Archive for the ‘Tech Planet’ Category

fb.me: Facebook Now Has Its Own URL Shortener

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

URL shorteners have been around for years, but they were mostly afterthoughts rather than legitimate businesses. That all changed with the rise of Twitter and short-form, 140-character blogging. With limited space for tweeting, the URL shortener business has boomed. Bit.ly has grown tremendously, companies like Coke have even made their ...

How To Appear Invisible in Facebook Chat | Invisible in Facebook chat | How-To be invisible in Facebook Chat

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Go to www.facebook.com open your online friends list, and then click here Then click on Go Offline. Now, the real tutorial starts from here. Go to this link http://apps.facebook.com/invisible/ And then, you should know the rest, its too easy ! :-) ----- If you still don't get it, then you can click here to mail me and get ...

Christopher or Jessica Davies Hacker Hoax Warning | Facebook Hacking | CHRISOPHER DAVIES AND JESSICA DAVIES Facebook Hack | Full Review

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Summary: Message warns recipients not to accept a friend request from Christopher Davies or Jessica Davies because they are hackers who can gain access to your computer and the computers of your friends as well (Full commentary below). Status: False Example:(Submitted, December 2009) DO NOT ACCEPT A FRIEND REQUEST FROM CHRISTOPHER DAVIES OR JESSICA DAVIES, ...

New Facebook Worm Spreading Via User’s Walls [WARNING]

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Anti-virus maker AVG is warning of a new worm spreading on Facebook via user’s walls. According to one of AVG’s bloggers, the worm spreads as users that are already logged into the social network click on the suggestive photo that is being placed on their walls by infected friends. Here’s how it ...

3.ly Yet another URL shortener that gives you the Shortest URL

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

And the race of the URL shorteners continues, each trying to beat the other by differing in names and a few additional features like password protection, etc. I just came across another one (don’t blame me, it’s the fault of the real time FriendFeed), 3.ly. The new URL shortener takes ...

Facebook testing Twitter-like “Lite” version

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO – The Internet was buzzing Wednesday with talk of Facebook testing a streamlined "Lite" version of the social-networking service that could challenge microblogging sensation Twitter. "We are currently testing a simplified alternative to Facebook.com that loads a specific set of features quickly and efficiently," the Internet star said in ...

LG Crystal GD900

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The LG Crystal GD900 is a slider, equipped with transparent, touch sensitive keypad. It allows not only entering numbers and typing messages, but performing different actions through gestures as well. The device sports a 3-inch display that is also touch sensitive and you can control all functions of the phone ...

Mozilla’s Firefox Browser Hits One Billion Downloads

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Do you know that the open source Web browser "Firefox" has been downloaded over 1 billion times. It has been announced by The Mozilla Foundation on Friday morning. The browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation, has quickly become a favourite with web surfers since its launch in 2004. Whoa.. 1 ...

Windows 7’s ‘XP Mode’ Revealed!

Monday, April 27th, 2009

We revealed Microsoft seemed to have accidentally leaked the release date for the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) -- May 5. Well, a post on their Windows 7 team blog yesterday verifies it 100%, if you had any niggling doubts. MSDN and Technet subscribers, as it was noted with the original ...

Samsung Pocket Imager SP-P400B

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Samsung Pocket Imager SP-P400B With this ultra light SP-P400B, Samsung introduces their most compact design projector. This shiny black LED projector is as big as a videocassette and therefore it can slide right into your laptop bag. With a light strength of 150 ANSI-Lumen, the projector gives you stunning screen ...

Freecom ToughDrive Sport – External Hard Drive

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Recently Freecom released its new 2.5-inch ToughDrive Sport external hard drive that is claimed to be capable of withstanding adverse conditions. Available in 250GB, 320GB and 500GB capacities, the drive can withstand a drop onto a flat surface from up to 6.6 feet and can soak up to 300G of ...

HRP-4C is A Fashion Model Robot?

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

A walking, talking fashion model "fembot" called the HRP-4C is developed by Japans National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST). The HRP-4C robot is 158cm tall and weighs 43kg including battery. The robot is scheduled to make her official runway debut in a special fashion show in Tokyo next ...

PC to Phone Calls

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

The most striking thing about PC to Phone calls is that these enable the users to listen to calls with superb clarity, as there are some advanced software used to bring the callers close to each other. With these types of calls, one can share files as well by using ...

iPhone 4G Concept

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Do you know that the picture above is an iPhone 4G concept? It's "inspired by the curves and tapering of the Macbook Air coupled with the touch's back." It does look very nice indeed, with the design more angular than the current version and an improved camera and more standard ...

Sony Mofiria – Finger Vein Authentication Technology

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Sony has developed a finger vein authentication technology called 'mofiria'. The technology comes in a compact size for mounting on mobile devices such as personal computers or mobile phones. This high speed, compact device uses infrared LED and CMOS sensor to capture a snapshot of someone's veins. By using this ...

Hitachi Wooo H001

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

The Hitachi Wooo H001 phone has a 3.1-inch 3D TFT LCD display with 854x480 resolution. The screen can render images and videos created in 3D formats and convert 2D images to 3D. The Wooo H001 comes with a 5 megapixel camera of its own. The phone which is a dual ...