February 2008

Today Apple released firmware update 1.1.4 for the iPhone. No specific details about what is in this update is known yet. But as it always happens tech bloggers and iPhone fans will let you know about what it has in no time. Follow this post at tuaw.com where Erica Sadun is currently providing real [...]

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Google is investing in the construction of its own under-sea internet cable. Well, not its own but it will be partly owned by google. The high speed fiber optic cable called unity will carry bandwidth between Asia and America. This is a big move by google considering it is really hungry for bandwidth. The billion [...]

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According to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Honda Civic GX is the greenest car in America. The Honda Civic, according to the Honda Website, is fueled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for nearly zero emissions. It also features a 113-hp, 1.8-Liter, 16-Valve, SOHC i-VTEC® 4-cylinder engine. Honda only sells about a [...]

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On the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, about 1120 km from the North Pole and located deep inside an Arctic Mountain, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was officially opened today. The Svalbard Seed Vault has also been dubbed as the ‘Doomsday’ vault and is approximately housing 1.5 million seed samples of agricultural crops.
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A new study being conducted by climate researchers shows that spraying millions of metric tons of sulfate particles into the atmosphere could reverse some human caused global warming. The researchers are working on these “geoengineering schemes” to figure out ways to slow the global warming being caused by CO2 released by human activities. Governments across [...]

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Jahanseb Sherwani, a final year PhD student belonging to the Computer Science Department of the Carnegie Mellon University, has developed a new iPhone application called TouchPad that enables your iPhone to be used as a wireless touchpad. You can now remotely control your laptop or PC’s mouse using your iPhone or iTouch with the [...]

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Jalopnik says “Craftsman and metalworker extraordinaer MOLTENSTEELMAN debuted his 23-foot long and 12,000-lb. mechanical spider walker at Burning Man and I have to admit, this is the kind of machine that gives me nightmares. It is an eight footed walker that is powered by a 454 Chevy V8.”
Here is a video of the walking beast:
VideoGully
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A new research study led by Standford University professor Richard M. Myers has confirmed by studying 938 individuals of 51 populations that modern humans first developed in Africa and spread from there to the rest of the world. They also traced Middle East population’s ancestry to both Africa and Europe. A close resemblance was also [...]

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IPL Tournament Schedule

April 2008

Fri 18
D/N

19:00 local, 13:30 GMT

IPL Bangalore v IPL Kolkata
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat 19

09:30 GMT

IPL Mohali v IPL Chennai
Venue TBC
Mohali

Sat 19
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