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31 March 2007

My Dots for Friday, March 30, 2007

Quoted: Synopsis In "44 Things", Kirsty Gunn celebrates her home and her family. This bedside book is a mosaic of personal reflections written over the course ...

[tags: books]

Quoted: Welcome to the car site for tech fans. At TechnoRide, we're a bunch of gadget freaks who view a car as a hub of electronics.

[tags: automotive, news]

Quoted: We take a ride in the Tesla Roadster, a 100-percent electric car inspired by PC technology. Due on the market this fall for under $100K, the Roadster does zero to 60 in 4 seconds.

[tags: automotive, tesla]

Quoted: Saab BioPower 100 Concept Arrives in New York

[tags: automotive]

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30 March 2007

My Dots for Thursday, March 29, 2007

Quoted: French operator Orange has introduced an unlimited international calls tariff for business users of its 'Unik' fixed mobile convergence (FMC) service. The "Unik for Professionals" ...

[tags: orange, france, mobile]

Quoted: SFR : offre ADSL et convergence fixe/mobile : SFR a dévoilé ce matin, à l'occasion d'une conférence de presse, son offre ADSL et son nouveau service de convergence fixe/mobile baptisé « Happy Zone ». Malgré les réserves de la commission européenne [...]

[tags: france, adsl]

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29 March 2007

My Dots for Wednesday, March 28, 2007

* Create & share your own web experience

* Discover & organise the best of the web

* Replicate the best of Webjam

[tags: BlogTools, sharing]

Quoted: Simple online business planning software that helps you build your business plan online and teaches you how to write a business plan

[tags: business, Business planning]

Quoted: University of Kentucky researcher David Yurek was recently awarded $66,000 by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) under the foundation's Rapid Response Innovation Awards

[tags: PD]

Quoted: Using the massive computer-simulation power of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, researchers are zeroing in on the causes of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, rheu

[tags: PD]

Quoted: The NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is launching a large-scale clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkin

[tags: PD]

Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the acronym MT, is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another. At its basic level, MT performs simple substitution of atomic words in one natural language for words in another. Using corpus techniques, more complex translations may be attempted, allowing for better handling of differences in linguistic typology, phrase recognition, and translation of idioms, as well as the isolation of anomalies.

[tags: translations, software]

Quoted: In Google's vision of the future, people will be able to translate documents instantly into the world's main languages, with machine logic, not expert linguists, leading the way. Statistical machine translation forgoes language experts who program...

[tags: google, software, translations]

Quoted: i-Lighter’s online patent-pending technology transfers real-world skills to the Internet. Using the familiar metaphor of a yellow highlighter, it allows users of all levels to select and automatically save data and images and to add post-it notes directly to any Web page. This collected information can be organized, searched (privately or communally), emailed, posted to blogs and inserted into open documents. i-Lighter tames the Internet’s dizzying array of data with tools to collect, organize, share and use it.

Quoted: yourminis.com is a personalized dashboard of minis (mini applications, also known as widgets) that let you perform specific tasks, and get information and features from all over the web in one place. You can configure minis to see your email, check the weather, watch youtube videos, search the web, browse flickr photos, read news and rss feeds, save notes & to dos, listen to music, and much, much more. This blog serves as a communication center for all things related to yourminis!

[tags: community, news, rss, start pages]

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28 March 2007

My Dots for Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Quoted: THE Swedes, although the oldest and most unmixed race in Europe, realized very late the necessity of writing chronicles or reviews of historic events. Thus the names of heroes and kings of the remotest past are helplessly forgotten, and lost also the history of its earliest religion and institutions.

[tags: sweden, scandinavia, history]

Quoted: SNORRE STURLESON, the great historian and poet of Iceland, of the earlier half of the thirteenth century, is considered to be the author of the history of the kings of Norway which, after the first words of the first chapter, has been called Heimskringla.

[tags: sweden, history, scandinavia]

Quoted: The Cro-Magnons (IPA: [kʀomaɲõ] or anglicised IPA: [kɹəʊ'mægnən]) form the earliest known European examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, from ca. 40,000 years ago, chromosomally descending ...

[tags: history]

Population genetics is the study of the allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of the four evolutionary forces: natural selection, genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow.

[tags: evolution, genetics, history]

Quoted: CNET experts teach you… HDTV basic terminology, picking the right HDTV for your needs/budget and high-definition video players and other home theater components in this free, online course

[tags: tv, hdtv]

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27 March 2007

My Dots for Monday, March 26, 2007

Quoted: Stickam is a free multimedia player which allows you to add photos, video, music, and live streaming video chat to your web site or blog without having to download or install any software.

[tags: video, music, community]

Quoted: Popular videos from top video sites.

[tags: video]

Quoted: Most informative news feeds from top news sources with customizable RSS feeds. Daily, one-stop news links for RSS readers.

[tags: news, RSS]

Quoted: Quick Loading Tech Headlines

You Pick The Sites. We Snag The Headlines

DailyRotation - focuses on tech and Gadget news. Lists 100+ popular resources, covering all areas of tech web(gadgets, web2.0, software reviews, SEO, programming…etc). Simply check resources you like and it’ll put them on a homepage. Extras: (1) highly customizable interface, (2) add your own feeds

[tags: news, technology]

Say No to boxed software! The future of applications is online delivery and access. Software is passé. Webware is the new way to get things done.

[tags: applications]

Quoted: Anthropology is the study of the physical and social characteristics of humanity through the examination of historical and present geographical distribution, cultural history, acculturation, and ...

[tags: anthropology, history, geography, adaptation]

Quoted: Could this be the answer to environmentally-friendly driving - a car which runs entirely on air?

[tags: automotive, MDI]

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26 March 2007

My Dots for Sunday, March 25, 2007

Having couple of GB’s of storage space online never hurts. You may use it for keeping your backup secure from hard drive crashes, or as platform letting you access/edit certain files from anywhere and for much more(see table). As a result of massive competition among storage offering websites, online storage became cheaper, more convenient and even safer alternative to other means of storing your data (USB sticks, CDs, DVDs, etc). There are many good services with lots of compelling features, so I decided to list only those that focus on file storage and also have free account option.

[tags: firefox, extensions]

Quoted: Vibe Streamer is a free MP3 streaming server that allows you to connect and stream your music using only a standard web browser. - Play ...

[tags: music, mp3 streamer, streaming]

Quoted: (1)Free billboard MP3s: Where to get them, fast. / (2)How to stream your music from work. / (3) Music services that let you create playlists ...

[tags: music, search, storage]

Quoted: You get one master sharelist that lets you reach friends on any: > Instant Messenger > Email Account > MySpace Page > FaceBook Wall (coming ...

[tags: sharing]

Quoted: Whether you’re looking for a free way to cut down on bandwidth costs or need an easy-to-use and powerful image hosting service to manage your ...

[tags: firefox, file]

Quoted: You, me and I bet every webbie once in while needs to send over a file that’s bigger then max. allowed email attachment (e.g. video ...

[tags: file, transfer, sharing]

Having couple of GB’s of storage space online never hurts. You may use it for keeping your backup secure from hard drive crashes, or as platform letting you access/edit certain files from anywhere and for much more(see table). As a result of massive competition among storage offering websites, online storage became cheaper, more convenient and even safer alternative to other means of storing your data (USB sticks, CDs, DVDs, etc). There are many good services with lots of compelling features, so I decided to list only those that focus on file storage and also have free account option.

[tags: storage, online, internet]

Quoted: The American Free Press is a populist weekly newspaper that reports what the mainstream media will not.

[tags: news, freepress, Politics]

Quoted: Newspapers24.com - online newspapers from 216 countries and territories, with listings of world 100 largest newspapers by circulation, newspapers by languages and newspapers from world 400 largest urban areas.

[tags: newspapers, news]

Quoted: MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips

[tags: web, Utilities]

Quoted: All for Gmail: handy Firefox extensions, best Greasemonkey scripts, some desktop tools and lots of useful tips. Take this Gmail thingie to another level. Enjoy ...

[tags: google, gmail]

Quoted: For parents, the Internet can be like navigating a minefield.

[tags: security, Internet, family, home]

Quoted: yourminis.com is a personalized dashboard of minis (mini applications, also known as widgets) that let you perform specific tasks, and get information and features from all over the web in one place. You can configure minis to see your email, check the weather, watch youtube videos, search the web, browse flickr photos, read news and rss feeds, save notes & to dos, listen to music, and much, much more.

[tags: yourminis]

Quoted: Xindesk is a free, one stop shop solution for making all your files, calendars, contacts and other data accessible and in sync wherever you are. ...

[tags: desktop, startpage, portals]

Quoted: IFocus is a unique web browsing utility that lets you clip and monitor the content of your favorite websites. Highly useful if you need up-to-the-minute ...

[tags: browser, Utilities]

Quoted: yourminis.com is a personalized dashboard of minis (mini applications, also known as widgets) that let you perform specific tasks, and get information and features from all over the web in one place. You can configure minis to see your email, check the weather, watch youtube videos, search the web, browse flickr photos, read news and rss feeds, save notes & to dos, listen to music, and much, much more.

[tags: startpage, yourminis]

Quoted: The already highly competitive startpage space saw an interesting new play tonight when YourMinis.com relaunched with a changed site and a new strategy. ...

[tags: startpage, rss]

A portal is an introductory page for a given topic. It complements the main article of the subject by introducing the reader to key articles, images, and categories that further describe the subject.

[tags: portals]

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