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17 May 2009 13:00

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Tech: What tech journalists think of this Wolfram|Alpha thang

  • TechCrunch is much harder on the product: “Even when Wolfram does have an answer, it is not always the best one.”
  • So is ComputerWorld: “I tested Wolfram|Alpha about five days before it was set to launch, and it didn’t take much to find its limits.”
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15 May 2009 20:59

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Tech: OK, we’re officially excited about Wolfram Alpha

This pretty brilliant computational search engine is in the midst of getting launched tonight. The hype is blinding. source
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12 May 2009 21:28

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Tech: But wait, that’s not all Google has to offer! Meet Google Squared.

Google Squared pulls off the mean trick of giving context to your search information. If they were selling Ginsu knives, they’d make a killing. source
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12 May 2009 08:36

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Biz, Tech: This Times Wire is a real live wire of new NYT content

Rather than attempting to look like a newspaper, The New York Times’ new format strikes halfway between Google News and an RSS feed. source
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11 May 2009 22:05

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Tech, World: German engineering takes on the car-free suburb

Vauban, Germany’s newest trick comes in the form of a suburb designed to be traveled by bike and by foot. Sounds socialist to us! source
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30 Apr 2009 09:29

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Offbeat, Tech: Alzheimer’s patients could be using GPS to navigate

Grocery stores can have confusing layouts to the elderly. So can kitchens and new places. Technology can help. source
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28 Apr 2009 10:19

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Tech: Verizon’s apparently getting OMG OMG new Apple porn O_O

  • An iPhone “Nano”? Verizon may not merely be getting an iPhone, as previously noted. Instead, they might be getting two variants of the iPhone, one of which would be a smaller, cheaper, less functional iPhone – kinda like the iPod Nano. source
  • An iPhone “Nano”? Verizon may not merely be getting an iPhone, as previously noted. Instead, they might be getting two variants of the iPhone, one of which would be a smaller, cheaper, less functional iPhone – kinda like the iPod Nano.
  • A tablet iPhone? The other model Verizon might get would have similar functionality to the iPod Touch, but would be closer to Kindle-sized, though with a larger screen. Let’s hope this isn’t a rumor because it sounds awesome. source
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28 Apr 2009 08:29

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Tech: Nerds are working to preserve your crappy Geocities site

  • Yahoo’s closing it, so they’re working fast. Jason Scott has made it his mission, at least since Yahoo announced that they’re closing Geocities, to download old pages from the site to preserve them for history. The software he’s set up downloads five sites a second and has downloaded over 200,000 so far. They’re grabbing as much as they can but it’s a little tough to be comprehensive with such a highly-used service. And if you’re curious about the overall structure of Geocities, nerdlinger, click the link, because Scott goes into it in great detail. Ah, Geocities: The pet rock of the ’90s. source
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26 Apr 2009 03:25

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Culture: 3D filmmaking: James Cameron is cooking up “Avatar” intrigue

The guy behind “Titanic” is working on a 3D film so buzzed that it may change the world. Or not. But we’re curious. source
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25 Apr 2009 03:47

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About, Tech: New features: We’d like to welcome Apture to the fold.

  • This program was seemingly designed for ShortFormBlog. As we’re sure you know, our goal is to keep information simple and short for you guys, while allowing you to better find information from other sources. Which is why we’re very excited about the prospect of using Apture. Apture uses Javascript to create rich extra layers of content (from sources we like, such as Wikipedia and YouTube) above the main site. Among initial users include The New York Times and The Washington Post. What do you guys think? Comment here. source
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