Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Find Google related images

For example, when you search for bmw the result shows images of Honda, Ford, Audi, Mazda and so on. Here are some more sample searches. More
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Create custom paper CD case

This website creates custom PDF file that can be printed and folded to create paper jewel case. More…
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Revision3 Launch Party Photos

Photos from Tuesday's massive launch party for Revision3 at Mighty in San Francisco. Special guests from Tiki Bar TV, Ask A Ninja, French Maid TV and many others flew in just for this special occasion. More…

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Micron Samples DDR3 Memory

Micron is the second major DRAM manufacturer to announce sample shipments of next-generation DDR3 modules and claims to be the first company to ship 1 Gb devices with a capacity of up to 2 GB. DDR3 promises to double the speed of today’s DDR2 memory and is expected to become available on high-end desktop computers in late 2007. More…

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World’s most easily misplaced cellphone?

Nevertheless, the Xun Chi 138 forges ahead with the submicronic form factor, trading a traditional keypad for a touch sensitive display with handwriting recognition while still managing to pack in USB connectivity, an MP3 player with 121MB of storage, More…
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Hands-off my Slingbox, my podcasts and my Tivo; The EFF’s Gwen Hinze

The EFF’s Gwen Hinze on the WIPO treaty, YouTube, Podcasting and the dark future of a world in which everything broadcast gets a foreboding world-wide copyright. The end of fair use More…
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What Kind of IT Shop Are You Running?

Business executives tend to perceive IT in one of three ways, and those perceptions dictate what they expect of the CIO. Here’s a quiz to help you find out what they’re thinking. More…

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Exclusive - Microsoft Spinoff Wallop Launches

Wallop, previously a semi-forgotton Microsoft Research “sandbox” social network and photo sharing project, was spun off into a new, independent, venture backed business earlier this year (details here). Tonight at 9 pm California time, Wallop is launching a semi-public beta. More…

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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Linux Spreads Its Wings In India

With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology. Yet the 71-year-old school is abandoning Microsoft Windows software in favor of its free, open-source rival, Linux. More…

The House of Innovation

With its roughly $60,000 worth of wiring, it would be easy to see the House of Innovation as a gadget freak's dream. But there is more to the place than a robotic lawn mower and floor washer and phase-changing windows with remote-controlled blinds. Like some previous Idea Houses, this one has an element of prefab. More…

Friday, September 22, 2006

A few thousand science fiction magazines (interactive)

This is cool. it's a random colelction of covers from the visual index of science fiction cover art. move the mouse over the covers to see more information, click to see the cover full-size. covers are arranged horizontally by time, and vertically by average hue. More…