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October 30, 2009
Recently Apple released some new products. Maybe to take some of cloud out of Windows 7. May be not. There is this great iMac of more than 27″ for $1700 (less than the 30″ monitor…) a beautifully design multi-touch mouse and my favourite… a mac mini server! I has no CD/DVD and runs Mac Snow […]
October 29, 2009
Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want. There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. […]
October 29, 2009
Are you looking for an alternative to photoshop, word, or any other program? Try alternativeto a great web where users vote for the best alternative programs. They will help you find the right software for your computer or mobile phone. To do this they wanted to rethink the whole process of searching for apps. No […]
October 29, 2009
Quick Pitch: NoNotes.com is a transcription service for students. Students can record lectures while paying more attention in class, then upload their recording to be transcribed by NoNotes. Genius Idea: Last week, you might’ve seen the story about the Georgetown student that’s looking to hire a personal assistant to help deal with the overwhelming life of […]
October 28, 2009
When it comes to maps, Google has had nearly everything: great satellite imagery, huge coverage, and even some basic navigation features, but not what everyone that’s ever used a GPS device really wants: turn-by-turn navigation. This changes today, as Google just released a beta version of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0. Here’s a quick overview of the […]
October 27, 2009
GazoPa is a similar image search service on the web in open beta. Users can search images from the web based on user’s own photo, drawings, images found on the web and keywords. GazoPa enables users to search for a similar image from characteristics such as a color or a shape extracted from an image […]
October 26, 2009
TaffyBox is a BitTorrent service, but there’s a hook that makes it a really nice choice for the casual BitTorrent user – easy search combined with a Java applet BitTorrent client for downloading. There are other services like BitLet that let you download torrents directly from your browser via a Java applet. But you need to […]
October 26, 2009
From Microsoft Research: (a) Original spacing of panoramas. (b) Final spacing of video frames, after slowing down at landmarks/turns and speeding up between. (c) Straight ahead orientation. (d) Final orientation with look ahead. (e) Widening the view and freezing the landmark thumbnail. One frame of the route video. The field of view is automatically expanded […]