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2D Sense 3.15 (Mobile)

2D codes are the next generation of visual codes that can contain much more data than ordinary barcodes due to their matrix structure. 2D Sense makes it easy to connect real world objects and events to your online digital world. Using the iPhone's built in camera, 2D Sense decodes or...

Tags: Mobile, 2D, 2D Sense, 2D Code

Software downloads 2009-06-10

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30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?

I really don't see the need...Unless you're a hard core gamer or work heavily in the graphics dept...RE: 30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?Mine has two. And how do you get the little quote box thing? I've been looking to get that on mine for...

Tags: Desktops, Games, GPU, desktop, graphics, Jon Peddie, game

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

(Lunar science takes off at NASA)

Lunar science takes off at NASALunar MissionThe purposes of going to the moon should be to:1. Construct a permanent, self-sustaining residences.2. Construct a lunar surface to L1, L2, L4, or L5 launch system for construction and supply of space-based construction platforms.3. Construct solar energy collection system...

Tags: Strategy, NOW IT, NASA, Lunar science

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Torvalds abandons KDE for Gnome

Torvalds abandons KDE for GnomePoor Linus[i]I strongly suspect that most problems he encountered, wouldn't have happened if he had done a clean install of KDE 4.[/i]Poor guy must not know what he's doing when it comes to Linux, eh? ]:)You suspect wrongly[i]I strongly suspect that most problems he encountered,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Version 4, KDE 4.1, KDE, GNOME

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worlds

Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worldsQuake 3 predates this patent by two yearsQuake 3 would seem to run counter to this patent, as would Tribes, and several other online games from the 90s. The core concepts of such online interactions were also presented in the 90s movie...

Tags: Quake 3, patent, virtual world, patent litigation

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIA

Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIANobody's getting frozen out. It'll fall back to DX9 if it has to.The DWM won't *require* DX 10.1, but it'll be able to use it if its there. (Actually from what I read in the...

Tags: Video cards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate communications, TigerDirect, DirectX, DirectX 10.1, Microsoft Windows 7, Aero, video card, Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics, Microsoft Windows, NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

Apple: "Let's Rock" on September 9

Apple: "Let's Rock" on September 9I guess...I guess they are going to announce that Apple is better that PC,OS X than Windows Vista!, iPhone than Nokia, etc etc.I hope Apple Stocks go UP to $200. Investors please buy!RE: Apple:DRM free music across the board.iPods? Those obsolete things?In keeping with all...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Games, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, iPODS

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Court clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterprise

Court clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterpriseCourt clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterpriseHuge break for all the people out there working on projects, only to have their stuff picked up and altered and their credit taken awayAre you kidding?Really Larry?The teaser for this column...

Tags: District Courts, open source copyright, open source, Federal Circuit

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Microsoft to SaaS: We (are going to someday) have you surrounded

Microsoft to SaaS: We are going to someday have you surroundedMS must make it all depend on Windows or Office.We are talking Billions, and customer options are very bad for the bottom line.OT: New designThe Blog Roll does not include the previous 4 Comments. The only way to...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Fun with business intelligence

Fun with business intelligenceAnd @UBS......those managers from hell are cutting the IT project budget because of the subprime crisis....http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-22219057.htmMonkiesRemember those monkies...err...expert analysts I was talking about yesterday?In this case they are called "mortgage brokers."The sub-prime collapse is an example of what happens when you create an elaborate system that depends...

Tags: Mortgages, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, information technology, business intelligence, mortgage

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

AMD nurtures open-source graphics

AMD nurtures open-source graphicsAn interesting storyAs I began reading I was wondering how they would get around all the proprietary, licensed, copyrighted, and patented IP. About halfway down I seen they were simply going to with hold much of the information. I suppose the "half full" figure of...

Tags: Nothing, open source, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IP, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-09-06

Ringed Racing Fun 2.0 (Windows)

Car racing is a breathtaking and entertaining computer game in which you can have a command of all events happening on the racing track. Besides entertainment, the game will train your attentiveness and sense of motion in a two-dimensional perspective. This is a 2D game, easy to manage and play....

Tags: Car, Microsoft Windows, MyPlayCity, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-08-17

Better living without MS Office

Ten years ago to this very week, Apple called a truce in its market share war with Microsoft. After all, the Mac then had a 5 percent market share or so and the company and its OS plans were in disarray.But the cold war continues and the new iWork '08...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iWork, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-08-10

The future of virtual worlds

At the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 07 the virtual worlds was under scrutiny. Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier led a panel below with Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Labs Second Life; Irving Wladawksy-Berger of IBM; Chris Sherman, CEO of Gaia Online and Chris Melissinos, chief gaming officer at Sun.The big question...

Tags: Web Technology, Social networking, Second Life, General

Blog posts 2007-08-01

10 million iPhones = An ideal platform for malware

10 million iPhones = An ideal platform for malwareYou know what they say about ASSumptions...Awful lot of guessing for a product that's not even released yet.I'm happier using a cellphone that isn't part of such a big ecosystem.I feel safer that way.But yet you still use Windows ??If anythingmalware attacks...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Researchers show off virtual human in 4D

Researchers show off virtual human in 4DThis is fighting with the smoke ...They are like cavemen who are using computers for hunting instead of stones and think they are very smart because of it. They have no clue about the PRIMARY reasons of diseases, but they call charlatans those know...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Federal government, Vertical industries, high blood pressure, blood pressure, FDA

Discussion threads 2007-05-25

Sun CTO promises Flash-like experience from JavaFX and new runtime

On Tuesday Sun Microsystems unveiled a new consumer-oriented product line called JavaFX, which among other things has a new language for interactive user interfaces JavaFX Script. Sound a little like Flash? Thats the idea, says Sun CTO of Software Bob Brewin, and a new streamlined runtime system will help make...

Tags: Sun, Scripting, Programming, Java, General

Blog posts 2007-05-09

50 ways to kill an asteroid

50 ways to kill an asteroid2d thoughtsmany of the arguments/plans i've seen, only deal w/ 2 dimensional possibilities, whether on paper or in movies. noneseems to talk effectively about all possible vectors in relationship to earth. this is one reason, it occurs to me, that it has been,...

Tags: asteroid, orbit

Discussion threads 2007-03-09

Dual NavAtlas XNAV3550

Dual Electronics is certainly no stranger to aftermarket car tech, offering plenty of audio and video solutions, such as the Dual XDVD8182. However, it's pretty new to the GPS game, and judging by its Dual NavAtlas XNAV3550, it still has some things to learn. Dual NavAtlas has its highlights: basic...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, Dual Electronics, Dual NavAtlas XNAV3550

Product reviews 2007-03-01