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The web has evolved from a bunch of simple HTML pages to fully functional Web2.0 with integration of multiple technologies. One major giant who has contributed the most to this web is no other than Google. Google is worshipped as god and has produced remarkable applications for this web including Google Earth, Google Translator Toolkit, Google Latitude for Google Maps, Gmail Applications and a whole lot more.

Google Wave

As Web 2.0 is enhancing with Social websites and forums increasing in number, Google just can’t stay out of it for long. Google has introduced Google Wave, which seems to be the next level of Web. A single place where you can where you can talk, share files, learn and may be much more.

Till date only certain people have been allowed to join Google Wave and even I have applied for it with a request. I will share its features with you as soon as I get to access Google Wave but in the meantime you can watch this Google Wave Developer Preview Video.

Wireless Power transmission is expected to change life of the people in the years to come and a US firm Witricity also managed to run TV through wireless electricity a month back. Already some big giant industries like Philips, Sanyo and Duracell are members of Wireless Power Consortium and just now one of the biggest names in the market Nokia has entered as a full member.

Nokia Wireless Power Mobile Phones

Wireless Power Transmission is expected to gain popularity in future and after Nokia being a full member of this Consortium we can expect Nokia’s mobile phone being charged in wireless manner. In a survey it is found that almost 80% of the people will prefer to charge their electronic devices via wireless electricity if it’s available, so this might have attracted Nokia’s attention and made this giant become a member of this trend. May be very soon we’ll find Nokia Mobile phones being charged wirelessly.

Have a look at this car that charges with wireless power.

In this era of amazing technology and gadgets it’s hard to imagine the conventional things used in our daily life. Even wrist watches have evolved from analog to digital ones. There have been some amazing wrist watches in the past but this lead us to the next level of thinking.

This Concept wrist watch has laser inside the wrist band and the thing that makes it spectacular is the it projects the time onto your wrist, not a conventional LED thing. The projected part is a little higher and projection is done on your wrist at such an angle that you can easily know the time by looking from the top.

Wrist watch with Laser Projector

So are you thinking of getting this one soon? Well the price is still unknown but surely it will attract lots of fashionable people to begin a new trend of wrist watches.

Almost each and everyone among us would have enjoyed the pleasure of the first bike ride and mostly with some support wheels when we were unable to balance it on our own but now technology has taken over this thing too. We no longer need to learn how to balance a bike, as this Gyrobike has automatic balancing ability.

Autobalancing Gyrobike

This Gyrobike has a 12 inch Gyrowheel on the front of the bike replacing the ordinary wheel that contains an adjustable speed spinning disc to manage the speed. The disc is powered with a rechargeable battery to make the bike running long. This Gyrowheel makes the bike stable and you just need to put the child on the bike and make him ride it without having to worry about making balance and that too without any supporting wheels or external help.

Gyrobike is expected to arrive this December at an approximate price of $100. Lets see what technology has next for us. Have a look at this amazing folding Bike by Mercedez-benz.

TATA DOCOMO, the TATA GSM service has become really very popular due to various reasons. TATA DOCOMO offers value to its customers as they will have to pay only for the time they talk because TATA DOCOMO charges per second and not for a pulse of 60 seconds. Tata CDMA Pay per call plan is also a great plan ti have as it offers a call puse of 600 seconds of Re.1 per every local call and Rs.3 per STD call.

TATA DOCOMO offers cheap call rates and has established itself in many states of India now. Although there is some network problem in some areas but the network is expected to get better as time progresses.

These days everyone access internet through one mode or the other. Many like to carry their world with them and access internet on mobile phones via GPRS. TATA DOCOMO offers attractive GPRS plans for you to access internet on the move through your mobile phones and that to with reasonable charges.

TATA DOCOMO GPRS Plans

Tata Docomo is presently providing 2 plans to access internet.

Rs.15 Pack for 3 days

To get this pack you will have to go to your nearest TATA Docomo dealer and ask him to make a special EVD recharge for GPRS/Internet use and after this you will get 20MB of internet access valid for 3 days.

Rs.95 Pack for 30 days

You need to follow the same steps as in above plan with the only difference of getting the recharge amount of Rs.95 and you will get 100MB free data access valid for 30 days.

After the free usage you will be charged 1p/1kb as the default rate and charged 10p/10kb on roaming. So now go and get your access to internet through your TATA Docomo. You can also access internet with your laptop or computer via a USB cable or Bluetooth. These are one of the best internet plan to have these days.

Settings for TATA DOCOMO GPRS

Tata Docomo Gprs Settings

Tata Docomo GPRS Settings Advanced

Google has make this a habit now to celebrate special days or events by changing their logo on the Google home page. Today is a major day in Indian history as today is the Birthday of India’s Father of the nation, Mahatama Gandhi.

Mahatama Gandhi played a major role in India’s Independence and his photo is placed on Indian currency too. However the Google Logo on Mahatama Gandhi is visible on Google.co.in and not on Google.com as this day has importance in India and not in other parts of the world.

Google Logo for Mahatama Gandhi

Google also celebrated Google’s 11th Birthday with Googlle logo and the major solar eclipse that happened in India nearly 2 months back with its Solar Eclipse Google Logo. Google does make its users aware of the happenings and the importance of the days by moderating their logo on the Google Homepage.

This trend from Google is really good and more good logos with useful information is expected from Google’s side to its users.

Google the greatest search engine also worshiped by professionals and Google is famous for celebrations special days and occasions by creating new Google Logos and putting them on Google Home Page. Now Google has turned 11, I mean Google is Celebrating its 11th birthday with a new “Googlle logo“, in which the double “ll” is denoted by 11.

Google's 11th Birthday Logo "Googlle"

Google has celebrated various occasions in the past like The great solar eclipse that occurred last month. Here is that Google Logo of the Solar Eclipse Celebration.

Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google or I may say Googlle is doing a really great thing in reminding or making people know new happenings around us by placing it directly on its home page. Hope they will continue it in future and keep informing us about the latest happenings through Google Logo.

TATA DOCOMO, the TATA GSM service has been launched in India’s Northern state Haryana. Tata Docomo was awaited in this part of India after its popularity in other states of India.

TATA DOCOMO has offered attractive services and cheap call rates that impressed everyone and they were really happy to get such service. The Tata Pay per Call plan is absolutely good for your money as you will pay only for what you use.

TATA DOCOMO has made a record number of new users in the last month and are expected to increase this month too as users in Haryana are eagerly waiting to get new Tata GSM connections. Lets see what TATA GSM has to offer in this new state and how good offers can TATA offer to attract more customers.

TATA has launched one of the most amazing telecomm scheme one can ever expect, the Pay per Call Plan in which you get to talk for 10 minutes on any local mobile number and you just need to pay Re.1 for it. For this the starter pack is available at Rs.99.

You can get the starter pack at just Rs.99 and you will get a talk value of Re.1. You will get a validity for 10 years for this scheme and your Call pulse will be of 600 seconds/ 10 minutes, which means you will be charged Re.1 only for 10 minutes of local call. You will be charged Re.1 per day for this scheme which will deducted from your account balance.

Details Pay per call Plan :

1. Each local call to be charged at Rs 1 for 10 minutes & each STD call to be charged at Rs 3 for 10 Minutes
2. Pulse for Local & STD call will be 600 secs
3. Pulse for Roaming calls will be 60 secs
4. This new starter kit allows keep talking benefit only with the purchase of a new handset on the tata indicom network , if sim is used with old & used handsets , the default tariffs of Rs 1/min for Local calls & 1.5/min for STD Calls . Local SMS @ Rs1 & National SMS @ Rs 1.5
5. As a special promotion , customers will enjoy an extended pulse of 24 hours for all local calls for first 15 days from date of activation
6. Daily rental to be charged at Rs 1 per day
7. Keep talking plan is a stand alone plan & can not be coupled with any other special offers which has free talk time or free minutes built in.

We all have heard of Electric Cars in the past that are Environment Friendly as the don’t emit polluting gases that harm the environment. Scientists are planning to design cars that can generate solar electricity, some other designers feel that cars can generate green electricity without having to implement that costly hardware.

Green Car Wireless Charges

Designer Luis Pinheiro de Lima have designed the car of the future, which has only three wheels,and among them one generates electricity.

Eco-friendly Car

Wireless Electric Car

The Bio Top car, as the design has been christened, utilizes wireless electricity technology to transfer electricity, which is generated by the car’s rear spherical wheel, to recharge the vehicle’s on-board battery as it moves.

Green Tech Car

In addition to its unique energy generating ability, the car’s interiors will also be unique. Instead of a conventional foot-pedal gas and break system, the Bio Top features a hand-controlled speed and stop system that is done through the steering column.

Future Car Controls

Micromax India has come up with its new handset Micromax Q3 with a QWERTY keypad for Fast chatting purpose. Its a Dual-Sim handset with a good battery backup, that has good looks as Nokia E71.

Micromax Ezpad Mobile Phone

Micromax has come up with Longest battery Life Mobile Phones, Micromax Data card and now they have come up with a new mobile phone, Micromax Q3 (Micromax Ezpad) meant for SMS(chatting) as it has a QWERTY keypad and a wide screen for video viewing.

Micromax Q3(Micromax Ezpad) Features

• Dual GSM-Dual Standby
• Qwerty Keypad(ezpad)
• Preloaded mobile social messenger (Nimbuzz)
• 1.3MP Camera
• Multi Format Music Player
• Stereo FM radio
• Bluetooth(A2DP)
• Large SMS & PHB using Photocall
• Expandable Memory (upto 2GB)

TATA DOCOMO the TATA GSM Service launched in some states of India and now TATA GSM services are also available in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and is expected to arrive shortly in other states too.

TATA GSM Offers

TATA GSM offers the cheapest call rates and that is why it is anticipated in other states of India. Now TATA has come up with more attractive features for Reduced Call Rates and Attractive SMS Plans.

You can get new TATA GSM connection in just Rs.49 with a Lifetime validity and you can’t ask for more i guess. TATA GSM is also offering Free Miss call Alert service that informs you who called you when your mobile was off or out of coverage.

TATA GSM Special Offers

TATA GSM also offers many value added services in the form of USSD Services.

TATA GSM Value Added Services:

TATA GSM Value Added Services

Mercedes the great Auto manufacturer has produced some of the best Luxury cars and other sporting automobiles, and now they have come up with an amazing vehicle in the form of Folding Bike.

FoldingBike is one of the products from the luxury car maker of Germany. This high-tech bike is built in partnership with ADP engineering GMbH a company which is very well known for its handcrafted Rotwild brand of cycles. This cycle is basically built to satisfy the need of every astute customers of Mercedes Benz.

This high tech bike perfectly matches the mobility needs of today’s era.   This bike is very perfect for flexible use in the city as it can be unfolded within seconds. The patented mechanism makes it easy for the users to fold the bike in stages. The users don’t have to be worried about getting their hand dirty while folding the bike as in just one move the front and rear wheels can be folded. This bike just measures 800 x 800 x 280 millimeters.

Aarti is a combination of sentences mainly in a rhyming form made by the devotees to worship Gods in India. Aarti is a tribute to God, its similar to prayers but the difference is that mostly Aarti is performed with Lights, mantras and Fire.

But the impact of technology is on this thing too as IT guys are performing an Aarti. Well the difference is that their God is “Google” and why not, its the best search engine and also provide multiple helpful applications from Gmail, Google Translater Toolkit, Google Latitude, Earning Opportunities and many more.

Here is the Aarti about Google:

Om Jai Google Hare !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare
Programmers ke sankat, Developers ke Sankat,
Click main door kare!!
Om Jai Google Hare !!

Jo Dhyawe vo pawe,
dukh bin se man ka, Swami dukh bin se man ka,
Homepage ki sampatti lawe, Homework ki sampatti karave
kasht mite work ka,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Tum puran search engine
Tum hi internet yaami, Swami Tum hi internet yaami
Par karo hamari Salari, Par karo hamari apprisal,
Tum dunia ke swami,
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Tum information ke saagar,
Tum palan karta, swami Tum palan karta,
Main moorakh khalkamii, Main Searcher tum Server-ami
Tum karta dhartaa !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Din bandhu dukh harta,
tum rakshak mere, Swami tum thakur mere,
Apni search dikhaao, sare reasearch karao
Site par khada mein tere,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Google devta ki aarti jo koi programmer gaawe,
Swami jo koi bhi programmer gaawe,
Kehet SUN swami, MS hari har swami,
Manwaanchhit fal paawe.
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Google Aarti Words

Nokia is a mobile giant and has produced many handsets of multiple styles and features over the years. Nokia N series mobile phones dominated the market with its music and camera features. Nokia E series have high multimedia, mailing, and office utility features and therefore are quiet popular.

Now there is a news about the launch of a new series of mobile phones, the C series. C is expected to represent Computers. According to a news Nokia is already in hand held mobile internet device market through the launch of Nokia internet tablets based on Maemo Linux.

The recent trend of netbook computers affected the sales of Eseries and Nseries smartphones . So we think Nokia is looking for an early entry into netbook market through Cseries devices. Cseries is likely to be powered by Maemo Linux or Android mobile OS. More updates on Cseries will be available after Nokia World in September of this year.

A good news for all the BSNL Haryana users as now they can enjoy free roaming in complete Haryana Region including Chandigarh, Faridabad, Mohali, Gurgaon and Panchkula.

Previously BSNL Haryana users have to pay roaming charges in these districts which are in Delhi NCR and Near Punjab but now these regions will be roaming free for BSNL Haryana users.

Other Telecom users may have to wait till this facility is provided to them but till then you will have to pay the usual roaming charges.

Well as we all know that piracy is a crime and distributing media like movies and songs is illegal. But most of us keep on doing it and break rules without even bothering to think that we may get caught. Now we must be aware of these things as there is a case in US where a guy has been fined $700,000 for File Sharing.

A US student has been ordered to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to four record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.

The Boston University student, Joel Tenenbaum, had admitted in court that he had downloaded and distributed 30 songs at issue in the case.

It is the second such case to go to trial in the US.

In the first case, a woman in Minneapolis was ordered to pay $1.92m for sharing 24 songs.

On Friday, the jury ordered Mr Tenebaum to pay $22,500 for each infringement. The maximum that he could have been fined was $4.5m.

Following the ruling, he said he was glad the fine had not been in the millions.

“That to me sends a message of ‘We considered your side with some legitimacy’,” he said, according to the Associated Press news agency.

Fined $700,000

But his lawyer said the verdict was not fair and that he planned to appeal.

‘Loved technology’

Mr Tenenbaum used a computer at his parents’ home and at his college to download and distribute digital files.

Prosecutors working on behalf of the record labels focused on 30 shared songs.

Under US law, the recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30,000 per infringement.

However, the jury can raise the amount to $150,000 per track if it finds the infringements were wilful – a matter that they will debate now that the judge has ruled Mr Tenenbaum violated copyright laws.

In the Minnesota case, the jury awarded $80,000 per song.

On the stand, Mr Tenenbaum admitted that he had downloaded more than 800 songs since 1999 and that he had lied in pre-trial proceedings when he suggested that other family members of friends may have been responsible for downloading songs to his computer.

“I used the computer. I uploaded, I downloaded music,” he told the court under questioning from his own lawyer, Charles Nesson.

He said he had used Napster and then Kazaa to download the files.

“It was like this giant library in front of you,” he said.

In opening remarks on Tuesday, Mr Tenenbaum’s lawyer said he “was a kid who did what kids do and loved technology and loved music”.

Recording companies had been slow to adapt to the internet, he added.

But prosecutors argued that file-sharers take a significant toll on the revenues for artists and others involved in music

‘Got off easy’

The recording industry has recently changed its tactics in file-sharing cases, preferring to settle quickly for much smaller amounts.

However, cases such as those against Mr Tenenbaum, which were already filed, are proceeding to trial.

The four recording labels involved in the case are subsidiaries of Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony.

Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe said Mr Tenenbaum had “got off easy” compared to the Minnesota case.

“I went through the song list of what he was actually convicted of downloading and my favourite one was Beck’s Loser,” he told BBC News.

Source: BBC News

Apple iPod has become so popular that there are lots of models being launched since its first release. But if you are looking for a bigger iPod then you may have known then here is one for you.

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Washing clothes is a common act but have you ever thought of a washer without water? No? Well now think again as Xeros and Cambridge Consultants developed a new efficient concept of washing clothes without the use of water. This new concept washing machine uses “Plastic” for washing instead of water.

This process uses 90% less water and very less amount of detergent, and this “Virtually Waterless” washes uses reusable small nylon bead to trap the dirt and make your clothes clean. These beads act like water, tumbling alongside clothes,  and they can be used over 100 times.

As it uses very less water, so very less energy is used up in drying clothes, making it an environment friendly product. This device saves almost 30% energy as compared to traditional washers.

This washer is made for commercial purpose and is expected to reach homes soon after it gets the approval and license to be used.

China has been known for its high population and is the country with the maximum population in the world. And now the number of Internet users in China is even greater than the total population of the United States. It has rose to 338 million last month, by a report.

China’s online population was the largest in the world before too and it has increased by 40 million since January, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by the China Internet Network Information Center.

The number of broadband Internet connections increased by 10 million to 93.5 million in the first half of the year, and about 95 percent of townships were connected to broadband since last month and 92.5 percent of villages had telephone lines that could be used for Internet access.

Moreover the Rural coverage is expected to improve as the country’s three telecoms operators, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom invest 280 billion yuan (40 billion dollars) in a national 3G network over the next year and is expected to increase the number of users much more rapidly then the past.