THE GOOGLE VOICE SEARCH (INFO)

The Verbalizer is a open source board which is designed to be used with Google Voice search, and it was created by the guys from Breakfast in New York, who wanted to make an open source dev board that people could use with Google’s Voice search.

The Verbalizer connects to your computer wirelessley via Bluetooth, and when it is activated, The Verbalizer will open Google.com in your browser and activate Google’s voice search, have a look at the video of it in action below.

An audio notification is played signaling google is ready for your query, which is spoken into the on-board mic. The board is Arduino compatible and we left some I/O pins open, so it’s easy for anyone to jump in and create something nutty with it.

You can find out more information about The Verbalizer over at Breakfast, and there are even full details on how you can make your own.

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iPhone 5 And iPad 3 Coming In September, According To Apple’s Suppliers

We have been hearing for a while now that Apple will launch the iPhone 5 at the same time as it launches iOS 5, in the fall, and September seems to be the date that the iPhone 5 is expected to be announced.

We have also heard rumors of an iPad 3 launching later this year, and now according to some of Apple’s component suppliers, the iPad 3 is also expected to launch around September of this year.

The sources pointed out that Apple only plans to launch one model of the new iPhone, while iPad 3 has just recently been added to the production schedule with both set to be produced in small volumes in August and the volume will start picking up in September and October.

The news comes from DigiTimes who have apparently received the information from a number of suppliers who supply parts for the existing iPhone and iPad models.

We are expecting Apple to launch the iPhone 5 in September, although we are not so sure about the iPad 3, as the iPad 2 has only been out for a few months, although you never know.

We suspect if Apple does launch the iPad 3 this year it will feature a higher resolution display than the existing iPad 2, and Apple will probably announce it as the iPad HD, which would allow them to sell it alongside the iPad 2.

Image above is of an iPhone 5 concept design and not the actual iPhone 5

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Kerala royals thrilled at treasure discovery

By Indo Asian News Service, IANS

Thiruvananthapuram, July 3 (IANS) The erstwhile royal family of Travancore in Kerala is thrilled that valuables worth thousands of crores have been discovered in the chambers of a temple it manages.

A Supreme Court appointed committee is opening six chambers in the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple and making an inventory of the stock.

The unofficial estimate of the gems and jewellery found in the chambers, two of which have not been openned for nearly 150 years, is Rs.1 lakh crore ($22 billion).

The head of the royal family of Travancore, Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, was tight lipped on the discovery and said: 'I have nothing to say on this because one has to abide by the ruling of the apex court.'

Varma is the managing trustee of the trust that runs the temple.

The task of making the inventory began Monday and five chambers have been opened.

One of the members of the royal family said: 'How many royal families in the country can be proud of keeping things like this? You should understand that two chambers out of the six have not been opened for more than 150 years and it there that the treasure trove has been kept safely.

'Tomorrow (Monday), one of the chamber that has already been opened will be checked again. The chamber B is left. One committee members has gone to Delhi to get the instructions on how to open the chamber B,' the royal family member told IANS.

The stock-taking process was ordered by the Supreme Court following a petition by advocate T.P. Sundararajan over mismanagement of the temple affairs.

Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has called a high-level meeting Sunday evening to discuss the issue of providing fool proof security to the temple in the light of the revelation of the treasure trove.

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Mac OS X Lion Gold Master Released To Developers

We know that Mac OS X Lion will be available from the Mac App Store some time this month, last week we heard a rumor that OS X Lion would be released this Wednesday the 6th of July, and now that looks like it could end up being the actual release date.

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion Gold Master (GM) to developers, which is the final release before it is released to everyone, which would mean that we can expect it to appear in the Mac App Store very soon.

So it could land this Wednesday as reported previously, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

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Sony’s PlayStaion Services Being Restored In Japan This Week

Sony has restored many of its services around the world including its PSN and Qriocity music services, after many of Sony’s services were hacked a few months ago, although gamers in Japan have had to wait for the PlayStation services to be restored there.

Now it looks like Sony will be restoring access to the PSN in Japan this week on the 6th of July, and the services that will come back online include the PSN, Sony’s Qriocity service and also the PlayStation Store.

The services were suspended on the 20th of April, so it has almost been a three month wait for gamers in Japan, and many will be happy to see the PlayStation store come back on line as well as the other services.

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Samsung Launches Core i3, i5 And i7 Series 9 Notebooks

amsung launches its new Series 9 notebooks back in March, and now Samsung has added three new models to the 13.3 inch versions and two new models to the 11.6 inch version.

The new versions comes with the latest Intel Core i3, i5 and Core i7 processor and also come with solid 256GB solid state drive (SSD), and up to 6GB of DDR3 RAM.

The 11.6 inch models come with an Intel Core i3 processor, 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for $1,049, or an Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD for $1,249.

The 13.3 inch versions come with a choice of either Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processors, you get up to a 256GB SSD and up to 6GB of RAM, prices start at $1,349 up to $2,049.

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Zynga’s Path To IPO (Infographic)

Zynga the games development company famous for creating the Facebook game Farmville and Mafia Wars, was first formed back in 2007 and has recently been preparing to file for IPO. According to the New York Times on Friday Zygna put these plans into action and filed for IPO with a current $20 billion valuation Zynga has plans to offer 10% of its shares.

In celebration of this even the team over at Namesake thought it would be a great idea to create an infographic detailing Zygnas growth from rags to riches. View a large version of the infographic after the jump.

Zynga’s game on Facebook currently have in excess of 272.5 million active users across its biggest titles such as Cityville and Farmville.

Source : Namesake

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Apple Attempts To Ban Samsung Devices From The US

Last week we heard that Samsung had filed a complaint against Apple with the ITC, and now Apple has filed another motion with the courts, this one is an attempt to ban imports of certain Samsung devices into the US.

Apple is attempting to ban Samsung from importing the Samsung Infuse 4G, the Samsung Galaxy S 3G,m The Droid Charge and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in its latest motion filing with the court.

Shooting for a preliminary injunction is a bold gamble for Apple. If Apple’s motion is granted, Samsung will be forced within a matter of a few months — possibly less than two months — to take it flagship Android-based products from the U.S. market. Just the possibility of this happening could lead Samsung to settle with Apple early on.

The case between the two companies is heating up, and if Samsung are forced to remove their products from the US it could have a massive effect on the company, although we suspect Samsung and Apple would probably come to some sort of settlement before this would happen.

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Longest Bridge Over (Troubled) Water Opens In China

Take note: over water. But don’t fret; the longest bridge on Earth is still found in mainland China, except in a different place. The longest bridge over water, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, is a 24.6 mile stretch spanning the aquatic divide between Qingdao and Huangdao island.

The actual cost, in dollars, varies according to the news sources that have reported its opening this week. The bridge, which is supported by five thousand pillars, took four years and 10,000 laborers to complete. The price stag varies between $1.5 billion to a little short of nine billion. That’s a pretty broad variation.

To allay fears that natural disasters could undo what mankind has wrought, Chinese authorities were quick to assure its earthquake proof construction. That, and it’s freaking huge.

Having built the largest structures on Earth, all that’s left for China to do is build a whole planet roughly the size of our moon to house a couple of billion people. The extra real estate would do the world a lot of good.

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Blade Runner Foreshadows The Near Future: The SoloTrek Air Car

A revolution in transport will soon change the world’s cities. While it doesn’t involve cars that transform into robots, it’s still cool despite. Anyway, what we’re referring to are air cars, basically personalized flying vehicles that seem the only solution to nightmarish traffic and pollutive congestion.

Seen above is the SoloTrek concept, a multi-rotor design that can at least manage a passenger or three, including the pilot. The guys behind this project are Michael Moshier and Robert Bulaga, who have launched their own company to facilitate the production and subsequent manufacturing of the SoloTrek.

The VTOL SoloTrek is already destined to e a hybrid vehicle capable of decent range and fast speeds. Of course, t’s not the only flying transport being developed fr commercial use and industrial applications. As mentioned a few paragraphs up, the coming trend involves both personalized aircraft and ugly compact cars, between these two you can expect the cars we use to day to e universally obsolete in a matter of years. That is, if the SoloTrek and its ilk catch on.

Between air cars and human-like robots whose motives are suspect, Blade Runner further vindicates itself as the most stark portrayal of our near future. The only thing it seems to have gotten wrong are smartphones.

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