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Chris Pratley / Chris Pratley's OneNote Blog:
OneNote and Origami — You may have heard some of the buzz about the Origami project - an ultra-mobile PC initiative that Microsoft is spearheading. You can learn more about it here. In summary it is a lightweight (<2lb) kind of Tablet PC with a touch screen which you can use with your fingernail or any pointed object.
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Dennis Rice / GottaBeMobile.com:
Ultra-Mobile PC Accessories are coming out....
Ultra-Mobile PC Accessories are coming out....
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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
The Writely Raspberry — Check out Memeorandum on Google's Writely acquisition. If you expand the discussion area, pretty much the entire first page becomes Google-bought-Writely nattering. To my subjective way of looking at things, Writely is officially the most buzzed-about story in recent blog-o-sphere history.
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Between the Lines, Todd Bishop's Microsoft …, Absolute Value, J. LeRoy and Web 2.0 Explorer
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Phil Sim / Squash:
Google 'Lighthouse?' centre of the online universe — One of things that came out of the Google Analyst briefing presentation was a project Google is working on called Lighthouse. — This is what we were able to glean: … And: … Richard McManus speculated that it might be a " …
Phil Sim / Squash:
Google/Writely points to online/offline future — UPDATE: I've just woken up to find the Google/Writely thing was on the money. — The Great Om reckons there's a rumour floating around about Google buying Writely.I've got some thoughts (surprise, surprise)...
Richard Siklos / New York Times:
Amazon Considering Downloads — Amazon.com is in talks with three Hollywood studios about starting a service that would allow consumers to download movies and TV shows for a fee and burn them onto DVD's, according to three people briefed on the discussions.
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Panasonic announces 4GB SDHC SD card — We're not sure why they keepworking on ancient memory card formats like SecureDigital (if it's not thumbnail-sized or smaller, we're notinterested), but advances in this venerable format continue unabated, with cards now trickling out that support the newSDHC …
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Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Lover's Cups — Jackie Lee and Hyemin Chung of MIT Media Lab have a great project called Lover's Cups, a wireless-enabled pair of drinking glasses. Each cup can tell when someone is drinking from the other; when both are being used they glow to "celebrate this virtual kiss".
Jensenh / Jensen Harris:
Beauty and the Geek — Today I present guest writer Brad Weed, Product Design Manager of the Office Design Group. He leads the team of designers responsible for the new Office 2007 skins I introduced yesterday. — Today's Guest Writer: Brad Weed — Coming off the season finale …
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Jennifer DeLeo / Gearlog:
These Dada Sneakers Were Made For...Music — Move over Oakley Thump MP3 sunglasses. There's a new wearable MP3 system to stomp the competition. — Dada Footwear is launching a wireless footwear system dubbed, "Code M." The Code M System delivers both audio and data—through your sneakers!
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Dada unleashes "Code M" MP3 shoes on an unsuspecting populace
Dada unleashes "Code M" MP3 shoes on an unsuspecting populace
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Stephen Totilo / MTV:
New 'Ghost Recon' Title Gives Xbox Users A True 360 View — Title utilizes machine's power to show multiple views of same battle scene. — Back in the '90s when people were still playing the first PlayStation, the promise of a PS2 held the potential that games could look so good they might resemble the movie "Toy Story."
Russell Buckley / MobHappy:
Who Gave Google Permission to be the Judge and Jury of Mobile Content? — Big Picture Advertising pointed to an entry on the Google Blog that I must have missed first time around. — If you use your mobile to search for something with Google and then click through to that site …
Tom Foremski / IMHO:
Blogging is crucial to SAP's attack Oracle plan — Part 3 of interview with Jeff Nolan, one of SAP's top strategists. — Part 2 is here and it discusses SAP's competitive landscape. — "We believe we have at least a two year head start on Oracle, our main competitor.
Forbes:
#1 William Gates III — Residence: Medina, Washington, United States, North America — Microsoft's chief visionary moving further away from day-to-day corporate work. For the first time did not offer a strategy outlook at last year's financial analyst meeting.
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Dan Warne / apcmag.com:
Microsoft bombshell: no EFI support for Vista — Microsoft revealed today that it will not support EFI booting for Windows Vista on its launch. The news will be a shock for owners of Intel Macs who had hoped they would be able to dual-boot between Windows Vista and OS X. Intel Macs only support booting via EFI.
ABCNEWS:
Accoona Relaunches 'AI Search' Engine — Accoona Corp. relaunched its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based search engine portal on Wednesday, targeting media outlets and businesses. — Bary Alyssa Johnson - PC Magazine — Accoona Corp. relaunched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) …
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#27 Larry Page — Residence: San Francisco, California, United States, North America — University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts / Science — Stanford University, Master of Science — With partner Sergey Brin, billionaire founders inspiration behind quirky, smarty-pants culture of Google.
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Firefox to get phishing shield — update An upcoming version of Firefox will include protection against phishing scams, using technology that might come from Google. — The phishing shield is a key new security feature planned for Firefox 2, slated for release in the third quarter of this year …
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