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Technology, Science, and other ridiculousness
Roku makes a fantastic group of products. I was going to review a recently installed SoundBridge M2000, but may wait until I have a chance to trade up to the PhotoBridge HD; a video, audio, and photo viewing “console” device which will transfer content from your PC to your home entertainment system via wireless or […]
Admittedly, it's been at least a week since I've blogged. Though it feels like a sin, I have to say, there really hasn't been very much news that I consider overly interesting going on. I don't want to keep up this blog for "blog's sake." My intention of this blog has always been […]
Some time ago, eHomeUpgrade had previously posted a story on RealVNC. RealVNC is a cross-platform application that lets users remotely assume control (with full access) of a computer across a network.
Wired has a feature story on Austrian tech columnist, Teddy the Bear who can be seen showing off his Apple Powerbook’s OS X desktop in […]
Website author John Geraci suggests that maybe it’s time to turn the world into a real-life web artform. His intention is to see the real world with URLs written onto it.
“Grafedia turns New York into a potential webpage.”
Grafedia is hyperlinked text, written by hand onto physical surfaces and linking to images, video, sound files, etc. […]
<img src="http://www.manoogian.net/blog/paul/images/grafedia_150.jpg">Website author John Geraci suggests that maybe it's time to turn the world into a real-life web artform. His intention is to see the real world with URLs written onto it.<p><p>"Grafedia turns New York into a potential webpage."<p><p><a href="http://www.grafedia.com">Grafedia</a> is hyperlinked text, written by hand onto physical surfaces and linking to images, video, […]
Directly from the source article at <a href="http://www.physorg.com/weblog/news861.html">PhysOrg.com</a>: <p><p>"<i>Larry Summers, the outspoken president of Harvard University, has stirred up controversy by suggesting there are innate differences between the sexes that prevent more women from rising to the top in science and mathematics.<p><p>Dr Summers, made his remarks in a speech to an invitation-only economic conference last […]
I've been writing a Home Inter-networking White Paper for myself - which I'm hoping to submit to a conference sometime in the near future. Part of what I've been doing is coming up with ways to manage the entire structure of what can be done with a fully automated home and how everything […]
For the Podcast Mix-Masters among you, if you haven't already, you should check out MixCast Live! It's a Podcast mixing utility for PC users, which will allow all of you Flava-flavs of the Podcast world to create nice podcasts and mix the audio while you're generating your babble for the masses.<p><p><center><p><img src="http://www.manoogian.net/blog/paul/images/mixcast.gif"><p></center><p><p>Here's a run-down […]
Seems like everyone and every "thing" has a blog these days. So, why shouldn't a mini-series turned series have one, too? Well, I can't think of a good reason why they shouldn't and quite frankly, it's a great idea. If you think about it, what better - more timely - way for fans […]
In a post over at <a href="http://www.watchreport.com">Watch report</a>, they've reviewed the <b>nTren MP3 player watch</b>, which looks pretty stylish for such a geeky thing. <p><p><center><p><img src="http://www.manoogian.net/blog/paul/images/ntren_mp3watch.jpg"><p></center><p><p>While employing a 10 hour playback, with models up to 512mb, and USB connectivity, the nTren watch still looks pretty stylish amd unboring or similar to a normal watch. […]
The new pendant-sized phone from Pantech&Curitel is a mere 56 mm wide and 67 mm tall. The PH-K2500V can supposedly be worn around one’s neck, just like a pendant!
It features TTS (Text To Speech) functionality, which converts a text messages into voice messages for the receiver. When in “speak mode”, it will read an incoming […]
LG Electronics has unveiled what they claim to be "the worlds fastest 3D game phone." Their latest 3D Game Phone is equipped with a 1M polygon graphic accelerating chip, running 5 times faster than its competitors; according to LG.<p><p><center><p><img src="http://www.manoogian.net/blog/paul/images/lg3dgamer1.jpg"><p></center><p><p>Other features of the phone include it being equipped with an acceleration sensor to enable users […]
LaCie has announced their latest product, the LaCie Silverscreen. The Silverscreen is a portable hard drive that allows you to play all of your media files back on your TV. You can transfer your movies, pictures, and MP3’s to the device through its USB 2.0 interface.
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The device has standard composite and S-Video out ports on […]
The new pendant-sized phone from Pantech&Curitel is a mere 56 mm wide and 67 mm tall. The PH-K2500V can supposedly be worn around one's neck, just like a pendant! <p><p>It features TTS (Text To Speech) functionality, which converts a text messages into voice messages for the receiver. When in "speak mode", it will read […]
EZAV has this cool new tricked-out chrome-plated and totally pimped MP3 player! Yeah, I know, the MP3 Player part actually dimmed the whole build-up, didn’t it? Well, don’t get too down, ’cause thing is a really trick device.
The EZAV EMP-500 is an MP3 player with a color screen, avilable in 256mb, 512mb, and 1GB flavors. […]
Microsoft has definitely made the right choice; at least in Beta.
They’ve allowed users to take their MSN search tool and format the output to RSS feeds, and it’s a really simple process, too. Just follow these simple steps, and you TOO can have a search engine-based RSS feed in your reader!
Step-by-step instructions:
run your web or […]
To quote Apple, themselves: “Good things really do come in small packages.”
I think Apple, although following in the footsteps of other vendors, such as creative, and SanDisk, have hit upon an area which I think is an excellent one. Though, the pricetag may leave a little bit to be desired for some, I think you […]
To quote Apple, themselves: "Good things really do come in small packages."<p><p>I think Apple, although following in the footsteps of other vendors, such as creative, and SanDisk, have hit upon an area which I think is an excellent one. Though, the pricetag may leave a little bit to be desired for some, I […]
This week’s Handango freebie is SplashPhoto for Pocket PC. SlashPhoto offers is a smple, fast, high quality image viewer, with and includes a desktop catalog system for further image editing.
BargainPDA has done a review on Slashphoto for both the PocketPC and Palm, alike.
While not the best application for photo viewing on your PocketPC, you really […]
A fantastic new version of ebook reader by <a href="http://www.gowerpoint.com/">David Gowerpoint</a>, has just been released. This new Pocket PC e-book reader is called "µBook - version 0.9b."<p><p>The µBook eBook reader is a great little piece of software which is available for Windows PCs, Windows CE 2.11, and 3.0 (PocketPC 2002/2003), for HPC and ARM. […]
<a href="http://p2pnet.net/story/3518">p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site</a>: "p2pnet.net OT News:- An event so large that the best seat in the house is in space will almost certainly occur on Saturday.<p><p>Then, a 100-mile-long iceberg will collide with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica.<p><p>'It's a clash of the […]
The good people at <a href="http://www.ployer.com/">Ployer</a>, today reported that International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. has announced plans to provide free access to the information in 500 of its patents to open source developers, individuals and groups. IBM said it believes this is "the largest pledge of patents of any kind and represents a major shift […]
Here's a cool idea for all of you people with iPods (Like Me!). If you're looking to integrate your iPod into your car, and get rid of all of those cables, poor FM signal transfers, and clunky set-ups, check out the new SmartDeck - Intelligent Cassette Adapter for iPod from Griffen Technologies.<p><p>SmartDeck allows you […]
The folks at TechNewsWorld reported on the Secunia security story related to their recent find of a security flaw in FireFox. I suppose it wouldn't take long, considering that FireFox is outpacing any other browser's rise to marketshare. To paraphrase what my buddy <a href="http://www.kctsdigitalworld.com">Kevin said</a>, the more popular you are, the more […]
Seen on ExtremeTech:<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1748511,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532">New DRM Scheme Could Make DVD Players Obsolete</a>: "Hewlett-Packard and Philips said Wednesday that they have developed a content-protection system for DVDs, designed to protect users from burning 'protected' DTV broadcasts. The encryption system will be built into next-generation DVD players as well as media."<p><p>This is troubling, to me. Why are […]
While Skype starts to pick up in the Internet Phone market, there’s this interesting device that takes kind of a simple step backwards, but — at the same time — in the right direction.
Actiontec has created something called the Internet Phone Wizard. The device can enable your existing landline to make, and receive, free internet […]
I couple of weeks ago, I blogged a quick article on how Lance Armstrong was suing Mike Anderson over a contract that Anderson claims and Armstrong denies ever existing. Well, they’re at it again, now with Anderson suing Armstrong.
An Associated Press article published by VeloNews.com said:
“A former personal assistant of Tour de France champion Lance […]
Mio Technology has announced that they will debut their latest devices: The Mio 136 and the Mio 168RS. According to sources at GeekZone, Mio is exhibiting these products at the current Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV. Using the 168RS’s high-sensitivity satellite reception system, and working in conjunction with Microsoft, Mio has been […]
There is this interesting garment technology thing going on, lately. I find it facinating that people are developing clothing with technology characteristics to make the garments more intriguing; hopefully more attractive in more ways than just sales.
HearWear, by Younghui Kim and Milena Iossifova, is a skirt that turns “urban noise” into colourful light patterns. The […]
Samsung has announced two new mobile phones that can convert spoken words into text messages. The speech-to-text is called VoiceMode and works alongside something called QuickPhrase which lets you send pre-programmed messages like ‘I’m running late’ just by speaking the words (I’m assuming the process needs no manual input at all, to differentiate it from […]
