Mumbai Terrorists Used BlackBerrys - Reports Indicate
Reports indicate that when authorities cut the cable feeds to the hotels where terrorists in Mumbai held over 200 hostages, they began relying on their BlackBerrys to watch the world react to their heinous acts.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Joost Introduces iPhone App That Streams Videos and Movies
Joost may have lost the online video war to Hulu a while ago, but they may have won the battle to bring the format to iPhones. The company has released a new iPhone app which streams over 46,000 videos for free, including full movies such as Men in Black and Starship Troopers.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Pixel Qi Laptop CEO Claims Forthcoming Laptop Will Run 20 to 40 Hours on Single Charge
Mary Lou Jespen, the XO Laptop designer and OLPC’s CTO before leaving to found Pixel Qi, has grand ambitions for her mythical $75 laptop. The company is working on a laptop that will be able to run on for 20 to 40 hours on a single battery charge. Sounds like magic, but they assure us it is just old fashioned science.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Report Indicates that Robots Will Be Able to Perform Menial Jobs by 2025
According to a new report from the National Intelligence Council, robots will be able to replace people in a series of menial jobs by the year 2025. The report dictates that an influx of robo-workers will “disrupt unskilled labor markets,” with robots taking jobs currently performed by migrant workers, high school students and the like.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Man Hacks Nintendo GameCube Controller for Use on the Wii - Video
Everyone has a few old GameCube controllers laying around. Rather than throwing out the cash one of those Classic Controllers for your Wii in order to play some of that retro content, why not give this hack a try instead?
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE $168,000 Hario Speaker Set Will Play Pink Floyd Like You Have Never Heard Them Before
Japanese high-end audio manufacturer has managed to one-up even themselves with the release of their $168,000 speaker set. It’s a good thing too. This is just what we need with the recession and all.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE RIM Releases Firmware Update For BlackBerry Storm Early
It seems RIM has secretly released Firmware update 4.7.0.75 for their new BlackBerry Storm. Rumor had it the company was going to wait for a wide release on the update, but it seems they went with the silent but deadly approach instead.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Adobe Hard at Work On Video-Object Manipulation System - Demo
You hot-shot movie cutters out there should get a load out of this. Adobe’s research laboratory has been hard at work at an ingenious video-object manipulation system. The system gives video editors all sorts of power with nearly no rendering lag.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Linux on the iPhone
Thanks to OpeniBoot Linux can now run, in a hobbled state, on the iPhone. Woohoo! Unfortunately, Linux still lacks a lot of the support it needs, like touchscreen support…
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Gaze-controlled Robot Gets a Video Demo
RThe future is upon us. Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and the IT University of Copenhagen have created a sight-controlled robot. The bot is based around a LEGO NXT-G kit. It gets paired with a webcam and a laptop that’s connected to the robot via bluetooth. Then the magic happens.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
© Copyright NerdGrind 2007 - 2008. All rights reserved.