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As I write this I am filled with excitement. About a year ago, I tried to download Linux onto Windows with no avail but I finally was able to fulfil that dream with the help of a Sun (Java) product called VirtualBox.
VirtualBox lets you manage multiply Operating systems with one computer. I ran over VirtualBox by accident and so learnt that I use it to download operating systems like Ubuntu (Linux for average users!)
Ubuntu is a free source Linux distribution operating system. It is FREE and effective! It is also a useful tool for people who are switching over to Linux!
To download Ubuntu visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and make sure to choose desktop version with a server in your country or close to it! Its a long download, 2-3.5 hours on a decent internet connection.
To download VirtualBox visit: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and make sure to choose your APPROPRIATE default operating system! That is your current operating system! Its a quick 5-15 minutes download on a decent internet connection.
I hope you enjoy using this!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Cyber Busting!
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A Pakistan based forum that offered black hat hackers a place to exchange information and wreak havoc on our world has been attacked and is now off line thanks to a group of white hat hackers called "War Against Cyber Crime." The forum let black hats skim and plan co-ordinated attacks on various sites around the world. The group that brought the site down has expressed hope that law enforcement agents will investigate the leaked information that was offered by the black hat hackers and make arrests. Meanwhile pakbugs.com remains off-line and I believe it would not show its face ever again!
Heres the site and title:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/18/carder_forum_hack_attach/ -
A Pakistan based forum that offered black hat hackers a place to exchange information and wreak havoc on our world has been attacked and is now off line thanks to a group of white hat hackers called "War Against Cyber Crime." The forum let black hats skim and plan co-ordinated attacks on various sites around the world. The group that brought the site down has expressed hope that law enforcement agents will investigate the leaked information that was offered by the black hat hackers and make arrests. Meanwhile pakbugs.com remains off-line and I believe it would not show its face ever again!
Heres the site and title:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/18/carder_forum_hack_attach/ -
Carder forum drops offline after hack attack
Print story
Post commentWhite hat cavalry shoot up black hat site
ANOTHER POINT TO WHITE HATS, WOW!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Google Chrome 3
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New Version of google's browser 'Google Chrome' is now available! It is Version 3 and has quite a lot of noticeable changes including Your Omnibox, Homepage and you can DOWNLOAD themes giving your chrome a new look! Of course GREATER speed with support for Java and Flash!
Get it from http://www.google.com/chrome
New Version of google's browser 'Google Chrome' is now available! It is Version 3 and has quite a lot of noticeable changes including Your Omnibox, Homepage and you can DOWNLOAD themes giving your chrome a new look! Of course GREATER speed with support for Java and Flash!
Get it from http://www.google.com/chrome
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Hoax
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We are warned off fake adverts like Evony and what they can do to our computers! But, what we don't expect is a REAL life encounter! These women were unfortunate to have witnessed such an event! This is another reason to THINK before you CLICK!
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Nine young women have been duped into appearing in internet pornography after starring in a fake Big Brother-style show.
The 16 to 24-year-olds were locked in a house and filmed round-the-clock for two months.
But instead of fame and fortune from becoming reality show stars, naked pictures of the women were sold on the internet.
The scam in Turkey was uncovered when one anxious set of parents contacted police.
The victims had all responded to an advertisement on the internet asking for contestants for a new Turkish show called Somebody's Watching You.
They signed contracts agreeing to stay at the house for the two-month period and to pay a forfeit of £20,000 if they walked out.
Initially, the women were delighted after moving into the luxury villa, complete with swimming pool.
The victims were released on Sunday and one Turkish man was arrested, as the investigation continued. "
- 'Big Brother' Hoax
We are warned off fake adverts like Evony and what they can do to our computers! But, what we don't expect is a REAL life encounter! These women were unfortunate to have witnessed such an event! This is another reason to THINK before you CLICK!
"
Nine young women have been duped into appearing in internet pornography after starring in a fake Big Brother-style show.
Some of the victims who were filmed for two months
The 16 to 24-year-olds were locked in a house and filmed round-the-clock for two months.
But instead of fame and fortune from becoming reality show stars, naked pictures of the women were sold on the internet.
The scam in Turkey was uncovered when one anxious set of parents contacted police.
Snaps of the women went on the net
Officers raided the luxury villa in Istanbul, where the women were being held, last weekend.The victims had all responded to an advertisement on the internet asking for contestants for a new Turkish show called Somebody's Watching You.
They signed contracts agreeing to stay at the house for the two-month period and to pay a forfeit of £20,000 if they walked out.
Initially, the women were delighted after moving into the luxury villa, complete with swimming pool.
Suspect is arrested in Istanbul
When police arrived at the villa, they could hear the women calling for help from inside.The victims were released on Sunday and one Turkish man was arrested, as the investigation continued. "
- 'Big Brother' Hoax
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Questions
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FOR QUESTIONS:
Comment and I will try my best to answer them! with slight delays ranging between hours to a day!
FOR QUESTIONS:
Comment and I will try my best to answer them! with slight delays ranging between hours to a day!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
ALERT! ALERT! SECURITY BREACH!
BREAKING NEWS!
New evidence is showing Evony, an online popular gaming site as a fraud and a fake!
SITES:
This isn't new, it has been widely rumored that Evony was a scam but now has been proven.
Detail and user recalls give expericences best related to Trojans and Adware:
“Something happened this morning. Just when i logged in my account to play Evony, my Anti-Virus detected 4 trojans horse in explorer.exe. They came right when i entered my server. I am no expert about virus so I don” - An Evony user
“Hello, i would like to inform ye that your site is infested with Adaware. http://www.pctools.com/mrc/infection…e.Mostofate.E/ Every time i log onto evony this comes as part of it. I have tried it several times, deleting it THEN just opening up evony and presto its back on my Computer. Its the “monitors the users browsing activity.” that im not paticulary fond of !” - Another Evony user
First on the list of issues is that is had been alleged that the developers of Evony have been linked to a Chinese gold-farming company called WoWMine. The company that developed the game is Universal Multiplayer Game Entertainment (UMGE). A quick search of the web for information about this company showed up nothing. The websites for UMGE are currently unavailable as of the writing of this article.
Second on the list is that the viral ad campaign itself contained a trojan called SHeur.AYRM. It would appear that a computer could be infected with this trojan by clicking through on some of the Evony ads hosted on the game. The infected code has been removed from the game as noted by an administrator on June 8, 2009 on the GameAxis forums and Evony has submitted for a review from Google to be cleared.
Second on the list is that the viral ad campaign itself contained a trojan called SHeur.AYRM. It would appear that a computer could be infected with this trojan by clicking through on some of the Evony ads hosted on the game. The infected code has been removed from the game as noted by an administrator on June 8, 2009 on the GameAxis forums and Evony has submitted for a review from Google to be cleared.
I have also taken arms and currently undercover! More updates!
PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND REMAIN SAFE!
School
New Post!
Hey, Toby here!
SCHOOL is on and everyone is into books! So am I, In Kuwait! Kuwait is a desert country!
Life is ok! So, here a few links:
http://www.netaddiction.com/resources/internet_addiction_test.htm - We all get addicted! Your not alone!
http://www.konradp.com/products/organizer/ - Lets get organized! Better NOW than sorry!
I will keep you posted!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
New Post!
YO! been busy with exams and all but its summer! and its time to catch you up with the summer tech!
techxav.com:
"Twitter to Become a Dating Site For Some Users?" - Can this really be?
"Google Hires The Vacationeers to Start ‘Googling’ Themselves Again" - Wow, online videos at youtube.com/thevacationeers
"The Next Generation Of Search Engines - Open Search Engine Platform" - Check http://www.snap.com/ for an example!
"Microsoft Mediaroom First to Bring Virtualization to IPTV" - LIke your DVR except better!
"A Report of our Inter-School NSI (Network & Security Investigation) Competition" - like CSI except cooler! I wish I was in a workshop like that!
Online PDF - Well, you never know when you have to get something done!
Google wave - Mixing Gtalk, Gmail and Gdocs together! Helpful for group projects!
Popular blogs through the years - Have a look at how popular blogs have changed!
Zap through any content - Improve your reading by about 300%, great for the busy bees!
3 reasons why the chinese government block websites! - Very interesting!
Free texting whith iphones - Reduce your bills!
Cell phones for the future - Dreams do come true!
Top 50 twitterers in europe - You will be amazed!
Will Acer threaten Microsoft? - Its a Jungle!
Twithive - Tweetdeck, Twitbin now twithive?
Wibiya - Get more attention bloggers!
Future of web - Search engines gear up!
Basketball courts! - Now find baskball courts and keep your game!
THATS ALL! KEEP IN TOUCH!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Let's both use the G.ho.st Virtual Computer
Hey look at this - G.ho.st ("ghost") is a free "Virtual Computer" in a web page. I'm using it to get to my desktop, files and apps from any computer and my mobile phone. If you use it too we can share files and chat. Also I get an extra 5GB of storage when you sign up ;-)
My G.ho.st ID is tobynwabu@G.ho.st
You can sign up too at: http://g.ho.st/vcweb/invitations/tobynwabu/tobynwabuogor.tech@blogger.com/433337569494a5374637
My G.ho.st ID is tobynwabu@G.ho.st
You can sign up too at: http://g.ho.st/vcweb/invitations/tobynwabu/tobynwabuogor.tech@blogger.com/433337569494a5374637
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Earth day!
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Earth day is a time for EVERYONE to sit down and think about the EARTH! It is a time to see what your doing about the environment and how you can improve. The Earth is home to over rillions of People and Creatures! Global warming is causing a lot of problems, increasing floods, melting polar caps and HEATING up the planet. THERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO: Buy a POWER STRIP, Shut down your PC/MAC when your not on it, Bicycle or walk a short distance, PLANT flowers in your home and don't WASTE WATER! most IMPORTANT - RECYCLE! Recycle old computer parts, some companies offer rewards for returned old PCs.
You can really do a lot to help the environment. The link below is from a blog called "Dear Librarian" by Mrs. Krembs and the post is about links and games you can play to help you be aware of the Earth.
Earth day is a time for EVERYONE to sit down and think about the EARTH! It is a time to see what your doing about the environment and how you can improve. The Earth is home to over rillions of People and Creatures! Global warming is causing a lot of problems, increasing floods, melting polar caps and HEATING up the planet. THERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO: Buy a POWER STRIP, Shut down your PC/MAC when your not on it, Bicycle or walk a short distance, PLANT flowers in your home and don't WASTE WATER! most IMPORTANT - RECYCLE! Recycle old computer parts, some companies offer rewards for returned old PCs.
You can really do a lot to help the environment. The link below is from a blog called "Dear Librarian" by Mrs. Krembs and the post is about links and games you can play to help you be aware of the Earth.
What online resources are there for Earth Day?
Thank you for reading and LETS ALL DO OUR PART TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE!Sunday, March 22, 2009
Birthday!
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Well its late and I had fun, my Gmail mail box is filled with mails from Facebook! Thanks everyone!
O, new stuff about tech in the headlines for today:
IE8 (not a big fan of) has been released! - Also how to install IE8!
Electricity nightmare come true - Hackers can turn off the POWER!
Twitter turns 3!
Well, you can't change the past with twitter anymore!
Well, that's about it! Cya around!
Well its late and I had fun, my Gmail mail box is filled with mails from Facebook! Thanks everyone!
O, new stuff about tech in the headlines for today:
IE8 (not a big fan of) has been released! - Also how to install IE8!
Electricity nightmare come true - Hackers can turn off the POWER!
Twitter turns 3!
Well, you can't change the past with twitter anymore!
Well, that's about it! Cya around!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
TECH NEWS in a CRUNCH
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Every hour brings something new in technology, getting hard to catch it all!
Cnet.com NEWS:
Orange goo to add protection to British troops!
Softens bullet shock and impact!
Skype announces Voice-to-Text messaging!
WOW!
Obama unseals Bush-era wiretap memos
After 9/11 terrorist attack on U.S.A, Bush administration decided to wiretap the WHOLE INTERNET and TELEPHONE CALLS without limitations, restricting FREE SPEECH!
Microsoft to start testing new service
Expected update to Live search!
Square root Holiday 3/3/09!
Similar to Pi Day!
Flickr to include HD to videos for paying users and free users get just videos! (MASHABLE)
Well, its FREE!
Facebook fights new Koobface worm!
PLEASE BE CAREFUL!
Contractors force Amazon to include text-to-speech on Kindle!
Ya, now we listen!
Techcrunch.com NEWS:
Now we can buy and sell stuff from PEOPLE WE TRUST!
HELPS WITH PLANING APPOINTMENTS, ETC!
Find information on twitter!
White House dumps youtube for different service!
Youtube was very popular during the election!
White house cool with Youtube!
Just experimenting!
Much better!
For LONG email threads, this is HELPFUL!
In other news:
Girl fired because she said she was 'BORED' at work on Facebook!
THAT’S ALL FOLKS!
Monday, March 2, 2009
TECH NEWS in a CRUNCH!
New Post!
Cnet.com News:
Is it safe to post stuff on P2P networks?
How soon would 3D home theaters come ALIVE?!
Techcrunch.com news:
Now shy people can flirt too!
Mashable.com news:
Go sites to help AUTHORS get a career STARTED!
If you haven't checked out their site, check it out NOW!
THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
Marine One
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Got a detailed Interview on the company that discovered the leak on President's Obama Helicopter Marine One.
Follow the link:
I found this question interesting:
Q: I would have assumed military contractors would use more secure networks to communicate.
Hopkins: Everybody uses (P2P). Everybody. We see classified information leaking all the time. When the Iraq war got started, we knew what U.S. troops were doing because G.I.'s who wanted to listen to music would install software on secure computers and it got compromised.
Hopkins: Everybody uses (P2P). Everybody. We see classified information leaking all the time. When the Iraq war got started, we knew what U.S. troops were doing because G.I.'s who wanted to listen to music would install software on secure computers and it got compromised.
(FROM CNET.COM NEWS!)
THATS ALL FOLKS!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Security
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Security, drives anyone who isn't tech-savvy CRAZY! Well, found this really cool plug-in that delivers simplicity to the matter. WOT, if you haven't heard of it, you need to pay a bit more attention to the web! WOT stands for Web of Trust, as the name goes, everyone has a say in security! It warns about websites which could have Malware and Spyware and etc. I find it simple enough for non-tech-savvy users! Try it!
Security, drives anyone who isn't tech-savvy CRAZY! Well, found this really cool plug-in that delivers simplicity to the matter. WOT, if you haven't heard of it, you need to pay a bit more attention to the web! WOT stands for Web of Trust, as the name goes, everyone has a say in security! It warns about websites which could have Malware and Spyware and etc. I find it simple enough for non-tech-savvy users! Try it!
Another site you might consider to check is http://ow.ly/vPw! Its about security softwares that go for computers!
Have FUN!
New idea!
New Post!
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Instead of having you look at a bunch of post on different software, web apps and yada-yada, I am sing a new feature I call TECH IN A CRUNCH! Basically I put a bunch of post into one and to try it out, I will do just that!
Cnet.com News:
Obama's helicopter breached and its design exposed to Iranian IP address!
Anyone developing a game for PS3 might reconsider the technical details!
Users vote on facebook current and future plans!
Newspapers vs. E-newspapers!
Mashable.com News:
For different platforms, keep social!
THATS ALL FOLKS!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
WOW!
New Post!
Been MONTHS since I have blogged! Well, what can I say? Lots of stuff has happened!
Ok, kidtechguru transferred his site to techxav.com!
New viruses, security issues!
New WEBSITES, try out www.camspace.com!
...... and i could go on!
Get the latest on techy news at news.cnet.com and mashable.com!
Promise to write a post every 2 days!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Koobface - facebook virus
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"You look funny in this new video", thats the subject for the mail you get in your facebook inbox. Please do not open it, its a VIRUS(WORM). It gives you a link and when you open it, it says "an update of Flash is needed before the video can be displayed", Then If the viewer approves the Flash installation, Koobface attempts to download a program called tinyproxy.exe. This loads a proxy server called Security Accounts Manager (SamSs) the next time the computer boots up. Koobface then listens to traffic on TCP port 9090 (To know more about TCP, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve7_4ot-Dzs) and proxies all outgoing HTTP traffic. For example, a search performed on Google, Yahoo, MSN, or Live.com may be hijacked to other, lesser-known search sites. Good news, only a few people were attacked, Instructions on how to remove the virus is on http://www.facebook.com/security.
Credits to CNET News! http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10113981-83.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Feed reader
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I got a cool tip from http://kidtechguru.blogspot.com/ which would help you get the the latest feed from your favorite site. You simply cpy the RSS site and paste it into feed burner, and you get it!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Power
New Post!
We are in the 21st centuary and we need to socialize. The problem arises when you have multiply social accounts. With Power.com you can be on them, we are still tasting it. Its easy, fast and free. Give it a try and let us know if you have any concerns.
Weebly
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Weebly.com is a very interesting website. It lets you create a website, but what highlights its features is that you can create a site with no knowledge of computer language. It also lets you make a blog and it is easy for everyone. Am creating a test site and will tell you when thats done.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Mumbai Help
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If you like to get through to relatives in Mumbai whom might be affected by the attacks, try Mumbai Help @http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/
Thursday, November 27, 2008
MUMBAI - Internet advantage at this time
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Mumbai was under attack last night! Here's live news - http://a779.l2584224778.c25842.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/779/25842/v0001/reflector:24778
Credits to TWITTER and a good quote by Mr. Stutz "Thank goodness for the internet", Check out his blog @http://www.stutzfamily.com/stutzblog/2008/11/27/we-are-ok/
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Photo trick
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If your bored of searching for photos or you want fun, heres a trick. Go to google images and search any image, click on that image, click see full-size image and in the url box(address box where you type the web address) type this:
javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName('img'); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+'px'; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+'px'}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);
And something amazing will happen, its not a virus but a trick.
CREDITS to Xavier Lur, check out his blog @http://kidtechguru.blogspot.com/2008/10/crazy-google-image-trick.html
Dandare
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Captain Dandare(Bottom Left) orginated from Britain during the 1960's and lasted till date. It features a British Sci-Fi hero who goes into outter space and fights aliens in Venus. He had an enemy called Mekon(right), whom ruled the Treens(further right) in the northern Hemisphere of Venus. The southern part liked Earth and was at peace with it. They were seprated by flamelands, it bascially divided the planet in two. Its main focus is advanced rocketery in the future. You can get episodes online if you want to watch it. Its action packed and entertaining.
British Tech through the ages
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"War brings advantages", thats the 1st thing that comes to my mind when i think of this video from http://www.silicon.com/ which features old technology and how they revolutized the British forever. Its a brief look at Britain, which went from Tea cups and guns to Automic guns, Airplanes and radar. Here's the link @http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39352005,00.htm
Credits to Silicon! Comments are apprecited!
iPhone 3G ad Ban
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If you think only little kids get scolded, then you haven't seen iPhone. In the U.K, the new Iphone 3G ad which displays speed as really fast. In plain details, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in U.K put a ban on the new advertisment from iPhone showing the new iPhone 3G surfing the web at a fraction of a second, which 17 constumers says is misleading. iPhone in its defense said that the speed varied in different places, but ASA said that not everyone will undestand the techincal details. This isn't the 1st time either that they have got scolded at, it was the same with the iPhone 2G which claimed that users could view all the web contents but in fact, users couldn't use Flash and Java. So you see, even big companies get scolded at. Read more @http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10108679-37.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 and don't forget to comment.
Credits to Natasha Lohman at http://www.cnet.com/
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Youtube
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Youtube has INCREASED video sizes from 4:3 to 16:9 ratio, which means MOVIE SCREENS for those who don't like fullscreen. But, No worries if your video is 4:3 format, they add black bars at each side to give it equality.
Credits to Cnet!
Yoowalk
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Yoowalk is a fasincating virtual 3D community that lets you create an avatar, surf the web in 3D and is provided FREE! I am still experimenting with it but it is good. You have virtual villages and each has a online sites, popular sites mostly and you can chat with people. Comment you when I know more. Special thanks to Mrs. Krembs our librarian and you can check out her blog @ http://dearlibrarian.edublogs.org/
Comment and we would be happy to help!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Convert PDF to Word
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Many times i get similar question, can you convert this PDF document to Word document. There are many services to do these but a highlighted site you might want to try is http://www.convertpdftoword.net/. This site lets you upload PDF than lets you download the word document.
Credits to Xavier Lur at www.KidTechGuru.blogspot.com
Comments are Accepted!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Google Lively
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Google lively is an interesting 3D world created by google. Its free but needs download. You get to have 3D rooms and you can chat and play games with people. Sad news is that google is closing it down on December 31th. Google said that it didn't much people's attention. You can still play it @ http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html.
Credits to Cnet.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Portable battery
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Your typing and your computer says low battery and you have nowhere to charge, you have no extra battery, what would you do? Well, what i will do is plug in my back battery which can make it last about an hour and use that. This new battery is still not in the market but officals have BIG plans for it. If you want more, check out http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10098739-54.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1
Credits to Cnet
Internet in space
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In the nearby future as NASA builds moon bases on the moon, the Internet would get an upgrade. The technology is still being developed but the Military and some other organizations have their eyes on it. The idea is to send packets through satellites into space and radio stations on the moon will bounce it that back. This would help with geotagging, submarines would get information quicker and enable communication with the moon or other objects in space.
For more information, http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10102081-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Credits to Cnet.
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