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TG Daily – Surprise, surprise: U.S. broadband is slow. Really slow.
Oh, this will never do. Matching broadband the speeds seen in other countries would be great for business. New media and communications innovations are all hampered by our snail paced broadband
How slow?
Average DL speeds
US : 2.3 Mb/s
Japan : 63 Mb/s
South Korea : 49.5 Mb/s
Finland : 21.7 Mb/s
France : 17.6 Mb/s
Canada : 7.3 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )HP’s New Laptop aimed at students
$499 for a laptop, with no CD, DVD, or hard drive, 512 Mb ram, under a 9″ screen.
Great idea, but the price seems high. HP is asking the consumer to chose between low functionality and light weight and high functionality and higher weight at the same price point. I have a feeling the price [...]
Photosynth and Image Resizing
My friend David from school sent me this link of a very cool demo of a new technology from Microsoft. MS has a huge R&D budget ($200 Million) and it’s great to see them coming up with great stuff like this. I’m just amazed.
Another jaw dropping application I found is Content Aware Image [...]
Starbucks’ New Strategy: the Latest
Well, today is the day, and Starbucks has announced its strategy. So here it is according to Adage:
new coffee-making equipment
improved blends
loyalty program
social-networking website (www.mystarbucksidea.com) meant to get ideas from customers.
environmental partnership to transform the brand experience
I recommended the new coffee making equipment, but instead of going back to less automated machines Starbucks [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hulu.com is Launched!
I first heard about Hulu at the Future of Television Conference here in New York City. Everyone at the conference was pretty excited about it. The writers strike, that just started, was the only thing that people talked about more.
I’ve been exploring it a bit and I see that you can watch full [...]
Slow News Day = WACKY CARS!
Every so often we hear about some kind of wacky car in the news. Today it’s MIT’s foldable car. I love this kind of stuff, and it is the kind of news that got me interested in technology in the first place. It is a silly story in the end, but it reminds [...]
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