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SlingBox Pro Mobile Media Home Theater...

SlingBox Pro Mobile Media Home Theater

| April 29, 2008 | 1,979 Views |

The Slingbox PRO allows you to watch and control up to four video sourcesâ€”including one HD video source (when used with HD Connect)â€”from anywhere in the world on your laptop or cell phone. That means you can virtually take your entire home theater with you, including your DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, and DVD player. With the Slingbox PRO, you’ll be at home...

Online Personal Medical Records by Googl...

Online Personal Medical Records by Google

| April 26, 2008 | 2,000 Views |

For the last 18 months Google has been working to develop their personal health records solution. So far we haven’t been given much insight into what the product will be like, however there is promise that it will be comprehensive and user-friendly. As of last month Google received a large endorsement from the Cleveland Clinic to help in the development of the technology. The big...

9 Best Chemistry Science Videos...

9 Best Chemistry Science Videos

| April 25, 2008 | 1,608 Views |

9. Thermite vs. Liquid Nitrogen One of the greatest scientific questions of all time: can liquid nitrogen freeze molten iron? 8. Gummy Bear Dies In Firework Display Watch the helpless gummy bear explode when it is dropped into liquid potassium chlorate. 7. Scientist Spits Flaming Spores A favorite circus trick. In this instance the scientist breaths fire by igniting a cloud of...

1 Terrabyte Optical Disk Data Storage...

1 Terrabyte Optical Disk Data Storage

| April 25, 2008 | 4,898 Views |

The forthcoming TeraDisk (developed by Mempile) promises to leave Blu-ray in its wake by offer a massive 1TB (1000GB) of space on a regular sized (CD/DVD) optical disk. Teradisk How it this possible? Existing optical media records and reads data on semi-transparent layers; a CD uses just one layer, whilst Blu-Ray uses up to eight. The layers are restricted to a certain depth because as...

Are You Sure Your Email Is Safe...

Are You Sure Your Email Is Safe

| April 23, 2008 | 2,748 Views | 3 Comments

With email providers giving away more and more online storage space, many people have taken to using their email account to store personal information. While being able to access your details using an internet connection may seem like a good idea, an inbox/outbox or folder with passwords, bank account numbers, account usernames and other crucial information is a jackpot bonanza for...

The Sega Game Gear...

The Sega Game Gear

| April 21, 2008 | 3,557 Views | 2 Comments

A legend in the ‘handheld gaming’ hall of fame, the Sega Game Gear is a classic example of a popular retro handheld gaming console. For those who missed out, Sega’s 8 bit, full color Game Gear was the third ever handheld console and was release back 1991 in competition with perhaps the more popular, Nintendo Game Boy. The Game Gear was basically a Sega Master System...

Massive Multi Touch Screen...

Massive Multi Touch Screen

| April 21, 2008 | 2,270 Views | 1 Comment

Touch Screen interfaces are paving way for the new generation of display units. Already featured in many devices such as ATMs, phones and PDAs, the simplicity of touch screen is user-friendly and extremely appealing to most. A demo at the recent 2008 CeBIT Expo, shows what the future of multi-touch touch-screen displays will look like. The display closely resembles the touch screen...

The Most Powerful Supercomputer In The W...

The Most Powerful Supercomputer In The World

| April 18, 2008 | 1,848 Views | 1 Comment

Sun and the Texas Advanced Computing Center recently unveiled a new supercomputer dubbed ‘Ranger,’ that can process 500 teraflops or 500 trillion floating point instructions per second. The 500 teraflops of power will enable Ranger to process simulations and computations beyond anything we have seen before. This ability will give way to scientific breakthroughs and economic...

New Sony Vaio Laptop Concept Designs...

New Sony Vaio Laptop Concept Designs

| April 16, 2008 | 16,832 Views | 12 Comments

Check out these great Sony Vaio concept designs that have been popping up on the net, they are certainly a step a head of the iMac concept designs we featured in January’s posts (click here to read iMac Concept Designs). Sony Vaio Concept Although not official, these new Sony Vaio concept designs are really worth a mention. They feature a holographic glass screen that can go...

The F-117 To Be Retired...

The F-117 To Be Retired

| April 15, 2008 | 7,893 Views | 5 Comments

The revolutionary F-117 Night Hawk, the worlds first attack aircraft to employ stealth technology, is scheduled to be retired at the end of this month. F-117 Nighthawk Retires ‘The Black Jet’ with its futurist angular design has spent a wholesome 27 years serving as part of the Air Force’s arsenal, secretly patrolling hostile skies from Serbia to Iraq. This will all...

Rising Concerns About SMS Spam...

Rising Concerns About SMS Spam

| April 15, 2008 | 1,576 Views |

With most of the population owning a cell phone, the numbers of text messages flying around the airwaves has drastically increased over the last 5 years. And with spammers try to expand their audience, text messages have become fertile territory for malicious spam adverts. Estimates vary greatly regarding the exact percentage of spam text’s out there, however Clouldmark – a...

Optimus Maximus Keyboard...

Optimus Maximus Keyboard

| April 9, 2008 | 2,128 Views |

The Optimus Maximus keyboard is one of its kind. At first glance it looks like a standard keyboard, nothing too flashy going on, just a nice simple design with pleasing lines. But upon closer inspection you will see that each and every button on the Optimus Maximus keyboard is actually a tiny display screen that uses OLED technology. Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard Each button consists of...

Guitar Rising a New Rival To Guitar Hero...

Guitar Rising a New Rival To Guitar Hero

| April 7, 2008 | 1,289 Views |

We just reviewed the latest installment in the Guitar Hero series, Guitar Hero 3 – Legends Of Rock. Despite the realistic game play, even if you’re using the guitar-shaped controller gameplay is not quite the same as actually playing a guitar. For those who don’t play the guitar, this is probably a good thing, but for those who are seeking an even more realistic...

StumbleUpon The Best Page On The Web...

| April 2, 2008 | 1,521 Views |

Stumble Upon is a collaborative web search tool that utilizes a growing Stumble Upon community to help you cut down on Googleing and get better directed to what you are looking for. Developed by Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, Justin LaFrance, and Eric Boyd, StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal...

New Apple MacBook Air Laptop...

New Apple MacBook Air Laptop

| April 1, 2008 | 4,138 Views |

The highly anticipated MacBook Air hit finally stores earlier this year and for most Mac fans, it really does live up to expectations. With all the press the MacBook Air is getting, it wasn’t going to be long before we at 800HighTech managed to make these available on finance for all Military Service Members and Civilian DoD’s regardless of past debt or bad credit...

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