Control your Google Account After you Die

Whats happens to you after you die? Sorry, that question cannot be answered by Google but it has an answer for what would happen to your google account after you die.

This feature is called Inactive Account Manager (not a great name I guess) and this can be accessed from your google settings page. Here, you can choose what to do to your data from Gmail and other Google services after inactivity for a long time.

New Waterproof Material that halts Water on Demand

Have you ever thought on going to a place where weather is unpredictable? If so, here is the solution for the weather problem. A tent that blocks the light on a sunny day and becomes transparent and waterproof on a dim, rainy one could be one of the outcome of this work by a team from Harvard’s Wyss Institute. Have a look at this video.

No more Passwords - Just Passthoughts

Are you frustrated with remembering a load of passwords. Its time for you to sigh in relief. You are going to be spared from typing all those passwords. Instead you are going to use some random thoughts of yours, thanks to the researchers at the UC Berkeley School of Information.

An Army of Artificial Ants!

Ants have made man wonder at their capabilities for a long time. Now, its time for ants to wonder at man’s capablities!

Scientists from US has accomplished building a tiny Robot that mimics the behaviour of the ants in many way although not in the look. These mini-machines are simple and are programmed to move forward towards a destination and avoid obstacles. But, what made them comparable with the ants is their ablity to follow each other towards their destination, jusk like how ants behave.

Raspberry Pi - One year of Wonder!!

When the people around the world has moved on to the smartphone era, who thought they would care about  the old dreams of having a computer in the pocket when we have something better than that? But dreams never die. Its been more than a year since the Raspberry Pi fulfilled that dream and created new dreams for the techies who thought that sci-fi needs a big budget. So, its time to remember the most wonderful things people had accomplished with this techy.

Multiple Interfaces at the same time for your Ubuntu

You may (or may not) know that Ubuntu has various Desktop Environments which is nothing but the interfaces it shows to you. So long I thought that we can have only one at a time but recently I found that we can all those interfaces installed at the same time. So here am I, showing you how to do it. (Before you begin, make sure you are a geek!)

Motorola X Phone - Google’s new Phone

It has been so long since Google acquired Motorola and now the rumors of a Google Motorola device is at its peeks. Some said that the “Motorola X Phone” will be the next “Nexus” device but, at last, it is revealed that the X Phone will not be a part of Nexus series. However, whether it is a nexus device or not, we can be sure of some high-end features appearing in Motorola X Phone. Here are some specs that we can be sure of.

Next Generation Of Computers - The Carbon Era

Once upon a time, a geek named Gordon E. Moore (who is now an American businessman and co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation) observed that the number of transistor in an integrated circuit is doubling of every 18 months and soon people made this as a law called Moore’s law.

Which the best operating system?

You might be thinking of buying a new computer or thinking of installing a new OS. Here is my thoughts on the various operating systems available and their area of excellence which, I believe, will help you choose the right one.

First, let me give my preference order: