Do You Know about Cell Phone with Ordinary Battery

Mobile phone (cell phone) has now become one of primary needs for people, especially for those who have a high mobility.Many kinds of mobile phone brand featuring a variety of features that are attractive. But, one of mobile phone types that highly wanted is smart phone. Every new cell phone released appear to be a smart phone. If not, the phone was not getting enough attention. Shortly, if a cell phone is not able to check e-mail or support Twitter status update, it may not get many places in society today.

But in many developing countries, the 'ordinary' mobile phones still remains triumphant. That is the reason why Olive Communication in India dare to introduce its own-made phone. This phone is designed according to Indian conditions, which the electricity often die suddenly. Phone FrvrOn (an abbreviation of "Forever On") is nothing special from the physical side as well as the size. What make it special, the phone can be operated with regular AAA batteries. The battery is capable of powering the phone for an hour nonstop. It also provided a recharge battery pack Li-ion to "charging standards".

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Supersonic Car is No Longer a Fantasy

I guarantee that fiction movie fans must often have or had seen the car running with super-fast speeds, often called a supersonic car.I'm also sure that after that, they thought it's just a fantasy. Wait, just a minute!! The fantasy itself could be a real thing, right?

From a guest speaker ... British researchers are planning to make these cars and can target test the first time in 2011. The car named Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) is designed to be sped on the ground with a speed of more than 1600 kilometers per hour. Of course, this car will only be tested on a flat surface such as salt lakes in the United States.

The project is done in secret since 18 months ago in a plane hangar in Bristol with the cost of making about 12 million pounds. Making cars is a dream of Drayson, a car lover who wants the younger generation interested in English and engineering sciences and technology.The same team broke the record fastest land vehicles in 1997. At that time, the British air force pilot Andy's Reef is a successful race car driver called the Thrust SSC up to 1228 kilometers per hour speed.

Bloodhound team plans to complete their projects less than a year. However, the desired speed records are expected to be achieved within three years. The engines that used by the car are the Eurofighter Typhoon jet with additional rocket thrust resulting in 20,000 kgf. Wheels, each 900 millimeters in diameter made of the strongest metals from high-quality titanium material.This car will use an accelerator to power the jet engine up to speed of 563 kilometers per hour. Then turn on the speed driven by a booster rocket. Racing engine will pump more than a tonne of hydrogen peroxide into the booster. Zoomed up to 1690 miles per hour acceleration is required only for 40 seconds. The car is 12.8 meters long and weighing 6.4 tonnes will be shot faster than a bullet projectiles.

Want to know what type of brake used? Two parachutes!

I wonder ... could the car later will run on the streets of Jakarta?

Source: Kompas.com

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Please Welcome ... Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2 !

Would you prefer to use open source operating system installed on your computer? Today, one of the Mandriva linux distributions are entering the development stage which had been scheduled to be released the Mandriva 2010.1 operating system right on June 3, 2010.In this release, Mandriva even provide access to the Guest account, which is also supported by the nouveau driver, and is used by default for NVIDIA-based graphics cards."The time has come to release a linux version of Mandriva 2010 Spring. It is now available on DVD ISO 32 and 64 which can be public mirrors. As usual all of your input is really important to help improve the global quality of distribution later. "

Here is the update on Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2:

• Linux kernel 2.6.33 RC6;

• X.Org 7.5;>

• Xorg Server 1.7.4;

• KDE SC 4.4 RC3;

• GNOME 2.29.6;

• Mozilla Firefox 3.6;

• OpenOffice.org 3.2 Beta 3;

• Amarok 2.2.2;

• Deluge 1.2.0;

• Songbird 1.4.3;

• Transmission 1.83;

• Google Chrome 4 Beta;

• Nouveau driver;

• Mesa 7.7;

• Intel video driver 2.10.0;

• NTFS-3G 2010.01.16;

• Glibc 2.11;

• GDB debugger 7.0.1;

• Ruby 1.9.1;

• Munin 1.4;

• Spamassassin 3.3.0;

• QT 4.6.1;

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Targus Finger Print Resistant Screen Protector

People, someday you must say goodbye to those smudgy fingerprints on your phones and laptops. Targus is unveiling a new line of patent pending screen protectors that are supposedly "fingerprint resistant." This Clear View technology will allow clear protectors to safeguard PMP's, samrtphones, e-readers laptops, all while shunning those unsightly smudges and smears from fingers. Most of the popular models (iPhone 3GS, BlackBerry Storm / Curve / Bold/ Pearl, T-Mobile G1, etc.) are covered.

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Bluetooth 4.0 Now Available For Energy Efficient Wireless Technology

Guys, if you have a phone with Bluetooth feature, certainly was not new to hear the name. The Bluetooth lets you send files or conduct an internet connection without any cord. Very easy and not hard, isn't it?

The latest version of Bluetooth has now comes to meet the demands of wireless technology, which reportedly targeted the low-energy applications in the areas of health, fitness and shopping center security. Of course with the appendage is energy efficient now being intensively conducted so that the technology not only offers the sophistication, but also did not drain the existing energy.

The mission is to create something environmentally friendly. Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced that it has adopted the Bluetooth Core Specification 4.0. Bluetooth 4.0 speeds are reportedly not far from the 3.0 version which was just beginning to be used intensively for about 10 months ago, but both versions are planned to be used in different things.

According to its creator, plans energy-efficient Bluetooth is used for new products that already meet the requirements, this is an important step towards our goal enables new markets with Bluetooth wireless technology. It is still not clear to what kind of case, but it seems this will lead us to new technologies later.

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The Wakaba Mobile: Another Children of Nation's Work

Wakaba multifunctional car prototype, the children of nation's work, have been lauched on October 16, 2009 in Bandung, West Java. The kind of prototype which was launched by the Governor of West Java, Ahmad Heryawan, seem like a minitruck. The function of that minitruck is to carry plantation away.

Wakaba is an abbreviation of 'wahanaKarya Anak Bangsa' the vehicle of nation's children). Beside a minitruck, the design of wakaba include patrol, minicold storage, minidozer, mini-excavators, and miniloader, but their prototype have not been created yet.

Wakaba is expected to be a growing spirit of national automotive industry's future based small and medium industries

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The Sensational Work of Nation's Children

As an archipelagic country, Indonesia has more than 17,000 large and small islands that surrounded by vast oceans. This circumstances are not just provide potential wealth to Indonesia but also risk and big problems. In fact, Indonesia is facing many threats and problems due to its geographical position, such as territorial conflicts with neighboring countries, smuggling of natural resources, ship hijacking, and terrorism.

To reduce the problems caused while helping to maximize control and security of the country, Indonesia needs an integrated security system that is applied to the form of radar. During the time, radar technology controlled by foreign parties. For many year, Indonesia get radar from other countries with, of course, very high cost. But not now! At least for the start.

SOLUSI247 together with the RCS-247 radar division (Radar & Communication Systems), successfully launched a national children work in the field of radar technology, a radar which is called INDRA.

The maritime radar 'INDRA' was built with the ability to detect and measure the distance of a ship by using the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) technology that bring out a sophisticated radar with very low transmit power. Because of that very low transmit power, INDRA could be operated anywhere and will not interfere with other devices in the vicinity.

On October 24, 2008, for the first time, INDRA was tested at Cilegon beach, Banten. In its first appearance, INDRA confirmed its existence as a maritime radar. This is evidenced by its ability to detected and measured accurately the distance of a ship that was sailing in the ocean.

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The All-Day-Long Durable Netbook

In addition to levels of practicality and price, battery life becomes one of important reasons to buy a netbook. Among the dozens of brands of locally made netbook or a global brand, Asus EeePC Seashell 1000HE is the most superior choice. Why? Because Seashell eee PC is the first netbook to have a battery life 6 hour stand alias used all day. It has the ability because it is the first netbook that use a lithium Polymer battery. This battery is fitted internally and can not be removed from the outside.The lithium polymer battery is able to maximize capacity of usage.

Like all Asus Notebook, EeePC Seashell 1000HE is equipped by super-hybrid engine that set the processor speed range. In addition, the keyboard is also extensive, with the big-size right "Shift". The buttons on the bottom row is also greater than the other EeePC button. When used for typing, the knob feels lighter and comfortable when pressed.

This type of design is like sea scallops with 1-inch thick and weighing only 1.1 kg. With Intel Atom N280 processor, 1.66 Ghz, it practically has the completeness of the average netbook class. In addition, the disk is supported Seagate 160 GB capacity with the ability to read and write a high enough access speeds milisecond 23.2. In fact, Asus provides additional virtual hard disk freely through EeeStorage service for 10 GB.

*from: Kompastekno*

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LIPI Get Launch ISRA, Sea Radar Made in Indonesia

LIPI (the Sciences Institution of Indonesia) finally was launching Indonesian sea radar (ISRA), the first made-in-Indonesia observer radar. The radar could be used to see through maritime and aerial transportation, weather observation, territory mapping, and navigation. In addition, the radar is also useful for military.

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By 2014, Indonesia has It's Own Rocket Launcher

Five years from now, Indonesia will have a rocket launcher satellite technology itself. The National Institute of Aviation and Outerspace (LAPAN) scheduled it can launch the rocket booster called the four-storeyed with a rocket booster Satellites (RPS) -420 for the first time in 2014 (but it is planned to be launched in 2012).

The rocket is being designed with two four-storeyed RPS in order to launch the satellite monitoring of Indonesian 2014. As a preface, LAPAN have been successfully launched a rocket RX-320 on 30 May 2008 and RX-420, on 2 July 2009, which was held at the Station Test Flying Pamengpeuk, West Java.

Until now, some of the process of the RPS-420 has been implemented and has been flight-tested although some still need more improvement.

RPS-420 is projected to first on the ability to orbit satellites in outer space, but not to load equipment for monitoring is in the air. If the RPS-420 project is successful, set up LAPAN new satellites to be launched.

In addition to the rocket, LAPAN also continue to develop satellite technology. LAPAN Tub-SAT (LAPAN A-1) which was launched in 2007 is the first satellite that most of the design and production was conduct by Indonesian engineers together with the Berlin University of Technology, Germany.

During this time, the launch of the satellites was in Shiharikota, India, with Indian-made rocket. LAPAN will still be using the missile India to launched LAPAN A-2 satellites that will be used for telecommunication. The production process of the communication satellites conducted together with the Orari.

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Students from Around the World Can Now Study by Using SMS

Students from around the world will be able to perform learning activities together with the SMS on the new academic year 2009-2010. The facility will be presented is the Global Teenager Project (GTP) experimental phases, which supported by IICD. This project is to experiment by using the SMS to help schools that do not have internet access in order to participated in an online learning program in the world.

In fact, GTP has spread around the world, but this program is available for the new school that has Internet access. Through the internet, many middle class that implement learning activities in the world can interact each other to ask questions and share stories about everything they want to learn. This is one of students' way to learn different cultures of their friends around the world. With the new SMS project components, it will allow schools in rural areas with limited Internet access or do not have internet access can participate in this project at all.

But as the project is still in experimental stage, the new countries are scheduled to use this technology. The first country that will use SMS in this GTP is Zambia, Ghana, North Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, Romania and the Netherlands. How about Indonesia??

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Betty, the Bionic Duck

Still remember of 80's television movie which told about a man whose half part of his body made from iron? Yup, you're right man. It's the six million dollar man! You know what?? Let him know that he now gets his rival/competitor, an unusual competitor. The bionic man get his competitor from a duck, or we should say a duckling ....... (?).

According to unwilling-known source, there was a duckling who found had broken-leg in Watermead, Buckinghamshire, England. After saw what happened to the duck, quickly the founder of the broken-leg duckling took it to the vet.

After going through several considerations, the team doctors finally decided to attach the metal legs for ducklings. They believe these efforts will greatly help the duck to be able to walk normally again. Team doctors then complete the duck leg with a steel bolt and screw to install the iron legs. Although not quite perfect, but the doctors believe too much that the duck will be able to walk normally as before.

later, the duckling was named Betty. It's a happy ending,. isn't it??? :)

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LAPAN was Launched Its Own Made Biggest Rocket of RX-420

420 mm-diameter rocket was launched flawlessly by the National Aviation and Outerspace Institute (LAPAN) at the Installation of Flying Rocket Test in the southern coastal Pameungpeuk, Garut, West Java, on Thursday (2 / 7). RX-420 missile is a biggest missile that made by LAPAN. Beside RX-420, LAPAN launched RX-100 which used to test its rocket payload subystem.

We should congratulate LAPAN for it efforts.

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Mobile Phone from Former Bottles

Mobile from Former Bottles?? Just Get out of this Town!! But, it could be happened.

Awareness of the environment is not absolutely the responsibility of the community, but also should be the responsibility of companies, especially companies that greatly contributed to the damage of this earth - including the phone companies.

Any news that, recently, a mobile company, M, had made mobile phone from waste bottles. The mobile phones will be exhibited and launched in Las Vegas, USA. But unfortunately, specifications and price are still be concealed. Also, still no word whether the phones will be marketed in Indonesia or not, and when.

Well, hopefully, the phones of waste bottles can reduce the impact of corruption on earth. And also, this phone could soon be marketed here, of course, at an affordable price of Indonesian people .... :)

(source: okezone.com)

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The Invisible Robe of Harry Potter in Real World

The results of scanning electron microscopy showed three-dimensional structure of the metamaterial that developed by researchers at University of California

The miracle of Harry Potter's robe which can make the wearer is invisible has become a reality soon. Scientist have developed a meta-material which will guide any light that falling in to around the objects covered. This cause the object in robe is invisible.

For the first time, the researchers of di Berkeley University of California, USA, made the material in 3rd dimension structure which mean that the material now already can be used to make invisible robe like Harry Potter's to down the halls of Hogwarts without be discovered by people around him.

Similar materials newly developed previously could be made in two-dimensional structure of a very thin and can only be proven through the research laboratory. Another research team previously used plasmons containing particles in the electrically charged metal surface to absorb the light that falls.

Metamaterial that developed at the University of California allow the radio waves and light are about to continue to flow like water flows around a protruding rock in the river surface. This material is a mixture of metal and ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite.

The way it works is more advanced than stealth aircraft technology that is also turning waves into the wide angle so difficult to identify the radar. the metamaterial makes light falling on it is always deflected that never bounce. Because, according to the laws of physics objects visible to the eye only when there is light reflected objects and fall into the eye's retina. These materials can change the spreading of electromagnetic waves to produce a reflection in the opposite direction and has been engineered so that its structure has optical properties that are not found naturally.

Visible light waves only one that can be controlled. If electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared and X-rays can also be controlled, the technology is very useful for many applications in the field of information technology, medicine, until the military.

well...well...well.... I wonder what if it becomes true. What the world would say????

**Source: Republika online**

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Webmail Access without Internet

What kind of e-mail is the most widely used by netters? Yup, webmail. It's mo wonder because that account is free, easy to used, and the capacity is chubby enough. Unfortunately, outside of all the excess, the webmail should be used when PC is online, including when you just want to read the old messages. There is rarely a similar service which provide POP3/SMTP features so you can access it from email client like Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Microsft Outlook, or Eudora.

Furtunately, Yahoo! initiative to break through by releasing Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop. This application offers the practical way to access your webmail account. With this application, various electronic messages that you saved in a popular webmail address like Gmail or Yahoo! Mail can be drawn into the storing space your PC.

This kind of beta-status application from the acquisition of Yahoo! toward Zimbra application manufacturers are available for free. Not only that, Zimbra also could run on three platform at once: Mac OS X (Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard 10.5.4 above), Windows (Vista or XP SP2 above), and Linux (x86 2.6.x above). Besides it's easy to used, Zimbra also provides many features. You are not only able to get email, but also be able to utilize the facilities of Contact List, Calendar, and documents which can be synchronized from your webmail account. This application is able to connect Yahoo! Maps that show the address location of the sender's email.

Three in One

This application that size is begin from 42MB provides support for POP3/SMTP. Hence, you can take the message away in your office email account into Zimbra.The terms of use is not complicated. To be sure, you must have 200 MB harddisk space software installation, and fairly harddisk space to store the messages.While memory required is only 256MB.

TIPS: Install, Manage, Use

As with any mailer or other e-mail clients, the application Yahoo! Zimbra consists of three steps: install, set up account, then use. Yes, that simple. Interested in trying? Please follow the following guidelines.

1. install the application by double-clicking the installer file has been downloaded previously. Afterwards, run the application by clicking on the shortcut icon [Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop] in [Start]> [All Programs]. In the window that appears, click [Set Up an Account].

2. Select your e-mail account that you use on the next wizard window. Fill in the description, e-mail address and password in the Account Setup menu. To attract new e-mail, you can determine the length of time or withdrawal technique (automatic or manual) on the [Get new mail address]. After that, click [Save Settings].

3. If you want to set the e-mail account, click the [Set Up Another Account] and do set up as the previous step. If not, simply go to the application by clicking [Go to Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop]. Application window will appear with a similar view Outlook Express.

4. E-mail account will appear in the left pane. If you use more than one account, it will appear several accounts tab there. The account was placed in a separate window. To use one, you just click on the desired account tab.

5. To begin to attract e-mail, please click on the [Synchronize mailboxes with online server] marked by arrows. Wait a few moments to appear in the message list right panel applications. To begin creating an electronic mail or other activities, you can do similar steps with other mailer applications. Select the activity by clicking the button on the left side of the last synchronization.

6. Additional facilities in this mailer will appear in the menu tabs at the top. To view a more complete menu, you can click the [Advanced]. Oh yes, one of the interesting features in this application is to synchronize with Yahoo! Maps. If in a message that you receive a list of addresses, so if you direct a pointer to a text address, Zimbra will bring virtual map. It's fun, isn't it?

From: PCPlus

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Prevent Theft the Notebook with Security Cable

The population of notebook is growing bigger. Users often seen sitting in cafes, food court, or other public space (including office) while working on the notebook. But be careful, a little off guard, the notebook could be lost strucked by the thief.

Isi true that a second-hand notebook is still salable, whether at the store or via internet. A notebook which physically small exactly more facilitate the thieves to do their action.

When a notebook you used to work is disappear, you're not just lost the money (for buying or replacing a new notebook) . The most annoying could be true is disappearance of data inside the notebook.

Use a Wire

As a matter of fact, we can avoid the theft of notebook by using a cable lock like Kensington Lock MicroSaver Notebook Lock. This cable is essentially used to anchor your notebook to unmoved furniture such as a sturdy table when you use the notebook in public place or your room. Of course, to use this end-locked cable you must get a solid ‘anchor’ yang kokoh. Otherwise, it;s useless to buy this safeguard tool.

How to put it on your LCD? Just take a look at rear of your LCD, find a hole with K logo. Push the flat iron at low-bottom at the end-bottom of the part of litter key into the hole, and then put the cable to table leg for instance.

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The Green Notebooks,

Green notebooks that are packed with bamboo materials
Small notebooks is now increasingly common. How about environmentally friendly (the green ) Notebooks? There were now. Green notebook?? What the hell it's about?
There are now notebooks that made of wood. In addition to wood, there is also wrapped in bamboo. Confuse?? Well, don't.The content remains as a regular notebook, but the pack (cashing) made from bamboo and wood.In the notebook that its casing was wrapped in bamboo materials, there are LED indicator that changes color to green and red, depending on the use of power. The LEDs that can change color change is intended to make users feel guilty about wasting energy. Uh, but, in addition to bamboo and wood, there are also plastic material covered them. However, all plastic materials used are the type that can be recycled. The making process was made possible environmentally friendly, without the spray paint and Electroplating. Also there are no solvents or hazardous materials are used.This notebook was reportedly will be released in June tomorrow. The price?? If I wasn't mistake... they would be sold for about U.S. $ 1600. One thing to note this notebook enthusiasts. Do not until you spill coffee or water on it. It could have decayed bamboo wrapping.

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