Archive for September 25th, 2007
Scientists in Singapore have successfully developed a portable device that is said to detect the infamous H5N1 bird flu virus that gripped the world with fear and terror a few years’ back. Comprised of a unique platform designed by IBN, it uses a magnetic force to manipulate individual droplets containing silica-coated magnetic particles. The droplet itself has many functions, being a pump, valve, mixer, solid-phase extractor and real-time thermocycler. It will then be able to process complex biochemical tasks in a similar manner found in that of a traditional biological laboratory on a miniature scale. Initial trial runs have shown that IBN’s platform is extremely sensitive and yields results around 10 times faster than available tests. Another piece of good news - the final product could be up to 40 to a hundred times cheaper than existing solutions.
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September 25th, 2007
Purchasing a single MP3 track from Amazon and an album are two different experiences, where the former involved a mere click and download while the latter requires you to install the Amazon music tool (weighing in at 575kb) that installs quickly. Once up and running, you’ll need to click on the “1 Click Album Purchase” logo, opening the .AMZ file if you’re using Firefox (in IE7 it ought to trigger automatically though) just to see the Amazon MP3 Downloader pop up, commencing with the album download almost immediately. It takes approximately 90 seconds to download the entire album which is stored in the newly created “Amazon MP3″ folder in the Music folder for those using Vista. The album art is already embedded in the file so you don’t have to go looking around for one. All purchases are made via credit card.
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September 25th, 2007
Google won’t take the Microsoft route by buying up Second Life - no sir, it will actually come up with its own version of the famous online “life simulator”. Sounds like another great time waster - I wonder how many hours of productivity has been flushed down the drain when folks get too engrossed with their online avatars in order to escape from the harsh realities of life? According to Google, they are currently testing their own “3D virtual world technology” that will result in a similar Second Life experience. Well, Google has the advantage of incorporating some aspects of google Earth to turn their dream into one big, profitable project. Do you think this will pose a serious threat to Second Life if it was ever released, and will it garner as many users as WoW?
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September 25th, 2007
Toshiba has unveiled the TDP-EW25U that sports a unique DLP projection system that casts a 41″ image from a mere1.6 feet, making it one of the most flexible projectors ever. You can also scale it up to a 60″ picture from just 2.4 feet away. It can be ceiling mounted like any decent projector should be, actively eliminating visible glare while doing away with shadows from the projector itself falling onto the display. The TDP-EW25U’s native resolution stands at 1280 x 800, enabling it to accomodate widescreen notebooks as well as 720p High Definition video feeds. It doesn’t require pesky cabling since video data is sent over a WiFi connection. Other features include a USB port that can take in any USB flash drive, a brightness level of 2,600 lumens, and a 2,000 to 1 contrast ratio. You can bring home the TDP-EW25U after forking out $1,899 for it.
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September 25th, 2007
Toshiba has just announced the Gigashot A100F camcorder, making it the smallest “Full HD” camcorder in the world. It will feature a shock-mounted, 1.8″ 100GB disk with 1/3″ CMOS sensor 2 megapixel stills or 1,920 x 1,080 recordings at 60fps with 16bit/48kHz Dolby digital stereo audio at a 384kbps bit rate. This means you get approximately a dozen hours of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 formatted video of the highest quality, while standard mode will garner nearly double that amount at 23 hours. Other features include an SDHC memory card slot, a 3″ LCD display, 10x optical zoom, HDMI and component out, and USB linkup. It measures a mere 78.1mm x 135.4mm x 79.0mm to lay claim to the title as the world’s smallest “Full HD” camcorder with an integrated hard drive. The high end Gigashot A100F will ship from November onwards for $1,628 while at the lower end of the spectrum you can pick one up for $935.
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September 25th, 2007
Global M2M Wireless from Jasper WirelessJasper wireless is a global M2M mobile operator, providing GSM data communications to machine devices in over 35 countries in the world.Talari networksTalari Networks is a new network technology solution that reduce the monthly WAN spending by 40% to 90% for enterprises and outsourcers. In addition it increases the bits per dollar by 30x-100x.Probel PBMProbel is launching Probel PBM a Personal bandwidth management software especially useful for VOIP, video conferencing and gaming. For example, hidden competing traffic from various sources often prevent Skype to get a good voice quality. Probel PBM solve this problem.ioMemory and the ioDrive from Fusio-ioFusio-io is coming up with its new storage architecture based on high density NAND. They claim that it has the same performance as 1000 disk drives, making the current servers ready to be used as boat anchors…Solid Ice from QumranetSolid Ice is a virtual desktop for enterprise with more than 500 PCs. PhreesiaPhreesia is a computer tablet that connects doctors to their patient with an easy to use software. The goal is to improve the patient experience and enhance the patient-doctor relation. It is compatible with the existing patient management system: doctors can export their data from Phreesia to their existing system.
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September 25th, 2007
Sony has just rolled out a new Vaio L series notebook that can be hung from the wall just like one of those nifty large screen displays. This model you see here measures 22″ diagonally across and sure looks good in any living room. The only downside would be the high entry cost, as we all know that Vaios aren’t exactly the most affordable brand to gun for. If you think 22″ isn’t big enough to feed your senses, then you can always use a Vaio with DMB that can run on a Sony Bravia LCD display.
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September 25th, 2007
D-Link has released the DWA-643 Wireless N XpressCard Notebook Adapter which comes in an ExpressCard 34 design that supports not only 802.11b and g, it also does 802.11n to meet the vigorous demands of future wireless networking. To make things simpler for the layman, that means it operates in the 2.4GHz band and not the 5GHz band that is less noisy and boasts a higher level of performance. For those bound to their desks at work, there is also a PCI Express version of the same device.
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September 25th, 2007
Looks like the folks at Google Labs are certainly pretty creative when it comes to hiding an Easter Egg. Mark Erickson claims to have uncovered the method to access Google’s secret on-demand television service, where you are supposed to send an email to yourself with a little cut and paste message, and then log out and log in your GMail account. The GoogleTV icon will then appear over where the letter “M” is supposed to be after a number of log outs and log ins, but even though I’ve tried this method for over 20 times, nothing still turned up for me. What do you think? The jury is still out on this one, and there are staunch supporters on either side. Check out the video above and find out for yourself.
Update: GoogleTV is a hoax, people! Save your time from logging in and out countless times and play Halo 3 instead 
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September 25th, 2007
CornerWorldCornerWorld is a social networking website with business management tools. It helps amateurs and professional to publish and manage the sale and promotion of their content.Think Facebook, meets Youtube, meets eSnips meets Evite meets… waow! Will it survive the social networking frenzy?SceneCasterScenacaster enables the users to create and publish 3D scenes in their browser. One cool application is trying different type of furniture in a virtual apartment in order to make purchase decisions. It is compatible with Google 3D warehouse. The public beta is launching right now. Very cool!Peoplejam.comPeoplejam.com is a social networking website aimed at people who wants to learn and LiveMochaLivemocha is an internet-based learning solution that’s supports 16 languages. They provide interesting conversational tools based on an international a community.Grapr.comThis website provides “how to” videos with annotation capabilities. You can search by video titles or by people.
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