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Bill Gates predicts the future, and gets some of it right!
submitted by The_Pope 14 hours 6 minutes ago (via http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2...)
In 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book called The Road Ahead, predicting all sorts of innovations. 10 years on, some of those predictions came true. And some went horribly wrong lol
Hack up your MySpace profile
submitted by djcramer 23 hours 18 minutes ago (via http://www.thebignoob.com/Blog...)
Let's face it, the profiles on MySpace are UGGGLY. I came across this nice tutorial for getting your profile to look exactly the way that you want it to. AUTHOR'S WARNING: This post contains information that exploits MySpace and is against their terms of use.
Helicopter shots of Mexico City neighborhoods -- stunning and unreal!!
submitted by memphysema 14 hours 12 minutes ago (via http://homepage.mac.com/helipi...)
A former Mexico City helicopter pilot has posted a stunning gallery of his aerial photos of the city and environs. Some of these photo's are amazing!
Songbird Proof-of-Concept released (finally)
submitted by yihpin 16 hours 26 minutes ago (via http://www.songbirdnest.com/)
Songbird is an open-source media player that aims to be a powerful and viable replacement for current media players. It is built on the same platform as Firefox, and aims to give users more options in web integration with their music experience.
Flexible OLED display prototype demonstrated
submitted by fudgebrown 1 day 8 hours ago (via http://www.universaldisplay.co...)
Universal Display Corporation will show off a four inch diagonal display and demo it running full motion video. The display is .1mm thick, and weighs only six grams, compared to a glass LCD which would weigh about 20-30 grams.The display is capable of displaying full motion video at a resolution of 100 dpi.
VIDEO of the Multi-Touch Interaction Research - APPLE?
submitted by trendydna 1 day 2 hours ago (via http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirt...)
Engadget or/and boingboing had an article about how Apple patient a touch screen, i think this is what they we're talking about. There's a REALLY COOL VIDEO! along with it (http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/multitouchreel.mpg)
Indonesia Lost World With PICS!!!
submitted by bishop 1 day 1 hour ago (via http://news.nationalgeographic...)
The pictures of the new species found in Indonesia. Pretty amazing!
LEDs really do run on pennies!
submitted by TomtheWombat 1 day 3 hours ago (via http://superpositioned.com/art...)
Lately the hoopla concerning LED lighting has been overwhelming. I decided to put a new twist on a classic science experiment to prove that LEDs do cost pennies to power. Literally.
WINE Arrives for Intel Macs
submitted by sHARD>> 1 day 1 hour ago (via http://osx86project.org/index....)
Although fully functional on developer releases of OS X for Intel, the WINE compatibility layer, which allows Windows programs to run on *nix systems including OS X, was not available for the public release of 10.4.4. However, thanks to the hard work of the folks at Darwine and their contributors, it appears this barrier has been broken!
Lockheed developing new spy drones
submitted by kevinrose 1 day 42 minutes ago (via http://online.wsj.com/public/a...)
"One drone would be launched from, and retrieved by, submarines; another would fly at nine times the speed of sound. A third, which is off the drawing board but not quite airborne, has wings designed to fold in flight so that it could rapidly turn from slow-speed spy plane to quick-strike bomber."
Are We Real Friends? A look at gaming relationships
submitted by doodirock2 1 day 9 hours ago (via http://www.2old2play.com/modul...)
This article looks at the growing amount of friendships that are forged in online gaming and chat. Many people are finding gaming as an alternative to meeting new people, but are they really "friends"?
Amazing Photos of China
submitted by dr4tom 23 hours 50 minutes ago (via http://www.impactlab.com/modul...)
Forget everything you think you know about China and take a couple minutes to ponder these images. Few people in the Western world know about the hidden beauty of China. Well..... of course it helps to have an ace photographer who can capture this land of enchantment as no other has. But these are some truly inspiring photos.
New Gmail features are for US only!
submitted by gurgle 1 day 20 hours ago (via http://zed1.com/journalized/ar...)
ok so i keep seeing all these new gmail features talked up on digg and keep wondering why i STILL dont have them in my gmail account. i found this site that outlines how by simply changing the language to 'English (US)' it unlocks all the new features released in like the last 6 moths or so.
2005 Engadget Awards Announced Today
submitted by CLIFFosakaJAPAN 1 day 6 hours ago (via http://www.engadget.com/2006/0...)
All the glitz and glamor of the Oscars, but without all that Best Acting stuff; only technical achievements here, people; the most interesting, innovative, feature-rich gadgets 2005 had to offer. Thousands of readers cast their votes for the Readers' Choice, and we also selected our picks for each of the 26 categories we're giving awards for
Windows Vista will be released December 1st
submitted by teezeh 1 day 14 hours ago (via http://www.teezeh.info/2006/02...)
Or maybe November 30th. Microsoft EMEA has put up a contest website to guess the Vista launch date. After you submit a date, it loads a "hint" video. A look at the page source shows that until Nov 30 the video comes from an "early" directory; this switches over to "late" on Dec 1. You can guess the rest.
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