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I got my Toy for the year – YEAH!!! Got the Sony VAIO P w/ 128GB SSD this weekend. This is definitely a sweet looking and working machine. I wanted a netbook size machine mainly for travel purposes. So my main requirements was small size, light weight, decent HD, decent resolution and good enough...
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This is a new product from Microsoft, and we released in this years CES.
Go to http://gettag.mobi with the browser of you mobile phone to download the mobile application, and scan or take the picture of the above image with your phone. This application is available for many mobile platforms such as Windows...
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For sometime now I have been using this free tool called Mezer tools for screen capture. The feature I use the most is the ability to capture an arbitrary rectangle. This is extremely useful while sending screen-shots on email to show data from programs or bugs etc. Upon pressing Win+S (or invoking ...
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I just watched Michael Phelps win the Gold in the 100m butterfly by .01s, followed by Usain Bolt’s incredible 100m and 200m victories. All these events were absolutely amazing, and exactly what a sports and Olympics fan would like to watch and re-watch at any time.
Thanks to the Olympics coverage...
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Last weekend I updated the ROM of my HTC Touch (Sprint Network) mobile phone. I have been waiting for this ROM upgrade for quite some time.
I will break this part of the post into installation, few of the features, and end with my summary. As and when I get to additional features, I will add [...]
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Just saw that newegg is selling the Xbox Live Gold 12 Month subscription card for $39.99 (original price $49.99). Definitely something to pick up in case your subscription is running out. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103030
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I am currently working on a project to redesign the web platform of my organization at work. I am closely working with a UX and Site Management team for this purpose. I saw the following rap song in YouTube, that is very relevant to what the UX/Site Management team has been advocating.
This is definitely...
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Sweet announcement at E3 - Netflix movies can be streamed on Xbox 360. This feature will make me move away from Blockbuster online, and get a Netflix account. The advantage of sitting at home, and getting access to the Netflix collection of movies that can streamed online far out weighs the ability to...
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Radios made in Indonesia by local craftsmen from sustainable sources of wood. Really like this idea of hand-crafted technology objects Read More...
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Channel 9 , the Microsoft Developer Network's community for unfiltered access to the people who devise Microsoft technologies, is featuring a fascinating video interview with Rico Malvar , managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond. Malvar, also a Microsoft distinguished engineer, shares a funny...
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03-03-2008
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Filed under: Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Rico Malvar, interview, Channel 9, Microsoft Developer Network, distinguished engineer, Redmond, community, technology
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I work in the Socio-Digital Systems group, which is part of Computer Mediated Living (CML). One of our peer groups in CML is the Sensors and Devices (SenDev) group, which is the home for SenseCam, a project that has had a lot of attention since its inception...
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I’ve been buying a lot of “hack friendly” books recently, that give a dangerously semi-technical person like me a lot of tools and ideas for hacking together software visualizations, as well as hardware and software interfaces. Although...