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Society RSS FeedsHow about Your Own Invisibility Cloak - Apologies to Harry Potter, but we seem to be on the verge (I mean, just barely at the verge) of developing an invisibility gadget.Yes, that's right -- invisibility. Like a Klingon Bird of Prey, the effect is the same: to hide the user from sight. While one mostly sees such technology being used for military purposes in books and movies, there are some applications that are grounded in reality. (Really?)One approach to creating a cloaking device i...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Apple Lets a Little Air Out ... - Apple has quietly dropped the price of the high-end MacBook Air by $500. The Air, which comes with a 1.8GHz upgrade (from 1.6GHz) and a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD), is now $2,598. Compare this to the original price of the 1.8GHz/SSD MacBook Air at $3,098 just last week.The difference in price appears to be a combination of price drops in both the processor upgrade ($200 vs. $300) and SSD ($599 vs. $999). (And maybe it wasn't selling so good... AT&T Dropping CallVantage? - Just got this email stating that as of July 7th, AT&T will no longer offer CallVantage through their affiliate channel. To me, this is "codeword" for "we're no longer promoting CallVantage and expect AT&T to end CallVantage entirely in the near future." I've read about many affiliate programs that when they're ended, it's the end of the road for that product. Further, the emails explains, "We ask that you remove all of your promotion of ... Sony PS3 Boo-Boo ... - Can't believe stuff like this still happens!Can't anybody here play this game!Sony has been forced to pull the 2.40 version of the PlayStation 3 software from download servers because of complaints that the new update was causing problems for the owners of the console. It was only available for an hour, but apparently caused enough mayhem that Sony pulled the plug.Bad news -- they sent it out that way.Good news -- they acted really, rea... First Frameless Plasma Is Coming! - While not as easy to set TV technology firsts like Olympic swimming trials world records, still, it's pretty impress that LG plans to launch the world's first frameless plasma TV.The new model, dubbed PG61, the new plasma resembles a seamless black sheet of glass. The unique combination of frameless design, enhanced audio performance and amazing viewing experience earned the PG61 the "Best of innovations Award" at the 2008 Consumer Elec... Is There More to Netflix/Roku Than Meets the Eye? - Blogged about the intriguing Netflix/Roku deal back on May 20, but now an interesting piece on VentureBeat makes it even more (and more!) interesting.The new Roku box (doesn't look like much, does it?) lets you stream any of Netflix's 10,000+ "Watch Now" movies (movies that can be watched immediately over the internet for free with your subscription) to your TV set instantly. However, a new wrinkle may make the device even more attractive --... AOL BigDownload Indeed! - AOL has introduced its newest online gaming site, BigDownload.com, moving to expand its niche audience and boost targeted ad revenue. The addition to AOL's smaller GameDaily.com is a joint venture with Weblogs, an information-based Internet company. WIth 700 downloadable files, the site includes 100 full games and 600 teasers, along with game-related news. An additional 50 to 100 new files will be added to the site each month, according... 8x8, Inc. Awarded New VoIP Patent - 8x8, Inc. the provider of the Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), videophone and mobile VoIP communication services, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,394,803 entitled "Distributed Local Telephony Gateway." The patent was issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesteday on July 1, 2008.Interestingly, the patent relates to Internet Protocol (IP) communication systems and, more particularly, to b... Microsoft Equipt includes Office, OneCare for $69.99/Year - Microsoft will start selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting in mid-July. According to the news, it's a a bid to reach "thrifty PC buyers" who would otherwise pass on the software. The software bundle, formerly code-named "Albany" , includes Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, giving them the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Additionally it comes with Microsoft's Live OneCare computer ... Starbucks closes 600 stores - Starbucks, the gourmet coffee retailer said today that it had drastically increased the number of stores it plans to close, citing in part continued weakness in the U.S. economy. Starbucks now plans to close 600 stores in the United States, up from its previous plans to close 100 stores. Additionally, StarBucks said it now plans to open fewer than 200 stores in its coming fiscal year.Apparently, with high prices for oil, gas, and food, something ... PlayStation 3 helps discover oil - The technology used in the PlayStation 3 is being used to help explore and find oil much faster than before. Woohoo! Using IBM technology, specifically the IBM PowerXCell 8i, which was originally developed for the Sony Playstation, a Spanish Oil company reports that specialized "Cell" microprocessors are speeding the search for oil and natural gas reserves located 30,000 feet below the Gulf of Mexico up to 6 times faster than current technolog... Dog Photo of the Day - Thought I'd share a photo of my Labrador/Shepherd mix named Jessie. It's not often I shoot in black & white (B&W) but I thought this photo came out pretty well. She's yellow in case you were wondering.
Tags: dogs, Jessie Keating, Labrador, ... truphone summer credit giveaway - Andy Abramson tipped me off to a new summer promotion by Truphone which now gives you 4X the inititial credit in your new account. Andy told me, "With the summer holiday season upon us, Truphone is giving away more credit to new users - meaning more free minutes and free SMS messages. New customers signing up for Truphone from Tuesday, July 1 to Monday, July 14 will get $8 credit in their account (instead of $2). This is a great gift just in tim... Fringe on FOX - Speaking of fring (blogged earlier today), there is a cool new TV series called Fringe which comes out this Fall created by American Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, and director J.J. Abrams. J.J. Abrams also wrote and produced for the popular TV show Lost, including the opening sequence in the first episode of Lost where the plane breaks apart in mid-air. Apparently Abrams hates planes since in the ope... fring Enhances Mobile IM Client with fringAdd-ons - ... Already Rocked Out on Guitar Hero Aerosmith -- Right? - It's been out, you've bought it and by now you've already shredded quite a few songs we are talking Guitar Hero Aerosmith of course!Which are the hardestWhat is the coolestWe want our GHA!!!
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Tags: headset, headsets, ... Top Selling Mobile Phones for June - According to Swedish case maker Krusell, the Top 10 selling mobile phones in June 2008 were:1. (8) Apple iPhone2. (5) HTC Diamond3. (3) Nokia E514. (2) Nokia 63005. (1) Nokia 31096. (9) LG KU9907. (6) Nokia N95 8 GB8. (4) Sony Ericsson K810i9. (-) Sony Ericsson K530i10. (10) Sony Ericsson W890i() = Last month's position. At the moment, many companies in the Accessory industry are loading their warehouses with iPhone accessories just waiting... Enabled Comments from AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, OpenID, or Vox users - Movable Type 4.0+ has several plugins that utilize Movable Type's extensible Open ID Login framework to give a customized login experience for AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, or Vox users on Movable Type blogs. The logon requirements for AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, and Vox all support OpenID which makes this possible. On any blog entry you'll see the following text near the Comments form: Sign i... Compaq Aero: What's Your All-Time Favorite Gadget? - Thinking about all the gadgets I've owned over the years and the ones I really liked (easy to remember) and the ones I didn' t like (those are much harder to remember).Quickly coming to mind was the Compaq Contura Aero, a snappy subnotebook that had its trackball at the right edge of the wrist rest -- great for righties, but must have been impossible for lefties!This was a great notebook for word processing and commuting -- which when I had it wa... Summer Camp & Gadgets: Let the Smuggling Begin - Can see why summer camps aren't too big on allowing their campers to bring their personal gadgets along with them.But while they don't allow them, seems like smuggling them into camp has become a new tradition.Wonder what the most popular contraband item will be -- couple of years ago it was the iPod, but I think now it''s the cell phone.'Course there could be some other ones, but I don't think so
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| ... Why Not Guitar Hero: Led Zeppelin or Somebody Else? - You know, we've had many long talks at home about what band we would have chosen for the first dedicated Guitar Hero offering.Now many out there are probably very satisfied with the choice that was made, I imagine many of your may have chosen a different band if it was up to you.Lots of votes at home for Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page vs. Joe Perry -- are you kidding???) or even Buckethead. And let's not forget Jimi Hendrix; I could go on and on Now w... Dell Enters the Studio - Remember when writing about computer hardware -- actual PCs and desktops -- was the heart and soul of writing about gadgets. Well, we're getting a bit of that back now, with Dell's introduction of Studio, a new consumer product line "designed for self-expression and creative living." Here's what Dell had to say: "People seeking stunning design, brilliant colors, and innovative new technology find inspiration in Dell's new Studio bran... Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Launch Party! - We are all very excited about the launch of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Now Circuit City is pretty excited too! They've decided you can "party like a rock star with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" at your local store on June 29 from 12-4 PM.Cool eh! Compete in the store tournament and you could win a Guitar Hero: Aerosmith bundle or a signed Black Crowes poster (heh, why not an Aerosmith poster?).Anyway, wear your best rocker costume and you could... Trade in your Headphones cash back offer - Time to upgrade your headphones or ear buds for some high-quality iPod music listening? Not to mention some high-quality VoIPing, Skyping, etc. etc. Well, why not get cash back for your headphones to offset the costs of a new one? Check out this news I just received Due to the wild success of Sennheiser's upgrade program, the high-end German headphone manufacturer has relaunched the trade-in program with several enhancements. The cash back ... PS3 Movie Downloads Coming - So who will be the winner -- the ruler -- of the home entertainment (media) center battle royale? Sony is making a strong bid -- and why not with its history? -- using the PlayStation 3 as the centerpiece of their strategy. According to Engadget, Sony will make a movie download service available to US PlayStation 3 owners this summer -- Japan and Europe at later dates with details coming "next month," presumably at E3. Of co... Microsoft Drops VoIP from Windows Live Messenger - Just saw this article that reiterates Microsoft's decision last year that the existing VoIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. (See 2006 launch of Windows Live Messenger w/ Verizon deal) As of today you can use Windows Live Messenger users to make regular landline and mobile phone calls, but this functionality is set to expire on July 15th 2008 in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and the US... T-Mobile USA T-Mobile@Home VoIP Service - T-Mobile USA is going to launch next week a $10-a-month broadband VoIP service that will be available to T-Mobile wireless subscribers. The VoIP service is called T-Mobile@Home, granting users unlimited local and long-distance calls over a broadband connection. They've partnered with Cisco's Linksys for the $50 ATA device to connect analog phones.Features include the usual suspects: call waiting, caller ID, three-way conferencing, voicemail and c... Dell Video Chat Launches - Today, Dell will launch Dell Video Chat powered by SightSpeed, which will be pre-bundled on all consumer Dell PCs. Landing Dell is a major win for SightSpeed, a competitor to Skype, Microsoft Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and others. I spoke with Eric Quanstrom, Vice President of Marketing... Interview With Asterisk Founder, Mark Spencer -
Tom Keating with Asterisk founder & Digium's Chairman and CTO Mark Spencer
(picture: Sept. 2005 at Digium's former HQ)
It's been awhile since I've interviewed Mark Spencer, the founder of the open source Asterisk telephony platform and current Chairman & CTO of Digium. Digium and the Asterisk open source platform has helped spawn an entire ecosystem of Asterisk-based products, some of which are competitive to Digium, while others are c... Prosecutor links case to satanism - Prosecutors in North Carolina have charged three people, including two ranking members of the Durham County Democratic Party, as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and kidnapping that prosecutors said involved satanic worship.... Muslims outraged that police ad features a police dog-in-training - This puppy -- a police dog-in-training -- has Muslims in Scotland up in arms.Islam considers dogs to be unclean.Our opinion? Tough. Live with it. Spare your outrage for those who use Islam as an excuse to terrorize others.... Inside the head of a new cult member - Cult expert and exit counselor Allen Tate Wood has a series of brief but informative articles in The Faith Column of the New Statesman on the subject of cults.... Canadian polygamist may receive more than $10,000 from the government - The B.C., Canada, government is sending $100 to every man, woman and child in the province as part of a climate-change program.As a result, prominent polygamist Winston Blackmore and his family could receive more than $10,000 this month from the B.C. government in so-called dividend cheques.... FLDS sells cult fashion online; Ex-member helps FLDS victims - A new clothing brand may be born out of the Texas raid on a polygamous sect.
FLDS women for the first time are offering their handmade, distinctive style of children's clothes to the public through the Web site fldsdress.com.
Cult fashion in the truest sense of the word.For while the group's distinct dress code may convey a certain level of innocence, another FLDS story highlights the cult's destructive nature.... Hamas worried about rise in support for religious sect - These believers, known to Gazans as salafis, will not discuss politics or matters such as the tahadiyeh or the "Zionist enemy."
They are not a political group, yet some Hamas members see them as a threat, especially in the public arena. They are a kind of sect of Sunni Islam that has operated throughout the world since the dawn of Islam, calling on believers to imitate the ways of the prophet Mohammed and the group of his companions known as the... Muslim sues over loss of security clearance - ''Many (native-born) Americans say what I say about the war,'' El-Ganayni said. ''But when I say it, I become a traitor. I want to show that the laws apply to me the same as to any other citizen.''... Pentagon asked to block Christian broadcast - A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom is asking the Pentagon to block a Christian cable TV broadcast featuring officers in uniform.The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has raised objections to 20 minutes of the two-hour broadcast of "Carman's Red, White and Blue Spectacular," saying the program may violate a prohibition against uniformed officers endorsing a particular religion.... Convicted molester sentenced to 45 years to life - Leaders of Simental's congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses contradicted his statements and testified Simental, during the course of their religious inquiry, admitted touching both girls.
Prior to the trial, the case broke new legal ground in California about when statements made to clergy members are deemed confidential, prosecutor Burke Strunsky said.... Islam is real threat to church, says Synod member - Divisions in the Church of England over homosexuality and women bishops are nothing compared with the threat it faces from Islam, a prominent member of its governing body has warned.... Copyright © 2008, Pinellas County Real Estate. All Rights Reserved. |