Posted in January 14, 2010 ¬ 8:22 pmh.Eugen
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show brought us some interesting trends and ideas. In his review of the show, Lance Ulanoff lists 9 things he’s learned there. In the last point in that post, he makes the observation that “the marriage of technology and content took center stage”.
There is a fundamental change in how we’ve been [...]
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Posted in January 14, 2010 ¬ 3:29 amh.Kathy
Do you hear that? The sound of drip… drip… drip…? It’s the sound of money ever so gradually leaving your account through insecure transactions.
There are these clever little ways to send money through text messaging – Yele does it to help humanitarian aid after the quake in Haiti. Just text “Yele” to a specific number [...]
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Posted in January 12, 2010 ¬ 7:39 pmh.Eugen
Everyone is excited about the new Google phone – Nexus One. I am actually considering making the jump from iPhone to an Android-based phone. The Android Market is the Google’s answer to iTunes App store.
In an interesting twist of events, a rogue app called “Droid09” was uploaded to Android Market, claiming to be [...]
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Posted in January 5, 2010 ¬ 8:22 pmh.Eugen
Zack Whittaker’s post on whether we still need usernames/passwords is fueling an interesting debate at ZDNet. The premise is familiar – everyone is tired of storing their hundreds of passwords in an Excel sheet or a password management app. Wouldn’t it be nice if all websites would just “join hands” so to speak, and create [...]
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Posted in December 28, 2009 ¬ 12:31 pmh.Eugen
Making it to the top of the BBC Technology page, a video posted on YouTube shows how the latest HP face recognition technology fails to “see” a black person. The video is pretty funny to watch. Have you seen it? If not, here it is for your viewing pleasure.
In light of this interesting story, I [...]
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