Emerging Technology News

Picture the scene: You are casually searching for bedroom sets on the internet, when suddenly a message pops into existence with the words, ‘Click me to Win’. You click, yet nothing happens. Unwittingly, you have launched a computer worm and in a few hours or days, your computer will halt to a crawl as the computer worm virus replicates itself a million times over, infecting every area of your hard drive. Now, these computer worms will only infect your hard drive, causing you to lose data – the Stuxnet computer worm is trying to begin a Third World War…

Thanks to continuous medical research, one day even the gravest of diseases and injuries will be cured. A Belgravia estate agent selling Chelsea property may suffer from advanced Parkinson’s and only with medical research trials would it be possible to eradicate this muscular disease. On this note, new medical research has shown that light stimulation can restore fine muscle movement in paralysed limbs. New medical research trials on laboratory mice have shown positive results.

Car dealers and panelbeaters may not have much use for a gold dispensing ATM machine but a select few may just. For those who live in Florida and Las Vegas, this deluxe ATM machine is in the final stages of preparation and will be delivering fresh bars of gold (or gold coins) to the lucky few who can afford the ludicrous prices. This online ATM machine will scan the internet every six minutes for the current gold price and relay this to the lucky (wealthy) individual who wishes to purchase 1 gram, 5 gram, 10 gram and 1 ounce units of gold bars. The golden ATM machine will also dispense South African Kruger Rands and other gold coins.

West End theatre bookings for a military exoskeleton demonstration would literally sell faster than the Bill Bailey or Halloween Fashion Show combined! Everyone has heard of the movie ‘Iron Man’ but did you know that a true military exoskeleton suit, known as the XOS² is currently in the testing phases and will soon be moved into military production? The XOS² is a US military exoskeleton suit, designed for the harshest of environments and capable of turning ordinary soldiers into a superhuman!

Are you frothing for an iPad but just cannot bear to part with the money and pay for the gadget that carries a hefty price tag? Well, if you are looking for another exciting gadget that is not as pricey, then you should consider the new Blackberry Playbook. DevCon 2010 yesterday released the Blackberry Playbook in conjunction Research in Motion  and this 7 inch tablet device is getting Blackberry lovers rather excited – but will it crack the gadget nod?

Amazon.com is the definitive online store and sells everything from educational DVD’s for car dealers and plumbers to the latest gadgets. Now Amazon is looking to add an app store to its long list of achievements. This will be an Android-based apps store, and yet another app store added to the long list of stores already available for Android-based platforms. Yet with Amazons clout behind this app store, perhaps this one may become a rousing success.

iPhone apps are amazing, and its official! Use a Kruger Park lodges application off the app store to locate the Nkorho Bush Lodge during your adventures or purchase mobile applications that keep track of your personal finances. The examples of useful iPhone apps number in the thousands, yet on the opposite side of the tracks, useless iPhone apps number in the hundreds of thousands. Presented below is a short list of the mobile apps that have been voted the most useless on the iTunes app store:

With your coveralls and work trousers on, you brave the harshest of conditions, just you and your laptop. Mobile tethering with a 3G connection is the best way to establish a high-speed link to the internet. Yet for those who will be purchasing a brand new Windows 7 mobile, phone tethering will no longer be possible, as confirmed by president of Windows 7 Mobile, Brandon Watson and Microsoft themselves. What are the apparent reasons for the lack of Windows mobile tethering support? Are there any solutions to the mobile phone tethering issue?

Would a Knightsbridge estate agent who is displaying Chelsea houses for sale on an LCD television use a digital download or a Blu-ray player to display their high resolution advertisements? For Xbox 360, the decision to use digital downloads in lieu of Blu-ray has finally been laid to rest. The digital music download has long been a staple in the IT industry, with high-speed fiber-optic cables now allowing digital download of HD movies. With digital downloads, is it really a necessity to add on an expensive Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360? Stephan McGill of Microsoft UK thinks, “No.”

We all require the capacity to backup our media. From Malta lawyers working on Malta gaming or Malta aircraft registration (and have millions of files to backup) to the internet café owner who needs somewhere to store their DVD’s, a Blu Ray writer looks to be the only way – outside of a portable hard drive, to backup gigs of data. But can our computers cope with the speed of a Blu Ray DVD writer? We investigate this new Blu Ray writer for the PC.