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Samsung Super Luxury TV Details to be revealed at IFA 2012
04/13/2012, Samsung, the South Korean electronics giant confirmed today that will be launching a new “super luxury” TV in August during the IFA press conference which will be held in Berlin from 31st August to 5th September. Although the Marketing Director [...]
Modular sleep pods a fixture at 2012 Olympics data centers
04/12/2012, The summer Olympics that will be happening in London later this year is the sporting spectacle of the year, and the amount of logistics to be figured out is huge. Monstrous, even. Having said that, it would also be crucial [...]
NASA’s Viking robot found life on Mars in 1976?
04/12/2012, Is there really life on the Red Planet? Those who want to believe so says “Yes!”, after new analysis of 36-year-old data that were resuscitated from printouts pointed out such a possibility. This particular international team of mathematicians and scientists [...]
NFC Card Emulation with a Completely Dead Battery Possible with some BlackBerry Devices
04/12/2012, For those of you who own NFC capable BlackBerry smartphones did you know that it may be able to process NFC transactions when with a completely dead battery? Not all the NFC capable BlackBerrys can do it though. When in [...]
Leaked Microsoft roadmap points to Office 15, IE 10 and Windows Phone information
04/12/2012, It seems that there has been a leak of a Microsoft Roadmap that detailed future products and releases, including Office 15, Internet Explorer 10 as well as Windows Phone details, meaning Microsoft has ideas for the desktop and mobile platforms [...]
Topps virtual baseball cards can be collected and traded
04/12/2012, Collecting baseball cards is a hobby that is loved by millions of American (and Japanese, I presume) children, and there is always the starry eyed wonder of opening up a spanking new pack of baseball cards, keeping your fingers crossed [...]
One Sony strategy’s opening move: Shed 10,000 jobs
04/11/2012, Just a couple of days ago, we talked about how Sony will release 10,000 workers from their payroll in a corporate exercise to trim costs as well as boost profits. It seems that this is all part of the One [...]
Age Engage Program to Help Connect Seniors to the Internet
04/11/2012, Every one of us who is either middle aged or less probably has tried teaching senior members in our lives to use the internet and most of the time, it is a slow painstaking process. Amanda Del Balso, AdWords Account [...]
Keyboard Flip-Flops
04/11/2012, Now here is a way for you to announce just how much of a geek you are – with the Keyboard Flip-Flops. This is a symbol for hardcore programmers, accountants, and digital authors who hammer out word after word for [...]
Mekon Transparent Mechanical Watch
04/10/2012, Watchismo has released the Mekon Transparent Mechanical Watch, which is quite a sight, so to speak. After all, most of us own watches which are closed, and they do not reveal what is underneath the hood, and the more common [...]
Nubrella lets you cycle through rain without having to hold an umbrella
04/10/2012, If you are an avid cyclist who has a heart for the environment, preferring to get around on pedal power instead of four wheels, then surely there are some of us who live in places where there is rainfall from [...]
Facebook Tests Hybrid Wall and Feed on Event Pages
04/10/2012, Facebook, the social networking site that has recently become the victim of a love-hate relationship by many when it purchased Instagram, is known for constantly tweaking event invitations on its site. The latest adjustment involves a hybrid wall that reinstates [...]
Dream:ON app could shape your dreams
04/09/2012, “Sweet dreams are made of these…”, or so the opening line from a song goes. Well, when we sleep, we are most rested when there are no dreams that happen, but sometimes, we tend to dream a whole lot, ending [...]
