Sun believe they will get around 1 billion users to their new Java App Store (currently named vector)… I guess everyone is getting into the “app store” mode, started of course (well from a famous perspective) by Apple – i.e. iTunes/iPhone App Store.
Nokia are releasing their own app store too… so this is what the [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Sun to build the biggest app store…
Do you need to send a fax.. try this free service
With myfax you can send up to 2 faxes free per day which can be up to 9 pages long… you do not have to sign up, and it supports more than 170 file formats. Obviously if you want to send something like a physical page, you will need to scan that in – bare [...]
Going into the 5 dimensional world of DVD recording..
There are some amazing technology leaps happening… and as is generally the case, it is hard to understand at most times! The following article explains a little about some new research done into the storage capabilities of DVD/Optical discs.
At present, the DVD writers/burners etc we know use a 3 dimensional spatial method of writing information, [...]
More interesting news about batteries
On a roll for battery evolution now.. this is again an interesting post that can radically improve the storage of power in lithium based batteries.
The Canadian research team of done some interesting work with Carbon Nano Rods.. absolutely amazing, considering the size and arena that these guys are working with.
You can read the article in [...]
Incredible breathing battery
An interesting article to start the day. Research into Zinc Air Batteries seems to have some interesting aspects – including the storage rate which is 10 times more than of the standard Lithium batteries we know today.
I originally saw this post on KurzweilAI.net, and you can link to read more about this story here