Yesterday on Aug 28 Sony launched the thinnest LCD TV – Bravia ZX1. The dispaly is 9.9 milimeter thin and it represents the evolution of the flat panel TVs.
It has been introduced at the Berlin IFA trad fair. Television technology was one of the main themes at the fair, with Philips and LG highlighting the improvement in the viewer experience.

On Wednesday Microsoft released new test version of Internet Explorer 8. This browser holds about 75 percent of the market share. Previously in March they released beta 1 version that was aimed at letting Web developers check out the new browser. The latest release is beta 2 and its aimed at broader consumer audience. They still haven’t announced the date of the final release nor estimation of how many users are expected to download the test version of the browser. Although Microsoft has pledged to deliver more regular updates of Internet Explorer, whose lead has been threatened by Mozilla’s Firefox, it still haven’t achieved the agility of deploying them like most of the modern browsers.

This version of Internet Explorer replicates some features found in Firefox 3, such as “smart” adress bar that remembers and redirects user to website addresses they have visited before. Internet Explorer 8 also offers a mode called “InPrivate Browsing”. When this mode is active, – the history, cookies, temp files etc are not stored on user’s PC. There is also a security option that allows you to block third parties anonimous usage statistics. Internet Explorer is avalaible for download at www.microsoft.com/ie8

wise disk cleaner

Wise Disk Cleaner is a free application with nice interface. It scans the hard drive for the obsolete temp files, deletes them and it frees up space on the hard drive. It works very fast, it is very easy to use, it scans over 50 types of temp files and it cleans them for free. However experienced Windows users may find it useless.

Vistanita Duplicate Finder is a small application that is going to scan your hard drive and find all the duplicate files on your computer, then you can decide whether to erase or keep them. The app is under Shareware license which means that is not free.

Nokia officially announced the new Nokia N85. The mobile device has 2.6 OLED QVGA display with resolution 240×320 pixels,
up to 16 mil colors and 5 megapixel camera. It has 10 demo games, form which you can only choose one for free, it also has the special
N-Gage buttons ensuring pleasant gaming experience. The operating system is Symbian S60 3rd edititon.
The connectivity is ensured with HSDPA, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
Nokia N85 has GPS, Nokia 2.0 maps, FM transmitter, direct access to Nokia Music Store, 3.5mm headphones jack and up to 28 hours music listening.
The device  includes 8GB microSD memory card in the package.

Nokia N85 front

Nokia N85 back