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Customized Tools – Firefox Plugins
One of the great things about technology is the ability to customize the tools we use every day. Small, lightwieght laptops for traveling, robust quad-core systems for gaming and engineering work, multiple smartphones of wonderfullly variety to choose from… we have great options to choose from when looking for the right computing experience.
Luckily the same [...]
Real Desktop for Windows
So I’m kickin’ back relaxing with a beverage this evening and see a tweet from Twitter friend Chris Pirillo pointing to an interesting app that I hadn’t seen before. Click.
Kinda cool, called Real Desktop from a Schillergames in Germany. Interesting deal, puts a 3D desktop on the Windows desktop. Very cool if you’re really interested in [...]
Rebirth of the home network?
As a true tech geek, I’ve had a home network since the early 90s, in one form or another. Over the last 18 mos. though, I’ve whittled it down to one main wired desktop (to host Orb, Avvenu, LogMeIn, Emoze, and be the main media storage location), and three wireless laptops.
In previous revisions, I’ve [...]
GMail on your BlackBerry
According to the logon screen for my hosted GMail services, Google now has support for BlackBerry devices. If this supports push email from the GMail account it’ll be pretty cool.
Can’t wait for Google to come out with something like this for Windows Mobile. With Windows Mobile 6 supporting push email from Windows [...]
The Borg are among us… Geeks with headsets
Well, one thing for sure. There is quite a bit of geek pride that is on parade here at the Vista launch. I’d wager a good 30% of the attendies are sporting their BT headsets for the day.
Of course there are still some “old school” types with their corded headsets as well. [...]
ScobleShow’s exclusive lunch with Bill Gates at CES 2007
How did I miss this? Robert Scoble captured the visit that Bill Gates had with a number of technology and gadget sites.
Some of the sites participating in the discussion are Engadget, Gizmodo, Kotaku, and Joystiq.
The discussion was fantastic in the depth of categories of technology covered. As usual, Bill Gates is a [...]
Save a YouTube video to your hard drive
Here is a great new service that I found – FLV Online Converter! The trick it does is convert a YouTube (or similar service) video into a downloadable file in the format of your choice! A screen cap of the conversion process is at right.
Although I’m a strong believer in online services, [...]
Micro Persuasion: Virtual News at Seven
Super cool – a real newscast delivered by a virtual news crew. This does have tremendous applications in the future as the technology develops and matures.
Steve Rubel gives a nice perspective and asks one hard question as to how this will impact existing PR pros.
The key question that runs through my mind is this. If a virtual [...]
Zoho brings online integration to Microsoft Office
Wow, great news for those of you who have embraced the modern world of online applications and document storage!
Zoho has interoperability with Microsoft Office via a downloadable plugin that allows Office users to save Word & Excel documents directly to their Zoho account. This functionality helps blur the line between remotely hosted and local [...]
Stephen Hawking’s Next Goal: Space Travel
I always love hearing things from Stephen Hawking. He’s always got an interesting point of view and keeps his descriptions simple for us mere mortals. His one great wish seems to be experiencing space travel.
The scientist revealed he also wanted to try out space travel himself, albeit by more conventional means.
“I am not afraid [...]
