December 2007
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Progress Report: $100 laptop
I had chance to play around with one of these at the recent Osmosoft Show&Tell bash and I came away very impressed. I can see lots of people in the Western world wanting to buy one (or wanting to “Give One, Get One”) because they have a lot of innovative features (power saving, screen visibility, touch pads etc)and they’re much more portable than most current laptops...
October 2007
1 post
BTFon [updated]
Coverage of the BTFon launch today BBC News Financial Times The Independent Forbes The Times Engadget Business Week Think Broadband TechCrunch ComputerWorld Reuters GigaOM Martin Varsavsky (Fon founder) BlogNation
September 2007
1 post
What does AJAX mean for you? →
Fairly basic, but a useful intro to the advantages and drawbacks of using AJAX (click the post title to view a pdf of the article).
August 2007
4 posts
Solar-powered WiFi →
Ever feel guilty about leaving your broadband router and wireless access point turned on 24/7? I use mine pretty heavily but I reckon that’s still only about 25% of the time at most. Solis Energy offer a solar panel and array of batteries designed to power a WiFi access point. Apart from its green credentials, I can see this would be great for remote areas or in the aftermath of disasters...
Go! Messenger brings IM, voice and video chat to... →
Sony announces Go!Messenger service for the PSP - due for release in January.
Web 2.0 Design →
An interesting piece from CNET on trends in web design.
Importing a user's address book with Plaxo
Despite sounding like a mouthwash, Plaxo is a nifty tool that can be embedded in any site to allow a user to select contacts stored in their address book on Yahoo! Mail, GMail, Hotmail and others. Plaxo interfaces to all of these sites for you so that you don’t have to write code for several different APIs. Perfect for situations where you want to offer users the ability to send emails from...
July 2007
2 posts
New updated PSP
At the E3 gaming conference Sony just announce an updated PSP. It’s remarkably similar to the existing PSP, in appearance at least - the main changes being that it’s 33% lighter and 19% slimmer and it now sports a video out port for watching video/games on an external screen. Is this an attempt to revive the UMD as a format for storing films? Sony also claim better battery...
TomTom files patent for real-time video navigation →
The sat-nav manufacturer TomTom has filed a patent for presenting directions overlaid on top of a real-time video feed of the road ahead rather than the graphics used today. Hopefully it will be a night-vision camera otherwise it would be useless after dusk. This is a great idea, but I can’t help but feel that a heads-up-display where the instructions are projected onto the windscreen in...
June 2007
6 posts
Inspire Yourself: 50 Remarkable Favicons |... →
Chumby launch plans and product features « chumby... →
Chumby have updated their specs and release schedule. Now expected to be available in the autumn for $179.99 (inc delivery). If you’re unfamiliar with Chumby, it’s basically a wi-fi enabled open source (software AND hardware) device running linux that displays widgets of your “internet highlight reel” - for example, weather, email alerts, IM updates, photos etc....
BBC NEWS | Technology | Facing up to Facebook... →
WatchAll the sessions from the Google Developer Day, London on 31st May 2007.
GPS Travel Recorder →
This looks pretty neat. A rechargeable (ie. cordless) Bluetooth GPS unit. Use the bluetooth to connect to your phone, pda, laptop for navigation etc. The difference with this is that it has internal memory so will log your route as you travel so you can view it back later on Google Maps/Earth. Just pop it on your dashboard or throw it in your bag/pocket. This is a one-box unit for achieving what...
Talk of the town - Mobile guide to Stockholm →
So I’m going to Stockholm next week and found this while looking for things to do there. It’s a spoken city guide that you access from your phone. You buy a map that shows the locations that are covered and when you arrive at one of the locations you dial in to the service to listen to the description. The cool part is that you don’t pay for the mobile call - even if you are...