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SanDisk Press Release

Worldwide Launch of Highest Capacity, Fingernail-Size Memory Card Includes Exclusive U.S. Rollout in Verizon Wireless Stores For Chocolate By LG Mobile Phone

MILPITAS, CA, JULY 31, 2006 – SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB)* microSD™ card – the largest capacity of the world’s smallest removable flash memory card – to meet demand for a new generation of MP3 music phones, including the forthcoming Verizon Wireless Chocolate by LG mobile phone. Using the SanDisk microSD card, the Verizon Wireless phone can store up to 1,000 digital songs downloaded from the company’s V CAST music service.** The card, which is sold with an adapter that enables it to fit into a standard-size SD™ slot of other devices, will debut in the U.S. exclusively at 1,900 Verizon Wireless stores for the next 60 days.  Internationally, it will be sold by a variety of mobile retailers.

“Offering our customers removable SanDisk flash memory cards provides a great deal of flexibility in allowing people to manage their downloaded music, both on their personal computer and on their mobile phone,” said Patrick Bucci, Verizon Wireless director of accessory products.  “Apart from playing music, the Verizon Wireless Chocolate by LG mobile phone also can capture digital still and video images with its 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder.” Featuring a color screen, slider-style design and backlit red navigation, the phone is available today on the Verizon Wireless website (http://www.verizonwireless.com) and will be in Verizon Wireless stores on Aug. 7. The SanDisk 2GB microSD card will be sold by Verizon Wireless for $99.99.

“The need for higher-capacity microSD cards demonstrates that MP3 phones have come of age,” said Jeff Kost, SanDisk vice president, handset business.  “Clearly, many consumers are embracing the convergence of digital music and mobile communications because it allows them to carry just a single device.  SanDisk’s removable flash memory cards represent the most convenient way for people to store, transfer and play music on their handsets, so we are delighted to work with Verizon Wireless on this new product introduction.”

The market for musically-based mobile phones is stepping along at a lively pace. Strategy Analytics, a global research company, estimates that more than one-fourth of all handsets sold in 2006 will play music, and by the end of next year that number is projected to be more than half of all units shipped. Also, for 2006, an estimated 270 million mobile phones – about 29 percent of all new shipments – will have memory card slots, according to Chris Ambrosio, director of Wireless Device Strategies Service for the Boston-based research firm. 

David Bullitt, SanDisk retail product marketing manager for mobile cards, said additional manufacturers will support the 2GB SanDisk microSD card with new models that will be introduced between now and the end of the year.  SanDisk, he added, pioneered the development of mobile-specific flash memory cards and is the worldwide leader in the market.  The microSD card was invented by SanDisk under the name of TransFlash™ but became a new standard last year when the form factor was adopted by the SD Card Association.

Apart from its retail line of mobile flash memory cards, SanDisk also announced the addition of a 2GB capacity to its OEM line of microSD cards, providing manufacturers with flash memory cards that range from 64 megabytes (MB) to 2GB.  On the retail side, SanDisk offers capacities beginning at 256 MB.  SanDisk’s previous highest capacity was 1GB.

The microSD uses the latest advancements in flash memory technology to deliver the smallest memory card in the world. Measuring about one-fourth the size of a standard SD card, the fingernail-size microSD card provides high-performance and expanded memory capacity for mobile phones using SanDisk’s TransFlash card slot or any new devices that are marked as microSD slots.

SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world’s largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, CA and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S.

* 1 megabyte (MB) equals 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) equals 1 billion bytes.
** Assumes average 4 minute songs at 64 kbps.

Hi folks,

here at Kitty-Yo, Berlin we’ve just updated our Podcast featuring quite a few mp3 tracks by Jahcoozi, Codec & Flexor, Rechenzentrum, Raz Ohara, Spyritual (…) all for free. Check out our favorite odeo.com version or do things the traditional way at i-tunes.

If you need any further information see the Kitty-Yo website.

Cheers. Team Kitty-Yo

Based out of Buckinghamshire, UK, D.J. DEFine, a 27 year old dnb dj/producer is exploding into the scene all over the UK & Europe, securing many residencies in the UK along with Germany, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. This man is a serious force to be reconed with!

Here you can find mixes, downloads, links & more on his site:

http://www.djdefine.com

He currently has releases on labels such as Barcode, Human Imprint and his own Subconscious Records….with releases pending on a variety of other labels which he and his stateside partner Infiltrata (http://www.infiltrata.com) produce in collaberation.

He has also just been taken in by the mighty Flex camp as Label Manager for their latest offshoot label which will be focusing on the more darker / technoish sounds of Drum and Bass. 

Keep your eyes peeled for this guy, as he is doing serious damage on dancefloors worldwide.

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Duration :-: 21m 36sec
Bit Rate :-: 256kps
Size :-: 39.5mb
Bohness :-: 9.7

01 :-: High Rankin :-: Do What Thou Wilt
02 :-: High Rankin :-: Crack The Whip
03 :-: High Rankin :-: Doom
04 :-: High Rankin & Infilitrata & DEFine :-: Turn Up The Bass
05 :-: High Rankin :-: Sin City
06 :-: High Rankin :-: Underworld
07 :-: High Rankin :-: Junglestep
08 :-: High Rankin :-: Dubstep Crashed My Laptop

Big ups to teh Oblexander Conlin for hosting this mix

WOW !  This was a truly great festival….absolutely refreshing to see so many chilled out ravers enjoying themselves so much!

My friend Tom (Dj DEFine or http://www.djdefine.com) ended up going with the BBC 1xtra crew down to the Global Gathering.  They had a smaller outdoor side tent going on, but there were enough sick beats coming outta the speakers! 

First up doing the warmup set was some guy ive never heard of, but had a clean set, with some interesting beats.  Next up was L Double with MC Rodney P, who TOTALLY smashed it.  Pulling a variety of tricks out of his bag, not to name the countless VIP’s he was slipping in between, him and Rodney completely had the place buzzin. I gotta say this was my favorite set of the entire night. 

Next flight graced the stage with MC Joker D, who at first brought the vibe right down, to start a more tech-step style dnb sound, which eventually led to some more darker tearouts & what sounded like some Metalheadz biz….absolutely smashing.

By this time “bar Bailey” was in full effect inside the BBC 1xtra tent, so there was no shortage of spliffs, vodka & cokes and plenty of bass. As Sappo and crew head on in, they are all welcomed by the BBC lot.

During Flights set we all (Double, Wrekka, Define & myself) checked out what the rest of GG had to offer.  I discover this nice little mexican food stand which was servin up all kinds of Mexicano goodness….so that was like heaven for me, as a good burrito is fuckin hard to come by in these parts of Europe!  For those of you that know me, you can almost gaurantee that this called for 2 burritos

There were about 7 massive tents from what i remember, with various music generes in each.  The sound was astonishing, quality productions and a superb lineup!

After a heavy bombing of rain we decided to grab the record bags and head out of the party to go home.

This was a long day/night, but TOTALLY 100% worth it, as this was a party that was well worth checking out and reminded me of the good ole days back in southern california when raving was in its peak and the festivals simply rocked!

Mr Boxed

Recently i decided to try a new website traffic provider i found from google.  As a test i took out a 30 $ account and will see where it goes.  My main objective is to drive some traffic to this site and get some regular readers / posters, as the site is open to anyone who would like to register.

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Again, a big thank you to Nphect & Dizplay (neurocode.de).  Thise two producers have a very unique and special outlook on the scene in my opinion, which i over time have grown to respect very much….have a look at this next piece of dnb insight:

Wherever you look, there’s always a struggle for fame, to become known for something and therefore to belong to a small elite, apart from the mass. The most obvious cases are casting shows on TV, but you’ll also find it in every career area, among book authors, abstract painters and politicians. It’s no rare phenomenon, rather a basic principle of communities. The ways which lead you from being a nobody to the incarnation as a star seem diverse, though. Nevertheless, stardom always means influence, and therefore power, or at least the chance of distributing your thoughts, creativity or products to a wider public.

The different music communities, and especially DnB, are no exception to this rule. Just like the stock markets are largely ruled by a certain couple of people’s decisions, there are certain labels and artists who influence the whole scene. Who are these people, and why are they the ones to decide what’s good?

When you take a closer look, the whole fame thing is no black-white-scheme. It’s more like a net, with the famous elements being big and massively linked in the center, and the nobodies at the edges. The interesting things happen in between, with newcomers on the rise and previously famous people losing popularity. Obviously, this net is quite subjective, as everyone has their own heroes and taste. Nevertheless, many people with widely similar taste would propbably agree on their view. What define’s an artists position in this popularity net?

There are several factors, depending on the artist’s role.

• A DJ (realistically!) is known, because of his work he’s done so far, so the time being a DJ in the scene is important. Also, the freshness of tunes and the number of events he’s played at. Yes, you’re right, there’s a couple of DJs, who qualify by their skills, but for a wide number, this doesn’t seem to count (oh yes, a lot of names of the later case come to mind). Nowadays, most “big” DJs are also producers anyway.
• A label is known for their output. How influencal and visionary it was, and which artists released on it.
• A producer is known, because he released important tunes. Important here means good or innovative.

Taken together, it’s a net of the three actor types. Think of a small piece of it, visualized above. Each Artist releasing on a label, and a remix or collaboration between artists is noted by a link. You can see the net growing in your mind, don’t you? To be fair, the lines should have different thickness, as specified by the number of occurances. You could define the whole thing one step further by putting in Top10 references or dubplate play times between DJs and producers. To make the whole concept realistic, each node should be weighted by a real-world number, like sales numbers of a label, and DJ’s gig count or fee. Dynamically grow/shrink the nodes by the weight of each link, and you’ll see the whole community and their most famous elements.

Interestingly, in science (of course, haha) there’s a popularity for each person, computed by the releases in scientific journals and these journals’ importance. Trust me: This ranking number is of maximum importance when it comes to getting an interesting job in a certain laboratory!

How do you get famous as a producer, then?
Make good tunes, collaborate with more famous people than you, get releases on good labels. That’s all. Good night and good fight.

It started with a break…!

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A few days ago I ran across an interesting company website from SpectorSoft, covering computer monitoring. 
 
http://www.spectorsoft.com
 
These days it is getting increasingly more important to make sure your systems are protected and your youths are not surfing the wrong sites.  I have found that the entities that can use this software range from companies that need to monitor workstations for compliance reasons, employee investigations, inappropriate web surfing and so on. Home use is generally for parents that need to keep an eye on their children with regards to chats, emails, web surfing, blogs and much more. Parents can use this software to protect their child from online predators as well.
 
There are various other software packages I have used in the past, but none of them compare to this one. 
 
I find the monitoring software absolutely great, and would recommend it to anyone!
 
Their website has a bunch of other monitoring software’s on the website, which seem quite interesting, and very useful for any employer.
 
They have won the PC Magazine “editors choice”  for the best monitoring software in both 2002 and again in 2004 !  Very impressive I think!
 
For more info on computer monitoring check their website:
 
http://www.spectorsoft.com

Arcturus and Antares are visible during the summer i.e. now. Arcturus is an obviously red / orange object high in the south west at this time of year. Antares is a deep red but low in the sky and east of Acturus. The other stars are all visible in the winter months.

Aldebaran is the ‘Eye of the bull’ in Taurus. Betelgeuse and Rigel are at opposite ends of Orion - one of the easiest constellations to find - high in the south on a winter’s night. The belt stars of Orion point to Aldebaran in one direction - and Sirius in the other. Sirius is the brightest star in the sky.

Antares is so big that, if it were in our solar system, it would be as big as the orbit of Mars around the sun. And it’s not the biggest…

Our Sun is likely to end up slightly smaller than Antares when it enter its red giant phase - in about 5 billion years time. This will happen when it starts to run out of hydrogen to convert to helium.

Two stars had to live and die (serially) before their remains gave birth to the Sun and our solar system. After that it took 5 billiion years for the Earth to develop to the point where we could appear. We are so small in some ways and yet so big in others.Very interesting perspectives - it’s an immense universe full of some enormous spheres!

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/arcturus-antares-big.htm