Sandisk alongwith four major record labels announced a new physical format for music delivery- ‘Slotmusic’. Slotmusic is essentially a microSD card that can hold entire album (or more perhaps), and will also come with USB connector. Buyers will be able to shop for their ‘Slotmusic’ just the way the shop for their CDs. ......continue reading

And guess what its using for advertising? Of course Flash. Jivox apparently served ads to 40 million viewers in the last quarter according to the press release. I have not seen many of the ads, but if the ads are non-intrusive, they certainly do a good job of getting one’s attention. ......continue reading

                    Here’s an interesting interface to phone- biometric sensor to read your fingerprints. Apparently HTC is coming with such device. It is not known how and where it’ll be used. ......continue reading

Graphene, a single atom thick sheet of graphite, offers significantly higher mobility than any known semiconductor material known till date according to recent article in EDN. It could be easily customized to be used in computer chips, to biometric sensors to high frequency communication chips. Yet another emerging technology that could mark end of silicon era! ......continue reading

A recent article in EETimes describes that researchers at University of Saskatchewan created material that becomes superconducting at room temperature.  Superconductors are characterized by zero resistance, and can be used to make digital switches, batteries, transistors- what not. If the claims are proved correct, this could be beginning of a new era! ......continue reading

Take a look at the nano-technology based concept phone from Nokia. Now thats what I’d like as my next phone! ......continue reading