The Boy Genius Report posted today a rave HANDS-ON REVIEW of Microsoft Surface, the MPG (Multitouch, Physics and Gestures) computer currently sold for marketing aims. Why does that matter? considering as I’ve said ad nauseum, that is the future of all PCs.
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TIME Magazine printed that week a piece called, “Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief,” in which author Lev Grossman admits to using available open Wi-Fi connections from his apartment. Grossman writes that “stealing” Wi-Fi might be illegal (statutes vary according to where you live) but “definitely unethical.” He additionally mentions a recent survey that found a […]
The problem isn’t that somebody out there is looking for innovative ways to leverage your cell phone to sell you something. The problem is that EVERYBODY IS DOING IT. The aftermath will turn your cell phone into an annoying, interrupting, commercial idiot box that combines all the worst qualities of TV, telemarketing and spam.
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The “iPhone Killer” cell phones — including the Garmin’s Nuviphone; Samsung’s Instinct and Omnia; HTC’s Touch Diamond; BlackBerry Thunder; and others — have touch screen technology and other features are usually advanced and sophisticated. Nearly all of them, for example, have features superior to the iPhone, such as higher-quality cameras. All the major “iPhone Killer” […]
A clinic in Spain has reportedly been treating 12- and 13-year-olds for CELL PHONE ADDICTION for three months. Like drug addicts, the kids were “failing at school and deceiving relatives in an attempt to obtain more money for phone cards.”
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South Korean researchers unveiled that week a penguin robot called Pomi (for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) that can “EMIT SMELLS” based on how it “feels” (Why is that good?) The robot, which is designed to imitate human emotions, has a fake heart beat that changes tempo based on its emotional state. It can plus […]
Sega Toys says they plan to ship in Japan a new $175 “female” robot September 26 that can WALK, SING, DANCE AND KISS LIKE A GIRL. The robot, called EMA (for Eternal Maiden Actualization) has sensors. When you pucker up and get near it, the EMA will give you a kiss. (props to CrunchGear)
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Sega Toys says they plan to ship in Japan a new $175 “female” robot September 26 that can WALK, SING, DANCE AND KISS LIKE A GIRL. The robot, called EMA (for Eternal Maiden Actualization– I guess it’s a Japanese thing…) has sensors. When you pucker up and get near it, the EMA will give you […]
The Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has unveiled for public use six 30-inch touch screen Microsoft Surface tables, along with special applications built by Rio parent company Harrah’s that facilitating FLIRTING AND ORDERING DRINKS. The “Flirt” application lets you identify another Surface user in the bar and chat, excange pictures and numbers with […]
You’ve no doubt heard of the “$100 laptop” project. The first iteration, the XO 1.0 — a.k.a. the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptop — looks like a toy for baby aliens, but is largely a conventional laptop. A prototype of the next version was unveiled last month, and it looks a lot like the […]
I’m predicting that the successful pricing model for “mini me too” laptops — commodity ASUS Eee PC clones that will drive margins for all players toward zero — will look nothing like the notebook pricing model (where you always pay full price for the hardware), and a lot like the cell phone pricing model where […]
Although everyone is talking about Windows 7, few seem to understand what it means that Microsoft is pushing its Surface-like and iPhone-like UI for the next Windows. Here’s what it means: After several decades, the DEATH OF THE WIMP USER INTERFACE is at hand. (WIMP stands for Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing devices.)
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A new e-mail serviced called “You’ve Been Left Behind” lets you send e-mail that won’t be delivered until AFTER THE RAPTURE. What is that Rapture thing again? According to the Wikipedia, the Rapture is:
“the future event in which Jesus Christ will descend from Heaven, accompanied by the spirits of all the saints of God, both […]
A UK amusement park called Alton Towers Resort will BAN PDAs (by which they presumably mean cell phones — “PDAs” don’t exist anymore, do they?) in a trial. “PDA Police” will roam the park looking for violators, who will be asked to take their “PDA” to one of five “PDA Drop Off Zones” for the […]
MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte recently railed against complexity in cell phones, saying that “simplicity is the biggest challenge that handset makers face.” He’s right. What users are really clamoring for is a phone with a beautiful screen and a brain-dead-simple user interface like the iPhone, with the core business functionality and keyboard performance […]
We all want to succeed in our careers. We go to school for at least 16 years. We study late at night to pass exams and get certifications. We take on-the-job training, and try to teach ourselves new skills. We attend industry conferences to build our knowledge and cultivate peer contacts. We read productivity books […]
The Register Hardware claims to have spotted the future face of the Eee PC, the one who will replace the Spring Break Beach Bunny. Behold! The 19-year-old ALCOHOLIC HOUSEWIFE! Is that the new face of America’s favorite cheap laptop?
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TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington BLASTED Wired Magazine blogger Betsy Schiffman’s SWIPE at TechCrunch’s recently announced syndication deal with the Washington Post newspaper. In a nutshell, Schiffman’s view is: What’s a legendary newspaper like the Washington Post (they broke the Watergate story, for example) doing in bed with a ethically challenged blog like TechCrunch. (Schiffman characterized […]
According to Gartner, the percentage of women in IT is low and shrinking, dropping from 42 percent in 1996 to 32.4 percent in 2004 worldwide. In some countries, including in the United States, it’s below 30 percent.
This conspicuous gender imbalance is caused by a enlarged list of problems, according to advocates of women in IT, […]
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