technology + computers

Hey Laptop, Get Me a Beer II

BY Heath RowThu Sep 18, 2003 at 3:40 PM

Kevin's post reminds me of the old Tomy Omnibot and similar personal robots from the '80s. The Omnibot 2000 even came with a rotating serving tray.READ»

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While certainly not a necessity, the $499 Evolution Robotics ER1 might just find its way onto my Christmas list. This robot harnesses the power of your laptop for its brain. It's possible to train it to respond to your voice and ...READ»

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Whither, WiFi?

BY Heath RowThu Sep 18, 2003 at 1:34 PM

In the Sept. 22 edition of the New Yorker, there's an advertising insert from Intel highlighting restaurants and hotels in Chicago, LA, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle that offer WiFi access. Now, while the locations listed in ...READ»

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Re:Conference

BY Heath RowTue Sep 16, 2003 at 6:36 PM

New York City Company of Friends member Ramon Ray is at PC Expo -- and he's confblogging the event! So far today, Ramon's posted reports on conversations with executives at Executive Software, Raxco Software, and other ...READ»

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Admit It! II

BY Heath RowTue Sep 16, 2003 at 11:38 AM

As far as WiFi detectors go, SmartID's WFS-1 might be a better option. But personally, I appreciate the low-tech approach of warchalking.READ»

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Admit It!

Mon Sep 15, 2003 at 10:20 PM

You want one. So do I. In a secret agent sort of way. WiFi FinderREAD»

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Where Am I?

Fri Sep 12, 2003 at 12:13 PM

I was discussing with some friends what technologies that don't currently exist in the U.S. that we would definitely buy when or if comes to market. My answer, I want an affordable, compact wireless phone with built-in GPS ...READ»

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Camera Shy

Thu Sep 11, 2003 at 6:37 PM

Now that everyone and their brother seems to be in possession of a camera phone, CNET reports that some high tech companies bar their use in R&D areas, lest their new designs be compromised. Enter the UK's Iceberg Systems and their ...READ»

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Next Big Thing: The Clapper

Wed Sep 3, 2003 at 4:10 PM

This week Time magazine adds its cover story What's Next to the jumble of recent magazine stories about new technologies. You can see ours here. A sidebar in Time's collection made me wonder, however. In this, technology forecaster ...READ»

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Congestion Defection

Mon Aug 25, 2003 at 12:33 PM

Working with the Washington State Department of Transportation, a Seattle company called TrafficGauge has developed an innovative device to help commuters work their way around traffic in the Seattle-Bellevue area. The ...READ»

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Why is Gillette Stealing Souls?

Fri Aug 22, 2003 at 3:21 PM

Facing an growing uproar over a test at a UK Tesco, Gillette is backing down from its planned trial of RFID devices in its razor packages. Essentially, RFID is a new and powerful bar code, allowing scanning and product tracking ...READ»

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Tech News You Can Use

BY Heath RowMon Aug 18, 2003 at 12:10 PM

Parvez Ahmed, a Bangalore, India-based member of the Technology & Computers Company of Friends group, recently shared a list of his favorite technology-related news sites with other members. FC Now readers might find them ...READ»

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Tales from the Cryptograph

BY Heath RowFri Aug 15, 2003 at 6:40 PM

Bruce Schneier's monthly email newsletter Crypto-Gram is a snarky yet sensible round up of computer security- and cryptography-related commentary and analysis. In the Aug. 15 edition, the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet ...READ»

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Text-to-Speech Toys II

Thu Aug 14, 2003 at 5:50 PM

I wonder how well the text-to-speech toys work when faced with a typical kid writing on Instant Messenger. I think Daffy's head would spin when he came across something like the following: OMG HAY D00dS I LOVA 2 CHAT ON DA INSTANT ...READ»

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Wireless Streaming Audio II

BY Heath RowThu Aug 14, 2003 at 4:11 PM

Kevin O'Donovan mentioned the RealAudio/Sprint partnership as an indication that mobile music and cell phone combinations are becoming more realistic. Nokia is also getting into the mobile music market. The Nokia 3300 music phone ...READ»

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A New Google? II

BY Heath RowThu Aug 14, 2003 at 3:10 PM

Alison Overholt recently mentioned the new search engine NetNose. Now Business 2.0 is praising Nutch, a new open-source search engine. FC Now reader Noel Jackson reminds us of other search-engine upstarts such as FAST, whose ...READ»

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Text-to-Speech Toys

BY Heath RowThu Aug 14, 2003 at 1:04 PM

Marx Toys recently launched a small line of interactive toys. IM Buddies are animatronic dolls -- currently of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck -- that read your instant messages and otherwise interact with computer applications. The dolls ...READ»

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A New Google?

BY Alison OverholtWed Aug 13, 2003 at 12:20 AM

There's a new search engine in town -- and it claims to beat Google at its own game. NetNose lets you search the web, then rank how accurately the engine's results matched what you were looking for. You can also nominate websites to ...READ»

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TiVo or Not TiVo

Tue Aug 12, 2003 at 6:10 PM

I'll admit it. I'm a TiVo fanboy. I'm the guy who's always prattling on and on about it to friends, but it has changed the way I watch TV. I'm not talking about skipping through bad commercials. I actually watch them if they're ...READ»

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A Plethora of Products

BY Heath RowTue Aug 12, 2003 at 2:03 PM

At an event in New York yesterday, Hewlett-Packard Co. launched more than 150 new products. Designed to help people "enjoy more," the launch includes new laptops, digital cameras, and an ultra-thin scanner. Carly Fiorina says that ...READ»

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Wireless Streaming Audio

Mon Aug 11, 2003 at 11:29 AM

RealNetworks is introducing its streaming audio service on web-enabled Sprint PCS phones. Maybe wireless is starting to live up to the hype it's been getting since the late nineties? The real quality, of course, remains to be seen, ...READ»

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PalmSpring II

BY Heath RowFri Aug 8, 2003 at 3:15 PM

We'll see how Palm's acquisition of Handspring affects their product development. In a way, it's a homecoming. Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins left Palm to start Handspring in 1998.READ»

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PalmSpring

Fri Aug 8, 2003 at 2:55 PM

I really can't see much good, from an innovation standpoint, coming from allowing Palm Inc. to buy Handspring. Seems to me Palm has been playing catch-up with the more dextrous Handspring for a few years now, and bringing the two ...READ»

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Rolodex-terity

BY Heath RowTue Aug 5, 2003 at 6:16 PM

According to the Wall Street Journal, several software companies are developing "relationship-mining" applications that will allow companies to tap into employees' personal and professional networks to find business partners and ...READ»

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