Pictured above is the first missile carrying submarine of the then USSR, it was a subject of pride for the country and a matter of concern to the USA. Unfortunately after the collapse of the USSR the country could no longer afford to preserve the once pride of the nation. The submarine was a Golf Class powered by a Type III Diesel engine. (More pictures after the jump)...

Sean Krell from Valencia CA has won the super cool Nintendo T-Shirt at the Nerdy Newlaunches Giveaways. Don't lose heart, courtesy of Brando we have a bigger giveaway. We will be giving away the USB Cup warmer and cooler so you can keep the coffee cup hot in the mornings and the beer can cold at the night. Head over to the contest page and shoot off your comments....

The latest offering from Panasonic is the HDC-SX5, which features the same optical image stabilizer as the HDC-SD5. it also packs in Leica Dicomar lenses and 30 fps Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 in SD and SDHC cards recording. The best about the camcorder is that it can also capture to double-layer DVD-R discs....

When you use a vehicle numerous electronics control devices are used, including those controlling fuel injection, brakes, air bags, power steering and power windows. All these work on a basic platform or a basic software OS. To develop "an operating system for automotive electronics", the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry jointly with 10 automakers have started an initiative called JasPar or Japan Automotive Software Platform Architecture. Earlier Japanese companies have been developing their own operating systems separately; but now...

Contrary to the boxing-ring where heavyweights rule the roost, in the world of gizmos, it’s the tiniest and the lightest that win. Taking a leaf out of this Panasonic, who have announced the World's Smallest 3CCD Full HD Camcorder with their HDC-SD5. Housed in a 2.6 x 2.6 x 5.3-inch body, it weighs only 0.75-pounds. The specs include 1,920 x 1,080 30fps recording on SD or SDHC cards, upgraded image stabilization system and Leica Dicomar lenses....

Samsung has announced three new cameras in the award winning NV series. The NV8 8-megapixel, the NV15 10-megapixel and the NV20 12-megapixel. All of them feature the Smart Touch system and premium Schneider optics with a 3x optical zoom. The control buttons that help easy navigation surrounds the cameras’ 2.5” LCD screen. The cameras boast of enhanced stabilization and noise reduction features, Face Detection technology, ISO 3200, Advanced Shake Reduction (ASR) feature as well as Samsung's new Auto Contrast...

The newly announced i85 camera from Samsung has the distinction of being an MP3 player and portable media player. What’s more it even features a large 3-inch touchscreen LCD. As a camera it features an 8-megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom lens and Intelligent Face Recognition Technology. An inbuilt Tour Guide function gives instant access to travel information covering 2,600 regions in 30 countries. You can even download info directly from the Internet, and store it on the 450 MB...

I thought comic situations where your roommate/parents walk into your room, completely disregarding your “Do not disturb” sign, and catch you in a tight spot only happened in the movies. But unfortunately having shared a similar experience, I’m quite thankful to designer Arnaud Lapierre for creating something like the Doorknob Condition. This concept design ensures that no one enters your room, even by mistake! All you need to do is pull the knob on the inside of the room,...

Do you have a yearning to explore the deep blue seas, or does the abyss excite you? Experience all this with the new software for Wii that features an underwater promenade called the forever blue. Giving a feel of what life would be on the seabed at the South Pacific Ocean, the game allows the users to swim as divers and observe coral reefs, fishes and even befriend dolphins. All the living things that you discover gets recorded in...

Yes, the geeks are too lazy to hunt down an air-spray to make the room smell mint. So what do they do? They hop across to the store… No, they order online the USB Fragrance Oil Drive that diffuses fragrance oil via their computer. Since no driver is required and it’s powered by USB, the only thing to look forward to is either rose or peppermint-smelling air!...

We have come across washing machines that add fragrance, remove odors, stains and germs from the clothes. But this is the first time we have come across one that says that you don’t need to add soap to the machine for a clean wash! Crazy as it may sound, but Haier's WasH20 washing machine just does that. It works by breaking down water molecules into OH- and H+ ions; the stains on the linens are "attracted and retained by...

If a bot controlled just by a remote control is not up to scratch, then you can opt for more ‘mobile’ option like the one which SK Telecom is set to present. The company is in the final development stages on a Roomba-style robot that can be controlled by your mobile phone. This circular cleaning robot can accept orders from you via phone where to scrub, buff, and vacuum. You can also spy on all of the floor-sweeping action...

Almost everyone is opinionated about Apple and so is Michael Dell around 10 years back at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, he was asked what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple Computer. To the dismay of thousands of IT executives he answered “I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Things have changed quite a lot since October 1997 as Apple now has the iPod, iPhone, Mac OS X to name a...

Nokia's "E" line of business phones, the E65, hopes to freshen up in Pink and Plum shades. As we have blogged about this specific Nokia cell phone earlier, you can read about all the specs and techie part here. However then we missed on to mention about the One Touch key on the front cover that is most frequently used applications. You can actually make conference calls, access your contacts database, mute and unmute calls, and access an application...

At the annual meeting of financial analysts, Kevin Turner, Microsoft COO announced that it has sold over 60 million licenses for its latest operating system, Windows Vista. The announcement appears to confirm a permanent slowdown in Vista sales, which ran to 20 million in the first month and 40 million in 100 days, but were halved for both March and April. Microsoft officials also announced that the sales of Vista and Office helped boost revenues to $50 billion, first...