There are hundred of LCD televisions in the market and almost every manufacturer has a 3D version up for grabs. Every manufacturer of 3D set claims that their product is the best for one or more reasons. Some even go to the extend of comparing with competitor’s products on some absurd parameters that hardly make any sense and are irrelevant to the audience.

I read this marvellous comparision put together by the able team on Popular Mechanics (PM) and I am …

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I happened to bump into this nice article published on Popular Mechanics (PM) about how Microsoft managed to pull through this wonderful magic called KINECT… In an exclusive interview with Alex Kipman – one of the members of Microsoft’s XBox 360′s Project Natal team – which designed, developed, built, and eventually created the magic KINECT. Below I publish the snippets of what I liked in the interview. For detailed interview coverage, please visit the article published on PM’s site.

Q. The Kinect technology …

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In my earlier post, I listed three top high-tech gifting ideas with which you can easily impress anyone. Let’s look at some more ideas…

5. Nikon Coolpix S1100pj Projector Camera
Price: $350

Last year, Nikon blew us away with a compact camera that had a microprojector built right in. This 14-megapixel, 5x-optical-zooming update is smaller than its predecessor, projects brighter images (the bulb is now specced at 14 lumens) and, for the first time, can be used to project anything from a laptop …

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Show the world that you’re a geek too. Now it does not call for exclusive knowledge of technology and certainly no expertise required. To prove to the world that you indeed are in line with the latest tech happenings, all you can do is to spend a bit and get one / more of these high-tech gadgets to gift to someone you love / want to impress…

1. Apple TV (my personal favourite too!)
Price: $99

You will also get access to Netflix’s …

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Yes, you read it right. Scientists claim that your online photos may help someone extract your friendships! As reported by ScienceDaily on Dec. 9, Cornell University computer scientists have, after comparing locations of photos posted on the Internet with social network contacts on Facebook, Flickr etc., found that as few as three “co-locations” for images at different times and places could predict with high probability that two people posting photos were socially connected.

What the heck it means to the common …

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