Aspirin really is a drug
There are a lot of drugs we take so reflexively we don’t even know they’re drugs. One such drug is aspirin. The natural substance from which it was first derived was known to Hippocrates. The first aspirin tabletswere sold in 1900. An aspirin is part of the shield for the Bayer Leverkusen socc
Lenovo IdeaCentre 600: Thinnest (Hottest?) All-in-One PC on the Block
Lenovo's IdeaCentre 600 is a pretty splashy debut: Its first ever all-in-one is a simple curved slab that's supposedly the thinnest all-in-one in the industry. Beyond the form factor—which borrows liberally from the new Star Trek and the iMac (the frameless black bezel looks like it was copy
Nokia N97 Unveiled, The First High-End N-Series Touch Phone
[HTML1] It's been a long time coming, but after dabbling with touch on the midrange 5800, Nokia has finally brought a touchscreen to an S60 "N-Series" smartphone, the N97. Take a look at our hands-on impressions and the complete rundown on Nokia's new flagship. But it's not quite a full div
Parlingo All-In-One Free Instant Messenger For The iPhone
Palringo is a free multi-client instant messaging app for mobiles that hit the App Store over the weekend, and it's the first to officially support Google Talk/Jabber, on top of Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, ICQ, iChat and Gadu-Gadu (if you're in Poland). You can also use it to quickly send photos
Microsoft's LucidTouch Transparent Touchscreen Device Gets All Mocked Up
Naturally, when we first laid our eyes on the LucidTouch prototype from Microsoft back in October, we were intrigued by the transparent multi-touch interface that allows users to control the device from behind the screen. Now, five months later, Microsoft has unveiled some artist mock-ups of wh
Samsung's TL34HD: A 14.7 MP Point-and-Shoot
Samsung's new TL34HD point-and-shoot is being billed as the "most advanced point?and-shoot digital camera in Samsung’s history" with a robust 14.7-megapixels, a 3-inch touchscreen LCD, and a Schneider lens with a 28mm wide-angle focal length and 3.6x optical zoom. It is also capable of shooting
Understanding Windows 7's 'GodMode'
Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden "GodMode" feature that lets users access all of the operating system's control panels from within a single folder. By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it wit
Connecting the Quantum Dots to More Than Double Hard Drive Capacity
Posted by AceNik on Mar 11, 2010•|
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Scientists have developed a new type of semiconductor structure—using microscopic crystals called magnetic quantum dots—that could more than double current hard drive storage capacity. That’s just for starters.
The crystals themselves aren’t new; they’ve been around for over a decade in computer chips, solar cells, and LEDs, according to CBC News.
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Heat-Channeling Carbon Nanotubes Produce 100 Times More Energy than Li-ion Batteries
Posted by AceNik on Mar 10, 2010•| Email This Post
Johnny Cash can’t have known about carbon nanotubes when he sang about rings of fire, but MIT scientists have shown how they can create electrical current—about 100 times as much energy per unit of weight as lithium-ion batteries.
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The Skyscraper Water Factory
Posted by AceNik on Mar 10, 2010•| Email This Post
I can imagine a future dry Earth in which nature only exists inside huge buildings like this Freshwater Factory Skyscraper, designed by Design Crew for Architecture to produce freshwater from sea water on the south coast of the Spain.
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Google Buys Picnik
Posted by AceNik on Mar 8, 2010•| Email This Post
It’s difficult to understand why Google didn’t develop an online photo editor: it would’ve integrated with Picasa Web Albums, Google Docs and other Google services. Right now, Picasa Web Albums is just an online extension of Picasa, a popular software that lets you manage your photos.
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Google Beats ‘Em AND Joins ‘Em With DocVerse Acquisition
Posted by AceNik on Mar 8, 2010•| Email This Post
Google’s shopping spree continues. This time they’ve picked up a company called DocVerse, whose software will eventually allow seamless interoperability between Google Docs and Microsoft Office. That’s right, Microsoft… the call is coming from inside the house.
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