The above video is a compilation of the biggest Nuclear explosions (declassified) to be performed on Earth. The largest nuclear weapon ever tested was the "Tsar Bomba" of the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961, with an estimated yield of around 50 megatons, which is 1% of the power output of the Sun. Those interested in the music it is 'Love?' by Devin Townsend. Thanks GT...

MSN had a post on the top design disasters of the tech world and guess who made it to the list? Everyone's favorite the Brown Zune. Of course the post is not by MSN but by PCWorld which is one of its many content partners. Source...

Personal style of Mac and PC users in 1996. It was the time when Intel had launched MMX technology processors which came free with 2 game CD's. Via - Wired...

Nissan will introduce the world's first Around View Monitor, which offers the driver a bird’s eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings in real-time. In Japan, the Around View Monitor will debut in the new Elgrand, scheduled for introduction at the end of this month. The technology will also be offered to the U.S market on the all new Infiniti EX35 scheduled for launch this December. The Nissan Around View Monitor system synthesizes a bird’s eye image of...

LecLerc a major French supermarket chain is now selling unlocked iPhones, free from any operator lockin. The phones are bought from the US and unlocked using software cracks readily available on the Internet. The store manager says selling the unlocked iPhone is perfectly legal and the device will be sold with warranty and a notice in French which says not to update the firmware from iTunes as it may disable the camera. The store is selling the $400 device...

If we go by the predictions made by the retailers then choosing gifts for children has been narrowed down to a choice of gory looking masks. Like the Doctor Who Dalek Sec Hybrid Voice Changer Mask, which is made of flesh-pink ribbed plastic; the one-eyed human hybrid (who appeared in the episode Daleks in Manhattan), changes the voice of the wearer to the metallic scream of the doctor's deadly enemies. Retailers predict that most of the toys that will...

It's all of 3.5-inches but this LCD screen from Sharp features an integrated optical scanner that could be used to scan business cards, but also be used as a method for multi-touch input. The prototype was seen at the Ceatec exhibition. Possible uses include the ability to recognize fingers or other objects and as biometric lock on your phone. And since each pixel has a scanner it may as well be a multi-touch screen....

The K850 Cyber-shot phone from Sony Ericsson boasts of a 5-megapixel camera. It's a Turbo-3G Tri-Band HSDPA phone for high-speed picture and video blogging. The phone features auto focus, Xenon flash and Video Light to help produce true digital camera results. BestPic, Photo fix, Auto Rotate and PictBridge are also included. With the BestPic you can take nine pictures in one burst and then simply choose the best and delete the rest....

Sony Ericsson's W910 is an HSDPA Walkman phone that is designed for entertainment; whether music, 3D games, video, or high-speed Web access. It gives you the freedom to let you choose your music, your way. Select Shake control and just flick the phone to control games or skip and shuffle between tracks. Or opt for SensMe and discover music to match your mood and tempo. With Turbo-3G speeds accessing the net is done in a jiffy. The W910 can...

Here is a look at some of the W series phones out from Motorola. The line up includes the W156, W160, W206, W213, W165, W180, and W377. One of them actually has a black-and-white display. Here is a run down on the specs: the W156 / W160 sport a Candybar form-factor. They both feature a 128 x 128 black-and-white display, 20K onboard memory, quad-band GSM, speakerphone, 590 minutes of talk time and 465 hours of standby. The difference is...

Samsung and Beyonce launched the limited version of the Upstage ultra music phone ‘B'Phone'. The B'Phone showcases a dual-sided design to optimize music capabilities with the look of an MP3 player on one side and a phone on the other. The B'Phone is crafted in sophisticated burgundy and gold colors to complement the style and glamour of the Grammy-winning artist. The B'Phone comes complete with a preloaded special Beyonce-styled start-up screen. Consumers who purchase the B'Phone will receive exclusive...

The Moto U9 promises to deliver a lot more that you will expect. A successor to the PEBL, it boasts of a slick form factor, Stereo Bluetooth, CrystalTalk Technology, external touch sensitive music controls and floating, animated screensavers that appear on the external display. Moto U9 allows one-touch access to your library and pauses music for incoming calls. With Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 it's easy to sync the phone. The integrated music player supports multiple audio files: Windows...

With the brain-computer interface (BCI), technology has empowered humans to mentally control computers. Up till now no one thought of exploiting this technology in concurrence with the Second Life online virtual world. A research team led by professor Jun'ichi Ushiba of the Keio University Biomedical Engineering Laboratory has developed a BCI system that lets the user walk an avatar through the streets of Second Life depending exclusively on the power of thought. To control the avatar on screen, the...

To cash in on the iPhone success and to prevent the Cupertino giant from snatching their market share, mobile phone makers worldwide are developing iPhone like products with multi touch interfaces. Asus will be releasing a new phone running on Windows with 3G and GPS targeting business users. Taiwan based BenQ, Compal and Arima Communications will come with new phones next year. Korean based Samsung and LG are also working to roll iPhone like handsets next year. Samsung's phone...

Clarion's out with three new car stereos that surprisingly have a hint of other colors of the spectrum. Presumably most car stereos are black in color but the DUB275MP is in white color, DFZ675MC comes in black and blue and the DMZ375 sports a gray and blue shade. All three are 2DIN, and offer 728 colors to chose from for the little LED's coming around them. Specs include 4x50W, USB and SD, plus the possibility to add a Bluetooth...