The 1.4 million-plus members of the We Campaign (wecansolveit.org), a project founded by the Alliance for Climate Protection, recently helped convince the U.S. Department of the Interior to recognize the polar bear as a threatened species. Up next, the community will lobby Congress to support tax incentives for renewable energy projects like wind turbines. Sign… Read More
Toshiba will now produce Blu-ray
August 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The decision marks a big change for the electronics firm which was the prime mover of the rival HD-DVD format. Blu-ray and HD-DVD went head-to-head to see who could dominate the burgeoning market for movies produced in the high definition format. The format war was effectively won in early 2008 when the Blu-ray camp won… Read More
640GB HDD for laptops from Samsung and Toshiba
August 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Samsung and Toshiba Electronics have churned out 640GB hard disk drives for the laptops/netbooks. Toshiba will be shipping these mammoth size HDDs to the OEMs by the end of this month. With an areal density of 817.9 Mbit/mm2 (528.5 Gbit/in2), the new drive delivers performance improvements from Toshiba’s previous generation of 5,400RPM drives, and raises… Read More
Island of Majorca
August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As a top European Holida Destination, Majorca has gone through a few inventions. It began the last century among Spain’s poorest regions, became one of the classiest vacation spots in the Mediterranean in the 1920s, exploded as a package tourism destination in the 1970s, and ended the century as the most expensive part of Spain…. Read More
Samsung YP-R0 MP3 Player
August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The YP-R0 MP3 player has apparently been unofficially unveiled. This Samsung machine comes with a 2.6-inch touchscreen display, 8GB of storage space, an RDS FM tuner, microphone, microSD card slot and a weight of only 60 grams. The player will open lots of files and you’ll be able to listen to music, watch videos and… Read More
