If you ever happen to walk  on road during summer you must have known how hot it is. This is where the innovation is beginning, few researchers from Massachusetts have been working on generating electricity from other sources. They are using heat from asphalt and other paved surfaces to produce electricity.

Solar collector could change asphalt roads into renewable energy source. by which they  could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous — and inexpensive — sources of electricity and hot water.’ For one, blacktop stays hot and could continue to generate energy after the sun goes down, unlike traditional solar-electric cells.

This idea can bring lots of cheap energy saving because parking lots stay hot at night at least during summer — and ‘could continue to generate energy after the sun goes down plus a pollution-free energy.

US Telcos are going through smooth growth this years. According to  Nielsen Company,there are 13 million wireless data card users in the US as of Q2 2008. 43 percent of mobile data card users report they most often use their data card at home, while 15 percent say they typically use the card at work

The growth is so high that many  telco have also jumped in to this business. In the past six months, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and O2 have all launched 3G/GPRS data cards for the mobile business person. Recent adoption has been strong, with more than half (55 percent) of these devices acquired in the past 12 months.

43 percent of mobile data card users report they most often use their data card at home, while 15 percent say they typically use the card at work. Nielsen’s research shows growth that the cards are beginning to play an important role in home and personal Internet access, as well. In fact, . Additionally, one in five (21 percent) data card subscribers take advantage of ubiquitous access by heading outdoors and 9 percent use their card while commuting.

Since the launch of Iphone in Japan a month ago Iphone has recievd the mixed reaction. You may not find many people using it in Japan but still the WOM is clear when you go to any magazine satl and you find magazines dedicated for Iphone.

Impressively when you realize  that in the US I think there are now only 2 or 3 major Mac publications still in physical print, and those cover a wider spectrum of Apple news (and have a much larger potential audience).

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Firefox have seen an increase in their adoption rates over the last six months. Firefox is rgaining pupularity taking IE share adn is topping the charts. Webmonkey flatters to deceive with numbers that suggest that Mozilla’s Firefox could exceed Internet Explorer’s market share by the middle of 2009. There is also a data problem.Unfortunately, the data is gathered from a sampling of techies, not mainstream users.

Firefox increased its 6.2%,  2006 Both IE 7 while IE 7 almost kept pace, adding 5.2%, but IE 6 lost 11.6% . Firefox added 6.2%, its largest six month gain since 2006.

Firefox could take over Internet Explorer as the web’s most popular browser in 2009 however MS office is still the only soluton for thi.

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London a city of financial depth has many other faces. A city with highly expensive markets have also a high rate of  criminal activities.London has more than  10000 crime fighting CCTV cameras which cost £200 million.

But here is another major advancement , To be launched early  next month.London’s Metropolitan Police have introduced a crime map, showing incidents throughout the city. Built on Google maps technology it show scrime data to users a crime map of London. Initially these maps will only show burglary, robbery and vehicle crime incidents.

Viewers can see which of the 32 boroughs have enjoying more or less crime than in previous years, and which lie above or below the average crime rate for the capital. This can be searched by postcode, or zoom into specific neighborhoods for results.

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Dashwire has introduced a popular feature of IPhone for windows mobiles by which you can manage your phone’s content like address book, text messages, photos, videos from an online service. This tool can be extremely useful for backing up your address book and other mobile content before switching wireless carriers.

Dashwire automatically uploads all your photos, videos, and status to share with the people. This also supports your social coummunites to share your data. The best thing about it is its easier configuration by which you Spend less time setting-up your phone and more time using it.

Dashwire is  currently available on Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0, and rumor has it they are working on versions for the Blackberry and Symbian Series 60 devices as well.

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How many times have you heard that an  ex prime minister joins a corpaprate sector. Former Finnish PM Esko Aho has joined Nokia as Nokia Group Executive Board and he will join the company in November. Well this seems to be quite a  good development, He was the Prime Minister Finland from 1991 to 1995.

Tony Blair will be out of work after the next election in the UK. Player X is hiring…

Aho said, “I see this as an inspiring new challenge. There is a lot to learn but I believe I will be able to draw on my experience from both a think tank environment as well as from international politics.”

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Well if by any way you are planning to buy a mobile this month, i have few suggestions for handsets  based on the device pupularity and features.

SAMSUNG INSTINCT

A device known as Iphone killer is rolling in markets every day and reportedly Sprint has sold record number of instinct phones to date.A data will work in more places than the iPhone 3G’s HSDPA due to Sprint’s much larger and more mature 3G network. The Instinct’s 2 megapixel camera is capable of video recording and MMS (or Sprint’s variant.) Finally, it features not only voice recognition but Speech-to-Action and it also has stereo Bluetooth

Pros: Great call quality. Excellent Web browser, with cool browsing features. Great navigation, well-integrated with the rest of the phone’s features.

Cons: Not as responsive as it should be. No IM client. Lacks a load of onboard memory. No tethered modem support.

NOKIA E71

A blackberry killer, Nokia E71 comprises elegance as weel as profesional & busines featyres in one stylish handset.E71, combines the best of the E61 factors with the size ,speed of the E51 and the software package from the E90 plus few hard to break tricks of its own.

Nokia E71 supports business-class email platforms like Mail for Exchange, and features a full messaging keyboard, dedicated email key, and an intuitive user set-up that’s quick and painless.

Pros: Slim and stylish design, solid build quality, full range of wireless features, works right out of the box, snappy performance, excellent battery life.

Cons: Counter-intuitive camera autofocus, media browser could do with a little upgrade, Easy Dial feature not available.

Palm Treo Pro (850)

A 3G Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 smartphone  with touch screen interfacewhat more you want. This phone is being called as most awaited phone althug screen size is realy small.reo Pro is supposed to be Palm’s new intelligent phone and a flagship product for the company. You will therefore be surprised by some of the features:

• 400Mhz CPU
• 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM — i.e. enough for performing multiple demanding tasks at once
• Tri-band 3G, quad-band GSM/GPRS
• Pros: Slim and stylish design, quality, full range of wireless features, works right out of the box,

  Cons:Small screen size, low end camera

How many times have scientists gone for the use of Genetically modified  food just because there are no legislation in this case. The science of taking genes from one species and inserting them into another was supposed to be a giant leap forward but it has gone against nature  and that is why these foods are at risk of helath.  Recently Prince Charles recently termed these foods as worst disaster but what can be done to stop it. Few  bio tech companies and governments support and they  are still trying to force its

Those in favour of GM crops often claim that they have the potential to ‘feed the world’. Many people, not least those who live in countries where hunger persists, believe that a technological fix will at best address the symptoms of hunger and malnutrition

The simple truth is, we don’t need GM technology. W hat we need is a  food security not anti nature food prodcution . All we need is the sustainable farming which will allow us to repair the damage done by industrial farming. We should  remember that corporate control on food chain through patents and the ownership of seeds will only worse the  the problem.

Emirates Boeing 777 will now offer phone calls or text messages to people traveling through Emirates.Emirates  flight Boeing 777 flew into London from Dubai last Thursday. The airline began fitting its aircraft with a system allowing in flight-mobile use in March.

Few other airlines  have tested  AeroMobile system like Air France-KLM and Turkish Airlines and  Ryanair says  to fit one quarter of its fleet with the system and charge passengers for its use. Othe teh other hand Emirates is keeping it free of charge for its mobile uers

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