Google TV update announced, UPDATE 1-Google takes another shot at the TV market. Google says new Google TV version is easier to use

* Existing Google TV devices to be automatically upgraded

* New hardware devices coming in 2012 (Adds YouTube details, source comments)

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) is making another push to bring its Web savvy to television sets, hoping to tap into a vast new market despite consumers' lukewarm reaction to one of its initial offerings.

Mobiles may cause brain cancer. view of evidence suggests an increased risk of a malignant type of brain cancer cannot be ruled out.

However, any link is not certain - they concluded that it was "not clearly established that it does cause cancer in humans".

A cancer charity said the evidence was too weak to draw strong conclusions from.

A group of 31 experts has been meeting in Lyon, France, to review human evidence coming from epidemiological studies.


They said they looked at all relevant human studies of people using mobile phones and exposure to electromagnetic fields in their workplace.

The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) can give mobile phones one of five scientific labels: carcinogenic, probably carcinogenic, possibly carcinogenic, not classifiable or not carcinogenic.

It concluded that mobiles should be rated as "possibly carcinogenic" because of a possible link with a type of brain cancer - glioma.

Ed Yong, head of health information at Cancer Research UK, said: "The WHO's verdict means that there is some evidence linking mobile phones to cancer but it is too weak to draw strong conclusions from.
"The vast majority of existing studies have not found a link between phones and cancer, and if such a link exists, it is unlikely to be a large one.

"The risk of brain cancer is similar in people who use mobile phones compared to those who don't, and rates of this cancer have not gone up in recent years despite a dramatic rise in phone use during the 1980s.

"However, not enough is known to totally rule out a risk, and there has been very little research on the long-term effects of using phones."

The WHO estimated that there are five billion mobile phone subscriptions globally.

Christopher Wild, director of the IARC, said: "Given the potential consequences for public health of this classification and findings it is important that additional research be conducted into the long term, heavy use of mobile phones.

"Pending the availability of such information, it is important to take pragmatic measures to reduce exposure such as hands free devices or texting."

Source:BBC

A U.S. designer has created a USB Typewriter conversion kit that allows computer users to type on their machines using an old-school typewriter keyboard. The kit plugs into the USB port on a laptop, monitor or iPad via a sensor board.

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Inventor Jack Zylkin said: 'It's a new and ground-breaking innovation in the field of obsolescence.'
Mr Zylkin sells complete kits, which include the typewriter itself.
They retail for between $699 and $899 depending on the model. Mr Zylkin also sells do it yourself kits, starting at $74. The modification is 'easy to install.
'It involves no messy wiring, and does not change the outward appearance of the typewriter (except for the usb adapter itself, which is mounted in the rear of the machine),' the statement continues.
The high-tech typewriters are marketed to 'lovers of the look, feel, and quality of old fashioned manual typewriters,' who can now use them as keyboards for any USB-capable computer.
The machine, introduced in July of 2010, has since become a hit with retro-style aficionados, receiving 100 per cent positive feedback.
Source:dailymail and usbtyperwriter

The world's largest model airport has opened at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. Miniatur Wunderland is the world's largest model railroad landscape, and its model airport goes into operation following six years of development and construction and an investment of 3.5 million euros.

The airport is a reproduction of Hamburg's international airport
The airport model includes 40 aircraft that take off and land, and 90 vehicles that autonomously move around the runways
A variety of cars in the parking area
A train station connects the airport to the rest of the model railway
Taxis queue to pick up passengers from Knuffingen Aiport
Knuffingen Aiport terminal buildings and car park
A retail park near the airport
Knuffingen Aiport by night
The car park and control tower
Gerrit Braun positions model planes at the airport
Passengers disembark at the terminal

iPad owners may have heard about Air Display, an app that turns your tablet's nearly 10-inch screen into a second computer monitor.

A free software update for the $9.99 app lets you use the iPad with a Windows PC or a Mac -- it was an Apple-only product to start -- plus it offers better iPad 2 support, including the ability to rotate the tablet between portrait or landscape view and smoother scroll-wheel support. A half-dozen or so bugs were also addressed in this update.

In case you haven't tried this clever tool, Air Display lets you prop up your iPad to the right or left of a computer monitor, allowing your mouse to smoothly scroll between the two screens as if it were a dual-monitor setup. For example, you might open your Outlook e-mail and drag the window over to the iPad so you can surf the Web full screen on your computer while keeping an eye on your inbox. Or in Adobe's Photoshop, you might have your computer screen as the canvas and the iPad screen reserved for your palette. You can still use your finger on the iPad's touch-screen, if desired. Setup takes less than two minutes. Simply download and launch the app on the iPad, and you'll be prompted to install the Air Display software on a PC or Mac by visiting avatron.com/d in a Web browser. Download the correct installer for your operating system, and after you reboot the machine, you can simply launch the app and place the iPad next to the monitor. Air Display settings can be tweaked on your Mac or PC.

While the colors on my desktop PC looked somewhat muted when the iPad was connected, the app worked like a charm by providing more screen real estate. Keep in mind, Air Display connects your computer to the tablet over a local wireless (Wi-Fi) network.

Once the app is closed on the iPad, the nearby computer automatically returns to single-screen mode.

An iPhone version of the app is also available (same price) but seems less useful, as it's a 3.5-inch screen opposed to the iPad's larger display.
Source:Usatoday

The biggest motorcycle in the world. It is equipped with an engine from the Soviet T55 tank capacity of 800 horsepower. This bike weighs about 5 tons. Its length is 5.5 meters!

It is quite natural to ask when you find out about the cost of this unit, which is 10 000 dollars (in the version with stainless steel housing) - what it is? The answer - two-inch screen, 200 entries in the calendar function and send sms. That's all. Version in a gold package costs $ 58,700.