U2’s frontman and a charitable institution himself, Bono, became charitabe to Palm Inc., the company behind the Treo and Centro smart phones in December 2008.

After this £312 million pound invested proved to be a mistake after dropping 35 percent in stock shares since January, don’t you wish that Bono invested or placed his money in some other charitable institution?

Elevation Partners, the California-based private-equity business, where the U2 frontman is a managing partner, decided to save Palm Inc. The company may have been too optimistic with Palm Inc.’s potential as the firm’s executives originally predicted up to £1.1 billion in sales, but Bono’s investment in the smart telephone maker wasn’t at all smart when the company just raked in £193.8 million.

Factor in the struggling economy and competitors whose names are just too familiar like Apple and Blackberry, it’s no wonder Palm Inc. cannot get the elevation Bono would have wanted for the company.

Plus the fact that Bono appeared in a commercial for one of his company’s competitors, Blackberry, doesn’t help at all.

“Driving broad consumer adoption of Palm products is taking longer than we anticipated.” uttered Jon Rubinstein, chief executive of the company said in a statement. The guys are still optimistic about this £312 million investment.

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Be glad you are using the best invention of the past decade. That is of course, if you are on Facebook as Facebook is named best invention of the past decade.

The survey, performed on several Britons, asked more than a thousand people to name their favorite invention within the past decade. Almost 75 percent of them named Facebook among their choices. This does not surprise us, as facebook had defined the landscape of social media and social networking. Facebook is not the only social networking website ranking in the survey as Twitter comes third getting 58 percent of the votes. iPhone comes in between Facebook and Twitter, ranking second in the survey.

There were funny inventions ranking in the survey such as jeggings-a fashionable cross between jeans and leggings and there were even some who voted for Jedward–the X Factor twins.

Facebook comes at the top of the survey with 73 percent, iPhone comes second at 62 percent. Followed by twitter, the mp3 player, satellite navigation systems, the iPod, Youtube, HD TVs, GHD hair straighteners and 3D films.

It is funny to note these things down. Considering that these are the technological inventions which have defined the last decade.

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With this day and age when almost everything is battery operated or if it cannot run on batteries, then it’s simply not good enough, the IDAPT charging station is something that can prove to be very useful.

Basically, what the IDAPT charging station does is that it allows you to manage chargers and those perky wires. It can handle a few rechargeable gadgets at the same time. It organizes the wires in a tiny and easy to handle device.

Another selling point of this charging station is that it also clears up outlets, you wouldn’t need to use an extension anymore. That is super useful when you are on the go and you are in need of a quick charge for your many devices.

The IDAPT charging station comes in two models, the i2 and i3. The numerals following the letter represents the number of gadgets the device can accommodate.

This does not mean though that the device can only charge 2 or 3 types of devices, the IDAPT comes with six popular charging tips, and those six tips can charge up to an unimaginable 3500 different gadgets!

All this for £20 for the i2 and £30 for the i3.

That’s cheap for it’s functionality, don’t you think?

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The nostalgic lava lamp has been a symbol of the 70s and its groovy visual hypnotism can be associated with the peaceful, harmonious and music loving aura of our zen and hippie brethren.

Given this association, it only takes time for the lava lamp and its harmonious relationship with music to jive itself back into the new millennium.

The iPod Lava Docking System or what is predictably known as the iLava is a docking station for iPods and while your music device is being charged you can enjoy that captivating LED light show.

What is more enchanting about the iLava is that the “lava” inside dances and pulsates along with every beat playing from your iPod. Space out as you watch the iLava performs its light show. Sweet!

The iLava was designed in 2007, so it was designed with the original iPod in mind, not just the iTouch or the iPhone, it has a total of 8 docking insert adapters so that the first edition of iPod along with the new ones like the iTouch and the iPhone can use device to charge and dock their iPods.

And for £69.99, it’s a decent centerpiece for your room.

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Apple will pull out some applications from its App store if they are found to have overtly sexual content.

The electronics company behind the iPod and the recent buzz maker, iPad. began removing iPhone and iPod touch, applications from its online App store, those being removed are applications which are sexual and offensive in nature.

These includes applications which feature bikini models, and applications where the objective is, shall we say, activities that may involve increasing the world’s population.

“If we find these apps contain inappropriate material, we remove them and request the developer make any necessary changes in order to be distributed by Apple,” according to a statement from the company.

This move may be met with controversy as the creators claimed the power to decide what or what not to place on people’s iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone.

Some people are saying that it’s their product anyways and Apple should always have the final say on what should or shouldn’t their products have, either application developers comply to the standards of the App store or they should just find another venue to market their applications.

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“Terrorist groups and their sympathizers have expressed interest in using cyber means to targt the United States and its citizens.” that is what Dennis Blair, US Director of National Intelligence, said to the US Senate.

There were no statement yets against the UK, but other countries might also be their next target.

This story isn’t too farfetched as online attack against websites have been recorded already in some countries, one of which was in Saudi Arabia, the really threatening part of this was you did not need to be a member of extremist groups to gain access to such destructive information, all you need is internet connection.

According to Dominique Thomas, from the Paris School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences: “On jihadist websites there are all sorts of manuals explaining how to make an e-bomb, how to create a virus, how to use encryption techniques”

“They are very up to date. The Saudis especially are very strong.” added the specialist in Islamic networks.

What is bothersome about this news is that you do not need to be initiated and be identified as religious extremist to gain access to this dangerous information, anyone with bad intentions can perform the attack on someone else, and that information is readily available online.

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The last 20 years had been marked with technologies people would not have imagined to be created. This is a list created by Iain Thomson and Shaun Michaels of San Francisco. It is surprising that looking at this recap, we would find and see that mobile phone technology has gone through a long way. (This is part 3 of 3)

3. ARM Chip

Arm Chip is in almost all mobile phones. The reason why almost all mobile phones use ARM Chip is because it has a high processing power with a low power footprint.

2. Motorola DynaTac

Motorola DynaTac is the first mobile phone. It was the reason why the mobile phone kicked off, and got the dice rolling.

It was a foot or so long, weighing over two pounds, Its battery life does not last longer than an hour. But it was the reason why many people got interested in the mobile phone industry.

1. GSM

If not for GSM, the entire mobile phone revolution would not have been possible. For the not so techie, GSM is the network on which mobile phones are connected to. This is the easiest and most efficient way to connect to a network and make a call.

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The last 20 years had been marked with technologies people would not have imagined to be created. This is a list created by Iain Thomson and Shaun Michaels of San Francisco. It is surprising that looking at this recap, we would find and see that mobile phone technology has gone through a long way. (This is part 2 of 3)

6. 3G

Mobile Internet at its finest. 3G has changed the landscape on how to browse using a mobile phone. While some argue that 3G is not exactly what most people toute it to be, as the battery life is usually very short when 3G is on.

5. SMS

Clearly, the UK is one of the biggest SMS users in the world. Trailing only after Asian countries such as the Philippines, Britons understand how SMS is easily one of the bestest inventions within the last 20 years.

SMS has perhaps set the landscape for communication, making it easier for people to communicate. The appeal of SMS is simple and direct to the point.

4. Symbian

Symbian is one of the most common mobile phone operating systems. It came about as a common decision by Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and Psion so that they would not have to compete on the creation of software. It can be said that Symbian is the original Android of the mobile phone industry.

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The last 20 years had been marked with technologies people would not have imagined to be created. This is a list created by Iain Thomson and Shaun Michaels of San Francisco. It is surprising that looking at this recap, we would find and see that mobile phone technology has gone through a long way.

10. Micro USB
Micro USB is a direct solution to help cut down e-waste. What does this mean and why is this great? It must be understood that more and more companies and groups are rallying for less waste. On top of this, mobile phone ports have now changed from different formats for each manufacturer to the format of the micro USB connector. Making the Micro USB the universally accepted charger form.

9. Android
Android is the open-source software for mobile phones. What makes this awesome? This means applications and other forms of tehcnology can be created by for other phones. This smartphone platform is open-source, widely supported, and powerful.

8. The iPhone
The iPhone was the first phone which rolled the dice for consumer mobile internet market. Social networking and online activities were made easier and better. While there were many phones which were created for going online, it was the iPhone which made connecting and staying online easier, more and more people stayed online.

7. Portable video
While the addition of the camera could easily be one of the best innovations created for mobile phones, it was the addition of the video in mobile phones which is the better video. Not only do individuals with mobile phones able to take videos of themselves clowning around or wearing stylish clothes, but it gave everyone the chance to capture moments in life. A lot of of reports such as uprisings in other places in the world. Iran is one of the best examples, as the entry of international media was restricted.

Viral video marketing has never been as easy until Video was included in cellphones.

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According to a survey commissioned by the electronics company Panasonic: plasma TVs cause less eye strain compared to LCD monitors.

The statement and research comes in an oppotune time as Panasonic also released its VT20 3d plasma TV and talk about eye-strain, the plasma TV set will own your whole living room and your corneas as it boasts of 65-inches of pure visual activity.

But the said research states that because its a plasma TV, it will cause less eye strain compared to the current market authority which is the LCD screen.

The researhc was conducted by gathering 31 male and female participants in front of two kinds of TV sets — one plasma and another LCD. The participants were made to watch 45 minutes of a video compsed of advertisments, action movie clips and another movie clip from a more visually subtle movie.

There were less pupil diameter variation for the participants when they were watching from a plasma TV to an LCD screen even if both sets have similar brightness. The difference was more noticeable when watching the more visually stimulating clips like the action movie and the advertisements.

There were also less eye movement seen on the participants as the watched from the plasma screen while watching the action movie, there were no noticeable differences when it came to the more placid and calmer movie clip.

Well, at least that’s what the research from Panasonic says. Whether it is biased towards their 65-inch VT20 3d plasma TV set, you’d be the judge of that.

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