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OLLO & Sorry Bhai Hit Terribly By The Mumbai Terror Attacks

OLLO & Sorry Bhai Hit Terribly By The Mumbai Terror Attacks

Drivers are more distracted by Mobile phones than passengers

Drivers are more distracted by Mobile phones than passengersAccording to a new research, even when mobile phones are used with hands-free, it distracts the drivers more than the passengers or being drunk.

The research subjects were put in a driving simulator by the study team, led by Dr Frank Drews of the University of Utah, and the subjects were sent on a 24 mile drive on a multilane highway. In order to reach a conclusion, the group was tested with mobile phones, a talkative passenger and a silent passenger.

Nokia ‘N97’ Touchscreen Smartphone To Hit Europe In 2009

Nokia ‘N97’ Touchscreen Smartphone To Hit Europe In 2009The top end ‘N-Series’ range of Nokia handsets has now strengthened further to include a new multimedia device known as the ‘Nokia N97’, which  will hit the European markets during the first half of the coming year (2009).

The N97, which offers a different feature pack, is Nokia’s second touch-screen device in as many months to regain lost ground in the touch-screen market.

The company’s president and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo called ‘N96’ as the most powerful mobile computer the world has ever seen.

Computer Mouse on the verge of extinction at 40

Computer Mouse on the verge of extinction at 40The computer mouse, which was invented back in 1968 by Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, is facing extinction since the new technology might replace it. The computer mouse, which is now 40 years old, was developed after the team realized that there was a need for a simpler way of controlling computers than the standard light pen which had been used since the Second World War.

The mouse got its name since it quite resembled the animal and it was termed such by one unnamed researcher.

Brushed-aluminum Eee PC 1002HA unveiled by Asus

Brushed-aluminum Eee PC 1002HA unveiled by AsusAsus recently released the latest addition to its ever-expanding Netbook line, the Eee PC 1002HA. This latest Netbook comes wrapped in a gray, brushed-aluminum chassis. Otherwise it has the usual standard 10-inch Netbook--Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, and Windows XP.

The 1002HA falls between the basic, black Eee PC 1000 and the sleek, thin S101 on the Eee PC scale. It carries a price tag quite similar to that of the former, at $499. It weighs nearly 2.65 pounds; a few ounces heavier than the S101.

Microsoft offers apology for Cashback glitches

Microsoft offers apology for Cashback glitchesOn Monday, Microsoft extended its apology to the online shoppers who were looking to clinch Balck Friday deals, but were frustrated to the core due to the glitches on its Live Search Cashback site.

Consumers faced a lot of problems from the site, from sluggishness to seeing the wrong amount of cashback showing up in their accounts in the midst of heavy traffic on Friday.

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