Cyber-attack on US and South Korea »

A little late but we’re getting the news that major United States and South Korean official/national websites were affected during the US Indpendence (July 4th). As per the attack, major US and SK government agencies’ websites were down Monday and Tuesday as well.
Suspect: North Korea. Well, that’s obvious at this point as why NK is [...]

221 Microsoft Word Shortcuts »

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Ctrl + Shift + A
AllCaps
Makes the selection all capitals (toggle)
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Alt + Ctrl + 1
ApplyHeading1
Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text
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Alt + Ctrl + 2
ApplyHeading2
Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text
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Alt + Ctrl + 3
ApplyHeading3
Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text
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Ctrl + Shift + L
ApplyListBullet
Applies List Bullet style to the selected text
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Alt + [...]

1GB computer memory physical size in 1980 and 2009 »

The huge sized 1GB memory is from IBM built for mainframes in late 1970’s. The same 1GB memory comes in a micro-chip nowadays! What a wonderful technological advancement.

Cool, advanced, concept watches [pics] »

M60M Concept Watch

Instead of hands (hours/minutes/ seconds), one rotating disc shows the time in hours and quarters (marks). The clock face exists as a ring only, the center is completely empty.

Slim G4 - World’s Thinnest Mouse »


Fountain advertising in Japan »

Extreme advertising: fountain advertising on water sheets !!!

The next generation of Robotic Systems »

Robotic systems continue to evolve, slowly penetrating many areas of our lives, from manufacturing, medicine and remote exploration to entertainment, security and personal assistance. Developers in Japan are currently building robots to assist the elderly, while NASA develops the next generation of space explorers, and artists are exploring new avenues of entertainment. Collected here are [...]

Flyover (road) through the building »


Lefortovo Tunnel (Tunnel of Death) - Russia »

This happens only in Russia.
Can you count the number of ’single day accidents’ in the video!? The 3 km long Lefortovo Tunnel has a river running over it and water leaks at some points(Russian engineering!). When the temperature reaches freezing point, the wet portions of the road freezes and the result the video.
It used to [...]

Extreme machines - Cryo Performance Computing »

When it comes to extreme performance computing, one of the names is the Cryo Performance Computing small business experts’ group company. The company is into building custom built pc performance machines, built on order.
They take orders for PCs and PCs related equipment. The machines would be high-performance extreme power boxes, based on the customer’s choice. The [...]

Privacy concerns about Google Analytics »

How much of the ‘googling’ do you do while on the Internet? Every time you sit on your computer, you’ll at least ‘google’ once for something, could be just for the heck of it. There have been sharp concerns about how Google takes care of the surfers’ privacy while searching. Google would always dismiss the [...]

Microsoft layoff memo from Steve Ballmer »

From: Steve Ballmer
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:07 AM
To: Microsoft - All Employees (QBDG)
Subject: Realigning Resources and Reducing Costs
In response to the realities of a deteriorating economy, we’re taking important steps to realign Microsoft’s business. I want to tell you about what we’re doing and why.
Today we announced second quarter revenue of $16.6 billion. This [...]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki - then and now »

Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the Atom Bomb destruction in August 1945

Recyclable Motorola cell phone - made of bottle »

Motorola is far behind its competitors Nokia, Samsung and LG in the mobile phone market. It used to be number 2, 2 years back with the strong push by Razr. After that, nothing significant and eye-catching has been produced by Motorola. Now the company is starting a new trend - ‘Go Green’.
The telecom company unveiled [...]

Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi »

The Mosque covers an area of 22,000 square meters. 33,000 tons of steel is being used in it.
It has 7000 foundation piles and has 120,000 cubic meter of concrete usage!