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Friday, August 5, 2011

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain

If you could put all the data in the world onto CDs and stack them up, the pile would stretch from the Earth to beyond the moon, according to a new study. The world’s technological infrastructure has a staggering capacity to store and process information, reaching 295 exabytes in 2007, a reflection of the world’s almost complete transition into the digital realm. That's a number with 20 zeroes behind it, in case you're wondering.

If you didn’t get enough Google with yesterday’s announcement of the purported Twitter/Facebook-killing Google Buzz, check out the news coming out of Mountain View today: Google wants to test an ultra-high-speed fiber network that delivers broadband speeds of one gigabit per second, 100 times faster than the average American’s connection. Over the next several weeks, the company will be accepting proposals for government officials and citizens alike that are interested in testing the network in their communities.

Talk about cloud computing. Google wants to install “InterPlanetary internet protocols” (IP IP?) on spacecraft, using them as an interwoven network of new space-based communication nodes.

That’s according Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf, in an interview with Network World. And this is not some pie-in-the-sky idea — they’re already doing it.

Building and Imagining Bigger and Better Carrier Ships

Maersk Triple E

Maersk Line

Once it is completed, the $190-million Maersk Triple E will be the world’s largest and most efficient class of container ships. Its 1,312-foot-long, U-shaped hull will hold 18,000 containers—about 2,000 more than the next biggest ship. Whereas most container ships are propelled by a single diesel engine, the Triple E has two. But even traveling at 19 knots, it will require only half as much fuel to deliver its cargo, in part because of recovery of engine waste heat. South Korea based Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering will complete the first 10 for Maersk by 2015.

Tiny-fingered researchers at the University of Michigan have created this computer, the world's first complete millimeter-scale computing system. It is a prototype designed to be implanted in a human eye, to monitor internal pressure there for signs of glaucoma.

The machine includes a teeny battery, a consolidated radio and antenna, a pressure sensor, memory, and a rather diminutive processor designed to consume extremely little power.

Trojan-Horse MP3s Could Let Hackers Break Into Your Car Remotely

Researchers Find Last year we told you how hackers could someday infiltrate your car’s control systems and install malware to take things over, as long as they had some computer skills and a laptop. Now car-hacking researchers have done it remotely, using innocent tech like Bluetooth devices and even a CD.

Top 10 New Features In Apple iOS 5

When it comes to smartphones or tablets computers, then Apple is the best manufacturer of these respective gadgets in the world. But what makes their product more enhancing and famous? Simple, from grass foot level to the ultra high level, Apple makes sure that their products has everything to satisfy their users whether it’s a simple feature of music or a whole bunch of high tech applications. Let’s talk about the topic now, iOS has a long history and this operating system has been a far more successful than any other because of its features and distinctive applications and once again the new version iOS 5 has just rattled the stage of World Wide Developer Conference 2011 as the Apple promised that they will throw 200 new features in this Operating System but very few were showcased. So here I have gathered the hottest top 10 new features that has been introduced in iOS 5 at WWDC 2011 . Let’s have a look:

1. Notification Center:

If you want all type of notification on your iOS device like new email, friends request, text and a lot more than my friends Apple have made sure this time that you can access all the notification with just a swipe away. Now how does it works, its simple just swipe down from the top of any screen to open the Notification Center and just touch the notification you want to see. You can also see the Weather update and Stock Ticker along with the other new Notifications as it appears briefly and clearly on the top of your screen and most important thing about Notification Center that it never interrupts your any type work. In simple words it is the best way to keep in touch with the all of your life’s breaking news.

2. iMessage:

We all know that while chatting on Facebook, Yahoo and other instant messengers, we can easily point out that the person with whom we are chatting is whether writing or reading our messages, but we have never heard that this feature will also be available in mobile text messaging. So those of you, who have not heard about this, let me inform you that iMessage is the all new feature in iOS 5 that can perform the same task as the instant messengers. It allows the user to send unlimited messages to other users and to see that whether the recipients is writing or reading the message along with this, iMessage enables the user to have a group messaging and also allow them to share the photos, videos, location and contacts using Wi-Fi or 3G.

3. Newsstand:

It is a folder where you can keep all your collectibles. Further explanation about this new feature is that it holds all your magazines and newspaper adds subscription. All of the purchases directly move to the Newsstand and it also downloads the new issues automatically with accepting the delivery as well.

4. Reminders:

Everyone create and maintain there daily to-do list in order to complete the routine works of their lives for example, buying the groceries, payment of the bills and many others. Well this time Apple has delivered a marvelous feature for iOS 5 named Reminders. This whole new feature helps you to maintain your daily to-do list in style using the sync reminders with iCloud or Outlook to automatically update the list if there is a change in a program; also it includes the item based location option that enables the user to get reminded of the particular items if they are near to that store where those items are available.

5. Twitter Integration:

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

10 Best Photo Editing Software for Android Users

As the popularity of Android OS grows, so is the number of apps for it. But finding the right apps for your task might be a bit time consuming and difficult. Today, I am going to share with you 10 Photo Editing Applications for Android Users.