Hiro, from the drama series Heroes has been chosen as global ambassador for the OLPC ( One Laptop per Child ) project.Masi Oka, the actor behind Hiro has been nominated for Emmy and Golden Globe and is the star of NBC. From now on, he will appear in online and TV public service announcements to promote the OLPC project, first named as the $100 laptop.
He was born in Japan and moved to the US at the age of 6, graduated Brown University with degrees in Theatre Arts, Mathematics and …

More and more electric cars are being released and Mitsubishi couldn’t stay apart from this, so at the Tokyo Motor Show they announced the compact i-MiEV car. It will be powered by a pack of Li-ion batteries, that will offer the car an autonomy of 100 miles.
Unfortunately, the charging takes quite long, with 7 hours at 200V and 14 hours at 100V, but considering the consumption and that it’s environmental friendly, we should make a sacrifice and wait. Initially it was projected to be released in 2010, but then they’ve …

A great plug-in hybrid luxury car has been announced by Fisker Automotive to be released next year at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The company will produce about 15,000 cars annually, being priced at a bit less than $100,000.
The car uses the latest hybrid technologies, developed by Quantum Technologies, being produced exclusively for Fisker Automotive. This car is developed both to protect the environment and also be a luxurious, powerful hybrid plug-in concept.
This technologies will probably be used in the future for many cars, because it’s a fuss now …

Most of the current devices are Flash and RAM-based, like cellphones, computers, pocket PCs, PMPs and many more. Wouldn’t it be great if you could store data ten times faster than on a Flash memory and also it would last for more than 10 years ? Well, Dr. Shin Young-han states that he figured out how to deal with ferroelectrics and we might use FeRAM in the future that will have the capabilities i was talking about. But currently nothing is for sure, so we can only wait and see …

Solar cells have been developed by scientists that state they can convert solar light into energy to power the future nanotechnology. There are a lot of ways those cells can be used, including body diagnostics, from the inside to biological terrorism.
The light will be converted into energy through silicon nanowires, that each strand can develop up to 200 picowatts. There isn’t much energy, but for their size it’s enough, as ultralow electronics will be powered.
The scientists stated that we will be able to use this technology in a decade …

We have seen LG go into Chocolate territory with their home theater products before, but now we really do have the new Chocolate HT972TR Home Theater system that looks like a gigantic LG Chocolate mobile phone. Hey, the LG Chocolate was the most successful mobile phone they ever launched and mainly because of how it looks and feels. It is only normal that they want to cash in even more on that so we have 4 vertical surround speakers that imitated the LG Chocolate mobile phone. The new Chocolate HT972TR …

There different rumors going on that Apple just purchased all of the upcoming Penryn 3.2GHz processors. We can combine this with the upcoming Mac Pro. The only thing we can think about is that the new processor will be included and this is quite a boost at that speed. It is highly likely that Apple paid a lot on such a deal in order to gain the edge on Intel. If we think about it, this means that the Mac Pro will come to 3.2 GHz with a nice 1.6GHz …

Contrary to different rumors that can be found around the Internet, the first official and authorized release of the new Windows XP service pack is the Windows XP SP3 build 3205 and has already been released to beta testers while in the Windows Vista SP1/Windows Server 2008 beta program. It seems that the new service pack will come equipped with 1,073 fixes and patches that are known so far and this includes different security updates as well. SP3 does have interesting new features but a full list of them all …

There are different rumors around the Internet that Apple is currently delaying the release of their popular iPhone in France. It seems that there are 2 different laws in this country that do not head up with Apple’s wish to capture as much money as possible. One law passed in 1998 requires a mobile phone carrier to unlock any cell phone for a fee in the first 6 months of the contract and free after that, if the customer so desires. Apple was said to be in talks with Orange …

Many studies have been done in the past pointing out that some top personalities that work for different mobile phone carriers or companies linked with cell phones do not really use the products they are selling. A recent study even pointed out the fact that more than half of the individuals surveyed are in the category mentioned above. There is no surprise in that but it is the first time that I personally saw some stats. In most cases this is a question of offers available. Mobile phone companies and …

Different analysts have pointed out that around 10% of iPhones sold are actually bought by individuals that unlock them and then resell them at higher price tags around the world. There is a limit of purchasing 5 iPhones at a time and it does look like a lot of people are doing so. This would actually translate in the fact that there are a lot of unlocked iPhones out there, certainly more than previously reported as different users are also unlocking their mobile phones themselves. It could be a very …

Apple did not gain popularity when they cut the price of their 8GB iPhone by $200, all just 2 months after the popular mobile phone debuted. The company responded to angry buyers by offering a $100 iPhone credit for those that paid more money for the device. This was still not enough for several early adopters and one of them actually sued Steve Jobs, AT&T and Apple for “just” $1 million. I am talking about New Yorker Dongmei Li, which eventually purchased a 4GB iPhone version as the 8GB model …

Sony recently announced the official sale start of their PRS-505 eBook reader. It is now available for $299.99 and users can purchase it in silver or dark blue colors. Upon buying it you will also get 100 Connect eBook Classic titles without paying an extra dime. It boasts on providing a new experience for readers with a 6 inch display that uses Ink technology in order to make it look as similar to paper as possible at the moment. You can easily read the eBooks even in bright sunshine and …

Although this is just a prototype, we must think that it will eventually become a reality. We are faced with a drive that is capable of playing 100 GB of data from just ONE 4 layers optical disc. There are also hints at the possibility of inventing a 200 GB disc based on 8 layers. OK, this is quite a lot of information to be held on just one disc. Nobody really knows when the 4 layers disc will be released but still, think about it! Holding 100 GB on …

Here we have the new iLuv Portable Video MP3 & DVD player. It will not work well with the iPod classic, the iPod touch or the iPod Nano but it still is quite an interesting device. Neiman Marcus outdone themselves with a beautiful black and quite sexy design. It features an 8.4 inch screen, keypad controls that are touch sensitive and video out capability. It also has a special integrated dock for you to use your latest generation iPods. The formats supported are VCD, DVD and audio or JPEG CDs. …