Very Cool Technology
If you haven’t seen this very cool demo of this technology called Photosynth and Seadragon software, you really should spend the 10 minutes it takes to check it out.
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Brown Retruns For a 15th Season
The venerable Troy Brown has agreed to return to the Patriots for another year marking his 15th year in the league and with the Pats. The receiver corps has been drastically revamped from the past couple of years with the addition of Moss, Welker, Stallworth and Washington to complement the returning Caldwell and Gaffney.
For long time fans of the Pats and Brown this is welcome news indeed. Even if Brown doesn’t get an opportunity to contribute on offense, I’m sure his versatility to play DB will be handy, and here’s hoping to them not need it this year!
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Sony PS3 Price Drop
Sony has cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States, a move that should boost the video game console’s lackluster sales.
The PlayStation 3, which includes a 60-gigabyte hard drive and a Blu-ray high-definition DVD player, will now cost $500, or $20 more than the most expensive version of Microsoft’s Xbox 360. #
This is definitely a start and now if the game catalog were to get better perhaps Sony might have a chance after all, no?
Well, Duh
The license plate of the car in front of me this morning merging onto the highway and then traveling at sub-highway speeds? TARDIE. You may read that how you want, but I intend to read that as “tardy” and it fits!
Hilton is not news
Nothing Paris Hilton does is newsworthy, especially front-page worthy. ‘Nuff said.
Google Maps and Live Traffic
Google is introducing live traffic status for select cities around the US. Visit Google Maps and once having set your destination, click on the Traffic button the top right to get a glimpse of how your commute to that location is going to be like. This is definitely a welcome feature, and in the future getting updates as to why a portion is red or yellow would be welcome.
100 Million IE7 Installs
Microsoft announced Friday it has hit the 100 million installation milestone for Internet Explorer 7, a figure that makes the new browser the second most used behind IE6. #
IE7 has been pushed out to many unsuspecting Windows users as part of the regular Windows Update cycle for quite some time now. Many Windows XP users have set the Update to happen automatically and seldom do they check to see what update is being installed when they are prompted. So Microsoft can hardly take pride in this milestone. A software that people must specifically find, download and install is worth counting as opposed to something that is essentially pushed to you, whether you want it or not.
The iPhone
Apple has unveiled the iPhone. For those of you hiding under your rocks, the iPhone is Apple’s answer to LG’s Chocolate, Motorola’s ROKR and other forays into a phone/MP3 player combo. Why is it that Apple just seems to know how to do things right?
What Code Doesn’t Do
6. Code cannot be cracked by an 8 year old kid in a matter of seconds
Sorry, no. Just no. #
A hilarious list of things dispelling what Hollywood thinks that code and “hackers” are capable of doing. I gotta especially agree with #10; when I first saw Independence Day, I had to call BS on that.
