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Devon’s New Bullet Proof-Tread 1 Watch

You might have heard of concept cars with their, ultra sleek designs and almost science fiction like functions. But know imagine a watch that would literally blow you away or even protect you from a bullet, quite literally. Is this a concept watch or a status quo in the breaking? This is certainly not any ordinary gadget that one would imagine a watch transforming into, but Devon’s new Tread 1 watch... Read More »

High Tech Lasers Used for Mapping Volcano Ash

In the prevailing aviation lock down, governments in Europe are desperate to get out of the dilemma of, grounding their aviation industry to a complete halt. But even in these times one can’t rely on an educated guess and cost the aviation industry $200 million due to the ash cloud. In order to guard the Swiss air space, MeteoSwiss Aerological Station in Payerne has developed an ingenious solution... Read More »

FIFA Launches 3D World Cup

FIFA and Sony Corporation have added a third dimension, for many football fans around the world. FIFA in collaboration with Sony has unveiled 3D technology that enables football fans to view the upcoming FIFA world cup in 3D. 3D TV has currently become the buzz word of entertainment as many movies like Avatar, Clash of the Titans, have provided a new dimension to the viewing experience.  As world... Read More »

Samsung Introduces 32 GB NAND Flash Memory

Samsung has recently unveiled a 32 GB NAND flash memory. With the announcement of the 32 GB NAND flash memory, Samsung has shown its muscle in the world of flash memory. Based on the 20nm manufacturing process, Samsung has produced the first ever NAND chips. Based on the multi level cell (MLC) NAND technology, the NAND chips can be used in SD memory cards and in other devices that use or need embedded... Read More »
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Reel or Real???

Hollywood has always been a window to the technology of the future. Ever since Star Wars and the Bond movies, tech buffs have always turned towards Hollywood for the latest contraptions in the tech world. Though this is fine movie directors sometimes do take the viewers for granted and cook up crazy and funny stuff in the name of technology. Many movies veer off from ground reality to portraying nonsensical... Read More »

Now watch XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 on your mobile!

What seems to be an extraordinary development in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 arena, is that you will be able to watch the games on your mobile phone i.e. only if you have a 3G connection on your mobile phone. This news comes in the wake of the recent 3G spectrum allocation to companies like MTNL and BSNL, which shall be able to provide 3G connections to millions of users in India. When contacted... Read More »
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XIX Commonwealth Games 2010: Baton Technology Revealed

You must have seen the Common Wealth games baton travelling around the participating countries, to its final destination. Have you ever wondered what technological sophistication goes into to the planning and development of the baton? There are some interesting aspects of technology that are being utilized by the commonwealth committee for the 2010 games that are going to be held in Delhi on 3 October. Relaying... Read More »

FIFA’s “Smart Ball” Technology

There are many football fans across the world that may not know that in FIFA the football is not just any other ball made out of leather, but an intelligent device in itself. Recently there has been a buzz in the media, whether the football will be laced with gadgets inside it to provide real-time data at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.  Commonly the technicians of the World Cup call it... Read More »
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Nanoscale Chips….Really!!!

Silicon transistors have been the core of modern day computers. They have miniaturized computers from a hall sized machine to a palm sized contraption. Companies have been cramming in millions and millions of transistors onto a single chip to increase processing power as Gordon Moore had once stated in his law. Intel has already shifted to 32nm and AMD is playing catch up. But there is only so much... Read More »

Acer, Dell and HP To Use AMD Server Processors

AMD has launched its new eight and 12-core x86 server processors that will be used in servers from hardware partners Acer, Cray, Dell, Digicor, HP and Xenon. With the launch of new eight and 12-core x86 server processors, AMD is all set to challenge the “second wave” of server requirements from enterprises. The new Opteron 6000 series will be catering four socket, eight socket and higher... Read More »

Acer To Sell AMD’s Opteron Server Chip

Acer is going to be one of the first major computer vendors to sell systems. Acer will be selling systems based on AMDs’ latest Opteron server chips, the 6100 series. With HP, Dell and Cray in this race, soon Acer will be announcing servers that will be based on the Opteron 6100 series. Apart from selling computer like Acer Aspire One netbook, Acer also has a name in selling servers as well.... Read More »
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How to prevent virus infections on your PC

The best way to prevent viruses from infecting your PC is, obviously to have a good anti-virus software on your computer. This kind of software can detect and block many viruses before they can cause any harm on your PC. A good anti-virus software can scan for viruses on your hard drive or any files , documents or program. If the anti-virus finds any viruses, usually, it can quarantine them and eliminate... Read More »

LG Launches World’s First Full LED 3D TV

LG has launched World’s first full LED 3D TV in Korea. The LG LX9500 delivers a fantastic 3D experience with the help of innovative backlight structure. The 55-inch LG LX9500 has 1,200 LEDs along with 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and TruMotion 400Hz, providing an amazing 3D experience. The LG LX9500 has 22.3mm slim body 16mm super-narrow bezel and can support Multi Picture Format. The stunning... Read More »

ASUS Announces Motherboards for Six-core CPUs

ASUS has launched an all new series of motherboards that will support the upcoming six-core AMD® Phenomâ„¢ II X6 processors. The AMD six-core processor-ready ASUS motherboards will deliver high performance to the users as they have been acclaimed as the best motherboards for AMD processors. With the high performance, this technology is going to change the face of personal computing.  Read More →Read More »

Wireless Power

Way back in 1904 Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, had proposed an elaborate system for electricity transmission without wires. More than a century down the lane we are now hopeful of finally realising that dream with energy transmission wirelessly becoming a possibility. Wireless power had always been present but never feasible enough to be implemented. Since the last couple of decades... Read More »

The Lightening Fast-Light Peak

Data transfer speeds of late have become the bottleneck for faster devices. There are just too many types of buses available for high speed data transfer like SCSI, SATA, Firewire, HDMI etc, none of which can support the speed required for the devices of the future. USB 3.0 does seem promising but with a raw data transfer rate of 4.8Gbps it doesn’t sound futureproof. Then there is a problem of length... Read More »

EeeTop PC ET2010AGT From Asus Revealed

Asus has launched a new EeeTop PC ET2010AGT powered with the AMD Athlon X2 250u 1.6GHz, AMD RX780 chipset, ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 with 512MB dedicated and 4GB of RAM. You also have a choice to add a sleek multi-touch 20 inches screen with a resolution of 1400X900 pixels.  Read More →Read More »
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How to Optimize your PC through NetDuster

You purchase a new computer, bring it home, turn it on and think this will make life easy. You start installing software, surfing the net, checking e-mail and downloading games, but over a period of time your computer gets full of unwanted files and big size games and program files. The computer speed starts crawling and we cannot do anything with it conveniently. Sounds like something that happened... Read More »
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Cloud Computing-Explained

Cloud computing is definitely the way everyone seems to be heading. Google has long pushed for it and now with the launch of Chrome OS; it has made it clear that local computing is a thing of past. People who upload photos through the Internet to small and medium business enterprises (SMBs) are appreciating the ease and comfort of accessing data from anywhere. The advantages of cloud computing seem... Read More »
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