Windows 7 Jump Lists Fix and Tricks

Depending on the application jump lists can be used to get 1-click functionality without recalling a minimized window, basically access common tasks or to quickly open pinned & recent documents, saving you time not having to go through a considerable number of dialogs. In a nutshell, in the event you are willing to make the most of them, jump lists are a productivity godsend. When Windows 7 made it out the door reactions were mixed about the operating system's revamped taskbar. Now years later I can personally attest to the improved usability of the new bar & above all else, the magnificent implementation of jump lists. Although there...

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Customize the Firefox 4 Interface With a Few Simple Tweaks

Firefox two is expected to bring of the most significant stylistic overhauls that the browser has undertaken since the preliminary transition from the elderly Mozilla suite. Although the final release is still a few weeks away, we have already had a taste of its look & feel thanks to the seven betas pushed out so far. Firefox 4's UI is simplistic & streamlined but it's also drawn criticism for dropping elements like page titles in the title bar or basically for being Chrome-like. Let's start with the obvious. Firefox two UI Fixer is a handy add-on that introduces several fascinating modifications to the browser's user interface, including...

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AMD Radeon HD 6990 Review: Sumptuous Dual-GPU Power

AMD introduced its first Radeon HD 6000 graphics card last October, when they reviewed the mid-range Radeon HD 6870. Since then AMD opened up to show its GPU roadmap and the cards that soon thereafter were coming to market. The high-end Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 also arrived late last year, while the dual-GPU version of AMD's last generation graphics series code-named Antilles was expected to arrive soon after. Coincidentally (or not) both AMD and Nvidia took a few months longer than expected to show its hardcore dual-GPU graphics cards, with the former making the first move to finally unveil the Radeon HD 6990. They don't think AMD sells...

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Apple Mac OS X Lion: A Preview of What's to Come

Between the iOS-like features they saw back in October and what they are seeing now, it is clear Apple has drawn lots of inspiration from its popular iPhone and iPad devices, making significant changes to OS X and adding features that are focused on simplifying the general experience for both new and longtime Mac users.Steve Jobs revealed few details about Mac OS X ten.7 Lion at the "Back to the Mac" gathering on Apple's Cupertino campus late last year. But most recently the company began seeding a preview of the operating process to its developer program members, giving us a chance to see where OS X is headed before it becomes available to the...

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Everything You Need to Know About NFC

Near Field Communication, or basically NFC, is shaping up to be of the hottest tech trends of the next few years. Mobile payment systems backed by major financial institutions are either already being tested or in designs to start tests, while smartphones with built-in NFC chips are making their way in to the U.S. and Europe. But beyond payments, NFC has the potential to reach lots of other industries, from location-based services to ticketing and public transportation. It's not far-fetched to imagine a world where all they must over around with us is a single do-it-all device. NFC could permit our smartphone to pay for products, open doors,...

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Scientist Develop Self Correcting Sniper Rifle

A team of scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a process which makes use of fiber-optic laser-based sensor that automatically corrects minute barrel disruptions & allows snipers to score bull's-eye more basically. The new process was developed by a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Slobodan Rajic, in order to measure the deflection of the barrel relative to the gun sight & then electronically perform electronic corrections. The Reticle Compensating Rifle Barrel Reference Sensor automatically calculates the position between the barrel & the weapon sight axes from the shooter to an electronic sensor....

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Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope

Microsoft recently introduced a new web application that allows computers to function as virtual telescopes bringing together imagery from the best ground and Space-based telescopes in the world. As a result, users have a chance to virtually explore the universe, using a sizable number of 'tours'. The 'tours' are interactive, allowing the user to pause, play, rewind, and fast forward the animation at any given time. Microsoft is offering a growing number of tours of the sky, guided by astronomers and educators from some of the most famous observatories and planetariums in the U.S., including Harvard Astronomer Alyssa Goodman and University of...

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Adobe multitouch Photoshop SDK for iPad

After several preliminary demonstrations Adobe released today an SDK (application package for Developers) which consists of five applications for iPad. Eazel, Nav & Lava are new tools that ought to permit future users of iPad to enhance their Photoshop experience by tapping in to the multitouch display of the iPad. Eazel - Adobe Eazel lets you use your iPad & your fingertips to paint pretty works of art. You can paint across your whole iPad screen, & basically access all the tools you need. Eazel also lets you send your artwork directly to Photoshop CS5 from any location all you need is a network connection between your iPad &...

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GigaPan Epic Pro robotic camera mount gets upgraded to firmware version 171

The GigaPan Epic Pro has been privy to the making of some monumental & highly detailed panoramic images, & now the gigapixel gadget is getting an upgrade. The latest firmware update to the robotic camera mount brings even more exposures per position, a "dedicated mirror lock-up" for bulky lenses, & a time display that tells you how long it will take to work its panoramic magic. Among other things, the update also includes a set of new aspect ratios & the ability to take time lapse panoramas. If you are already packing a GigaPan Epic Pro, you can download the update at the source link below free -- a new rig, on the other hand,...

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DirecTV's iPad, iPhone, Android apps will (NOT) have HBO Go streaming May 2nd (Update)

We have heard from DirecTV that this was a "mistweet", as it turns out they won't be adding HBO Go access through their own apps and DirecTV customers will must make use of the native HBO Go app like everyone else. Check the @DirecTV account for the latest tweets, we'll put this on the shelf next to the DirecTiVo for now.Just like the net versions of HBO Go and Max Go are obtainable both through their own sites and various provider portals, DirecTV has announced it will include access to them in its own apps on iPad, iPhone and "select Android devices" simultaneously native Go apps launch. There is no word on what restrictions may be placed...

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US Army developing Android-based smartphone framework and apps

The US Army is calling on Android app developers to help make military life less stressful -- and, perhaps, a lot safer.  Under a brand spanking new Army framework known as the Mobile/Handheld Computing Surroundings (CE), third-party developers will be able to generate and submit tactical Android apps, using the military's CE Product Developer's Kit. The framework, originally prototyped by the fogeys over at MITRE, represents the latest phase in the Army's ongoing campaign to incorporate smartphone expertise on the battlefield.  Any app operating under the CE process will be interoperable across all command systems, and, as you'd expect,...

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How to spot the space station in the sky

(Image: NASA) The word from Houston is that NASA managers have settled on April 29th for space shuttle Endeavour's final launch. That is timed so that the orbiter can basically chase down the International Space Station and deliver its billion-dollar cargo, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Not coincidentally, these shuttle launches also coincide with periods when the ISS repeatedly passes over North The united states in the hours after sundown. So not only do you get a chance to see the mammoth, football-field-size assembly glide across the evening sky, but you also might glimpse the shuttle in hot orbital pursuit. I am always a small surprised...

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Dialing with Your Thoughts

Think of a number: Numbers oscillate on a screen at different frequencies—an EEG headband picks up on these signals to enable mobile phone input using thought control. Credit: University of California, San Diego Researchers in New york have created a way to place a call on a cell phone using your thoughts. Their new brain-computer interface is  100 percent correct for most people after only a brief training period.The process was developed by Tzyy-Ping Jung, a researcher at the Swartz Middle for Computational Neuroscience at the University of New york, San Diego, & colleagues. Besides acting as an ultraportable aid...

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A Cheap, Portable Way to Monitor Unborn Babies

Maternal monitoring: A tool designed by the West Wireless Health Institute measures fetal heart rate by an ultrasound monitor (lower belt) & maternal contractions by another sensor (higher belt), & then transmits the information by Bluetooth to a tablet (left).Credit: West Wireless Health Institute The tool, a cardiotocography machine dubbed Sense4Baby, was designed by engineers at the nonprofit West Wireless Health Institute, a medical research organization whose mission is to make use of wireless know-how to reduce the cost of health care.An cheap transportable tool could make it simple to monitor fetal health in remote locations,...

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Redesigning the Web for Touch Screens

Last week, in an essay criticizing Adobe's Flash platform, Apple CEO Steve Jobs drew attention to, among other things, its lack of support for touch--something essential to the experience of an iPhone or iPad. "Flash was designed for PCs using mice, not for touch screens using fingers," Jobs wrote.But Flash is not very the only Web application that wasn't designed to handle touch, & the advent of touch-based devices "is very asking the whole Web to alter its behavior from what is been built up over twenty years," says Raju Vegesna, evangelist for Zoho, a company based in Pleasanton, CA, that produces a suite of complex online Web applications.Individual...

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Touch Screens for Many Fingers

But the full power of multi-touch expertise might be unleashed in screens far larger than those on rings. Over the past few years, Jeff Han, consulting research scientist at New York University, has developed an cheap way to make huge multi-touch screens accommodating ten, twenty, or even more fingers. He envisions applications ranging from interactive whiteboards to touch-screen tables & digital walls--any of which could be manipulated by over person. & this month, Han has unveiled Perceptive Pixel, his new company based on the expertise.When Steve Jobs demonstrated Apple's new phone at Macworld recently, the feature that elicited the...

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Samsung Galaxy Ace Review

Samsung Galaxy Ace Specification Type of phone: Smartphone Style: candy bar Size: 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm Weight: 113g Display: 16 million colours Resolution: 352x416 Camera: Five-megapixels Special Camera features: LED flash, auto focus Video recording: Yes Video playback: Yes Video calling: No Video streaming: Yes Music formats played: eAAC+, MP3, WAV 3.5mm jack port: Yes Handsfree speakerphone: Yes Voice Control: Yes Voice Dialling: Yes Call records: Practically...

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