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Iphone OS 3.1.2 update released...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:39:00 +0000

The new Iphone OS 3.1.2 is released yesterday for all generations of Iphones. It is a pretty huge 241 MB download but there are no new features included into this version. Instead there are a few fixes for some bugs and Apple says there are urgently required for your safety.

* Resolves Sporadic issue that may cause iphone to not wake from sleep. * Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart. * Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming.

You can download it by connecting your iphone to the itunes software and that's it, you are ready to fix some bugs reported by Apple.

Via Gizmodo

Guess Who this cutie is ???

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:31:00 +0000

This cute looking girl is the sweet little daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. She is now in and around the shooting spots of her dad's new movie Wichita. She has already learnt the trade of posing to the paparazzi and just look at her, don't you feel there is a star in the making???

Via Perez

Hey all Twilighters... first song for you all... Meet Me on The Equinox

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:27:00 +0000

Death Cab For Cutie |MTV Music

This is the first official song of the movie "New Moon" from the Twilight saga. This video is shared by the music group "Death Cab For Cutie". Enjoy Twilighters, stay fresh and energetic till the release of the movie...

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Nobel Peace Prize showers on President Barack Obama....

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:04:00 +0000

President of the United States Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for this year. From the time he has taken charge he was on a single mission, just to fix the relations with all those enemy tagged countries, stop ill treatment of prisoners, help protect the interests of invaded countries. He never stopped in his peaceful approach. He definitely deserves the Nobel Peace Prize...

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How painful could be stress in the office...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:39:00 +0000

This is so very funny but it is so very not laughable. This is the state of people working in a lot of stress these days. This is a funny video for us but a painful realty for many. Hope you understand me...

Via sri-sphere

Sony slides-in the "X-Series" silently...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:46:00 +0000

Here is the new X-series Sony Vaio from Sony and it was unveiled in an event in New York City. They are going to cost you a cool $1300 but there are lot of justifications for that price. It is made up of carbon fibre and guess what it is the lightest weighing notebook ever made at a cool 1.6 pounds. Of course this is unbelievable but you have to believe me on this.

Not just that but this beauty is equipped with a 2 GHz atom processor and they are now running Windows 7 Operating system which is a WOW! It also sports a 2GB ram and 128 GB solid state drive along with a 11.1" widescreen display. You can also extend the regular battery to a 14 hour long working battery.

Via Gizmodo

War of the Social Networking sites - Guess the winner!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Here is a chart of comparison between the social media gaints Twitter, facebook and myspace and the number of unique visitors to these sites. Just saw this somewhere on the huge web and thought to share with you guys. Facebook is growing without any bounds and Myspace as usually has got its loyal visitors but what is interesting is the growth of twitter, that is now a days a bit on the down side, may be that's just a hiccup.

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Google Homepage minimalistic to the core...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:13:00 +0000

As I mentioned yesterday that Google is working on some new functionality with its homepage, it came out to be true and it is widespread now. From Yesterday morning Google homepage is minimalistic to the extreme. In the morning itself, I experienced this approach of Google.

I don't know what good is this function gonna do to Google except for some graphic work that might slow it down while loading or it might be the one that helps in faster loading of the page, I seriously don't know what's happening. Your comments are always welcome...

Windows 7 Launch Party Gift Boxes started arriving...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:57:00 +0000

Previously I told you about Windows 7 launch party and the perks that Microsoft offers you, if you are one of those lucky winners who will host the Windows 7 launch party. Now the packs have started arriving and Gizmodo got its hands on one such gift box and guess what they have shown up those pics that were hosted on one of those lucky guy's website. Here they are.

As the pics are self explanatory, I am not detailing anything. But let me point out what is what. There is the party box which includes the contents of the box, a Windows 7 poster, a bag that is tattooed with Windows 7 logo, four streamers, some balloons, Win 7 cocktail napkins and of course the best part is here. You will also get a Windows 7 Ultimate signature edition - signed by Steve Ballmer himself. That's a catch isn't it???

Working with Google Wave (shortcuts explained)...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:49:00 +0000

Guys at LifeHacker aren't allowing the Wave of Google wave to subside. They just want to inject the fever like a virus into each and everyone of their readers. Here is an edition on what is hot and what is not in Google Wave and they didn't stop at that but they dug through it like a maniac and they are still digging. This of course had made life easier for lots of other users of Google Wave.

In this new edition they have discussed about the keyboard shortcuts that are supported in Google Wave. That's a cool thing actually or atleast I think it is cool!!! Also they pointed out a lots of other stuff like filtering out waves, making a wave public, bookmarking a wave outlet and making your wave look beautiful. Also they have marked out some actions that don't work with the Wave. Just follow the link below to read out what all they said about Google Wave.

Via Lifehacker

Tom Cruise - Top Ten Crazy things list...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:46:00 +0000

This is an old video, just wanted to generate some laughs. Laughing is good for your health, isn't it??? Someone said it is...

Via Youtube

Venky, Indian born, biologist wins the "Nobel"...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, aged 58, who is a structural biologist by profession has been awarded with the most prestigious Nobel Prize in the field of Chemistry. Venky had his early education in the states of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat and then he has moved over to the United States to pursue his goals and now there he is standing tall with the Noble Prize.

I am proud that an Indian born has won the prize but I am a bit sad that he isn't from India right now nor were he nominated from India. It's ok but still he is Indian by nature, I guess. Achieving such a prestigious award is less to none. He is receiving this award for his work on proteins that control life. Congrats Mr. Venkatraman.

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Via TOI

Yahoo logo makes a sound similar to "Yahooooooooo" !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:56:00 +0000

Someone was telling me today about their new catch. Whenever you get a chance, go to the Yahoo search homepage and if you can see the exclamatory mark that ends the Yahoo logo. Try and locate the dot in the exclamatory mark and click exclusively on it. You will hear the dot screaming out "Yahooooooooo"!!! in a sweet lady voice.

Remember to pump up the volume and definitely it is not safe for work, remember this...

Stop dreaming now, start your day with some fresh mind....

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:29:00 +0000

Just thought to start your day with some refreshing comedy. This site phdcomics have got some cool and comedy stuff, go visit it...

Google Fading Homepage - Minimalistic to the extreme...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:40:00 +0000

Google is said to be testing out the new functionality of minimalizing its homepage to the extreme. They are said to be testing out a new fading in functionality(don't know why?) for their home page of Google Search. You will now be seeing just the google Logo and the search box. You can no more see the "Google Search" button or the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. These buttons are dropped from this experimental new Google Home page design.

This is said to be just an experiment and can't say if they stick to the same design. But there is this functionality where-in these buttons will return back when you move the mouse. Just check it in the video above.

Via techcrunch

Saw VI - Ready to scare you this Halloween...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:10:00 +0000

One of those movie trailers which will make some of you scream like hell and some of you to get excited. Saw series is one of those movies which has been one of those scariest movies of all times. It keeps people on their feet for most part of the movie and just not that there is this scary twist to the tale with a lot of sadism attached to it. Saw VI is the most awaited movie this halloween, in theaters Oct 23... enjoy the trailer above...

Google celebrating the barcode invention...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Google is celebrating the barcode invention in its own way. Just look at the logo of Google in it's homepage of Google Search. You will now see a barcode in place of the usual Google logo. On this day 57 years ago a patent was granted to its inventors Bernard Silver and NOrman Woodland. Just thought to share with you guys...

HTC HD2(Leo) specs leak out from Spain...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:14:00 +0000

Engadget Spanish has got its hands on the yet to be released HTC HD2 also known as the LEO and they have shared the specifications to the core. If you visit their website you will see how they got it reviewed on a video as well. Below are the specs for the phone.

Display - 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive display(800X480 pixels)

Processor - 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon processor

Operating System - Windows Mobile 6.5

FM - Integrated FM radio

Cam - 5-megapixel camera with autofocus

Bluetooth Support - Bluetooth 2.1

Audio Output - 3.5mm headphone jack

GPS - Yes (Garmin)

Via engadget

There is a "Map" for that - says Verizon...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:10:00 +0000

This is the video featuring the Verizon ad that mocks Apple Iphone and in turn its competitor AT&T and just not that. Verizon just simply comics AT&T saying that it is the nation's no.2 wireless company. Below is the video that is an ad for Apple Iphone featuring " There is an App for that"...

Via youtube

Google chrome Themes by Artists.... Cute Move....

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:08:00 +0000

Slowly but steadily Google Chrome is winning hearts of net users. It is now targeting the areas where Firefox has been dominant and trying to master the trade. One such move is made yesterday and it involves Google Chrome 3, which comes with themes that you can download and install. Now they have intro-ed a new section called Themes by Artists.

This new addon to Google Chrome is such a cool thing. Its more like the themes addon for Firefox but here it is something different as you don't need to go to some other section and download them and install them. Chrome does all this for you and you can enjoy freely all the themes available. When you just press the "Apply Theme" button below the themes, Chrome automatically downloads the theme and installs it for you.

If you are in a doubt about how to access the themes in your Chrome browser, first update your browser to chrome 3.0 and then go to the tools section on the top right corner and then go to the "options" field and then select "Personal stuff" tab and in there you will find the "Get Themes" button. Upon clicking this button you will be directed to the themes page where you can play around.

Apple's Job offer letter...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:45:00 +0000

You might have seen so many job offer letters from different companies like Microsoft, GE, Google or Youtube, but now I am presenting a job offer letter from none other than Apple. It looks more like a big ipod than an offer letter to me. What's common between an ipod and an apple job offer letter. They are white in color, they have an Apple logo on them and both of them will drag you into the closely knit Apple family. That's where the comparison ends.

But seriously guys just look at the job offer letter, it is soooooo boring. Of course, I heard that the pay checks are pretty heavy out there. If the checks are heavy, who cares how good looking is an offer letter.

Via fakesteve

Nature's fury in INDIA....

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:28:00 +0000

These are the heart paining pictures from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where the floods in one river has caused havoc everywhere and left lakhs of people homeless and killed hundreds of them. Crores of paddy fields and agricultural lands have now become cemetery grounds for the dead animals and humans. Still the floods aren't under control but a large part of it is over now.

This is just a picture of how nature can show its fury on mere human soles. This is just to show how unpredictable nature can be and how dangerous it can be. May all the souls of the dead Rest In Peace. May the almighty be with those who lost their near and dear. Hope those people stay strong.

Via eenadu

Kobe Bryant jumps over a speeding Aston Martin...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:12:00 +0000

That's one crazy video. I don't know how original this one is, but this is one crazy video. Please don't try this stunt at home. This guy is one of the BasketBall legends(for those who don't know him)and the guy who I look up to. This is an old video but just thought to share with you.

Evolution of Cell phone - By Benj Edwards...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Here's an interesting article written by Benj Edwards for PC World website about the evolution of cellphones and he has got some great stuff about how the cell phones and their technology have evolved over time. It is one of the fastest growing areas of technology and definitely, we need to keep an eye on what's happening, what has happened and what will be happening. Here is a glimpse of the article "Evolution of The Cell Phone" by Benj Edwards.

In his Words, "From enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets, mobile phones have come a long way. What once cost thousands, weighed 2 pounds, and packed 60 minutes of battery life now costs $99, weighs 4 ounces, and packs 5 to 10 hours of battery life and also includes a full-fledged computer, a video camera, audio/video playback, and high-speed Internet access." This is what he says about the evolution of cell phones.

This article interested me a lot and I thought it might be as interesting to you as well. Just thought to share with you. Follow the link below.

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HTC mobiles debut on AT&T with WINdows Mobile 6.5 ...

noreply@blogger.com (Hemanth) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:27:00 +0000

At&t is tasting its first flavor of Windows Mobile 6.5 with two unique mobiles from HTC, namely HTC Pure and Htc Tilt 2. The HTC pure on the left sports a 3.2 inch WVGA full touchscreen display and also a 5 megapixel autofocus camera. The Tilt 2 is slightly bigger version with a 3.6 inch display(WVGA), also comes with a qwerty keyboard and is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera.

The HTC Pure is available as of now with a contract for a cool $149.99 and the Tilt will make its way in the coming weeks and will be priced around $299.99. Both these prices are coming your way only after a $50 rebate.

Via engadget