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The future of... Sticky notes

Without a doubt, sticky notes are handy, but in many ways they're stuck in the analog world. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das introduces us to Quickies, an MIT Media Lab invention that combines sticky note convenience with PC intelligence. Think smart notes that send meeting reminders and add phone numbers...

Tags: Phone, Note, Telecom & Utilities, sticky note, Quickies, MIT, Media Lab, research, computers, Pranav Mistry, Pattie Maes, Post-it, Sumi Das, future technology

Videos 2008-12-19

SiteGrinder Mac for Photoshop prior to CS3 2.0.9 (Mac)

SiteGrinder is a Photoshop plug-in that you use from within Photoshop. It understands your design, it knows how Web pages should be built, it builds them for you. Just name your Photoshop layers with some hints and SiteGrinder will figure out what to do and do it. Build websites in...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, HTML, Apple Macintosh, Media Lab, SiteGrinder, CSS, Xhtml, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2008-07-01

SiteGrinder Mac for Photoshop CS3 or later 2.0.9 (Mac)

SiteGrinder is a Photoshop plug-in that you use from within Photoshop. It understands your design, it knows how web pages should be built, it builds them for you. Just name your Photoshop layers with some ?hints? and SiteGrinder will figure out what to do and do it. Build websites in...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, HTML, Apple Macintosh, Media Lab, SiteGrinder, CSS, Xhtml, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2008-07-01

SiteGrinder for Windows 2.0.9 (Windows)

SiteGrinder is a Photoshop plug-in that you use from within Photoshop. It understands your design, it knows how Web pages should be built, it builds them for you. Just name your Photoshop layers with some hints and SiteGrinder will figure out what to do and do it. Build Web sites...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, HTML, Media Lab, SiteGrinder, CSS, Microsoft Windows, Xhtml, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-30

Negroponte steps down from MIT to pursue $100 computer

News.com reports: Nicholas Negroponte has stepped down as chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab to pursue his $100 computer initiative, and entrepreneur Frank Moss has been named the lab's new director, the university said Wednesday. ...

Tags: Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Blog posts 2006-02-15

PSD2FLA 1.03r031 (Mac)

If you are familiar with Media Lab's other Photoshop importing and conversion products then you know the hours of time these products save you. For many Director and web developers PhotoCaster and PhotoWebber eliminate their single biggest development bottleneck. And, now, we have done it again. Introducing PSD2FLA - the...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, Apple Macintosh, Media Lab, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2003-07-09

Additional Resources

Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996

Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996People were looking for ideas back in 1993I was working at the Apple Media Research Lab in Boulder in 1993. Steve Outing, also based in Boulder, started the Online News mailing list in 1994. Anyone who was involved with digital...

Tags: Operational accounting, Silicon Valley VC

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Are Windows stealth updates back again?

Are Windows stealth updates back again?PersonallyI think all "security" updates and patches should be automatic and there should be no option to opt-out the application of said patches.Many if not ALL of the worst viri/worm infections from the past decade wouldn't have happened if that were the case.Damned if you...

Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Windows Stealth Updates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical Support

Despite my dislike for all things outsourced, my first experience with DELL's call center in India was a largely positive one. So this week, during a particularly intense session of software testing, the 500GB hard drive on my DELL Precision 530 decided to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, CD, Call-center, Indian, Minesh, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Desktops, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Guest Post: Steve Wylie on The Enterprise 2.0 Conference

I'm heading over to the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on June 22. If you're interested in the social customer and how businesses should respond to them - and how workplace performance can be improved - this is the one conference you shouldn't miss all year.  I mean that.  Go. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Collaborative Networks vs Social Networks

During a telephone conversation between us last week Aaron Fulkerson of MindTouch said he was going to pick up on my Collaboration Networks meme, and he has now produced a solid post on this topic. Aaron takes on the number one issue plaguing...

Tags: Social Networking, Web, Network, Tool, Aaron, Information Fabric, Collaborative Network, Collaboration, Productivity, Groupware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-08

News to know: FTC vs. botnets; Microsoft; Apple WWDC; Twitter

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP. FTC statement Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes coming Typo'd Google domains in Top...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, WWDC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., FTC, NEC Corp., Twitter, Darwin, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telephony, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Billion-year ultra-dense memory chip developed

There's always been an inverse relationship between density and durability when it comes to data storage. Today's silicon memory chips contain a lot of density, but with a lifespan of just a few decades, they lack durability.  Yet primitive forms of storage such as information carved in stone are highly...

Tags: Shuttle, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Nanoparticle, Memory Chip, Chip, Memory Device, Shuttle Memory, Nanotechnology, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-04

In fairness to Moblin

I've been enthusiastically toting around my little Classmate, happily telling anyone who will listen how enamored I am of both the device and Ubuntu's Netbook Remix NBR that I have running on it. At the same time, I've been giving further thought to Moblin and had an interesting chat...

Tags: Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Moblin, Classmate, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-28

LG BD390

Photo gallery:LG BD390In 2009, it's not enough for a Blu-ray player to just play Blu-ray movies. With the ubiquity of online media streaming services, such as Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, consumers already expect Blu-ray players to offer up a wide variety of standard-definition, instant-gratification media options to complement...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Broadband Internet, Digital media, playback control, LG BD390, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2009-05-27

OXX Digital Tube

Photo gallery:OXX Digital TubeWi-Fi radios come in many shapes and sizes, but the Oxx Digital Tube is in a class of its own with its jumbo, hollow-bodied design. The Tube's unique look accommodates its built-in subwoofer, and yes, we found that the radio delivers much more bass than is common...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Wireless LANs, Monitors & displays, Oxx Digital Tube, radio

Product reviews 2009-05-20

Is this my solution for thin client angst?

I'm a real proponent of thin clients. They ease management problems, they drastically reduce noise and energy consumption, and generally do a decent job of giving most students what they need. However, if your network isn't 100% up to snuff or a server goes on the blink, a...

Tags: Thin Client, Student, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Canon PowerShot SD970 IS (silver and gold)

A 5x zoom lens and a 12-megapixel resolution isn't much to get excited about these days. Jam them into a somewhat unattractive compact body and they become even less of a reason to drop nearly $400 on a point-and-shoot camera. That's what's wrong with the Canon PowerShot SD970 IS. It...

Tags: Canon Inc., Canon PowerShot SD970 IS, SD970 IS, Canon PowerShot, camera

Product reviews 2009-05-14

Sony: Too big to be fixed

Sony: Too big to be fixedblack listed for meI've been screwed by Sony on three different occasions. Once, I got an expensive digital telephone that was full of static, dropped connections, and overall poor quality until it died. "Customer service" blamed my house for being too big too floors. Go...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital media, licensing fee, Sony Corp., DVD, CD

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Intel, Novell stump for Moblin netbook OS

Intel and Novell on Thursday announced a deal to push Moblin, the open source Linux platform designed to work with the chip giant's Atom chip. Intel cooked up Moblin and then handed it off to the open source community. Among the details of the plan: ...

Tags: Novell Inc., Operating System, Netbook, Intel Corp., Moblin, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Open Source, Semiconductors, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07