Intel achieves 50 Gbps throughput using photons
Intel has successfully achieved 50 Gbps throughput over photon based telecommunication equipment. This is 50 times faster than the 1 Gbps ethernet we have currently. Although it will still take a few years before this tech can come to our homes or offices, it is a wonderful breakthrough in terms of communication speeds.
Convert your iPod touch into a mobile phone
Currently a working prototype, the Apple Peel 520 is a case which contains all the electronics necessary for communicating with a GSM network.
The electronics include a SIM card slot, Infineon baseband chip and a battery, all of which will connect to the iPod with the dock port. The whole setup will involve jailbroken apps to be installed to make and receive phone calls and messages.
This thing is far from commercial production as of now, however, if it were ever to emerge in the market, it will probably cost around $44 – $74.
Vodafone launches solar powered mobile phone in India
In order to tap in rural customers with little or no power supply, Vodafone has launched a solar power mobile handset VF 247 in India at a price of INR 1500.
Indian Railways planning to launch its own ticket booking site
Apparently, all is not well between the Indian Railways and the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). After terminating the catering contract in Rajdhani, Duronto, Shatabdi & other mail and express trains, Indian Railways is allegedly planning to launch its own online ticketing site.
With a profit of approx. INR 1.22 billion, IRCTC is the largest ecommerce site in India, responsible for 30% of all rail booking in India. However, Indian Railways feel that IRCTC lacks in terms of infrastructure and customer support, and is therefore planning to take the task in its own hands.
[via PI]
Four generations of iPhone compared
Here is a video of the four generations of iPhone doing the exact same things simultaneously.
The iPhone 4 came top in most of the cases, loosing out only in shutdown time to original iPhone and startup time to the 3GS.
Apple store refreshed. Magic trackpad & Battery charger added
Apple refreshed its online Apple store yesterday and added two new cool products – The Magic Trackpad & AA battery charger.
The presentation responsible for the Indian Rupee symbol
If you are one of those people who think that the Indian Rupee symbol was designed in a day or two, you need to look at the following presentation prepared by the symbol designer D Uday Kumar, assistant professor at IIT Guwahati:
Produce company giving away Farmville Farm cash free with produce
Green Giant Fresh, a produce company in the US is giving away free Farmville farm cash with select boxes of their produce. Farmville, the ultra popular social game on Facebook has been responsible for many such unprecedented crazy ideas.
Indian Ocean giving away its latest album for free
Indian Ocean, the contemporary fusion music band from Delhi, India is giving away their latest album 16/330 Khajoor Road for free on their website. The songs of the album will be made available to download one by one. The current available song is “Chand”.
US Copyright office legalizes jailbreaking and unlocking of iPhone
Epic news today. The United States Copyrights Office have legalized jailbreaking the iPhone to run apps that are not available (read rejected) on the app store. The revolutionary rule is one of the six new activities that are now exempt from DMCA. The new rule also exempts unlocking your iPhone to use it on another network. Ripping a DVD for educational purposes is also allowed from now on.
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