The downside is the fact that people have different sized ears and the device might be too small and slip out or to big and not fit. But this is certainly going to be an awesome gadget for all the gadgets freaks out there.
Friday, March 25, 2011
World’s smallest Bluetooth headset Pillete Bluetooth Headset
Feeling uneasy while walking down the street with your Bluetooth headset, thinking people are staring at you or you are looking like a detective, then don’t worry, here comes probably the World’s smallest Bluetooth headset-PILLETE. It is so much compact that it will almost be invisible to the eye. It consists of an in-built high quality microphone that provides optimal voice quality. One of its really attractive features is that when it is in straight postion, it is turned off and when it is in l-shaped position, it is on. Sounds cool!!!!
The downside is the fact that people have different sized ears and the device might be too small and slip out or to big and not fit. But this is certainly going to be an awesome gadget for all the gadgets freaks out there.
The downside is the fact that people have different sized ears and the device might be too small and slip out or to big and not fit. But this is certainly going to be an awesome gadget for all the gadgets freaks out there.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
THUNDERBOLT™ TECHNOLOGY
The Fastest Connection To Your PC Experience‡
Thunderbolt™
From the company with the fastest processors comes the fastest way to get information in and out of your PC and peripheral devices.‡ At 10 Gbps, Thunderbolt™ technology gives you great responsiveness with high-speed data and display transfers in each direction—at the same time.‡ With a single cable, connecting a PC to multiple devices is simple, making it easy to get and see what you want, when you want it. Thunderbolt technology gives you incredible flexibility; high performance expansion is just a cable away for new and novel uses, now and in the future.
With the 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt products you can
* Transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds‡
* Backup 1 year of continuous MP3 playback in just over 10 minutes‡
What is Thunderbolt technology and how does it work
Developed by Intel (under the code name Light Peak), and brought to market with technical collaboration from Apple. Thunderbolt technology is a new, high-speed, dual-protocol I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity, and flexibility. This high-speed data transfer technology features the following:
Thunderbolt cables
* Dual-channel 10 Gbps per port
* Bi-directional
* Dual-protocol (PCI Express* and DisplayPort*)
* Compatible with existing DisplayPort devices
* Daisy-chained devices
* Electrical or optical cables
* Low latency with highly accurate time synchronization
* Uses native protocol software drivers
* Power over cable for bus-powered devices
Thunderbolt controller chip
Intel's Thunderbolt controllers interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving packetized traffic for both PCIe and DisplayPort protocols. Thunderbolt technology works on data streams in both directions, at the same time, so users get the benefit of full bandwidth in both directions, over a single cable. With the two independent channels, a full 10 Gbps of bandwidth can be provided for the first device, as well as additional downstream devices.
Thunderbolt Process Diagram
View the full image >
And all Thunderbolt devices share a common connector, allowing users to daisy chain devices one after another with interoperable cables.
What Thunderbolt means to users
Thunderbolt technology enables using the thinnest and lightest laptops and connecting to the extra power and performance of other devices when needed, using a single cable. Adding new performance devices is simple and easy—just plug and play—making Thunderbolt technology powerful and flexible.
Thunderbolt technology was specifically designed with professional audio and video applications in mind, where the inherently low latency and highly accurate time synchronization features play a crucial role.
Thunderbolt technology for mobile
Workstation performance expansion, now with a laptop
With Thunderbolt enabled products, video editing and sharing using Intel® Quick Sync Video technology is even faster and easier.
Data transfers for backup, sharing, and editing are tremendously accelerated using Thunderbolt products, significantly reducing times to complete these tasks.
And Thunderbolt enabled products are compatible with existing DisplayPort devices so you don’t have to go buy a new display to take advantage of a Thunderbolt technology enabled computer.
What does Thunderbolt technology mean for the PC industry
By tapping into the performance and protocols delivered over Thunderbolt technology, designers are free to innovate new PC products and configurations, no longer constrained to the boundaries of the chassis walls. Thunderbolt technology enables engineers to:
* Design standalone performance expansion technologies commonly used in desktops and workstations, using existing native device drivers and interconnected by a single cable.
* Introduce thinner and lighter laptops, expandable through Thunderbolt technology and its miniature connector designed for mobile applications, without sacrificing I/O performance.
* Extend to reach other I/O technologies by using adapters that use widely available PCI Express controllers. It's simple to create a Gigabit Ethernet, or FireWire, or eSATA adapters using existing device PCI Express drivers.
Thunderbolt products require a controller chip supplied by Intel and a small connector that would be included in platforms supporting this technology. The Thunderbolt controller chip provides protocol switching capabilities to support the two protocols over a single cable. Intel is making its controller chip available to the industry, and is working with other component manufacturers to deliver the Thunderbolt connectors and cables.
Industry Support
Several innovative companies have announced Thunderbolt enabled products, or plans to support Thunderbolt in upcoming products including Apple Inc., Promise Technology, Inc., and LaCie. Intel is working with the industry to enable a variety of Thunderbolt enabled products including computers, displays, high speed data storage devices, audio/video devices, and more.
"We're thrilled to collaborate with Intel to bring the groundbreaking Thunderbolt technology to Mac users," said Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior vice president of Mac Hardware Engineering. "With ultra-fast transfer speeds, support for high-resolution displays and compatibility with existing I/O technologies, Thunderbolt is a breakthrough for the entire industry and we think developers are going to have a blast with it."
– Bob Mansfield, Senior Vice President of Mac Hardware Engineering, Apple Inc.
"Welcome to the future, Thunderbolt technology enables the fastest and simplest I/O for connecting AJA's award-winning professional video capture and playback products to your laptop."
– John Abt, CEO, AJA
"Thunderbolt technology is connectivity without compromise and will enable the full promise of Symphony I/O, Apogee's professional digital audio recording platform."
– Betty Bennett, CEO, Apogee
"We are very excited by the capabilities of Thunderbolt technology. To have two 10Gbps, bi-directional, multi-protocol channels in a single cable is a great step forward for high performance audio and video solutions."
– Max Gutnik, Sr. Director, Product Management, Avid Technology
"Thunderbolt technology will revolutionize mobile media creation. It's a game-changer and will accelerate our ability to build the highest quality video creation products that are affordable to everyone."
– Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic
"We are excited about Thunderbolt™ technology and feel it will bring new levels of performance and simplicity to the video creation market"
– Hiroo Edakubo, Group Executive, Video Products Group, Canon Inc.
"Thunderbolt technology is a breakthrough in I/O technology and represents the future of mobile computing. Soon you will be able to carry all the power and functionality of desktop environments in compact devices."
– Philippe Spruch, Chairman and General Manager, LaCie
"Pegasus family storage products will be blazingly fast with Thunderbolt technology, consumers and creative professionals alike will experience a remarkable leap in performance."
– James Lee, CEO, Promise Technology
"Technology like this only happens about once a decade. We are thrilled about the performance and simplicity Thunderbolt technology will bring to our award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform."
– Bill Putnam, CEO, Universal Audio
"Western Digital believes Thunderbolt technology will bring both new performance levels and simpler connectivity for consumers to access and enjoy their digital media in new and innovative ways."
– Dale Pistilli, VP Marketing, Branded Products, Western Digital Corporation
Thunderbolt™
From the company with the fastest processors comes the fastest way to get information in and out of your PC and peripheral devices.‡ At 10 Gbps, Thunderbolt™ technology gives you great responsiveness with high-speed data and display transfers in each direction—at the same time.‡ With a single cable, connecting a PC to multiple devices is simple, making it easy to get and see what you want, when you want it. Thunderbolt technology gives you incredible flexibility; high performance expansion is just a cable away for new and novel uses, now and in the future.
With the 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt products you can
* Transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds‡
* Backup 1 year of continuous MP3 playback in just over 10 minutes‡
What is Thunderbolt technology and how does it work
Developed by Intel (under the code name Light Peak), and brought to market with technical collaboration from Apple. Thunderbolt technology is a new, high-speed, dual-protocol I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity, and flexibility. This high-speed data transfer technology features the following:
Thunderbolt cables
* Dual-channel 10 Gbps per port
* Bi-directional
* Dual-protocol (PCI Express* and DisplayPort*)
* Compatible with existing DisplayPort devices
* Daisy-chained devices
* Electrical or optical cables
* Low latency with highly accurate time synchronization
* Uses native protocol software drivers
* Power over cable for bus-powered devices
Thunderbolt controller chip
Intel's Thunderbolt controllers interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving packetized traffic for both PCIe and DisplayPort protocols. Thunderbolt technology works on data streams in both directions, at the same time, so users get the benefit of full bandwidth in both directions, over a single cable. With the two independent channels, a full 10 Gbps of bandwidth can be provided for the first device, as well as additional downstream devices.
Thunderbolt Process Diagram
View the full image >
And all Thunderbolt devices share a common connector, allowing users to daisy chain devices one after another with interoperable cables.
What Thunderbolt means to users
Thunderbolt technology enables using the thinnest and lightest laptops and connecting to the extra power and performance of other devices when needed, using a single cable. Adding new performance devices is simple and easy—just plug and play—making Thunderbolt technology powerful and flexible.
Thunderbolt technology was specifically designed with professional audio and video applications in mind, where the inherently low latency and highly accurate time synchronization features play a crucial role.
Thunderbolt technology for mobile
Workstation performance expansion, now with a laptop
With Thunderbolt enabled products, video editing and sharing using Intel® Quick Sync Video technology is even faster and easier.
Data transfers for backup, sharing, and editing are tremendously accelerated using Thunderbolt products, significantly reducing times to complete these tasks.
And Thunderbolt enabled products are compatible with existing DisplayPort devices so you don’t have to go buy a new display to take advantage of a Thunderbolt technology enabled computer.
What does Thunderbolt technology mean for the PC industry
By tapping into the performance and protocols delivered over Thunderbolt technology, designers are free to innovate new PC products and configurations, no longer constrained to the boundaries of the chassis walls. Thunderbolt technology enables engineers to:
* Design standalone performance expansion technologies commonly used in desktops and workstations, using existing native device drivers and interconnected by a single cable.
* Introduce thinner and lighter laptops, expandable through Thunderbolt technology and its miniature connector designed for mobile applications, without sacrificing I/O performance.
* Extend to reach other I/O technologies by using adapters that use widely available PCI Express controllers. It's simple to create a Gigabit Ethernet, or FireWire, or eSATA adapters using existing device PCI Express drivers.
Thunderbolt products require a controller chip supplied by Intel and a small connector that would be included in platforms supporting this technology. The Thunderbolt controller chip provides protocol switching capabilities to support the two protocols over a single cable. Intel is making its controller chip available to the industry, and is working with other component manufacturers to deliver the Thunderbolt connectors and cables.
Industry Support
Several innovative companies have announced Thunderbolt enabled products, or plans to support Thunderbolt in upcoming products including Apple Inc., Promise Technology, Inc., and LaCie. Intel is working with the industry to enable a variety of Thunderbolt enabled products including computers, displays, high speed data storage devices, audio/video devices, and more.
"We're thrilled to collaborate with Intel to bring the groundbreaking Thunderbolt technology to Mac users," said Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior vice president of Mac Hardware Engineering. "With ultra-fast transfer speeds, support for high-resolution displays and compatibility with existing I/O technologies, Thunderbolt is a breakthrough for the entire industry and we think developers are going to have a blast with it."
– Bob Mansfield, Senior Vice President of Mac Hardware Engineering, Apple Inc.
"Welcome to the future, Thunderbolt technology enables the fastest and simplest I/O for connecting AJA's award-winning professional video capture and playback products to your laptop."
– John Abt, CEO, AJA
"Thunderbolt technology is connectivity without compromise and will enable the full promise of Symphony I/O, Apogee's professional digital audio recording platform."
– Betty Bennett, CEO, Apogee
"We are very excited by the capabilities of Thunderbolt technology. To have two 10Gbps, bi-directional, multi-protocol channels in a single cable is a great step forward for high performance audio and video solutions."
– Max Gutnik, Sr. Director, Product Management, Avid Technology
"Thunderbolt technology will revolutionize mobile media creation. It's a game-changer and will accelerate our ability to build the highest quality video creation products that are affordable to everyone."
– Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic
"We are excited about Thunderbolt™ technology and feel it will bring new levels of performance and simplicity to the video creation market"
– Hiroo Edakubo, Group Executive, Video Products Group, Canon Inc.
"Thunderbolt technology is a breakthrough in I/O technology and represents the future of mobile computing. Soon you will be able to carry all the power and functionality of desktop environments in compact devices."
– Philippe Spruch, Chairman and General Manager, LaCie
"Pegasus family storage products will be blazingly fast with Thunderbolt technology, consumers and creative professionals alike will experience a remarkable leap in performance."
– James Lee, CEO, Promise Technology
"Technology like this only happens about once a decade. We are thrilled about the performance and simplicity Thunderbolt technology will bring to our award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform."
– Bill Putnam, CEO, Universal Audio
"Western Digital believes Thunderbolt technology will bring both new performance levels and simpler connectivity for consumers to access and enjoy their digital media in new and innovative ways."
– Dale Pistilli, VP Marketing, Branded Products, Western Digital Corporation
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Interesting . . . Facebook Facts
# Facebook has over 350 million active users. More than 35 million users update their status each day, with more than 55 million status updates each day.
# More than 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.
# The average Facebook user has 130 friends and sends eight friend requests per month.
# Among children under 18, Facebook was ranked third in the top 100 searches of 2009, behind YouTube and Google. Sex and porn rounded out the top five searches.
# A recent survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers acknowledged looking at social networking sites such as Facebook to evaluate applicants. Thirty-eight percent of admissions officers said that what they saw negatively affected the applicant.
# Facebook is not only beating MySpace traffic, but it is also the second-ranked site overall in the U.S. behind Google.
# Americans spend 13.9 billion minutes a year on Facebook and five billion minutes on MySpace.
# In 2003, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created Facemash, where he placed photos of undergraduates side by side so viewers could rank which one was “hotter.” Zuckerberg would later turn Facemash into the now ubiquitous Facebook.
# In 2008, a 23-year-old woman named Lauren Michaels created a group titled “I Need Sex” on Facebook. Within 10 minutes, she had 35 members and soon attracted 100—50 of whom she eventually slept with. Facebook has since removed her page.
# An 18-year-old Wisconsin man posed as several different girls on Facebook to blackmail underage male teens into performing sexual favors by coaxing them to send nude photos of themselves. He could be facing up to 300 years in prison.
# Beacon, part of Facebook’s controversial advertisement system that broadcasted information about a user’s shopping activity on other sites, was the target of a class action lawsuit in 2009. The resulting settlement required Facebook to pay $9.5 million into a settlement fund.
# If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S., and Indonesia.
# In 2009, an EMT at the crime scene took a cell phone picture of the body of a New York woman who had been strangled and beaten and then posted it on his Facebook profile. He was later arrested on charges of official misconduct and was fired from his job.
# The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales warned that Facebook and MySpace can lead children to commit suicide because such sites encourage teens to build transient relationships and dehumanize community life.
# Facebook includes eating disorder groups such as “Get Thin or Die Trying,” and “Quod me nutrit me destruit” (“What nourishes me destroys me”). While such eating disorder sites were typically anonymous on the Web, their growing presence on Facebook makes them more public and accessible to more people.
# The New Oxford Dictionary announced that the 2009 Word of the Year was “unfriend,” as in “to remove someone as a friend on a social networking site” such as Facebook. However, there is some debate whether the word should be “defriend” rather than “unfriend.”l
# A 39-year-old Pennsylvania father was arrested for openly asking his 13-year-old daughter for sex over Facebook.
# While stressing that correlation does not equal causation, a recent poll suggested that Facebook users have lower overall grades than non-users.m
# While initially created for college students, Facebook users over the age 26 now represent 60% of the total U.S. Facebook population.
# The average Facebook users spend more than 55 minutes a day on the site. They use the Like button nine times a month and write 25 comments each month.
# Approximately 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.ab
# Forbes dubbed 25-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, the creator/owner of Facebook, as the world’s youngest billionaire, worth 1.5 billion.
# Syria, China, Vietnam, and Iran have banned Facebook.
# In December 2009, there were over 250 million active users on Facebook, up from 1 million active users in December 2004.
# Tim Sparapani, director of public policy at Facebook, stated that hundreds of millions of people had never stopped and thought about the consequences of sharing information online.u
# Information deemed public—such as profile pictures, names, cities, and networks—are available to developers of any applications that Facebook users or their Facebook friends use on the site.
# The first person to invest in Facebook was the cofounder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who invested $500,000 in June 2004.
# In 2005, East Asia’s richest man, Li Hu Shing, invested $120 million dollars in Facebook.
# In September 2009, Zuckerberg announced for the first time that Facebook was cash flow positive, meaning Facebook made more money that it spent.
# Lamebook.com is a regularly updated site that reposts “lame” and funny Facebook user posts.
# In Florida, the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee ruled that Florida judges and lawyers should no longer “friend” each other on Facebook.
# Facebook’s fastest growing segment in the United States is women 55 years and older.
# In May 2009, a Russian investment firm, Digital Sky Technologies, invested $200 million in Facebook in return for a 1.96% stake in the Web site.
# Twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss claim Zuckerberg stole their idea after they hired him to do programming for their own site, Harvard Connect (ConnectU). The case was settled for an undisclosed sum. Others, such as fellow student, Aaron Greenspan, also claim they invented Facebook.
# Named after a Harvard student directory that included student photos and profiles, Facebook was originally called “thefacebook” and was limited to only Harvard students. In 2005, the site was renamed “Facebook.”
# When Facebook changed its privacy setting in December 2009, Zuckerberg’s previously private photos—in which he was seen shirtless, holding a teddy bear, and looking “plastered”—became public.
# Both citizens and police departments are increasingly using Facebook to catch suspected criminals.
# A “gaydar” software program developed at MIT can reportedly identify gay men on Facebook, private profile or not.
# In January 2009, an advertising campaign from Burger King titled “WHOPPER Sacrifice” rewarded Facebook users a free “Angry Whopper” for publicly deleting 10 friends, who would then receive a blunt message informing they were deleted for a free hamburger.
# Eleven percent of Facebook’s 100 million U.S. users are African-American, 9% are Latino, and 6% are Asian, which is a fairly accurate reflection of the U.S. general population.
# A 20-year-old IBM employee in Canada lost sick leave benefits from her insurer because her Facebook page showed “cheerful” photos while she was on paid sick leave for depression.
# Girls can be prone to anxiety and depression by talking too much to their friends on Facebook. Called “co-rumination,” frequently discussing the same problem can lead to an unhealthy obsession.
# On July 1, 2009, shortly after Michael Jackson passed away, his page became the most popular page on Facebook. Previously, the most popular person on Facebook was U.S. President Obama with just over 6 million fans.
# In Australia it is valid protocol to serve court notices to defendants on Facebook. A summons posted on Facebook is legally binding.ad
# A site called Usocial offered to sell Facebook friends and fans to customers. Even after receiving a Cease and Desist from Facebook, Usocial said it will not shut down the service completely.
# A Facebook post in December 2009 led to a kidney donation.
# The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation contend that Facebook’s new “recommended” privacy settings serve Facebook more than they serve the user.u
# Farmville boasts more than 60 million players on Facebook. Zynga—the maker of Farmville, Mafia Wars, and other Facebook games—boasts an annual revenue of more than $200 million.
# In the United States, 54.7% of people ages 13 to 17 have a Facebook account.
# There are more than 800,000 developers building applications for Facebook.
# More than 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.
# The average Facebook user has 130 friends and sends eight friend requests per month.
# Among children under 18, Facebook was ranked third in the top 100 searches of 2009, behind YouTube and Google. Sex and porn rounded out the top five searches.
# A recent survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers acknowledged looking at social networking sites such as Facebook to evaluate applicants. Thirty-eight percent of admissions officers said that what they saw negatively affected the applicant.
# Facebook is not only beating MySpace traffic, but it is also the second-ranked site overall in the U.S. behind Google.
# Americans spend 13.9 billion minutes a year on Facebook and five billion minutes on MySpace.
# In 2003, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created Facemash, where he placed photos of undergraduates side by side so viewers could rank which one was “hotter.” Zuckerberg would later turn Facemash into the now ubiquitous Facebook.
# In 2008, a 23-year-old woman named Lauren Michaels created a group titled “I Need Sex” on Facebook. Within 10 minutes, she had 35 members and soon attracted 100—50 of whom she eventually slept with. Facebook has since removed her page.
# An 18-year-old Wisconsin man posed as several different girls on Facebook to blackmail underage male teens into performing sexual favors by coaxing them to send nude photos of themselves. He could be facing up to 300 years in prison.
# Beacon, part of Facebook’s controversial advertisement system that broadcasted information about a user’s shopping activity on other sites, was the target of a class action lawsuit in 2009. The resulting settlement required Facebook to pay $9.5 million into a settlement fund.
# If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S., and Indonesia.
# In 2009, an EMT at the crime scene took a cell phone picture of the body of a New York woman who had been strangled and beaten and then posted it on his Facebook profile. He was later arrested on charges of official misconduct and was fired from his job.
# The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales warned that Facebook and MySpace can lead children to commit suicide because such sites encourage teens to build transient relationships and dehumanize community life.
# Facebook includes eating disorder groups such as “Get Thin or Die Trying,” and “Quod me nutrit me destruit” (“What nourishes me destroys me”). While such eating disorder sites were typically anonymous on the Web, their growing presence on Facebook makes them more public and accessible to more people.
# The New Oxford Dictionary announced that the 2009 Word of the Year was “unfriend,” as in “to remove someone as a friend on a social networking site” such as Facebook. However, there is some debate whether the word should be “defriend” rather than “unfriend.”l
# A 39-year-old Pennsylvania father was arrested for openly asking his 13-year-old daughter for sex over Facebook.
# While stressing that correlation does not equal causation, a recent poll suggested that Facebook users have lower overall grades than non-users.m
# While initially created for college students, Facebook users over the age 26 now represent 60% of the total U.S. Facebook population.
# The average Facebook users spend more than 55 minutes a day on the site. They use the Like button nine times a month and write 25 comments each month.
# Approximately 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.ab
# Forbes dubbed 25-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, the creator/owner of Facebook, as the world’s youngest billionaire, worth 1.5 billion.
# Syria, China, Vietnam, and Iran have banned Facebook.
# In December 2009, there were over 250 million active users on Facebook, up from 1 million active users in December 2004.
# Tim Sparapani, director of public policy at Facebook, stated that hundreds of millions of people had never stopped and thought about the consequences of sharing information online.u
# Information deemed public—such as profile pictures, names, cities, and networks—are available to developers of any applications that Facebook users or their Facebook friends use on the site.
# The first person to invest in Facebook was the cofounder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who invested $500,000 in June 2004.
# In 2005, East Asia’s richest man, Li Hu Shing, invested $120 million dollars in Facebook.
# In September 2009, Zuckerberg announced for the first time that Facebook was cash flow positive, meaning Facebook made more money that it spent.
# Lamebook.com is a regularly updated site that reposts “lame” and funny Facebook user posts.
# In Florida, the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee ruled that Florida judges and lawyers should no longer “friend” each other on Facebook.
# Facebook’s fastest growing segment in the United States is women 55 years and older.
# In May 2009, a Russian investment firm, Digital Sky Technologies, invested $200 million in Facebook in return for a 1.96% stake in the Web site.
# Twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss claim Zuckerberg stole their idea after they hired him to do programming for their own site, Harvard Connect (ConnectU). The case was settled for an undisclosed sum. Others, such as fellow student, Aaron Greenspan, also claim they invented Facebook.
# Named after a Harvard student directory that included student photos and profiles, Facebook was originally called “thefacebook” and was limited to only Harvard students. In 2005, the site was renamed “Facebook.”
# When Facebook changed its privacy setting in December 2009, Zuckerberg’s previously private photos—in which he was seen shirtless, holding a teddy bear, and looking “plastered”—became public.
# Both citizens and police departments are increasingly using Facebook to catch suspected criminals.
# A “gaydar” software program developed at MIT can reportedly identify gay men on Facebook, private profile or not.
# In January 2009, an advertising campaign from Burger King titled “WHOPPER Sacrifice” rewarded Facebook users a free “Angry Whopper” for publicly deleting 10 friends, who would then receive a blunt message informing they were deleted for a free hamburger.
# Eleven percent of Facebook’s 100 million U.S. users are African-American, 9% are Latino, and 6% are Asian, which is a fairly accurate reflection of the U.S. general population.
# A 20-year-old IBM employee in Canada lost sick leave benefits from her insurer because her Facebook page showed “cheerful” photos while she was on paid sick leave for depression.
# Girls can be prone to anxiety and depression by talking too much to their friends on Facebook. Called “co-rumination,” frequently discussing the same problem can lead to an unhealthy obsession.
# On July 1, 2009, shortly after Michael Jackson passed away, his page became the most popular page on Facebook. Previously, the most popular person on Facebook was U.S. President Obama with just over 6 million fans.
# In Australia it is valid protocol to serve court notices to defendants on Facebook. A summons posted on Facebook is legally binding.ad
# A site called Usocial offered to sell Facebook friends and fans to customers. Even after receiving a Cease and Desist from Facebook, Usocial said it will not shut down the service completely.
# A Facebook post in December 2009 led to a kidney donation.
# The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation contend that Facebook’s new “recommended” privacy settings serve Facebook more than they serve the user.u
# Farmville boasts more than 60 million players on Facebook. Zynga—the maker of Farmville, Mafia Wars, and other Facebook games—boasts an annual revenue of more than $200 million.
# In the United States, 54.7% of people ages 13 to 17 have a Facebook account.
# There are more than 800,000 developers building applications for Facebook.
Laptop With 256-Processor -Future Tech
The future technology“In 2020, only techies will
care about the technology in their laptops. Most users will never even
think about it, because laptops will have so much processing power and
the Internet cloud will offer so much storage. What will matter is
style. Here’s the vision of Lenovo’s Howard Locker, Master Inventor and
Chief of Strategic Technology.
* Bendable, thin slate folds up to slip into pocket.
* Screen usable outdoors.
* 6G, always-on, wireless connectivity reaches 550 Mbps.
* Thin, light battery lasts 5 to 7 days.
* 256-core processor is essentially a data center cluster on your lap.
* Touch screen and voice recognition; virtual keyboard with tactile feedback for serious content creation.
* Thin, light, 300-pixel-per-inch OLED screen rolls out to any size you want.
* Very light, strong material, even better than titanium. Entire system weighs half a pound.“
2020 isn’t too far away. Hopefully we’ll all get a chance to see this type of technology in actions.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Top 10 Unbelivable Balance Stones around the world
Posted on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 by admin1
No CommentBOOKMARK
Earth is one of the most unstable planet in our solar system. Earthquake, volcanoes, Hurricane, storm, rain, and sun change the face of our planet since thousand of years ago. Amazingly, above our planet activities there are some huge stones that can keep its inertial stability between the relentless force of gravity of the earth and the sky. Here`s Top 10 Unbelievable Balance Stones in the world. These stones are real. No camera trick involved
1.Balanced Rock Colorado
Balanced Rock Colorado
Same as the name, this rock stays at the Garden of Gods near Pike`s Peak at the Colorado springs, Colorado. The rock stands over a paved access public road and The rock is located around beautiful landscape. Hopefully, no earthquake will shake the tiny foundation beneath it
2. Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia
This rock is a 30 feet high horizontal columnar basalt at the Nova Scotia, Canada. What make the balancing rock amazing, around 50% of the rock column stands over the air.
If the stone is man made, can you imagine how difficult is to find the precise calculation to stand the huge rock at the edge of cliff for hundreds of years against storms,rain, and winds?
3. Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, North Yorkshire, UK
Posted on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 by admin1
No CommentBOOKMARK
Earth is one of the most unstable planet in our solar system. Earthquake, volcanoes, Hurricane, storm, rain, and sun change the face of our planet since thousand of years ago. Amazingly, above our planet activities there are some huge stones that can keep its inertial stability between the relentless force of gravity of the earth and the sky. Here`s Top 10 Unbelievable Balance Stones in the world. These stones are real. No camera trick involved
1.Balanced Rock Colorado
Balanced Rock Colorado
Same as the name, this rock stays at the Garden of Gods near Pike`s Peak at the Colorado springs, Colorado. The rock stands over a paved access public road and The rock is located around beautiful landscape. Hopefully, no earthquake will shake the tiny foundation beneath it
2. Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia
This rock is a 30 feet high horizontal columnar basalt at the Nova Scotia, Canada. What make the balancing rock amazing, around 50% of the rock column stands over the air.
If the stone is man made, can you imagine how difficult is to find the precise calculation to stand the huge rock at the edge of cliff for hundreds of years against storms,rain, and winds?
3. Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, North Yorkshire, UK
Top 10 Unbelivable Balance Stones Around The World
Posted on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 by admin1NO COMMENTBOOKMARK
Earth is one of the most unstable planet in our solar system. Earthquake, volcanoes, Hurricane, storm, rain, and sun change the face of our planet since thousand of years ago. Amazingly, above our planet activities there are some huge stones that can keep its inertial stability between the relentless force of gravity of the earth and the sky. Here`s Top 10 Unbelievable Balance Stones in the world. These stones are real. No camera trick involved
1.Balanced Rock Colorado
Balanced Rock Colorado
Same as the name, this rock stays at the Garden of Gods near Pike`s Peak at the Colorado springs, Colorado. The rock stands over a paved access public road and The rock is located around beautiful landscape. Hopefully, no earthquake will shake the tiny foundation beneath it
2. Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia
This rock is a 30 feet high horizontal columnar basalt at the Nova Scotia, Canada. What make the balancing rock amazing, around 50% of the rock column stands over the air.
If the stone is man made, can you imagine how difficult is to find the precise calculation to stand the huge rock at the edge of cliff for hundreds of years against storms,rain, and winds?
3. Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, North Yorkshire, UK
Idol Rock
Idol rock is a family of several balance rocks that scatter around 50- acre of Brimham Moor area, North York shire, UK. Idol rock is around 200 tonnes and it is only supported by a smaller pyramidal stone. It is unbelievable and outstanding. The small pyramidal stone carries huge pressure from Idol rock and balances the odd shape stone flawlessly.
Another family of Idol rocks are The Sphinx, The Watchdog, The Camel, The Turtle, and The Dancing Bear. All these strange , amazing, and huge balanced stone can be found at Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is free to enter
4. El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucia, Spain
El Torcal de Antequera
El Torcal de Antequera is karst stone towers of terrace limestone rock with horizontal weathering patterns.It is tall, old and stable.Wind, rain and sun have evolved the stone become flapjack stacks that attracts many people every year. Although it is strong and balance, Climbing the rock is not recommendable.
5. Kjeragbolten, Norway
Posted on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 by admin1NO COMMENTBOOKMARK
Earth is one of the most unstable planet in our solar system. Earthquake, volcanoes, Hurricane, storm, rain, and sun change the face of our planet since thousand of years ago. Amazingly, above our planet activities there are some huge stones that can keep its inertial stability between the relentless force of gravity of the earth and the sky. Here`s Top 10 Unbelievable Balance Stones in the world. These stones are real. No camera trick involved
1.Balanced Rock Colorado
Balanced Rock Colorado
Same as the name, this rock stays at the Garden of Gods near Pike`s Peak at the Colorado springs, Colorado. The rock stands over a paved access public road and The rock is located around beautiful landscape. Hopefully, no earthquake will shake the tiny foundation beneath it
2. Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia
This rock is a 30 feet high horizontal columnar basalt at the Nova Scotia, Canada. What make the balancing rock amazing, around 50% of the rock column stands over the air.
If the stone is man made, can you imagine how difficult is to find the precise calculation to stand the huge rock at the edge of cliff for hundreds of years against storms,rain, and winds?
3. Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, North Yorkshire, UK
Idol Rock
Idol rock is a family of several balance rocks that scatter around 50- acre of Brimham Moor area, North York shire, UK. Idol rock is around 200 tonnes and it is only supported by a smaller pyramidal stone. It is unbelievable and outstanding. The small pyramidal stone carries huge pressure from Idol rock and balances the odd shape stone flawlessly.
Another family of Idol rocks are The Sphinx, The Watchdog, The Camel, The Turtle, and The Dancing Bear. All these strange , amazing, and huge balanced stone can be found at Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is free to enter
4. El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucia, Spain
El Torcal de Antequera
El Torcal de Antequera is karst stone towers of terrace limestone rock with horizontal weathering patterns.It is tall, old and stable.Wind, rain and sun have evolved the stone become flapjack stacks that attracts many people every year. Although it is strong and balance, Climbing the rock is not recommendable.
5. Kjeragbolten, Norway
Intel’s Thunderbolt technology can transfer data at speed of 10Gbps
Apple recently unveiled the new MacBook Pro lineup that comes incorporated with Intel's new high-speed Thunderbolt technology.
Intel claims that its Thunderbolt technology, which was originally called Light Peak, can transfer data at a speed of up to 10Gbps.
It means that Thunderbolt technology consumes less than half a minute to move a complete Blu-ray film from disc to PC, at a much faster speed than existing USB 3.0. It may be noted here that USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 offer data transfer speeds of up to 800Mbps and 480Mbps.
However, planning & marketing director of Thunderbolt, Jason Ziller, said that Intel would not ditch USB.
Speaking on the topic, Ziller said, “We don't see it replacing USB. USB is a mainstream IO on all products, and Intel will continue to fully support it.”
Thunderbolt technology supports both the PCI Express as well as DisplayPort protocols. Intel said that it picked up PCI Express due to its flexibility; and it selected DisplayPort as it was optimized for use with PCs.
Meanwhile, Engadget has claimed that innovative Thunderbolt technology can be incorporated by other manufacturer in the future machines as Apple does not have exclusivity over the use of the technology.
Intel claims that its Thunderbolt technology, which was originally called Light Peak, can transfer data at a speed of up to 10Gbps.
It means that Thunderbolt technology consumes less than half a minute to move a complete Blu-ray film from disc to PC, at a much faster speed than existing USB 3.0. It may be noted here that USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 offer data transfer speeds of up to 800Mbps and 480Mbps.
However, planning & marketing director of Thunderbolt, Jason Ziller, said that Intel would not ditch USB.
Speaking on the topic, Ziller said, “We don't see it replacing USB. USB is a mainstream IO on all products, and Intel will continue to fully support it.”
Thunderbolt technology supports both the PCI Express as well as DisplayPort protocols. Intel said that it picked up PCI Express due to its flexibility; and it selected DisplayPort as it was optimized for use with PCs.
Meanwhile, Engadget has claimed that innovative Thunderbolt technology can be incorporated by other manufacturer in the future machines as Apple does not have exclusivity over the use of the technology.
Seagate Introduces 3TB Barracuda XT HDD
Seagate has launched the 3TB Barracuda XT hard drive for Rs 14,900 excluding taxes. While this may not be the first 3TB hard drive, it simplifies compatibility issues with legacy BIOS and operating systems that do not natively support drives over 2.1TB. Older OS like 32-bit Windows XP require additional drivers and software patches to support 3TB hard drives. The Barracuda XT ships with Seagate's DiscWizard software that makes it easy to configure the OS to enable full 3TB capacity support.
The Barracuda XT hard drive is equipped with 64MB cache, which comes handy in optimising cache intensive applications like gaming and video editing. The drive fully supports the Serial ATA 3.0 standard which provides a theoretical throughput of 6Gb/s. The 3.5-inch form factor drive spins its platters at 7200RPM giving a fair balance between speed and energy efficiency. With a cavernous capacity of 3TB, the drive should hold up well to the burgeoning collection of audio, video, photo and game data. However, the hefty price of Rs. 14,900 that makes the cost-per-MB sound quite ridiculous.
The Barracuda XT hard drive is equipped with 64MB cache, which comes handy in optimising cache intensive applications like gaming and video editing. The drive fully supports the Serial ATA 3.0 standard which provides a theoretical throughput of 6Gb/s. The 3.5-inch form factor drive spins its platters at 7200RPM giving a fair balance between speed and energy efficiency. With a cavernous capacity of 3TB, the drive should hold up well to the burgeoning collection of audio, video, photo and game data. However, the hefty price of Rs. 14,900 that makes the cost-per-MB sound quite ridiculous.
Seagate Introduces 3TB Barracuda XT HDD
Seagate has launched the 3TB Barracuda XT hard drive for Rs 14,900 excluding taxes. While this may not be the first 3TB hard drive, it simplifies compatibility issues with legacy BIOS and operating systems that do not natively support drives over 2.1TB. Older OS like 32-bit Windows XP require additional drivers and software patches to support 3TB hard drives. The Barracuda XT ships with Seagate's DiscWizard software that makes it easy to configure the OS to enable full 3TB capacity support. You can download the software here.
The Barracuda XT hard drive is equipped with 64MB cache, which comes handy in optimising cache intensive applications like gaming and video editing. The drive fully supports the Serial ATA 3.0 standard which provides a theoretical throughput of 6Gb/s. The 3.5-inch form factor drive spins its platters at 7200RPM giving a fair balance between speed and energy efficiency. With a cavernous capacity of 3TB, the drive should hold up well to the burgeoning collection of audio, video, photo and game data. However, the hefty price of Rs. 14,900 that makes the cost-per-MB sound quite ridiculous.
The Barracuda XT hard drive is equipped with 64MB cache, which comes handy in optimising cache intensive applications like gaming and video editing. The drive fully supports the Serial ATA 3.0 standard which provides a theoretical throughput of 6Gb/s. The 3.5-inch form factor drive spins its platters at 7200RPM giving a fair balance between speed and energy efficiency. With a cavernous capacity of 3TB, the drive should hold up well to the burgeoning collection of audio, video, photo and game data. However, the hefty price of Rs. 14,900 that makes the cost-per-MB sound quite ridiculous.
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