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From the New York Times: A technology arms race is under way in the hotel industry. Standard televisions are being replaced by flat-panel, high-definition displays that produce a better picture and allow a bulky piece of furniture to be removed from often-crowded guest rooms. Internet connections are becoming standard, whether through high-speed hard-wired connections or …
Reader Todd emailed me the following: For users on dial-up, there is help getting the mega downloads such as Open office or a Linux OS. Even at a full 56k a few hundred MB can take days. It can be faster and more convienient to request the download from On-disk.com They will download, burn and …
From the New York Post: In a deal that would unite two of America’s corporate giants as partners in the Internet business, Time Warner is in advanced discussions to sell a stake in America Online to Microsoft, The Post has learned. The InsideMicrosoft blog also has more information on this.
From TechRepubic: When Lego executives recently discovered that adult fans of the iconic plastic bricks had hacked one of the company’s new development tools for digital designers, they did a surprising thing: They cheered. Unlike executives at so many corporations, who would be loathe to let their customers anywhere near the inner workings of their …
I have been asked several times what equipment I use, and what to look for in a digital camera. We’ll start with the easy one, my equipment. My digital equipment consists of a Canon EOS 10D which is a 6.3 MP digital SLR with a APS-C sized sensor. My lenses are a Canon 28-80 EF …
Microsoft® Codename Max is not like any other product. That’s because it’s not a product—it’s your opportunity to try an exciting new user experience from Microsoft. Today Max lets you make lists of your photos and turn them into beautiful slide shows to share with your family and friends. Tomorrow…who knows? With just a few …
From MSNBC: Is “frags per round” going to be the batting average of the 21st century? Professional computer gamers certainly hope so. Players of Counter Strike, a popular title in competition at the U.S. finals of the World Cyber Games last week, count their prowess in how many enemies they can shoot to pieces, or …
From MSNBC: For many Americans, the family room is where more living happens than the living room. Increasingly it’s also the media room, the place where family and friends gather to watch movies and sports events on big screens or the kids hang out for video games. And perhaps most uniquely, it’s also where the …
From Yahoo! News: Terrence Ryan knew Scott McNulty in passing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where they both work. But it was McNulty’s blog, or Web log, that made Ryan take a harder look. It showed Ryan that McNulty, a systems administrator, really knew computers. More important, it revealed his “geeky love of …
From CNN: Steven Sasson knew right away in December 1975 that his 8-pound, toaster-size contraption, which captured a black-and-white image on a digital cassette tape at a resolution of .01 megapixels, “was a little bit revolutionary.” When anyone asked, the Eastman Kodak Co. engineer ventured that it would become a commercial reality in 15 to …