The ‘EARTH HOUR’

The Sydney Opera house, the San Francisco’s Golden Gate went dark as people turned off the lights on Saturday. Wonder why ? It was the Earth Hour, on March 29th, a gesture to show concern on the hot topic, ‘Global Warming’. Around 30 million were expected to have switched off the lights for 1 hour.

Around 400 towns and cities, 35 countries signed up for this campaign. This sort of a campaign began in 2007 and was initiated in Sydney. Some of the key places where Earth Hour was observed are –

. Sydney Opera House
. CN Tower, Toronto
. London City Hall
. Background of Google’s Home page turned Black
. Sears Tower, Chicago
. San Francisco’s Golden Gate
. Tivoli Gardens & Royal Palace, Copenhagen

Buildings contribute one-third of the carbon emissions that might boost the average temperature by 1.4 degrees this year – say the scientists. This awareness campaign would have definitely had a good impact on many of us. So save the planet, use renewable sources of energy and make the Earth a heaven.

Virtual Safe

Going to the bank and keeping personal things in the locker is something common. But those days are over now for the vSafe has arrived. An American Bank is said to offer its customers online safe, also called as the Virtual Safe that would enable people to store their wills, passport details, tax records etc. Everything will be stored in Digital Format says the bank.

Wells Fargo Internet Services says that the customers can completely trust this service to keep and manage their information. Compared to other systems, this is very easy as it needs no maintenance and also would give the customers a peace of mind. This service is expected to hit this year. Let’s hope it makes an entry into other countries too.

3G iPhone ???

Recently there is a wide spread speculation that Apple would come out with a 3G iPhone by June or July. Apple fans were disappointed at the beginning as no such announcements were made during the Macworld show, but they some how managed to gather this bit of news.

The major disadvantage in the iPhone was that it was not 3G enabled. Now Apple itself is expected to make an official announcement this week while releasing the software development kit for iPhone. Infineon Technologies is reported to have increased its production of iPhone chips thereby conforming the speculation.