A Glimpse of the Future

September 1st, 2010 No Comments »

This is an amazing and entirely original concept that I have seen so far and personally, I see this happening in the next 5 years. And believe me, we’re almost there!

“This is the result of the Open Innovation experiment. It is an experience video showing the future of screen technology with stretchable screens, transparent screens and e-ink displays, to name a few.”

It’s awesome! Great video editing.

Facebook is bigger than Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Turkey combined

January 8th, 2009 3 Comments »

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Yes you are reading that right, Facebook is bigger than Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Turkey combined in terms of population. Facebook has a staggering count of 150 million users according to Mark Zuckerberg (Founder, Facebook).

Country population breakdown:

Turkey – 71,892,808
Canada – 33,515,000
Australia – 21,468,700
New Zealand – 4,280,000
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Total 131,246,508*

That, my friend, is really impressive! It makes you wonder how they keep their systems running smoothly, how they scale up rapidly.

Facebook has more than 10,000 servers and leverages mostly open-source software across a distributed architecture, with thousands of MySQL instances. “It’s almost a new challenge every day,”

Jonathan Heiliger (Vice President of Technical Operations, Facebook)
CNET interview

That’s not the only thing, Facebook has more than 10 billion photos! Some additional stats:

  • 2-3 Terabytes of photos are being uploaded to the site daily
  • Over one petabyte of photo storage
  • Serving over 15 billion photo images per day
  • Photo traffic peaks at over 300,000 images served per second

Truth is, impressive is an understatement.

 

*Source: Wikipedia

New "Get a Mac" Ads – Pizza Box, Throne and Calming Teas

August 18th, 2008 1 Comment »

Apple has posted three new “Get a Mac” funny ads. Pizza Box, Throne and Calming Teas

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I can’t get enough of these ads. Really entertaining!

Web find of the day: $6,600 HP Blackbird 002

June 16th, 2008 Comments Off

Exactly. This machine is not for the faint of heart.

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Ok… I added some more nice items, some upgrades and here’s the final total.

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$10,103.95. Nice!

Got money lying around? Get the Blackbird 002 now and you might just get broke tomorrow.

Trend Micro: RUBotted (Beta)

June 13th, 2008 Comments Off

Bots or zombies can secretly hijack your computer to send out spam or attack other computers through the Internet.

Be safe and install RUBotted now. It makes the Internet safer.

What is RUBotted?

RUBotted monitors your computer for suspicious behavior associated with Bots, a form of malicious software that can secretly take control of your computer for criminal purposes. Upon discovering a potential infection, RUBotted immediately prompts you to scan and clean your computer.

rubotted

My computer is clear. Is yours clear? Check it now.

Operating System Requirements:

    * Windows 2000 Professional (with the latest Service Pack installed)
    * Windows XP Professional or Home Edition (with the latest Service Pack installed)
    * Windows 2003 Server (with the latest Service Pack installed)
    * Windows Vista (32-bit version only, with the latest Service Pack installed)