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"Sadda Haq Aithe Rakh" is the one of the best song of Imtiaz Ali directed movie Rockstar starring Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri. Sadda Haq can be this season's new anthem, representing a stand against corruption & atrocity. The music of the film is from prominent and prolific music composer A R Rahman. Enjoy this full song

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Ra One full song Bhare Naina is out now. Watch its video & share your views with us. It is one of the best soulful song in recent time.

I like shopping online, but I hate shopping online too. The thing I like is that I don’t have to fight the idiot masses at Walmart when I buy online. I hate having to wait a week or more to get the stuff I want though. Amazon has its Prime service that gives you faster shipping for $79 yearly and according to the Chicago Tribune, Google is looking to make a similar move. Google is said to be in talks with retailers to offer a one-day delivery service for goods purchased online. The real trick to the one-day delivery service is that it would have to be cheap. Very few online shoppers will be willing to pay much more for faster delivery. Analysts claim that the Google move is motivated by the need to compete with Amazon. There are a lot of retailers that sell goods online that have shown interest in the Google program according to the Chicago Tribune. The retailers in talks now are said to include Macy’s, Gap, and OfficeMax. The one-day program from Google would use the existing product

The GM Volt extended range hybrid has been in the news a lot lately after a test vehicle caught fire in the test center parking lot three weeks after a side impact crash test. The fire sparked a wider investigation into the Volt and other vehicles that use similar battery packs. Three more Volt vehicles were tested and two of them also hadbattery issues, one caught fire after a side impact crash test and the other smoked and emitted sparks. This has led to some worry among owners of the Volt and GM is doing all it can to make them feel better, including offering to buy the cars back. The NYT reports that GM CEO Daniel F. Akerson has said that if an owner of a Volt is worried about the risk of fire that the automaker would buy the Volt back. The move is not common, a major safety issue will result in the cars being recalled and fixes applied typically. The Volt is an important car for GMs image so it is pulling out all of the stops. GM had previously offered to loan the Volt owner anoth

Microsoft is considering dropping support for regular software on Windows 8 on ARM tablets, according to the latest leaks, leaving owners of the slates with only Metro-style apps to play with. Contrary to original suggestions from Microsoft, that developers – although having to rewrite their x86 software to suit ARM chipsets – would be able to release regular, desktop versions of their apps for Windows 8 tablets, that decision now looks like it will be reversed, ZDNet reports. It’s suggested the turnaround could be part of Microsoft’s strategy to better challenge Apple’s iPad with consumer-centric devices. Until now, Microsoft has said that Windows 8 ARM tablet owners would have a choice when it came to software. The new OS brings the Metro UI to PCs from Windows Phone, with a more finger-friendly, Live Tile based interface for touch use and general multitasking, and the regular desktop underneath if needed. Now, it seems, Microsoft may limit ARM Windows 8 tablets only to that Metro

RIM has joined the crowd of manufacturers and carriers distancing themselves from Carrier IQ, telling SlashGear that it neither preloads the snooping software on BlackBerry phones, nor authorizes carrier partners to do so themselves. The Canadian company insists it “did not develop or commission the development of the CarrierIQ application, and has no involvement in the testing, promotion, or distribution of the app” which has been accused of monitoring calls, location and other details of how cellphone owners use their devices. BlackBerry devices were among the original crop of phones tipped to use Carrier IQ software, back whendeveloper T.Eckhard first publicized the presence of the privacy-bothering tool. He claimed the RIM smartphones would send back detailed usage information without the owner’s permission or knowledge, over either WiFi or cellular data connections, which carriers would use as part of their market research and network management. That, RIM now says, it’s patently

A new Android app to identify whether your smartphone has any Carrier IQ tracking/monitoring software installed on it has been released, the Voodoo Carrier IQ detector, giving users a simple way to put their minds to rest on privacy. The handiwork of Android app developer supercurio, the tool is only a few hours old and only partially finished, with the consequent warning that the results can’t be entirely relied on yet. As you can see from the screenshot above – taken on our Galaxy Nexus today – Google’s latest smartphone doesn’t have any evidence of Carrier IQ, just as the company insisted. We also run it on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, with no sign of Carrier IQ software on there either. supercurio has offered up the source code under an open-source license for those who want to help refine the tool, so we’re guessing the rough edges and reliability will be polished off in short order. Of course, it’s not just Android devices that are potentially using the data-gathering app. Apple ha

Apple has managed to extend the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban in Australia for a further week, despite an appeals court describing the block as “clearly wrong”, after an appeal of its own to the high court. Samsung had been given permission to put the 10-inch Android tablet on sale in the country from today, but Apple squeezed in a quick appeal request which forced an extension to the injunction until December 9, ABC reports. However, while the delay is likely to be increasingly frustrating to Samsung, legal experts doubt it is a sign that Apple has a wildcard up its sleeve. “I actually don’t think there is a huge amount to read into this” IP law expert Peter Black told the SMH, blaming time constraints for the delayed appeal. “It would not have been logistically possible for the High Court or Apple and Samsung to hear the special leave application this week … so it’ll be heard next week.” In the meantime, the Australian High Court judges would not want Samsung’s tablet to go on sa

Here’s another update to the whole Carrier IQ news blowup in the past week (this time it’s Google’s turn, instead of Apple). Word on the street is that Google has confirmed that they themselves have no affiliation whatsoever with Carrier IQ, and that Nexus devices do not included the software. So this is essentially Google officially distanced itself from any responsibility for the tracking software from Carrier IQ. We wonder what Carrier IQ’s response will be, especially after Senator Al Franken called the company out just this afternoon. We do not have an affiliation with CarrierIQ. Android is an open source effort and we do not control how carriers or OEMs customize their devices. After having being found on numerous handsets currently offered on the market, Carrier IQ news has basically blown up this past week. While Verizon has claimed that Carrier IQ isn’t installed on their devices, Apple, RIM, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and most Android devices do indeed show evidence of the tracki

Word is that the public beta of Windows 8 is apparently slated to be released in late February of 2012, according to sources close to Microsoft. The timing of the public beta launch has been much talked about in tech circles; it’s expected that Windows 8 will be officially released in 2012, but the actual expected date for the completion and shipment of the upcoming Microsoft operating system remains, at the moment, unrevealed. Though, with the knowledge of the public beta release’s time frame, we’ll have a better idea of the overall time frame of the new Windows operating system. The Next Web was unable to confirm from Microsoft precisely what will be in the public beta of Windows 8, the feature set not yet released nor specified. But it will most likely be decided by the engineers working on the project deciding which parts are release-ready. So, no information has been imparted yet on the email function currently missing from the developer preview of Windows 8, and if it will be in

An overwhelming majority of iPhone 4S owners are “very satisfied” with their new Apple device, and in particular, of the onboard Siri Digital Assistant. According to a new survey released by ChangeWave Research, 77 percent of iPhone 4S owners reported being “very satisfied” with their purchases, with Siri at the top of the list of most-enjoyed features. The survey also showed that customer satisfaction ratings for the latest Apple iPhone are higher than that of its predecessor, the iPhone 4. And to say that the 4S was only a lateral step for new Apple tech? Apparently the majority of people don’t think so. So far, the largest complaint (38 percent of surveyed users) about the iPhone 4S was directed towards the short battery life, while 30 percent stated that they didn’t like the lack of 4G wireless connectivity speeds (no LTE yet for the iPhone). Dropped calls, which historically ranked as one of the biggest complaints for the iPhone, remain a negative. Only just 8 percent cited excess

A new patent application from Apple released today reveals the company’s recent foray into new methods for establishing communication between devices close to each other for the purposes of sharing data. In its application, Apple proposes the use of next generation camera systems and identifying marks such as barcodes and possibly even invisible ink to allow recognition and verification between devices. If you’re trying to see which company is pushing the boundaries between device-based data sharing, Apple certainly makes a compelling statement with this patent filed today. Patently Apple details: The devices could share the keys using any suitable approach, including for example providing the keys in a manner that an image captured by each device could include the other device’s key. For example, devices could be placed opposite each other (e.g., face-to-face, face-to-back, or back-to-back) such that a camera of the device includes the other device in its field of view… In one impleme

"Jis Jagah Pe Khatam Sabki Baat Hoti Hai" is the title track of Bollywood's mega starrer movie Players featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikander Kher in lead roles. The music of this film is composed by Pritam. This Title track is sung by Neeraj Shridhar, Siddharth Basrur, Mauli Dave.

You’ve got a choice when it comes to getting your baby around in style, and if 4moms has anything to say about it, the Origami Stroller is going to be both your most expensive and most awesomely Jetsons-styled choice. You’ll be paying a grand total of $850 USD plus tax to take your child in a unit that uses wheel-mounted dynamos for battery charging and its electronic folding and unfolding system. Have a look at the demonstration video and see if this is exactly what you want the first couple years of your baby’s life to revolve around. Also inside the stroller you’ll find running lights, a kid-in-seat sensor, a pedometer (of course) and an assortment of other less mentionable but just as fantastic implementations of future adult oriented technology – like an LCD screen! The one thing this stroller will not do is ward off, as Cory Doctorow reminds us, the hoards of pro-walking devils that would lay waste to your sense of good parenting when you’ve got a child with two perfectly good le

Over the last couple years, I’ve been a devoted Netflix customer, paying my fee every month to access the company’s streaming service. But I’m starting to wonder if it’s time for Netflix to go. I came to that realization recently when I started accessing content on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video. I watched a few television shows, checked out a couple movies I hadn’t seen in a long time, and realized something: for $79 per year, I was getting an experience that matches what I get from Netflix for about $96 per year. [Image credit:  Roo Reynolds ] So, I have to ask: Why do we have Netflix? Looking around the entertainment space, it seems that many content providers agree. Starz, for example, is likely going to pull its content from Netflix at the beginning of March after the companies couldn’t come to a new agreement. HBO has been one of the most desired content providers for Netflix users, but that company has balked at the idea of offering its content on the service, saying that such a d

Google Wallet will soon be heading to a vending machine near you. The NFC-enabled payment system lets you make purchases with a simple tap of your smartphone. It can also deliver coupons and rewards directly to your phone. Terminals with NFC support will be deployed to the vending machines starting in NYC, Chicago, D.C., and San Francisco. The Google Wallet terminals will be deployed by Cantaloupe Systems, which provides tech services for several vending machine operators. One company, Mark Vend, operates about 2,000 vending machines in the Chicago area and plans to install NFC terminals with Google Wallet support in half of its machines by 2012. The machines with Google Wallet will feature prominent stickers to differentiate them from regular machines. However, adoption of Google Wallet still has a long way to go. The payment system was first announced back in May, but it only works with Sprint’s Nexus S 4G at the moment. And even with vending machines, Cantaloupe has so far only inst

When you first get a glimpse of these little pieces of hardware, you may well mistake them for earbuds for listening to your high-fidelity soundscapes – what they are instead is earPLUGS of the highest quality, made for protecting your ears from sound evil! You’ll find that these earplugs earn their name Ear Armor by being made of top grade metals and silicone fittings that V-MODA notes are medical-grade. You’ll get harmful noise reduced by 12 dB evenly across the frequency sound spectrum as the rest of the sounds (the ones you want to hear) remain crystal clear. These little plugs sit in your ear all comfortable like complete with metal casings (none of that touching the innards of your ear, of course. The silicone bud is what holds the bud in place and blocks the sound while the metal is a lovely shiny color that’ll make sure you’re looking fashionable as you keep your eardrums safe. The idea for these buds came from a mister Val Kolton, V-MODA founder and accomplished DJ, found that

If you’re unaware of who Al Franken is in the US Senate, you sure as heck must at least remember him from his days on Saturday Night Live – but today’s nothing funny, fans of the giggles, because Franken has just laid down the law on our most recent group under suspicion of being less than honorable when it comes to recording our every move on smartphones. That’s right, Carrier IQ, you’ve been handed more than just a letter from the Franken camp, you’ve been served a pre-emptive smackdown for the future of your tap-collecting past. Have a look here at what Franken told Carrier IQ about what the Senate is about to investigate them on – bad news for them! Turn your speakers down to basically zero and head to this site to see what this fight is about to equate to:http://dreddlaw.ytmnd.com/ then cross your fingers and hope that Franken’s camp can actually get some real answers out of Carrier IQ, because thus far noone else has. What we’ve been hearing today, on the other hand, is simply al

YouTube unveiled today the biggest redesign of its homepage in history. The revamped interface appears to be part of Google’s move to introduce a social layer to all its products, adding a new emphasis on integrations with social networks like Google+ and Facebook, as well as bringing in new algorithmic channel feeds. The emphasis on channel subscriptions also makes it easy to navigate and watch YouTube as if you were watching TV. The new design focuses on channel subscriptions that are listed in the left-hand column, with Google+ and Facebook feeds listed at the top that when clicked show videos shared by any of your friends or circles. This column also features other ways to filter your feed, curated feeds, suchas Trending channels, and also lets you pin any specific channel subscriptions to the list. When a subscription or filter in the left column is clicked on, the corresponding videos show up in the center column, with the latest videos from the feed showing up first. The right c

Following statements from several handset manufacturers and network operators addressing the Carrier IQcontroversy, Microsoft has confirmed that its Windows Phone devices do not use Carrier IQ. The software, intended for diagnostic purposes, is now under fire for privacy issues after claims that it can track users’ keystrokes, including SMS history. The controversy began when Carrier IQ was discovered on Android devices, which led to investigating its existence on other platforms such as iOS and Windows. Apple had admitted earlier today that its older generation iOS platforms do indeed use Carrier IQ but that most of its iOS 5 devices no longer support the software. The company also assures that future updates would completely remove the software. Nokia also issued a statement earlier today denying the use of Carrier IQ on its devices, and similarly, Microsoft is saying the same. Via a Twitter message, Head of Microsoft’s Windows Phone Program Management Joe Belfiore confirmed that Ca

What we’re looking at today is a few more photos from the wild of the Galaxy Nexus working out on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, this time showing off how the two, count them, two Verizon apps on the device will be able to be disabled at will right out of the box. This is not a miraculous feature as it was made clear that we’d be able to disable apps back when Ice Cream Sandwich aka Android 4.0 was revealed in Hong Kong a few weeks ago, but it is neat to see that this feature remains available here in the Verizon Galaxy Nexus device. What this means is not that these apps will disappear from the phone entirely, just that they’ll be effectively gone from your sight and your processes. This comes atop our seemingly infinite wait to get this new hero device here in the United States after launches have either been announced or already gone through with in the UK and Japan this past month. While this version of the Galaxy Nexus is not technically as pure vanilla (read: without any carrier or ma

The first time we used the Hangouts feature on Google+, the group’s social media network, just a few short weeks ago, the team here at SlashGear suddenly found our around-the-world group of misfit publishers in a very real room with video chat – now we’re to understand that this service will be expanded with free phone call-ins. What this means is that if you’ve already started a Hangout and you know your friend is mobile, you can call them in. The great thing about this is that it works for any kind of phone, just so long as the person being called can talk on it. What Google+ Hangouts allows you the member of Google+ to do is video chat with your contacts – but more than that, you can share YouTube videos, have a single person sitting in the hotseat, and share your desktop as well. What mister Jarkko Oikarinen of the Google+ crew now tells us is that due to the many requests they’ve received for the additional functionality, they’ve integrated a new function that allows you to activa

Apple has confirmed reports that its previous generation iOS platforms support the Carrier IQ data tracking software, but the company assures that the software has been removed in most of its iOS 5 devices, such as the iPhone 4S, and that future updates are set to remove the software completely. The company follows a number of handset manufacturers and carriers that have issued statements in the past week to distance themselves from Carrier IQ. The controversy was  tipped off  in late November, when an Android user began warning other users about a little known software he discovered pre-installed on handsets that could track user data. The data-collection company behind the software, Carrier IQ, then threatened legal action but has since retracted its cease-and-desist. But that got the snowball rolling with several companies having to issue clarifications, including Verizon, Vodafone, Rogers, O2, and Nokia. Carrier IQ had allegedly inked deals with the major handset manufacturers and

Barnes & Noble issued its fiscal Q2 2012 earnings report today, revealing its Nook line of products to be a $220 million business, while its latest Nook Tablet has become the company’s fastest selling device to date. However, even with the success of its Nook sales, the company overall faced a net loss of $6.6 million this past quarter. The Nook Tablet launched on November 7 with a price tag of $249 and quickly became the fastest selling Nook product for Barnes & Noble. At the same time, the company dropped the price of its Nook Color and Nook Simple Touch e-readers to $199 and $99, respectively. Altogether, these changes in the last quarter increased Nook sales by 85 percent. Sales of physical books had dropped, but Barnes & Noble says it was offset by the strong Nook sales as well as the liquidation of Borders stores. The company’s online sales increased by 17 percent from the same quarter last year and was further boosted another 10.7 percent thanks to the three-day holi

There’s so very much to say about a couple of devices when you’re comparing them, especially two titans like the iPad 2 and the Asus Transformer Prime, but what we’re going to do here is get down to some basics – namely some benchmark tests that work just as well on both iOS and Android – so that we can have a clear view of how the two work in relation to one another. We’ve got a few tests lined up here, first of all SunSpider, an internet browser-based JavaScript benchmark which tests how well your internet is going to work based on the machine more than your connection. Next there’s Rightware’s BrowserMark, another test that sits in the internet browser. Finally there’s GLBenchmark 2.1 which is one of the only apps that works on both iOS and Android outside of the browser, and frames per second across the screen is what it works with. First let’s have a look at the browser benchmarks. While we’ve used SunSpider in the past and you’ll be able to find previous marks of ours on other de

Sony is showing off their PlayStation Store’s Video Store with a set of “Most Insane Immersive Movie Experience EVER” spots that show off how utterly awesome it is to pick up and watch movies straight from your gaming console, and they’re pretty darn cool. Each of these videos is done in a way that impresses the viewer more than anything, showing them what’s possible in a room filmed by a camera to produce a video with absolutely no after-effects that looks like it was done with nothing BUT after-effects. This does have a tie back to the idea that the PlayStation Store has videos for sale, but who cares! Have a look at how awesome your entertainment can be with PS3! What you’ll find in the three videos at hand here is a fellow sitting in a room watching his television with his PlayStation, tapping in to a movie which explodes upon him like a storm. Have a peek at the first video here and see if you can tell which movie is being referenced. And don’t let the bright green lights and grid

Google is a place where even though their slogan may no longer have to do with the doing of no evil, they certainly do a lot of good AND have a lot of fun – case in point: a hidden feature in the newest version of their mobile operating system Ice Cream Sandwich by the name of Android Dreams. This feature is otherwise known as Rocket Launcher or “RocketLauncher” for those of you buzzing around the hacker circuit, and what we’ve got courtesy of our pal Cory from Android Community is a hands-on experience with this new way of looking at your apps. All you need is a bit of digging skills and you can see this rather spacey experience for yourself! What you yourself will have to do to get this launcher going is one of several things. First, you could go to the Android Market and find one of several 3rd party apps that are popping up that allow you to activate the launcher at hand – search for RocketLauncher ICS if you dare. Otherwise you can follow Cory’s lead and downloadLauncher Pro from

When it comes to well-placed stores, Apple is more than a pro in the industry, and confirming their plans to add another hero store in Grand Central NYC on the 9th of December keeps their crown undeniably intact. Apple has both changed the sign in this newest and certainly amongst the grandest of future Apple Stores from “arriving soon” to “arriving Friday, December 9,” this once again reminding consumers that the Black Friday launch was never in the cards to begin with. This store’s launch has been mired in controversy since its initial announcement, but none too relevant to stop the actual opening of the doors next week. Construction workers were apparently the ones who revealed to sources that had the store been planned for opening on Black Friday, they certainly weren’t aware of it, and that any way you look at it, there was simply too much to be done as far as actual construction work for a launch last week. So add this to your list of things we’ve got to wait just a LITTLE bit lo

Another day, another Verizon Galaxy Nexus release date rumor, and now Best Buy is tipped to be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich in stock on December 11. The retailer is expecting the LTE smartphone to hit its stockroom shelves in a little over a week’s time, according to the screenshot Engadget‘s tipster sent in, though with no street date listed it’s unclear when, exactly, the handset will actually be offered up for sale. There are also a few confusing spec inaccuracies, such as the thickness and weight of the handset according to Best Buy’s records, but that could well be a simple error in data entry. Earlier rumors had tipped a December 8 release for the Verizon smartphone, though neither Samsung nor Google has committed to any date publicly. That’s unsurprisingly driving would-be Galaxy Nexus buyers in the US wild, with some resorting to importing HSPA+ GSM handsets from Europe – where the phone has been available for a couple of weeks now – to jump ahead of the crowd. European GSM p

AT&T has lashed back at the FCC over its comments regarding the T-Mobile USA acquisition, calling preliminary analysis “obviously one-sided” and “an advocacy piece, and not a considered analysis.” Penned by Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs, the rebuke claims the FCC report “cherry-picks facts to support its views, and ignores facts that don’t” while “where facts were lacking, the report speculates, with no basis, and then treats its own speculations as if they were fact.” AT&T then breaks down individual points made by the FCC, which the agency had used to express its concerns that the acquisition of T-Mobile USA would be contrary to the public interest. It dismissed the authors’ suggestions that, even without the deal, AT&T would “expand its LTE deployment from 80% of the population to 97.4% even without the merger” but points out that it later goes on to argue “that the level of wireless competition in more popu

iPhone 4S buyers are more content with their smartphone than iPhone 4 buyers were after that handset’s 2010 launch, according to a new survey, with Siri most cited as the best feature of the iOS device. 77-percent of iPhone 4S owners told consumer research firm ChangeWave that they were “very satisfied” with the handset, with 19-percent saying they were merely “somewhat satisfied”; only 2-percent of those questioned had drifted out of the honeymoon period and reported that they were dissatisfied. It’s worth pointing out that ChangeWave’s survey base wasn’t exactly the millions of people who bought an iPhone 4S. The company questioned 215 owners on topics like overall satisfaction, favorite features, the number of dropped calls observed and how good battery life turned out to be. Siri was the most popular feature, with 49-percent saying it was the one thing they liked the best, followed by ease-of-use (39-percent) and the upgraded 8-megapixel camera (33-percent). As for those elements o

Of all the recent space secrets that the USAF and NASA are keeping one of the most intriguing is the X-37B that is in orbit right now. The space plane looks like a smaller version of the retired space shuttle and was lofted into orbit back in March for a 9-month mission. Exactly what the mission of the X-37B is and what payload is in its cargo bay is unknown. The spacecraft is 29-feet long and took off on the tip of an Atlas 5 rocket. All the USAF officials have said so far is that the X-37B is an orbiting experiment platform. The spacecraft is designed with wings and when it returns to earth it will use GPS to land on a runway in California. Engineers on the mission are extending the craft’s stay in orbit by an undefined period. The USAF says that the extension will allow it to get the maximum value from the mission. The orbiter itself is reusable and is clad in heat shielding materials to return the experiment payloads to earth intact. This is the second X-37 aircraft to be sent into

As the smartphones that we all know and love get thinner, the components inside the device must get thinner too. Super thin smartphones like the Droid Razr for instance can benefit from things like even thinner camera sensors. Sharp has a new camera sensor for the smartphone market that it hails as the thinnest CMOS camera sensor launched. The sensor is only 5.47mm thick and has a 12.1MP resolution. It also has 1/3.2 type optical image stabilization. That means that it’s thin and has clear high-resolution images. Sharp will start shipping the new sensor in February 12. I would bet that we will see a lot of smartphones using this new sensor next year. The camera sensor also has auto focus and it can record 1080p video as well using the reduce camera shake feature. The model of the new sensor is RJ63YC100 and a sample sensor sells for 12,000 yen. Samples will ship tomorrow with production kicking off on January 10. Sharp plans to make 100,000 of the new camera sensors monthly.

During the space race in the 60′s and 70′s NASA sent several mission to the moon. Of all those manned moon missions, the only one that wasn’t successful was Apollo 13. This is the mission where the oxygen tank exploded after the ship had been on path to the moon for two days. This is also the mission where the infamous “Houston, we’ve had a problem” comes from. The chart that the astronauts on the ill-fated mission used to determine their location in space went up for auction recently. Without the chart the crew of Apollo 13 would not been able to get back home in their damaged ship. The chart has the handwriting of commander James Lovell used to determine the correct angle of descent for the spacecraft back into Earth’s atmosphere. The huge $380,000 price paid for the piece of space history makes it the highest selling price for an item from a moon mission that never actually made it to the moon. I find myself wondering if that list is still considered government property along the li

Samsung isn’t just relying on Microsoft’s second-gen Surface SUR40 for sales of its in-pixel multitouch LCD panels: the company has begun mass production of the 40-inch display, and is eyeing other potential implementations of the 50-point multitouch system. What makes Samsung’s screen special is the PixelSense optical sensors, embedded in with the display itself, and capable of not only tracking multiple points of finger contact, but of capturing images of whatever objects are placed on top of it. Since putting things on top of displays normally ends in cracks and weeping, Samsung has outfitted this particular panel with a sheet of tempered glass that can withstand 80kg. However the expectation is that it will be used for eye-catching (and convenient) tricks like scanning documents placed on top or – since wall-mounting is an option – held against it. The LCD itself runs at 1080p 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, with 178-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angles. It has a 2,000:1 c

If you are in the market for a new smartphone, the Christmas season is a good time to be in the market. Not only can you get good deals, but also you can at times find some exclusive devices that are only around for a short while. This is the case with the new white version of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. The white version of the phone will be a limited time offer and will land on December 4 at AT&T. The standard black version of the Skyrocket hit on November 6 at AT&T. Other than the white color of the phone, it is the same underneath as the original version. That means it has a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen and runs Android 2.3.5. The processor is a 1.5GHz dual-core offering and it has an 8MP main camera that has 1080p video capturing capability. The front camera of the smartphone has 2MP resolution. The big thing about both colors of the smartphone is the access to the 4G LTE network with lots more speed than the 3D network normal S II smartphones operate on. AT&am