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18 August 2007

My Dots for Friday, August 17, 2007

GUSSE is an online place where the world will collectively discuss, review and apply the best ideas for sustainable cities. It's like an Amazon.com for urban solutions: you can browse, get recommendations, share and pick up ideas.

[tags: environment]

Quoted: Dizzler is a FREE media player for your desktop and myspace page. Search millions of free streaming music and videos and post them on your myspace, blog or website. Free music and video codes for myspace in one easy to use player. Save your favorites and share them with your friends.

[tags: music]

SortFix is a young and innovative search technology company, devoted to enrich your search experience.
We've created an intuitive graphical interface that isn’t only cool and fun to use but also boosts your search skills and abilities.

[tags: Search]

Apple's resurgence started with the first iMac, in 1998. Little by little, Apple has been persuading people to opt for Macintosh computers over Windows PCs.

[tags: imac, apple]

Quoted: The 24-inch iMac is Apple's first refresh to its all-in-one desktop line. Despite tweaks to the design and specs, this is a modest, nonradical iMac ...

[tags: iMac, apple]

The mid-2007 overhaul of Apple's iconic desktop is the first true evidence of a switch in Apple's design direction since the company's switch to Intel processors. But while it represents two steps forward in terms of ergonomics and performance, pro users may find the iMac taking one step backward.

[tags: imac, apple]

Quoted: Our colleagues at MacFormat have just posted the first UK review of the gorgeous new 20-inch Apple iMac. And it's a testament to its looks that "pretty much everybody was desperate to have a play with it"

[tags: imac, apple]

When artist Gordon Smedt began planning his Mediterranean-style home in California's Santa Cruz mountains, little did he expect that his finished dwelling would consist, in the main part, of straw.

[tags: home, straw bale, environment, construction]

CNN spoke to Ken Yeang, an architect and ecologist, and the principle of the UK practice of Llweleyn Davis Yeang about his work to combine high rise architecture and environmental awareness.

[tags: environment, sustainable, ecology, home]

The city that is to be built on Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River is like no other in the world: Dongtan eco-city is planned to be first truly environmentally and economically sustainable city.

[tags: China, ecology, sustainable, home, environment]

No other vendor comes close to Apple's near-seamless aesthetic. And as the new iMac design impresses visually, so do its features and overall performance compete against other, similarly priced desktops.

[tags: apple, iMac]

Quoted: There's a new crop of Web sites for folks who get lonely using Quicken. Social-networking finance sites help members track their money while they kibitz ...

[tags: finance, community]

When contacted, Tata Motors spokesperson refused to comment on the possible launch of these air fuelled cars but said, “The engine and the technology is being further refined, and still requires a couple of years’ work. It is premature to comment on the exact timing of launch, pricing etc. The effort is to deploy innovations such that pricing makes them competitive alternatives in the market. The technology is exclusive to Tata Motors and will cover a range of applications — automotive, power generation etc.”

[tags: MDI, Tata, automotive]

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17 August 2007

My Dots for Thursday, August 16, 2007

A new version of the internal combustion engine, which could significantly cut gas consumption, might be surprisingly practical and easy to deploy, according to recent findings by researchers at MIT. Tests on a prototype based on the technology, which allows engines to switch between conventional technology and the new gas-saving type of combustion, show that it does not require a special fuel, and engines using the technology can be cheaply made out of conventional auto parts.

[tags: automotive, MIT, combustion engine]

Scientists with the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to produce from human embryonic stem cells a highly pure, large quantity of functioning neurons that will allow them to create models of and study diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, prefrontal dementia and schizophrenia.

[tags: stem cells, pd]

U.S. medical scientists have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and progression.

[tags: health]

Built from aluminum and glass, the new all-in-one desktops feature a complete, slimmer redesign and will come in two sizes: 20-inch and 24-inch.

[tags: apple, iMac]

Apparently, Dell is working with VMware (makers of Fusion) and SWsoft (the team behind Parallels) to develop new computers with virtualization features for a new line of the company's PCs. According to reports, Dell's chief technology officer Kevin Kettler confirmed the collaboration at the Linuxworld conference in San Francisco. The plans right now are for the systems to tackle virtual versions of Windows and Linux which could run in tandem on a user's machine, though when asked about support for Apple's OS X on the virtual PCs, Kettler said "I can't speculate on that," but went on to say "virtualization is very powerful. It's an environment that would allow many different operating systems to coexist. You can interpret that however you would like." So -- at least as far as we can tell -- not an out-and-out "no."

[tags: Dell, OS, virrtual, Linux, Apple]

Quoted: Financify provides users with a secure, easy to use accounting tool designed to meet the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals who need more accounting help with less hassle.

[tags: finance, management]

There are hundreds of millions of videos on the Web, and millions more are uploaded every day. As the amount of video on the Web explodes, it can be increasingly challenging to find the video you want. Truveo’s mission is to improve the quality of video search so that you can always find the right video to watch.

Quoted: Search for videos all over the web at Truveo, including videos from YouTube, MySpace, and AOL.

[tags: video, Search]

Quoted: While the consumer landline replacement VOIP battles continue to wage (the cable companies now control over 70% of that market, and Vonage is ...

[tags: voip, mobile, skype]

Quoted: Google has officially begun distributing office suite and Microsoft Office competitor Sun StarOffice as part of the Google Pack. The proprietary office suite ...

[tags: google, software]

Convert your ebay items with a single click
Use your own custom domain
Accept all major credit cards
Sell an unlimited number of products
Make all your products searchable on Google Product Search
Absolutely no commission fees!

[tags: shopping, ebay]

Quoted: Skype's down. The popular VoIP service went down sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. The outage is affecting users worldwide and Skype says it'll need 12-24 hours to get the problem fixed. That means this may be the...

[tags: skype]

Quoted: Review: Apple 24-inch iMac (aluminum) Current Hardware

[tags: apple, iMac, review]

Finding any drawbacks to the newest Apple iMac is so hard it's almost like splitting hairs. The new aluminum iMac is a desktop nonpareil in both senses of the word: It is without equal, and (like the candy) it is sweet.

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16 August 2007

My Dots for Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Quoted: If efforts now under way by a team of engineers pan out, the age of the nanomechanical computer may be at hand. Instead of relying on solid-state transistors and other electronic components to compute ones and zeroes, such a machine would depend purely on moving parts - gates and pillars and levers and pistons - to create switches, logic gates and memory units, the building blocks of digital computers.

[tags: nanotech, computers]

Quoted: Researchers have developed a new energy storage device that could be mistaken for a simple sheet of paper. The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, flexible and geared toward meeting the design requirements of tomorrow's electronics and implantable medical equipment. The device withstands extreme temperatures, is completely integrated, can be printed like paper, and can function as both a battery and a supercapacitor. It can also be partly powered by human blood or sweat.

[tags: batteries, nanotech, energy, storage]

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15 August 2007

My Dots for Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Quoted: PC Magazine's definitive list of the best that the Internet has to offer in 2007.

[tags: software, news]

Quoted:
Google Pack is:
# Software specifically selected by Google
# Always free - no trial versions or spyware
# Ready to use in just a ...

[tags: google, GooglePack]

Quoted: Google just added StarOffice, a free full-feature Office Suite, to its Google Pack collection of applications. Sun developed StarOffice from the same source code the company released in 2000...

[tags: google, GooglePack]

In a nutshell, the service is a hybrid between Digg, Facebook, your favorite instant-messaging client, Google Reader, Twitter, and Del.icio.us. By its very name, Streamy is a mashup service. It pulls together a variety of your social streams: be it your favorite blog feeds, news alerts, or friends updates, and rolls them up into a slick package.

Quoted: Streamy is a new do-it-all RSS reader meets social network. We get an early look.

[tags: rss, online, bookmarks]

Quoted: Google is making it as easy as copy and paste to embed a map into a Web site, following in the tradition of embedded YouTube videos.

[tags: google, maps, blogs]

Quoted: Legendary media mogul reaches out to the Internet crowd via iTunes, MySpace.

[tags: video, music]

Quoted: A few weeks ago we posted 9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network, a review of several hosted, do-it-yourself white label social ...

[tags: community, online]

Quoted: The OpenLibrary aims to be the source for information about all the world’s books. Essentially, it acts as a metalibrary. While no one location can house all of the world’s countless books, there can be a place where you can find information about those books, which is precisely what the Open Library hopes to achieve. Search for books either by title or publisher and you’ll find information about the author, along with publishers, and availability for purchase or download. Some books are as full texts that can be searched by page. Each informational page on the Open Library site can be edited, and all edits are stored for comparison. The site is still being developed, so not all features work. Check back for new features.

[tags: library, books]

Quoted: VeZoom.com offers an excellent service entitled MyVeZoom which provides a free and easy to use way to add videos instantly and customize them on your Blog, Web page or Profile page and by this create your personal video channels page. It’s really easy to navigate, whether you need a specific type of video or you are just searching what’s new, you simply need to ‘drag and drop” the cannel you've chosen. The organization consists on different categories such as ‘My Favorites’ or by type of channel, meaning news, sports, movies, TV, music, science and much more. You can also find your videos by the exact channel you are looking for, ESPN, FOX Sports, MTV, CNN News, and even from YouTube. If you are looking for the latest sports videos or celebrities concerts, at VeZoom.com you will find these and much more.

[tags: video, Search]

Quoted: myGoya is basically a portable web based operating system you can use anywhere. There many different tools available that you’d typically find come with your OS, plus a mix of other different tools you’d generally download to your computer. Some of these include an email aggregator, the ability to chat, a storage system for your files, sharing capabilities for your media, a media player that can go through play lists including photos, music, and videos, bookmarks, a notepad, a calendar, and more. The design is sleek and allows you to feel right at home on any computer anywhere and with all of your files and tools right at your fingertips. Instead of having to download different chat systems, media players, and file sharing software, you can get it all just from logging into their website.

[tags: OS, online]

Quoted: Overall customer satisfaction with the PC industry fell slightly during the second quarter of the year, with the majority of the decline coming as a ...

[tags: apple, dell, satisfaction]

Quoted: Forget your laser mouse, smartphone, and Aeron chair; these conceptual technologies, from a globe-shaped world browser to a wall-mountable printer, are the geeky fixtures of the office of the future.

[tags: future]

Quoted: Bill Gates is set to step down some time next year. Will this save or sink the ship?

[tags: microsoft]

Quoted: Will the success of Web radio spell the end of traditional broadcast radio?

[tags: internet, radio, audio, musik]

Quoted: That's right. I'm using a Mac, and, surprise, I like it. Deal.

[tags: apple]

Quoted: The stars have aligned for Apple's share of the computer market to explode.

[tags: apple]

Quoted: The evidence, based on mouse models, shows a link between the loss of both norepinephrine and dopamine neurons and the delayed onset of symptoms associated ...

[tags: pd]

Quoted: TOP 30-DAY COMPANY IN THE INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL INDUSTRY

[tags: business, internet]

Quoted: Increasing connectivity will change how and where we labor—even the very notion of an employer

[tags: future, connectivity]

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14 August 2007

My Dots for Monday, August 13, 2007

Quoted: How inconvenient is it to have all of the data you need on your home computer? You can solve that fairly easily by bringing your laptop with you, but what if you don't want to lug that around with you, or it malfunctions or you can't get to it conveniently for some reason. Now you can have an online desktop with StartForce.com and all of your data saved on that online desktop, meaning that you can easily access all of the things that would usually be only on your computer from virtually anywhere, anywhere that has internet access that is. You don't have to worry about application either because Startforce comes with web application to view/edit your files without any downloading. StartForce.com doesn't cost a dime, sign up now and you can be uploading data to your online desktop within minutes.

[tags: OS, browser]

Campusbug is the leading provider of internet services for today's students. Members can access a wide range of services to meet their needs. These services include online educational assistance, social networking, an online marketplace, and much more. Our goal is to provide a single destination for the social and educational needs of today's students.

Quoted: Make friends, browse profiles, have fun, and improve your education all at the same time!

[tags: learning, education]

Quoted: Google lets users who max out the storage on a free account buy more storage that can be used by both Gmail and Picasa.

[tags: google, picasa, gmail]

For those of you not in the know, the term geospatial describes the use of spatial software in conjunction with geographic datasets. Basically, it’s got to do with mapping and geographic information.

Quoted: BlinkGeo - Community-Driven Geospatial News and More

[tags: news, geospatial, bookmarks]

Quoted: From a Burmese prison, a chronicle of pain in paint

Quoted: CARACAS : World oil prices are headed for $100 per barrel, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez predicted on Saturday, and said he will cut supplies to the United States if the US government ‘attacks’ the South American nation again. “I’ve always

Quoted: By Ben Feller KENNEBUNKPORT (Maine): It was not a summit, not even a working lunch. Just a social meal between two world leaders who happen to be vacationing near each other. That, at least, is how the White House described Saturday’s sit-down between President George Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. But there is more to it than a get-to-know-you. By welcoming Sarkozy to his parents’ seaside home, Bush is laying a foundation for what he hopes are drastically improved relations with

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