Just Another Gadget Blog

Ever searched the internet for music, just to listen. You have search search search for it and end up in missery. A new web app, GrooveShark, basicly incorporates amost the songs in one site. With its extensable layout and its frendley search anyone can basicly use it.

[GrooveShark]

Google has risen to become the motherlord of internet and the tech world just a bit over a decade. Even in that short time, enough weird tidbits of information resulted that it makes an entertaining read. Perusing this list of ten interesting facts about Google will make you chuckle and scratch your head.

For Example, did you know that the original name for Google’s PageRank algorithm was “BackRub”? PageRank is probably better and less creepy. Have you ever used Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button? Well, that button costs Google about $110 million per year, because it skips past the ads on the results page. Hit the link for the full list.

Which One is your Favorite?

[Top 10 Google Facts]

A Picture showing Batery with a USB Port

You could buy a USB charger off the shelf, but what fun would that be? Try making one yourself with a little help from a 9V battery and a few extra components. This could be cheaper too.

This simple hack on a standard 9V battery is an easy one to undertake. It’s pretty straight forward, and all it requires is a quick solder to finish things up. It will give you power on the go and a sense of accomplishment for the day upon completing it. Hit up tech weblog anythingbutipod for the simple diagram to make your own.

This charger came usefull to me when my Ipod died out on a long road trip. I assured my self to carry a USB Charger so i charged my Ipod. It was like a externel disposable batery.

[anythingbutipod]

google-ebook

Google is planning to release an ebook store with over 400,00 books online. You can either walk down to you local library to read a book or just google it. With google coming up with yet to say more books, there need not to worry about book availability in libraries. Amazon has a smiler service but unlike them google’s Ebook should be usable on any device.

Google Editions will utilise three business models;

• The first will allow consumers to purchase directly from Google EBooks. This model would gives Google a 37% share of the sale, with the rest going to the publisher.
• The second model would consist of purchases made from partner retailers, with Google getting 55% of the sale.
• The last model Google is looking at will have customers going directly to a publisher’s website to make purchases. No decisions have been made on the split for this option.

This service should be arriving early 2010 so, surfs up.

Did you know?

Users are not only restricted to .com on the iPhone Safari when typing in a URL address. You can change it to a range of alternatives such as .co.uk, .net, .edu etc by holding down the dot com key and sliding over the finger and selecting the desired option.

See below, screen print of the options…

Did you know?

Having recently upgraded my iPhone to OS 3.0, I was a bit confused on how to forward a text message. I read a lot about the added functionality but had no idea on how to use it.

Having spoke to a few friends they all advised me to use the ‘copy and paste’ functionality but that would just be ridiculous.

By pure luck I pressed the ‘edit’ button and hay presto the option to forward and delete individual messages or multiple messages on the same conversation.

Below is a screen shot of the options on selecting ‘edit’.

Did you know that the Sony PS3 and PSP have built-in networking capabilities enabling you to enjoy your PS3 games and multimedia content from any where, home and away, using the PS3 Remote Play feature. This means you can enjoy your PS3 games, digital photos, video and music anywhere in the world via the PSP and a WiFi connection.

Minimum system software requirement: PS3 Version 2.10 and PSP version 3.80.

So you ask, how?

Connect and register the PS3 and PSP using a USB cable and select Register Device and wait for the settings to configure.

Then navigate to the Settings menu on the PSP, select USB Connection, and verify that the PSP display reads “USB Mode.”

Now access the settings menu on the PS3, select the Remote Play Settings option, and choose Register Device. When the PS3 displays the “Register completed” message, select OK and head over to the Network menu.

Disconnect the PSP from the PS3 if you haven’t already done so, and cancel USB mode by pressing the circle button.

In the PSP Network menu select Remote Play and you’ll see a text screen indicating the PS3 is ready to be accessed remotely letting you enjoy games, Photo, Music, and Video menus to access content stored either on the PS3, an external storage device like a USB Flash drive, or a media server such as your PC on you PSP whenever you can find a Wi-Fi hotspot. When you put the PS3 into Remote Play mode, it sets itself up as an access point and broadcasts its own WPA-encrypted Wi-Fi connection.

The PSP, a multimedia magic wand