Nexus 7

Android Jelly Bean 4.2 operating system, initially shipped on the Nexus 7,  provides a great new tablet experience that outshines previous versions of Android. If you have a Nexus 7, or another tablet running the latest version of Android, be sure to read these tips to make full use of your tablet.
The most impressive feature in Jelly Bean is probably 'Google Now'. 'Google Now' is smart enough to provide context-sensitive information when you need it, whether it’s journey information, package tracking, or the weather. It’s a worthy competitor to Siri that does things Siri doesn’t even try to do.
Some of these features are only available on Android 4.2, while most are also available on Android 4.1. Both are named Jelly Bean.

Free Custom iPhone Ringtones Using iTunes

Do you have a favourite music track you would like as a ringtone?

Create your own custom ringtones from your iTunes music library (This method only works with songs that are DRM free.)

1. Within your iTunes music library, right click your selected song and select 'get info'

2. Go to the 'options' tab and go down to the 'Start Time' and 'Stop Time' check boxes. Check both boxes and input the time you want your ringer to start/stop. The ringer has to be 30 seconds or less. Click OK when you’re done.

 3. Right click on your newly clipped song and select 'Convert Selection to AAC.' The song will be re-encoded using the start and stop times determined (If your menu item does not read 'Convert Selection to AAC' and reads 'Convert Selection to MP3' (or some other format) please go to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced > Importing and change the 'Import Using' drop down menu to 'AAC Encoder').
4. After the song is done encoding navigate to your iTunes Music folder, locate your song, and drag it to your desktop. After the song is on your desktop go back to iTunes and delete the clipped version from you iTunes library (It won’t delete it from your desktop, it will only remove it from iTunes).

5. Go back the song on your desktop and right click on your song and chose 'Rename' and change the extension from .m4a to .m4r. If you get the warning below select 'yes'

6. After the extension is changed simply double click on the file to drag it to your iTunes library under the ringtones section. Sync your phone with iTunes and you’re done!

Remember to go back into iTunes and uncheck your custom start and stop times for the original version of your song.

7. Sync your iPhone with iTunes.

8. Browse your contacts, choose a contact and 'edit' scroll down to 'ringtone' and select your new ringtone

Enjoy!!

The Worlds Oldest Computer

The world's oldest original working digital computer springs back to life and is going on display at The National Museum of Computing in Buckinghamshire.

The Witch, as the machine is known, has been restored to clattering and flashing life in a three-year effort.

A happy accident led to its discovery in a municipal storeroom where it had languished for 15 years.

Cleaning up 

The machine will make its official public debut at a special ceremony at The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park on 20 November.

Design and construction work on the machine began in 1949 and in 1951 was one of maybe a dozen. It weighed a massive 2.5 tonne which is a little more than todays iPad weighing in at 1.44 pounds (652 g).

The machine first ran in 1951 and proved very reliable. Often cranking up 80 hours of running time per week.

By 1957 the machine was being exceeded by faster, smaller computers and it was handed over to the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College who began to call it 'Witch' (Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell).

In 1973 it went on display for 24 years until 1997 at Birmingham's Museum of Science after being donated and remained there untll museum closed and the machine was dismantled and put into storage.


On subsequent trips to the storage facility the various parts of the Witch were found although pretty dirty it had not too much physical damage and the restoration began. Conservationist Mr Delwyn Holroyd said the vast majority of the parts on the machine, including its 480 relays and 828 Dekatron tubes, are entirely original. "It's important for us to have a machine like this back in working order as it gives us an understanding of the state of technology in the late 1940s in Britain." said Mr Murrell, one of The National Museum of Computing's trustees and discoverer of the great find.

Specifications:

Power Consumption: 1.5kW
Size 2m high x 6m wide x 1m deep
Weight: 2.5 tonnes
Number of Dekatron counter tubes: 828
Number of other valves: 131
Number of relays: 480
Number of contacts or relay switches: 7073
Number of high speed relays: 26
Number of lamps: 199
Number of switches: 18 

QWERTY or QWERKY?

Argentinian designer Ignacio Pilotto has created this branded computer keyboard that is like any other QWERTY layout but the alphabet keys have been replaced by logos of some of the most instantly recognizable brands in the world. Although Ignacio created this some time ago you are unlikely to find it in stores for Christmas because the brands obviously won't be very happy about it.

For instance, the key G is represented by the logo of Google while the YouTube logo takes the letter Y. Here are all the brands used in the keyboard in alphabetical order:

Adidas, Burger King, Coca Cola, Disney, eBay, Facebook, Google, HP, Intel, J&B, Kodak, Lacoste, McDonald’s, Nike, O2, Pepsi, Quaker, Rolling Stone, Shell, Twitter, Unilever, Virgin, WordPress, Xerox, YouTube and Zippo.

Great idea though!