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Only Pakistani Cricketers Are Not Involved in Ball Tampering

In the sport of cricket, ball tampering is an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball. Under Law 42, subsection 3 of the Laws of Cricket, the ball may be polished without the use of an artificial substance, may be dried with a towel if it is wet, and have mud removed from it under supervision; all other actions which alter the condition of the ball are illegal. These are usually taken to include rubbing the ball on the ground, scuffing with a fingernail or other sharp object, or tampering with the seam of the ball.

 

 

From past few months , controversies are going on against Pakistani cricketers and its being portrayed as only Pakistani cricketers are involved in this act .

Following are some snaps which shows the real picture that cricketers from all over the world are involved in ball tampering .

 

 

 

E-Tech

Gateway ID49C08u – Automatic switching graphics

Gateway ID49C08u is an incredibly thin and light notebook with a really slim design. The screen is 14 inches big with resolution of 1,366×768 pixels. This resolution is now ubiquitous in 11-16 inch laptops. But you get better in more expensive laptops like HP Envy 14. The sharpness and brightness are average and at maximum brightness, the images looked a bit washed. The quality of images fades at wide viewing angles. I have seen better laptop screens in this price range.

The speakers are located above the keyboard. The volume level and audio quality is quite good for watching movies but it is nothing spectacular. It has a Dolby Home Theater sticker on the notebook’s exterior but you won’t get much audio effects from these tiny speakers. The Webcam’s light sensitivity is below average and contrast too could have been better. My faced looked grainy and washed out on this Web cam.

There is not a lot of space for ports on the Gateway ID49C08U but you do get four USB jacks on the sides. I expected just three here since it is a slim and light notebook. HDMI port too is there which lets you connect this laptop to a large HDTV. I was disappointed to see that there was no Bluetooth for this price.

On the bright side, the Gateway ID49C08u has a good CPU/GPU combination. You get plenty of processing power and the gaming performance too is quite good. This laptop is powered by Intel Core i5 M450 processor; it is the same as many mainstream notebooks out there. The speed in single and multitasking applications is significantly more as compared to Core i3 chip.

Gateway ID49C08u has Nvidia GeForce GT 330M chip which gave me really good gaming performance. I played few rounds of Unreal Tournament III at 1,280×960 pixels resolution and got 80.4 frames per second. I also played Transformers: War for Cybertron and the results were much better than other laptops having the step down GeForce 310M GPU. The graphic card is equipped with Nvidia Optimus technology which switches off the graphic card automatically when not needed for saving power. The best about this technology is that the switching is automatic and hence you don’t need to do anything.

In my battery tests, the Gateway ID49C08u lasted for two hours and fifteen minutes. I mostly played videos during this period. I previously tested the Gateway ID49C07U with integrated graphics and Core i3 chip; it lasted a little less than three hours. I won’t recommend this laptop if you travel a lot. But if you are buying it anyways, keep the power adapter close.

Gateway ID49C07U comes with a one year warranty. You can get in touch with the tech representatives through e-mail or chat. There is also a 24-7 phone line but the Website doesn’t mention the number. It is 800-846-2301. On the bright side, you can easily find driver downloads and online knowledge base on the website.

To sum it up, I would say that the Gateway ID49C07U gives speedy performance through the Core i5 processor and the discrete graphics card with automatic switching makes it a good choice for gamers.

E-Tech

Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR – EXR mode for better quality photos

This is a very nice looking compact megazoom camera with nice set of features. You get a 27 mm wide angle lens, 10x zoom, three inch LCD, and 12 megapixel super CCD EXR sensor which should guarantee better quality photos than a standard point and shoot camera. It is designed to improve dynamic range and low light performance.

On the top of the camera, there is a power button, shutter release, and zoom ring. Remaining controls are located on the back, right next to the LCD. The functions of the camera are easy enough to learn and even a newbie will get going in no time. However, you might get frustrated by the menu system of the camera. There are two of them, one is located under the menu button and one beneath the F button. On the top, there is a mode dial which includes scene and automatic shooting modes. This dial also contains full and automatic shooting mode along with the full manual option and a 720p HD movie mode.

On the sides, the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR has a microHDMI port for connecting directly to an HDTV. For the shooting features, the EXR mode is something that makes the camera special. You get options for high resolution, dynamic range, high ISO and low noise priority modes as well as an auto EXR mode. The latter is scene recognition which also recognizes which EXR priority option to use.

I found that the EXR mode was effective and reliable. I would recommend you to use it as long as you are comfortable with the reduced six megapixel resolution of the dynamic range and high low noise priority modes. This might be jargon especially if you haven’t used a camera before. So to put it in simple terms, I would say that the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR has one of the best put-it-there-and-leave-it-there auto modes I have ever tested.

Image quality of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR is very good but I won’t recommend it to professional photographers. You will love the quality as long as you are not a pixel peeper and don’t intend to do a lot of heavy cropping or enlarging. The photo quality is close to that of a typical point-and-shoot camera. The sensor helps but don’t expect miracles from it.

The price of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR is $229 and according to me, this if good value for money looking at the features that it has to offer.

The shooting performance of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR is quite decent. It takes just two seconds for the camera to wake up and start shooting. After that, the camera needs 1.4 seconds between the shots which is really fast. If you turn on the flash, the shot-to-shot time extends to four seconds. The shutter lag of the camera is quite acceptable at 0.5 second. In low light conditions, it extends to 0.7 second. The full resolution burst of the camera is limited to just five shots, the speed is very impressive at 1.6 fps or frames per second.