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Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing
01 June 2008 15:15

Jeff Hawkins covers a lot in this 20 minute video, defining a brain theory that's easy to understand and, in my opinion, the most interesting rendition of how the brain functions that i've ever heard. He defines us as Prediction Machines, check out the video to understand what he means. Step in the right direction for A.I me thinks Read More...

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WorldWide Telescope
14 May 2008 11:35

Well, Cliff Hobbs has beat me to the post on the announcement that HP have snapped up EDS. Fair enough, considering Cliff works at EDS; It would have felt bad stealing his thunder so to speak ;-) So instead here's something I found today, Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope Sourced from SlashDot: WorldWide Telescope , developed by Microsoft's research... Read More...

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Does it blend?
27 February 2008 17:20

In my iPhone not-a-review-but-kind-of-like-one , I said I'd blend my iPhone if Apple divorce the Generation 1 model from future firmware releases (due to Generation 2 iPhones about to come to market) ... well here's a list of things that Tom Dickson from BlendTec has blended in the name of MAN-science! Chuck Norris - http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdD54rG9oQA&feature... Read More...

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What are the 14 greatest engineering challenges for the 21st century?
21 February 2008 12:29

Interesting article on the 14 greatest engineering challenges of the 21st Century Wonder how many of these will be put on the back-burner for the 22nd Century Secure Cyberspace sounds ominious ... Bring on that Virtual Reality! Talking of which I tried a set of these VR goggles a few weeks back. Did not rate them Felt like a raw version 1, not sharp, didn't... Read More...

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Holiday all over ...
17 February 2008 14:41

Well, pretty much back in to my routine with the Maldives (Meedhupparu) becoming more and more of a distant memory ... Such an amazing holiday. No internet for 7 whole days, no newspapers or TV. Just dedicated to chilling out, diving, eating, suntanning and snorkelling. I'd go again right now if I could organise the time off! It was a small island, not many... Read More...

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Holiday Time!
24 January 2008 17:33

First hot holiday of the year just around the corner! I'm almost packed, for a 7 day holiday to the Maldives. We fly this Sunday, with 12 a hour flight ahead of us. We leave late at night, so we should be able to get a good few hours of snoozing in before we have to grind our way through the in-flight movies, read books and generally idle the time away. Once... Read More...

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SnowSoftware - Snow License Manager for SMS
09 January 2008 14:44

Rod Trent over at MyITForum blogged about this , looks like quite a cool tool so wanted to reblog here. Snow License Manager automatically combines infrastructure information provided by Microsoft SMS® with information such as software contracts, purchased licenses, ownership, and prices. Snow License Manager ensures central control of all your contracts and... Read More...

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UK Immobilise website - Safeguard Your Possessions With Immobilise
06 January 2008 12:28

This looks handy, has anyone registered and used this system? Immobilise is the home of the UK National Property Register and Recovery Service. It is trusted by over 17 million UK subscribers who have registered over 22 million items of property. It is also endorsed by all 43 UK Police forces who search it via The NMPR and by the UK Second Hand Trade who search... Read More...

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP) Documentation online
06 January 2008 11:09

Folks, Microsoft Technet are hosting a page loaded with Windows Vista SP1 documentation You've got deployment guides , Notable changes , bundled hotfixes and Release Notes to peruse at your leisure I've been running vista on a new Asus G1S laptop for several months now. I have to admit, i'm not a Vista fan really. I'd consider myself unique in... Read More...

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Rambo is Back!
02 January 2008 15:42

OMG Yes [WIKIPEDIA:Rambo] has come out of retirement and hits our screens Jan 2008! http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809833626/video/4686392/ Man, he still looks mean even though he's in to his 50's! Read More...

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Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007
02 January 2008 15:25

Great read for the bored, or for anyone that feels paranoid and needs to know if they are in a country that watches its civilians like a hawk! The 2007 International Privacy Ranking On the Global map from the link above, the colour legend is Black - Endemic Surveillance society (bad bad bad!) Light blue - Consistently upholds human rights standards (good good... Read More...

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Xmas is here!
18 December 2007 19:08

Happy Xmas folks! I'll be in sunny prague over the Xmas break, enjoying lots of Snow hopefully, and the delights of a half-frozen city! I wonder if i'll regret not buying thermal underwear lol! Cya in [wikipedia:2008], we're planning to host another meet in Jan so stay tuned. Here's a little Xmas cheer coming straight at ya all the way from Japan... Read More...

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Downtime
08 December 2007 20:35

When you got some downtime, check out these two cool games http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm < - Scored 23,600 http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf < - Scored 1,102 Post your scores in the comments if your up for a challenge And Winston below, what skills Read More...

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Cartoons
06 December 2007 14:43

Stack of funny stick men cartoons over here >.< One of my fav's below! Read More...

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Microsoft setting forward on a project to back up your BRAIN!
16 November 2007 11:18

There is a MyLifeBits Project on the Microsoft Research website thats very very interesting! They haven't developed a brain-interface yet, but once the Microsoft Surface project is fully out the door expect Bord-type implants to be included in the retail box for MyLifeBits!!! MyLifeBits is a lifetime store of everything . It is the fulfillment of Vannevar... Read More...

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