Entries Tagged 'Interesting' ↓

1. Google SMS – http://sms.google.com Text message your search query to 466453 (’GOOGLE’ on most devices) and we’ll text message back results.Find out about movies, weather, taxis, local pizza places, whatever! Awesome! 2. Translate Text – http://translate.google.com Remember Babelfish? Google has one too, with more languages. 3. Google.org – http://www.google.org While most major companies these [...]

1. Flesh-eating bacteria Anything that can turn flesh to mush in a matter of hours demands respect. Necrotizing fasciitis, commonly called flesh-eating bacteria, can do just that and it can infect pretty much anybody at any time. It can enter your body through any minor injury: cut, bruise, scrape, or blister. It can also be [...]

10. Roll-up Keyboard The same size and layout as a standard desktop keyboard, the roll-up keyboard has one vital difference and it’s in the name. This useful feature means you can stick it in your back pocket and take it to your friends house, to work, or whatever. With both PS/2 and USB connection you [...]

1. The Creeper The Creeper virus was first detected on ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet in the early 1970s. It propagated via the Tanex operating system and could make use of any connect modem to dial out to remote computers and infect them. It would display the message “I’M THE CREEPER : CATCH ME [...]

1. Pitcher Plant The Pitcher Plant employs the simplest of methods employed by carnivorous plants; a simple vertical drop or pit with slippery sides. The ant is its meal of choice who climbs up the stalk, following the tempting chemical scent sent out by the plant then proceeds into the belly of the sack which [...]