Entries Tagged as ‘Gadgets’

March 9, 2009

Apple Netbook coming soon?

DigiTimes reports that Taiwan-based Quanta Computer will build a new netbook computer for Apple. A netbook (a portmanteau of Internet and notebook) is a class of laptop computer designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet. Netbooks “rely heavily on the Internet for remote access to web-based applications” (Wikipedia)
The plan is to ship the [...]

January 13, 2009

Vonage sucks!!

I have been a Vonage customer for few months…that was until recently.
The story goes like this…
One day I decided that I was done with the Vonage phone service and decided to call it a day. Moving to a new place which made me decide to combine all my accounts i.e. HD Channels, High speed Internet [...]

January 19, 2008

Honda’s robot ASIMO will serve drinks!

About a month back, I had written about Toyota’s Robot. Last month (Dec 2007), Honda came out with it’s robot (Humanoids) that will work in pairs and even serve drinks!
Honda has devised a system, which can link two robots with each other so they can work in pairs and share information [...]

December 6, 2007

Violinist or Domestic Helper Robot? – ask Toyota

From car manufacturing to the Robot manufacturing – now, that’s what Toyota all about.
Toyota introduced 2 robots, which can assist humans in transportation, domestic duties and care taking. One robot will have the task of transporting people one place to another @ the speed of 3.7 miles per hour. The battery life can last up [...]