Gadgets, Technology, and Everything in BetweenThis blog follows the latest happenings on the Internet with regard to gadgets, technology, and everything else that's creating news.Apple Multi-Touch Data Fusion Adds Camera, Voice, Force Sensors- September 5, 2008 Apple has been working in new multi-touch technology that combines touch interfaces with input from the camera and the microphone. For example: this will allow you to select text in the iPhone, say "copy," go to another application and say "paste" to make this task really easy. The most intriguing part, however, is the use of a camera in laptops and desktops.This will require two cameras, one for video chat and the other for the "hand reading," but it opens a lot of possibilities. To start...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/apple-multi-touch-data-fusion-adds.html Evolution of Your DNA: New Software Traces the Very Code of Life- September 5, 2008 There's a new computer program that knows all about your history - but don't worry, it's not going to report those parking violations or tell your friends what you do at night. It cares about your real history - the evolution of your DNA.Researchers at Penn State have created the impressively named Gestalt Domain Detection Algorithm-Basic Local Alignment Tool (GDDA-BLAST to its friends - and yes, the team who are tracing the very code of life did just jam in an extra letter to make the name...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/evolution-of-your-dna-new-software.html Xbox 360 to be lowest-priced next-gen video game console- September 5, 2008 One of the the biggest selling points of Nintendo's Wii video game console since its launch nearly two years ago has been that it was the lowest-priced of the trio of next-generation machines, which also includes Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.To date, the Wii costs $249, while the lowest-priced Xbox, the so-called "Arcade," retails currently for $279. An 80GB PS3 sells for $400.But Microsoft said Wednesday that it will drop the price of the Arcade on Friday to $199, breaking...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/xbox-360-to-be-lowest-priced-next-gen.html Photosynthesis Solar Tree Concept- September 5, 2008 Great concept from designerVivien Mullerfor a modular, Lego-like little bonsai tree with 54 mini photovoltaic panels as leaves to soak up juice from the sun and charge your gadgets.Adapters get tucked away beneath a nice little tray, and your gadgets lay on top, basking in the shade. Vivien can you make this, please I can't keep a real plant alive worth a damn, but this I think could place in the windowsill and be just fine with.Source: Gizmodo.comhttp://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/photosynthesis-solar-tree-concept.html Courts Weigh LHC's Doomsday Possibility- September 5, 2008 Critics who say the world's largest atom-smasher could destroy the world have brought their claims to courtrooms in Europe and the United States - and although the claims are getting further consideration, neither court will hold up next week'sofficial startup of the Large Hadron Collider.The main event took place today in Honolulu, where a federal judge is mulling over the federal government's request to throw out acivil lawsuitfiled by retired nuclear safety officer Walter Wagner and Spanish..http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/courts-weigh-lhcs-doomsday-possibility.html Mozilla CEO uncertain about future relationship with Google- September 4, 2008 Mountain View (CA) - Google was widely speculated to sacrifice Mozillas existence, which it supports quite extensively, in its quest to launch another assault at Microsoft. The simple fact that Google is now pursuing its own browser could leave Mozilla scratching its head. And quite apparently, Mozilla has not quite figured out how its relationship with Google will work out over the next few years.But Mozilla CEO John Lilysaidthat it should come as no real surprise that Google has done...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/mozilla-ceo-uncertain-about-future.html New Firefox JavaScript engine is faster than Chrome's V8- September 4, 2008 One of the most impressive features in Google's open source Chrome web browser is V8, a high-performance JavaScript virtual machine that was developed by a team of specialists in Denmark. Although Chrome's performance beats the current stable version of Firefox, benchmarks show that Mozilla's next-generation JavaScript engine actually outperforms V8.Mozilla is using tracing optimization techniques and Adobe's open source nanojit to increase the execution speed of SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-firefox-javascript-engine-is-faster.html Five Antisocial Gadgets That Should be Banned- September 4, 2008 Technology moves fast, and manners arent keeping up. In older times, real innovations were so few and far-between that social conventions had time to grow up around them.Did you know, for example, that there was a recommended greeting for use with the new-fangled telephone People didnt know what to say when they picked up the speaking-tube, so they were given a suggestion: Ahoy! I still do this today it confuses the heck out of the telemarketers.But now that tech is everywhere and ever...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/five-antisocial-gadgets-that-should-be.html 7 Really Awesome Things About Google Chrome- September 4, 2008 I didnt expect this. I fired up Googles Web browser,Chrome, expecting very little except a stripped down early beta with a plethora of bugs. After playing with it for a while, its too early to say that Im blown away, but I must admit that Ive stumbled onto some impressive feats which show that the team that builtChromewas intelligent, mature and forward-thinking. Here they are, in no particular order.1. Blazing fastChrome actually uses WebKit for rendering Web pages, the same rendering engine...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/7-really-awesome-things-about-google.html iTunes 8: What's New- September 4, 2008 A new source comes forward wthis info: (this is consistent weverything I've heard)What's new in iTunes 8iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don't already have.With iTunes 8, browse your artists and albums visually with the new Grid view; download your favorite TV shows in HD quality from the iTunes Store; sync your media with iPod nano (4th...http://newsmakersnow.blogspot.com/2008/09/itunes-8-whats-new.html |