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ZTE Makes World’s Thinnest Phone ‘Athena’ – Just 6.2mm Thick

ZTE Makes World’s Thinnest Phone ‘Athena’ – Just 6.2mm Thick

On January 2012, Huawei unveiled the 6.68mm-thick Ascend P1 S handset, the thinnest handset at that time. Later on, Chinese handset manufacturer Oppo made the 6.65mm-thick Finder and took the spot for the thinnest handset. And now, another Chinese telecom giant ZTE is claiming ‘thinnest’ mobile spot. ZTE’s new ‘Athena’ smartphone is just 6.2mm. It could be the world’s thinnest smartphone to date.

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14 New Dual-Core Ivy Bridge Processor Details From Intel

14 New Dual-Core Ivy Bridge Processor Details From Intel

Earlier toady Engadget reported about 14 new dual-core processors from Intel. The processors are based on the company’s new Ivy Bridge architecture. The details came out just a week before the much anticipated Computex technology show in Taipei. The new Ivy Bridge processors are all in Core i5 and Core i7 genre, and includes both desktop and mobile CPUs.

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One In Every Six Personal Computers Have Zero Malware Protection: McAfee

One In Every Six Personal Computers Have Zero Malware Protection: McAfee

The Intel owned security giant McAfee has published a study report about security lacking in personal computers worldwide. The report is the result of an study conducted on 28 million computers in 24 countries. The report says that globally 17 percent of PC users don’t use any protection against viruses, worms, spywares or malwares. These users either don’t use any security solutions or they have disabled installed security software. The report also estimates that 27% of digital files stored in these machines would be impossible to restore at all if lost, with an approximate average value is $10,014.

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Mind Controlled Video Games Come To Life

Mind Controlled Video Games Come To Life

We have seen mind-controlled tricks in movies. Those miraculous tricks make us flabbergasted. But, those were just tricks and stunts in the movies. But mind controlled machines are now a reality. Several companies have brought this technology to life with affordable sensors that can detect a person’s state of mind.The technology has made its debut in the video game market with affordable brain wave sensors.

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Man Sues To Cancel Google’s Trademark

Man Sues To Cancel Google’s Trademark

David Elliott from Arizona has filed a complaint in court to cancel all of search giant Google’s trademark. Elliot wants the court to declare ‘google’ as a word which means “search on the Web”. He filed the complaint after a court ruling in favor of Google earlier this month that forced him to hand over more than 750 website names like googlegaycruises.com and googledonaldtrump.com. Elliott claims that the domain names were registered to represent a venture he wants to start which would encompass commerce, charity, and more.

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Wikipedia Zero Service Expands Into Asia

Wikipedia Zero Service Expands Into Asia

Wikipedia Zero has expanded into Asia, recently. Under the project, Wikimedia Foundation offers free mobile access to Wikipedia. The purpose of the project is to reduce obstacles to accessing knowledge by eliminating the two major barriers – one is the cost of data usage and another is network speed. Wikimedia Foundation has expanded this service into Asia for the first time through a partnership with Malaysian mobile operator Digi. Before this the service has been launched in Uganda and Tunisia.

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i.Sound Portable Power Max With 16,000mAh Battery For iPhone, DROID, And Blackberry

i.Sound Portable Power Max is an ultra-portable backup battery that can charge multiple devices at once. Outside of your home and forget to charge you cell phone, MP3 player, camera, or other electronic device? You have the ultimate backup for this kind of situation. The 16,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery provides up to 480 hours of power for charging iPod, iPad, iPad2, iPhone, DROID, and BlackBerry.

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Wikimedia Endorses Free Access To Publicly Funded Research

For a lot of practitioners scholarly information is too costly to access. Academic publishers charge thousands of dollars for journal subscriptions. This whole thing is a burden on knowledge seekers. The proponents of open knowledge have raised the question of morality of the model. Why should people pay to access research findings of those are funded through tax-payers money? Shouldn’t it be open for all?

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