Hide Your IP address on the Internet

With the use of service like HideIPVPN you can hide your IP address to protect your privacy while browsing online, it has VPN servers located in US and UK.

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a computer network that is implemented in an additional software layer (overlay) on top of an existing larger network for the purpose of creating a private scope of computer communications or providing a secure extension of a private network into an insecure network such as the Internet.

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN

Unfortunately, they will stop offering free accounts sign-up on January 1st of next year due to usage abuses.

Merry Christmas!

Schumacher Returns in 2010

The 7^th time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher will return as race driver for Mercedes GP Petronas in 2010 F1 World Championship.

After weeks of speculation Mercedes confirmed on Wednesday that Michael Schumacher will make a comeback to race for the team next season alongside fellow German Nico Rosberg.

Source: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/12/10301.html

Next season will be a lot interesting with 4 WDC contesting each other, though should have been 5 WDC if Kimi Raikkonen didn't had a year-off; changes on rule like banning of mid-race refueling, adjustment of points system; additional new teams with the likes of Lotus, Virgin Racing F1, USF1 and new drivers as well and a new circuit located in Korea.

We have 78 days to go before the start of 2010 Formula 1 World Championship, with Bahrain GP hosting the season opening race.

YugaTech Great Gadget Giveaway

YugaTech one of the premier IT blog site in the country is having a gadget giveaway in time for Yuletide Season. If you have a Twitter account you can join by following the instructions below:

1) Follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe on Twitter.

2) Post a tweet “Just entered to win a Modu Phone. Quick! Go follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe and retweet: http://bit.ly/6e2q7O #thanks2yugatech”

Logitech G27 Racing Wheel is ready to race

Logitech© G27 Racing Wheel is due to be release on September this year as successor to Logitech G25. Logitech is known to built high quality and best racing wheel offering FFB mechanism, three-pedal system, H-shifter and paddle shifter. The notable physical upgrades are the shift lights panel at the center of the wheel and more buttons which can be used for various functions (brake bias adjustments, pit speed limiter, etc.), the height of the throttle or gas pedal is a bit lowered compared to clutch and brake pedals and removal of sequential mode option.

Mechanically the new racing wheel implement new designs such as the use of helical gear on its dual-motor force feedback mechanism that allow quieter steering actions while maintaining the same amount of force feedback as G25.

The cost of the Logitech G27 is around USD 300.

For more details see Logitech Official Website.

Windows 7 Screenshots

Here are some screenshots when I tried to install the newest and upcoming OS from Microsoft the Windows 7.

Official Release Date is set to be on 22^nd of October.

You too can also try this OS by downloading its Release Candidate from Windows 7 Official Site.



Microsoft and Windows are registered trademark and/or copyright of Microsoft Corporation.

My LFS Race Stat at 1000th Race Finish

Total stats:

Travelled distance: 15421 Ml
Fuel burnt: 3747 Ltr
Laps: 6581
Hosts joined: 461
Races won: 266
Second: 303
Third: 233
Finished: 1000
Qualifications: 56
Pole Positions: 10
Drags / Wins: 0 / 0

Last race information: (06:13 - 25 Jul '09)
Host: www.airattack.co.uk #1
Position: 4th out of 9, doing 5 laps
Time / best lap: 6:35.260 / 1:14.120 (3)
Track and car: BL gp, FBM

Filipinas Wheel to Wheel

Wheel to Wheel is the first racing simulator and motorsports cafe in the country (Philippines). Featuring up-to 10 PC racing spec rig with Logitech © G25 wheel controller and racing simulator software like SimBin's © Race07 and GTR Evolution.

For more details, drive to its official website

Xfire and NVIDIA Video Capture Contests

Are you an Xfire user? Now you can have a chance to win an NVIDIA GeForce card by recording a video of your favorite game. Using the latest release from Xfire the Xfire Video Capture System enables you to record high quality video game play for almost 1,000 games! Click here to know more about this Video Capture Contest by Xfire.

Nokia N97 Widget Competition

Get a chance to design a homescreen widget for the upcoming Nokia Nseries touch screen phone the N97, which is expected to be available on the first half of this year.

A widget is a time-saving element of the device’s user interface, a visual building block that provides an easily accessible single interaction point with an application, which holds and processes data. There are thousands of types of widget.

Do you have creative idea in mind to produce a useful widget? Head to Nseries Innovation Newsdesk to know more about this competition and be able to start designing your own widget.