Alarm clocks are annoying, and that’s why sometimes they’re not effective to make you jump out of your bed. That’s why human invented snooze button on alarm clocks, and then ‘super durable hammer resistant alarm clock’, then alarm clocks with not only durable chassis but also comes interactive with simple questions.
But what actually wakes us up is the annoying sound created by the alarm clock. So now there’s another new method to annoy yourself and wake yourself up from your super sweet wet dreams. No thanks to Thanko, here’s a unique earphone that comes equipped with a built-in alarm clock. Weighing at just 21 grams, the new Thanko EARINALM is powered by a built-in battery that can be recharged via a USB port.
If you weren’t aware, Sony Ericsson was named a Windows Phone 7 partner a year ago when Microsoft did the launching for Windows Phone 7. However, nearly a year has passed, and we’ve yet to see any Sony Ericsson phones with Windows Phone 7 loaded. Though, we’re very sure we saw quite a number of Sony Ericsson with other operating system being launched lately. However, that may not be the case. Apparently, Sony Ericsson does have a Windows Phone in its stable, just that it’s being late in the market.
Motorola previously mentioned that its Xoom will be shipped in 3G mode, and instead you’ll get a free upgrade from Motorola to 4G LTE once it’s available. However, the Motorola Xoom ships with an unlock-able bootloader which can be rooted. So what happens when you’ve rooted your Xoom, and still want to get that 4G LTE upgrade? Well, fear not.
Last week Google detected some 21 rogue apps running around in its Android App Market, and sent them to Vacation Island. But what of the 50,000 copies already downloaded by unwitting users? That’s what Google’s dealing with this week, by utilizing Android’s remote kill switch to delete them over the air.
But that’s not all, because this time the company isn’t just removing offending packages, but also installing new code. The “Android Market Security Tool March 2011″ will be remotely added to affected handsets to undo the exploit and keep it from sending your data out, as well as make you wonder just how much remote control Google has over our phones.
In peaceful times, we doubt the credibility of Google having such power on its hands, but it’s a good thing that Google is exercising its authority over its creation for the better good of humanity. The good thing is that Google is emailing you that it’s deleting and patching an app that’s exploiting a backdoor, by using another backdoor method of its own.
It seemed that Samsung does indeed get frightened by Apple’s magical iPad 2, that its president lost its confidence in its upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Honeycomb. However, the company’s apparently not letting that affect its plans, despite its president calling its Tegra 2 tablet “inadequate” when compared to the iPad 2. Samsung told the Yonhap News Agency that the tablet will be released on schedule. That’s right; the Honeycomb tablet’s not getting any thinner or lighter or more powerful or with any magic covers or cases, though I strongly believe that its launching price will see some marginal drop.
The PC platform and console platform has seen tremendous graphics in their games, but not so for the handhelds. Smartphones and tablets are increasing in numbers, and majority of them are used as a mean of mobile gaming, much like the original idea of a Sony PSP. The great news that we have today is that Havok, the developer of physics for games, has announced that they’re bringing fancy and juicy physics to Android, and apparently we don’t need to wait long for that.
Smartphones with Android 2.3 or up can potentially enjoy the same procedural animations and pretty dresses that we’ve enjoyed on PC and home console for years, and as the first gamer-centric smartphone with Gingerbread on board, Sony Ericsson’s forthcoming Xperia Play got to be the first to demo them.
We’ve seen Aztech having a product called HomePlug, allowing you to create your own home network using your home electric. Now D-Link is going to bring that a step further by incorporating that into modern wireless routers. Teaming up with Atheros, D-Link has announced a new product called the DHP-1320. It’s capable of 802.11n WiFi connection at up to 300Mbps, sends up to 200Mbps through your house’s electrical system and sports three 10/100 LAN jacks as well, though I’d personally prefer Gigabit Ethernet ports. The DHP-1320 also provides IPv6 support, enabling consumers to future-proof their home networks for the next-generation of the Internet, ensuring connectivity with new wireless devices for years to come. The DHP-1320 is now up for sale for $130.
At times when we’re in a traffic jam, we thought there must be some incident happening up ahead, probably roadblock or traffic jam or a breakdown vehicle. However, when we reach the end, the jam disappears for no reason, and traffic flow resume back smoothly. And we wonder why.
Nobody likes to be in a traffic jam, be it a crawling speed or bumper to bumper. It’s a waste of our time, and also our vehicle’s fuel. But up ahead, a nut-head did something so small yet so sudden, and results in you paying it with your free time. That’s right, the frequent braking that you do might not be a result of some big incident up front, but merely because of someone deciding to change lane all of a sudden.
The next time a traffic jam’s iron grip has you in its clutch, you can at least take heart knowing that scientists have figured out why they happen and who’s to blame. Follow the jump for this latest infographic on the Science of Traffic Jams by Car Insurance Guide. It also sucks to know that you can do nothing about it.
Last week Google detected some 21 rogue apps running around in its Android App Market, and sent them to Vacation Island. But what of the 50,000 copies already downloaded by unwitting users? That’s what Google’s dealing with this week, by utilizing Android’s remote kill switch to delete them over the air.
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