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Sony claims Blu-ray "winner" in format war
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Solar charger for cell phones or iPods
Tired of being tethered to a power outlet? Let the sun shine in, says Dutch firm Soldius.
The company out of Apeldoorn, Holland, has developed a consumer-use solar charger for mobile devices such as Apples iPod, Research In Motions BlackBerry or cell phones from Nokia, Motorola and others.
Credit: Soldius
The 5-inch by 3-inch device known as Soldius1 converts solar energy into 6.58 volts at a maximum of 320 milliamperes of power after only about three hours in direct sunlight.
Battery life varies depending on the device, but you can keep it hooked up while in use, the company said.
The charging process starts after 30 seconds, the company said. If the charging process is interrupted, wait 30 seconds and the procedure will automatically restart.
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Proof positive
In typical analyst fashion, Ive often waxed poetically about the ongoing integration between the application and networking layers of the technology stack. Yes, I know that many people take analyst rhetoric with a grain of salt, but fortunately the market keeps backing me up with proof points like Ciscos Application-Oriented Networking (AON) initiative and IBMs acquisition of DataPower.
This week, there was yet another metric pointing to this Pervasive Network Application Processing (PNAP) trend. Seattle-based F5 Networks beat Wall Street revenue and profit estimates. As of this writing, F5s share price is up a 1997-like 25 percent plus in two days.
F5 is actually an interesting industry study. In 2000, competitors ArrowPoint and Alteon were swallowed by Cisco and Nortel for a combined...
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Apple pays tribute to Rosa Parks
Reprising its long-running "Think Different" ad campaign, Apple Computer paid tribute to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks on its Web site this week.
Credit: Apple.com
The company devoted a good chunk of its home page to a black-and-white photo of Parks along with the companys signature tagline. Parks died Monday at age 92.
The company also posted a feature story on Parks and her many accomplishments.
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Take this 8th grade math quiz
Its such a common nightmare that its become a cliche: Taking an exam that you forgot to study for. Now you can experience it in real life, with this pop quiz that asks, "Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?"...
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Remote-controlled humans? Bloggers say, yikes!
Bloggers are perhaps rightfully freaked out by an Associated Press story that introduces the concept of remote-controlled human beings.
In an effort to make video games more realistic, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, Japans top phone company, has developed a headset that somewhat controls movements through a very low voltage electric current. Through the technology, called galvanic vestibular stimulation, electricity essentially "messes with the delicate nerves inside the ear that help maintain balance," according to the story.
"Its a mesmerizing sensation similar to being drunk or melting into sleep under the influence of anesthesia," the reporter wrote after testing out the headset. "But its more definitive, as though an invisible hand were reaching inside your brain."
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Behind the scenes at MSN
Kai-Fu Lee may have gotten all the attention, but he is just one of a steady stream of executives who have left the company in the last year or so. And increasingly, the changes in personnel and organization seem related to the evolving strategy over MSN.
The latest executive departures include the portals general manager, but MSNs changes go far deeper than that. Last month, Microsoft announced a major reorganization that essentially puts MSN on equal footing with Windows, a monumental move for the company. Then earlier this month, there were wide reports of talks involving a deal between MSN and AOL.
Microsoft says the many MSN maneuverings are aimed at positioning it as a "Web platform" where technology development and consumer services meet--a direction that puts them on a ...
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Once again, its Microsoft vs. Google
Is it just us, or is Microsoft vs. Google starting to resemble Yankees vs. Red Sox these days?
The two are increasingly competitive-- at least when it comes to Web search, mapping, instant messaging and other areas. And money is no object.
No coincidence then that latest face off between the two rivals comes in the suddenly lively area of book search.
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it will join a library book digitization project sponsored by Yahoo and Internet Archive.
Microsoft is likely hoping for a less litigious experience than Google, however. Google faces two lawsuits alleging that the search giant is violating copyright law by scanning and digitizing all or parts of the collections at the libraries at universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and Michigan, plus The...
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New outerwear for your iPod
Fashion meets function once again in the iPod world.
A new $275 jacket from Los Angeles fashion design firm Kenpo comes with a five-button touchpad on the sleeve and an inner pocket that holds either an iPod or an iPod mini.
Credit: Kenpo
The jacket is machine washable, completely self-powered and requires no batteries.
Kenpo says it may eventually offer clothing that functions with other MP3 players and electronic gadgets.
There are more than 1,000 accessories made specifically for the iPod, ranging from high-end fashion cases to speaker systems to automobile integration kits.
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Database of civilian casualties in Iraq
A site called IraqBodyCount.net provides continual updates to a comprehensive, sortable database of civilian casualties based on reports by major news organizations. The information includes dates, locations and weapons used in each case.
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Photoshop Radio becomes Photoshop TV
Just as were trying to get used to all the new voices in podcasting, now its time for new faces, thanks to the recently introduced version of iTunes and the video iPod. But in the case of Adobe "Photoshop TV," (formerly "Photoshop Radio") which launched its first video podcast episode today, the video component is an asset that goes beyond the personalities of its three anchors, "The Photoshop Guys," aka Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski.
Particularly when it comes to tutorials featured in the show, put on by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, the information is much easier to digest when you can actually see techniques being demonstrated live on photos.
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Former exec challenges Sun over profit margins
SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos faced familiar skepticism Wednesday about the profit margins of Suns business--but this time it was from Bill Coleman, a former Sun executive and business partner who now is chief executive and co-founder of Cassatt.
Coleman oversaw Suns move from its SunOS operating system to its current Solaris product in the early 1990s, then founded BEA Systems, which sells software to let servers run Java programs. Now hes in charge of Cassatt, which sells software designed to automatically move programs among a group of servers so data centers work smoothly and efficiently.
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