Nokia Launches 5800 XpressMusic, its First Touch Interface Phone

Nokia is no doubt one of greatest mobile manufacturer in the world. Well, they have proved this yet again by launching a new cell phone- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in its line. Its the same Nokia tube which was rumored long time back. Nokia has launched the 5800 XpressMusic in Taiwan as part of the limited number of countries who will get to receive the company’s touch screen phone this year. This is the first phone with full touch interface from Nokia.

Take an X-Ray with a Scotch Tape!

Researchers keep coming up with new stuffs every now and then. This time researchers at UCLA have come up with something that really kept me stunned. They revealed that Scotch tapes can be used to take X-rays. Well, it may sound simple but the fact is that none of us knew this simple thing.
The process is pretty simple, you too can do it. All you need to do is put a roll of tape in a vacuum, slowly unpeel it, and stick your finger on the thing with some film behind it, you’ll get an X-ray. Woah! is it that simple? Yeah!

Half-Life 2: Episode Three by This Year End?

I know most of you Half-Life fans are eagerly waiting for an Episode three. Looks like Lombardi just let the cat out of the bag. Well, it’s not really a cat but just a kitten. Here’s a brief segment of the recent interview with Doug Lombardi posted on Kikizo. Actually, it’s nothing much, but at least now we have a rough idea of when they plan to offer in the game. Here’s the word:

Windows 7 Features

Windows 7 is the latest buzz these days. The new operating system by Microsoft will be the successor of Windows Vista. Microsoft has also confirmed the name of the new operating system will be Windows 7 itself. But unfortunately Microsoft hasn’t revealed any detailed information regarding the features of Windows 7. However, here are some of the features which you will see introduced with Windows 7:

Changes to UAC:
You won’t see the crappy UAC that you saw in Vista. The UAC in Windows 7 will be less chatty than its precursor in Vista, while at the same time being a lot less confusing. The tests Microsoft conducted with the Windows 7 User Account Control indicated that 83% of respondents understood the information presented to them in the dialog box. Windows 7 will introduce a control panel setting which provides a ‘slider’ and 4 different settings for the UAC, essentially ‘most annoying’ to ‘least annoying’.

FM Radio Tap- Taps Can Sing too!

Bathroom singers are you’ll listening? Well, here’s something of your interest. It’s a tap with a FM Radio! If you look at the tap you might find it pretty ordinary. Well, don’t forget that looks can be deceiving! The tap can be mounted on any bathroom slab. It’s water proof too despite of having a radio within it, you don’t have worry about water splashes.

Indian iPhone 3G Price- The Costliest in the World?

 iPhone 3G has already hit many countries across the world. The iPhone 3G 8GB in US is priced at $199 and 16GB version at $299. That’s a sweet deal isn’t it? But looks like it won’t be the same in every country. We can take India as the best example. Well, iPhone hasn’t arrived in India yet. But the estimated price is way too much. It’s whopping Rs31000! ($740) for the 8GB edition and the thing that shocked me even more was that the price was exclusive of rental plans. The 16GB version will cost between Rs36,000 – Rs37,000 ($850).

GTA IV PC Edition Announced

Here’s something exciting for all GTA fans eagerly waiting for a PC edition of GTA IV. There were a lot of rumors over the web stating the release of a PC version of GTA IV. Rockstar has finally let the cat out of the bag. Rockstar has finally announced the PC version of GTA IV. The PC edition of GTA IV will be released on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe.

Initial Intel Nehalem Bloomfield CPUs Prices and Release Date

We all know about the Intel Nehalem processors which are yet to be released. Intel’s  initial Nehalem processors will be released in September this year. The 2.66GHz ‘Bloomfield’ CPU will be priced at just $284. Well, that’s the batch price. To get it at that rate you gotta buy 1000 CPUs. So, we can assume that the price will be slightly higher than that.