As part of New Scientist‘s 50th anniversary celebrations, it asked over 70 of the world’s most brilliant scientists for their predictions for the next 50 years. Here are the topics of the predictions for future. Life: Ageing, alien life, consciousness, ecology, embryology, environment, evolution, genetics, health, humans, language, neuroscience, oceans, psychology, sex and social science. Space and [...]

 ZDNet IT Facts has some interesting stats from Instat about the use of cell phones. More than 15% of people carry two wireless phones, In-Stat says. 80% of the people that have a camera phone say they regularly carry their digital camera, 75% of SmartPhone users also carry a PDA, and more than 50% of [...]

Recently I wrote a post trying to contemplate whether SMS Spam is real. Ferris Research indicated that “In 2005, about 500 million unwanted text messages reached subscribers. In 2006, that figure is expected to be 800 million.” but analysts at Ferris Research considered it as nothing comparing with the volume of SMS messages sent. Read [...]

Usability does not mean pouring in too many options. But providing the minimalistic set to achieve full functionality.  While many say, you must have explicit options to do different things, I agree with Joel, that all we need is one button to put the computer to rest. Everything else is implicit and can be done by Windows without confusing users. [...]

Under The Radar reports about a Mobile Payment application that will let users buy just any thing using their mobiles. Unlike other solutions, no valuable information stored on the mobile. So nothing to worry if your mobile is lost or stolen. PayWi is a nifty little application that lets you make all kinds of purchases and financial [...]