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Recharge your gadgets without wires

askars — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:58:14 +0000

A Pennsylvania based company, Powercast, came up with an impressive product to cut the wires on small to medium gadgets and let the recharge happen wireless. That is a pretty cool concept and the good thing about this is that they just didn’t come up with the concept but they’ve made that concept into a product and have successfully signed agreements with more than 100 companies including the electronics giant Philips.

Here is how it works…A transmitter plugs into the wall, and a dime-size receiver (the real innovation, costing about $5 to make) can be embedded into any low-voltage device. The receiver turns radio waves into DC electricity, recharging the device’s battery at a distance of up to 3 feet.

Atlas of Faiths

askars — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:50:44 +0000

Here is a nice little atlas of the concentration of religions throughout the world. Take a look at from here.

Tags: Atlas, Religion, Info, Faith

ZYB: Online Mobile Phone Contact Backup Service

askars — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:36:12 +0000

I just tried ZYB, the online mobile phone contact backup service and I’ve to tell ya, it is simply a great tool to make sure your cell phone numbers are safely backed up somewhere online. I always was concerned of losing my cell phone or having it not startup on a fine day. One day I happen to drop my cell phone in the rain and it wouldn’t start up after that and I still remember the moment when I was literally trying my best to make sure I get my contacts written somewhere safe. Fortunate for me that I got my cell phone back up and running without that many hassles but that taught me a good lesson and importance of keeping a backup of my cell phone contacts.

When I heard of ZYB providing the same service of what I was looking for, I thought of giving it a try. Truly it was a seamless effort to back up my cell phone contacts. Even though the web site was a bit slow in terms of performance it was simple enough to have my RAZR contacts backed up with few simple steps that ZYB will guide you thru.

One great service that I would recommend you to try.

tags: Backup, Backup Cellphone, Backup Cellphone Contacts, Backup Service

Get your @Live addresses while they lost

askars — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:04:30 +0000

To me @Live addresses are cool even though I like Gmail interface and email handling a lot better than Hotmail. It is short and sweet and stands out. When Microsoft announced that it will open up the @Live addresses I was excited. But then the news faded and there was no word for a while. In the mean time our unofficial hackers came up with a hack that will let us get @Live addresses (unofficially) by changing few parameters in the browser URL.

Here is how you do it,

Visit the Windows Live Hotmail subscription page
Click the “Get it free” button
When the new page comes up, in the address bar, replace “hmnewuser.aspx” with “newuser.aspx”
Locate and delete “&hm=1″ from the same address bar
Hit enter, and when the page reloads it will let you create @live addresses

Enjoy!!! And make sure to get your @live addresses as soon as you can as this hack might not work forever.

Technorati Tags: Windows Live, Windows Live Hotmail, Microsoft, @Live.com, @Live

Millionaire Terminology

askars — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:43:19 +0000

How would you term a person worth $5 Million, $10 Million and $100 Million? Here is how,

A pentamillionaire is someone with a net worth of $5 million.
A decamillionaire is someone with a net worth $10 million.
A hectamillionaire is someone with a net worth of $100 million, although most refer to them as Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW).

tags: Millionaires, Million, Terminology, How do you?

Mapplets: Google Map Gadgets

askars — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:08:34 +0000

Google just released a new feature to its Google Maps called Mapplets. Mapplets are simple/small gadgets that can be embedded into the Google Maps. Mapplets can be found under “My Maps” if you are signed-in to Google network. There are bunch of Mapplets that Google has put out to begin with including, Real Estate Search, Photos, Gas Prices, Distance Measurement Tool, Earth as Art, and Crop Circles. But when you click the “Add Content” button you get a much bigger list of all the available Mapplets and I’m sure if you don’t find the one you are looking for it would be available soon.

To check out Google Mapplets you would, obviously, have to visit Google Maps.

Tags: Google, Google Maps, Mapplets, Google Mapplets, Breaking News, New Features

Folders4Gmail: Create nested labels in Gmail

askars — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:27:21 +0000

As you know Labels are so convenient in Gmail to deal with the huge volume of emails. Depends on who you are it could get cluttered with so many different labels defined to handle different contexts. Folders4Gmail is a cool solution to this issue. This Greasemonkey script lets you structure the labels like folders with nested labels that could make it easy to handle the plethora of labels that you might end up with.

You can create the nested look by inserting “\” into the label name. So to create the “Middle” folder as shown in the screenshot, you need to create two labels, one with the name “Top Level” and a second with the name “Top Level\Middle.” Once you do that the script will sense the “\” and will nest the “Middle” label under “Top Level”.

Folders4Gmail is a free download for Firefox with the Greasemonkey extension. You can download the script from here.

Tags: Gmail, Labels, Nested Labels, Scripts, Greasemonkey, Greasemonkey Scripts, Tips and Tricks, How To

Microsoft to break open a trend in Vancouver, Canada

askars — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:23:39 +0000

I’m not sure if the mainstream media and the public is fully aware of the US Immigration fairlessness and the hardship legal immigrants face before getting past the immigration gate. One good example is the latest fiasco by the USCIS/DOS on it’s Visa Bulletin game. You can read a little bit about this fiasco from here. It looks like not just the poor legal immigrants but the employers as well go thru this hardship it seems and one good example is this move by Microsoft to open up a development center in Vancouver, Canada.

Read the full story from here.

Tags: Microsoft, Immigration, News, Development Center, Canada, Vancouver

Vegetables for health

askars — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:14:20 +0000

Vegetable	Amount	Minerals Contained (in descending order)	Vitamins Contained (in descending order)
Artichoke	One medium cooked with no added salt has 4.2 grams protein and 6.5 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 425 mg Phosphorus – 103 mg Magnesium – 72 mg Calcium – 54 mg Also contains small amounts of selenium, iron , manganese , copper and zinc.	Vitamin C – 12 mg Niacin - 1.2 mg Pantothenic Acid – .5 mg Folate – 61.2 mcg Vitamin A – 212 IU Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Asparagus	Half cup (about 4 spears) cooked with no added salt contains over 2 grams of protein and almost 1.5 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 144 mg Phosphorus – 48.5 mg Calcium – 18 mg Sodium – 10 mg Magnesium – 9 mg Also contains small amounts of selenium , iron , manganese, copper and zinc.	Vitamin A – 485 IU Vitamin C – 9.7 mg Niacin - .974 mg Folate – 131 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Broccoli	Half cup cooked with no added salt contains 2.3 grams protein and 2.3 grams fiber.	Potassium – 228 mg Phosphorus – 46 mg Calcium – 36 mg Sodium – 28 mg Magnesium – 18.7 mg Iron – .65 mg Vitamin K – 110 mcg Also contains small amounts of selenium, manganese , copper and zinc .	Vitamin A – 1083 IU Vitamin C – 58 mg Niacin – .45 mg Pantothenic Acid – .4 mg Folate – 39 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Carrots	Half cup cooked with no added salt contains .85 grams protein and 2.6 grams fiber.	Potassium – 177 mg Sodium – 51.5 mg Calcium – 24 mg Magnesium – 10 mg Iron – .48 mg Also contains small amounts of selenium, manganese, zinc.	Vitamin A – 19,152 IU Vitamin C – 1.8 mg Niacin – .4 mg Pantothenic Acid – .2 mg Vitamin B6 – .2 mg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Cauliflower	Half cup cooked with no added salt contains 1.1 grams protein and 1.7 grams fiber.	Potassium – 88 mg Phosphorus – 19.8 mg Calcium – 9.9 mg Sodium – 9.3 mg Magnesium – 5.6 mg Also contains small amounts of selenium,iron , manganese ,copper and zinc.	Vitamin C – 27.5 mg Vitamin A – 1.5 IU Pantothenic Acid – .3 mg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Corn	One ear, cooked with no salt contains 2.6 grams protein and 2.1 grams fiber.	Potassium – 191.7 mg Phosphorus – 79.3 mg Magnesium – 24.6 mg Sodium – 13 mg Calcium – 1.5 mg selenium – .6 mg Iron – .5 mg Zinc – .4 mg Also contains small amounts of manganese and copper .	Vitamin C – 4.8 mg Vitamin A – 167 IU Niacin – 1.2 mg Folate – 27.3 mcg Pantothenic Acid – .68 mg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Cucumber	Half a cup of sliced cucumber with skins contains .36 grams protein and .42 grams fiber.	Potassium – 74.9 mg Phosphorus – 1.4 mg Magnesium – 5.7 mg Sodium – 1 mg Calcium – 7.3 mg Also contains small amounts of selenium, iron, manganese, copper and zinc.	Vitamin C – 2.6 mg Vitamin A – 111.8 IU Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Green Pepper	One small raw pepper contains .66 grams protein and 1.3 grams fiber.	Potassium – 131 mg Phosphorus – 14 mg Magnesium – 7.4mg Calcium – 6.7 mg Sodium – 1.48 mg Also contains small amounts of selenium , iron , manganese, copper and zinc.	Vitamin A – 467.7i u Vitamin C – 66 mg Niacin – .4 mg Folate – 6.8 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Kale	One cup of cooked kale with no added salt contains 2.5 grams protein and 2.6 grams fiber.	Potassium – 296.4 mg Phosphorus – 36.4 mg Magnesium – 23.4 mg Calcium – 32 mg Sodium – 29.9 mg Iron – 1.2 mg Manganese – .5 mg Selenium – 1.2 mg Vitamin K – 1062 mcg Also contains small amounts of copper and zinc .	Vitamin A – 9,620 IU Vitamin C – 53.3 mg Niacin – .6 mg Folate – 17 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Lima Beans	One cup of cooked large lima beans with no added salt contains 14.7 grams protein and 13.2 grams fiber.	Potassium – 955 mg Phosphorus – 208.7 mg Magnesium – 8.8 mg Calcium – 32 mg Selenium – 8.5 mg Iron – 4.5 mg Sodium – 3.8 mg Zinc – 1.8 mg Manganese – .8 mg copper – .44 mg	Pantothenic Acid – .8 mg Niacin – .8 mg Folate – 156 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Mushroom	Half a cup of raw mushrooms contains 1.0 grams of protein and .42 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 129.5 mg Phosphorus – 36.4 mg Magnesium – 3.5 mg Selenium – 3 mg Calcium – 1.8 mg Sodium – 1.4 mg Iron – .36 mg Also contains small amounts of manganese, copper and zinc .	Vitamin D – 26.6 IU Niacin – 1.4 mg Vitamin C – .8 mg Pantothenic Acid – .5 mg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Onions	One small onion cooked without salt contains .8 grams protein and 1.3 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 110 mg Phosphorus – 23.1 mg Calcium – 14 mg Magnesium – 7 mg Sodium – 2.1 mg Selenium – .42 mg Also contains small amounts of iron, manganese, copper and zinc.	Vitamin C – 4.5 mg Folate – 9 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Peas	One cup of boiled peas with no salt added contains 8.58 grams of protein and 8.8 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 433.6 mg Phosphorus – 187.2 mg Magnesium – 62.4 mg Calcium – 43.2 mg Sodium – 4.8 mg Selenium – 3.0 mg Iron – 2.5 mg Zinc – 1.9 mg Manganese – .8 mg Also contains small amount of copper .	Vitamin A – 955.2iu Vitamin C – 22.72 mg Niacin – 3.23 mg Folate – 100.8 mcg Vitamin B1 (thiamine) – .41 mg Vitamin B6 - .35 mg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Potatoes	One medium baked potato without salt contains 3.0 grams of protein and 2.3 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 610 mg Phosphorus – 78 mg Magnesium – 39 mg Calcium – 7.8 mg Sodium – 7.8 mg Iron – .55 mg Selenium – .46 mg Zinc – .45 mg Also contains small amounts of manganese and copper .	Vitamin C – 20 mg Niacin – 2.18 mg Pantothenic Acid – .9 mg Vitamin B6 – .5 mg Folate – 14 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Spinach	One cup of raw spinach contains .86 grams of protein and .81 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 167.4 mg Phosphorus – 14.7 mg Magnesium – 23.7 mg Calcium – 29.7 mg Sodium – 23.7 mg Iron – .81 mg Selenium – .3 mg - Vitamin K - 145 mcg Also contains small amounts of manganese, copper and zinc .	Vitamin A – 2014.5 mg Vitamin C – 8.43 mg Folate – 58.2 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Squash, Summer	One cup of sliced summer squash, baked with no added salt contains 1.65 grams of protein and 2.5 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 345.6 mg Phosphorus – 7.2 mg Magnesium – 43.2 mg Calcium – 48.6 mg Sodium – 1.8 mg Iron – .65 mg Manganese – .38 mg Selenium – .36 mg Zinc – .7 mg Also contains small amount of copper.	Vitamin A – 516.6 mg Vitamin C – 9.9 mg Niacin – .92 mg Folate – 36 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Squash, Winter	One cup of cubed winter squash, baked with no added salt contains 1.02 grams of protein and 2.07 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 181.3 mg Phosphorus – 21.7 mg Magnesium – 17.0 mg Calcium – 32.5 mg Sodium – 27.9 mg Iron – .52 mg Selenium – .46 mg Also contains small amounts of manganese, copper and zinc .	Vitamin A – 17.5 mg Vitamin C – 5.4 mg Niacin – 1.25 mg Folate – 57.4 mcg Pantothenic Acid – .55 mg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.
Sweet Potatoes	One medium sweet potato baked in its skin contains 1.96 grams of protein and 3.42 grams of fiber.	Potassium – 273 mg Phosphorus – 29.5 mg Magnesium – 13.5 mg Calcium – 6.2 mg Sodium – 11.0 mg Iron – .55 mg Selenium – .5 mg Manganese – .6 mg Zinc – .3 mg Also contains small amount of copper .	Vitamin A – 24,877 mg Vitamin C – 28.0 mg Pantothenic Acid – .74 mg Niacin – .69 mg Folate – 26.2 mcg Contains some other vitamins in small amounts

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2008 Honda Accord – Sneak Previewed

askars — Sun, 13 May 2007 03:55:50 +0000

AutoBlog has sneaked some pictures which it claims are of 2008 Honda Accord’s.

Isn’t that looking great (I mean without those bumper cover stickers)?

tags: Honda, Honda Accord, Car, Sneak Preview, Sneak, New