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World’s first free online computer launched for everyone

Apr 30th, 2009 | By CentroN | Category: Technology


The world’s first absolutely free online computer was launched on April 23, 2009. Swedish company Xcerion announced the launch of the unique system icloud in New York.
Cloud technologies represent an Internet service that provide software to clients having no personal computers and those who can not access their computers at a certain moment.
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Embed Objects Into Video - ZunaVision technology

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

Stanford Report, November 12, 2008
Extreme makeover: computer science edition
BY DAN STOBER
Suppose you have a cherished home video, taken at your birthday party. You’re fond of the video, but your viewing experience is marred by one small, troubling detail. There in the video, framed and hanging on the living room wall amidst the celebration, is a [...]



iPod Support: The Apple Solution

Nov 8th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Apple

by Frank Hedley
It’s difficult to fix by yourself an iPod, especially when it’s something related to a software issue, but there are nonetheless, some steps any iPod owner may take on it’s own. The first thing to do is to go through the Five Rs Assistant, which are the Apple equivalent of an online support [...]



Alumnus Wes Bolsen Helps Broker “Next Generation Ethanol” Deal

Oct 9th, 2008 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

The biggest news coming out of this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit wasn’t the latest vehicle model being developed by automakers but the announcement of General Motors Corp.’s partnership with Coskata Inc., a relatively unknown cellulosic ethanol company, could enable the production of ethanol for less than $1 a gallon.
This groundbreaking development [...]



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 [...]