Report: Mobile Devices Set to Overtake PCs for Internet Usage

Mobile web's good; who's ready for brain impants? Seems that would be a logical progression; even the VR glasses and headphones are a clumsy interface between your soul and cyberspace. If that gives you the heebie...

Change We Can, Change We Shall says Maldives politician

"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...

A Comprehensive Look at Digg's Recommendation Engine

"It's hard to believe but Digg's latest feature, the recommendation engine is one that has been in the works for over two years. Before they developed images functionality, launched visualization tools, released Google, Netvibes, and Myspace widgets, developed Facebook...

Malawi Expo 2008 Marked as a Success

"SAN BERNARDINO, July 11, 2008 (Cheetah Index)-The Malawi Expo says it is overwhelmingly impressed with the turn out at Malawi Expo 2008 which commenced from Tuesday July 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in San...

Child safety laws mean adults 'scared to approach children'

"Adults are afraid to interact with other people's children because they fear being labelled a paedophile, according to a report published today by the thinktank Civitas.The report, Licensed To Hug, calls for...

Adults 'scared to go near kids'

An interesting report that says that adults are becoming wary of spending too much time with children because they are afraid their intentions will be suspect."Many adults are afraid to interact with children for fear of being labelled as paedophiles, a report has claimed. ...

News Corp's MySpace Launch Global Redesign

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday. In...

Penguin robot can interact with humans

"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces,...

Microsoft demos 'touch Windows'

"Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last...

Computer without keyboard or mouse with pics

"Meet Wizkid: part computer, part robot, a Swiss kid who's changing our concept of how people interact with machines.Wizkid, on display at Museum of Modern Art in New York, looks like a computer with a neck. But...

Myst for Nintendo DS

"Immersive Experience Will Draw Adventure-seekers of All Ages into a Surreal Dimension of Alternative Reality Empire Interactive today announced that MYST, the popular adventure-based video game, will immerse North American fans in a new experience created specially for the...

Don't look a computer in the eye

Seems Microsoft guru Bill Gates is foreseeing computers that can see and humans having a more tactile relationship with their PCs.So you had better watch out, your computer may be watching and spying on you. With...

Robots, Start Your Engines!

UPDATE: Carnegie Mellon wins it. I managed to go this entire time without using the phrase "Autobot".... Dang.UPDATE: The results are in, after a chaotic robo-rally beset with bugs. Fortunatley, none of the...

HBO buys film made in Second Life

"HBO said on Tuesday it has acquired the rights to a short-form documentary shot entirely within Second Life, as entertainment companies increasingly turn to virtual worlds as a source for new content. "My Second Life: The video diaries of Molotov Alta" purports to tell the...

Defending the Amateur

Andrew Keen has put out a book attacking citizen journalism among other things.  Pundits have called Andrew Keen the Ann Coulter of the anti-citizen journalism movement.  Lawrence Lessig says that Keen's...

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