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Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera [Camera Hacks]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 05, 2008
If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let's transform your...
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The Internet FAQ from 2085
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 19, 2008
What was the internet?The internet and the world web was a computing system to transfer human information. Scientists have based its beginning to the years 1920 to 1940.What was electromail?Electromail was another transport protocol to transfer human information, but it was quickly discontinued as it caused misunderstandings due to lack of correctly representing emotions.What were world web...
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The Ultimate Yahoo! Pipes Creations List
via ReadWriteWeb by Corvida on May 28, 2008
Yahoo! Pipes is one of the coolest ways to mashup the RSS feeds of various sites and sources to get the data you want. Since our coverage of Yahoo! Pipes, thousands of creations are now available. However, finding the best picks can be tough. ReadWriteWeb has done the hardest part and comprised a list of some of the best Yahoo Pipes created by users. So without further ado, we give you the...
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iPhone Apps Worth Jailbreaking For [IPhone]
via Lifehacker by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
Shared by Bwana Well done overview by Lifehacker. This is a definite read if you're on the fence about jailbreaking.By this time next week, major iPhone announcements will probably make jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod touch unnecessary to run third-party applications—but right now you can get some killer features on your device by unlocking it the unofficial way. We're all excited...
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What you all are missing about Google
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on February 03, 2008
I’m surprised that even Kara Swisher has missed this. The bloggers are going nuts, once again, over the email that a Google lawyer sent to Microsoft regarding Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Yahoo.Here’s what’s really going on:1. Google doesn’t mind this deal going through at all. Google knows they will be able to outrun a “Microhoo.” Why do they know that? Because they’ve been...
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What If You Only Subscribed to Shared Item Feeds?
via louisgray.com by louisgray on February 07, 2008
Last night, we discussed the importance of a well-kept shared link blog in Google Reader. Humans can still play an important role in filtering out the best of feeds from the rest, as smart folks can trump even the best written code in terms of determining humor, originality and insight.The ease of creating and subscribing to link blogs in Google Reader has led to some actively searching out these...
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Microsoft researchers make me cry
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on February 13, 2008
It’s not often that I see software that really changes my world. It’s even rarer that I see software that I know will change the world my sons live in. I can count those times pretty easily. The first time I saw an Apple II in 1977. When Richard Cameron showed me Apple’s Hypercard. Microsoft’s Excel. Aldus’ Pagemaker. And something called Photoshop, all in his West Valley Community...
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What made me cry: Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on February 26, 2008
Lots of people are asking me questions about what made me cry at Microsoft a few weeks ago.If I told you “a telescope” you’d make fun of me, right? Tell me I’m lame and that I don’t deserve to be a geek and that I should run away and join the circus, right?Well, that’s what I saw.Or, more accurately, the World Wide Telescope.Like I said, sounds lame. How could that possibly be the...
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Google Earth Browser Plugin
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 27, 2008
Google Earth can now be used from a browser, without having to install the full application. Instead of the application, you need to install a plug-in that only works in Firefox and Internet Explorer 6/7 on Windows. Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. "The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs let you...
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Gmail Labs?
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 28, 2008
Google pre-announced a mysterious new feature for Gmail. "On Thursday, June 5th we're going to be launching a new Gmail feature that we like to think of as a next evolution of 20% time. It's a change in our development process and in the way users will be able to influence Gmail's design."20% time is one of the many peculiar things about Google. "The 20 percent time is a well-known...
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