Archive for May, 2008
Rare uncontacted tribe photographed in Amazon – Yahoo! News
I did not know there were tribes that have never had contact with modern society. Apparently there are about 100 tribes like this. Pretty wild.
The photographs of the tribe near the border between Brazil and Peru are rare evidence that such groups exist. A Brazilian official involved in the expedition said many of them [...]
Hybrid sales are zooming – Los Angeles Times
High gas prices are, of course, not a good thing for the economy, but high prices are certainly good for the environment. The silver lining of high gas prices is that more people are buying gas efficient cars.
Although hybrid cars account for only about 3% of U.S. car sales, their share is growing rapidly. [...]
AMD Sets New Memory Standard With GDDR5
“Speaking of games, overall this will offer gamers the possibility to play at high resolutions with high image quality settings. In addition to that, applications will have faster load times, superior responsiveness and multitasking, AMD explained.”
AMD’s new chip will basically be really really fast. The question is, will consumers be quick enough to adopt [...]
U.S. hedge funds press for right to advertise | Reuters
I hope that hedge funds get the right to market, if so there is an opportunity here for entrepreneurs. Hedge funds will want the benefits of marketing but they wont want actually have to do it. I imagine many will need help navigating the tight restrictions and still deliver effective messaging and many smaller hedge [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Associated Press: Nintendo’s latest game wants you off the couch
I am excited about getting the Wii Fit. We also rented Boom Blox last weekend and now intend to buy it. I’m consistently impressed with Wii products and I think the critics that say there are not enough games for the Wii to make it a long-term competitor are nuts. Though, it is true that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I4U News – Eye-Fi Explore unveiled
I love the idea a camera that takes photos that never need to be downloaded but are automatically sent via WiFi to web storage. Devices like this are the future of technology. If a camera can also recharge itself, via a solar film coating or something, it would be perfect. A zero maintenance product that [...]
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