<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[<p>Given how long home networks and personal storage have coexisted, it is rather strange that it still takes a seasoned geek to set up a network storage solution for the average user, leave alone factor in any cloud integration! Can the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive, Cloud Edition turn the page for regular consumers? If you can look past the intimidating name, this might do the trick.<br><br>At its most basic level, this drive is a 1 terabyte (or 2TB, depending on the version you choose) hard disk that plugs into your home network wireless router. The drive has one Gigabit Ethernet port and one USB 2.0 port, located on the back. The USB port can be used to host a printer or an external hard drive. There's another USB port on the front of the server, together with a Quick Transfer copy button. Connect a thumbdrive (or even an external hard drive) to this front port and press the button to back up the entire content of that drive onto the drive's internal storage – instant backup!<br><br>Once you've got it all connected, install the software CD required to access the drive, and the application opens showing you a simplified set of six icons: backups, documents, movies, music, pictures, and time Machine. Clicking each one will take you to the appropriate folder on the drive, and you can drag files and folders to copy them to the drive. I can see first time users warm up to this approach rather quickly. As with any capable network drive, it is DLNA-certified, so you can stream video content over a local network to a Sony Playstation 3, for instance. You can even use the drive as a torrent downloader, so if peer-to-peer downloads is something you do, you can setup downloads to happen directly onto the drive, letting you switch off your PC at night. In addition, Iomega has also provided some fantastic integration with Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube to let you upload content to those sites with minimal effort. If you've got a snappy broadband connection, be careful of what you choose to share on these networks – the drive uploads the files in no time, so if any of these photos are private, they could be online before you know it. In day to day operation, the drive is quick to respond and serve up your files, courtesy a dual-core 600-MHz processor and 256 MB RAM powering the experience. <br><br>But where's the "cloud", you ask? This drive lets you set up a personal cloud, but don't confuse this with storing your data on company servers on the Internet, like you do with apps like Dropbox or Google Docs. What it does do is send out an email to anyone you wish to securely share your drive's data with (including yourself, if you're out and about) with an access code. You can share selectively with separate user accounts, but do keep in mind you will need a fast internet connection on both ends to make the magic happen. The good bit is that since this is really your cloud, there are no annual/monthly fees to pay for storage, but you have to remember, with this drive, you trust your data to a consumer device, which may or may not bother you. In any case, this feature is a step in the right direction – and while it is currently locked to Iomega's ecosystem of newer devices, I can't wait for this to be more widely adopted. <br><br>Net, this drive is sure to appeal to folks who want to do more with their storage without the need for technical expertise.<br><br><strong>Rating:</strong> 8/10<br><strong>Price:</strong> Rs 7,999 (1TB), Rs 9,999 (2TB)<br><strong>URL</strong>: http://bit.ly/nrZuJI<br><br><strong><img src="/businessworld/system/files/Cole_Grind300x200.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" width="300" height="200">The Return Of A Hero</strong><br>Cole MacGrath is back. If you've followed his travails in quarantined metropolis of Empire City in the original inFamous, there's good news (and some better news). The good news is that even though the story has progressed from the first version– Cole is now to be found deep in the American south in the town of New Marais with his best buddy Zeke and a new enemy that goes by a strangely staid name (Bertrand), the game plays almost identical to the original. And that, in this case, is a good thing. You control the electric superhero (or super villain based on the moral choices you make during the game), completing missions and wreaking overall havoc all just to gain experience points. These points inch Cole closer to the wherewithal required to take on the almost-impossible-to-defeat super-bad-guy, The Beast.<br><br>Game play is fluid and unlike the predecessor, Cole doesn't need to learn all his skills from scratch, so fans of the game can get right around to the floating and the melees than Cole learnt the hard way last time around. That also means you have to play the first version of the game to be familiar with the tablestakes in this game. <br><br>New Marais is a much more alive and bustling a city, and there's much more to do in the game on the whole. What seals the deal in its favour is that, much like the original, at many places you have the freedom to make a choice between right and wrong, giving the game a ton of replay value. To see everything the game has to offer, you will have to play it twice, making completely different decisions each time. What's even more awesome is that these very choices affect the game's outcome, so you're looking at two very different (and equally spectacular) endings. <br><br><strong>Rating:</strong> 8/10<br><strong>Price:</strong> Rs 2499<br><strong>URL:</strong> http://bit.ly/otIM2N<br><br></p>
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<td><a href="/businessworld/system/files/FE-Rod-Reel-pu.jpg" onclick="window.open('','','');return false;"><img src="/businessworld/system/files/FE-Rod-Reel.jpg" alt="Click To View Enlarged Image" style="margin: 5px; float: left;" width="150" height="237"></a>Unless you're doing it in a fish tank, fishing is a futile exercise for most. Take the guesswork out of the fishing with the FishEyes Rod and Reel, a fishing rod with an integrated wide-angle video camera at the end of the line, sitting just above your bait. The live video feed is sent to a colour LCD display built into the handle, so you can see the fish as they swim by. One wonders whether the built-in LED lights might just frighten the fish away, but with this, at least you'll know they're gone! <br> <br><strong>URL:</strong> http://bit.ly/oIf9t8<br><strong>Price:</strong> $79.99</td>
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