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del.icio.us testing new features

robinna/ September 14, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

If you are a del.icio.us user, you may be interested in knowing that del.icio.us is testing some new features. If you didn’t receive an invite (I didn’t, which doesn’t mean much…) then you can request to be added to list. I do hope that this will also mean more functionality in searching. For example in the Cataloging links page which

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Google/Youtube takes on piracy at youtube

robinna/ July 28, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Google Inc.‘s YouTube hopes recognition technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of copyrighted videos on the popular Web site, a lawyer Friday told a judge presiding over copyright lawsuits. [snip]… YouTube was working “very intensely and cooperating” with major content providers on a video recognition technology as sophisticated as fingerprint technology the FBI uses… complete

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features of the iphone (humor)

robinna/ July 6, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Nanotechnology enables it to reassemble itself when thrown against wall Exclusive link to Google Street View so you can watch yourself using your iPhone at all times Takes Polaroids When moved from hand to ear, makes Lightsaber sound effects Prominent Apple logo Reproduces through asexual budding Has way, way more PRAM than the last thingy Comes with an iPhone hat,

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Encyclopedia of Life

robinna/ May 13, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

An awfully ambitious encyclopedia There are 1.8 million species of plants and animals known to reside on Earth. And an ambitious new project called the Encyclopedia of Life plans to catalog every last one of them. Over the next 10 years, the online encyclopedia intends to become an exhaustive database featuring descriptions, photographs, and maps for mammals and microbes alike.

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Google heads wireless

robinna/ May 3, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Google takes on wireless For a company that’s had an office in Washington, D.C., for less than two years, Google is wielding a surprising amount of power in the nation’s capital. Exhibit A is the influence Google is having on a closely watched government auction of $10 billion in licenses to provide wireless service. The Web search giant has hired

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Only 12% of users plan to upgrade to vista

robinna/ April 6, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Hmm…Interesting. I love vista. Really neat and I love having feeds on my desktop. It feels alot…. like this old corkboard screensaver I used to have a looong time ago. I wonder if people are staying away from vista because it takes such a toll on computer resources? or could it be the potential lose of peripherals? I was really

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