$10,000 High-Tech Gun Won't Shoot Unless Near an Ugly Watch

The watch this guy's wearing was made by Armatix, the same company who designed his high-tech gun. Poor fellow can't ditch the ugly accessory though, because the $10,000 weapon won't fire without it.

Basically the gun is disarmed and a red LED lights up unless the corresponding watch is close enough to send a wireless signal. While I really don't see a high demand for it, Armatix's .22cal weapon will be shipping next month for 7,000 euro, which is just under 10k in Washingtons. The watch is probably included.

Google Voice Finally Comes to iPhone

Tired of waiting for approval from Apple, Google releases a new browser version of Google Voice for the iPhone.

Apple Lifts Ban on iPhone Apps Making VoIP Calls Over 3G

In an update to its iPhone SDK, Apple is now permitting apps to make VoIP calls over 3G wireless networks, an option that was once only available over a WiFi connection.

Nokia announces new X-series Phones, Nokia X3 and Nokia X6

Today at Nokia World 09 conference, Nokia has announced three elegant mobile phones Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia X3 and Nokia X6. Nokia X-series is a new series from Nokia which will have feature packed multimedia mobile phones.

There were many rumors on the Internet about Nokia’s new series of mobile phones, but now Nokia has stopped all the false rumors by revealing the X series phones. Currently, they are planning to launch Nokia X3 and Nokia X6 in the market and other phones will be announced very soon.

Nokia X3

Nokia X3 is a perfect phone for music lovers. It is based on Symbian OS. This phone offers facility to use Ovi store. Nokia X3 is certainly not a revolutionary device, but it does have some cool features that would fulfill the requirements of mobile users.
Features of Nokia X3
* 16GB microSD card support
* 46MB internal memory
* 2.2-inches screen
* 3.2 MP camera
* Dedicated music keys
* Stereo speakers
* FM radio
* Bluetooth
* Talk time: Up to 7.5 hours
* Stand-by time: Up to 380 hours
* Music playback: Up to 26 hours
Screenshots of Nokia X3

Nokia X6

Nokia X6 is another phone in X-series, which is also dedicated to music lovers. However, Nokia X6 is much more advanced than Nokia X3. Beautiful design and great music features are the best qualities of these phones. This is also a first Nokia phone which has a capacitive screen.

Features of Nokia X6

* 5 megapixels camera with Carl-Zeiss optics and dual LED flash
* Built-in GPS with Assisted GPS (A-GPS) support, compass and Nokia Maps
* 32GB internal memory
* 3.2-inch touch screen display
* 3.5mm AV connector for stereo headphone jack
* full web browser
* Talk time: Up to 8 hours
* Standby time: Up to 406 hours
* Music playback: up to 35 hours
* Video playback: up to 4 hours
Screenshots of Nokia X6

Collaboration with Adobe and the Open Screen Project

According to Bill Coughran, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, their team has been constantly working with Adobe guys for the past do many years now. He further elaborated that some of their extremely vital projects demand integration with Adobe’s technologies. Some of the projects include YouTube, Chrome, to name a few.



In addition, the team of Google is always involved in various innovations every single second. Be it coming out with innovations, collaborations, and accepting various challenges on a regular basis, the team of Google never stays behind in coming out with new deviations! That is why the name is GOOGLE!

Bill Coughran further said that their team is constantly on the verge of exchanging new ideas and tips and work on each others efforts to come out with best results.

In his recent blog, he confirmed the news of joining Adobe’s Open Screen Project. This collaboration would prove extremely beneficial, especially for the developers who make use of the Flash program. Bill confirmed that developers would be able to design content across various screens and that would further help them in enhancing their overall experience.

Bill elaborated that it is their trust that Open Platforms would lead to more and more innovations that will indeed lead to growth! He further stated his excitement in working with Adobe’s team and taking the whole concept a step further! Perhaps that is what we call growth in Web development!

I am personally looking forward to more and more recent updates by Google as any news by the same excites me a lot, more than anyone who is benefited from it. Probably it’s my love for technology!