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2009
Dec
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2008
We are living in an expanding World. Did you know?Posted by Cedric in Internet World, Our World, technologies“Did you know ?” 2008 version.
Did you know ? Tags: 2008, communication, did you know, globalization, ict, information, social, technology, world
Nov
09
2008
The Web is 6258 days old… so, what’s nextPosted by Cedric in Internet News, Internet World, Photography, technologies
3 chronological phases brought the Web to what we have today:
So, what next ? How the Web will continue to evolve ? Kelly says that the Web will be quite different than what we know today. It may look like a big machine with clouds which will contain all data. The Web will be tomorrow’s Operating System which will catch everything. We will access to it though lots of different kind terminals (computer, phone, fridge, TV, car’s GPS, etc..). Kelly characterizes three elements which are already on the way :
According Kelly, in 6500 days our life will always been connected. We will be totally dependent of the network connectivity. New values will have to be invented to collectively managed the rules related to the sharing of these data which will be the essence of our tomorrow’s lives and collectives values. Scary ? Unavoidable ? Already on its way ? or just a vision from a Silicon Valley geek ? Watch Kevin Kelly’s speech during Web Summit 2.0 last week in San Francisco. Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.Sources: Transnets
Jul
01
2008
U.S. Patented Anti-Terrorism “solutions”Posted by Cedric in Aviation, Fun, Our World, technologies
Neatorama has published the Top 10 strangest anti-terrorism patents. Here they are:
Anyone else with such “brilliant” ideas ? Source: Neatorama via Schneier on Security Tags: counterterrorism, fightback, gadget, invention, patent, safety, security, terrorism, USA
May
23
2008
Eco-Friendly Universal Remote ControlPosted by Cedric in Gadgets, Great Ideas, technologies
You can control up to 4 different Audio-Video devices but with the dedicated Green Energy Saving button you can even switch off all your AV standby functions at once. Doing so you can save over 90% of standby power consumption.
More details:
French website GinjFo published a complete test of this remote and demonstrates the financial and environmental impact of such remote.
So, if 10 millions households connect their AV system through it, it will just save per year
More : Complete Test results on GinjFo (in french), OneforAll.
May
14
2008
Is Twitter the real-time fastest news media ?Posted by Cedric in Internet News, Our World, Telecommunications, technologies Found two interesting posts about how Twitter becomes a real-time news media and how it contributes to spread news all over the World despite telecommunication networks breakdown and/or government censorship. Smart Mobs author Mark A.M Kramer asks if Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could make humanity morally accountable ? Today, even with a very limited presence of the International community (politics, journalists as well as Aid workers) we continue to receive near real-time information from Myanmar through various multi-plateforms communication media such Twitter, SMS, RSS etc. Ten days later, in China, an powerful earthquake shook the Sichuan province, information that Technology blogger Robert Scoble claimed that Twitter had the breaking news even before the United States Geological Survey, which provides early warnings of seismic events. Is Twitter's slogan "What are you doing" should be now replaced by "What's going on" ? Sources: SmartMobs, BBC Tags: accountability, BBC, blog, China, communication, cyclon, earthquake, humanity, ict, internet, IT, myanmar, rss, sichuan, sms, technology, telecom, twit, Twitter
May
07
2008
HTC unveils its TOUCH DiamondPosted by Cedric in Gadgets, Nomad Tools, Telecommunications, communications, technologies
The Touch Diamond is a stainless steel frame based of only 11.5mm thick, comes with a 2.8 inch touch-sensitive TFT 640×480 VGA screen. An integrated GPS system as well as a 3.2 megapixel camera and a second VGA CMOS one are also available. This "iPhone-like" smartphone will be available in Europe and Asia in June 08 for about 770 USD. Surprisingly, there is apparently no Mini-SD card slot to extend the 4 GB internal storage memory. Highlights:
Technical Specifications:
All informations on HTC site Tags: diamond, gsm, htc, iphone, mobile, network, phone, smartphone, touch, touch diamond, touch screen, touchflo, windows, windows mobile 6After 133 years of service, the Bang Rak Post office in Bangkok sent its last telegram on Wednesday. Introduced by Samuel Morse in 1835, the telegraph came into Thailand in 1875. However, the service only came within the reach of the ordinary person in 1883. Its heyday was between the 1980s and early 1990s – before the widespread use of telefaxes and mobile phones. Telegraphy reached its peak in 1985, with 8.32 million telegrams sent each year. There were 987,984 telegrams sent in March 1995. The complete article is in Bangkok "The Nation" newspapers. Only one thing comes to my mind : - …. .- -. -.- … / .- -. -.. / –. — — -.. -… -.– . ++++ Tags: 133 years, 1844, Bangkok, morse, post, Telecommunications, telegram, telegraph, Thailand |












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