Air France has just announced that they will launch a six-month trial of its first in-flight mobile phone service using GSM network. According to the spokesperson, the service will be rolled out on its Airbus A318 aircraft first and those passengers that are on the flight may not be notified before the departure that they are on the ‘trial’ flight. The only way to tell […]
The pornographic adult movie studio, Digital Playground has announced that they will go dual-format with the first Blu-ray release of ‘Pirates’ on January 4th, 2008, aiming to deliver an unparalleled HD 1080p experience to consumers. According to the company, the Blu-ray release will include the full-length film and tons of extras including bloopers, trailers, casting videos and even behind-the-scenes footage.
All professional photographs are usually touched-up a tiny bit. Sometimes specks of dust need to be removed, maybe the image needs a little bit of color correction or even a dose of red eye reduction. Then there are images that get completely ‘shopped (aka Photoshopped). For example, look at the terrible image of Oprah to the right from a 1989 issue of TV Guide. Oprah’s […]
Recently we talked about USB 3.0 standard that able to scale up to 4.8Gbps data transmission speed. It is about ten times higher than current USB 2.0 standard in today PC market. During the last IDF (Intel Developer Forum), Intel did disclose that the specification could be available in first half of 2008. But now seems that the new FireWire S3200 standard, a main competitor […]
You may wonder what is so special about this table. It looks like ordinary dining or working table with exception that the dark surface is made of Solar arrays that help to convert solar energy to electricity that power up your home appliances. Surprisingly, it is able to supply enough energy to your laptop for three hours continously under the full sunlight.
Vehicle tires become part of the important element in ensuring safety driving. Even with proper maintenance, nobody can guarantee normal operation of four tires at all time. In view of this, some researchers from Purdue University have come out with brilliant concept of getting sensory devices to be embedded into tire for early fault detection while driving on the road. The intelligent tire concept is […]
Intel has just unveiled the new series of Sold State Drive catering for huge market demand of memory devices with smaller form factor. Known as Z-P140, it is currently the world’s smallest Solid State Drive targeted for handheld and mobile devices such as portable media player, smart phone and etc. With this in place, current famous 1.8-inch flash drives would appear to be so huge […]
In Japan, the traffic accidents rate is not considered high. However, there is always a plan to further reduce the number by utilizing high technology that involves communication among vehicles. The MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication) in Japan has just decided to allocate 700MHz frequency span as part of the effort to tackle the traffic accident’s casualty rate in its nation. Currently the […]
As many probably known, as one of the main pillar and a popular social networking section of the Internet, online chatrooms have developed into a global phenomenon with some folks also engaged in chatroom flirting. A Russian website, CyberLover.ru has designed an innovative software which able to simulate online chatroom flirtation and establishing up to 10 relationships in only 30 minutes.
The well-known Japan-based multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, Toshiba has announced the commercial launch of its breakthrough rechargeable battery, named as SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery). These amazing new SCiB batteries can recharge to 90% of full capacity in less than 5 minutes and even offers an excellent safety and a long-life cycle of over 10 years.
Looking to upgrade your existing wireless router from 802.11a/b/g to the latest 802.11n? The 802.11n certified router may be expensive as there are just available in market recently. But following the recent announcement by D-Link to reduce the ASP (Average selling price) for its entry level 802.11n router in the market, you should expect the price to be more affordable to public. The entry level […]
How many dimensions are there in our existence? We live in one reality but believe in so many others including the world of spirits, the Bermuda triangle, etc. There is another reality that is fast taking over lives in the twenty-first century – the virtual reality of the Internet. How real has the Internet become to us?
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