iPhone Unlocked

It’s all over the Internet about the iPhone being unlocked by many people. Below is a video of a New Jersey teenager who unlocked the iPhone, allowing it to be used with other networks.

Free Web-Phone Service

I just heard on FOX News about this. I stayed up until 11:00 PM EST just to hear about it, only to miss it! So, I searched for it and found it on their website.

A company in Silicon Valley, Ooma Inc. wants to provide customers with free, unlimited domestic phone calls. This would require a broadband Internet service. The catch is that you would have to buy a gizmo for $399! That might sound expensive, but considering how much it costs per year to pay for phone service, it has to be worth it, right?

They will also give you a second line for free with voice mail and conference calling.

Ooma Inc. began selling the gizmos last month with an invitation-only offer to U.S. residents.

Read more about this at FOX News and Ooma Inc.

New Microsoft Tool: Tafiti

Microsoft just launched a new tool called Tafiti. Tafiti is a new kind of search engine tool that uses Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash. Tafiti looks really nice on the outside, but it’s basically just the same search engine allowing you to search the web, photos, news and more.

If you like looks over simplicity, you’ll like Tafiti. Tafiti is slightly slower than just using Live Search. One feature Tafiti provides is saving results. I really need to start saving my results, because I find that I am always looking for something again and again.

You are not required to use Internet Explorer, because it works with other browsers, including Firefox as long as you install Silverlight. I found a problem with that though. Silverlight told me there was an update when I went to Tafiti and tried it out, but after I went to sign in, it won’t let me use Tafiti now. It says I need to install Silverlight, which is already installed, even after restarting the browser. But, it works fine when opening IE.

The iRobot Washing Machine

With the first ever PPP Blog Battle Royale, I thought I would give it a try, since all Posties can join in on the challenge. It says to write about our ideal robot.

If I was to create a robot for the company, iRobot, it would be a winner with a lot of mothers who do loads and loads of laundry. Laundry can take quite a long time, even if you aren’t manually washing clothes yourself. My robot would be very popular, because there is none like it!

This robot would be able to move around on its own and sniff out dirty clothes. Okay, that might sound a little disgusting, but it’s not supposed to be. What I mean by this is that it would be able to detect dirty clothes in that they were thrown in a pile on the floor or even in a hamper. Dirty clothes don’t smell clean do they? At least I hope not. Once the robot has found either a pile of clothes or clothes in a hamper, it would sense if they were dirty, by the scent. Then, after gathering clothes inside this vacuum, which allows a lot of clothes to be put into, it then washes the clothes and dries when it’s done.

Just like a washing machine, the robot would have settings for different types of clothes. This is another feature the robot would have; detecting the setting the clothes should be washed at. Gentle, normal, etc.

You might be thinking that this robot would have to be very large to hold a lot of clothes inside of it. Not really. The robot would be similar to Rosie from The Jetsons in that the front there would be a door that opens. Being that a vacuum is used to suck the clothes inside the robot, they would be packed in there, with enough room for the water to wash. The actual look and size of the robot would be like the Jupiter Robot Nanny. Instead of the screen on the Jupiter Robot Nanny, it would be the door and inside would hold all the clothes and water.

For me, the iRobot Washing Machine would make my life a lot easier, because I have two children that use up a lot of clothes in one week. With one of them being only less than three months old, doing laundry can be an every other day task.

It would be very easy to get people hooked. I’d probably go to hospitals, because I’m sure they go through a lot of laundry, unless they throw out the sheets, which would be very costly! I’d also go from door to door to find people who may be interested, especially mothers.

Now I want one! Somebody want to make this?

Water-Cooled Hard Drives

This is exactly what I need. Just recently, a hard drive fan I had underneath one of my hard drives started getting very loud. I didn’t know this at first, because I couldn’t tell if it was a hard drive or a fan. I just knew the sound was coming from that area and I had forgotten that I even had an extra fan for one of the hard drives.

I found out about this over at Engadget.

The new technique employs noise absorbing, heat conducting plates which surround the drive, and a low-speed radiator fan to keep air moving. The companies say that the material used for the housing is the most efficient ever for conduction of heat, and that the drives are cooled more quickly and with less power.

I hope this eventually makes its way to the US.