The Name's Bond, James Bond...

Sex, cars and rock n' roll.... ok, maybe not rock n' roll, but the first 2 arent half bad! We've all ( us men ) wished at some point of time or the other that we could live the life of 007. Strangely enough, it's the gadgets that make us go "ooohh" and not the women, well most of the time anyway ;-) .

So can you pass up on the opportunity to own one of these "devices" ? Well, say hello to the kingston data traveler elite privacy edition self-destructing flash drive.... phew now that's a mouth full.

We know there are plenty of "secure" flash drives out there, but face it: if someone is really determined to get at your data, they'll probably figure out a way. That's where Kingston's Data Traveler Elite Privacy Edition comes in. The 4GB flash drive encrypts all data with 128-bit AES, and then adds an extra layer of security: a self destruct feature. If anyone tries to use a brute-force attack to guess your password, the drive will automatically erase itself after 25 wrong guesses. Of course, if you have a really easy password, and a data thief can figure it out in under 25 guesses, you're out of luck. For the rest of us, this could be a good solution for keeping on-the-go info out of the wrong hands.

One of the Coolest monitors out there!!

Why can't all monitors be like this bad boy!? This 19-inch monitor pivots 360 degrees around and folds flat so you can mount it on the wall. It has an 8ms response rate too!

Time for an upgrade? Something for all you techno geeks to think about.... Stop drooling and start reading..


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Desktop Earth V2

This is by far the coolest desktop program in existance ( such that i know off :-) ) It show you a satellite view of your location on earth and the day / night lighting... absolutely awesome. If you guys have the time do check it out... has a relatively small footprint.. Click here.

" Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you're logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as it would be seen from space at that precise moment. "

Surf Junky....

Well a lot of you have heard what surf junky is all about.... a way to "surf n earn" as they put it. Essentially what you do is create an account with them and they "refresh" multiple website in your browser window, paying you a standard hourly rate, now Surf Junky hasn't been honouring their end of the bargain by paying out, atleast that what a a few dozen sites / blogs i've run into say. So i'm conducting a little experiement. For those of you who are interested please create an account with them and let me know in the event they dont pay you. Here's how....

Second Life....

Possible the greatest of all getaways... a chance to start afresh. Your 9-5 job getting you down? SL gives you the opportunity to become anyone you desire.

You can re-invent yourself in this world, start a casino, become and architect, a fashion guru.. anything is possible. I started my journey not more than 2 days ago and i've already gotten hooked. Another positive, the people here are a lot nicer than most your meet in the Real world.

And to top it all off you can actually make some money with this... check out second life for more details....

Google for coders

For most people, open source is a synonym for free software. But for programmers, open source is about sharing code, building on the work of others and not having to reinvent the wheel -- at least, that's the ideal. In practice, code reuse remains very low, because it's often too hard for programmers to find relevant bits of code for their applications.

A new search engine for programmers promises to alleviate that problem by making it easier to find and share code. That in turn could increase programmers' productivity and give a fresh boost to the open-source movement.

Krugle, which launches officially next month, indexes programming code and documentation from open-source repositories like SourceForge and includes corporate sites for programmers like the Sun Developer Network. The index will cover around 100 million pages of what company founder Ken Krugler terms the "technical web" -- high-quality technical pages for professional programmers. (By contrast, Google's index covers about 11 billion pages.)

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Gizmos Trump Gowns at Nerd Oscars

Attendees at the 2006 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards ceremonies in Beverly Hills saw more pocket protectors Saturday than Harry Winston diamonds.

The annual film-industry tech honors recognize devices, formulas and discoveries that change the way movies are made. The ceremony took place at the Beverly Hilton, the same ballroom where the Oscars will unfold in two weeks.

Among the 17 winners accepting awards was Scott Leva, a veteran stuntman who invented a better airbag for stunt falls. Airbags have been used in movie stunts since the 1970s, and Leva had tinkered with new designs for years. But his work on the Precision Stunt Airbag took more a personal turn after a stuntman friend died when an airbag failed to protect him in a fall.

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