Technology Pod

Your Gateway to Blocked Content - The Pirate Browser

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 20:01:00 +0000

Countries like United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, North Korea, Denmark, Italy, Iran, Pakistan and Ireland has always been imposing ban to keep their citizens deprived from certain web content.

One of the renowned and controversial P2P website "The Pirate Bay", whose owners has already been facing many court cases on copyright infringements; has now launched a new web browser "The Pirate browser".

The Browser is typically targeted to unblock the content that certain countries do not allow its citizens to access. The Pirate browser does not make you anonymous but it has customized proxy settings that let users get around those blocks.

Worth mentioning fact is that the Pirate browser is launched on the 10th birthday of "The Pirate Bay" definitely a gift to its users.

The official announcement:

Do you know any people who can't access TPB or other torrents-sites because they are blocked? Recommend PirateBrowser to them. It's a simple one-click browser that circumvents censorship and blockades and makes the site instantly available and accessible. No bundled ad-ware, toolbars or other crap, just a Pre-configured Firefox browser.

A nice present to TPB and our users on this day, out 10yr birthday!

Download Link of the browser - Click Here

Customer Relationship Managment Action Plan

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:09:00 +0000

Action is a necessary component in insights and explorations. The action is no doubt the only important and significant stage in proper research. The action plan starts with a question, based on the observations. When we observe things and phenomenon around us, many questions arise in our minds. For example, if someone is interested in cooking, he would likely to learn more and more innovative and interesting recipes. The action plans proceeds in the same manner. It starts with a single question or the set of questions based on those observations. An action plan is then decided based on work and research related to that question. Afterwards, it ends with a judgment or the result.

The Three Stage Model:

The three stage model consists of following steps:

Exploring the products: This stage helps the client to explore the products and goods in a better way. In this stage, the clients make judgments whether the products would help them gain the profit and in such a way their concerns about gaining the profit are resolved.

Better understanding of the products: In this stage, the clients are provided with an in depth analysis and report of the products of their interest. This stage is helpful in understanding the products effectively.

Action plan and evaluation: This is the final step. In this step, the final judgments about the goods are made by the clients.

With the help of the above mentioned model, I have come to the point that the model is absolutely applicable and effective in proper orientation plans. So, I totally agree with the three stages of the model.

The Strategic Marketing Achievement Plan

Kanye West will create product fairness for the male kid marketplace flanked by the suitable ages of 14 and 18 years old. The aim for the uppermost teen years is thought more efficient, as teens working habits are dominion and also have enough stipends for expenditure. His aired TV commercial will be on CRM for small businesses similer to Hannah Montana, and it might be going on air quite frequently in the next few years to come.

In publicity, a creation is no matter what that can be shipped to marketplace yet influences and satisfies an urge or need. The merchandise of the group cannnot be successful until it advertises.

The goals and objectives of the company should be well defined i.e. to provide people with services that gather no complaints. The approach is relatively simple; to facilitate the CRM for small businesses in any way in this field. The company ensures that the economic health of the associated CRM for small businesses is well ensured by making sure that the services are never down.

The company has to strive to make sure that the prices remain feasible enough so as to allow maximum companies to associate themselves with it. It is constantly evolving and changing so that the current telecom structure is well suited to meet the ever emerging needs like to support telecom, IT and media all in one go. The primary objective is to make sure that the companies are on a very prominent platform and are well suited for competition.

CleverTim is one of the companies trying to push hard the boundries of the CRM and to help its customers achieve the unachieveable

Samsung Galaxy S4 - Released (now you don't have to touch the screen to operate it)

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:47:00 +0000

Samsung has launched the next version of its flagship product. Samsung Galaxy S4. The much awaited product was introduced on 14th March 2013. Samsung is hoping that the new product will take the world by storm the same way as the parent product. Samsung Galaxy S4 was released at an event in New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The presentation was broadcasted live worldwide.

Software Features: The S 4 comes with a built-in infra-red diode, so it can control an entertainment center as a universal remote.

The screen can now sense finger hovering just above the screen without touch it. Some of the applications even react to the finger gestures, for instance, hovering the finger over an email shows the first few lines of an email. E.t.c.

Similarly user can hover swipe the finger in the internet browser to scroll the screen up or down.

Both cameras can be operated with a single click. Meaning u can take the picture of the scenic beauty and at the same time the front camera can u used to take your picture.

Another interesting feature is when several Samsung Galaxy S4 are in a close proximity all can share music or link up to play a single song on all the phones…

The screen of the phone can be divided into several different spaces, and can be assigned different tasks, for example one part of the screen can be used for personal information while the other can be used to official works.

One of the major features for the hardware is the Super AMOLED 5 inch touch screen. The Corning Gorilla Glass 3, A 13 mega pixel camera, A Quad Core processor of 1.6 GHz with a 2 GB RAM.

Following are the hardware specifications of Galaxy S4:

Weight: Weighs almost 130g

Dimensions: 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)

CPU: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7

Display: 5 inch: Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 16M colors
1080 x 1920 pixels, 4.99 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM

Camera:

Primary Camera: 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Secondary Camera: 2 MP, 1080p@30fps

Video: 1080p@30fps

Camera Features: Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR

Operating System: Android OS, v4.2.2(Jelly Bean)

Chipset: Exynos 5 Octa 541

Battery: 2600mAh
A comparison between Samsung, Apple, HTC and Blackberry flagship products will give you a better idea as to which one is better.

Spec	Samsung Galaxy S4	Apple iPhone 5	HTC One	BlackBerry Z10

Operating system*	Android 4.2.2	iOS 6	Android 4.1	BB10
Dimensions	5.38 x 2.71 x 0.31 inch; 4.6 ounces	4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inch; 3.95 ounces	5.41 x 2.69 x 0.37 inch; 5.04 ounces	5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 inch; 4.78 ounces
Display	5-inch full HD Super AMOLED; 1,920x1,080 pixels, 441ppi	4-inch IPS LCD; 1,136x640 pixels, 326ppi	4.7-inch LCD; 1,920x1,080 pixels, 468ppi	4.2-inch LCD; 1,280x768 pixels, 355ppi
4G LTE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NFC	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Rear camera and recording	13-megapixel, 1080p HD video	8-megapixel, 1080p HD video	4-megapixel (Ultrapixel), 1080p HD video	8-megapixel, 1080p HD video
Front-facing camera	2-megapixel	1.2-megapixel	2.1-megapixel	2-megapixel
Processor	1.9GHz, quad-core Snapdragon Fusion Pro; or proprietary 1.6GHz octa-core Exynos 5 Octa	Proprietary A6	1.7GHz, quad-core Snapdragon 600	1.5GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus
Capacity	16GB, 32GB, 64GB	16GB, 32GB, 64GB	32GB, 64GB	16GB
Expandable memory	Up to 64GB	No	No	Up to 32GB
Battery	2,600mAh	Not disclosed by Apple	2,300mAh	1,800mAh
Price	TBA	$199.99, $299.99, $399.99	U.S. pricing TBA	$199 on Verizon
Carriers	AT&T, Cricket, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Verizon	AT&T, Cricket, Sprint, Verizon	AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile	AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
Available colors	Black, white	Black, white	Silver	Black, white (Verizon only)

Solar Energy for BTS Telecom towers–Gigantic energy conservation being overlooked

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:48:00 +0000

Energy shortage, dependency on fossil fuels, rising cost of energy and environmental pollution have become the biggest challenge in modern times. With limited resources and quick depletion of fossil fuel resources, the demand and supply situation is getting worse with each passing day.

Pakistan is having a huge market of mobile telephone and an ever increasing exponential growth in the mobile sector. The telecom equipment needed to support the growth of telecom has also increased; so is the use of BTS (Base Transceiver Station) towers. With thousands of BTS installed all over the country, average consumption of electricity of these BTS is moving from huge to humongous.

Currently BTS towers depends on On-Grid power which is provided by WAPDA, however with increasing loads shedding, Telecom companies installs around 10-20KVA of generators on all BTS sites to keep the BTS telecom tower alive during load shedding hours for consumer communication needs.

Currently only Telenor has more than 7000 sites operational all over the country (a Telenor employ who do not want to be named told). The data is also available on PTA site which has not been update in the last 1 or 2 years or so.

Pakistan is facing an average 6-8 hours of load shedding each day. Each of the BTS station takes an average of around 3-4kWh of total load.

A total of minimum 21 MW of electricity is being consumed by only one telecom operator per Hour. This means 378MW of electricity is being consumed each day by one Telecom operator (assuming 18hours of electricity being used from Grid).

This is just one side of the electricity consumption, Diesel generator used as a backup for BTS towers runs an average of around 4-6 hours each day, they not only put burden on financial exchequer of the government but, also responsible for noise and air pollution in terms of carbon foot print.

If only 30% of this electricity consumption of grid (WAPDA) can be saved by installing renewable energy sources like Solar or wind, Pakistan can save around 110MW/day of electricity just from one telecom operator. Around 500MW of electricity per day can be saved just by converting 30% of the already use grid electricity of all telecom operators’ BTS tower towards Solar renewable energy system.

Pakistan, being close to equator, is exposed to enormous sunshine for maximum part of the year. Hence solar energy is available in abundance in most part of the country. A study by USAID reveals the fact that the average solar radiation in different part of the country is significant enough to generate almost 3 to 6 KW of energy per sq.m. / Hour.

Converting BTS towers to renewable energy is a win-win situation even for the Telecom companies. The payback period of solar renewable energy is mere 13-15 years when compared with On-Grid electricity (WAPDA), and after that this energy is totally free. Even a 12^th grade student can calculate the revenues of what telecom companies can really benefit from solar energy sources.

Government should play a vital to encourage the telecom companies towards renewable energies by giving some subsidy in terms to taxes or some other incentive, just like other developed countries. Once under government support, solar energy would attract foreign and local investment, resulting in large network of local industries, suppliers and vendors. More job opportunities will be created as a result of increased investment in solar industry reducing un-employment.

Note: All calculations are research is done by the author himself, and there might be a slight difference with the original result.

Digital Measuring Tape - Amazing concept

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:25:00 +0000

Measuring non-flat surface would be easy with Touch Tape Measure. This measuring tape concept offers you an easy way to measure any object, This tape is thread-based with a suction cup at its end. Unlike our traditional tape measures, we can’t get accurate measurement of non-flat surfaces,

The measuring tape has a digital OLED display, which can give you accurate digital reading. The idea is indeed very nice specially when measurement are to be taken for uneasy surfaces.

Future Computer Workstation

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:25:00 +0000

The Future Computer Workstation

A futuristic chair, designed keeping in view the long hours a person spent in front of PC. The Seat has advanced features like , climate control chair, LED lights, and an Air filtering system.

The chair is packaged with 3 27" LED screens. The total power consumed by the chair is around 1700-2100KW. A breath taking sound system of Bose with 5.1 surrounded sound is also installed within the seat.
Each part of the chair is movable and can be adjusted to personal needs.e.g arm rest, screens, height e.t.c. The charir is electrically rotateable to 360 degrees,

The chair costs around $50,000. The chair is named as Emperor 2000

Full Technical Specs

Operating Voltage
100-240V~50/60Hz

Power Consumption
1700~2100 Watts
Regulations inspection is completed on each Emperor 200 before shipping

Screens
As requested, up to 3 x 27"
Up to 7680-by-1440 (3x 2560-by-1440)

PC Specs
Option 1
Windows based configuration 1
Two 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32 GB PC3-10600 Memory
2.12 TB RAID 1 Storage
Quadro 4000 2 GB
Blu-ray/DVD Combo 12x Light Scribe SATA Optical Drive
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit

Option 2
Windows based configuration 2
Intel Core i7 3.60GHz
32 GB PC3-12800 Memory
1 TB SATA3 7200 rpm Storage
Quadro 4000 2 GB
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit

Option 3
Mac OS based configuration
2.4GHz quad-core
Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz
750GB 5400-rpm1
R4 4TB (4x1TB) RAID System
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5

Other configurations may be available.

Sound System
Bose® Companion 5 audio system with Acoustimass® module

Air and Light System
HEPA air filtering system
Climate package (seat)
goLITE BLU Energy light
Perimeter LED lights (RBG)

Movable and Adjustablity
Armrest height
Seat height
Back seat
Leg rest
Monitor height
Monitor tilting
Tilting capability for the entire workstation up to 17° to reduce back pressure
Total reclining degrees 27° (including back seat section adjustment)

Frame
Aluminum & PVC frame
Colors : as requested (High-end car paint quality)

Mechanical
Machined aluminum and stainless steel

Armrests
Italian leather
3/8" tempered glass

Other Specs
RECARO Style Top line XL with Climate Package
Italian leather
Lumbar support
Fully upholstered headrest
Seat cushion extension
Maximum backrest height: 33.1" (84 cm)
Shoulder width: 19.4" (49 cm)
Seat cushion width: 21.1 cm (53 cm)
Maximum seat cushion depth: 21.3" (54 cm)

10" touch screen interface
Android based operating system

Emperor 200 Dimensions
Length: 63" (160cm)
Width: 46 ¼" (117cm)
Height (down): 65" (159cm)
Height (up): 84" (193cm)
Net Weight: 375 lbs (170kg)

360o programmable rotating podium
User: 350 lbs max. (158 kg)
Technical specifications as updated on May 14, 2012

Space Hotel by Russia in 2016

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:12:00 +0000

Russian's are eyeing on building a space station which will serve as a hotel. This will be the first ever space hotel.
The official name of the hotel is Commercial Space Station. The Hotel will be orbiting the earth at 350km height above earth. It can accommodate 7 guests where they can live in four cabins. A special window is designed with each cabin to enjoy breath taking views.

The company Orbit Technologies who is initiating this project us trying to commercialize human spaceflight platforms in low Earth orbit.

Passengers can perform multiple function at the Commercial Space station and can even use the station as an alternate to ISS(International Space Station) for research purpose, where they will be facilitation with:

Enabling space-based micro gravity research
Providing a destination for commercial human spaceflight, space tourism, and state sponsored human spaceflight programs
Acting as a backup and emergency safe haven for the International Space Station and its crew
Enabling product development
Facilitating satellite servicing and maintenance
Providing a staging outpost for human space flight missions beyond low Еarth orbit
Supplying a uniquely capable remote sensing

Passengers will be taken to this space station via a Russian Soyuz rocket. Guests can enjoy watching TV and even surf the internet. Horizontal and vertical sleeping beds are also another attraction.

Toilets will use flowing air to move waste through the system and waste water will be recycled and filtered along with the air. Food prepared on earth will be freeze dried before being carried to the hotel. Also alcohol will be strictly prohibited

The Cheap Way to Beat the Heat

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:26:00 +0000

Flame virus - US/Israel trying hard to stop Iran with another Cyber-nuclear warfare

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:27:00 +0000

If you have read the previous article on my blog Stuxnet - A cyber Nuclear Weapon, you will have some idea as to how future wars will take the shape of Computer viruses from Missiles and other warheads including nuclear bombs.

This Virus, known as Flame virus is actually a malware. To explain how FLAME works, i will have to explain you the basics of SCADA and how Motors are controlled in the industry.

Understanding SCADA:
SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, which means you can control each and every part of the industry; be that a Motor, Pump, Robot, Fan , Fire and Gas systems, Water controlling and/or other machinery with just a switch of a button from your PC.

SCADA

All industries basically consist of motors, controllers and pumps e.t.c. For example in a packaging industry, there will be a conveyor belt to transport any item from one place to another, that conveyor belt will be run by motors, so these motors (may be 1000 of them) are not easy to be controlled individually. So scientist have developed a system to control and supervise the whole system via their PC. The PC gives them the detail of each and everything from what is the current speed of the motors to the health of each motor and tells the supervisor if any motor is malfunctioning or not. All of these operations are done by SCADA. SCADA is that piece of Software that is installed on the PC for the supervisors. Just like a spell checker of MS word. which instantly tells us if we write any misspelled word on the word document.

Understanding Flame/Stuxnet attack:
Now let's become an evil genius for a moment and brainstorm to find a way to make the above conveyor belt system crash. There are many possibilities. e.g. destroying the motors of the conveyor belts with hammer, or breaking the power supply cables of the motors which will inadequately makes the motor stop. But there is a catch in the above two scenarios. As explained earlier, each and every detail about the system is being monitored via SCADA, so as soon as the motor will be broken or the power supply cables will be disconnected, SCADA software will inform the supervisor who is monitoring the system over his PC. and he will immediately stop the system or ring the alarm for that event.
What else? Think about any other idea where you have to stop the motor and at the same time you do not want the supervisor to know that the damage has been done. What if such a virus/malware is created for that SCADA system which will give false report of the system even when the system is broken, e.g. telling the supervisor that every thing is working correctly even when the motor is completely destroyed. Good idea? isn't it?

That's what Stuxnet and Flame virus/malware is all about. It will trigger wrong alarm even when all the machinery is working fine or when there is a damage. and not only that it can even get all the information of the system which could be top secret for a country and sends it to the creators of the virus.

The same happened with Iranian's nuclear facility as it collapsed due to Stuxnet/Flame. When the Iranian's came to know about it the damage was already done and they had to halt their nuclear enrichment facility.

Countries affected by flame virus(click to enlarge)

Infected Areas:The infamous Flame virus can infect even secure PCs by tricking them into believing its malicious payload is actually an update from Microsoft. It can get all the information about the system,e.g. passwords, screenshots, record the sound and even access wireless communication of blue-tooth and Internet.

Flame was first detected by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian-based computer security firm, in May. Analysis by the Kaspersky’s analysts revealed that the virus might have been several years old. Experts believed that the complexity of the virus code indicates that it may have only been produced by a government or military.
Earlier, the New York Times reported that the US and Israel were behind Stuxnet, which caused physical damage to an Iranian nuclear facility, but Israel denied being involved with Flame earlier this month.

With the production of such virus being sponsored now by governments, no wonder this new kind of cyber nuclear battle has been started. Now the point is that we are waiting as to when we will hear an explosion similar to Chernobyl.

Cyber security agencies are still trying hard to decode the virus, you can get the latest update about this virus by clicking here

Click to see how the virus become viral

Removing the virus

To confirm if your computer is infected by this dangerous Flame virus, feel free to download BitDefender Flame Removal Tool here:

BitDefender Flame Removal Tool (Windows 32-Bit)

BitDefender Flame Removal Tool (Windows 64-Bit)

Latest Update(July 20, 2012)

as per the latest update, Israeli based security company Seculert and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab, said on Tuesday that they identified more than 800 victims of the operation. The targets include critical infrastructure companies, engineering students, financial services firms and government embassies located in five Middle Eastern countries, with the majority of the infections in Iran.
The Mahdi Trojan lets remote attackers steal files from infected PCs and monitor emails and instant messages, Seculert and Kaspersky said. It can also record audio, log keystrokes and take screen shots of activity on those computers..

11 Weapons that only 'America' possess

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:31:00 +0000

America has always tried to supersede all other countries when it comes to developing intelligent and lethal weapons. Some of weapons are a wonder of new technological advancements. The Soviets exploded their first nuclear weapon in 1949. China revealed plans for its own stealth bomber last year.

But there are still some weapons the rest of the world doesn't have.

Weapons like the MQ9 Reaper Drone, the Laser Avenger and the ADAPTIV cloaking give U.S. troops the advantage on any battlefield around the world. Some of these weapons have been around for several years but were recently modified, and some are still in production.

MQ9 Reaper Drone

Manufactured by: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)
Release date: 2001

The Reaper has been around for over 10 years, but was used largely for intelligence and reconnaissance until recently.
Today, squadrons of F-16's are being transitioned into fully unmanned drone fleets.

The Reaper is the largest of the UAV's in the U.S. arsenal with a wingspan of 84 feet, a takeoff weight of 7,000 pounds, a payload capacity of 3,000 pounds and a flight time of 36 hours.
The drone climbs up to 52,000 feet, and reads a license plate from over two miles away. Capable of carrying 500 pound bombs, air-to-ground, and air-to-air missiles the UAV fleet is poised to perform the lion's share of American air support.
As of March 2011 the Air Force has more personnel training to operate its burgeoning drone fleet than for any other weapon system in its arsenal.

For detailed specification Click Here

AA12 Atchisson Assault Shotgun

Manufactured by: Maxwell Atchisson
Release date: 2005

The AA12 can fire five 12-gauge shells per second and because the recoil is engineered at just 10 percent a normal shotgun, it can be fired from the hip with only one hand.
The Atchisson also fires a high explosive or fragmentation grenade called a FRAG-12 round to 175 meters with equal efficiency.
Designed for long-term combat use, tests have shown the AA12 can fire up to 9,000 rounds without being cleaned or jamming.
All the user needs to do is hold the trigger down for four seconds to empty the 20 round drum at a target.

ADAPTIV Invisibility cloak makes tanks disappear

Manufactured by: BAE Systems
Release date: 2013

Developed and patented in Sweden. ADAPTIV functions over infra-red and other electronic frequencies. While it can blend the coated vehicle into the background, making it seem to be invisible, it can also shape the returning signal to appear like something else.
A tank, for example, can be made to look like a car. These pictures show both the combat vehicle disappearing and reshaping itself into the outline of an automobile.

PHASR Rifle

Manufactured by: the Department of Defense (DOD)
Release date: 2007

The Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHASR) rifle is a handheld laser array, called a dazzler, capable of blinding and disorienting anyone caught in its sights.

While weapons to cause blindness were sagely restricted by the 1995 United Nations Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (a ruling the U.S. didn't agree to until 2009) the PHASR causes only temporary blindness, thus escaping the ban.
Dazzlers were originally mounted devices to U.S. soldiers rifles as a non-lethal way to halt Iraqis who failed to stop at checkpoints.
The PHASR uses a green laser array to calculate its targets distance and ensure its non-blinding intensity.

The Taser Shockwave

Manufactured by: TASER
Release date: 2008

The Taser model will electrocute a crowd of people at the touch of a button.
Creating an "area of denial" the Taser can be stacked up and strung together almost indefinitely. It will also mount to any vehicle.
The Shock wave has an effective distance of 25 feet.

The Black Knight

Manufactured by: BAE Systems (BA.L)
Release date: 2008

The Black Knight is a combination remote controlled tank and forward scouting vehicle, designed for situations too risky for manned vehicles.
To keep costs low, the Black Knight shares a weapons systems and engine parts with the manned Bradley Fighting vehicle. Including a 30mm cannon, machine gun and 300 horsepower engine.
The vehicle is also fitted with autonomous navigation software and can design and follow its own routes without input from an outside source.

The Active Denial System

Manufactured by: Raytheon (RTN)
Release date: 2008

Dubbed America's Ray Gun, the Active Denial System is really more a combination radar array and microwave.

The ADS shoots a stream of electromagnetic waves, shorter than microwaves, which are instantly absorbed by the top layer of skin.
The pain is so intense, the reaction to run from the beams so overpowering, the military calls it the "Goodbye Weapon."
The ADS has been used domestically, both on test subjects and prison inmates. It was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, only to be recalled, inexplicably, months later.
The military claims there are no lingering effects from exposure.

The Laser Avenger

Manufactured by: Boeing (BA)
Release date: 2009

Only a few centimeters in diameter and invisible to the naked eye, the Avenger's laser is 20 times hotter than an electric stove top and will cut through artillery shells with ease.
The Avenger was designed with the hope of effectively detonating the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that inflict more damage on American forces than any other weapon.
Current disposal methods involve a version of the MAARS robot that insurgents will bomb to take out of action.
The Avenger is also being tested to take down aerial vehicles.

MAARS Robot (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System)

Manufactured by: QinetiQ - QQ
Release date: 2009

The MAARS Robot is a modified remote control, bomb disposal robot.
Customizable to various needs, the MAARS can be configured with either an MB240 machine gun and 40mm grenade launcher, or a loudspeaker and eye dazzling laser, or bean bag guns, smoke, and pepper spray.
To date, no shots have been fired in combat by a remote device like the MAARS.

XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle

Manufactured by: Remington
Release date: 2010-2011

The product of a long string of modifications to the 22 year-old M24 sniper rifle, the XM2010 is designed specifically to be effective in the high altitude long distance fighting in Afghanistan.
To provide quiet, pinpoint accuracy at up to 1200 meters the XM2010 carries more gun powder in the bullets it fires, has a flash suppressor, sound suppressor, and a thermal sleeve to hide the warm barrel from FLIR.
When U.S. Snipers graduate from the five-week school at Fort Benning, Ga. they are capable of hitting a man-sized target nine out of ten times at 600 meters — over a third of a mile away.

XM25 Individual Airburst Weapon System (IAWS)

Manufactured by: Heckler & Koch
Release date: 2014

Dubbed "The Punisher" by American forces in Afghanistan, the XM25 accurately shoots a next-generation, 25mm, grenade up to 500 meters.

But, the distance isn't what impressed soldiers involved in the live trial of the weapon — it was the grenade programming.
A targets distance is transmitted by a rangefinder in the XM25 to the grenade in the firing chamber. When the grenade leaves the barrel it is spiraling, like a football, and measures the distance it's traveled by the number of spirals it completes.
The detonation can be manually programmed within 10 meters to hit enemy in bunkers or behind barriers.

via Business Insider

Samsung Galaxy S III - New King of Smart Phones

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:45:00 +0000

Samsung - now the biggest phone manufacturer of the world launched Samsung Galaxy S III.The new phone comes with a 4.8 Inch screen which is 22 percent larger than Galaxy S II. Read the amazing spec the phone has to offer :-

Display:

A 4.8-inch display is a Super AMOLED panel with 720 x 1280 (306ppi) resolution.

Camera:

Forward Facing Camera: 1.9MP forward-facing camera which shoots 720p video.
Back Camera: 8MP camera that can shoot 1080p video
zero shutter lag
Burst Shot / Best Photo, which takes 20 shots in quick succession (six photos per second), and then recommends the best photo (using algorithms to determine which has the best light, and which has all eyes open, for example).
Face Zoom, which recognises individual faces in a live view.
Photos can be taking while making a video.
Group tag. Auto-generated from your contact groups, you can view all photos of your family, for example, as long as you've tagged all contacts in certain categories. Facial recognition will do the rest.

Processor:

Quad Core Processor each process is 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Cortex-A9 quad-core chips

RAM:

1GB of RAM

Internal Storage:

16, 32 or 64GB internal storage configurations (all of which also let you chuck a microSD card up to 64GB in, as well.)

Sensors:

Seven sensors 1. Accelerometer 2. RGB light 3. digital compass 4. proximity 5. gryoscope 6. NFC 7. barometer

Weight: 133grams

Battery: 2100mAh

Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6mm

Colour options: marble white and pebble blue

OS: Andriod OS ICS v4

Other Features:
S Voice, which is a Siri-like voice recognition feature, that you can use to enquire about the weather; take a photo ("Hi Galaxy, please take a photo" to open the camera app, or "cheese" to snap it), and other tasks such as locking the phone, or controlling music.
Smart Stay: it will follow your eyes movement and will dim its brightness when you’re asleep. So long as you are awake and will look at the phone, it will maintain a bright display.

Specifications: Click to enlarge

Direct Call: If you’re messaging and want to call instead, simply lift your phone to your ear and it will dial your friend automatically.
Smart Alert: It knows when you’ve been away from your phone – vibrating nudge lets you know missed calls or messages.
Social Tag: It keeps track of your loved ones: a glance at your friends’ photos will show you their current SNS status.
S Beam: Placing two GALAXY S IIIs back-to-back will let you transfer pictures, music, videos, and more.
All Share Cast: Stream your photos, videos – even the game you’re playing – onto big screen, with your phone doubling as a controller.
Buddy Photo Share: It shares with everyone instantly: as the phone recognizes your friends faces, it can share photos with them instantly.
All Share Play: Galaxy S3 lets you share with everyone: access to documents and
multimedia files when you work somewhere else.

Product Comparison:

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World's Internet will Shut Down on July 9

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:39:00 +0000

Yes this is no Joke. FBI issued a warning of a trojan that has infected millions of computers around the world.

Hackers have created a Trojan/virus, which will install itself on the computer and stays there just like until July 9. The Trojan virus is set to time bombed itself on July 9th. Thus Trojan will deflect all the Internet traffic to hacker's infected servers whereby blocking the access of the Internet.

Click here to see the location of the machines that will be most effected on July 9.

How July 9 Trojan Virus Works:

There's a reason why those machines will have difficulty accessing sites on the Internet. DNS, or Domain Name Services, is what gives Internet users access to websites by simply typing the name - like yahoo.com - instead of an IP address. DNS translates the name of the website to the actual IP address where the site lives. For most users, these requests are handled by servers at their ISP, or Internet Service Provider.

The DNS Changer malware, however, will redirect those queries to a server set up by the trojan’s creators, effectively hijacking all Internet traffic from the computer. This let the criminals send users to websites filled with ads allowing them to pocket millions of dollars from the traffic.

How to Check if Your Computer is Affected on July 9:

Go to the DNS Changer Check up site at http://www.dns-ok.us/.

If the computer is clean, the page will present a 'Green' graphic indicating the computer appears to be routing addresses correctly.

If a 'Red' graphic is displayed, that means the computer is infected.

How to Remove the Trojan/Virus

Go to DNS Changer Working Group website and use any one of the links there to clean the malware off the computer.

With great technology comes great threats.

Nuclear Weapons

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:11:00 +0000

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT. The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 10,000,000 tons of TNT.[1] A modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than 2,400 pounds (1,100 kg) can produce an explosive force comparable to the detonation of more than 1.2 million tons (1.1 million tonnes) of TNT.[2] Thus, even a small nuclear device no larger than traditional bombs can devastate an entire city by blast, fire and radiation. Nuclear weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction, and their use and control have been a major focus of international relations policy since their debut. The technology of producing nuclear bombs have significantly improved after the first nuclear tests.

Google's Project Glass -A revolution in Augmented Reality

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:45:00 +0000

Imagine augmented reality tied up with your glasses, rather Smart glasses we should say as it will work just like your smart-phone, and will have most of the Google apps like Google Maps, Google voice search, navigation, weather update and any other app that may be created in the future.

Though Project Glass is an ambitious project that is being launched by a team of Google secret development team who work on new technologies, called Google[x].

The project focuses on developing a technology where a person can see the augmented reality embedded in the wearable glasses. The user will be able to issue commands while seeing anything, get information about any places from within the display of the glasses and at the same time see the outside world. Make calls via dialing through voice app and even send and receive and can see a text message on the go.

The glasses seems to run a kind of Google's Android operating system which is voice-controlled and view controlled. A small bar with icons is displayed just above the glasses, which user can activate by looking up, the wearer can interact with the icons to view the weather, send text messages, and do much of what a smart phone can do.

The team has also create a Google Plus page named Project Glass where anyone can propose suggestion and follow up on the new updates.

The teaser video can be seen in the embedded video below, where a few uses are presented as explained above.

We have already covered a kind of similar augmented reality gadget/technology which is underdeveloped name : The Sixth Sense.

The New iPad's battery indicator: Far from accurate

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:38:00 +0000

The iPad will be drained 1.2 hours quickly, if the new iPad is removed from charging as soon as it shows 100% on the battery indicator.

Well the benefit-of-the-doubt here can be given to Apple. As they have clearly mentioned in the technical specs; that iPad will give 10hours of web surfing. check the new iPad's specs sheet at http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

The tests performed on the new iPad battery were quite closer to the previously released iPad2

The fully charged iPad ran for 11.6 hours, and the one which was removed right after it shows 100% on battery indicator runs around 10.4 hours, which is about 10% less.

The new iPad has 42.5watt hour battery, which is quite bigger than the pervious iPad 2 battery which was 25-wat-hour battery.
The new battery actually still consumes around the same play time i.e. 10hours as was the previous iPad2. All of the energy of the new iPad is actually consumed in the new technology Apple has placed in the new iPad which is :-

5-mega pixel iSight camera
Dual-core Apple A5X custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip with quad-core graphics
Retina display
9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
2048-by-1536-pixel resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Bluetooth 4.0 technology

Charge your mobile from 'Water'

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:26:00 +0000

A Fuel cell innovation company 'myFC' demonstrated their new product 'Powertrekk' . Powertrekk is a mobile charing device that only uses water to charge the cell phone.

The product will be sold at the price of $255. The device will be able to charge the cell phone from anywhere and at any time. The gadget if compared with AA batteries, it costs less than 3-packs of AA batteries.

The device might really be very useful for travellers and other people who spent most of their time in the outskirts with limited access to powergrid.

via http://www.myfuelcell.se/

Secret Bible in which 'Jesus predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad' unearthed in Turkey

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:34:00 +0000

Vatican 'wants to see' 1,500-year-old ancient script
Has been hidden by Turkish state for 12 years
Handwritten in gold-lettered Aramaic
The bible cost 14 million pound

A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years.

The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet's coming.

Secret Bible: The 1,500-year-old tome was is said to contain Jesus' early teachings and his prediction of the Prophet's coming

Ancient: The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000

The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000.

It was closely guarded until 2010, when it was finally handed over to the Ankara Ethnography Museum, and will soon be put back on public display following a minor restoration.

A photocopy of a single page from the handwritten ancient manuscript is thought to be worth £1.5million.

Turkish culture and tourism minister Ertugrul Gunay said the book could be an authentic version of the Gospel, which was suppressed by the Christian Church for its strong parallels with the Islamic view of Jesus.

He also said the Vatican had made an official request to see the scripture - a controversial text which Muslims claim is an addition to the original gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.

In line with Islamic belief, the Gospel treats Jesus as a human being and not a God.

Serious interest: The Vatican, under Pope Benedict XVI, is said to want to see the recently re-discovered Bible

Historic: The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome is penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language

It rejects the ideas of the Holy Trinity and the Crucifixion and reveals that Jesus predicted the coming of the Prophet Muhammad.
In one version of the gospel, he is said to have told a priest: 'How shall the Messiah be called? Muhammad is his blessed name'.
And in another Jesus denied being the Messiah, claiming that he or she would be Ishmaelite, the term used for an Arab.
Despite the interest in the newly re-discovered book, some believe it is a fake and only dates back to the 16th century.
The oldest copies of the book date back to that time, and are written in Spanish and Italian.
Protestant pastor İhsan Özbek said it was unlikely to be authentic.
This is because St Barnabas lived in the first century and was one of the Apostles of Jesus, in contrast to this version which is said to come from the fifth or sixth century.
He told the Today Zaman newspaper: 'The copy in Ankara might have been written by one of the followers of St Barnabas. 'Since there is around 500 years in between St Barnabas and the writing of the Bible copy, Muslims may be disappointed to see that this copy does not include things they would like to see.
'It might have no relation with the content of the Gospel of Barnabas.'

Theology professor Ömer Faruk Harman said a scientific scan of the bible may be the only way to reveal how old it really is

Please note that this article is copied as is from the link provided below
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105714/Secret-14million-Bible-Jesus-predicts-coming-Prophet-Muhammad-unearthed-Turkey.html

LG's "Quad Core" phone

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:02:00 +0000

LG has promised to launch a new phone with Quad core processor and an amazingly 4.7 inch display with other high end features.

The phone will be launch at Mobile World Congress. The phone's major features includes but not limited to

4.7 inch display
1270x720 pixel resolution(720p)
1.5GHz quad-core processor(Nvidia Tegra 3)
OS - Android IceCream Sandwich 4.0
16GB internal Memory
1GM RAM
8 Mega Pixel main camera mounted on back
1.3 Mega Pixel front camera
2150mAh battery
Screen depth of 8.9mm

World's First Lab produced meat to be used in hamburgers

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:17:00 +0000

All the Cow, Goat and hens are having a party after this news. As their life might be spared forever. Not only their lives but it might crush the whole meat industry forever.

Lab Grown Hamburger

Scientists are aiming to produce skeletal muscle tissue in the laboratory that will be exactly similar to that of meet. in the coming month or so, a planned media event will be organized for the meat hamburger eating ceremony in which a celebrity will be tasting the first lab grown meat inside a hamburger. The ingredients for his first burger are "still in a laboratory phase," but by fall "they have committed to make a couple of thousand of small tissues, and then assemble them into a hamburger."

Growing meat on a bone in lab
might look like this

The project is funded by anonymous who has contributor a stagring amount of 250,000-euro ($330,000) contribution to turn the dream into reality.

for the record Meat production already takes up more than half of the world's estimated agricultural capacity, in one way or another. U.N. figures show that animal farming takes up 30 percent of the planet's exposed land mass. And over the next 40 years, the demand for meat products is expected to double.

So let's wait and watch when our stomach will be digesting a lab grown meet which has never been a part of any animal .. sounds weird ain't it?

Chief Information Officer's(CIO) Trends

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:14:00 +0000

A Time Traveller, caught on tape

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:37:00 +0000

This is the first time 'A Time Traveller is caught on tape". The video has become a sensation and is the talk of blogosphere. In case you missed it somehow, just watch it now.

If you have not been able to figure it all out yet. There is a lady/man holding a cell phone and talking. Not amazed yet? The clip is from Charlie Chaplin's footage on a DVD of the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's The Circus at Graumann's Chinese Theatre in 1928.

No one even know what Cell Phone was in 1928, it was until 1983 that cell phones were invented. The question is "Did this person gone back to the past?" This is not the best part, the question is whom this lad/lady is talking to, another time traveller? well I am just guessing.

To get the full details of who posted this video in YouTube with this revelation. Check the link:

Chaplin Time Traveller

How Big is this Universe

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:50:00 +0000

Ever wonder how big this universe is? Yes, just like a child's answer we can say 'Very Big'. To exactly know where we stand in the universe, Cary Huang has created an ultimate animation; where you can scroll from the tiniest of the things to the mega galaxies and even you can reach till the end of the universe. The Animation is called " The Scale of the Universe".

The Scale Starts from the Human i.e. 10^0..As you scroll right the things starts zooming in and animation starts showing smaller and smaller things. Each of the part is also explained when it is clicked.

The same scroll bar can also takes you to the Sky, above and beyond galaxies. Each of the part is very well explained.

The range of things that are listed are from 10²⁷to 10^-35. So you can well imagine the beauty you will experience.

Click: How Big is this Universe

Self Chilling Can, Open and Can gets chilled by 30 Degrees

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:02:00 +0000

Though the technology was under developement since 1998, and Pepsi spent more or less 18 years to develop a technology to get a can chilled itself once opened. They were even successful in the technology however due to the refrigerant(CFC) that was used to cool the can was very harmful for the environment. The idea of mas production was dropped

Self Chilling Can

Recently, West Coast Chillers has released a press release of launching a new can in the market that can can cool the drink by 30 degrees lower by just the push of the button.

How are they doing it? and what is the science behind this cooling technology ? all the details are kept as a secret.

The can will be available in the market at the cost of $3, the good thing about these cans are are that they are recyclable. and the can can remain cool by 30 minutes.

Facebook offers IPO of $5 Billion

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:31:00 +0000

Facebook has filled IPO (Initial Public Offering) of $5 Billion dollars with the Securities and Exchange commission (SEC). The SEC website went down with the Facebook IPO announcement.

The company is seeking to raise 5 Billion dollars through IPO. The complete IPO document can be seen here.

Facebook a tiny company which started in Feb 2004, has made a big mark now. Given below are some of the Facebook stats in the document for the IPO.

Company made 3.7 Billion in revenue in 2011
Advertising make 85% of revenue.
Net Profit in 2011 : $1Billion
Zuckerbergs base salary was $500,000 in 2011 which is more than triple the salary of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin when Google filed for its IPO.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg enjoyed a base salary of $300,000 in 2011.
Facebook now has 845million active users.
Facebook makes 12% of its bottom line income from Zynga games.
Zuckerberg set to make 28billion off of Facebook IPO.

Facebook finance 2009-2011

Risk Factors:

Increased SmarPhone Users: Google ads are not shown on mobile phones and google makes 85% or its revenue from mobile phones.
Competitors: Facebook competitors are Google+, Cyworld in korea, Mixi in Japa, Orkut in India and Brazil and VKontakte in Russia.
Mark Xuckerberg is control to much of the Facebook i.e. 58% of the Facebook stock. so any wrong decision on his part could lead the company to disaster.
Users fleeing the website: The less user visits the site the less profit FB makes.
Design Changing too Much: Users never like changing the desigin of facebook so quickly. and this may result in not liking leaving Facebook.

Wacky Green Gadgets

noreply@blogger.com (test) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:46:00 +0000

Blood Lamp
To get the taste of how much power do one need to turn a lamp on. The below lamp was made which require you a drop of blood to activate it. I bet such a small personal sacrifice will still make you think twice before truing on the lamp.
The lamp has a luminance, a chemical substance that forensic scientist use to check for the blood, which turns blue and glow when it react the the iron of the red blood cells.

Green Warrior Shower Curtain
Turn of the water or else....... The more time you keep the water on while bathing, one of the curtain will slowly inflate, and then soft spikes will come out of the curtain if you keep on using the shower.

White Goat
The Device converts Paper into toilet paper. Insert 40 sheets of paper from one side, and within 30 minutes you will get a paper roll of toilet paper. The machine actually shred the paper and then convert the paper into tolier paper by wetting it first and then drying it.
The price of this device is wopping $1000000.

Moss Carpet

Bring a little green into your bathtroom. The carpet outside your bathroom is made up of moss.

Solar Bikini

yeah! you read it right. The swimwear has solar cells and a USB port and you can charge your iPod with this device, while taking sun bath, now listen to all your favourite songs, which having the strain of you ipod battery getting low.

FishBowl Sink

The more water you will use to wash your hand, the Gold fish with left with the less amount of water for her.

Pencil printer

The pacil is used to print your documents. and you can also reuse the paper with the attached rubber after rubbing the doument.

Biodegradable coffins

Now that is something every one should used for their loved ones, These final resting places are made from paper, bamboo and all such materials which gets consumed by the soil

Grow your Own Grass Furniture
London-based contemporary design firm Purves & Purves offered a flat-pack DIY cardboard armchair frame along with a package of grass seeds in the summer of 2006, promising outdoor furniture that blends in perfectly with your lawn. You assemble the 14 pieces, fill it with soil, sprinkle the grass seeds over it and watch your new Chia Chair grow right before your eyes. Interesting idea, but mowing it could be a challenge.