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Comics 2007-10-25 10:51:00 Some funny ones I found on Amazing Super PowersEnjoy!! Read more:Comics
Call Any Number for Free! 2007-10-24 10:52:00 Talkster is a free phone service which has been around for a while. It supports free calling for over 25 countries at this point, although the list is growing pretty fast.The free calls are supported by 10-second at the beginning of each call. Calls can be placed via a computer, a mobile phone, or even an SMS! Talkster even supports conference calls.Hope they support India soon! :(Click here to know more Read more:Number
Switchfoot - Meant to Live 2007-10-22 09:02:00 Saw this video at the pub today and really liked it. By the way, Happy Birthday Avi! May you live forever! :D
N81 8GB Starts Shipping! 2007-10-22 08:42:00 The super Nokia N81 8GB is now available all over the world. The 8GB model is now available for $615 (approx. Rs. 24500/-) and the 2GB microSD model costs around $515 (Rs. 20500/-) plus taxes.It will come preloaded with three demoes of FIFA 07, Asphalt 3: Street Rules, and Space Impact Light, although these games will be available for download and preview once the N-Gage platform comes online some time in November. Look out guys, this is one heck of a phone! Read more:Shipping
A True Sports Fan 2007-10-21 23:12:00 This article was written by none other than our good ol' friend Chet. It was also published in The Hindu. I will be posting some of his old stuff until he becomes active here. Read on...“A true sports fan would be someone who would consider any sports person to be an underachiever”. Because lets face it any man or woman no matter how gifted he or she is, is bound to be human. And no one is greater or bigger than the game he or she plays. But what happens if we aren't true sports fans. What happens when we as fans too are human? “Is that really Mike Tyson”, the question asked by my dad wasn't really a question but was an expression of surprise. Mike Tyson was being clobbered like a rookie by Evander Hollyfield on TV. I didn't say anything but watched the fight go on. It didn't make a big deal as to who won to me. But I did remember my dad telling me, when I was a kid, that Tyson's specialty was the uppercut knockout punch. Seemed like he had run out of those punch Read more:Sports
Template Change 2007-10-20 05:07:00 Alright, there were some problems with viewing the blog on IE, so had to change the template. Guess there is still some work to be done.Suggestions would be welcome! Read more:Change
The N95 8GB 2007-10-19 00:08:00 Yes, the Symbian goodness at its best is coming soon! I have always liked the N95 and its a great phone, but there were also many crucial deficiencies in the N95. Nokia now makes amends and releases this mother of all phones, the N95 8GB.The letdowns known on the original N95 were its very very limited RAM available after bootup (only 20 MB, sheesh!) and its battery. Nokia has now released its much more sexier black counterpart with these things solved. The new N95 has 8 GB of built-in memory (although the original one purportedly now supports up to 6 GB) but no memory card slot, which might be a turn off for some people as this leaves no room for more expansion. It now has about 84 MB of RAM free to the user, which means actual multitasking. The battery has been upgraded to 1200 mAh, more juice while using GPS, Yay!All in all, another great phone! Keep up the good work, Nokia! It's currently priced at 560 euros (Rs. 31376/-) before taxes.You can compare the old one to this new
MrWesticles 2007-10-18 23:27:00 Recently, when browsing through IMDB, I came across some real hilarious comments made by a guy called mrwesticles. This guy also has a web comic going on at Amazing Super Powers. Check the comments on IMDB for some real laughs.IMDB needs you to register before you can see them
Hmm...Here Goes 2007-10-18 06:09:00 Alright, my first post on Blogger. Nothing much to say here. Let’s see how this goes. I will try to be as active as I can be. You ask me what this is all about? Well, about everything. Hopefully, with a little help from my good friend, Chet, this just could may be turn out to be a decent blog. ;)
Some Funny Movie Spoofs 2007-11-06 06:37:00 Here are some really good movie spoofs from MAD TVTerminator 3Fight "Like a Girl" Cluband a Heroes spoof! :D Read more:Funny
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No Gphone, but here comes Android! 2007-11-05 22:43:00 After all the rumors and speculations that have been flying around for the last year, things are clear now, there is no Gphone. Enter Android
, an open-source operating system for mobile phones. Android is Google's newest baby born in collaboration with Open Handset Alliance, an association of more than 30 biggie companies like Motorala, Qualcomm, HTC, and T-Mobile. Notable absentees from the list are Nokia, Microsoft, and AT&T.According to Google's blog, the first phones boasting Android will hit the shelves most likely in the second half of 2008. According to Forbes, "Dream," pictured below is supposedly one of the five prototypes from HTC sporting Android and has a full swivel-out keyboard, touchscreen, and measures 3 x 5 inches. HTC is planning a commercial release of Dream in the second half of 2008.Sources: Google Blog, Engadget Mobile, Forbes Read more:comes
The digital clock made in 1933 that weighed over 15,000 Lbs 2007-11-04 13:43:00 Monster Clock Has No Hands (Dec, 1933)Moving numerals, three feet high, will tell Londoners the time when a monster clock now under construction in one of this British city’s railroad stations is completed. The big timepiece is believed the largest without hands ever built. Three endless belts of steel slats, driven by an electric motor, carry the numbers past a rectangular window high on the station wall where they are made visible. Each numeral is outlined by silvered disks of reflecting material, and floodlights play upon the figures to make them show up clearly at a distance. The movement of the belts is governed automatically from a control panel with an extremely accurate master clock, which in turn is constantly regulated from the observatory at Greenwich. The steel roller on which the hour numerals are shown is thirty-seven feet long and the blinds weigh about 15,000 pounds.This clock was put up at Paddington Station, London in or around 1935, I suppose, though it seems to h
The Perfect Clock for NERDS 2007-11-03 13:26:00 This has to be the ultimate clock for nerds:It’s a funny clock and would like to gift it to my friend, though by the time one decodes the time, I think an hour would have passed; fortunately, there's no minutes in it. Who said maths is useless!!! Read more:Perfect
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MIT stackable City Cars reinvent the wheel 2007-11-03 13:07:00 Did you know there's a division at MIT called the Smart Cities group? It's true, and judging by the designs the team puts out maybe we should just leave city planning to them from here on out.They have a two-seater electric buggy in the works called the City Car that can stack against other City Cars to cut down on space and make transporting easy. Six to eight cars are said to be able to fit in one conventional parking space. The cars are built around an omni-directional robot wheel
, which not only allows for impressive maneuverability, but also contains the vehicle's electric-drive motor. City-goers will be happy to hear that the system allows for each wheel to turn 90 degrees, making parallel parking as easy as driving sideways.The City Car is due to be shown off next year. Until then, we have this video to ogle at the very least.More details here,
Masi Oka to serve as ambassador for OLPC 2007-11-01 23:56:00 Masi Oka, who plays Hiro Nakamura, on NBC's hit series, Heroes, is all set to don another role, this time in real life as the global ambassador for OLPC, which is a nonprofit organization founded by MIT profession, Nicholas Negroponte, aiming to provide every child in this world with a laptop as a means to access information in an inexpensive way. Their primary goal is to bring the cost of these educational laptops to $100.“Being a part of a global effort that is enabling children to learn, grow and succeed in life is both tremendously gratifying and important to me,” said Masi Oka. “I’m very excited about this opportunity to represent One Laptop per Child and bring my love of technology and education to the global community. I believe that it is incredibly important to enable access to learning for all children so that every child has the opportunity to create a better life for themselves, their family and their society.”Masi is no stranger to technology being a graduate Read more:serve
N82 Hands on! 2007-11-09 10:14:00 After a hazy pic we saw last month, Symbian Freak finally got their hands on Nokia's latest offering, the N82. Along with the usual array of features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and USB connectivity, it rocks with GPS, the new Nokia Music Store, and the N-GAGE Gaming Platform.Also, according to Symbian Freak, N82 sports auto-screen rotation just like the iPhone. This means you don't need apps like rotateMe, which I had talked about last week.Not to forget is of course the 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss cam with Xenon flash.Click Here for more pics and details. Read more:Hands
Pen Phone, a concept that just might work! 2007-11-09 10:04:00 This pic was sent by an anonymous tipster to Gizmodo this week. Cool design and a cooler concept, it just might be worthwhile to see this thing work! According to the tipster, his "company" wants to gauge consumer interest in products like these and that this was an unfinished product yet. All the technical feasibility issues aside, the real problem might turn to be able to not lose it!
Samsung intros world's first 8-MP CMOS sensor for mobile phones 2007-11-15 04:41:00 Samsung unveiled the 8-megapixel CMOS sensor, yes, that's 8000000 pixels, for you sweet phone photographers out there.The new CMOS sensor measures a respectable 10.5 x 11.5 x 9.4 mm in dimension, almost the same as a 3-megapixel one. You can expect phones sporting these sensors by the middle of next year.Hit this to read the translated version of the Samsung Korean Site. Read more:Samsung
High-Def Pics of "Earth Rise" and "Earth Set" 2007-11-14 08:39:00 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has obtained the world's first high-definition pictures of Earth
rising and setting on the moon using their lunar explorer, KAGUYA (Selene). This was made possible by using a high-def TV developed by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) for space use.The moving image data acquired by the KAGUYA was received at the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center and processed by NHK.Source: JAXANote: Have only put up the Earth Rise vid. Head over to JAXA for the Earth Set video.
N82, here at last! 2007-11-14 06:48:00 Just as we predicted some time back, Nokia announced the N82 today. As we already know, the brand new N82 touts a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera, Xenon flash, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, and a 3.5 mm audio jack, which can be used with any normal kind of headphones, among many other things with S60 3rd Edition. You can find the full spec sheet here.You can buy all this goodness at $657 (approx. Rs. 25800) before taxes. No idea when it will be available on the subcontinent though.
The Android UI, Video and Pictures 2007-11-12 19:32:00 Here is a bunch of pics of Google and OHA's new OS, Android
, in action.Also, a video of the user interface, looks pretty cool actually. The 6-min video shows off Android's capabilities using two mobile phones, one with a HTC-like device and the other a touchscreen phone. The touchscreen prototype looks more cool and it plays Quake!! $10 million dollars' worth of prize money ought to spur developers enough to start getting some apps out.The SDK is available here.Sources: YouTube & Engadget Read more:Pictures
Another Nseries Phone in 51 hours, N82? 2007-11-12 02:13:00 The Nokia Nseries
website has a countdown timer, reading 51 hours as of now, likely indicating a new Nseries phone.This new phone most likely will be the N82, which I had told you about earlier here and here.You can keep track of the timer here.
N82 Hands on! 2007-11-09 10:14:00 After a hazy pic we saw last month, Symbian Freak finally got their hands on Nokia's latest offering, the N82. Along with the usual array of features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and USB connectivity, it rocks with GPS, the new Nokia Music Store, and the N-GAGE Gaming Platform.Also, according to Symbian Freak, N82 sports auto-screen rotation just like the iPhone. This means you don't need apps like rotateMe, which I had talked about last week.Not to forget is of course the 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss cam with Xenon flash.Click Here for more pics and details. Read more:Hands
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