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Must Have Checklist: Choosing a GPS Device

Sep 27th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

by Yung Trang
15 Smart Uses for a GPS-Enabled Device
1. Drive yourself and others with increased safety and more confidence
2. Install in your business’ delivery vans to make efficient use of time and gas
3. Hop in the SUV and drive the kids straight to a new friend’s birthday party – hassle free
4. Use on your boat […]



How to protect your Gmail account

Aug 20th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Google

A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts has been presented at the Defcon hackers’ conference in Las Vegas.
Last week Google introduced a new feature in Gmail that allows users to permanently switch on SSL and use it for every action involving Gmail, and not only, authentication. Users […]



The New ‘Water Energy System (WES)’

Jun 15th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

Jun 13, 2008 19:30
Kouji Kariatsumari, Nikkei Electronics
Genepax Co Ltd explained the technologies used in its new fuel cell system “Water Energy System (WES),” which uses water as a fuel and does not emit CO2.
The system can generate power just by supplying water and air to the fuel and air electrodes, respectively, the company said […]



Microsoft - Multi-touch Demo in Windows 7

May 28th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Microsoft

Surface! A new computing experience on Windows 7.
Touch is quickly becoming a common way of directly interacting with software and devices. Touch-enabled surfaces are popping up everywhere including laptop touch pads, cell phones, remote controls, GPS devices, and more.
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Source: Windows Vista Team blog
Tags: Multi-touch, Windows 7, Surface, Microsoft

Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7

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Free Online TV channels - sorted by category and country

May 25th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

TvChannelsFree.com - The largest resource available on the Web for viewing Free Internet Television. Live streaming TV, recorded news, broadband internet TV stations, and video from all over the world. About 2,894 Online TV Channels from 60+ countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, The Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East all in one website.
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What are the potential iPhone killers?

May 13th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: iPhone

With a frenzy of iPhone deal-making over the last couple of weeks, Apple’s popular mobile phone will soon be coming to an additional 26 countries, spread from Latin America all the way down to little ol’ New Zealand.
But what of the competition? With nearly a year to pour over the iPhone and get their engineers […]



Whole-Body Gaming

May 12th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Multimedia, Online Games

New software makes it easier to build games controlled by a user’s body position.
The massive success of the Nintendo Wii proved the appeal of motion-controlled gaming. Now Softkinetic, a company based in Belgium, is working to let video-game players use a wider range of more-natural movements to control the on-screen action.

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Source: Technology Review
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An Electrifying Startup

May 10th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

A new lithium-ion battery from A123 Systems could help electric cars and hybrids come to dominate the roads.
It is the quickest electric motorcycle in the world. On a popular YouTube video, the black dragster cycle nearly disappears in a cloud of smoke as the driver does a “burn-out,” spinning the back wheel to heat it […]



Water4Gas Review-Can You Really Run a Car on Water?

May 4th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

by Mark Myers
Water4Gas Review-Can You Really Run a Car on Water?
With gas prices climbing seemingly every day, ($3.52 per gallon at the time of writing) and oil prices hovering at $100 per barrel, everyone needs some relief from the outlandish cost of energy today. I kept waiting for politicians to do something about it, and […]



DiscountASP.NET Named Best Hosting Service

Apr 30th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Microsoft, News

DiscountASP.NET Named Best Hosting Service by asp.netPRO Readers for Fourth Consecutive Year
ASP.NET hosting and SQL hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET announces receiving the “Best Hosting Service” award in asp.netPRO Magazine’s 2008 Readers’ Choice poll, making it the fourth consecutive year to win this prestigious title.
Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) April 30, 2008 — ASP.NET hosting and SQL hosting […]



Microsoft adds database to list of online services

Apr 29th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Microsoft

03/05/2008 SQL Server Data Services designed to give users storage, query capabilities without having to build infrastructure
Microsoft Wednesday added SQL Server Data Services to its freshly introduced lineup of online infrastructure services for corporate users and said it is registering users now for the beta.
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, disclosed the new service […]



Brainwave-reading headphones need no batteries

Apr 28th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: News, Technology

A lightweight battery-free headset can continuously monitor human brainwaves, and is powered by body heat and sunlight.
The portable electroencephalogram (EEG) device resembles a set of headphones. It could provide wireless monitoring of patients at risk of seizures, have cars or other machinery respond to stressed users, or provide new ways to interact with computer games. […]