Wednesday, September 23, 2009

5 Top Captions for a Tech Geek’s T-Shirt

If you are a tech geek and want to show the world how savvy you are towards technology, the only way (or one of the ways) is to get these captions on your T-shirts. There is no need to be shy of being a geek any more because, geeks rule.
  1. e = MC2 : Of course the famous mass-energy equivalence from the greatest scientist ever on the world - Albert Einstein. This equation is so famous that you need not be a geek really in order to bear this caption on your T-Shirt.
  2. There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don’t: So if you are asking where the other 8 types are, then you are not worth bearing this caption. Every geek knows ‘10’ = ‘2’ in binary.
  3. DOS: The Microsoftwear: No, this is not definitely another brand of apparel from Microsoft, but this caption holds you as a super-fan of Microsoft.
  4. Googling Around! Another funky caption for a geek whose day is not a day without googling.
  5. Apple : Micorsoft :: #N : ctrl-C: This might seem to be the proportionality formula over Apple and Micorsoft. The underlying thing in this caption is that Apple creates new while Microsoft copies.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Is the recession over?

After passing through such a drastic period of recession, people are still enthusiastic to know if the recession is over. As you can see that there are much hype on layoffs, surging unemployment rate, inflation rates, etc. in the news, can we assume it’s over or atleast slowed down a bit?

The chiefs of two central banks of US and UK said that their country’s economies have emerged out of recession. Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England and Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, have given the good news in separate statements.

According to Mr. King – “the British economy was growing again”. And Bernanke says that “there are now signs that growth has resumed”. However, he also added that the symptoms and the weakness are going to stay for a little while.

Though, none of them says that recession is over, their statements signal that the economies are no longer under it.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Lithium Inefficient as Batteries for Hybrid Cars

The hype of lithium batteries for hybrid cars might not remain the same for a long time. Toyota Motor Corp is testing on lithium batteries since three years for its hybrid cars. And the test results come out unfavorable for the costly lithium. They conducted their tests with the popular Toyota Priuses, one of the best hybrid cars in the market. After the test results they seem to be using nickel instead of the lithium-ion batteries, in their hybrid cars.

However, the durability of nickel batteries might still need to be checked. It seems that Toyota is all on its way to help its customers to buy these hybrid cars at cheaper prices. The current prices of hybrid cars or cars that run on batteries are far cheaper compared to regular cars. It is obviously the cost of the batteries that make them so expensive.

Its good news for the people trying to buy hybrid cars…but what about those major companies that are all set to sell their lithium-ion based cars?

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Ford’s Taurus To Release With Fighter Jet Technology

The Ford is all set to release its Taurus with fighter jet technology. Is it going to help the Ford to redefine itself or is it going to redefine the entire auto industry?

I didn’t understand why Ford selected Taurus – a discontinued model because of its low sales. They could have got another model out.

However, this car with fighter jet technology is going to rock on the roads as the "America's smartest full-sized sedan". But this technology is not meant to accelerate the car to jet speed but to extend the security features of a car.

The all new Taurus contains radar devices that sound alarm and blink flashing red lights as soon as the driver gets too close to another car. Thus, it helps to avoid crashes. This technology is called the F22 radar technology. Guessed right! This is the same technology used in F22 fighter jet planes.