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How to Have a Baby Boy
Homemade Myths and Scientific Tips on Conceiving a Baby Boy
Dreaming of a blue nursery followed by many years of cars, trucks and all things creepy crawly? There is no shortage of information on choosing your baby’s gender before conception, from simple dietary changes to time consuming charts and graphs. The one thing to remember as [...]
यह कैसी श्रद्धांजलि ?
मुंबई में आतंकी हमले को एक माह पूरा भी नही हुआ की जालंधर (पंजाब) में सत्ताधारी नेताओं और बड़ी हस्तियों ने नए साल के पहले ही पार्टी का जमकर लुत्फ़ उठाया । इन लोगों ने आंतकी हमलों में शहीद हुए शहीदों को श्रद्धांजलि देने के लिए एक दिन पहले नया साल न मनाने का nirday [...]
Vertu Signature Dragon handset puts the ‘ugh’ in ‘luxury’
It looks like Vertu isn’t resting on its laurels — a mere two years after snatching the “world’s ugliest phone title” with its Signature Cobra, the company’s back with the Signature Dragon. What can we say about this one? Not much, seeing as how the thing isn’t even listed on the company’s website. Even so, [...]
Xbox 360 portablized, ruggedized and Ben Heckified into Pelican case
It seems that our man Benjamin Heckendorn has elevated the laptop Xbox mod into something of an art form. Remember the boxy white model that looked like a way outclassed Toshiba Portege (ca. 1995)? Or how about the sci-fi stylings of the Xbox 360 Elite laptop? If you’re looking for something a little more [...]
FSC Amilo Sa 3650 laptop and GraphicBooster tested, deemed flawed but synergistic
Having already seen it run Crysis, we’ve been itching to know if Fujitsu Siemens’ AMILO Sa 3650 laptop and GraphicBooster had any other tricks up their sleeves. The Notebookcheck crew ran the dynamic duo through some tests and found it to be an impressive pairing, although the laptop itself takes a few jabs for shoddy [...]
Dell’s AC Adapter for “Adamo Thirteen” is 45 Watts of bland
You know what’s sexy? Ultraportables. You know what usually isn’t? Their power adapters. Dell’s keeping things way on the conservative side here with this “Adamo Thirteen” 45W AC Adapter — in fact, we’d say this is the exact same adapter we’ve gotten with every Dell laptop in the past few years or so, other than [...]
Dozens of People Killed in Mumbai Attacks
At least 130 people were reported killed in blasts and gun attacks across south-central Mumbai late Wednesday evening, as unidentified terrorists took hostages in two of the area’s most popular hotels for business travelers and tourists.
Police and gunmen were exchanging occasional gunfire at Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels and an unknown number of people were [...]
Champions League suspended due to Mumbai blasts
At least 130 people have been killed after terrorists seized hotels and set off bombs in India’s financial centre.
The Twenty20 tournament was scheduled to be held in Mumbai, as well as Bangalore and Chennai from December 3 to 10.
“The decision was taken today by the Governing Council of the Champions League 2020 after consultations among [...]
Quicktime 7.5.7 update cleans up HDCP Macbook issues, but only on SD vids
Releasing it’s stranglehold on iTunes Fairplay DRM’ed content just a bit, Apple has issued a Quicktime 7.5.7 update, that allows standard definition videos to play on external displays without HDCP support. High definition content still toils under HDCP and DisplayPort content Protection (DPCP), leaving oldschool displays at least functional, but sadly low res. Any new [...]
Urine recycling equipment passes tests, no one willing to take the first sip
Thank heavens — the $154 million water recycling system, which is designed to convert sweat, moisture and urine into an ingestible fluid, um, works. According to NASA, the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) managed to get through three rigorous testing sessions, and apparently that was good enough for officials to leave it in orbit. So yeah, [...]