In search of personable computing
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Alex "Sandy" Pentland is on a quest to make personal computers more personable. The psychologist and computer scientist says he dabbles in most cutting-edge technologies and often arrives at a rather dismal diagnosis -- "irritating," "obnoxious," "not quite right."
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Look for more consumer electronics products and services from the PC behemoth. Also: SuSE Linux for Dell servers.
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Digital technology changes from workhorse to entertainer.
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Massively parallel processor to 'change the world', apparently
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As an e-book/newspaper/RSS reader, the Readius is an excellent proposition. As a mobile phone, it still needs a bit of work.
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Jeff Hawkins created the Palm Pilot and the Treo. Now he says he's got the ultimate invention: software that mimics the human brain. By Evan Ratliff from Wired magazine.
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More people are online and more people are using cutting-edge technologies but the talk around the devices
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In this week's entry we'll look at two more "live" CDs of Linux systems optimized for multimedia creation and performance. I've been having a great time with these systems, and I hope that my mini-profiles inspire you to try them all. They're a great way to introduce someone to Linux, they show off the system optimized for multimedia performance and they provide a wealth of high-quality sound and music software to exploit that system. They all include the standard cornucopia of applications for the mundane tasks, word processing, text editing, graphics, networking, and so on. All that, for the cost of a download and a disc.
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AUGUST 30, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A new company thinks it has the answer for scientists and engineers looking for high-performance computing on the desktop.
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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Fluery still roots for JBoss...Edward Tufte mostly likes iPhone interface...mysteries of Linux's /proc files...multicore compression...Actually *using* mammoth telephotos
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Experts wonder if enough people are willing to make the switch from traditional phones to talking through their computers.
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Handset design is evolving as more features are added to phones, but one crucial element seems to be left behind -- the user. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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Review Fingerprint-scanning prototype
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New .mobi and .jobs, a shift in the ownership of .net
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People search that connects users to chat to find answers.