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A Symonds 1-0-9-1 JA Morkel 12* (13b) PP Ojha 4-0-28-2 All eyes on Albie but Deccan will think they have this covered 14.6 Symonds to Dhoni, OUT , Symonds gets the decisive blow, appeared to hurry on to Dhoni, short of a good length on middle, Dhoni, playing from the crease, tried to whip that through midwicket, missed and was bowled MS Dhoni b Symonds 42 (29b 3x4 2x6) SR: 144.82 14.5 Symonds to Dhoni, no run, short of a good length, tries to swat it past Symonds, mistimes it back to the bowler 14.4 Symonds to Dhoni, SIX , Dhoni gets one in the meat, pitched up on the off stump and he picks it up to send that packing over long-on for a flat six 14.3 Symonds to Morkel, 1 run, full on leg stump, driven uppishly towards deep midwicket for a single 14.2 Symonds to Dhoni, 1 run, short and wide, cut away towards deep point for a single He's bowling seam-up is the big man 14.1 Symonds to Morkel, 1 run, short of a good length on the off, pushed wide of cover for a single Harry:

I received a guitar for Christmas when I was from my parents and then they sent me to lessons to learn to play the thing. That was all fine and good until I realized you had to practice a lot and I lost interest, plus I kept breaking the strings and losing picks. The one thing that most guitars have in common is strings. A concept guitar at Yanko Design has no strings and isn’t intended for playing Rock Band. The concept is a MIDI instrument for digital musicians that can replicate the sound of any guitar setup. The pickups and frets on the guitar are digital inputs and the neck is touch sensitive. One thing that you lose with a guitar lacking strings is the feel of the strings vibrating. The designer says that the concept uses piezo-electric actuators to emulate vibrations corresponding to the played note. That means in a nutshell that the guitar offers faux sting vibrations so you feel like you are playing with strings.

TiVo is looking to choke one of the more important features from other DVRs on the market and has recently unveiled new Premiere DVRs that are interesting. However, the company is not doing well financially and posted a large loss for Q4 reports the Wall Street Journal. TiVo shares grew after it won an appeal on a patent for some of its software last week, but that wasn’t enough to help its Q4 earnings. TiVo attributes the loss for its Q4 ending January 31 of $10.2 million to cancellations of existing subscriptions for its monthly service required with all TiVo DVRs and to slowing new subscriber additions. The $10.2 million figure works out to a loss of 9 cents per share. The same quarter of the previous year TiVo posted a loss of $3.6 million. While TiVo posted a large loss, its revenue grew by 16% to $68.5 million for the quarter. The $10.2 million loss for the quarter is better than the loss of $13 to $15 million TiVo had projected in November.

Dell has been peddling its Vostro line of business notebooks for a long time now and one of the coolest of the Vostro lot is the Vostro V13 with its Adamo looks and cheaper price tag. Dell has now added a complete new series to the Vostro line called the 3000 series. The new 3000 line has machines sporting 13, 14, 15, and 17-inch screens and will be offered with Core i3, i5, and i7 processors. The 13-inch 3300 machine will sell for $788, the 3400 is a 14-inch machine starting at $768, the 3500 is a 15-inch machine for $768, and the 17-inch 3700 machine in $798. You can opt for discrete graphics with prices jumping up significantly. The 13 and 15-inch machines can get discrete graphics with 512MB of VRAM and the 17-inch offering gets a discrete GPU with 1GB of VRAM. Pricing when adding discrete graphics jumps up considerably. The machines will also all feature backlit keyboards, encrypted HDDs will be optional, and fingerprint readers. The 3500 will reportedly come in a touchscreen vers

Last month I mentioned that Sony was set to start showing demos of its 3D TVs like the BRAVIA XBR-52LX900 at Sony Style stores and was going to be taking pre-orders on the sets. What we didn’t know at the time was exactly when the sets would ship. Reuters reports that Sony will start whipping its 3D TVs in June. The electronics giant is hoping that it can make 3D TVs count for 10% of the 25 million LCD sets it hopes to sell in its next financial year. Sony and many other TV makers are hoping that 3D TVs will help them to increase sales during the down economy that has seen TV sales decline. We already know that Sony plans to offer a new firmware for the PS3 that will enable 3D gaming and movies and it would be safe to assume that the update will land for the PS3 in June alongside the availability of its TVs. Rival Samsung plans to launch its 3D TVs in the US this month.

Yesterday I talked about the cool Maze of Time concept watch that used different colors to show the time in digital numbers. The watch was cool, but it looks like a cheap hunk of junk next to the awesome N4 watch from French watch designer Francois Quentin. The watch displays time with orange numbers on black rotating discs that look like a digital readout. The cool watch is officially known as the 4N-MVT01/D01 and is limited to only 16 pieces. The display and movement of the watch are mechanical with exposed gears and sprockets. The movement of the watch is powered by manual winding and displays time in with a 12-hour clock. Each of the three discs that are used to display the time are made from aluminum or titanium and held inside a carbon cage structure. 4N will offer the watch in 18K white gold and platinum versions. The dial is covered by a sapphire glass crystal and the band will be offered in a variety of materials. Pricing is unknown, but with the materials and design, this is

MS Dhoni 35* (25b 3x4 1x6) PP Ojha 4-0-28-2 JA Morkel 10* (11b) WPUJC Vaas 4-1-21-3 13.6 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, turning in from outside leg stump, tries to work it square, it drops dead into the leg side, time for the second time-out and a much-needed break for my fingers 13.5 Ojha to Morkel, 1 run, full toss on middle, comes down, whips it down to short fine, Vaas fumbles 13.4 Ojha to Dhoni, 1 run, short of a length on middle, punched off the back foot through midwicket for a single, Dhoni wants the second and there was one available but Albie doesn't 13.3 Ojha to Dhoni, SIX , One of many more, the crowd will hope, lands on a length on the off and he strikes it cleanly through the line over long-off 13.2 Ojha to Morkel, 1 run, bowls it full and almost in the blockhole, dug out towards long-on, just the single 13.1 Ojha to Dhoni, 1 run, flighted outside off, slaps it awkwardly to long-on for one more Abhijith: "A note on the Mangoose bat: Heard from one of the

There are a huge number of projectors on the market today for a myriad of uses. Some of the tiny pico projectors suffer from poor brightness limiting their use. Larger dedicated projectors for home theater and business use typically cram in impressive features and are bright enough for large rooms. The new Canon REALiS SX7 Mark II LCOS projector is aimed at larger spaces. The projector has 4000 lumens of light output and has a native resolution of 1400 x 1050. Canon uses a Photo Image Mode to let the user change the look and feel of projected images. Other features include Color Level and Color Temperature functions for fine-tuning the intensity of colors with pre-sets. A special Ambient Light feature also lets the user adjust the projector for correct colors no matter what the light source in a room is. Other features include a 1.7x power zoom lens, DVI out, and an Off & Go system that lets you unplug and go as soon as the presentation is done without waiting for cool down. The pr

JA Morkel 8* (9b) WPUJC Vaas 4-1-21-3 MS Dhoni 27* (21b 3x4) RG Sharma 3-0-17-0 Steady stand this, but time's running out. 12.6 Vaas to Morkel, 2 runs, fullish on the off, drags it down towards long-on for a couple more 12.5 Vaas to Dhoni, 1 run, slower one, bowled short on middle, pushed it towards midwicket to steal a quick one 12.4 Vaas to Morkel, 1 run, bowls it full on middle, driven down the ground to long-on for a single 12.3 Vaas to Dhoni, 1 run, clipped off his pads towards short fine where Jaskaran fumbles Pritesh: "Shivamani was just shown on tv.. someone was asking for it sometime back??" 12.2 Vaas to Morkel, 1 run, bowls it full on middle,, drives it down towards long-on 12.1 Vaas to Dhoni, 1 run, bowls it on a good length outside off, tries to dispatch him over long-on but Vaas isn't so easy to dispatch, lands on the bounce in front of the fielder in the deep, single Chetan: "With IPL craze on, we at IIT Guwahati, fourth year student

If you are like me, you are probably thinking we didn’t exactly need another Asus Eee netbook model. Asus seems determined to have a plethora of netbooks for consumers to choose from. The latest Eee netbook has been revealed and it is called the 1005PR. The 1005PR has a 10.1-inch 720p resolution screen and sports a Broadcom BCM 70015 HD decoder. The CPU in the machine is the Atom N450 and the little netbook has 1GB of RAM with 2GB as an option. Storage is to a 250GB HDD and Asus offers 500GB of online storage with the machine. WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR is built-in. A scant 0.6MP webcam is integrated and the machine has a 6-cell battery promising up to 11 hours of run time per charge. Rounding out the features are three USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, RJ45 port, memory card reader, and headphone/mic jacks. Asus will offer the 1005PR in black, white, pink, and blue for about $400.

I really like design concepts that take objects that are mundane and reimagine them in new forms. Projectors are typically boxy devices that you can find in homes, schools, and offices for giving presentations and watching movies. A design concept called the OO wireless projector has turned up at Yanko Design and it has to be the best looking projector I have seen. The projector uses a semi monocoque carbon fiber chassis and is designed by David Riesenberg. The designer says the projector throws a 1080p image sent to it via WiFi or from an internal SSD. The wireless bit is very cool because you could place it in your home without worrying about how you will get the HDMI cable to it. The projector also sports some sort of internal battery that lets it work without an AC cord for up to three hours. Three adjustable legs are built-in to allow adjustment of the image. The OO certainly looks good, but it reminds me of one of the flying robots from the flick “Batteries Not Included” from my

Back at CES we played around with some of the new gear from MSI including the U160 and the X-Slim X620. The MSI U160 is finally shipping and MSI has added a new X-Slim model to its line called the X360. The new X360 is a slim machine under an inch thick packing in an Intel Core i5-520UM processor along with the Intel HM55 chipset. The miserly processor promises performance and long battery life with a claimed nine hours of run time on the larger optional 8-cell battery. The Intel processor features Hyper-threading and Turbo Boost technology. Graphics for the machine are via Intel HD and the 13-inch screen has a 1366 x 768 HD resolution. Storage is up to 500GB and the machine supports up to 4GB of RAM. The standard battery is a 4-cell unit and the machine has a 1.3MP webcam, 802.11n WiFi, and a memory card reader. HDMI out and VGA out are included along with other connectivity options. Pricing and availability for the X360 haven’t been announced at this time.

Back during CES Case-mate pulled the Hug out of the shadows and showed it off for the first time. The Hug is a wireless charging system for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The Hug is similar to the WildCharge system in that you can charge the iPhone without having to plug in wires, but the Hug and the WildCharge devices differ greatly in how they look. The Hug uses a full enclosure case that is made from injection-molded materials rather than the soft silicone WildCharge uses. Case-mate also ships the Hug with a screen protector to provide coverage from all sides. The Hug charge base is raised and uses smart technology to sense when the iPhone battery is full and stop charging to save power. Case-Mate is shipping the Hug right now for $99.99 and says that cases for Blackberry devices will be coming soon.

I just mentioned the cool new Onkyo TX-SR608 3D ready AV receiver that Onkyo has debuted. The company is also offering up three new home theater in a box or HTiB systems at Onkyo calls them. Among the new HTiB systems is one that is 3D-ready called the HTX-22HDX (pictured). The 22HDX doesn’t include the TV you see in the picture here, but it does include a 3D-ready AV receiver, a pair of front speakers, and a subwoofer. This may be the perfect system for those looking to go 3D without the room for full surround sound. The system has three HDMI 1.4 inputs, uses the Onkyo Theater-Dimensional processor for faux surround sound, and can decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. The kit will ship in May for $349. The HT-S3300 is a 5.1 HTiB system with HDMI, Dolby and DTS codecs capable of supporting Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. The S3300 will ship in March for $379. The S5300 adds an iPod dock to the S3300 features and supports 7.1 surround sound. The S5300 will ship in April for

Onkyo has some of the best AV gear in the business and sits right at the top of my personal home theater wish list. Onkyo offers a wide range of gear including AV receivers and home theater in a box systems. Onkyo has debuted its latest AV receiver called the TX-SR608. The 3D-ready receiver is a 7.2 channel THX-Select2 Plus certified receiver that uses a three-stage Darlington output topology to increase power from 90 to 100 watts. The receiver also uses an Audyssey DSX dimensional sound processor along with its Dolby PLIIz capability. All input signals can be upscaled with the Faroudja DCDi cinema video processor to 1080p resolution via HDMI out. Upscaling applies to the PC input as well and the original source resolution of the content doesn’t matter. The receiver also has a front HDMI input and will ship in April for $599.

T-Mobile has just invited SlashGear to join them for a special event scheduled for March 16th (next week in NYC) to “experience the HTC HD2,” which will be making its debut as a “larger than life entertainment powerhouse.” Bold words? Check out our take in a comprehensive review of the HTC HD2. Oh, and we’re hearing that the launch date of the smartphone will be more or less around the 24th, so stay patient for just a little longer, it’s coming. Bringing you a brief reminder on specs (for those who haven’t memorized them by now); the HD2 is equipped with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a gorgeous 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen supporting multitouch at 800 x 480 WVGA, WiFi, Bluetooth and HSPA. It runs Windows Mobile 6.5 with HTC’s own Sense-inspired UI on top, and has a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash.

JA Morkel 4* (6b) RG Sharma 3-0-17-0 MS Dhoni 24* (18b 3x4) TL Suman 1-0-8-0 11.6 Sharma to Morkel, no run, turning in from outside leg stump, drops it in front of midwicket 11.5 Sharma to Dhoni, 1 run, full toss on middle, smacked towards deep square leg for a single 11.4 Sharma to Morkel, 1 run, drilled down the ground towards long-off for a single 11.3 Sharma to Morkel, no run, short on leg stump, worked off his hips to square leg 11.2 Sharma to Dhoni, 1 run, gave him some width there, slapped hard down the ground to long-off 11.1 Sharma to Morkel, 1 run, turns in sharply from outside leg stump, tries to work it around, gets a leading edge wide of extra cover, they sneak a single Nilesh: "The purists following test cricket would be appalled at the audacity of the stroke-play seen so far in IPL-3. Already we have had Pathan, Gilly, Tiwary, Rayadu, Tiwary and others going berserk. Dhoni seems to be doing the same right now. It is high-octane entertainment for view

Sharing files – whether a central document store, a single place for backup or a huge multimedia library – is becoming more popular, and we’re seeing an increasing number of devices promise to take your regular USB storage and make it network-friendly. Latest to the SlashGear test bench is the Iomega iConnect, a compact box that can share both drives and printers to local and remote users. Cheaper and with more features out-of-the-box, can it unseat the Pogoplug? Check out our full review after the cut. The iConnect resembles a small USB hub, measuring 6.3 x 1.1 x 5.2 inches. Ports include a single gigabit ethernet along with four USB 2.0 sockets and a power supply input; inside, meanwhile, there’s WiFi b/g/n connectivity and a 1GHz Marvell 6281 processor paired with 256MB of RAM. Iomega reckon it’ll suck just 5W while active. In the box you get the iConnect itself, an ethernet cable to hook it up to your router (if you’re not going with the wireless option), the PSU, a Quick Start gui

So come the first week of March, and Spring Design still has yet to reveal any signs of its dual screen Alex e-reader being available for pre-order, last seen at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. The company’s website has been reading “keep checking in and by the first week of March you’ll be able to preorder your Alex online”. According to Engadget, Spring Design has said “that there were some slight issues with the order page and that it should be up within the “next week or two,” and Spring Design still plans to have the reader in customer’s hand’s by “early spring.”" We look forward to seeing the Spring Design Alex, a dual-screen reader with 6-inch E Ink up top and 3.5-inch capacitive LCD, in, well, whenever “early spring” is slated to come.

MS Dhoni 22* (16b 3x4) TL Suman 1-0-8-0 JA Morkel 2* (2b) PP Ojha 3-0-18-2 10.6 Suman to Dhoni, FOUR , Dhoni gears up, pitched up and he meets it with a ruthless shovel over the bowler's head to crash into the long-on boundary 10.5 Suman to Morkel, 1 run, gets forward and drives him past a diving extra cover for a single 10.4 Suman to Dhoni, 1 run, swats it hard towards long-off for a single 10.3 Suman to Morkel, 1 run, Flighted on the off, leans forward and drives it towards long-off Harish: "I think chennai would now appreciate the advantage that a genuine bowler brings in to the T20 game. Rather than going for this and that all rounders we could ve bought a single good bowler who could give us 4 good overs. It is a batsman's game but bowlers play a vital part in this shortest format of the game and their role is underestimated." 10.2 Suman to Dhoni, 1 run, short on middle, pulled away to deep midwicket for a single 10.1 Suman to Dhoni, no run, shor

We're still no closer to finding out whether this is the next iteration of the Bold, Storm or some other BlackBerry line, but the unofficially coined BlackBerry Slider continues to pique our interest. Here in the third round of spy shots, we're seeing the elusive RIM-branded device from a few new angles, namely a round of side shots and a side-by-side with Curve 8900. You'll notice that the new guys is a bit thicker and longer, and you'll also see a complete lack of labeling beside the camera. There's a fair chance that hitting that Source link will simply lead to increased frustration and stress in your life, but c'mon, anything to keep you from finishing up those 2009 taxes is worth a look.

If you don't have a need for a physical keyboard -- or you're just not willing to wait long enough for the Vivaz Pro to come to market -- then you might want to take a gander at Sony Ericsson's plain-Jane Vivaz now that it's available from Vodafone in the UK. The Symbian-powered slate features a 3.2-inch WVGA display, 8.1 megapixel still camera, and 720p video capture with continuous autofocus -- a truly unique feature for a cameraphone at any price. As is usually the case with these guys, you're able to score the Vivaz for a big, fat naught on contract as long as you're willing to pony up at least £30 (about $46) a month on your plan.

PP Ojha 3-0-18-2 MS Dhoni 16* (12b 2x4) RG Sharma 2-0-13-0 9.6 Ojha to Kemp, OUT , Ojha has his revenge, beautifully bowled, deceived the batsman in flight and altered his length to hold it back, it landed on the off stump as Kemp charged forward and tried to play it into the off side, and turned away to beat his reach while Gilchrist did the rest. Chennai are sinking, but Dhoni's still there JM Kemp st †Gilchrist b Ojha 22 (16b 1x4 1x6) SR: 137.50 9.5 Ojha to Kemp, 2 runs, short of a length on middle, worked away through square leg into the deep for a couple as deep square leg takes time to get to it 9.4 Ojha to Kemp, SIX , flighted and Kemp takes full toll, dances down the track and launches him over long-off for a big six Ahsan: "reply to George: even Symonds was on 3 runs in 17 balls at a moment! he could hv been said to be disastrous!!! but he came up with a beauty thereafter... yeah Badrinath is not Symonds but wicket loss is wicket loss!!! it builds up press

MS Dhoni 14* (10b 2x4) RG Sharma 2-0-13-0 JM Kemp 13* (12b 1x4) PP Ojha 2-0-7-1 Time-out time, we have a long night ahead at Cricinfo and I shall help myself to some tea 8.6 Sharma to Dhoni, 1 run, full on middle and leg, worked through square leg for a single 8.5 Sharma to Dhoni, no run, pushed off the back foot straight to extra cover 8.4 Sharma to Dhoni, no run, steps out of his crease and tries to work it into the leg side, is struck on the pads 8.3 Sharma to Kemp, 1 run, short of a length on middle, pulled away to deep square leg for a single 8.2 Sharma to Dhoni, 1 run, pushed off the front foot wide of extra cover for a single The noise levels haven't dipped whatsoever despite the fall of wickets. Chennai is enjoying this irrespective of the result 8.1 Sharma to Dhoni, 2 runs, short on the off, pulled away wide of deep midwicket for a couple of runs Rohit is back