Google warns gadget slowpokes

Google has notified in a blog post that it would soon start labelling iGoogle gadgets which are not performing well as 'slow', reports TechWhack.

These applications would be marked as 'slow' in the gadgets directory as a warning to the users who might be interested in installing them.

Google said this is a message for all the concerned developers to optimise their products so that they perform well for the end-user.

Last year alone, the US Customs and Border Protection seized an estimated $23 million worth of counterfeit consumer electronics, writes Geek Sugar.

In addition to knock off gadgets like iPods and TVs, they also seized items including clothing, shoes, household goods, and toys. New York and New Jersey customs checkpoints (both airports and seaports) have decided to emulate other US checkpoint locations by kicking off a programme next month to donate the cargo items to the poor in third world countries.

Naturally, they will primarily focus on distributing items of need, like clothing and footwear before electronics and handbags. Trademark owners are usually open to donating the goods once the fake logos are removed.

For more than six months, 11 cardiologists at a Washington DC medical centre have been using a custom BlackBerry application to retrieve and diagnose critical reports on heart attack patients, with spectacular results, states IT Business.

Doctors and nurses are surrendering their antiquated gadgets of yesterday in exchange for today's powerful, cutting-edge smartphones, says Fraser Edward, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's manager of market development for healthcare.

Many medical professionals have resisted the move from traditional 'feature' cellphones, pagers, recorders and other 'old-school' gadgets to smartphones due to security concerns and comfort with existing technologies, says Edward. This made BlackBerry an attractive device for moving to the next wave of mobile technology.