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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

News that caught my attention

  1. Google to enter the phone business? Google Voice Summary
    It appears that Google has reserved a million phone numbers from Level 3 for use with Google Voice. This is a very good indication that the company will be opening up its doors for business in the near future. Google prepares to open up Google Voice Google Voice : Coming soon - Google Voice Help
  2. Clean your keyboards: In one case a microbiologist suggested the removal of a keyboard as it had 150 times the recommended limit of bacteria — five times filthier than a toilet seat that was swabbed in the same test. Dirty little secrets of the keyboard revealed
  3. Boarding passes on your phone screen: The future of... Boarding passes Video
  4. Storage milestone: Unprecedented high performance 160,000 IOPS & 500MB/sec and low power <4>Outrageously cool new hard drive has one head per sector!
  5. Battery Technology the nano-magnets A new spin on battery technology
  6. Plasma Light Bulb The lightbulb of the future? Video
  7. Are we witnessing the end of Free Websites? Barry Diller: The Internet 'Absolutely' Will Become a 'Paid System'. Time Projection: Within 5 Years
  8. Linux Microsoft Debate 10 reasons why Linux will triumph over Windows
    Freedom of financial gain. Freedom from cost-prohibitive licenses. Freedom to alter source. Freedom from monopolistic practices. Celebrating freedom with open source
  9. Cloud Computing
    Will economic downturn push companies into the cloud? Video
    Microsoft Cloud Future is Cloudy?
    Too many .Nets, too little time?
  10. TV Samsung introduces flat-panel wireless TV Video
  11. 3G Iphone / Android
    Android sales to outstrip iPhone's by 2012
    Voice GPS sells for $.99 but requires an in-app purchase of $9.99 per month to get voice-guided navigation. First voice-guided GPS apps arrive for iPhone
    iPhone OS 3.0: Leaf Trombone Video
    iPhone OS 3.0: Peer-to-peer networking Video
    iPhone OS 3.0: Copy and paste Video
    iPhone OS 3.0: Push notification Video
  12. Password Debate Masking passwords: Why it's not a good idea
  13. A Generation Gap 2.0 Deja vu all over again: managing across Generation Gap 2.0 - SmartPlane
  14. Inspiration to get moving: Bumbling to Greatness - SmartPlanet
  15. HealthVault clobbering Google in Personal Health Records race