Popular freelance writer and blogger Laurie Stark has written an interesting piece published on Technorati about what she calls our “antiquated ideas about privacy” and how we should’nt be hating on Google Buzz so much. She calls Google’s new technology “revolutionary” and says Buzz is changing the world. Why You Need to Get Over Your [...]
Nokia Beta Labs just released a wonderful new app for their touch phones that lets users select their mood from a list such as Bored, Hungry, Lost, Creative, Lonely, Lucky, etc. and the app then comes with suggestions on activities suitable for your mood. This Youtube video was released by Nokia Beta Labs. Source: Nokia [...]
The guys at Gizmodo published their weekly roundup of this weeks gaming news and reviews. Check out their personal reviews of Bioshock 2, Heavy Rain, Fable III and many other cool games. Here’s what they had to say. Heavy Rain Review: No Wrong Conclusion In 10-20 years, it’s my guess that you’ll see a lot [...]
A team of scientists at the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center at UC Berkeley have created nanofibers that can generate up to 30 millivolts of electricity, but are only a hundredth as thin as a human hair. This breakthrough could lead to the creation of clothing with nanofibers woven into them, allowing people to charge [...]
Ok, this is friggin’ hilarious! You have to watch this. With Valentine’s Day almost here once more, The Onion released a funny video making fun of scientist nerds and their sad social life. Check out the funny video below. NASA Scientists Plan To Approach Girl By 2018 Source: The Onion
Nowadays its common practice to keep our PCs humming even when we’re away from the keyboard, perhaps for 24 hours a day. After all, if you’ve got a PC with a lot of oomph, you’ll want to keep it busy, right? So the helpful guys at Gizmodo have come up with ten cool ways to [...]
The guys at Facebook announced on their blog yesterday that their chat client has been integrated with various other popular instant messaging clients, including AOL, iChat, Pidgin, Adium, Miranda and a few more. Facebook users can now keep in touch with their buddies even if they are no longer logged in to Facebook. Chat messages [...]
Business Insider is reporting a huge privacy hole in Google Buzz. When a user logs into Buzz, it automatically provides them with followers and people to follow, based on how frequently users email and chat with their acquaintances. The problem, the magazine points out, is that both the people who follow you, and the people [...]
There’s nothing online dating sites wouldn’t do to find their patrons a love match. That includes requiring user to provide info on their brain chemistry and DNA for genetic testing to find clues for compatibilty! The New York Times recently published a list of such sites and their high-tech match-making services that members can access [...]
Yorkshire, UK-based firm Peratech has developed a composite material that would soon enable a host of handheld electronic devices to be pressure-sensitive. The technology opens the possibility for “3D” touchscreens, in which instead of many pages of applications, users will choose their app from a single page by varying the pressure applied to a screen. [...]
Google is simultaneously launching their new social sharing service for both the desktop and the mobile platforms. While Gmail buzz is pretty cool, it’s Google Buzz for Mobile that has the techsphere buzzing. This service allows users to keep up with their friends via their cell phones. While Buzz isn’t the first location-aware sharing service [...]
Chinese authorities recently shut down a very popular hacker training and resource website in China named Black Hawk Safety Net. The site, 3800hk.com, was taken down, their nine servers seized and three of the site’s operators were arrested. The website was extremely popular among Chinese hackers, and just before being shut down had 12,000 paying [...]
Scientists at Finland’s Aalto University School of Science and Technology have studied the cellphone use habits of 5.3 million people over a period of 18 months, and discovered that prepaid users tend to be stingy both when it comes to making calls and returning them. The study says, “Postpaid users tend to be more prolific, [...]
Here’s what Jason Chen of Gizmodo makes of Google’s recent announcements to have their own Twitter-like service built into Gmail, and developing a speech translation service: Google wants to dominate all communication services between users so they can deliver ads fine-tuned toward each individual’s unique interests. Some of the ways he mentions Google is moving [...]
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