Bill Gates Didn't Understand Gmail

What do you have in your email that's not email?

Google's Gmail is one of the very best in free webmail services. Originally thought to be an Fool's Day joke when it was announced on April 1, 2004 with its 1 GB of free storage (massive for email at the time), Gmail today has grown its storage quota for its free accounts to nearly 8 GB.

H2O Force-Field Keeps Your Fruit Fresh

Fruit bowl concept keeps your fruit fresh via water powered force-field.
If you thought force-fields were a reality reserved for futuristic sci-fi flicks and television series, think again. Here's a real life application of a water-powered force-field to keep your fruits fresh and delicious. Okay maybe it is just an idea that hasn't come to fruition yet, but this is probably the most beautiful fruit bowl idea out there.

Asus O!Play Mini HD player [Preview]

You bought an HDTV, but chances are you were disappointed because your local cable channels or DVDs just didn’t look as spectacular as the videos they were playing at the display centers. Or maybe you are just tired of the video quality of the content that you watch on your TV.
What you need is a HD media player. Until now, most good media players from reputable companies were around the Rs. 10,000 mark. But that has just changed. Because the Asus O!Play mini HD media player just rolled out.
Price:
Priced at a extremely reasonable Rs. 5,700, (may vary according to your location). Its one of the (if not THE cheapest) HD devices to be unveiled. Its simple and barebones, without the additional features on the expensive models that you don’t use anyway.

T-Mobile Cuts Unlimited Plan to 2GB

So this is what happens when AT&T has its way.

There is a 2 GB data cap on the plan, which will not result in overages, but attempt to slow your data downloading habits down by slowing the connecting to a crawl until the next billing period starts. This unlimited plans is priced, including unlimited voice calling, at $80 per month. T-Mobile said that this plan is only offered for a limited time: There is also an unlimited voice plan with 200 MB of data that is priced at $80 as well as a 1000 minute plan with unlimited data for $90.

Windows 7 Finally Tops Windows XP in the U.S.

It’s been 18 months since Windows 7 hit retail availability and Microsoft will this week be celebrating the fact that it’s finally the most popular OS in the United States.

Thanks to low confidence in Windows Vista, many Windows users opted not to update from Windows XP, which meant the 10-year-old OS remained on top. However, according to statistics from StatCounter (via Royal Pingdom), Windows XP has finally been dethroned. 

As of April, Windows XP accounts for 31.56 percent of the market, while the newer Windows 7 accounts for 31.71 percent. When Windows 7 launched, Windows XP accounted for nearly 50 percent of the market while Vista accounted for over 35 percent. Vista has since dropped to 19.07 percent. In fourth place is OS X, with 14.87 percent, while Linux comes in fifth with just .7 percent of the market.