IBN BATTUTA MALL - Dubai's New Mall

If you haven't been to Dubai lately (I haven't!), then you would really be surprised to hear about this mall... I was when I first heard about it... It has 6 themed areas along with cinemas, restaurants and even a Fitness First gym!

LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 2TB

LaCie has a new network storage device called the Bigger Disk Extreme, with up to 2 terabytes of storage. The Firewire and USB 2.0 drives can even be daisy-chained to allow for RAID, either via striping or mirroring. A ton of storage and for not much money, at just $2,300. That naming scheme seems like a dead end, though. You can’t get more extreme than ‘extreme.’

GMail Skins - For Firefox

If you have a Firefox Browser and a Gmail account, then you can download and use the skins in the link. Pretty cool... Thanks to skingmail.com :) If you don't have a gmail account post your email in the comments and I will send you an invite :) Firefox can be downloaded for free from Here.

NIKEiD - Customizable Nike Shoes and More!

Choose from a wide range of products and a vast range of colors and models... You even get down to choosing the color of you shoe laces... and according to Shake, you can even put your name on the side of some shoes and your jersey number on the back of your shoes.

Subservient Chicken

Tell it anything you want it to do, and it will do it!... Yes, ANYTHING!

Marwan.com Improvements

Marwan.com was down for a couple of days for performance improvements. The site will, from now on, have reviews on gadgets that I (marwan.com) or some of you get a hold of... All you have to do as a reviewer is either become an editor on marwan.com or just email me your review along with some pictures and I will publish it on the site.

Get a TiVo Series 2 for free! (expires 4/30)

The price is $200, then you get a $100 rebate from circuit city and another $100 rebate when you activate the service with TiVo... You only have to activate for two months and then you can cancel the service ;) Looks like a good deal if you live in the U.S.

SanDisk 4GB Mini Cruzer is Finally Out!

After this long wait, I finally bought my first (SanDisk 4GB Mini Cruzer USB Flash Drive)! It is the largest storage capacity for a USB Flash Drive ever manufactured by SanDisk, the world leading company in memory products. I know it is expensive cause it has just been released few days ago ... but I couldn't stop myself from buying it ;p Anyway, if someone is interested in purchasing one, just let me know. I can arrange something ;) Look at my eBay listing (either by clicking at UAE Forever banner on the top of this page ... thanks Marwan! or by clicking at the link below) ... maybe I have still some left for sale .....!

Get Opera 7 or 8 Beta 3 Browsers for Free

Just follow the link and put in your name and email address and the code as: OJD000MN You will receive an email with a registration code for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD. No more ads and just good old efficient browser with upto 32 simultaneous connections = Faster browsing.

NEC N930 Pictures and Reviews

The N930 is yet another credit-card-sized mobile phone from NEC. This one doesn't come with a keyboard but rather it comes with a stylus... This really gives it a whole different look and somewhat improves usability. Moreover, this model not only supports bluetooth, but also includes a tiny bluetooth headset. There is a Russian Site that has a full review of the phone in russian! But with nice pictures of the English user interface ;)

ThreeGMobile.net's Review of the Vertu's Ascent Series

Almost everyone is familiar with the $19,000 plus Signature Series form Vertu, but the new Accent Series costs around $3800 U.S. and still looks like a million bucks! It doesn't have gold or platinum, but hey... you are still paying 3800 only!

NEC N923

The Latest Credit Card Sized mobile phone has been released only in China!... Unlike its predecessor (NEC N900), this model can be used without the hands free kit. It still lacks bluetooth though. But it is still a tiny mobile phone that can fit in your wallet!

Adding an External Hard Disk to the Mac mini

Apparently, and with minor tweaks, you can add an external 3.5 hard disk to your Mac mini :)

Aricept to Slow Down Onset of Alzheimer's Disease

Aricept is an existing drug that is used by Alzheimer's patients... What is now suggested that its use be expanded to people who have first signs of the disease so that they can delay the occurrence of the full blown Alzheimer's disease.

Should Ephedra be Banned?

Ephedra has been used by many so called "magical diets", and body-builders have combined it with caffeine and sometimes aspirin pills in what is referred to as a "Stack" to get lean muscles and increase their power levels and enhance metabolism. Ephedra products are known to speed heart rate and constrict blood vessels. They are also known to open up lungs and they are sometimes used in inhalers for flue and to relieve congestion. They are used in some cough medicines. So, if you see a guy getting a load of cough medicine, he is probably going for the ephedra in it ;) On the other hand, ephedra products have been linked to numerous heart attack or stroke-related deaths and injuries. Its herbal cousin, ephedrine, the chemical used in the manufacture of the illegal street drug methamphetamine (speed, x, and others) is banned in the U.S. but not some other countries!

Drinking more water isn't always better!

Remember when your grandma used to tell you not to drink so much water after you've been running around for a while... Well, she might be right!... A study shows that runners who drink a lot of water are taking a risk... Read the link for more info.

SLEEPTRACKER Watch Review - GearLive.com

A review of the watch that knows exactly when to wake you up! The site also has an interview with the inventor...

Avanti Eco-Egg Mini Washing Machine - Amazon.com

A washing machine for people that want an economical one that they can use at the kitchen sink or in a hotel room.... very tiny and does a good job...

Infiniti's Innovations

Read on... Too many to list!

Hybrid Crossfire for Jay Leno

I loved crossfire when it came out... I also loved every Hybrid car that came out (especially the Prius)... But when you put both of them together, a Hybrid Crossfire, it is a sure sell for me! Good on you Chrysler :)

Clearing Google and other Search History (Auto Complete)

Did you ever want to clear all the entries of your search history list or at least some of them? Well, read in the link below how to do both!

YaGoohoo!gle

Search both yahoo and google at the same time! Simple!

GGG-GMAIL! Aaaaight!

Enter at your own risk!

Do try this at home!

Cool design ideas to inspire you ;)

yahoo! vs. google search... Really cool site

Enter a search word or phrase and see the results visually and compare yahoo and google result rankings. Great tool for search placement and page rankings.

eXeem - The Next Generation P2P Program

After Kazaa came Bit Torrent, and now eXeem seems to be the new big thing. It is truely decentralized and you should try it.

Microsoft Security & Management Summit - 9 & 10 April in UAE

It is held in Abu Dhabi on April 9th 2005 at the Intercontinental Abu Dhabi, Auditorium. Also in Dubai on April 10th 2005 at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Conference Centre Ballroom. For online registration and event agenda, click the link below.

Marwan Powers!

Oddly enough, my msn name the last couple of days was Marwan Powers... I don't recall why I changed it to that! Today, in an unrelated incident, I entered: Marwan and ECU into google to see if it returned any results... One of the results was this page. It is a guy that has an actual name of "Marwan Powers"! and he is a doctor who went to ECU (in the us!) How odd is that!

FlipFlap - The "forget about it!" Plant!

Totally Useless but Totally care-free plastic plant that moves... No need for water or batteries... Just give it plenty of love and sunshine ;)

Choro Pet - Mobile Controlled Pet

This Takara made toy is easily controlled by your mobile phone via a pet control station that comes with the toy... cute!

E-Puppy Personal USB E-mail Communicator for Only $14.95

I got it today from geeks.com but I have no idea how it works or anything! All I know is the brief article on a blog I found here!

Geeks.com - bargain Shopping for Geeks!

Computers, computer parts and other accessories at bargain prices. They even sell refurbished items for cheap!

The Use and Abuse of the Titanium Cruiser!

I have personally (with the help of Suhaib also!) put the Titanium flash drive to the test. We threw it (really hard) against a brick wall. We also kicked it around on a gravel road. Kicked it against a speed bump (suhaib even fell down trying to crush the drive) and finally I ran over it with my FTO in the garage when I got home! All that caused some minimal damage to the drive which survived its ordeal with just a little chunk of metal that broke off when suhaib kicked it against the speed bump! To buy one of the titanium cruisers, just click the link below.

"Super Charge" batteries from Toshiba!

Toshiba has announced a new battery that re-charges in 1 minute! It is reported that the batteries will be available commercially in one year.

Gmail Increases Storage to 2GB!

To celebrate Gmail's one-year birthday, Gmail is giving everyone one more gigabyte!

"But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more." Gmail Announced April/1/2005

Take a look at the live counter in the main page of gmail (http://www.gmail.com)! The counter now is (1284.176327 MB) and the counter is still running! Will it stop at 2000MB or will go beyond that?

Another Feature is available now in Gmail is Fonts, bullets and highlighting! Gmail now offers rich text formatting. And over 60 colors of the rainbow. Discover a land of more than just black and white.