The new iPhone has some sweet new features. As an iPod owner, I can say that a 3G network connection, GPS, and a headphone jack that isn’t completely ridiculous are great additions to an already impressive gadget, and will go a long way to swaying me toward getting one. But let’s be honest - we […]

Eye Fi - LoJack for Your Camera
Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.
Then a funny thing happened: her camera “phoned home.”

 
On page 427 O’Connor finally realized the Supreme Court was part of the Matrix
America’s first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are “godless” activists.

 
Ego lifestyle’s diamond notebooks and the Lugvaglio million dollar notebook monopolized the luxury notebook market forever now but not for long! 
 

 Finding new freedoms in the virtual world
A paralysed man using only his brain waves has been able to manipulate a virtual internet character, Japanese researchers said on Monday, calling it a world first.
The 41-year-old patient used his imagination to make his character take a walk and chat to another virtual person on the popular Second […]

The Conveniently Geeky Bus

A new bus service called “BoltBus” offers free Wi-Fi an power outlets in all its vehicles.

 
 
People traveling on Virgin Airlines may be left out if they prefer to use their Macbook Notebooks when traveling.
 

Rick Rivera, left, and Nathan Lichon spot the sneaky little cameras in an electronic billboard in Manhattan
In advertising these days, the brass ring goes to those who can measure everything — how many people see a particular advertisement, when they see it, who they are. All of that is easy on the Internet, […]

Is it real or virtual? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
Gartner defines a disruptive technology as one that causes major change in ‘the accepted way of doing things’, including business models, processes, revenue streams, industry dynamics and consumer behavior. Complete list after the jump.

Weeding through the BS. For some, the online dating world is an addiction
When Jane Coloccia set out to find her soul mate online she had no idea that eight years and 200 dates later she would end up an expert on the topic, writing a book and setting up a course to teach the pitfalls […]

 Warning signal to warn, targeting signal to target
Toyota Motor Corp’s “Crown Hybrid” released in May 2008 is equipped with the “Night View” system that displays the view of the road ahead at night.
In the previous model, the view of the road ahead is displayed on the windshield, and it is overlapped with the view right […]

Each empty shopping cart is a bold commentary on things gone wrong
When buying online first became mainstream, one of the most watched metrics for online merchants was the shopping cart abandonment rate. Through site security, consumer education and word-of-mouth about positive experiences, online retailers reduced the percentage of consumers who placed items in their […]

 
 Y-shaped nanotubes are ready-made transistors
For the first time, a research team led by Hongjie Dai, the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, has made transistors called “field-effect transistors”-a critical component of computer chips-with graphene that can operate at room temperature. Graphene is a form of carbon derived from graphite. Other graphene […]

NTT’s RedTacton human area network (HAN) technology will make you suspicious of every doorknob
Personal Area Networks (PAN), pioneered by IBM’s Thomas Zimmerman in the early 90s, have been, up until now, not much more than a geek dream, a way to network all your carried gadgets together without the worrisome wiring. Now, though, NTT is […]

From the mentally handicapped to the fashion impaired, there is a dating site waiting for you
With scores of dating sites catering to the bold and the beautiful, a growing number of niche sites are emerging for less fortunate lonely hearts, those struggling with mental or physical problems.

Very soon all of our dogs will begin to look like Tom Cruise
A California company is planning a string of online auctions next month to clone five dogs, with the bidding to start at $100,000. Scientists consider dogs among the most difficult animals to clone because they have an unusual reproductive biology, more […]

Paranoid about people reading your email?  You should be…
In its fifth annual study of outbound e-mail and data loss prevention issues, Proofpoint found that 41% of the largest companies surveyed (those with 20,000 or more employees) reported that they employ staff to read or otherwise analyze the contents of outbound e-mail. 22% of these companies […]

Warriors who are battling the empire overloads can’t be bothered
by the petty economic concerns of you mortals
Video game sales in the US were up 31% through April over 2007, according to NPD Group. “Grand Theft Auto IV,” which made $500 million in its opening week, was not released until April 29. NPD said […]

 
 Cool desk that is part Transformer, and part disposable desk as the technology ages
Now building a computer into a desk is, when you think about it, a pretty idiotic idea. Not only are you saying that you don’t need the flexibility of a laptop, but you’re saying you’ll always be using your PC wherever your […]

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The Whole Earth Genealogy Project - Where will it lead?
Starting with a concept for creating the genealogy for the entire earth, Futurist Thomas Frey takes people on a fascinating journey into the topic of radical transparency.

 
 While viewers are switching to online video, ad revenues are not
The Internet represents a valuable complementary distribution platform for television broadcasters and cable networks, but it is not a viable replacement, according to Convergence Consulting Group.

Two-thirds of high-net-worth investors are influenced by online peer-generated content
An April 2008 Cogent Research survey found that US investors are highly engaged in social media, and their investment decisions are influenced accordingly.
The study found that 25% of US online adults are engaged in social media specifically related to personal finance and investing.

 Give your plant a voice.  Let it be heard!
This device let’s your plant talk and share it’s feelings with the whole world over the web, and post it on Twitter. You build it with an electronic kit from Adafruit called Botanicalls Twitter Kit, which attaches to your plants, and sends all the plants’ thoughts and […]

 
WiMax promises a whole new kind of fun on the web
As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use.
A WiMAX network of the kind to be deployed across the United States by a joint venture dubbed Clearwire […]

This is what happens when you spend too much time online promoting your social network
Datamonitor forecasts that the number of social network users in Europe will more than double to 107.4 million in 2012, up from 41.7 million in 2007.