Archive for March, 2006

Eye glasses for houseflies

Published on March 22, 2006 in Interesting. 0 Comments


Question: why can’t the houseflies fly straight?

Answer: they have bad visions, that’s why.

And we have one more reason to love our scientists, because they have created a pair of spectacles small enough for a housefly to wear!

Scientists using special laser technology have crafted a pair of mini-spectacles (2 mm) and placed them on the head of a housefly.

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China to ban VOIP calls for at least two years

Published on March 22, 2006 in VOIP. 1 Comment


China is a wonderful country where everything can just happen without a reason (well, apparently they do have a reason, read on). In order to protect its fixed telephone line business, the Chinese government has imposed a ban on free Internet telephone services for at least two years, the Financial Times reports.

China Telecom has described Skype’s services as illegal, and the government would not issue any licenses for computer-to-telephone calls until 2008.
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LG KG320

Published on March 22, 2006 in Gadget. 2 Comments


LG has recently unveiled their new ‘biscuit cellphone’ at CeBit 2006. The new slim and sleeky KG320 looks very much like the classic NEC i-mode phone N353i, and it is only 9mm thick.
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Skype and Voipbuster credits: going, going, gone!

Published on March 17, 2006 in VOIP. 9 Comments

Are you a user of Skype or Voipbuster that lets you call from your computers? If you happen to be one, do you use their “premium service” that lets you buy credits to call to regular phones? If you do, chances are you did not know that the credit you purchased would one day expire.
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Yahoo redesign on its way?

Published on March 6, 2006 in Yahoo. 1 Comment


Is Yahoo beta testing the new design of its homepage? Some users have reported that they see a completely new homepage that is too MSN.

I can’t seem to be able to view it myself here. Some have suggested to use IE instead of Firefox. No luck for me too, though.
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Sony Ericsson HCB-100 car speakerphone

Published on March 3, 2006 in Gadget. 1 Comment


We like everything that looks good, even if we are not very clear of what they do. This Sony Ericsson HCB-100 is no exception.

The Sony Ericsson HCB-100 is a stylist Bluetooth-enabled car speakerphone. Comes with Digital Signal Processing (DSP), the sound quality is greatly enhanced with the digital noise cancellation and echo reduction. It provides up to 20 hours talk time and 600 hours standby time.
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Sony Ericsson K800/K790

Published on March 1, 2006 in Gadget. 1 Comment


It’s kind of too demanding if you expect your cameraphone to produce photos of good quality. After all, the camera has always been just an “added feature” to the phone.

Things may change with the new K800/K790 from Sony Ericsson. For starter, they are the first cellphones from Sony Ericsson to carry Sony’s Cyber-shot branding. They come with a 3.2 megapixel camera with Xenon flash and lens cover, dedicated shutter button, auto red eye reduction, PictBridge support, image stabilization, and a new feature called BestPic, which takes 9 shots at once instead of one, so you can choose only the best to keep.
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