FireText smoke alarm will automatically text up to four numbers during an emergency

Smoke alarms are both a blessing and a curse. A curse when you're cooking or toasting bread, and the minute your culinary creation gets slightly burnt, there goes the alarm. Jokes aside, smoke alarms can be lifesavers, notifying us in our sleep the minute smoke is detected, giving us time to quickly assess the situation and make a decision. However, there are times when you are out of the house, or perhaps you're a heavy sleeper, what then.

Ubergizmo, FireText smoke alarm will automatically text up to four numbers during an emergency

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FlickKey, The ‘World's Smallest' Virtual Keyboard

Flickkey makes it possible to type on tiny screens. The FlickKey Mini is billed as the “World's Smallest Keyboard.” What's more, it's a virtual, on-screen keyboard, expanding the market for possible haters twofold. Why would you want such a thing? Well, the somewhat confusing PR e-mail talks about putting it on the face of a watch. This opens up the possibility of turning something the size of an iPod Nano into a full(ish)-featured computer.

First, though, the keyboard has to actually work. You can download a free version which puts a keyboard the size and shape of an Nano on your iPhone screen.

Gadget Lab, FlickKey, The ‘World's Smallest' Virtual Keyboard

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Waterlogic's Firewall Tap

Waterlogic is now extending its revolutionary Firewall™ UV purification technology into the home. The survey prompted a majority of consumers to purchase a water-filtration device.

Trendy Gadget, Waterlogic's Firewall Tap

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ICCNexergy FWC100 Series: 100 Watt External Power Supply

ICCNexergy launched its new FWC100 series, an external, switch mode power supply that offers a power density of 4.2 watts per cubic inch and is ideal for applications requiring high power in a lightweight package. The FWC100 is well suited for IT, data, and telecom equipment and meets IEC 60950-1 standards. Additional regulatory information and agency certifications are available at www.iccnexergy.com. The convection cooled FWC100 series measures 7.09″ x 2.27″ x 1.52″ (180.2mm x 57.5mm x 38.6mm), weighs 1.52 lbs.

Trendy Gadget, ICCNexergy FWC100 Series: 100 Watt External Power Supply

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SimCity Cheats For iPhone

You might be looking for cheat of your SimCity games. After launch your SimCity, just shake the iPhone and you will get a text box to enter your cheat.

Type this to set construction costs to $0 per item: i am weak

Type this for all extra rewards: pay tribute to your king

Type this to legalize gambling for 50 years: the casino

Type this for recycling plant, waste to energy incinerator and normal incinerator:
garbage in, garbage out

Type this for High tech industries:
nerdz rule

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Guide To Unlock iOS 4.3.1 Using Ultrasn0w 1.2.1 (iPhone 4, 3G/3Gs & iPad)

Finally, Dev-Team had released the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 on all iOS devices from iPhone to iPad(except iPad 2) their next objective was to update Ultrasn0w to work on iOS 4.3.1. iPhone 4 users must take extra care while updating to iOS 4.3.1 as they need to prevent the baseband from upgrading. This update only brings iOS 4.3.1 support to basebands which could be unlocked earlier. Therefore, only baseband 01.59.00 can be unlocked on iPhone 4.

Here's the list of basebands that can be unlocked using Ultrasn0w 1.2.1:

iPhone 4:

• 01.59.00

iPhone 3G/3GS:

• 04.26.08
• 05.11.07
• 05.12.01
• 05.12.04
• 06.15.00

Note: For T-Mobile users in USA should disable 3G under Settings > General > Network. This is due to an incompatibility with T-Mobile’s 3G. Those in other countries do not need to do this, unless they face a problem.

Step 1: Use PwnageTool or Redsn0w to jailbreak your iPhone.
Note: For iPhone 4 users, must use PwnageTool since Redsn0w does not create custom IPSW which is required to prevent baseband upgrade.

Step 2: Launch Cydia on iPhone and add “http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com” as the new repository URL. You can simply tap “Manage” -> “Sources” -> “Edit” -> “Add” to add the repository URL. If your not clear about this, checkout my post here on how to add sources to Cydia. This step only for beginner users, for those who already know about adding repo you may ignore this step.

Step 3: Then tap “Search” and search for “ultrasn0w” application

Step 4 : Install “ultrasn0w” and then on confirm. If you have already installed Ultrasn0w before, you will see a modify button instead of Install, like in the screen shot above.

Step 5: After, Cydia has installed Ultrasn0w, you should reboot your iPhone. To restart, press and hold the power button till you see the slide to power off screen. Now slide the button to turn your iPhone off and then turn it back on. You should now have an unlocked iPhone with iOS 4.3.1.

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Guide To Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS and iPad1 using Redsn0w (Windows/Mac)

The Dev-Team has also updated PwnageTool for Mac to jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 but Redsn0w is not only available to both Windows and Mac users but also offers a faster jailbreak process since it does not require any custom IPSW to be created.


Note: Please read through the below notes before taking action to jailbreak your iPhone

The jailbroken only compatible as listed below using this tool.

• iPhone3GS
• iPhone4 (GSM)
• iPod touch 3G
• iPod touch 4G
• iPad1
• AppleTV 2G (PwnageTool only for now)
• If your iPhone is not factory unlocked and you use Ultrasn0w on your iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS then please note that Ultrasn0w does not work with iOS 4.3.1 at the moment. The Dev-Team will be releasing an updated Ultrasn0w in Cydia soon.
• You must not update your iPhone with stock firmware from Apple. In order to preserve the iPhone baseband, upgrade to iOS 4.3.1 using custom IPSW created in PwnageTool or by using TinyUmbrella only.

1. You must first download Redsn0w and the iOS 4.3.1 firmware in order to proceed with the jailbreak. Here are the links:

redsn0w 0.9.6rc9:

• OS X
• Windows

iOS 4.3.1 Official Firmware

• iOS 4.3.1 for iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iOS 4.3.1 for iPhone 3GS

2. Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone using the dock connector to USB cable. Now press Alt key on your Mac’s keyboard and click on Check for update. Windows users need to press the Shift key and then click on update. Since, RedSn0w does not create any custom IPSW you need to update your iPhone to iOS 4.3.1 before performing the jailbreak.

3. You can now select the IPSW file downloaded in the previous step to update your iPhone. In less than ten minutes, your iPhone will update and reboot.

4. Extract the RedSn0w zip archive we downloaded earlier and launch redsn0w.

5. Now click on Browse and select the IPSW file corresponding to your iPhone or other iOS device that you are jailbreaking.

6. RedSn0w will now try to identify and process the firmware file automatically. Once the firmware file has been identified click on Next. RedSn0w will now start preparing jailbreak data based on the IPSW file.

7. By default the checkbox beside Install Cydia should be selected. You do not need to change any settings here. Click Next to proceed.

8. You need to turn off your iPhone or iPod Touch after connecting it to the computer. Click on Next again. The next screen will show you instructions to put the iOS device into DFU mode.

9. You need to hold and release the iPhone buttons in the said order to place it in DFU mode in order to proceed with the iPhone jailbreak. This is the last step for the user as after this RedSn0w will do everything automatically.

10. The iPhone will be jailbroken and then rebooted.

11. Click on Finish when you see Done! on your screen.

12. Now jailbreaking process has complete with iPhone 4.3.1 iOS. Finally, sync back your iPhone to restore your backups data with iTunes.

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Land environment found deep under the sea

It's a unique find in geology. Deep beneath the floor of the Atlantic lies a landscape which was once exactly that. Boreholes have brought up pollen grains. It seems the 10,000-sq km area rose rapidly to the surface, survived about 25 million years, and was submerged again. That's fast indeed by the standards of "deep time." The result is a sandwich with a terrestrial landscape between much longer-lived layers of marine landscape. It's far too old to be Atlantis - by about 56 million years - but the comparison is irresistible.

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New type of joint found in nature: a screw!

Yep. A type of weevil has a hip joint unlike the two normal types of joints found in animals, the hinge and the ball-and-socket. The weevil uses a screw thread that goes through a nut. There's a tiny hole in the middle of the screw to allow blood to circulate.
COMMENT: Biologists have wondered why nature never hit on the wheel in all these billions of years of experimentation. As far as we know, that mystery is unsolved, but this little bit of news reminds us just how many variations can pop out of a long, messy process like evolution. (As a Christian, I believe this process did have a foreordained end result - a species intelligent enough to become spiritually aware - but it sure was a long, strange trip.)

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New plant genus from Florida river

I remember the St. Johns river - which, unlike every other river in North America, flows north. The finding of a new genus and species, however tiny, reminds us we have a lot to learn even about familiar haunts. Florida State University, biologist Akshinthala K.S.K. Prasad found the new diatom in a water sample collected seven years before. Never stop searching....

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