It’s very likely that when you call 911 from your cell phone in an emergency, the operator on the other end won’t automatically know your location. This is despite the fact that most U.S. mobile Continue reading “A short circuit for cellular E911- Where are you?”.
Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) said it has developed a lithium-ion battery that won’t overheat even if a short circuit occurs. The new battery includes a heat-resistive insulator inside the battery cell, next to Continue reading “Panasonic develops battery that won’t overheat”.
he costliest international warplane project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely completed its first test flight on Friday, advancing a $276.5 billion program financed by the United States and eight other countries. The Continue reading “F-35 Lightning 2 fighter completes first test flight”.
A veteran spacewalker and his rookie partner slipped outside the International Space Station on Saturday to complete a power rewiring job that should leave the outpost ready for the long-delayed addition of European and Japanese Continue reading “Astronauts exit space station for rewiring job”.
No doubt the main event for 2007 will be the impending smack-down between the traditional phone and cable TV industries. The regional Bell companies, after losing millions of customers to rival phone services from cable Continue reading “Phone, cable companies to battle in 2007”.
Our friends over on The Inquirer have gained information on factory overclocked GeForce 8 series cards. According to Faud, XFX will be the first card maker to be allowed to overclock their products. The new Continue reading “XFX has a licence to overclock G80”.
Google announced on Thursday evening that a domain name search and registration service will be added to its Google Apps for Your Domain offering. Google will partner with GoDaddy and eNom, two domain registration companies Continue reading “Google to offer domain registration services”.
Dell delayed its third-quarter financial report Thursday, citing an ongoing probe of its accounting practices. Dell initially postponed its press release detailing third-quarter results in November as a result of the accounting probe, releasing limited Continue reading “Dell delays third-quarter financial report”.
Today, Adobe Systems will make public their beta of Photoshop Creative Suite 3. The big news is that this is the first version to run natively on Intel-based Apple Macs. Anyone who is a Mac Continue reading “Adobe Releases Beta Version of Photoshop CS3”.
Today we look at the Super Talent 2GB Mega Screen MP3 Player, which is Super Talents first attempt at the MP3 player market. Is this the MP3 Player for the iPod craver on a budget? With a built in FM tuner, OLED color display, lithium battery and simple button layout it just might be! Read on as we take a look at the 2GB white version to see if this is the MP3 Player is right for you.
Microsoft’s gory Gears of War video game, where soldiers slay alien invaders with chainsaw-mounted rifles, topped U.S. sales charts in November. The title, for the software giant’s own Xbox 360, sold 1 million units–the most Continue reading “‘Gears of War’ wins top spot in game sales”.
Nintendo have announced that they will replace any broken straps on the new Wii. There have been a number of reports across the internet of people breaking their TV sets after getting too involved in Continue reading “Nintendo respond to Wii breakages”.
Legit Reviews has all of the latest products from Everglide on the test bench and have spent a number of hours with their group of gaming products. The s-500 Headphones, The g-1000 Gaming Mouse and the TITAN Mouse pad are designed for hardcore gamers, but do they make the cut? We look and see if they are worthy of hitting the battlefield at full force. Read on to see if Ben was turned into one Ubar LEET gamer that owns all!
Scientists in Italy have discovered how to collect solar power from Blueberries. This is no joke. Currently the process isn’t as efficient as the current technology, but it is cheaper, and with ever rising fuel Continue reading “Solar Panels using Blueberries?”.
I can’t wait to get my hands on one (or three) of these drives! Should be a nice boost in data transfer performance for many situations. And hopefully the risk of storage errors will be Continue reading “Samsung Solid-State Hard Drives Unveiled”.
