Living in the Future
On the road again on another Sunday morning. Sitting in a Starbucks far from home catching up on email when my wife calls via Google video chat. We chat a few minutes, I spin the laptop around to give her my view of yet another coffee shop.
I notice the sun is shining brightly back [...]
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Look Ma, No Knobs
Here’s an idea…
The conceptual Dell Froot is a new PC idea that does away with the keyboard, monitor, and mouse. It is composed of a two way projector that puts your virtual computer screen on any surface that you point it towards, and the keyboard/mouse entry area is yet another projection that senses your [...]
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Smart IDs Coming to EU
From late 2010, German citizens will receive identity cards that contain radio chips and biometric data. While some believe it will make Internet transactions more secure, others fear the information could be misused.
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Shuttleworth steps down as CEO of Canonical
Mark Shuttleworth has stepped down as the CEO of Canonical, the company he founded and that is behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Jane Silber, the current COO will take over as CEO by March 2010.
The reorganization is cause for much speculation in the tech world that the way is being paved to eventually [...]
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Now the NetTops
Just in case you thought the race to tiny was only for portable users…
The Fit-PC from CompuLab is a tiny desktop computer that measures just over an inch high, and about 4″ x 4.5″ thick. In other words, it’s a desktop that’s smaller than most laptops and maybe even some cellphones. The company has been [...]
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Bendy antennae could reshape electronics
Tiny antennae that can bend, twist and stretch, before snapping back to their original shapes, could some day find themselves in flexible electronics and equipment that needs to be rolled up before deployment. The shape-shifting antennas are still in the lab and the researchers from North Carolina State University are not sure when the invention [...]
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Radio sans the radio
Talk about specialization — Livio’s NPR Radio is finally shipping and while it offers a lot of variety, there is only one station. Oh, and it is a radio, but it doesn’t snag it’s signal from the broadcast band. It’s an Internet radio.
Pursuing the enthusiastic Internet radio audience, NPR is marketing the device that has a [...]