FYIApril 27, 2008 9:10 am

Fasten your seatbelt and prepare yourself as I lay down three (3) of today’s Most Expensive Cars in the World. (I wish to buy them, but I don’t have much time for shopping…)
 

Bugatti Veyron $1,700,000

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car produced by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS introduced in 2005. It is the quickest accelerating and decelerating road-legal production car in the world, and it was the world’s fastest road-legal production car until it was beaten by the SSC Ultimate Aero TT in 2007.

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Ferrari Enzo $1,000,000

The Enzo Ferrari is a 12-cylinder mid-engine sports car named after the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. It is currently the most powerful naturally aspirated production car in the world. It was built in 2003 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fibre body, F1-style sequential shift transmission, and carbon-ceramic brake discs.

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Pagani Zonda C12 F $741,000 

The Pagani Zonda is a mid-engined sports car produced by Pagani in Italy. It debuted in 1999 and continues through the present, with production proceeding at roughly 25 cars per year. As of December, 2005, 60 Zondas had been built. Both 2-seat coupe and convertible versions have been produced. Construction is mainly of carbon fiber.
GadgetsApril 26, 2008 8:05 am
 
3D baby, that’s what we’ve wanted from home television for 50 years. Now it’s yours… if you live in Japan anyway. Introducing the world’s first 46-inch 3D stereoscopic television. Built by Hyundai, the 1,920 x 1,080 set is capable of grabbing BS11 3D broadcasts pumped by Nippon BS in Japan for the last few months. The ¥498,000 (about $4,857) LCD brings 2x HDMI and 3x composite inputs (to name a few) and apparently works fine for traditional 2D broadcasts. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wear what appear to be 3-foot wide, 3D glasses judging by the image provided above. Perhaps they’re meant as a radiation shield since the set is also the world’s first TV with built-in "nuclear reactor" according to the machine translated text. Be careful out there kids, it’s just television. (Engadget)
In my own words...April 22, 2008 2:16 pm

 

Who wants to be a Millionaire? – When I’ll say Not Me... I might fail with the lie detection test. Who in this world doesn’t want to be rich? Well, hard work and determination are the keys. But, others would say that the only key is to have the Wining lottery numbers. There are various Lottery numbers to choose from and getting the Wining lottery number is a test of great luck. We may believe it or not, why not try to give it a shot – after all, it is an endless trial and error method.

FYIApril 21, 2008 2:42 pm

  

NEW DELHI — The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Wednesday urged world leaders to attend a summit in early June to discuss what he described as an "emergency" global food shortage.

"In the face of food riots around the world like in Africa and Haiti, we really have an emergency," FAO chief Jacques Diouf told a news conference in New Delhi.

Diouf said as populations have moved to the cities, food output has stagnated, prices have risen and food stocks are at their lowest since 1980.

He said this crisis should be addressed by the 191 members of the FAO in Rome in early June.

Diouf said that in fast-growing countries such as India and China, which together account for a third of the world’s population, "demand for more milk and more meat because of economic growth of eight to 10 percent means higher demand for more cereals" that in turn worsens food shortages.

GadgetsApril 16, 2008 10:39 pm

Yes, most of payment process is encrypted with the latest technology. They would assure that you no one could get your information, like the merchant processor, PayPal, is the biggest and most secure in the business. That’s why they use them in most transactions. They are certified members of the Better Business Bureau, and run by internet giant EBAY. Ebay has millions of secured dollars exchanged through this same process everyday. You can rest assured your credit card information is the safest on the net.

GadgetsApril 13, 2008 10:27 pm
Nokia N95 8GB — by Joni Blecher
 
The Nokia N95 8GB offers a new look and a bigger screen. This all-in-one multimedia computer has up to 8GB of internal memory and more of what you’re looking for such as 5 megapixels, DVD-like quality video and Carl Zeiss Optics. With the Nokia N95 8GB you can upload photos instantly to Flickr and download videos with ease. Accesss your music, emails, plus advanced web browsing and intergrated GPS and nokia maps. The N95 8GB also has a 2-way slide concept, integrated GPS functionality and support for high-speed mobile networks, making it easier to watch and record videos, listen to songs, take high-quality photos, browse the internet, or catch up on email while on the move.
 
The Nokia N95 phone also includes:
  • Up to 8GB internal flash memory for multimedia content such as music, pictures, ringing tones, map data
  • Large 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT display with ambient light detector and up to 16 million colors
  • 5 megapixel auto-focus camera
  • GPS and Wi-Fi
  • Quad-band GSM
  • Bluetooth
  • microSD/TransFlash up to 2GB / hot-swappable
  • 3D stereo
  • HSDPA and EDGE data capable
  • Version 2 of Nokia’s full web browser software
  • Speakerphone
  • Lithium ion battery
  • A/V cables
  • Compact wall charger
  • Music headset with remote control
  • Stereo audio cable
  • USB data cable
  • 2.5mm headset adapter
GadgetsApril 8, 2008 2:44 am

(CBS) From an underwater phone to a portable icemaker, WCBS-TV Tech Editor Brett Larson has the scoop on what’s hot in summer gadgets. Larson visits The Early Show with a look at some warm-weather gizmos:

UV Monitor: Protect yourself from the sun while enjoying the outdoors with a digital Ultra-Violet rays Monitor. The device tells you the current level of UV radiation using the accepted health and safety UV index, automatically updating you every 30 seconds. It even alerts you with an alarm when it’s time to go inside. Additional features include a digital clock, alarm, stopwatch timer and thermometer that reads both Fahrenheit and Celsius. Compact and portable, the monitor comes with a belt clip and sport strap.

 

Uniden WXI377 Submersible Cordless Phone: A phone that can be used safely around water, including in the swimming pool and bathtub! The 900MHz model is a fully submersible cordless phone designed to withstand the elements. The phone’s outer shell protects it if dropped in water or exposed to rain, and the handset floats.

Sony Travel Speakers: With their modern, oblong shape and three-color options, the SRS-T33 travel speakers are a stylish way to bring audio to life. Offering Mega Bass sound and a 34mm neodymium magnet for a warm, rich sound, the travel speakers pack an impressive performance for a great value. Designed to match today’s digital music devices, the SRS-T33 comes in silver, blue and pink models.


Portable Ice Maker: This portable ice maker, with a stainless steel exterior, produces up to 30 pounds of ice in 24 hours — freezing 12 cubes every six-to-eight minutes. Just add water, no plumbing required. Requires an electrical outlet. Perfect for a home bar or any kind of summer entertaining.

GadgetsApril 7, 2008 12:25 am
 
I have been a Yahoo! Mail user for over 5 years and I am so glad to have it because it has been my partner when storing my researches or communicating to my friends and relatives. But, as years go on, new technologies emerged and there lots of new ideas to try with. As soon as Gmail (Google Mail) came out in the cyber world, I tried it right then on. Considering that they offer greater storage and implemented a new technique in web programming: AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML). It is said to be the next generation of web programming. AJAX promised to have better quality and faster loading of data. I have been using Gmail for 3 years now and I am still enjoying those mentioned assets. But, there is no such thing as a perfect system. I sometimes lose my patience with the loading of Gmail. I don’t know but as i have observed, Yahoo Mail loads faster than Gmail. Well, i still believed that Google have not able to maximize the potential and the great effect of AJAX to its applications. I am still a Gmail user and proud to be one.
Lesson 101April 2, 2008 11:03 pm
  
CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine that the user is not run by a computer. The process involves one computer (a server) asking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade. Because other computers are unable to solve the CAPTCHA, any user entering a correct solution is presumed to be human. A common type of CAPTCHA requires that the user type the letters of a distorted image, sometimes with the addition of an obscured sequence of letters or digits that appears on the screen.

The term "CAPTCHA" was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper (all of Carnegie Mellon University), and John Langford (then of IBM). It is a contrived acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart", trademarked by Carnegie Mellon University.

A CAPTCHA is sometimes described as a reverse Turing test, because it is administered by a machine and targeted to a human, in contrast to the standard Turing test that is typically administered by a human and targeted to a machine.

GadgetsApril 1, 2008 11:56 pm

When checked my account in sponsored reviews to bid for new opportunities, I found this:

 

This is just the start…