All EA iOS Games - on Sale for $0.99

Electronic Arts is having a holiday sale. Again.  For some that could be normal price, but a lot are on sale including Need for Speed Most Wanted, FIFA Soccer 13, Battleship, various Monopoly Games, NBA Jam, and many more. Here is the deals site.

Endeavour rolled into history

Space shuttle Endeavour is seen rolling through the streets of LA

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Space Shuttle Endeavour - final journey

If you're in LA this weekend, don't forget Endeavour hits the streets for a close-up and a final journey! The first, last and only time a space shuttle will travel through city streets.
The home stretch of Endeavour's final journey begins Oct. 12, when four computer-controlled transport vehicles will roll the shuttle out of its airport hangar. The orbiter is slated to arrive at the California Science Center the next day.
When and where you can #spottheshuttle you can find from this article!


                    

The space shuttle Endeavour rests atop the Over Land Transporter (OLT) in a hanger on Sept. 24, 2012 at Los Angeles International Airport. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)

                   

Disneyland for Nerds - Caltech

With a little over 2000 students(undergrad and grad), Caltech took the number one spot in The World's Top Universities 2011 put out by Times Higher Education, a London magazine that tracks the higher ed market. 

CalTech’s focus on science and engineering attracts some top students and professors. Its faculty has won 32 Nobel prizes. 
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) owned by NASA and operated as a division of Caltech through a contract between NASA and Caltech. In 2008, JPL spent over $1.6 billion on research and development and employed over 5,000 project-related and support employees.The JPL Director also serves as a Caltech Vice President and is responsible to the President of the Institute for the management of the Laboratory. via Wikipedia
Here are a few pics from Caltech campus, located in Pasadena. 

East side of the campus as seen from Hill Ave 

Sssht , someone at Caltech  is performing an experiment! :) 

The Bent, symbol of Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society, California Beta Chapter)

Beckman Auditorium

Beckman Institute 

Remember Moore's Law? In case you don't, here is a reminder: simplified version of this law states that processor speeds, or overall processing power for computers will double every two years. The term "Moore's law" was coined around 1970 by the Caltech professor, VLSI pioneer and entrepreneur Carver Mead , in reference to a statement by Gordon E. Moore, the billionaire co-founder of Intel Corp. and a longtime supporter of Caltecha( he received a PhD in Chemistry and minor in Physics from Caltech in 1954)who gave the school two gifts totaling $600 million. 

Welcome home, Endeavour!

This morning, Shuttle Endeavour started Final Tour over California! This is just minutes ago above JPL in Pasadena(La Canada Flintridge).

Windows 8 - my first incomplete feedback

A few weeks ago I bought a new desktop PC, a powerful one: CyberPowerPC. For a new computer I decided to install a new operating system. This is where DreamSpark for Academic Institutions (formerly MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) comes in handy.

I partitioned my hard drive, 'cause my PC came loaded with Windows 7 Home Edition. Downloaded and installed. Well, my first impression was that I have A Nokia Lumia on steroids!!! And I'm definitely not a Lumia fan. Everything is soooo integrated and synced. Your address book, SkyDrive data, photos, and even data within third-party applications can sync up to the cloud, and you can access them on any Windows 8 device. The address book also syncs with other services like Facebook and Twitter as well.  Too much, I would say.  But this new Windows  looks completely different from what Microsoft users are used to. It runs pretty smooth, I have to admit it! I just installed the new OS from Microsoft yesterday night and it was very late, so I didn't get a chance to play with it. 

But I will do it, and maybe I'll come back with some feedback. Here is a screenshot from snapfiles.com(like I told you, too much integration for my taste, so a screenshot of my screen it's a lil' bit too personal)

Apple wins Lawsuit against Samsung and gets $1B over Pattern infringement!

Well at least justice is served! Just because Apple is a successful company, it doesn't mean they don't have rights! It's about time you can only copy a product so long! Maybe this will teach companies not to steal from other companies! Innovate don't imitate! And yes, APPLE BUILT THAT!

Fact:  Apple up $12 in After Hours Trading!

Apple prevails over Samsung in high-stakes patent trial, will get $1 billion

Apple's case that Samsung copied the iPhone and iPad—in pictures

Free tethering on HTC Amaze 4G

A while ago, after I got my Amaze 4G cell, I tried to use the Bluetooth  HotSpot feature that comes with the phone. But...guess what? T-Mobile blocked the free access, so I was supposed to sign up for a special plan that would have cost me extra $14.99/month. Well, I already have unlimited data on my T-Mobile account so why would I wanna pay extra money just to share data between my devices? That's a no brainer :)
So my dear fellow HTC&T-Mobile &Amaze 4G users, I found An app and I tested it for the last few months. It works good. It's free and very easy to install. Ah and it's called FoxFi!
Look for it in Google Play!
It may work for multiple Android phones, but I wouldn't know for sure! And also I forgot to mention that my OS is updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. No rooting required!

Hope it helps!:) 

NASA Google Doodle - August 6th 2012

London 2012 javelin Google Doodle a first! Though...look again! There you are, Curiosity! Way to go, Google and way to go NASA!

Find the difference!:)

Touchdown: Last night, NASA's Curiosity Landed on Mars!

Curiosity landed at 10:32 p.m. Aug. 5, PDT, (1:32 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6) near the foot of a mountain three miles (about five kilometers) tall inside Gale Crater, 96 miles (nearly 155 kilometers) 7in diameter. During a nearly two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether the region has ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life, including the chemical ingredients for life.

The mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of Caltech.

Source: www.nasa.gov

NASA precisely positioned a second satellite orbiting Mars to capture the split second when Curiosity fell from the skies.
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

MSL team celebrating inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving the first few images from the Curiosity rover, in Pasadena, California .
Source: Reuters

MSL Flight Director Keith Comeaux (R) celebrates with Martin Greco after the Mars science rover Curiosity's successful landing, at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California .

Source: Reuters

Images released by NASA show the 'Curiosity' rover's first glimpses of Mars.

Source: NASA

Mars Curiosity Rover Landing Coverage

Today, Sunday August 5th, 8:30 to 10:45 pm Pacific Time you can see Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Landing Coverage LIVE! You can watch it on NASA TV  and also on UStream  at NASAJPL Stream.
More info about the mission on NASA JPL website.
Let's hope for a safe landing!

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 

This graphic shows the locations of the cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover. The rover's mast features seven cameras: the Remote Micro Imager, part of the Chemistry and Camera suite; four black-and-white Navigation Cameras (two on the left and two on the right) and two color Mast Cameras (Mastcams). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Google's self driving car

Google's self-driving car gets its first "user," a blind man. He even stops for a taco at a drive-thru along the way.
Unbelievable! 

Amazing! Google's self-driving car allows the blind to drive

Blind man is first "driver" of Google's first self-driving car & Why it was legal

Shortcuts - SciTech

Apple Wins Patent Dispute, HTC Phones Banned From Store Shelves


"Apple spokeswoman Kristen Huguet reiterated an earlier statement, saying competitors should create their own technology."

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AT&T Agrees to Drop Bid for T-Mobile

""Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett said the announcement was "a bit of an anticlimax."
"This is like receiving the divorce papers for a couple that's been separated for years," he said.""

Good. AT&T can suck it. Whatever the future holds for T-Mobile at this point might be uncertain, but whatever. For now I'm pretty freaking happy using their services. Seriously, I think my $49.99/mo plan, for pretty much unlimited everything and with a sane customer service system even, is great.

http://dianlala.blogspot.com/2011/03/at-to-buy-t-mobile-usa-for-about-39b.html  

Get ready for Iphone 6

I want 2...no... wait, 3 of them:)))

iPhone 5 Concept Features- flatspace technology:)

Peeps: what do you think about this?:)

LulzSec teams up with Anonymous - Hackers at war

Lulzsec and Anonymous have just declared full open war against all governments, banks and big corporations in the world. They are calling all hackers in the world to unite. Their objective is to fully expose all corruption and dark secrets:=
Read more here


The Lulz Boat - Twitter


What a crazy world we're living in!

Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android

Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said.


Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android


Hint: RIM is using JAVA from SUN. They're not infringing on Sun, they're using their tools. Android is using Dalvik, a clone of Java. The lawsuit is about Dalvik!!

The Lulz Boat- live on Twitter

What is Lulz? -  an offshoot of "LOL," webspeak for laughing out loud. Think of it as a substitute for "just for a laugh."
Who is Lulz?- They've breached or busted the websites of the CIA, PBS and the U.S. Senate, and launched at least part of an extended attack on Sony, whose PlayStation Network was brought to a grinding halt for the better part of a month.And, to hear them tell it, it's all for a laugh.


Where is Lulz? - Twitter


Read more here

PlayStation network is back.Well...sort of!

http://dianlala.blogspot.com/2011/04/sony-playstation-network-still-down-on.html

Am avut de facut un update,am resetat parola...dar in rest da...dupa 3 saptamani de la "incident", Sony Playstation Network is up and running:)
Se pare ca PlayStation Store este inca offline...dar probabil ca si acesta va fi 100% functional in scurt timp.
De vazut care vor fi compensatiile promise de cei de la Sony!

PlayStation Network Restoration Announcement

Microsoft Buys Skype for $8 Billion — in Cash

Microsoft Snaps Up Skype for $8.5 Billion