Windows 7 to feature touch interface

Microsoft has demonstrated its multitouch interface for its upcoming Windows 7 OS, which provides a touch-screen input for users to interact with their computers.
Multitouch uses Surface technology, introduced last year by Microsoft, which harnesses touch and multitouch capabilities to provide users with a more natural way to interact directly with computing devices.
Expect to see the [...]

Google Bug!

Here’s what’s happening:
1. Do a search for the term ‘Artflux’
2. Look at the number 3 result (which should be artflux.com)
3. Try clicking the link to Artflux
4. You continue to stay in Google!!!

So a very interesting ploy from Google - Offer the result, but keep the visitor in Google!
We have tried on different systems (Mac and [...]

RIM takes on Indian Government head on

Research In Motion (RIM) is reportedly close to resolving a several months-long network security dispute with India’s Union Home Ministry. The issue first became public in early March, when the ministry threatened to ban BlackBerry service entirely, unless it was given unconditional access to any and all of the information passing across RIM’s network at [...]

Video games activate reward regions of brain in men more than women

Allan Reiss, MD, and his colleagues have a pretty good idea why your husband or boyfriend can’t put down the Halo 3. In a first-of-its-kind imaging study, the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game [...]

To-Do List temporary tattoos

TO-DO TATTOO
The perfect solution for your shoddy short-term memory. Link

New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music

Korean computer engineers are introducing a new digital music format that has a six-channel audio equalizer and separate controls on the sound volume for each musical instrument, such as guitar, drum, base and voice. The new format, which has a file extension format of MT9 and a commercial title of “Music 2.0″, is poised to replace the popular MP3 file format as the de-facto standard of the digital music source, its inventors say.

Wine 1.0-rc2 Released

Wine 1.0-rc2 was released today, with the following main changes:
* Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.
Binary packages are in the process of being built and it may take a few days for them to appear, but the source is available now. You can find out more about this release in the announcement. [...]

Google Opens Up (Some) Search Algorithms

After years of closely guarding the formula for its search algorithms, Google is opening up a little. The search engine company has kept its search formula a closely guarded secret for two reasons: competition and to prevent abuse, said Udi Manber, Google’s vice president of engineering, search quality, in post on the corporate blog. Manber [...]

Google could pick Git to manage Android code

Releasing 8.6 million lines of source code and expecting open-source programmers to join Google in its development is a technological challenge. But when Google does make its Android mobile phone software an open-source project later this year, it looks likely it will take a page from the Linux playbook and use a tool called Git [...]

Treehoo and save the planet

Came across this interesting site called Treehoo.com. Nothing innovative in the site design or content, but the concept is nice. Should appeal to a lot of us who want to contribute back to the environment.
The site intends to give most of its profit to planting trees. Users can then easily help to save the planet [...]