal-clear recording of any source
• Level meters for easy-to-read level monitoring

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I have been searching the web for an asterisk behind NAT configuration but couldn’t find a short but definite example so I decided to create a working example configuration of asterisk behind NAT. So if you guys are currently having problems configuring your asterisk behind NAT, please feel free to use my example below:

Put the following in your rc.local:
iptables -F
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -t mangle -F
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT –to your.public.ip.here
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp –dport 10000:20000 -j DNAT –to-destination 192.168.30.1
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp –dport 5060 -j DNAT –to-destination 192.168.30.1
iptables -A FORWARD -p udp -s 192.168.30.1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -p udp –dport 10000:20000 -d 192.168.30.1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -p udp –dport 5060 -d 192.168.30.1 -j ACCEPT

your sip.conf should be:
[general]
context=default
port = 5060
bindaddr = 0.0.0.0
context = default
externip = your.public.ip.here
nat=yes
localnet=192.168.30.0/255.255.255.0
canreinvite=no

Sample gateway-to-gateway SIP config for sip.conf:
[toyoursipprovider]
type=friend
host= sip.provider.gateway.ip
canreinvite=no
disallow=all
allow=g729
allow=ulaw
dtmfmode=rfc2833

ENJOY!

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Skype 3.8 for Windows with major improvements in the audio engine has been released. Skype 3.8 version claims to have significantly reduced the background noise, less delay, fewer call drops, and fewer cut-outs, especially when all parties are using Skype 3.8 for Windows. There’s no need to change anything in the sound settings if you replace your headphones or microphone, Skype 3.8 for Windows takes care of it behind the scenes, according to Skype. The new version no longer displays profile images by default, although you can still see the hidden avatar if you click on it. The new version of Skype also includes a number of video-related bug fixes, Skype’s own UPnP implementation and other tweaks.

You may download Skype 3.8 for Windows here

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FireRock’s SD Recorder is a standalone telephone recorder with an automatic on/off function that is activated by the line state or by voice so that everything gets recorded. The SD Recorder can be connected to analog or digital telephone lines. It can also act as a caller ID box using its 102 x 64 pixel LCD display which shows all needed call information and recent calls. It has many of the features available on advanced PC based systems and also allows you to transfer recordings to your PC for playback, archive and management at your convenience.

FireRock’s SD Recorder is ideal for SOHO/SMBs and people who would like to have their own independent telephone recording device. With over 340 hours of storage on a standard 2Gb memory card, the SD Recorder is a perfect mix of stand-alone (no PC required) functionality with convenient PC management if and when required.

Secure Digital Telephone Recorder key features include:

• Secure digital call recording, up to 340 hours recording on one memory card.
• Caller ID, digits dialed, time, date, duration and comments stored.
• Battery or mains adapter powered.
• Auto start/stop record using line current detect or voice detect.
• Supplied with FireRock’s world renowned FR Desktop software for call search/playback and management on PC.
• Connects directly to analog line or to digital/IP telephone handset cords.
• Built-in microphone for room/memo recording.
• 102 x 64 dot LCD displays all important call information and lists recent calls.
• Rapid search and playback controls.
  • Playback via built-in speaker or headset socket for privacy (also via PC with software supplied).
• Security features to prevent unauthorized access.
• Add-on Bluetooth adapter for recording mobile telephone calls. (coming soon)

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