Uncle Steve has more cash than Uncle Sam!   Well, not really Steve Jobs, but Apple has now more cash than the U.S Treasury. According to Financial Post, Apple currently boasts a huge cash reserve of US$75.876-billion as of June 2011, while the US treasury department revealed on Thursday that it has just US$73.768-billion in reserves.   It surely comes as a shocker for many. Who in their wildest dreams would have guessed the cash reserves of the world’s Read more [...]

In today’s high-tech world, there are more and more desk jobs. People are taken out of the production line and planted in front of a computer screen, as we discover even more ways to make machines do the work while we only supervise. Stance What most doctors will tell you is the fact that being crouched on a chair over a desk all day long is one of the most harmful things you can do to your back. Normally, you would have to only keep the seated position for an hour before standing Read more [...]

You look at them... They look right back at you! (but do they bite?) Today we are going to explore face-like patterns in inanimate objects, and will urge you to get out and take a few pictures of your own: find a weird face in something that's not supposed to have any faces, take a picture and send it to us! Even mundane, everyday objects and often-visited places can reveal a face, if looked at a different angle... (image via) This part of a Soviet Lunar Craft Lander (more info) looks Read more [...]

 Ahmed elmOgy الكاتب: أحمد قبل أن تكون هناك شجرة كانت هناك بذرة.. تتفاعل مع ما حولها لتنمو فتصبح شجـرة.. ولو لم يكن هناك بذرة فلن تكون هناك شجرة!! فكل عمل عظيم يبدأ بفكرة تتفاعل مع البيئة المحيطة وتمر بكل الظروف فتتطور من مجرد فكرة إلى عمل ومن مجرد عمل عادي إلى عمل عظيـم، فكثير من الأعمال Read more [...]

With so much information on the internet, you would think that finding out what the biggest lie is would be impossible. However, in actual fact the biggest lie on the internet is not a story, piece of news or some other feature, because it concerns users rather than content producers. Yes that is it, we all have to acknowledge that we have read the terms of use of most sites and services that we use, but do we, do we ever and that is why “I have read and agree to the of use” is the biggest Read more [...]

Do you want to know more about what Windows is doing in the background when your PC is shutting down or starting? There’s a useful registry hack to enable verbose logging. Verbose logging will give you a lot more background information.   When you shut down your computer, Windows stops the services and checks the group policies for example. If you are debugging Windows 7, verbose messages are very handy and will tell you more about what Windows is doing in the background. In Read more [...]

L'article suivant est trouvé du Web, posté par Ranine. Maquillage de jour avec un eyeliner: L’eye-liner peut corriger certains petits défauts. Il s'utilise parfaitement pour un maquillage de tous les jours L’eye liner est partout, en toutes saisons. Laqué, métallique, intensément noir ou bleu, il annonce le retour d’un maquillage affirmé et offensif. Version 70’s à la Verushka, Brigitte Bardot ou encore Audrey Hepburn, il est graphique. eyeliner Qu'est ce Read more [...]

Posted on April 25, 2011 by David Allen You know that time when the AA or the AAA battery starts to run down, this is when we normal replace them and most of the time throw them away. However, it seems that these worn out batteries still have some life in them and this device called the R Battery has been designed to make the most of that remaining power by squeezing out the smallest amount of energy from one, which would normally end up in the bin. Source [Ubergizmo] Read more [...]

On 18th July 2011(in Japan time), Japan won Women's World Cup. Japan beat strong teams such as Germany and Sweden, and finally won the game against America at the final although Japan had never beaten America before. This news has really brightened Japan which has been in a bit of darkness since 3.11.   鳥肌立ちました! 感動をありがとうございます!! This is the Japanese spirit. 日本は元気です! Japan is fine!   Source: 時事ドットコム Read more [...]

Have you ever taken a picture that would have been great if only it were in focus? Of course you have. So have we, countless times. But those days may soon be past all of us with the introduction of Lytro, an entirely new kind of camera that allows users to completely change the focus of a picture after the shutter clicks. And, according to AllThingsD, this next-generation camera will be available before the end of the year. Click on the object you want to focus on: The secret behind the Read more [...]

إن كنت من محبي التصوير فكم مرة أصبت بالإحباط عند عودتك للمنزل بعد التقاط الصورة لتفاجأ بأنك أخطأت التركيز على الجزء الذي تود تصويره؟ لعل أكثر ما يزعج أي مصور في العالم هو هذا الخطأ الذي يُضيّع الكثير من اللقطات واللحظات الجميلة، كهذه الصورة مثلاً : حين أخطأ المصور بالتركيز Read more [...]

 الكاتب: إبراهيم محمد بتاريخ 14 يوليو 2011 كانت تجوب السماء ذات يوم قاذفةً آلاف الألغام القاتلة في المناطق الساخنة، لكن أين ستذهب طائرات سي130 العسكرية بعد انتهاء خدمتها؟ سيذهب جزء منها إلى مقبرة الطائرات التي تحدثنا عنها سابقاً في انتظار التدمير أو البيع لدول العالم الثالث (نحن Read more [...]