Ambient Forecasting Umbrella !

Will it rain ? ask the umbrella ! this high tech umbrella will connect to AccuWeather and let you know if it is going to rain. Details is on the link below

http://www2.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=35309150

USPS News: Philatelic Releases

I like that....
The U.S. Postal Service is expanding its Holiday Celebrations Series with a new stamp highlighting the Muslim holiday of Eid. The 34-cent Eid stamp will be issued on Sept. 1 at the annual Islamic Society of North America's convention. For details from the source, please click here
http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_054.htm

Tech Tech Tech . . .

Tech Trick, this time from India
An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games. Umakant Sharma, was finally caught at a recent tournament when officials discovered that he had stitched a Bluetooth device in a cloth cap which he always pulled over his ears. He communicated to his accomplices outside the hall, who then used a computer to relay moves to him, Indian chess federation secretary D.V. Sundar said on Wednesday. Full Story is here
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/27/chess.cheater.reut/index.html

Security Flaw in MS Vista

So, MS is still MS, Surely, the 50 MLOC Vista is impossible to be error-free. Well, this just gives me another reason to wait on the Leopard (of course the first is the interface and ease of use)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/26/microsoft.security.ap/index.html

Steve Jobs . . .

"Our friends up North spend over $5 billion a year on R&D, and yet these days all they seem to do is try and copy Google and Apple. I guess that's a good example of how money isn't everything".

"We don't want our friends to start their photocopiers any sooner than they have to".

An Optical Breakthrough

My dream at UAH in 1991 is now a fact; an optical breakthrough poised to change the world of mobile entertainment. Lumus will be demonstrating the new video glasses at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January.

http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1497&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Technology&

David Progue

Microsoft's Vista is not stolen from Apple's OS. See this video, it might change your mind
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=d14603c1e23e6ce37920a8134a2e27b1405a4991&rf=bm

Digital Life: Picture Frames

An LCD, a battery and a small logic with a media card interface makes a digital picture frame, see one from philips

http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/catalog/product.jsp?language=en&country=US&catalogType=CONSUMER&productId=9FF2M4_37_US_CONSUMER

Patented Gadjet Jacket

This attractive jacket hides a network of compartments, designed to hold an MP3 player, cell phone, PDA, keys, water bottles and more. The patented routing system easily wire your headset through the hidden channels, so you can listen to your MP3 player without dangling wires. Priced at 140 USD

http://www.brookstone.com/store/product.asp?pid=541730&wid=2&cid=67&sid=193&search_type=subcategory&prodtemp=t2

A new cell phone

What else you need your phone to do? run Linux? Motorola A1200 does that. Full specs is here
Motorola link
http://sg.motorola.com/motoming/index.asp
CNet link
http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_A1200_Unlocked_black/4507-6452_7-31864387.html?tag=sub

Languages

This is to test the Arabic Language Support of this blog service
ما من شك أن التعبير باللغة الأم أبلغ، ولكن من سيقرأ لك ساعتئذ !؟
And, will have a bit of change on the style, this time brownish

JUST President's meeting

December 11th, 2006 held a frineldy meeting with the Dr. Wajeeh Owais, the president of JUST

• I would like to express my deep respct to the way the president raised the issues that concerned us all, and the way he handled the different views. After all, he is truly an extreme listener.
• I have no doubt that he meant what he said regarding the points; hopes and fears, expressed by the faculty members.
• I was thrilled by his courage in talking about closing and opening departments to meet the markets (both the national and regional level), his vision to the future, his way of telling us how to educate before we teach, and .....
• I was so happy that he convyed his guests opinion that they liked our graduates although we always (as a way to improve) try to present ourselves as being less than what we hope for.
• I also found we have much in common; especially when he said I used to go to my lectures with love and eagerness, when he spoke bad of the professors who still use the old yellowish books and notes in the classrooms .
• I hope all the future meetings will be just as good if not better.

James Kim, the gadget fan is gone

I liked James, the cnet senior editor; after 11 days of search, JAMES announced dead now, read about this on the cnet site or click the link below
http://news.com.com/2009-12-6141617.html?tag=cnetfd.ld1

Blurb for the Geek

Levi's to offer jeans made for the iPod, which is going to be housed in a special pocket that includes a docking cradle built into the jeans. The jeans also include a retractable headphone unit. My word on this: "Odd but Good", Check out here
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2006Jan/bma20060111034183.htm

Ottimo, a TV/PC combo

Quataris, a Hong Kong-based systems integrator, has introduced Ottimo – a Linux-based TV/PC combo. Ottimo has an innovative mechanical design that supports processors up to 2.8GHz, Pentium 4 processor, 256MB of RAM (upgradeable to 2GB), an 80GB hard drive, Intel GMA950 integrated graphics, and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive; comes with 15-, 17-, or 19-inch screens.
The new Ottimo features an interesting design with a combined kickstand and carrying handle. A large button on the front panel switches the device from TV to computer.
Quataris shipped a similar design in April 2006, the QuaNext PC. That device featured a more traditional LCD TV form factor.
According to Quataris, the Ottimo can be “customized on order”.
The Quataris Ottimo design appears to be ready to manufacture, with prices starting at 1,000 Euros.

U3 Technology . . . welcome

U3 technology gives you the ability to carry your files AND your software on a secure USB drive. You can have your wallpaper, preferences, favorites, profiles, and more - everything you need for a familiar computing experience on any PC, wherever you go.

http://syndicate.tentoe.com/SanDisk/11826/2273-0OW5UX-36-player-T1_MP/MPPlayer/__MPPlayer.html?r=1165419189437

CHIPS, now designed by powerful supecomputers

Supercomputers can do many things; nuclear simulation, weather forecast and other things. But they can now design potato chips.

I am not kidding; Pringles potato chips are designed using [supercomputing] capabilities, to assess their aerodynamic features so that on the manufacturing line they don't go flying off the line," said Dave Turek, vice president of deep computing at IBM. Check the news at CNN below

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/05/supercomputers/index.html

Aha, that's the phone we're looking for

Are you ready to pay that much for the phone that has a motor to assist you in opening it? why not pay more for one that would possibly talk on your behalf? come on ! what are we going to do then if we have all this do-it-all technology! I am a fan of technology, but I hate this. Check the phone specs here
http://reviews.cnet.com/Bang_Olufsen_Serene/4505-6454_7-32161243.html?tag=cnetfd.ld3

You could be tracked through your gadget

Some researchers say that your iPod could double as a tracking device. Affiliate KING reports (December 1). Watch it here
http://edition.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/tech/2006/12/01/wilkinson.ipod.privacy.king&wm=10