Archive for July, 2008
PC World – Business Center: Ex-Googler, Husband Launch Cuil New Search Engine
Pretty neat engine with some cool bells and whistles. I searched popular terms “Ring Tones” and “Auto Insurance” and no ads came up, but I assume with some convenient white space on the right side, they are on the way. Company logos, and in some cases a preview of content, are displayed along with results, [...]
New York state passes video game labeling law | Technology | Reuters
Personally, I do not like violence in games, but I happen to believe in free speech. This law is unconstitutional and anti-business. Game companies are in no way trying to hide the content of their games. The games are very explicit about their content.
The worst part is the law is clearly unconstitutionally and will [...]
DailyTech – Breakthrough Allows LED Lighting to be Processed on Silicon at Great Savings
The Department of Energy offered a $20MM Bright Tomorrow prize for the creation of mass producible efficient lighting. It worked!
Note to the DoE: Great job! Do more of this stuff!
The new device is extremely promising as it may allow lighting to finally do primarily what it was intended — make light. Traditional [...]
Getting ‘Free’ Wi-Fi At Starbucks — Courant.com
Only 5 easy steps to get ‘Free’ Internet! Oh, yeah and only 2 hours a day, you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. Starbucks has a knack to make simple things ridiculously complex.
1. If you already have a Starbucks card that you have used or added money to in the [...]
Will CherryPal be the first mass-market cloud computer? » VentureBeat
Pretty cool device. Under $250 and will do most of what the average user needs. However, it wont work for us gamers, but I like the idea!
A cloud computer is desirable for a few reasons. One is that small chips like the CherryPal’s 400 MHz Freescale processor can handle more tasks with the help [...]
