Category Archives: Technology
Sony’s foray into video glasses could succeed
tl;dr: It’s a consumer grade device, don’t expect miracles. Last week I got my Sony HMZ-T1, Sony’s new video glasses / visor product. Having seen their PR and having read a few reviews, I was already not expecting an Amazing style immersive experience. But I was curious nonetheless. While the device setup is generally very [...]
Internet Access Is Not a Human Right (NYT)
“There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans need in order to lead healthy, meaningful lives, like freedom from torture or freedom of conscience. It is a mistake to place any particular technology in this exalted category, since over [...]
RIP Steve Jobs
Apple – Remembering Steve Jobs. Here’s to the crazy ones. Thank you for teaching the world to think different.
Microsoft files complaint against Google – Tony Romm and Mike Zapler – POLITICO.com
Microsoft files complaint against Google – Tony Romm and Mike Zapler – POLITICO.com. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. M$ should be laughed out of court for this idiocy.
Portable Blue Laser from Wicked Lasers – Spyder III Pro Arctic Series
Portable Blue Laser from Wicked Lasers – Spyder III Pro Arctic Series. Yes, you too can now purchase your very own light saber.
Apple’s secret to selling iPhones: Windows Mobile
Apple’s secret to selling iPhones: Windows Mobile Oh the irony…
Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets (New Scientist Tech)
Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets – tech – 21 July 2008 – New Scientist Tech All that’s missing is the phaser tech now.
Friday Fun: Mac Desktop Music Video
Friday Fun: Mac Desktop Music Video A really well done video, a sort of Time for the naughties.
Hollywood 2.0: Why the TV Industry Might lose 28% of its Audience Forever
YouLicense News and Updates: Hollywood 2.0: Why the TV Industry Might lose 28% of its Audience Forever On that note, I think it’s time the studios fired all WGA workers and hired new ones. We may loose some quality in the process, but in the longer run, the message will pay off. Short strikes are [...]
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia (The Register)
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia | The Register This proves once again that communism doesn’t work. We aren’t all equal so it’s no use pretending we are.
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Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy (NYT)
Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy – New York Times Talk about hypocrisy… The guy responsible for publishing every user’s private details by default can’t take what he dishes out. Maybe he feels he’s entitled to more than everyone else due to being a member of the “chosen people”.
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The Other $15 Billion Question: How Will Apple Spend Its Cash?
The Other $15 Billion Question: How Will Apple Spend Its Cash? How about make their products affordable for the average computer user? Usually when you have a good product and you’re not Apple you lower its price.
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Belated Honesty: AT&T Stops Pretending To Be The Network With The “Fewest Dropped Calls” – Consumerist
Belated Honesty: AT&T Stops Pretending To Be The Network With The “Fewest Dropped Calls” – Consumerist I am once again very happy to be a Verizon Wireless customer. You just can’t beat legacy protocols.
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European ISPs: “Aiding and abetting” copyright violations could land our CEOs in jail
European ISPs: “Aiding and abetting” copyright violations could land our CEOs in jail And they have the balls to accuse us of having a police state…
The End of Peak Oil?
The Weekly Standard With a new technology from Shell we could tell those Muslims to go screw themselves for good. Independence at last!
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Web media upstart caters to conservatives – By Salena Zito
Townhall.com::Web media upstart caters to conservatives::By Salena Zito I like the idea of a commie-free video site. I just hope they’re more respectful of our 1st amendment rights than YouTube has been.
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Ipod saves Soldier’s Life (Flickr)
Ipod saves Soldier’s Life on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Looks like the cigarillo box myth is more than just a myth.
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Internet Access CAPTCHAs
Internet Access CAPTCHAs This would a very good addition to more than just the Internet. There truly is a need for more idiot filters.
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Google TiSP
Welcome to Google TiSP Wouldn’t it be great if there was as yet uncharted territory in the area of Internet access? (Just remember the date.)
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IE7 still creating problems for developers? (Devthought)
Devthought – Guillermo Rauch’s Blog » IE7 still creating problems for developers? And history repeats itself… Will Microsoft ever manage to build a standard compatible browser or will we developers have to sue them for damages for all the aggravation their bug infested app has caused us?
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Global Warming Swindle – By Thomas Sowell
Townhall.com::Global Warming Swindle::By Thomas Sowell The channel 4 documentary is indeed a must see. Al Gore, the IPCC and all other leaders of the global warming cult should be tried for fraud and libel.
Turkish court bans access to YouTube
Turkish court bans access to YouTube – World – insider.washingtontimes.com Those silly Turks… When are nitwits like them going to realize that on the Internet, you can’t block access to specific sites? If Chinese users can circumvent their virtual wall, so can Turks who value their free speech. It would be nice if this was [...]
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China’s Evil Censorship Continues: Bans LiveJournal
China’s Evil Censorship Continues: Bans LiveJournal Wow, what a great economic giant…
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Scientists invent real-life ‘tricorder’ for chemical analysis
Scientists invent real-life ‘tricorder’ for chemical analysis I wonder how many more things Star Trek predicted with this much accuracy.
Microsoft’s Vista-Live Strategy Already Impacting Google
Microsoft’s Vista-Live Strategy Already Impacting Google I smell another lawsuit…
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Warrant Issued For Verizon’s Arrest (Consumerist)
Warrant Issued For Verizon’s Arrest – Consumerist Now that is a creative way to “stick it to the man”.
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Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea (dheera.net)
Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea – dheera.net: Dheera Venkatraman’s web site The above page explains at least in part why the federal government blacks out sensitive information instead of merely blurring it.
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Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone (GigaOM)
GigaOM » Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone I wonder if I’ll be buying a Google Home branded house…
2006 Web Technology Trends
2006 Web Technology Trends And I thought it was too early for such reviews…
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The Japanese Super Safe Wii Safety Manual (Kotaku)
The Japanese Super Safe Wii Safety Manual – Kotaku At least that manual doesn’t include mistranslations.
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10 Classic Features to ‘Bring Back’ to OS X (The Apple Blog)
10 Classic Features to ‘Bring Back’ to OS X at The Apple Blog Great ideas. While I have only noticed the absence of a few of those features in OS X, things like the changing of the theme are essential. Maybe Windows is still better after all…
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New Technology Allows Wireless Recharging
LiveScience.com – New Technology Allows Wireless Recharging Finally! I look forward to not having to fiddle with wires anymore.
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Zune Marketplace’s Absurd Pricing Scheme
Apple Matters | Zune Marketplace’s Absurd Pricing Scheme And Micro$oft gets owned by Apple, again. Kind of makes me feel better about the $400 I lost on my iPod.
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Breaking: Google to buy YouTube
Fox News updates: SEARCH GIANT GOOGLE TO BUY WEB VIDEO SITE YOUTUBE FOR $1.65 BILLION
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Geeks Gadgets: hand made usb drive
Geeks Gadgets: hand made usb drive..love it Smart wood, lol.
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