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Mobile phone – compare models !
March 18, 2009 by laimisk
Filed under In Technics
The Apple iPhone redefined a mobile device, bringing HTML, e-mail, and apps to smartphones. But after 18 months, the iPhone faces its first real competitors. Apple’s issues with its 2.x software update, developer complaints over its highly controlled environment, and so-so enterprise support all give the competition an opening.
All the mobile 2.0 competitors support 3G networks, touch interfaces, accelerometers, and location detection services.
The verdict: Although the Google Android platform falls a a bit short, the BlackBerry Storm is right on Apple’s heels.
iPhone 3G: The mobile 2.0 standard under threat. Read more
Tags: phone, technics and magic
MMI Bluetooth Pairing and Q7/In-Depth: Tech Features.
March 17, 2009 by laimisk
Filed under In Technics
Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard that allows different types of electronic devices to interact via short-range radio waves. Because of the versatility of Bluetooth wireless technology, enabled devices do not share all of the same profiles. The Audi phone preparation with Bluetooth system is compatible with Bluetooth-enabled phones that have a hands-free profile. The standard allows a wide range of devices to communicate with each other, with minimal user effort.
Currently the Audi Phone Preparation with Bluetooth comes standard in the A6 and A8, and is optional in the A3, A4, and S4 in all body styles.
Your Audi vehicle Read more
Tags: AUDI
Ascent to video – space shuttle ‘Discovery’.
March 16, 2009 by laimisk
Filed under In Technics
Following a picture perfect launch from the Kennedy Space Center Monday evening, space shuttle Discovery is racing toward the International Space Station for its planned rendezvous and docking at 5:13 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. A few hours after liftoff, Mission Control in Houston told Discovery’s astronauts that the first look at ascent imagery showed no debris items of concern. The imagery review process will continue over the next several days and will be assessed by the Mission Management Team.
Commander Lee Archambault leads Discovery’s crew of seven, along with Pilot Read more
Tags: NASA
Apple’s does iPod proud.
March 12, 2009 by laimisk
Filed under In Technics
Now we have the talking iPod Shuffle that Apple announced Wednesday. It is closer to a tie clasp and holds roughly 1,000 songs.
Play, pause and volume controls are located in a small remote on the right earbud cord.
The lack of a screen is a shortcoming of all Shuffles. Read more
Tags: technics and magic
They successfully spacewalk.
March 11, 2009 by laimisk
Filed under In Technics
U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, on board of the International Space Station (ISS), have successfully completed a spacewalk ahead of schedule, Russian Mission Control said on Wednesday. The spacewalk was conducted on Tuesday to finish work started on December 23. Read more
Nobel Prize laureates.
February 27, 2009 by laimisk
Filed under In Technics
The 2008 Nobel Prize laureates were named in Stockholm and Oslo on October 6-13. During the week, six prizes were awarded.
The prizes and their winners are:
_ Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, in 1983. They shared the award with Germany’s Harald zur Hausen, who was honored for finding human papilloma viruses that cause cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women.
_ Nobel Prize in physics to Japan’s Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide and American Yoichiro Nambu for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter.
_ Nobel Prize in chemistry to Osamu Shimomura, a Japanese citizen who works in the United States, and Americans Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien for discovering and developing green fluorescent protein, or GFP, that has helped researchers watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures.
Nobel Prize in literature to France’s Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio for works characterized by “poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy” and focused on the environment, especially the desert.
_ Nobel Peace Prize to Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for his efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.
_ The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to American Paul Krugman for his analysis of how economies of scale affects trade patterns and where economic activity takes place.
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