This device is perfect for those who are paranoid and obsessed with their data and web security. StealthSurfer is a Windows PC compatible key-sized USB device that is preloaded with the following softwares:
Firefox - a popular high-speed browser with enhanced security
Anonymizer - offers anonymous surfing, complete network security and IP masking
RoboForm - a "one-click" form-fill with secure user ID/password management application
Thunderbird - for portable POP3/SMPT email, news groups, RSS feeds, and blog access
All softwares are configured and integrated for optimum privacy. When using StealthSurfer, all your sensitive Internet files such as cookies, history, and cache are stored on the StealthSurfer device instead of your computer.
You can buy the USB from StealthSurfer site direct at:
Japanese mobile operator DoCoMo has developed a ring that turns your finger into a phone receiver.
The ring Ubi-Wa, which in Japanese means 'finger ring' and 'speak by finger', converts speech sounds to vibrations, reports the online edition of BBC News. These vibrations travel down the bone and into the ear canal, which obligingly turns them back into intelligible speech, it said.
DoCoMo is continuing the development of the ring. As it shrinks, it will be too small to sport functioning buttons.
What about that? It reminds me of Inspector Gadget!
Note: This is the picture of Masaaki Fukumoto who came up with fingerphone idea.
The first UK vending machines selling mobile handsets are were unveiled by mobile operator Vodafone in Manchester earlier this week.
Voda UK's retail division spokesman said, "These will be popular with people who need a phone in an emergency, either because they have lost their phone or it has run out of battery. They are for people who know what they want and who don't want to go through the rigmarole of talking to a sales assistant."
Similar ideas such as disposable cell phones have been pioneered by companies such as Hop-On in the US, where Apple has also been using vending machines to sell iPods.
Isn't that nice? But what if the phone stuck inside the vending machine? Can I kick the machine to drop my phone ... I just can't walk away as I walk away a stuck 50 cents candy bar!
An Austrian chocolate maker has joined forces with Al Ain Camel Farm and Dairy to create a new delicacy - camel milk chocolates!
Vienna-based Chocolatier Hochleitner took six months to develop the treats. Company head Johann Georg Hochleitner said camel's milk was a good alternative to cow's milk because it was lower in fat and sweeter.
I can't wait to taske one of those! What about you?
The plan is to start production June 2006
NOTE: This is not the picture of the camel chocolate I'm talking about here ... it is just a picture of a camel shaped chocolate ... Would you eat it if it looks like this?
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Moon!
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I have read some rumors and spam emails before regarding the theory that man did not land on the moon. I found that theory interesting, but I never thought that this can be a very serious matter! Take a look at the introductory video when you click at this link.
The director (Bart Sibrel) clearly states that the Apollo moon landings are science fiction. He had made four documentaries to support his theory:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon Astronauts Gone Wild Apollo 11 Monkey Business Apollo 11 Post-Flight Press Conference
So what do you think? Are the Apollo moon landings really science fiction?
Google Base: Submit All Types of Your Online & Offline Content to Google!
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I'm back to Googlemania now ... rumors are spreading about the new Google service (Google Base). It is not wildly available right now. According to CNN, screen shots of the experimental service, dubbed "Google Base," appeared on several Web sites Tuesday shortly after the legions of people who dissect the online search engine leader's every move discovered a link to a page inviting people to list things like a used car for sale, a party planning service and current events. It looks like Google' is beginning to threaten eBay about starting its own online auction!
Google confirmed the development of the service a few hours after taking down the link. This is what Google said about this rumor in their (Google Blog) page:
"We are testing a new way for content owners to submit their content to Google, which we hope will complement existing methods such as our web crawl and Google Sitemaps. We think it's an exciting product, and we'll let you know when there's more news."
To give a brief description of this new service, I will quote what (About Google Base) page said about it:
"Google Base is a Google databse into which you can easily submit all types of online and offline content, where we'll host it and make it searchable online. You can describe any item you post with attributes, which will help people find it when they seach Google Base. In fact, based on the relevance of your items, they may also be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle, Google Base, and Google Local."
Click at the following link to read the "print screen" shot of the (About Google Base) page:
Construction work is expected to begin next year and last for three years on the new 255-m Stellar Tower, which is to be built as a tribute to the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
The London-based architects Make designed the building, which is to take shape on Ittihad Square and will house shops, offices, a restaurant and a 300-bed hotel.
The building envelope has been designed to provide an efficient solar protective skin around the whole structure providing 90% solar protection, ensuring that the air conditioning system functions with a reasonable cooling output and minimises the energy required to operate.
The two technologies being considered for the ‘Stellar Tower’ are building integrated photovoltaic (PV) cells and wind power. Photovoltaic (PV) cell process converts free solar energy, the most abundant energy source on the planet, directly into electricity. And the wind power to provide additional natural electrical energy production.
Meet The Coelacanth: The 400 million year old "Living Fossil" Fish!
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Meet the coelacanth, a bizarre fish and the 400 million year old "living fossil" that has changes little in its 400 million years on Earth. It is purely amazing fish indeed! I was hooked on TV when I saw the TV program (NOVA) on PBS which talkes about the ancient creatures of the deep.
Pre-dating the dinosaurs by millions of years and once thought to have gone extinct with them, 65 million years ago, the Coelacanth with its "missing link" "proto legs" was "discovered" alive and well in 1938!
You can read more facts and stories about the coelacanth at the following site:
I just came across this cool gadgets for the kids today!
Aimed squarely at kids 8 to 13 years old—who are getting too old for electronic games that look like toys—the FLY is a product sure to draw gasps whenever it's used. The FLY combines a scanner, computer, and pen, so that it sees what you write and responds appropriately.
World's Smallest Car: Slightly Wider Than a Strand of DNA!
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HOUSTON, Texas - The smallest car ever constructed - a single molecule "nanocar" just one 80 thousandth the size of a human hair - has been built by scientists at Rice University.
The whole car is no more than 4 nanometers across. That's slightly wider than a strand of DNA. A human hair is about 80,000 nanometers thick.
How to make a nanocar?
At room temperature, strong electrical bonds hold the buckyball wheels tightly against the gold, but heating to about 200 degrees Celsius frees them to roll ... easy isn't it?
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a rare look at the moon to gauge the amount of oxygen-bearing minerals in the lunar soil that could be mined by astronauts and used in a new moon mission.
NASA said Wednesday that the telescope's ultraviolet observations of two Apollo landing sites and an unexplored but geologically intriguing area will help scientists pick the best spots for robot and human exploration. The space agency hopes to return astronauts to the moon by 2018 using Apollo-like capsules and rockets made of shuttle parts.
The data also will benefit a lunar reconnaissance spacecraft to be launched in 2008.
Programmers released version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org today, a major overhaul to the open source software suite that has recently become a more serious rival to Microsoft Office.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 inculdes the following 5 applications:
What is also interesting is that OpenOffice.org includes built-in PDF export ... You can get all of these goodies for free! Donations are welcomed :) I would also recommend that you read the following aricle:
I just got this email from my sister telling me about the design of the new Abu Dhabi Airport. I tried to find some good reference in the internet about this new project, but couldn't find any. Anyway, you can view the images I received by clicking at the following links:
New Abu Dhabi Qatar Airport (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8)
UPDATE: That's what I was told, when it looks like I was given false information. The pictures are for the new Qatar Airport. Sorry for this mistake!
NASA Space Probe Passes Over Dione (Saturn's Icy Moon)
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A NASA space probe has passed within 500km of one of Saturn's moons on Oct. 11, 2005 giving scientists the best view yet of its icy surface.
The Cassini spacecraft passed over the moon Dione revealing a landscape pockmarked with craters and showing signs of tectonic activity but no atmosphere.
It is indeed an amazing picture. It looks like a computer generated image, but it is not! Click here to view a larger image.
Maxtor has launched a new backup drive that promises capacities up to one terabyte (1TB or 1,000GB) for people who feel they never quiet have enough space for backup.
The new Maxtor One Touch III Turbo will allow users to easily configure the solution for either RAID 0 or RAID 1.
The drive will be available in December in two capacity points: 600 gigabytes and 1 terabyte.
This is another article by Sean Carton talking about the Fads of the future. Here are some highlights of the article:
How do you know if a new technology is a fad or not?
1. Does it meet a need? 2. Who's going to maintain it? 3. Does it match your overall site strategy? 4. Does the company have the resources to maintain it? 5. Can your customers/visitors handle the technical demands?
Sean Carton's list of the greatest potential future fads out there today:
1. Podcasting. 2. Weblogs 3. Video 4. RSS 5. Social Networking.
This is a very interesting article by (Sean Carton) that all web developers must put in mind when designing their websites. Beware of those 10 fads of the past! I used to apply 8 out of those 10 fads in my old (uaeforever.com) web page. I don't think I will every do the same for (Fahad Inc.) anymore! Those fads are:
I'm surprised how come I haven't noticed this article by PCWorld. It was published back in July 2005. It is very interesting article that lists the best 100 products in 2005.
Congratulations Mozilla FireFox for being the top product of 2005 and also Google Gmail for being in the second place! Let me highlight some of the other "interesting" winners:
1. Mozilla Firefox Web Browser 2. Google Gmail Web Mail 7. Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Drive Portable Hard Drive 16. Google Search Engine 28. Mozilla Thunderbird E-Mail Program 51. Flickr.com Photography Site 70. A9.com Search Engine 76. Google Desktop Search Desktop Search Tool 87. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Web Site 88. Opera 8 Web Browser 95. Garmin StreetPilot C330 GPS Navigation Device
Samsung SPH-V7900 Mobile Phone with 3GB HDD
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Samsung Electronics launched a cellular phone with a 3GB memory, the world's largest data storage capacity ever applied to mobile handsets.
The SPH-V7900 handset can hold up to three digital movies or 700 music files in its built-in memory chip, which also functions as a portable hard disc for computers, Samsung said in a statement.
The new product, equipped with a two-megapixel camera and dual speakers, is a follow-up to Samsung's September model with a 1.5-gigabyte memory.
