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Most Popular Free iPhone applications – 2009

All of us know that iPhone has been the most liked phone in the recent history and its application developers have been doing a great job. Presented to you here are the most popular iPhone applications and posts for the year 2009. This collection of most popular iPhone applications is not official but based on user feedback. Release of GV Mobile and iPhone going Brain Dead iTunes application Store got an addition in April called GV Mobile. Other Google voice applications soon followed it, r...

Super USB Hub (with 24 ports) will take your USB fever far away!

image: Super USB Hub with 24 ports Yes, that’s right, now we have this gadget which seems to provide all the needs which one can have as far as external USB devices are concerned. So, anyone having a bundle of gadgets but no extra USB ports can take this seriously. The device will take away decent $70 from your pocket. I am not sure if so many USB’s are actually required by an individual but you can feedback us at our mail address if you feel interested. The use of such a gadget can be in p...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES OF 2009

Here is a list of technologies of 2009 that can transform the way we live our lives. Traveling-Wave Reactor Using atomic reactors to produce electricity is another method. The problems associated with it massive and costly as well. Enriching uranium and opening the reactor to refuel it are some of the most burdensome jobs associated to it. Removal of used fuel and reprocessing it to recover usable materials have similar problems. The problems or running a nuclear plan do not end here, other ri...

Jo-Zero Robot with impressive agility !

The area where the robots lag is their motion and flexibility. Their motion is quite slow and choppy and one can clearly define it as a typical ‘mechanical motion’. Honda’s Asimo released earlier was no exception in this regard. Although this robot could perform some impressive functions like dancing, climbing, running etc (That’s why it costs about $1 million) but the element of human-like continuous motion ,without jerks, still seems to be a missing link. image: Honda’s Asimo Robot But t...

One Leg of GSM Encryption cracked!

We have heard a lot that GSM is vulnerable to many attacks due to its 64-bit algorithm which cannot save it for long. However, till now no such big incident of cracking took place despite the fact that GSM is the most popular protocol for wireless communications and has been in use by billions of people. But here is a break, a security researcher (Nohl) is trying to build a table which will crack the GSM algorithm and here what he claims is that his efforts to crack GSM frequency hoping algor...

Classic Options Possible on Windows 7

Thank you to Classic Shell for giving back the users of Windows some of the features they had been missing in Windows 7 and Vista but were present in XP. Biggest and popular most example being the Classic Main Menu. It is free and has an open source. Double thumbs up!! It gives you the option to select both or either of the two features that have been made possible with Windows 7. First is the Classic Main Menu and second is the Classic Explorer. Main menu showing have the drag and drop facil...

2011 and the New ISR Project

A new generation of bombers in engineering phase in the United States of America. This new generation bombers will apart from its task of bombing do many other things as well. These important tasks include information gathering and attacking the enemy without using explosive. The long range, ISR/strike aircrafts might have in them the laser, devices that produce high power microwave pulses and importantly capability of invading the enemy networks electronically. The new bomber will be a mixt...

LA Auto Show unveiling an Untraditional Hybrid – Electric Supercar

CMT-380 is what we are going to talk about. It is introduced by Capstone Turbine at the LA Auto Show. It is a conventional hybrid-electric supercar with normal batteries but under the hood lies the secret. It is powered by an ultra-low emission, range extending microturbine.Capstone microturbine is basically an ultra clean and quite jet engine. Jim Crouse, Capstone's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing said, “The sleek-looking, high-performance supercar definitely raises hybrid's co...

Comparison of Different Operating Systems – How To

Most of us spend hours looking for the perfect computer for us but mostly overlook the operating system ‘OS’. For a normal user it is a difficult task to choose an OS. Here I will help you know what to look for when choosing and OS. The best way to choose is after comparison with other possible candidates. Some of the features and qualities you need to look for while doing so are: User Friendliness Compatible software availability Capability to share files Office Application ...

Future of Electric vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid vehicles

Glaciers are melting at a rapid pace, temperatures are increasing, ozone is depleting, clean water is becoming a luxury, precious animal species are rarely seen, in short enthalpy of the world in increasing at a rapid pace. Everybody who is concerned about all the above mentioned factors will be extremely exhilarated to know that a new species of electric vehicles is not far away now. This is of great value to those who do not want to add to the damaging world. It is about time that the authorit...