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- A short control signal in telephony operations. It can be a single pulse, a brief interruption of a continuous tone, a change of bits or a change in polarity...
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- Wink creates 'Winkipedia' for people profiles
- Wink has aggregated 250 million people profiles and is creating a kind of Wikipedia of people. Unlike Wikipedia, the new version of the people search engine, currently in beta, gives individual users control over the content of the search result for their name. "You can control your profile...
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Web 2.0: Looking for new ideas in search
- A panel entitled "Search by another name: New ideas in Search" didn't yield much in the way of new ideas or Web 2.0 breakthroughs. The panel highlighted search companies that are in the shadows of Google/Yahoo/MSN with more specialized engines. Michael Tanne introduced Wink, an early stage search engine based...
- Blog posts 2005-10-05
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- Apple to Verizon: 'Can your phone and your network do that?'
- The REAL way the commercials should go...caller: Did you get the email I sent you?iPhone user: Well, it was downloading, then the phone dropped to EDGE speed again and I'm still waiting for it to finish.caller: Well, why don't I ju...iPhone user: Hello? Hello? caller calls back: I guess your...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Vonasoft CaptureText 2.0 (Windows)
- Capture Text by Vonasoft is a powerful text recognition software. It can capture and recognize text anywhere in your computer, such as message dialog, software interface, flash animation, picture, PDF and some webpage can not be copied, etc. With Vonasoft Capture Text, you won't have to re-type anything. After installation...
- Software downloads 2009-10-01
- Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft
- Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Linux as Wintel parasite
- You have some questionable ideas.If Microsoft hadn't happened, there still would have been the PC, there still would have been GUIs perhaps a more expensive IBM monopoly one, and there still would have been the opportunity for anyone such as Linus to write a free alternative.I think to even use...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-26
- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Since when is your IP address "personal information"?Your IP address is visible for the whole world to see, just like it always has been.Are people really this stupid?PersonallyIt's a hassle Windows could do without. People will pirate regardless, and in those terms, Microsoft is fighting a war it cannot win.I'm...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken
- They will patchand then will try vigorously to render the offending patent invalid.i4i will become the next Eolas: irrelevant but with a lot of money from MS.If you don't infringe, then why do you care to provethe patent is invalid?Because a court does think you infringeDo you know what is...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- iTunes update 8.2.1 breaks Palm Pre synchronization
- iTunes update 8.2.1 breaks Palm Pre synchronizationNot a side effect.The release note states "iTunes 8.2.1 provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices"I wonder what verification issue that might be! I bet......a bunch of people bought the Pre not knowing that Apple...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-15
- G-Meter (Mobile)
- G-Meter uses the built in accelerometer sensor to measure the current value and direction of G-force acting on the mobile phone. It models a traditional analog instrument and therefore ensures simple handling and maximum readability.FeaturesIntuitive, clearly readable analog style display, shows direction (forward/lateral) and amount of acceleration (G-force) in one...
- Software downloads 2009-05-27
- Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?
- Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?Nooooo, VOIP is a telephone callThe FCC "First report and Order" regarding CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act clearly puts VOIP within the wiretap statute, which, for the purposes of recording a call, treats VOIP like any other telephone call - with the same...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- The big Kindle: Pondering Wi-Fi; Netbooks; Market implications
- The big Kindle: Pondering Wi-Fi; Netbooks; Market implicationsKindle Cheaper than Calculators of Our Day...Handwringing over Kindle pricing seems silly to me. We paid the same number of dollars for a nice scientific calculator (HP-41C) back in my day for college kids. Those were times when every kid did...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Portable Movie Maker 2.1.4026.0 (Windows)
- Portable Movie Maker is a portable version of Movie Maker compatible with All builds of Windows 7, Vista and XP. wink.gif and with all available features. It also includes 147 transitions and 76 effects.
- Software downloads 2009-04-22
- Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College
- Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeAre "they" sure it was Linux?It could have been DOS. ;-)RE: Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeChris writes another blog where he whines about how linux doesn't get any respect. And there is good reason why it doesn't....
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?
- The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?So, in the future......"Live Free or Die Hard" could end up being a prophetic sort of documentary. That blows.There's only one solution. FIX IT!RE: The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?All this while Obama...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- Amazon plotting new Kindle Feb. 9?
- Amazon plotting new Kindle Feb. 9?Kindle 2I hope that the new and improved Kindle - whenever it makes an appearance - allows access to more magazines that the Kindle does. Without that feature, it will not set itself enough apart from the competition.RE: Amazon plotting new Kindle Feb. 9?Access...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- Tech layoff parade continues: TI cuts 12 percent of workforce
- Tech layoff parade continues: TI cuts 12 percent of workforcethat's the price we pay for November 4th, 2008Now people are seeing the light with what the new Obama administration brought them: unemployment and ruin.You can't blame on anybody else now, it's liberals' fault since they control all the federal power.A...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- Apple drops copy protection from iWork '09
- Apple drops copy protection from iWork '09Cool.....NTPagan jimWow, I never even knew Apple did activationMicrosoft has been derided for activation for years. I never would have imagined that the perfect, adored "Apple" would have had activation itself!The only people who believe inSatan are the ones who believe in God...:P...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-20
- Information Age landmark: One billionth mouse produced
- Information Age landmark: One billionth mouse producedTouchscreens will supplement the mouse, not replace itThe touchscreen's main downfall is that you have to switch the dimension of your hand from horizontal to vertical when you switch from typing to touching. Also the farther away the keyboard is from the monitor the...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- (Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?)
- (Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?)nokia 97It looks like a "posh" version of a TyTN!Nokia N97 ????With a spare TB of storage availlable to me now is it worth a full sinc link to an N97??? If the 97 is all its cracked up to be then the next...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
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