PREVIEWThe problem with writing is when you feel pressured to write and pressure to write is a form of stage fright, but free people flow in their writing, there is nothing in the universe that gets between them and their thoughts, ...READ»
Don't panic. You're about to go on a ride through the new economy in the company of Douglas Adams, the ultimate hitchhiker, as he translates his fanatic flair for intergalactic fun and games into what he hopes will become the next big multimedia company.READ»
Language is in a state of constant flux, evolving at the edges, occasionally ruptured by dramatic and rapid changes in culture. It contains fossils and fractures that hint at what has been or will be important.
The word ...READ»
Microsoft has announced that it's terminating its encyclopedia effort Encarta after 16 years in the business of collecting and publishing knowledge and historic information. The reasons for Encarta's doom are obvious: it's become ...READ»
Another starship Enterprise just undertook a bold new mission: This time it's Virgin Galactic's premier space vehicle, which has flown its first manned glide flight. It's another successful step on the road to tourists in space.READ»
Science fiction is one of the 20th century's most characteristic and dominant literary forms. Despite serious criticism and misunderstanding, it has millions of readers worldwide and has established itself at the heart of popular ...READ»
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A great designer makes his design comprehensible
Improve management of all transition points
Focus on being grounded when abstraction ...READ»
Google's revealed it's working on extensions to its smartphone voice-control powers, debuted in the Nexus One, that'll automatically translate between languages. It's the stuff of pure utopian science fiction. But is it a good idea? ...READ»
Stephen Fry owned what was possibly the first Apple Mac in Britain (Douglas Adams had the other) so it's fitting that his new autobiography is published as a fully interactive iDevice app that hints at the future of e-biographies by letting you read it however you prefer.READ»
Who'd have thought gesture-based controls would expand to this: A new invention by Kazuhiro Taniguchi, at Osaka University, lets you control your iPod by pulling different facial expressions.
The gizmo works by having highly ...READ»
The Nano Touch device currently being demoed by Microsoft research adds a wonderful twist to modern touchscreen tech: the back surface of the device is touch-sensitive too. Though this sounds clumsy at first, it's actually a rather ...READ»
Samsung's really betting on the future recently--first there's news of its next-gen HDTVs, and now its leaked details on what's due to be the first dedicated WiMax gadget to hit the U.S. market. It's excitingly dubbed the SWD-M100 ...READ»
NASA astronauts, spacewalking outside the International Space Station, have just finished installing what's likely to be the best viewing platform ever: A multi-windowed observation deck that offers Earth views from low Earth orbit. ...READ»
NASA's prepping its Solar Probe Plus mission for a firey sundive. It's no theatrical stunt--it's all about science and understanding how our sun works, which doesn't make it a bit less awesome.READ»
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more result since you started searching. Refresh to see them. My first Twitter report - while this is unconvential but I live in a land where they sing "I did it My Way" The social media masters will be displeased at my ...READ»
Google's announced a plan to update the billboards captured in its Street View service with new ones so the info is up to date no matter how old the image is. Of course, this is Google here, so they'll be charging for the ...READ»
Wikipedia's ascendancy to the top of a large pool of online reference sites has come to an end, new research shows. But perhaps even more alarming to eleventh-hour term paper writers and lazy journalists everywhere, the user generated ...READ»
One name missing from the latest wave of social networking is Microsoft, which may be why it's pushing its new Spindex service onto the world. Instead of being a social net by itself, it aggregates your online life for you, making it ...READ»
