Identity theft on Facebook, a threat

BBC technology program Click has found that personal details of Facebook users could potentially be stolen.

The popular social networking site allows users to add a variety of applications to their profile. But a malicious program, masquerading as a harmless application, could potentially harvest personal data.

Facebook says users should exercise caution when adding applications. Any programs which violate their terms will be removed, the network said. Read on here

Want to protect your identity, read Click's Facebook security advice, here or watch this vid here

Personal Paparazzi 4 U

Not famous enough? Never mind. Get your own personal Paparazzi and Super Star Treatment services for parties and special events. You would have to be Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, California to currently avail these Celeb-4-A-Day services, but they have plans to expand the network soon. Check them out here

Hypersurface, incredibly gripping

Hmm, ....and to think we have lived with plain, mundane, even morbid backdrops for all these years. Check out more here

OK, so here's the formula

Yes that's most likely the formula for Coke, aka Coca-Cola , if they haven't changed it, and it's no big secret anymore. Formula stolen from here

iGoogle goes ballistic on artistic themes

Now you can put the work of world-class artists and innovators on your personalized Google homepage. Then add your choice of news, email, games, and more for a page that's as useful as it is beautiful.
So if you have an iGoogle page and want to make an artistic statement, go to www.google.com/artistthemes and choose your cool artist theme.

Multi touch on Windows Mobile !!

Download your copy after 27th May here

Google's 10 moments of truth

1. Focus on the user and all else will follow.
2. It's best to do one thing really, really well.
3. Fast is better than slow.
4. Democracy on the web works.
5. You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer.
6. You can make money without doing evil.
7. There's always more information out there.
8. The need for information crosses all borders.
9. You can be serious without a suit.
10. Great just isn't good enough.

go on and read the details here

Remote Desktop Mobile, RDM+

Want to work on your Desktop while you are away? Here is what you could use right off of your Windows Mobile Phone. RDM+ which stands for Remote Destop Mobile, and the + is to emphasize that you can do a lot more than just exploring. It says that the connection is absolutely secure and if you want to show your photos to your friends when you are far from home? It's as easy as a pie. Check it out here

Microsoft's best app ever...Tellme, but it's for BlackBerry

Mike McCue, CEO of recently-acquired-by-Microsoft Tellme, says that the reason why Tellme works on Blackberry and not Windows Mobile is that primarily Tellme was in development when Microsoft acquired it, and since Blackberry has better support for Java, it made sense to develop tell me for Blackberry first.

So what does Tellme do??

It lets you search local directory entries, based on your GPS location by just talking to the app. Like if you say "coffee" or "Starbucks," phone's screen displays the closest matches to you, based on your GPS location. Options include calling the searched location, mapping it, getting directions, or sharing the link with someone else.

Check it out here, if you have a Blackberry device..
Or else wait till it is ported to a WM device. :(

Optimus Maximus gets price and date

A customizable keyboard worth $ 1500 coming to town.. It's $1536 to be precise, and that is the year Shakespeare was born. What's so special about the keyboard? Well, it's customizable and can change language and work with many apps with OLED display on the keys.
Check out the Keyboard here
Watch the demo at this location here

How fast are you with the Keyboard ??

Check it our for yourself here. Know your speed in WPM and race with others too.

How to make a WiFi booster for free

Knight Armour redux, invented by Troy Hurtubise for just $2000 apiece

This armored suit called the Trojan has withstood knives, bullets, light explosives, clubs, and even a round from an elephant gun, it sounds like quite the winner. Proclaimed to be the "first ballistic, full exoskeleton body suit of armor," Trojan is crafted from high-impact plastic lined with ceramic bullet protection over ballistic foam, and features nearly endless compartments, morphine / salt containers, knife and gun holsters, emergency lights, a built-in recording device, pepper spray, ingestible transponder for those "last resort" scenarios, and there's even a fresh air system powered by solar panels within the helmet. Mr. Hurtubise claims the 18 kilograms (40 pounds) suit is comfortable enough to make road trips in (yes, he tried it), and if any major military would take him up on it, they could reportedly be produced for "around $2,000 apiece." Now that's a bargain, folks. Check out more here
and part II here

Honda to Showcase Walking Assist Device

Too tired to walk? Don't despair. Honda is set to showcase an experimental model of a walking assist device which could support walking for the elderly and other people with atrophied (weakened) leg muscles, at BARRIER FREE 2008 to be held at Intex Osaka, from 25th to 27th April, 2008. Not long before you can have one of these and take your regular 10 mile walks between meals. ;)

Interactive Hologram responds to gestures

Ok, so we are looking into the future. Reminds me of the Startrek type holographic Televisions. Watch the Vid to see how it responds to gestures.

Space Debris, someone take the garbage out..

Between the launch of Sputnik on 4 October 1957 and 1 January 2008, approximately 4600 launches have placed some 6000 satellites into orbit, of which about 400 are travelling beyond geostationary orbit or on interplanetary trajectories.

Today, it is estimated that only 800 satellites are operational - roughly 45 percent of these are both in LEO and GEO. Read on here

Bohemian Rhapsody by various artists, almost

Lose a point, lose your head !!!!!

Its been ages since John McEnroe 's antics on the court. But John mostly lost his shirt, this Youzhny here is losing his head, literally.

First watch running on Windows Mobile 5 engine

Epoq, which has already had a video watch on the market for some time, has developed what is believed to be the first wristwatch running Windows Mobile 5. Its EGP-WP98B claims to have an OLED touchscreen, 1.28GB of memory, Wi-Fi networking, Bluetooth, VoIP support, and--get this--handwriting recognition. And a faux alligator wristband, of course. But as Mobile Magazine says, it might be a tad difficult to get full use out of Windows on a 1.4-inch display. Check it out here

GOOG in relief rally after strong 1Q showing

GOOG stock jumped $74 or 17% after healthy Q1 earning show and this might well be the highest 1 day rally in the history of their stock since they went public in 2004.
Good show GOOG.

Scary MS Vista Vid - a spoof???

The chorus goes a little something like this:

"If they have been waiting / No more hesitating / When they see the improvements in security / The desktop and mobility and productivity / They'll say 'Vista gotta get me some'"

A Microsoft spokesperson told ChannelWeb the video is a joke, and was developed as a way for its sales team to "poke fun at themselves a bit."

We hear you MS, loud and clear.

Stephen Hawkins speaketh...

Throw away Mobiles @ $20 sans LCD

Alvin Toffler's prediction of a throw away society is here to stay. Hop-on, Inc. of USA announced today that its low end GSM cell phone with no LCD screen was a big success during CTIA meetings in Las Vegas, resulting in an initial test purchase order of 10,000 phones fro Europe markets.

Peter Michaels, President of Hop-on stated, "During our meetings with distributors in Vegas the response to our simple, inexpensive, $20 phone was phenomenal. The initial test purchase order with multiple purchase orders behind it is a big step in introducing Hop-on to Europe."Read on here

Wind Mill Redux

AeroVironment, Inc.: Media Player: Winds of Change Video

Remember how there used to be small homegrown windmills in farmhouses in the last century. They are coming back, with mighty leaps in technology, and are set to adorn your high rise.
The "Architectural Wind® Building-Integrated Energy Generation System" - a system by AeroVironment Inc. which takes a new approach to harnessing wind power using low-profile turbines designed to maximize electricity generation by taking advantage of the way wind flows over certain types of buildings. This small, modular wind turbine system designed for installation on buildings in urban and suburban areas. By eliminating the support tower, reducing noise and vibration, and creating a sleek and adaptable, modular housing that installs quickly and easily onto buildings, without penetrating the roof, AV defines a new category of wind energy systems that adds value to buildings and demonstrates clean energy at work.

With a sleek, color-matched series of specially designed, highly efficient and low profile wind turbines, property owners can integrate Architectural Wind™ systems easily into new and existing buildings. Read on here

Charge anywhere, POS solution for your mobile

You will soon be able to process credit transactions from your smart phone, however, Comstar, the solution provider will need to know more about you to get started. If you fill out the form on their website and submit the information requested , you will then receive an email requesting your processor account information which you can obtain from your merchant service provider. Want to try it out, visit their sign-up page here