Archive for the ‘Trends’ Category
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Six WiMAX firms have teamed together to create the Open Patent Alliance(OPA), to accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products. The companies involved in the formation of the OPA include Cisco Systems, Intel Corp., Alcatel-Lucent, Clearwire, Sprint and Samsung.
The OPA will advance a competitive and open ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
At last the much awaited iPhone next version is officially announced to be available from July 11th.
Apple Inc. revealed Monday, at WWDC, that it has scrapped its pricing plan for the iPhone as it unveiled a model that works over faster wireless networks, addressing key criticisms about the device ...
Posted in iPhone, Smart Phone, Apple, Trends, Mobiles, Gadgets | 4 Comments »
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Nearly two weeks after its historic landing, the US Mars probe Phoenix has scooped up its first sample of Martian soil and begun analyzing it for water and organic compounds.
The test dig made Sunday by the Phoenix Mars Lander's 8-foot-long robotic arm uncovered bits of bright specks in the soil ...
Posted in Sky, Astronomy, Future, Life, Research, Space, Science, Trends | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Lonestar, a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) recently performed a laser cancer surgery on a dog without the intervention of a surgeon. The operation was done in Houston without the intervention of a human surgeon while the Lonestar supercomputer, a Dell Linux Cluster with 5,840 processors, was ...
Posted in Research, Biology, Innovative, Future, Science, Science Fiction, Computers, Trends, Linux, Super Computing, Technology | No Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch ten satellites, including eight from abroad, which will be carried by PSLV-C9, on April 28 from Sriharikota.
The cluster of satellites being carried on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C9 will also include the advanced remote sensing satellite, Cartosat-2A, which will carry high ...
Posted in Innovative, Future, Sky, Research, Space, Science, Trends | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Here's a cool use for a phone that has both cellular broadband and Wi-Fi: Turn it into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot so your friends can surf the Internet on their laptops.
A couple startups have created and made available software like this in the last year. But a more established software ...
Posted in Software, Innovative, Smart Phone, Networking, Laptop, Ideas, Research, Mobiles, Gadgets, Trends, Internet, Nokia, Computers | 1 Comment »