26 Benefits of Ebooks
Posted on October 18, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Publishers Cafe Blog — www.PublishersCafe.net
“5. Ebooks are portable. You can carry an entire library on one DVD”
via writing on your palm
Avermedia USB Radio
Posted on October 15, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
I just got myself a new AverMedia USB Radio after seeing them mentioned in Engadget.
Found a good site to list radio stations in your area: TvRadioWorld, for example: Brisbane, Australia
Google Fulltext research paper search
Posted on October 15, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
I’m not sure if the general public can acccess this at the moment, but crossref.org and google have got together to provide a pilot full text searching of scholarly journals for 29 leading journal papers. For more info, click here.
I can’t seem to find an entry page for the cross-ref search engine, but I got [...]
Google Desktop Search
Posted on October 15, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Google Desktop Search has been released, but I think I’ll hold of until it supports more file formats.
Read More..>>Cruise ship biometric photo kiosks
Posted on October 14, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
ImageWare Systems have developed a photo kiosk that will check for your face in all the photos taken (presumably by professional photographers, rather than other guests) on the cruise, and allow you to choose them for purchase.
I’m not sure about this idea, it seems a little spooky. Can someone else use a photo of you, [...]
Your iris is the key - hotel using iris recognition for room entry
Posted on October 14, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Your iris is the key || HotelChatter
“We know, we know, we saw Minority Report as well, and yes, as we got our iris image taken, our mind began to wander towards that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise has to buy an eyeball transplant on the black market to get rid of his incriminating [...]
Hi-Tech Passports ‘Need More Civil Rights Safeguards’
Posted on October 14, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Hi-Tech Passports ‘Need More Civil Rights Safeguards’
“It should not be used for any other reason, particularly hidden surveillance, and biometrics must not ‘creep’ into our daily lives via the commercial world.
Can you hear me now - in-car voice recognition
Posted on October 14, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Peeyush Ranjan talks about difficulties with a voice recognition car navigation system.
Adventures of Pierce Ranger: Can you hear me now?:
I wondered, like many others, why is new technology so hard to use. Then I was reminded of the shy asian waitress who, if she didn’t completely understand what I ordered, would still nod her head [...]
Gadget Price Searching? Use StaticICE.
Posted on October 14, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 2 Comments
For any people out there looking for the cheapest gadgets around Australia, and lamenting the lack of a froogle australia (come on google - froogle needs location information), here is a service that lets you search for gadgets in australian online stores, called StaticICE.
Read More..>>“Your products suck!”
Posted on October 14, 2004 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
I really like the Scobleizer’s honesty when it comes to Microsoft Products, and he is probably the best PR Microsoft can get among us blogging-types for that reason. MS should cultivate more people like him.
Enough sucking up, here’s the link.
So, to bring back an old meme, Scobleizer does not suck.