Archive for April, 2008

Adding one more topic to BlogHash

It’s been quite a while since I had been contemplating on adding one more to topic to the list of topics I blog on BlogHash. The topic is gadgets/electronics. Well, I have already written a few posts on various gadgets, but I don’t regularly write on that topic here and hence forth, I will write a little bit more on that topic. Why? – It’s pretty straightforward. The following are the main reasons to add gadgets to the list of

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Best blog directories to list your blogs

Have you recently launched your blog and looking for ways to publicize your blog? Here’s a list of the most popular blog directories you should submit your blogs with. It hardly takes any time to submit your blogs, so start now. 9rules network – A blog network and directory focusing on a selection of quality content. blo.gs – lets you keep an eye on your favorite weblogs via the web and email. you can even put the list on your

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The Diamond Flower – Most expensive computer mouse

At a price tag of $23,250, it’s certainly the most expensive mouse, I have ever come across, in the world. It’s called the Diamond Flower Mouse. The diamond flower mouse is available in 18-carat white or yellow gold and set with 59 brilliant diamonds in the shape of a beautiful flower. It’s an optical mouse that connects to your computer using the USB port. The diamond flower mouse has 3-button optical scroll and virtually runs on any operating system that

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My review of HTC Touch Smartphone

My wife recently gifted me a HTC Touch phone that made me absolutely delighted for quite a few reasons. First, the timing of this gift was perfect. I was contemplating on buying a phone anyway, and secondly I got the same phone that I was considering to buy. Here is my few days worth of review of the HTC Touch that might be of an interest to you in case you are intending to buy it. First impression of the

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PaperWorld3D source code is now open to the public

PaperWorld3D is a framework that lets developers create multi-user 3D environments. It also gives ability to create multi-user 3D games and simulations based on simple workflows. PaperWorld3D uses Flex SDK to compile the client-side Actionscript, Red5 to handle client/server communication and Apache Ant to develop PaperWorld3D applications. The basic building block of PaperWorld3D is a component that’s created for a very specific purpose. All the files that are created are placed into a single directory and can be called as

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Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2008 Released

Microsoft has announced the release of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2008 for IT managers. This release is for those companies who have already purchased the Desktop Optimization pack along with Windows Software Assurance agreements with Microsoft. The current release updated two products of the optimization pack – Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 6.0 (DaRT) and Desktop Error Monitoring 3.0 SP1 (DEM). DaRT is a collection of very handy and powerful tools used for troubleshooting unbootable PCs. The collection includes

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New compression technique makes music files 1000 times smaller than MP3s

This isn’t exactly about compressing an already existing music file into a highly compressed audio file, but a different kind of method that involves recreation of music that results in a music file that’s 1000 times smaller than a comparable MP3 file. Researchers from University of Rochester have come up with a way to recreate the music in the same way a piano player re-creates a piano piece from a roll of punched paper. This technique was demonstrated by encoding

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