Facebook killer receives life sentence

A man who killed his wife over a posting made on Facebook has been jailed for life.

Wayne Forrester told police he felt "devastated" and "humiliated" when his wife changed her status to single a few days after she had kicked him out of their marital home.

Appearing before the Old Bailey, barristers explained how Forrester was drunk, and had been taking cocaine before driving back to their home in south London and attacking his wife, stabbing her to death with a kitchen knife. He believed his wife had been having an affair.

Forrester pleaded guilty to the crime, and will now serve a minimum of 14 years.

In a prepared statement, Forrester told the court: "Emma and I had just split up. She forced me out of the house and then posted messages on an internet website telling everyone she had left me and was looking to meet other men.

"I felt that I was watching somebody else attacking Emma. It was as though I had no control of what I was doing."

Has Microsoft got its eye on BlackBerry?

Microsoft could be preparing a bid for BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion, according to analysts.

RIM's shares have practically fallen off a cliff in recent months, plunging from a 52-week high of $150 to today's price of around $68.

With the credit crunch likely to slow corporate IT spending, RIM could become even more vulnerable if the financial crisis doesn't dissipate quickly.

That leaves the company vulnerable to a takeover from a cash-rich suitor such as Microsoft, according to analysts. "RIM is a massive strategic fit [for Microsoft]," claims Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek, in an interview with Reuters. "I'm fairly certain they have a standing offer to buy them at $50 [a share]."

Microsoft has around $23 billion of cash on its balance sheet, with RIM currently valued at around $34 billion. Such a move will position MS aggressively in the mobile space competing directly against Nokia, Sonu-Ericsson and Apple.

ASUS M70 One Terabyte Laptop Screams "FIRST!!!"

Asus has broken the Terrabyte barrier, with their new product offering the M70.

M70 Specification
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology
- Intel Core™ 2 Duo T7500 ~T7700/T8100/T8300/T9300 Processor
- Mobile Intel® PM965
- Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965ABGN Network Connection; Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (optional)
- Genuine Windows Vista® Business
-M70SA: ATI Mobile Radeon HD3650 with 1G VRAM (500GBx2)
M70SR: ATI Mobile Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM
DDRII 667MHz, 2 up to 4GB*; Support Intel Turbo Memory
*Depends on OS support
Built-in 1.3M pixel swivel webcam
12.5" HDD 500G/ 9.5" HDD 160/200/250/320G; Support Dual HDD: up to 1 Terra HDD (500GBx2)
17" WUXGA screen displaying 1920x1200 resolution
Link

Woman brain found guilty!?

In June a judge in India found a woman guilty of murdering her former fiancé and sentenced her to life in prison. The smoking gun? Test results obtained using the Brain Electrical Oscillations Signature test (BEOS) developed by Indian neuroscientist Champadi Raman Mukundan. The BEOS software uses an EEG to determine whether the subject is recalling specific details of a crime as they are being read aloud. BEOS "works" because as the crime's details are recited to a subject, their brain lights up in specific regions -- the areas that (in theory) show measurable changes when experiences are relived. According to Mukundan, the system can distinguish between peoples' memories of events they witnessed and deeds they committed. Gee, now that we have the technology to read criminal's minds and predict crimes we'll be expecting a crime-free society any minute now. I am not sure if this will work on all species, is this really admissible in a court of law? Link

Sony Ericsson G705

It's a legitimate iPhone alternative!. Packed with features, the new Sony Ericsson G705 It sports a 2.4-inch screen with accelerometer for automatic switching between portrait and landscape modes, a full HTML browser, a Google shortcut key for quick searching, aGPS with Google Maps and Wayfinder, Wi-Fi, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSUPA connectivity, Bluetooth A2DP, a 3.2 megapixel camera with video mode and YouTube uploading, and an included 1GB Memory Stick Micro for media storage.

Windows Live Writer

I am posting this Blog form the new Microsoft Live Writer, which can be downloaded with Live messenger. The coolest feature of this tool is that it allows check spelling and connects directly to your Blog. The live Writer is a full blown WYSWYG editor with nifty Word like features. Picture editing features, text and table formatting. Highly Recommended.

Ebay Countdown Beta

Super cool fucntion from eBay this is the beta of Countdown where you are gauranteed real time bidding, no more lost deals. Link

Sunglasses Bluetooth Headset

The frustration of having your phone ringing endlessly in your pocket while cruising on your bike are over. Meet functionality and technology, yes it looks like a knock off Oakley Thump, but behold it has Blue Tooth Technology and yes you guessed it no more missed called blues. I love this unit, I bought two of them.

See Specs Below:

1 Gig MP3 Player

Wireless hands-free talk with your Bluetooth Cell phones

Listen to your iPod, PDA, MP3 Player, MP4, TV, Radiow/o tangled wires with a bluetooth adapter

Listen to MP3 music if your cell phone has MP3 function¡E Non-Bluetooth cell phones can be used with a bluetooth adapter¡E Designed for all outdoors activists: drivers, cyclists, skaters, hikers, golfers, sunbathers

100% UV protection with high quality lenses¡E Built in rechargeable lithium battery

Unit will fully charge in 2-3 hours, when battery is fully drained

Embedded Microphone¡E Top mounted +Vol –Vol controls¡E ON/OFF Button

Flip up lens

2 point adjustable ear buds¡E Power on light indicator

Charging light indicator

Low charge light and beep indicator¡E Bluetooth specifications: Version 1.2

Range of frequency: 2.4Ghz Spectrum¡E Talk time: Up to 6 hours

Stand-by time: Up to 150 hours¡E Effective distance: 10 meters

Space Hotel sees 2012 opening

To infinity & beyond!!! Believe it or not, booking a hotel in space may become a reality sooner rather than later, and if things go as planned, the Galactic Suite will actually be welcoming in guests sans gravity in just five short years. Folks who make the trip will be able to "see the sun rise 15 times a day and use Velcro suits to crawl around their rooms by sticking themselves to the walls," and while spas with floating water sure sounds like something we'd be interested in, the nightly fees are quite literally out of this world. How much? Try $4 million for a three-day stay -- thats including shuttling back and forth, better bring your camera, eh?

Xbox 360 Elite and 300 HD DVD Contest

We've given away any number of Xbox 360s on Engadget in the past, but never one with the level of awesome turned up to 11 (or, in this case, 300). Today we're giving away one of just 20 super rare Xbox 360 Elite consoles printed with blood designs from 300 -- but rarer still since it's friggin' signed by Frank Miller. The details of what the winner takes:
300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite (120GB drive, wireless controller, etc.)
Console is signed by 300 creator and comic legend Frank Miller, as well as Zack Snyder, director of the eponymous film
300 combo DVD / HD DVD (which is, incidentally, out today) to go right along with it. Look, we'll admit it, we really don't want to give this thing away -- so make sure you follow the contest guidelines, ok?The rules (yeah, there are always rules):
Leave a comment below -- tell us your fave scene from the movie. (It's ok if you haven't seen it, but where the hell have you been?)
You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
If you enter more than once, only activate one comment -- otherwise we'll send Leonidas after you.
Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
Entries can be submitted until 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, August 12th.

Microsoft Outsourcing Costs Reduced

By using employees in remote areas
the hourly wage is less and the energy cost nonexistent

Bill Gates Visiting the Space?

There are rumors saying that Mr. Bill Gates is taking a holiday out of the earth, in space. A Russian cosmonaut said that Gate’s colleague and the current space tourist Charles Simonyi, has cited the world’s richest man is considering a possible flight to the space. U.S company, Space Adventures, charges $25 million dollar for this out of world trip. However Mr.Gates has not confirmed his cosmos desires personally.

I just hope that the shuttle does not run on windows.

Microsoft Surface (Big Ass Table)

Parody

N800 Knock Off!!

At this point the knockoff wizards in China will copy pretty much anything, so we're not going to claim to be surprised at this blatant rip of Nokia's N800 "Internet Tablet." The GPS unit runs Windows CE 5.0 and features a 4.3-inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition, WiFi, Skype, email and MSN support, document viewers, and a media player. In my book this would be a cool knock off, as I am not a huge fan of Symbian OS.

Model: UMPC0014.3inch touch LCD TFT, support Handwritten build in windows CE 5.0 support GPS navigator support WIFI ,skype support Game ,3D Game ,nintendo Game ,flash Game, support MSN , incept and send email support Internet Explorer support word, Excel, PDF,TXT,PPT,XLS support jpg/jpeg/bmp/gif/TIF/PNG support MP3/WMA/WAV/AAC/MIDI/RMV/AMR support Wmv/ASF/AVI/MP4/DIVX build in digital camera build in NandFlash support SD/MMS card

Microsoft Surface (popular mechanics)

Microsoft Surface Teaser

Surface computing has four key attributes:
- Direct interaction. Users can actually "grab" digital information with their hands and interact with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
- Multi-touch contact. Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger, as with a typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once.
- Multi-user experience. The horizontal form factor makes it easy for several people to gather around surface computers together, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience.
- Object recognition. Users can place physical objects on the surface to trigger different types of digital responses, including the transfer of digital content.

Sun shows iPhone-like Java Mobile FX platform

Sun is again trumpeting Java from the top of its lungs -- and we're not talking about speweing coffee here here -- showing off what appeared to be flashy new cellphone software at the JavaOne conference this week. Not big news there, except that the Sun software apparently looked eerily like the Apple iPhone's software; in fact, the platform Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz showed off is already being dubbed "jPhone" based on the striking resemblance to Apple's goods. The actual product name is Java Mobile FX and it's based on code from SavaJe, a Java-centric mobile OS company Sun just completed acquiring last week. The OS platform war has started, Symbian and MS are leading the pack, will Apple take first spot or will Sun manage to turn things to their advantage, one thing for sure I sure do hope that they have useful functionalities.

Microsoft oPhone

Seeing as the Zune was such a hit, Microsoft decided to repeat the success and tackle the iPhone before it even gets out the gate; friends, we give you the Microsoft oFone.