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MUMBAI: German scientists created a method for computers & smartphones to transfer data at super high speeds using easily available LED lighting.
NEW DELHI: Internet search giant Google has refreshed the mobile version of its popular Gmail.
LONDON: Want to know when you will lose all your hair and how you will look when you turn bald? Well, a calculator has been launched on the Internet to help you out.
Pentagon to use Facebook, Twitter as weapon in future conflicts: NYT
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USB 3.0: Things to know
USB 3.0 devices are coming in thick and fast, ranging from external storage devices to media servers. Just getting one of these devices is not going to be enough to enjoy the significant increase in transfer speeds. Before investing in a USB 3.0 device, it is essential to have compatibility at the other end—namely, desktop and/or laptop.Internet @ speed of light
MUMBAI: German scientists created a method for computers & smartphones to transfer data at super high speeds using easily available LED lighting.
Regular LEDs can be turned into optical WLAN with only a few additional components thanks to visible light communication (VLC). The lights are then not just lighting up, they also transfer data. They send films in HD quality to your phone or laptop, with no loss in quality, quickly and safely.
Just imagine the following scenario: four people are comfortably in a room. Each one of them can watch a film from the Internet on his or her laptop, in HD quality. This is made possible thanks to optical networks. Light from the LEDs in the overhead lights serves as the transfer medium.
Google refreshes Gmail for mobile
NEW DELHI: Internet search giant Google has refreshed the mobile version of its popular Gmail.
The latest additions to the Gmail for mobile includes 'pull down to refresh' feature. This means users can now pull down to refresh their message list and conversation on all iOS and Playbook devices. To refresh, users need to touch the message list, drag downwards and release.
For users using Gmail for mobile on an iPhone 4 Retina display, the icons and graphics are now at a higher resolution.
Google has also added a new screen transition feature that according to the company blog, when a user taps on a conversation, taps back to the inbox, or goes to the menu or back, the view will slide left or right.
Net calculator to tell when you will turn bald!
LONDON: Want to know when you will lose all your hair and how you will look when you turn bald? Well, a calculator has been launched on the Internet to help you out.
The dating device comes courtesy of Dr Adolf Klenk, a hair loss specialist associated with the Alpecin research institute in Germany.
His calculator asks the reader a series of questions and then, based on the answers given, predicts the likelihood of possible balding and the approximate age at which it may happen.
And if you want to see what you would look like with no hair then, upload a picture to get the answer.
Pentagon to use Facebook, Twitter as weapon in future conflicts: NYTWASHINGTON: The Pentagon is developing plans to use social networking sites like face bookand Twitter as both a resource and a weapon in future conflicts.
Its research and development agency is offering 42 million dollars in funding to anyone who can help, the New York Times reports.
Its research and development agency is offering 42 million dollars in funding to anyone who can help, the New York Times reports.
Now, an 'electronic tongue' to check wine for perfect blend
LONDON: Scientists in Spain claim to have developed an " electronic tongue" to rival sommeliers in tasting of cava or the sparkling wine.
A team at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona has created the tongue which uses electronic sensory systems with "advanced mathematical procedures" to identify the different varieties of the Spanish sparkling wine according to taste.
A team at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona has created the tongue which uses electronic sensory systems with "advanced mathematical procedures" to identify the different varieties of the Spanish sparkling wine according to taste.
At 1000m, Jeddah to have world’s tallest tower
RIYADH: The investment firm headed by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Tuesday it signed a 4.6 billion Riyal ($1.2 billion) deal with the Saudi Binladen Group to build the world's tallest tower.
Kingdom Holding Company said the more than 1000m high Kingdom Tower to be built north of the Red Sea city of Jeddah, is part of the first phase of the planned Kingdom City.
Kingdom Holding Company said the more than 1000m high Kingdom Tower to be built north of the Red Sea city of Jeddah, is part of the first phase of the planned Kingdom City.
It's not a miracle, this robot can walk on water
WASHINGTON: Scientists claim to have developed an aquatic robot which can now walk or run on water. An international team says that the microrobot mimics the amazing water-walking abilities of water strider - the long-legged insect that scoots across the surface of ponds, lakes and other waterways.
