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Samsung develops world’s smallest mobile phone camera module
via CrunchGear by Peter Ha on March 17, 2008
Those wacky Samsung folks are at it again with a 8.5mm thick optical CMOS camera phone module. The mobile phone specific module is 10 percent less than what’s available now and ISO levels have been boosted to 1600. There’s also an anti-shake feature and a super-noise processing technology called Low Light Trio that’s been implemented into the sensor. They’ve even managed to cram in facial...
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Fast is better than slow
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on March 18, 2008
By Robert Hamilton, Product Manager, Google mobile teamA few weeks ago, we launched a plug-in for Symbian devices that put a Google search shortcut onto the phone's home screen. This shortcut reduces the time it takes for you to get answers from Google by eliminating the initial search steps (e.g. finding the browser application, opening it, and navigating to Google.com before entering your...
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Mii Jesus advertises for Easter services
via Nintendo Wii Fanboy by David Hinkle on March 22, 2008
Filed under: Fan stuffThe Mii. At the rate it's going, we're sure it'll be Time's Person of the Year or something soon. And the church is starting to get that popularity, apparently, as a Jesus Mii is being used to advertise Easter Sunday services for the Mission Bay Community Church.The church itself is located in the San Francisco area and, to our knowledge, the first of its...
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Topless meetings for team focus?
via 43 Folders - by Merlin Mann on March 24, 2008
When it’s hard to stay focused, try going ‘topless’ to meetings - San Jose Mercury NewsOur good pals over at Adaptive Path have been experimenting with banning laptops and other communication devices in meetings (something I’ve supported in the past). From today’s Mercury News:Frustrated by distracted workers so plugged in that they tune out in the middle of business meetings, a growing...
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Hamilton Promised Rare McLaren LM for Title
via Winding Road by Seyth Miersma on March 26, 2008
... of the McLaren F1 super car, the LM, if he wins a world championship this season and helps the McLaren team win a constructors title. Hamilton has reportedly been smitten with the F1 LM, built to celebrate the McLaren F1 GTR’s which won at Le Mans in 1995, since the first time he saw one ten years ago.“When I first went to McLaren it was there and I fell in love with it,” said...
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Macs: they're not for everyone.
via The Macalope: An Apple blog by The Macalope on April 01, 2008
Yesterday ComputerWorld brought us 5 reasons to ditch the Mac and return to PCs. And, sadly, they weren't kidding.Listen, then, Mac user to the tale of one "Mac fan" who switched... back! (Please shoot the Macalope now.)So while Apple's sales continue to grow, Keanini decided to buck the trend, and gave up on his most recent Apple machine, an Intel dual-core based MacBook Pro.That seems...
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How will investigative journalism survive in the digital age?
via MediaShift by (author unknown) on April 24, 2008
With the daily drumbeat of cutbacks at newspaper companies, there is less room for investigative reporters who can take weeks or months to do one in-depth report. If their future isn’t secure at mainstream media outlets, then where will investigative reports come from? TV news? Non-profits like the Center for Public Integrity or ProPublica? Online-only outfits like TalkingPointsMemo or The...
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Cars.com now offering green/hybrid buying guide
via 901am by Dennis Bouchand on April 24, 2008
Cars.com has launched a new Green/Hybrid Buying Guide to help educate consumers about the types of hybrid and alternative-fuel cars on the market.The new guide offers the latest news and up to date videos on alternative-fuels and hybrid technologies. Shoppers can also search for new cars specifically by Hybrid, Clean Diesel, E85, or for cars with conventional gas engines that get exceptionally...
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Why so quiet?
via Scripting News by (author unknown) on April 25, 2008
I expected a roaring debate in the political blogosphere this morning, and on cable news after the Friday night Bill Moyers interview with Rev Jeremiah Wright. Instead, there's eerie quiet. The most I could find was this post on Protein Wisdom saying that Moyers didn't play hardball with Wright. It's true, he didn't. Instead he did what I wish more journalists would, he...
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