Free Internet

If you know the Internet a little, you can recognize that there are many useful , but also free programs and services. If you have for example no money to buy the office solutions Word or Excel from Microsoft, try OpenOffice.org. Dating plattforms boom also and those of you who only know the services with costs should also try social networks like Gojol.de, where users can communicate with each other for free.Those offers are funded mostly through advertising, appearing on the pages or through donations. The online-encyclopedia Wikipedia e.g is funded exclusivlely through donations. [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV

In GTA IV violence is the main content. In gaming-scene it is well known and was expected with suspense. The publisher Take-Two developed the game and it coult reach the exchange of 500 million dollars in the first quarter. Halo 3 (Microsoft) made 300 million dollars in the same period.

The gamer plays the role of Niko Bellic, an Eastern European imigrant, who comes to Liberty City to escape from his violence past. GTA IV is full of wit, allusions to the reality and violence. The graphics are excellent and the story reminds to a good novel. [...]

Communities in Web 2.0

The Web 2.0 is formed by communities and social networks such as Gojol.com. A few years ago the internet was just static. A webmaster put his contents into the net and you as user could hardly modify them. But with Web 2.0 and with it the possibility to participate in the development of the internet came.

The term was shaped by the publisher O'Really and refers to the trend of the internet to be a common information platform where knowledge is exchanged and discussed. Who do understand the Web 2.0 can benefit such as the big search engines, social networks, video portals or communities. Many offers are free as they are financed by advertising. [...]

Chip-cooling by corona discharge

The company Thorrn Micro Technologies developed a fan without any moving parts. The RSD5 is with a size of 15x15mm and a height of 2mm only a quarter as big as usual fans but moves two or three times more air. The new fan works completely silent, except for the sound of air flow. [...]

Convert photos into three-dimensional views

Researchers at Stanford University like Andrew Ng, junior professor of computer sciences and his doctoral student Ashutosh Saxena developed a web service called Make3D. It can convert two-dimensional images into three dimensional models. So it is possible to get a more realistic impression of a still image. [...]

Changing polyphonic audio material

With the technology Direct Node Access it is possible to access and manipulate each note of an audio stream even within chords. Now it is possible to correct wrong played notes even after recording. [...]

Mini Notebooks on the rise

Wether in office or on the road. Especially people who are much appreciate like the Note- or Powerbook. For some tasks the Handheld is not sufficient and therefor the notebook is the first choice. Before you purchase a Notebook you should be aware of the tasks it has to handle and afterwards meet its facilities. [...]

The end of the keyboard?

According to Bill Gates the future of the computer belongs to touch screens and voice input. In five years there should be more internet search request with speech than with keyboard. [...]

Controlling the computer with thoughts

Whether there are people who can read the mind of others is questionable. That it is technically possible, to control machines with thoughts some researchers and companies could show. They use a device called EEG which is frequently encountered in medicine. [...]

Surf with mobile 2D bar codes

Barcodes are used to encrypt information into a picture which can be decoded by optical reading devices (scanners) and processed electronically. With image recognition software it is possible to decrypt the contained information. Mostly the information is written as clear text below the barcode. [...]