Why you need a personal website?

Having a website of your own equals entering into an invaluable communication environment. Represents your personal profile: A website can be your virtual portrait, showing off your personal self to the world on a 24/7 basis. Among the most popular ways of presenting your personality online is keeping a webblog (otherwise known as online diary) [...]

Plan for tomorrow? Beware iPhone’s alarm

Apple’s iPhone has caught up a bug that is seen on a  hike these days on web. Apple’s beloved gadget reportedly has a glitch that means if users set a one-time alarm to wake them tomorrow, they may well end up sleeping in. Engadget and other media outlets are reporting that Twitter lit up today [...]

6th Sense Technology

SixthSense is a wearable gestural interface device developed by Pranav Mistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is similar to Telepointer, a neckworn projector/camera system developed by Media Lab student Steve Mann. The 6th sense refers to the connection with something greater than what our physical senses are able to perceive. Until few [...]

Google Instant Search

Google unveiled its Instant Search feature, in an attempt to help users find their desired search results more quickly. And although those who spend time optimizing Websites might take issue with some of the improvements, the vast majority of Web users will find a lot to like about Google Instant. It makes Google’s search quicker [...]

Bloom Box: What is it and how does it work?

Bloom Box is the creation of Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale, California-based company that is promising to revolutionize energy with its “power plant in a box.” K.R. Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy, gave Americans their first peek at the new device Sunday on CBS’s 60 Minutes. On Wednesday, Mr. Sridhar will make a major public announcement [...]

India’s $35 iPad Stunned the Tech World

India has unveiled a monumental prototype just in 1/14th the cost — a $35 touchscreen tablet that will handle such functions as word processing, web browsing, PDF reading, and video conferencing. A few bucks more will score the owner a solar-powered option as well.

Security at your finger tips

Online services for password management. Today, you bank, you shop, you communicate, you do business and many other activities online. And this means having many different passwords. You know that passwords are important in order to ensure security of your information. Passwords are like the keys to the locks on the Internet. Many of us [...]

Are passwords safe?

They may soon be, with other ways of authentication and identity protection making their presence felt. The fact that passwords are not the securest of authentication techniques is well known. Most of us use passwords that are easy to remember, and therefore, easy to crack. Phishing threats and a lot of malware are focused on [...]

Windows XP Set to Leave “Mainstream Support”

Windows XP is set to enter the Extended Support phase of its life, moving out of Mainstream Support, as planned, Microsoft said on Monday. In an email, Microsoft said: “On April 14, Windows XP will transition from the mainstream support phase to the extended support phase, as planned and previously announced.”

Ultrasound imaging now possible with a Windows smartphone

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. William D. Richard, Ph.D., Washington University Associate Professor of [...]