Nokia Siemens Networks Works to Improve Device Battery Life

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) says that it has successfully conducted the world's first call using a network technology known as "continuous packet connectivity" (CPC).

Once incorporated into an operator's HSPA+ network, it's claimed that CPC will enable 3G users to enjoy significantly longer device battery life.

According to NSN, CPC can mean up to 100 per cent longer battery life when devices are used for data applications, and up to 50 per cent during voice calls. During extended HSPA data sessions, there are typically long periods of idle time between transmissions of data packets, during which a device continues to use its battery. CPC uses the "discontinuous transmission and reception" method to shut down the device's transmitter and receiver during the idle phases to reduce power consumption. NSN adds that it has no effect on the actual data rates experienced by the end-user. HSPA+ is also known as Evolved HSPA and has been developed by the 3GPP standards group. It enhances basic HSPA technology and provides data rates up to 56Mbps on the downlink and 22Mbps on the uplink.

A Car With the Speed of 1000 mph will have Intel inside

The 1000 mph Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC) will feature Intel atom processors as part of its engine control and display systems. The SSC is being developed to run at 1,050 mph and will attempt beat the land speed record in 2012. Intel says that "the processors, similar to those used in netbooks, haven been specifically designed for use in industrial and automotive applications and were chosen for their power saving and performance prowess".

Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC)

Three atom processors will manage the calculation behind the car's propulsion system which features the largest hybrid rocket ever designed in Europe and a jet engine from a Typhoon fighter aircraft. Each atom chip will be checking the others calculation to guarantee there are no errors. Another processor will be used to relay this and other status information, stored on an internal SSD chip, back to the driver, on the cockpit displays.

Four other processors will be used as part of the controls systems that will enable driver wing commander Andy Green to keep the car on a smooth trajectory during its record breaking attempts. He will be using winglets on the car to control both lift and down force in real-time, and his inputs will be translated by the control systems so that they can adjust the stability accordingly. Intel adds that its Atom processor run at speeds of 1.6 GHz allowing for lightening fast response time during the mere seconds it will take for SSC to travel each measured miles that are part of it s land speed record attempt.

Ericsson paves the way to SMARTPHONES for all…

ST-Ericsson says that they developed a Linux- based platform which manufacturers could use to produce smartphones with a wholesale price of less than €100.

ST-Ericsson specializes in semiconductors and claims to have developed a highly-integrated and very power-efficient platform, which promises make smartphones affordable for the mass-market. Designed to run Linux-based operating systems such as Google's Android, the 'U6715' platform can support typical smartphones features such as navigation, web browsing, video streaming, email, Wi-Fi, a five megapixel camera, a touchscreen and more. It also includes a 4G HSPA modem capable of delivering downlink speeds of up to 7.2Mbps.

Equipped with a 1000mA battery, ST-Ericsson also claims that smartphones based on the platform can play music for up to 40 hours and provide a talk time of up to seven hours on a 3G network on a single battery charge, or even remain on standby for up to 25 days.

A million UK homes to get fiber broadband by 2014

In what's being described as the UK's largest ever fiber to the home initiative Fujitsu telecommunications Europe will connect up to one million properties to i3 groups Fibrecity Broadband network within the next four year.

In July, Fujitsu began rolling out the fiber optic network to 68000 homes in Dundee Scotland by 2012, every home and business across the city is expected to have access to broadband up to 1Gbps, the i3 group has pioneered the use of building low cost fiber optics infrastructures in existing ducts in the scwer networks to bring super fast connectivity to homes and business known as the FS system, its claimed that this and other innovative methods enable the i3 group to lay fiber optic cable quicker and more cost effectively than traditional civil works.

In May, Fibrecity holdings which is already enabling home in the southern coastal town of Bournemouth to benefit from super fast connectivity services, announced it also plans to develop networks in Derby, Halton, Nottingham, Plymouth and York. Further cities under consideration for networks include Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol and Ipswich.

World's Youngest Microsoft Certified System Engineer

While many kids of his age love watching cartoons or playing video games, nine-year old Marko Calasan likes to unwind with books on systems administration and systems engineering. Courting fame is nothing new to young 

Marko Calasan, who won recognition as Microsoft certified whiz kid at age 6 – when he was crowned as the world's youngest Microsoft certified systems administrator. In December 2009, at age nine, he became the youngest Microsoft certified systems engineer. Hailing from Skopje, in Macedonia, Marko already works for a non-profit organization as a systems administrator remotely marinating their office network. Popularly referred to as the 'Mozart of Computers' by the local press. Marko dreams of becoming a computer scientist. Born to IT professionals, Marko enjoys solving complex computer engineering problems and voicing his views in online forums for computer professionals during leisure hours.

Taxi's get you from A to B while you surf

Pioneering London taxi firm green tomato cars is offering Wi-Fi to passengers in its environmentally-friendly cabs. The company operates a taxi service using more than 100 Toyota's Prius cars which feature hybrid engineers that combine electric and petrol power.

Following a three-month trial, Green tomato will now install Wi-Fi in all of the cars using. The service will be offered free of charge allowing all passengers to connect to the internet using netbooks, laptops and handheld devices. Green Tomato co-founder, Tom Pakenham, says: "Many customers spend a considerable amount of time in taxis – it seems only sensible that we enable them to make the best possible use of this time."

The company says it is no stranger to using the internet to enhance its services. In September 2009, it became the first private hire taxi company to take bookings via Twitter.

'Internet Addiction' linked to Depression

Psychologists believe that there is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression.

A recent study, reported in a medical journal found 1.2% of people surveyed were "internet addicts", and many of these were depressed. UK based Leeds University team stressed they could not say one necessarily caused the other, and that most internet users did not suffer mental health problems the conclusions were based on 1,319 responses to an on-line questionnaire. Recruitment was via links on social networking sites. People were asked how much they used the internet and for what purposes. They were also asked a series of questions to assess whether they suffered from depression.

The respondents were aged 16-51, with and average age of 21. The authors found that a small number of users had developed a compulsive internet habit, replacing real life social interaction with online chat rooms and social networking sites. They classed 18 respondents-1.2% of the total- as "internet addicts". This group spent proportionately more time on gaming, massaging and online community websites.

'Darker Side'

Lead author of the report, Dr Catriona Morrison said "The internet now plays a huge part in modern life, but its benefits are accompanied by a darker side". While many of us use the internet to pay bills, shop and send e-mails, there is a small subset of the population who find it hard to control how much time they spend online, to the point where it interferes with their daily activities.

"The internet addicts were significantly more depressed than the non-addicted group, with a depression score five times higher." The average score of the internet-addicted group put them in the category of moderate-to-severe levels of depression. "Our research indicates that excessive internet use is associated with depression, but what we don't know is which comes first –are depressed people drawn to the internet or does the internet cause depression?" said Dr Morrison. "Now we need to investigate the nature of that relationship and consider the issue of causation."

'Emotional Distress'

Critics of the research say that internet addiction cannot be diagnosed reliably. Dr Vaughan Bell, from the institute of Psychiatry at King's College London said that by definition, those identified as "Internet Addicts" are emotionally distressed, so the conclusions are "not a big surprise". In terms of cause and effect, he pointed out that previous research has suggested that people out that previous research has suggested that people who are depresses or anxious may be more likely to use the internet rather than the other way round. He added: "There are genuinely people who are depressed or anxious who use the interment to the exclusion of the rest of there lives, but there are similar people who watch too much TV, bury themselves in books or go shopping to excess." There is no good evidence that the problem is the internet itself." Mental Health charities said the way people send their time and the kind of social interaction they engage in could well impact on mental well being.

'Social Connections'

Dr Andrew McCulloch, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, pointed out that, in some ways, the internet can be helpful. He said: "To the extent that the internet encourages meaningful friendship and social connections it can be a very good influence on people's lives". However, social interaction online should not usually replace an offline social life. We should take note of this study's findings –it suggests that further research in the area is needed. Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: "Evidence suggests that active pursuits such as exercise and socializing with people face-to-face are among the factors that help us stay in good mental health". 
Although excessive internet use can't be said to cause mental health problems, if a we addict is substituting meaningful friendships and socializing with virtual contact on the internet, this might have and adverse affect on their mental well being."

Mobile Phones Become Pocket Bank In Poor Countries:

An Afghan police officer gets his salary in a text message on his mobile phone. A Kenyan worker dials a few numbers to send money to his family. The rise of banking transactions through mobile phones is giving a whole new meaning to pocket money in parts of the developing world that lack banks or cash machines.
Mobile money applications are emerging as potent financial tools in rural and remote areas of the globe, allowing people with no bank accounts to get paid, send remittances or settle their bills. "One billion consumers in the world have a mobile phones but no access to a bank account" said Gavin Krugel, the director of mobile banking strategy at GSM Association, an industry group of 800 wireless operators. "We see it as very big opportunity," he said at the recently held Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the industry's annual four-day event. Mobile banking began to emerge six years ago in the Philippines and South Africa, where 8.5 million and 4.5 million people, respectively, use such services.

Today, 40 million people worldwide use mobile money, and the industry is growing, according to the GSMA. In Afghanistan, the national police has been testing a service from mobile operator Roshan to pay its officers --a system that helps to limit corruption, the company said. "We are currently moving from a trial to a full launch in paying the Afghan national police," said Roshan's head of mobile commerce, Zahir Jhoja. Every month, police officers receive a text message in the language they prefer informing them they have received their salaries, Jhoja said. A voice message is also left on the phone "because a lot of them are illiterate and cannot read," he said. The officer can then go get his money from an authorized Roshan agent.

America: First flight of a fighter jet with bio-fuel

Today global warming is one of the biggest issue of the world. Scientists are constantly alert from the rise in global temperature. To deal with it they give proposal to reduce emission of the green house gases and the petroleum products have the biggest part of it. This is why in developed countries methods of fueling cars with Natural gas, Bio-Technology and Hydrogen Cell are continuously growing.

This technology now reached to fighter jets. According to International media  U.S. naval air wing make a successful experiment of  flying  their latest FA18 Super Hornet jet with bio-fuel partially.

This bio-fuel is taken from flowers of a wild plant named "Camelina". During the last two years worldwide at least 6 military and commercial aircraft are experimented to fly on bio-fuel. These experiments took place between Houston and Tokyo.

Now to get Bio-fuel Camelina plants are being given priority. Behind it the reason is that its not very necessary to find fertile ground for it and it also not require to much fertilizers and water,for this its not a threat for other cash crops like cotton or wheat. After seeing its popularity japan airline and japan air-force also started experiments on this project.