On February 28th 2010, Sony's older PS3 consoles faced a Y2K10 bug that insisted on the year to be a leap year and ended up reversing its clock back to December 31st 1999. This caused all Sony's earlier consoles to face terminal error which rendered them useless. [...more]
The other day, I was clearing the attic and found some really old computer magazines. May be they are my uncle’s. During next few day’s I would be sharing some interesting pieces from those no so long ago IT and computer industry. The buzz words are similar. the Advert says. [...more]
I was wondering a lot about the escape key on the keyboard.Some more food for though today.. here is a video i liked from TED.com. It is about creating a new interface to computing devices. iPhone is a great example of how multi-touch screen can change the way we interact with computers and underlying data. Possibilities are endless. [...more]
According to Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Aging is the most pressing problem of our times. Sciences have progressed alot, especially biological sciences have come to a point that we are ready to take the next leap into evolution.The following documentary Originally prepared and shown on Channel 4 follows the revolutionary life-extension and immortality ideas of a strange and one of kind scientist , Dr. Aubrey de Grey. The video you are going to see is all about radical ideals and ideas of Cambridge biomedical gerontologist called Aubrey de Grey. Aubrey de Grey actually believes that, within the next 20 to 30 years, we could extend life span of humans indefinitely by taking care of seven major factors in the aging process. [...more]
When you decide to spend more than a grand on a computer these days, you expect a 2+ GHz processor, 4+ GB RAM. Ever thought wheat you could get for spending a 20 Grand? aka $20,000 USD.. Well I can help you buy a computer with 64 Kilo byte of RAM. At the time it was manufactured, the builder thought "who's going to need more than 64KB of RAM?" [...more]
