Nowadays mobile phone usage is no longer limited to making and receiving calls, the function has been extended to support multimedia capability and even as a GPS (Global Positioning System) for location tracking. By looking at the increasing trend of GPS enabled mobile device on the road, a group of researchers in University of California, Berkeley has planned to utilize the GPS phone for road […]
The suit and tie of Microsoft clashing with the casual working style of Yahoo should produce interesting synergies. Can it overtake market leader Google Inc in the fast-growing world of the Net? If the deal materializes, this will be one of the biggest Internet takeovers of the year. Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion or $31 per share in cash and […]
Ever got tired of buying Barbie doll dresses and accessories for your children? Well, fret no longer when it comes to Christmas or birthday gifts. Just get hold of Barbie iDesign, the technological substitute for the plastic doll, without taking away the pleasure of playing with the doll and dressing her up.
We have discussed on setting up an animated favicon in the previous post. The process is pretty simple. How about creating some custom website webclip icons to show news headlines, blog posts, RSS and Aton feeds, etc that can be shared with iPhone enabled readers? Well the process is not so complicated. Many techno-savvy users have mentioned it. Just a few step to create one:
Most of the traffic accidents were contributed by the driver’s driving attitude. Some can be prevented with self discipline but in certain scenarios, the use of high end technology can further reduce the occurrence or severity of incidents involving human errors. In view of this, Toyota has put much effort in developing a new vehicle safety alert system that able to monitor driver’s condition while […]
Looking for a tool to visualize the trip or the path your data packets take to reach a specific destination? Try yougetsignal, a free visual trace route tool. Powered by Google Map, this visual trace route tool identifies the IP addresses of each hop along the way to the specified destination network address and displays the estimated geophysical location in the Google Map. By visualizing […]
During the recent AMD Embedded Forum held in Taiwan, AMD unveiled a series of new processors and chipsets targeted for embedded market. These series of new products are either high performance or energy efficient that has able to fulfill current market demand for various segments. AMD Turion 64-bit Dual-Core processors are high end models whereas its Sempron 3700+ will be able to fit into low […]
Traffic jam in Bangkok is a nightmare. Moreover, hailing a taxi in the hot and humid weather of this popular Asian tourist destination is an unpleasant experience. But this will be a thing of the past when taxis go high tech in the country. Research by members of the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thon Buri combines the three technologies of base-map software, GPS and […]
The US-based restaurant chain and international franchise, Pizza Hut is offering the new mobile ordering service – Total Mobile Access, allowing customers to order pizza from any of its 6,200 outlets across the US via text messaging or mobile Web on their mobile phones, which aimed to deliver more convenient for the customer.
If your gadget or electronic device fails or breaks down, what is the most efficient way to get help? Information about repair technicians, spare parts, and suppliers’ addresses are just a mouse click away. The repair industry has kept up with the advances in gadget and appliance technology in terms of sophistication and accessibility. Companies like National Service Alliance, ServicePower, and ServiceBench help coordinate demands […]
You must be familiar with PATA (Parallel ATA) or SATA (Serial ATA) interface that are common in PC architecture for hard disk or optical drive connection. But some of us may not hear of eSATA (External SATA) even though it was defined few years back in 2004. Evolution has changed the specification with faster data transmission but there is still similarity among them. All of them […]
Facebook users must be very familiar with the sentence “X and Y are now friends”. If any of your friends in your contact list make a new friend, then you will be notified with the message above in your news feed when you log in to Facebook. This message is quite useful as you can keep track of any new friend added to your social […]
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