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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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