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[Tech News] Interesting technology

Geomol
14-Jan-2011
[5645]
I bought it with SSD included.
Henrik
14-Jan-2011
[5646]
ok
Maxim
14-Jan-2011
[5647]
from cold boot, I remember being able to print a sheet on my amiga 
@28HMz before my friend's PC was able to finish booting Win95 on 
his pentium. :-)
BrianH
14-Jan-2011
[5648]
That's what happens when you boot from ROM and implement a good chunk 
of the functionality in hardware rather than software :)
GrahamC
16-Jan-2011
[5649]
Googlewave is now Apache Wave http://googlewavedev.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-apache-wave.html
Henrik
29-Jan-2011
[5650]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W18Z3UnnS_0

It's just getting worse and worse with those quadrocopters...
Pekr
30-Jan-2011
[5651]
Augmented reality for cell phones from Netherlands - http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sprxmobiles-layar-is-worlds-first-augmented-reality-bro/
Reichart
30-Jan-2011
[5652]
I found this more impressive... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToACDIXTzo0


But.................. watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-u0_Y8hK0&feature=related

We need to get this guy to sit down with the programmers of the Quad, 
and teach them how to make use of all aspects of flight.
Oldes
30-Jan-2011
[5653]
I guess it will be pretty different.
Henrik
31-Jan-2011
[5654]
http://www.portable-digital-video-recorder.com/shmoocon-2011-printers-gone-wild/

Networked HP printers contain a number of security issues.
Maxim
31-Jan-2011
[5655]
I've had fun sending commands to printers a few years ago, its a 
lot of fun   :-)
Henrik
31-Jan-2011
[5656]
I did it too. I didn't find it particularly amusing, since different 
printers understand them differently. :-(
Maxim
31-Jan-2011
[5657]
depends why you're playing with that... I was just hacking my printer 
for fun... trying to build a print manager... that's another story 
 ;-)
Henrik
31-Jan-2011
[5658]
I managed to build one, which is simple. Sending commands to the 
printer, I had to give up and chose to build postscript files for 
an adobe postscript driver instead and let it handle the rest.
Henrik
1-Feb-2011
[5659]
http://www.exploringbinary.com/java-hangs-when-converting-2-2250738585072012e-308/


Interesting. Java has the same flaw that PHP had with a specific 
number.
Henrik
2-Feb-2011
[5660]
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html

This is almost funny.
DideC
2-Feb-2011
[5661]
Very funny !
Dockimbel
2-Feb-2011
[5662]
Final IPv4 Blocks Allocated : http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/02/ipv4-exhaustion
Henrik
4-Feb-2011
[5663]
http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/

Browse the human body using WebGL.
AdrianS
4-Feb-2011
[5664]
wow - that's amazing stuff
Pekr
7-Feb-2011
[5665]
Nokia experiments with the Bubble interface - IIRC, it is QML based 
(Qt's VID inspired declarative aproach, second one, after JavaFX)


http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/nokia-experiments-with-bubbles-interface-on-symbian-cell-phones-2011024/


Just not sure I want to chase bubble around to get some action done 
:-)
TomBon
7-Feb-2011
[5666]
a good design characterizing itself by immediate function transparency.
this is....well...what is it?
Henrik
7-Feb-2011
[5667]
one quick improvement would be to make the bubbles not move.
Reichart
7-Feb-2011
[5668]
LOL!

(that is all I can say about the bubbles)


oh wait..........now the "LOL" has floated down here in the message.......whoa..............it 
floated over here "LOL".

LOL...
Andreas
7-Feb-2011
[5669]
debian 6.0 "squeeze" released
http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a
GrahamC
9-Feb-2011
[5670x2]
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/hps-touchpad-tablet-smartphones-put-webos-back-into-the-game/44636?tag=nl.e589

HP's impressive tablet using WebOS
snapdragon I presume is an Arm processor
Pekr
10-Feb-2011
[5672]
Snapdragon is Qualcom's ARM based CPU/chipset. OMAP is Texas Instruments. 
Samsung has its own, nVidia has Tegra, Broadcom is another big one 
I know. Full list of licensees can be seen here:

http://www.arm.com/products/processors/licensees.php
GrahamC
10-Feb-2011
[5673x2]
If the HP's WebOs takes off .. maybe we don't need to port to Android 
:)
Isn't WebOS a Linux variant?
Ashley
10-Feb-2011
[5675]
Yes, "a proprietary mobile operating system running on the Linux 
kernel, initially developed by Palm and purchased by Hewlett Packard 
(HP) in 2010."
BrianH
10-Feb-2011
[5676]
We need an Android port. Otherwise, how would I run R3 on my phone?
Robert
10-Feb-2011
[5677]
I'm convinced that HP will succeed to fail with WebOS. Wrong CEO 
and a lot of HP products are mostly crap.
BrianH
10-Feb-2011
[5678]
HP has been succeeding with crappy products for years, so they might 
succeed with this. Too big to fail completely.
GrahamC
10-Feb-2011
[5679x3]
HP's slate runs flash .. you need flash to view porn.  Ergo, this 
slate will sell.
Furthermore, HP has been giving away slates free with their printers 
.. as printer control devices.
They can continue to do that for their servers
Henrik
10-Feb-2011
[5682]
Well, at least they just straight up copy the iPad now. I'm sure 
they only announce now, because the iPad is about to be updated.
Pekr
10-Feb-2011
[5683]
I never liked HP, dunno why :-) I worst thing is, I have no reason 
to hate them :-) But - in big corporate world, I grew-up in IBM land. 
IBM was "frienlie", because of PowerPC = Amiga :-) HP killed Compaq, 
which I liked more. Pity HTC had not enough of money to buy Palm. 
I am not also sure I like the fact that so cool OS as QNX is, is 
owned by RIM. We have BBs here, and I will have one in few months 
too, but BB is being regarded mostly a corporate cell phone.
Henrik
10-Feb-2011
[5684]
HP was once an engineering company, but no more.
Pekr
10-Feb-2011
[5685x2]
Oh, and HP printers are forbidden in my home, and PC store, unless 
customer really wants HP :-) We use Canons for ink printers. HP killed 
my trust with 300 MB+ drivers crap
Henrik - yes, IBM is an engineering company even less? :-( They sold 
their PC business to LENOVO. PowerPC is mostly in hands of Freescale 
(Motorola). And I doubt IBM will be contracted once again for the 
next gen consoles (if there will be any such devices in future).
Henrik
10-Feb-2011
[5687]
I'm in doubt as to what hardware is reliable nowadays. The brands 
that used to be reliable are now reduced to the same quality as everyone 
else.
Kaj
10-Feb-2011
[5688]
Competitive pressure. To be honest, this drive to mediocrity is possible 
because the low quality products have also moved to average. Quality 
is not distinctive enough anymore
Reichart
10-Feb-2011
[5689]
It is interesting watching someone REALLY use a tablet for "work". 
 One of my lawyers has had an iPad for a while.  I have been telling 
him he can use it with Qtask in a really powerful way, and he finally 
took the 3 minutes that was required to make his life easier.  We 
installed http://readdle.com/(I have been talking to the lead programmer 
for about a year now), and signed into Qtask with it.


Now he can see all his matters, download (and they made it about 
x4 faster than Windows), and now mark up docs, save to Qtask through 
WebDAV.

I personally sitll have no use for a tablet, and I have an iPad which 
I'm about to sell because I simply don't use it.


For me to really use a Tablet I want forward/backwards camera,  10+ 
battery life, G3 and G4 wireless,  an OS that allows me to get to 
the files and Flash.  

(in fact, I''m reminded of how much I hate the iPad and my iPhone 
again LOL).
Pekr
10-Feb-2011
[5690x2]
Reichart - no problem with upcoming tablet releases no? Mororola 
Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab, or even HP's offerings? Not to mention 
RIM QNX based PlayBook?
And I think iPad2 will add cams too, or so I remember I read somewhere 
...
DideC
10-Feb-2011
[5692]
Yeah Ipad2 will be a "larger iPhone4", so with the 2 cameras.
Reichart
10-Feb-2011
[5693]
Yeah, I "done" with iPhone.  It is a GREAT little device for most 
people though.
I'm going Andriod all the way until proven otherwise.
GrahamC
10-Feb-2011
[5694]
What's great about the iPad is that it has shown HP and the others 
that engineering and innovation is important, and one should not 
bet the farm on Microsoft.