The keyboards are designed such that the people when typing with both the hands find it very comfortable to type and not have to look down at the keyboard from time to time to type. The arrangement is such that the most typed words like “the”, “an” can be typed with three different fingers with out any problem. And second …
Read More »Who is Capeta?
It’s a sport anime about cart racing. Capeta is a 10-year-old boy. His father works for a paving company. While working on a go-karting track, his father gets some pieces out of the trash and constructs a kart. Capeta masters the mangled kart and impresses the manager of a racing team, who helps him gain entry into the world of …
Read More »Who is a wardriver?
A wardriver is someone who accesses an unsecured wireless connection through a PDA or laptop in a moving vehicle. It�s derived from the word wardialling from the film WarGames. Other related concepts are warbiking (accessing a wi-fi connection on a motorbike or bicycle) and warwalking/ jogging (doing the same while on foot). While there are several softwares to enable wardriving, …
Read More »Who is a Twude and who is a Twidette?
A Twude is a person who is rude on twitter while a Twidette is a person who still hasn’t joined twitter. For tweeple (read as people) who want to know more such twitter-based words, an online dictionary called twittonary used extensively by tweeters, is available.
Read More »Who is a cybrarian?
A cybrarian is a person who makes a living doing online research and by retrieving information. A term similar to that of ‘librarian’, a cybrarian does the same work but integrates the use of internet into the library. In Greek, cyber means to steer or govern and -arian stands for one who belongs to, follows or believes in.
Read More »Which is the earliest social networking site?
The earliest social networking site was classmates.com which was established in 1995. It introduced the concept of user profiles and of short messages sent and received by friends on the website. The basic purpose was to keep in touch with old friends. Sixdegrees.com which came in 1997 is considered to be the first social networking website to have all features …
Read More »Where to find the good looking design for my webpage? Designer books are not so helpful?
These websites displays thumbnails of all new designs in the web, with click to open URL. Nice collection with categories. A must visit websites for all new comers in web designing and development. Visit: www.cwd.dk www.coolhomepages.com
Read More »Where is Europe’s silicon valley?
There are several silicon valleys in Europe. In Finland, there is Otaniemi near Helsinki, in France, there are two – Sophia Antipolis, between Nice and Cannes, and Zirst of Meylan, close to Grenoble. In Germany too, there are two – namely Chausseestrasse, Berlin and Dresden. In the UK, there are three – M4 corridor between London and Reading, Silicon Fen, …
Read More »What is Wikileaks?
WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organisation. Their goal is to bring important news and information to the public. They provide an innovative, secure and anonymous way for sources to leak information to our journalists (our electronic drop box). One of the most important activities is to publish original source material alongside news stories so readers and historians alike can see …
Read More »What is weisure?
Weisure time is when work is done during leisure time. With the line between work and leisure blurring thanks to online work and smartphones, a new work-life culture has been created. Sociologist Dalton Conley coined this word, having observed that 9-5 jobs are giving way to this new lifestyle.
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