San Diego fires on google maps

Posted by Devang Gandhi on October 24th, 2007

Google maps have mapped the San Diego fires. It shows the burn areas, evacuation centers, animal shelters, road closures and evacuation notices.

CSI:NY features Second Life

Posted by Devang Gandhi on October 20th, 2007

This Wednesday CSI:NY will air the episode featuring Second Life. CSI investigator Mac Taylor will enter Second Life to pursue a killer who has killed another second life user. Good publicity for Second Life!

Fit-PC: a bare bones PC that fits

Posted by Devang Gandhi on October 12th, 2007

Ever imagined that a CPU would shrink down to the size of an external hard drive, probably smaller than many of those out there today? Check out these specs

  • Size: 120 x 116 x 40 mm, 450 gram
  • 40 GB Hard disk
  • Two USB 2.0 high speed ports
  • 5V supply, 3-5 watt, fanless operation
  • AMD Geode LX800 CPU @ 500 MHz
  • Dual 100 Mbps Ethernet

These are the specs of fit-pc a revolutionary new PC that is

  • fit enough – to run windows or linux
  • small enough – to avoid getting noticed
  • green enough – to consume the same amount of power in a day that a traditional PC consumes in an hour
  • solid enough – to be splash and dust resistant in an aluminum case

Facebook and Yahoo mail get a new IM Client

Posted by Devang Gandhi on October 5th, 2007

Blognation reports FriendVox THE FaceBook IM Client Is Live. This will let Facebook users communicate with one another from directly within the Facebook website. Even Yahoo has the IM feature integrated in Yahooo mail. I guess gmail just started this trend and rest are following.

Apple’s firmware update for iPhone

Posted by Devang Gandhi on October 2nd, 2007

Apple’s iPhone update rendered the devices that were unlocked to work with carriers other than AT&T, inoperable. Not only that, the update also disabled the third-party applications running on iPhone.


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