Looking to take on more demanding customers, Amazon Web Services on Thursday rolled out two paid-support plans that give customers access to its engineers to resolve glitches.

The company said it will offer two levels of support–gold and silver–for a fixed annual fee or a percentage of customers’ total usage of its services. The support plans are available for its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS).

Right now, Amazon offers pay-as-you-go pricing for its hosted services. Customers pay for how much they use the service. To get support for technical problems, they need to go to free forums.

The paid support is a sign that Amazon’s hosted computing is ramping up to take on a broader swath of clients, including large businesses.

Initially, Amazon aimed the hosted service at Web start-ups, but it’s signing on business customers too. BusinessWeek reported earlier this week that The New York Times and Nasdaq are now customers,

The support service also casts Amazon more in the mold of traditional IT providers such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems, which all offer a variation on hosted computing.

“Guaranteed support will also allow us to develop even more substantial applications using Amazon Web Services, knowing that Amazon is there to support us,” Paul Horvath, chief technology officer of health care form-processing company TC3 Health, said in a statement.

Source: news.com

If you consider that Di Grisogono Meccanica DG is a hybrid mechanical-digital watch, then you are wrong. This is a limited-edition line of the watch that includes just 177 amazing models.

It is remarkable, that the watch consists of 651 pieces and there are no digital parts or LEDs. The gadget was presented as the world’s most complicated digital-analog watch. Anyway, the digital display is mechanical and is made of rolling tubes that form the digital segments.

This is the description of the work of the watch:
The gadget’s digital display is mechanically operated, it shows tens of hours, single hours, tens of minutes and, of course, single minutes. The whole system is displayed via mobile micro segments driven by an accumulation of 23 cams attached to a set of gears and a starting and synchronization system. The necessary information about the time is showed by a system of 23 horizontally and vertically positioned micro segments.

The horizontal segments are 2.90 mm in length and their weigh is just 10 milligrams. At the same time, vertical segments measure 9 mm high, but the weight is 25 milligrams. The segments feature four sides: two opposing visible sides featuring multicolored strips and the other sides are unmarked. Time changes depend on 90° rotations of the segments.

GTA Vice City offers stunning and realistic game play, that will leave you baffled. Released more than 5 years ago, this game still remains to be a legend in the industry. No other game has dared to go where vice city has gone. Rockstar Games brings you another exclusive game to add to your collection. Their are plenty of levels and tons of surprises down the road while playing. With a huge array of vehicles and weapons, this game is surely an adventure. The missions are very unique, you will find in no other video game.

The game is based in the 1980’s, so you’ll definitely sense the era while playing the game. They have all the cool 80’s cars, music and styles. From a Gadget Addicts perspective, this video game is a must have for any gamer. If you don’t have a GTA game at all, then you really have no idea what your missing. Their are many different scenarios integrated in to the game, to create an amazing adventure. This is one of the best games ever created for the PS2, and you can buy it new for a great low price.

Source: gadgetaddict.com

Ever see those kids blasting their iPods by turning their headphones inside out and turning them into makeshift speakers? The sound is so distorted at that level that I wish they’d just bring back the old school boombox and share music properly. Or you could give those kids a taste of their own medicine and poke a little fun too, by using giant earbud speakers. These oversize speakers provide big sound and big laughs. They take 3 AAA batteries and work with any audio player with a standard audio jack.

The giant earbud speakers are $60.

Can you imagine your life without a powerful, nice, portable and modern laptop? If not, the following top 5 of different notebooks is for you. Let’s see what kind of laptop will be the best for you.

Number 5. I think we’d better start with the Darth Vader Learning Laptop. This will be an outstanding educational toy for your kids. This is an exclusive gadget for children at ages 4 and up.The laptop has 80 different games that will help your child to develop. The good point is that this device doesn’t include any cruel games. Games are aimed at hand-eye coordination, music, memory, reading, typing, logic and math.

I think this must be the best set of games for a child. Laptop features a QWERTY keyboard and a large, easy-to-read LCD screen with backlight. But please, don’t expect extraordinary quality of the screen.

This is not a professional laptop for work. The laptop seems to be reliable and well-built. So, this gadget can become your child’s first personal laptop.

Number 4. Bratz Cyber Style Laptop will be your daughter’s most desirable gadget. It looks really cute and attractive. It is perfect for a girl: starting with its design and continuing with its features.The biggest advantage of the laptop is that your girl enjoys herself and learns at the same time. 11 game categories including spelling, grammar, vocabulary, math, mind benders, study break games, art, science, geography, music, Spanish, writing, and touch typing will help her to develop her mind and succeed at school.

75 different games will help her to distract and have fun. You will be able to open new features every time you turn the laptop on.

Number 3. Toshiba Satellite A215-S5802 15.4″ Laptop takes the third place. This is a nice qualitative notebook. It is perfect both for work and games. It has a gorgeous, wide, bright and clear screen. 120 GB of internal memory allow you to keep all the necessary information there.

Thanks to newest TruBrite technology you will be impressed with the vividness of the images. This laptop is more solid that the previous, it also has a lot of nice features that will help you either to work on it or enjoy yourself.

Number 2. HP Pavilion DV6745US 15.4″ Entertainment Laptop is an entertainment-centric notebook with 15.4-inch LCD widescreen. It has stylish high-gloss finish with wave imprint, so it looks outstanding and gorgeous. This laptop has all the features you need.

Actually, it was designed for entertainment. For example, it guarantees you fast access to your entire entertainment library. Then, you will also find a lot of functions and built-in devices that will make your work on the laptop really pleasant and productive.

Number 1. Apple PowerBook Laptop was miraculously engineered. Mega wide display – the largest ever in a notebook -, brilliant screen, 100 GB hard drive, built-in Bluetooth – these are the features of this laptop.

Then, Apple is a very reliable brand. Don’t care about its size and weight; it’s not a problem to carry the laptop with you. With its help you can do everything you need: have fun, distract and, of course, work. You will be definitely pleased with it – your laptop will guess beforehand your desires. Great gadget, extraordinary features – you will love it.

Source: gadgets.infoniac.com

Are you looking for 3G package? Before you go to sign up for a mobile broadband package with a provider, you should compare their offers and technologies. The known way: visit providers website, call them or visit them.

But I must tell you that is not easy and it is time consuming. You need to see all offers in one place. So, I search for you and I found broadbandgenie UK website.

Here you can easily choose a good mobile 3G broadband package.

They display presentation for Vodafone, T-Mobile, 3 Mobile, Orange, O2, Virgin Mobile and Carphone Warehouse. Also, on first page they present the best mobile broadband packages with details like: Setup fee, monthly cost, extra costs, max speed, download limit and their advice for the package.
I find very useful the page with mobile broadband help. Here I can find what pay-as-you-go mobile broadband tariffs is or rumors about why Vodafone has been trialing the femtocell technology.

If you don’t know too much about mobile broadband you can learn from their Mobile Broadband Beginners Guide, an excellent starting point.

If you already have a mobile broadband subscription maybe you want to give it a test. On the same website you can test it and find some useful stuff about your broadband connectivity.

Source: blog.pcnews.ro

I’d like to present you this top 5 of the gadgets that can become wonderful gifts for any holiday. If you have nice sense of humor and you prefer unusual and interesting things, the following article is right for you. With the help of these gadgets you can surprise and play jokes on your friends and family.

Number 5.
If you don’t want to look like a mad person talking to yourself in the street, you may choose this gadget. The point is that all these little Bluetooth headsets for mobile phones look almost invisible. Actually, they are rather handy.

But Bluetooth Mini Phone is another solution in order to talk on your mobile phone via wireless technology. The Bluetooth Mini Phone can be conveniently carried around your neck with the supplied lanyard. It might be handier for you.

The wireless mini phone has nice features that you will like. To cut a long story short, I guess it can be a nice gift for your boss, for example. He will appreciate your care about him.

Number 4.
If it is hard for you or for your friend to control the number of bottles of beer you have drunk, play a joke on him and have fun – present him Beer Tracker-Counting Bottle Opener. The built-in mini computer records every opened bottle and displays the number.

So, with its help, you’ll be able to control the quantity of opened bottles and stop when it’s necessary. Then, it is rather handy to control your children-teenagers. By the end of their party you will know how much they have drunk.

Number 3.
If your working place is very noisy, if you like going to discos and bars, if you like big gatherings, you will definitely need BluAlert Vibrating Bluetooth Wristband. With its help you neither miss a call, nor lose your mobile phone.

The idea of the gadget is simple, but it might become your first helper. If you present someone such gift, this person won’t miss your calls anymore. It is perfect for boyfriends and girlfriends, little children and women (they have so much stuff in their bags, that it’s hard to find their mobile phones there).

Number 2.
The best gift for a programmer is a part of computer (notice: not his personal computer or laptop!). Make fun of your programmer and present him cuff links, made out of computer keys. Tell him you have taken a few keys from his keyboard. If he doesn’t faint away, he will like this extravagant and unusual gift.

Number 1.
The present that takes the first place today is really great. But it also might be called a little cruel. Present the 2 Carat Cup to your girlfriend.

When she opens the box she will see.. a ring with Swarovsky crystal! She will be very happy and glad until she understands that it is just the handle of an elegant cup. It is hidden inside the box; so when you open it the only thing you see is the ring. I hope she will laugh with you and won’t be too disappointed. The present is beautifully packed and looks impressive.

Source: gadgets.infoniac.com