Neatorama have gathered some interesting facts about Google and put them all in a single blog post over on their site. The various facts include a lego storage case that held 10 x 4GB hard drives allowing enough storage capacity for their PageRank algo to be tested successfully. Another fact mentions that the I’m Feeling Lucky button costs Google around $110 Million a year in lost ad revenues and if you want to know how many servers Google has… you might find out in the blog post, or you might not.
For some interesting facts for a few minutes of your time check out the post.
BlackSn0w has now been launched that provides unlocking for both iPhone 3G models and the 3G S running the latest iPhone OS numbered 3.1.2 with baseband 05.11.07.
Western Digital have created a new drive named the WD S25 that is capable of spinning at 10,000 RPM and and has a 2.5 inch form. The drive is a SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drive that has 16 MB of buffer memory and can function for 1.6 million hours before failure.
Designer Je Sung Park has designed a new laptop that is recyclable due to it being made of paper. The idea behind it is that the average laptop could last anywhere from 2 to 5 years and then need to be replaced which ads a lot of harmful waste to the environment.
Sprint have announced that they are offering an EVDO enabled netbook in the form of the Dell Inspiron Mini 10. The netbook costs $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and will set you back $59.99 on a 24 month contract that will provide 5GB of data per month.
Orange have launched a new iPhone app for Orange Wednesdays in the UK. Orange Wednesdays have been running since 2003 and allow those on the Orange network to text a number and get a free 2 for 1 voucher for use in cinemas across the UK every Wednesday of the year.
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After a few months of rumours and leaks about the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and it’s change of name from Rachael to X3 and finally to X10, it has now been officially unveiled. The new SE Android based phone runs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor built by Qualcomm and has a healthy 4 inch capacitive touchscreen display which isn’t quite the size of the HTC HD2, but is still quite a large screen to work with.
Windows 7 launched just recently and has already achieved a 3.48% market share according to figures collected at the end of October. These figures only represent installed copies and do not include shipped copies that have not been installed just yet.
NEC have announced a new projector named the NEC NP610. It falls in to the entry-level category but has a fairly bright projection of 3500 lumens making it work well in conference halls and class rooms.
T-Mobile in the UK have uploaded details of the HTC HD2 to their site stating it has a launch date of November. The problem is that they have displayed the wrong phone and also stated that the HD2 will give access to the Android Market to download apps… seems they are getting a little confused there.
After hearing about fuel cell’s being the future for the last few years we actually see that this might just be the case as Toshiba have launched their fuel cell over in Japan. Fuel cells allow instant power by topping up the battery with concentrated methanol. They are ideal for items such as laptops where you could simply top them up with fuel and work away without the need to recharge or plug in.



