Disturbing Tech: Eyeball Jewellery Dutch surgeons have found a way to embed little hearts, moons, and other charm shapes directly into the mucous membranes of the human eye. If that doesn't make you shield your eyes in horror, what will? # Permalink
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RIM Reaches Profit and One Million Customers They Don't Call 'Em "Crackberries for Nothing Department: Research in Motion Ltd. Annouced that it was profitable and had signed up one million customers. What can we say, we have loved the Blackberry since it launched. To customer number one million, "welcome", life as you know it has now changed.
Google Under Fire Google's controversial "Gmail" email service is coming under fire from privacy advocates and is facing a potential trademark infringement lawsuit. Bet they wish they could yell "April Fool's!" now and be done with it. # Permalink
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PCs Cubed So you want form and function, huh? Find yourself a microATX motherboard that can be stuffed with the fastest processor in the known universe and then stick that in your Aria. Yes, the odd name series goes on at Antec as it adds yet another case to its line. But this one is cute. Yes, I said cute --at least as cute as a multi-hued cube can be. Now let's be real. Technically you should be able to carry this thing around, or so they hint. Anyone who's experienced a Macintosh in a backpack knows better. In the real world, it's a nice piece of furniture hiding your deepest geek desires. And that's what you really want, admit it. # Permalink
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Beer bad for blood cells....? NOW you tell me this??? (See Tuesday below.) # Permalink
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Mobile Phones Harm Blood Cells? Here We Go Again Dept: New suggestions that cell phone usage harms red blood cells. Doesn't a beer kill off millions and a hangover rob red blood cell of water? Can anyone come up with some facts? Call me if you know. # Permalink
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New 3D Video Conferencing At CEBIT, conference attendees were held spellbound by a new 3D video conferencing technology called Immersive Meeting Point or IM.Point. (Who names these things???)
The only drawback to video conferencing systems such as this one, aside from price, is having people see your alarming hairstyle.
Skype Announces Mobile Internet Phone Calls As the world is just waking up to wireless networking via WiFi, and the techies are embracing VoIP for cheap and even free phone calls, the true alpha geeks are now doing Skype telephony on their WiFi handhelds and bypassing their cell phones entirely. # Permalink
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New Software Detects Plagiarized Passages According to Associated Press Online, "Oakland, Calif.-based iParadigms started in 1996 with a computer program to help researchers at the University of California, Berkeley inspect undergraduates' papers. Today, its Turnitin plagiarism-detector is used by about 2,500 high schools and colleges in the United States and 1,000 more abroad. It launched a commercial version, iThenticate, in January.
"Last year, one publisher turned to iParadigms when it investigated and subsequently affirmed rumors that an accomplished textbook author had plagiarized other sources. Sworn to secrecy, iParadigms president John Barrie said he watched in disbelief as the publisher quietly revised later editions, leaving the author's reputation intact."
One thing you know no one wants to copy is the awful names they use for their software.
Sony's new 3D Navigation System Sony just unveiled a new GPS navigation system in Japan that draws locations in realistic 3D. It's not available in the US, but what an incredible leap in technology from the black and white GPS devices you still see on the market today. # Permalink
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It's retro day today at AliceandBill.com, so take a moment to stroll through the technical days of yesteryear with this fine look at the Sony Walkman through the ages. # Permalink
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Internet captures 18 - 34 According to a report published on CNN's website, 40% of all Internet pages viewed are done so by 18-34 year olds even though they account for only 24% of the population. If you've been wondering why the next generation has been going to heck in a handbasket, now you know. # Permalink
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64-bit Windows Tired of running two-bit operating systems on your 64-bit capable CPU? Why not try 64-bit Windows? What you're going to find is that this version is much more empowered than previous iterations. Translation: All those motherboard drivers you had to load from a separate disk? Fuggedaboutit. Windows XP64 seems to have all of them already available. You may also find that some of your software won't load correctly --or at all-- unless its from Microsoft. And you really should have at least 1GB of memory.
Of course, this is an evaluation copy that will expire over time --and probably get more friendly, hopefully. Remember, however, it took a gigantic amount of carping and complaining to get Microsoft to modify its idea of how its Windows XP Media Center version should work. Maybe it would be best to download the software and start beating the company up now rather than after the fact... # Permalink
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Dutch surgeons have found a way to embed little hearts, moons, and other charm shapes directly into the mucous membranes of the human eye. If that doesn't make you shield your eyes in horror, what will?
They Don't Call 'Em "Crackberries for Nothing Department: Research in Motion Ltd. Annouced that it was profitable and had signed up one million customers. What can we say, we have loved the Blackberry since it launched. To customer number one million, "welcome", life as you know it has now changed.
So you want form and function, huh? Find yourself a microATX motherboard that can be stuffed with the fastest processor in the known universe and then stick that in your 
At CEBIT, conference attendees were held spellbound by a new 3D video conferencing technology called Immersive Meeting Point or IM.Point. (Who names these things???) 
As the world is just waking up to wireless networking via WiFi, and the techies are embracing VoIP for cheap and even free phone calls, the true alpha geeks are now doing Skype telephony on their WiFi handhelds and bypassing their cell phones entirely. 
Sony just unveiled a new GPS navigation system in Japan that draws locations in realistic 3D. It's not available in the US, but what an incredible leap in technology from the black and white GPS devices you still see on the market today.
Tired of running two-bit operating systems on your 64-bit capable CPU? Why not try