Xbox 360 and its infamous ring of death are a deadly combo. This is what a gamer in Little Rock, Arkansas discovered the hard way. Apparently his house was almost burned down by Microsoft's sizzling console. Fortunately no one was at home when the power cord caused a small fire which eventually engulfed a part of the house. Investigators were able to trace the fire back to the 360. "It was melted and it looked like they had it against...
This beats me up more than the crazy Vista errors. Simply Hilarious. Source...
Microsoft has released Albany to beta testers the product has a single installer that puts Office Home and Student, OneCare, as well as a host of Windows Live services, onto a user's PC. It includes Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc), Windows Live OneCare (anti-virus), Office Live Workspace, as well as other Live services which I doubt anyone uses. Microsoft already sells OneCare for a yearly subscription of $50, and Office Home and Student for $150 which you can use...
Yeslam Bin Laden, Osama's half brother has introduced a new line of watches which other than time also tell the altitude and speed of the aircraft. Hmm, I wonder what can the watch be used as....
Motorola's internal roadmap shows 9 handsets in stores for us this year. Though a few are already available (U9, W270 and E8). Below are more details on leaked handsets such as the ZN5, VE75, A180 and L800T. A810 * 2.2" 260k color QVGA TFT display * 2 megapixel camera * Linux OS * Stereo Bluetooth * TI OMAP850 200MHz processor * microSD memory card slot VE75 * 2.6" 260k color WQVGA TFT display * 2 megapixel camera * Dual...
A high speed camera captures a water balloon exploding at 2000 fps. CGI has still a long way to go. Via - Digg...
My Wii console is hooked on to my 34" Samsung LCD TV and cannot fathom playing my games on a 7" screen. Therefore I am totally stumped by Chinavision's 7" Nintendo Wii LCD Monitor and will take a lot of time to digest it. Apparently this pint-sized monitor has a ball and socket hinge that can be turned appropriately for whatever use. When the monitor is not in use, the screen can be folded down against the Wii, just like...
Just because you work in a rough, heavy-duty place that doesn't mean that you should deprive yourself of simple pleasures like listening to music. At construction sites and the likes, the huge construction equipments around the place dwarf an iPod or radio. This AM/FM Construction Radio promises to belt out sweet music while keeping your MP3 player docked safely. Its hard side frame protects it from damage while you listen to AM/FM radio or MP3/WMA tunes stored on your...
Agreed robots have been created to serve mankind, but once in awhile its good to create ones that have no specific purpose in life and entertain us. The Push-kun (a.k.a. Mr. Push) is a robot with a crab-like gait. It tells jokes; plays drum rolls on itself, tosses oversized dice and performs other amusing antics. Osaka-based Robot Force has created it, and it gave stiff competition to its opponents in the Baka RoboCup 2007 competition. Check out Push-kun's moves...
If you do a lot of spy work or work in a highly secretive environment, then you need to keep a lot of info under wraps so that no one gets the wind of it. Aiding you on you mission to data secured is this new self-destructive DVD by a German company. Called the Einmal (German for once), the disk is coated with a special chemical and can only be watched for 48 hours. There doesn't seem to be...
Appropriate lighting is quite important for creating the perfect ambience. Researchers a Nikki Chemical Co. and the Nagoya Institute of Technology are in the process of developing a white, fluorescent material, which can be used to create white light, and can be styled into a number of shapes. The malleable lamps have an organic compound, which is coupled with ultraviolet light and a glasslike inorganic compound that gives the substance structural protection. The material can withstand temperatures to 500...
News is news as long as it is hot and fresh; nobody like to read a stale report. With this idea in mind The "Read&Go," is being developed by French telecom Orange. The idea is to come out with an e-reader that dishes out piping hot news every hour via hourly wireless updates by 3G and WiFi connections. The 1GB device will also come with 30 preloaded books and is already under a two-month public testing trial. Orange's machine concentrates...
The city of Dubai is already being hailed as the future horseracing capital of the world, given the infrastructure that it has for the same at present as well as the plans for the industry in the future. To add to that, the city is now going to have the world’s biggest horse racecourse soon. If you have noticed, nothing in Dubai is anything but big! This racecourse that is being called “Meydan” (the word stands for a meeting...
Sanyo Japan has announced the DMX-CA8 a new model to its popular Xacti digicams. The camera packs in a 8 Megapixel sensor and confronts to JIS IPX5/8 waterproofing standards, which means that you can use the camera underwater at a depth of 1.5 meters for 60 minutes at a stretch. Apart from this you can use the camera with ease during a rainy day, while skiing or using the snow board. The camera's new Face Chaser technology works for...
If the real life Homer scared you. Then check this out Homer and Marge Simpson on canvas depicting some 18th century English Aristocrat....
