Archive for June, 2008

Jun-27-2008

What makes the Air so thin?
MacBook Air is nearly as thin as your index finger. Practically every detail that could be streamlined has been. Yet it still has a 13.3-inch widescreen LED display, full-size keyboard, and large multi-touch trackpad. It’s incomparably portable without the usual ultraportable screen and keyboard compromises.

Amazingly thin. Amazingly full-size.
The thinness  [ Read More ]

Jun-27-2008

Christine Alvarado and Randall Davis of MIT created this “ASSIST” computer that understands human sketches and “translates” it to its natural conclusion!

ASSIST: A Shrewd Sketch Interpretation and Simulation Tool
Design rationale is often not recorded in mechanical engineering designs because it is not convenient to stop the design process to record every design decision that is  [ Read More ]

Jun-14-2008

What is Android ?
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. This early look at the Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

Cool apps that surprise and delight mobile users, built by  [ Read More ]

Jun-14-2008

BumpTop, Rethink your Desktop
BumpTop is a fresh and engaging new way to interact with your computer desktop. You can pile and toss documents like on a real desk. Break free from the rigid and mechanical style of standard point-and-click desktops. Interact by pushing, pulling and piling documents with elegant, self revealing gestures. BumpTop’s  [ Read More ]

Jun-12-2008

So with that said most people right off the back get the notion that with Guild Wars their buying into a quality title. While technically not an MMO like WoW, Guild Wars is as close to Diablo Online as were gonna get for a while (hint hint Blizzard). It’s fun, looks beautiful and has a  [ Read More ]

Jun-12-2008

10 reasons to use Gmail
Gmail makes email easy and efficient. And maybe even fun.

You don’t like spam. Neither do we

Don’t waste time with junk mail and unwanted messages. Gmail blocks spam before it gets to your inbox. If an unwanted message ever finds its way through, you can fight back by reporting it and help  [ Read More ]