The slick slider has a touchscreen, a weather indicator, and Wi-Fi - not to mention it’s totally hot. Of course, anything this cool would have to be a concept, but one with an amazing twist: its designer, Andrew Kim, is just 15 years old. This kid’s in high school, for crying out loud, and he’s pulling off design concepts that would put the pros to shame, complete with detailed spec sheets.
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MySpace, in partnership with Vertigo Films and Film4, is offering its users over £1m to make the world’s first user-generated feature film.
The MyMovie Mashup competition unfolds in 10 ‘acts’. The first part of the competition is the search for a director, and interested parties must submit a short film to MySpace by 27 April.
The top 12 candidates will pitch their scripts to a panel of experts, which includes actress Sienna Miller and director Kevin Macdonald. MySpace users will then vote for the winner.
Act Two is the title search, and Act Three is the script stage where users can make suggestions for alterations. Act Four is casting and Act Five is the search for a production crew.
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Looking for something more fun and less predictable than roses and chocolates this Valentine’s Day? Write your love on the side of a satellite. This unusual approach to courting comes courtesy of students at MIT and Georgia Tech, as part of a larger initiative to pay for their research spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Biosatellite. For a tax-deductible donation anyone can post a picture or message of choice on the spacecraft. All donations help the students pay for the development and construction of their Earth-orbiting satellite, to be launched in 2010. The data gathered will be critical to preparing for human missions to Mars and beyond.[ link ]
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Nokia’s most sexiest concept mobile phone Ever to be seen by the eye, make NO mistake when we say that this particular phone should magically be turned from concept to reality (come on Nokia) make history and take the word concept which basically means never going to happen to reality which we will make happen then we here at Phones Review and the millions of mobile phone users will bow at your feet.
The designers, researchers and development team at Nokia have come into a world of their own when designing this amazing handset that will make you melt away, when we came across this phone on Nokia’s main website in the research & Development page we nearly fell off our seats because of the style, design and well bloody beauty of its concept.
If you’re the owner of a video rental store, it may be time to start thinking about getting into a different business, according to ZDNet. Netflix, the online movie rental service, is offering a new feature that allows its subscribers to instantly view movies and TV shows on their PC. From the article: ‘Following a one-time, under-60-second installation of a simple browser applet, most subscribers’ movie selections will begin playing in their Web browser in as little as 10 to 15 seconds. Movies can be paused and a position bar gives viewers the ability to immediately jump to any point in the movie. In all, the instant watching feature requires only Internet connectivity with a minimum of one megabit per second of bandwidth.’ These movies are in addition to the standard DVDs you can have at home, it should be pointed out. You can see
a demonstration of the service at the Hacking Netflix blog.
Only a small percentage of customers have it available at the moment, but they hope to roll it out to everyone within six months.
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Step3 Go!!
Now send this email message (after you change the given URL, adding your Display Name in the end) to all your friends in school and college, on Orkut, etc., and ask them to register for the Imagine Cup, and you are on your way to win exclusive prizes from Microsoft. And remember, the more friends of yours register, the more prizes you can win.
Finally there is an innovative answer that not only provides a practical solution to book storage but is guaranteed to get people talking.
Sticklebook has invented the world’s first invisible shelving system that creates the illusion of a line of books hanging unsupported on the wall. It can be used absolutely anywhere and for any situation.
Sticklebook’s innovative design is comprised of an aluminium extrusion which acts as a bracket and polypropylene combed strip that grips the cover and pages of paperback books. The shelf is screwed onto the wall which itself helps support the weight of the book and is an integral part of the design. They claim it is totally secure and fall-proof. Product page.
Google users can now buy domain names through the search engine giant, to use with its growing suite of online applications.
For $US10 a year, Google sells web addresses ending in .com, .org, .net, .biz, and .info. The domain names are for use with Google Apps for Your Domain, a free hosting service targeted at small businesses. It offers websites, email, instant messaging and shared calendars - all personalised with the business’ name and logo. Users will retain full control of their domain settings, allowing them to use the domain with non-Google services.
Google has partnered with GoDaddy.com and eNom for domain registration services, but the registration process has been integrated in the Google Apps for Your Domain set up process. According to Google, the process includes “private registration to protect your personal information”.
Well, the future is here and CS3 is available for download. As with previous upgrades of Photoshop, there’s a lot of cool new stuff at Photoshopuser.com : some features we’ve been dying for, some we didn’t know we wanted until we saw them, and some stuff that will just make our lives a lot easier.
Here’s a quick look at some of the features that I think will be creating a lot of buzz:
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