How Online Criminals Make Themselves Tough to Find, Near Impossible to Nab - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
This is a really great article about online crime. Today, identity theft is a major problem, and law enforcement lacks the resources, tools, manpower and time to deal wit identity theft properly. This is just more indication that identity theft or data that is really a matter of time... not if, but when.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Optimus Maximus keyboard
Optimus Maximus keyboard
Wildly Expensive. Amazingly Functional. The future of keyboard evolution. The Optimius Maximus keyboard has a very appropriate name. It's a work of art, but, just like great art, you pay a high price. This keyboard weighs in a about $1500. What's so different about it that makes it work $1500? Every key on this keyboard is a small OLED screen. You can change the keys display. Say you want to type in chinese. No problem. A new keyboard layout? sure.
Many people have seen and used keyboards on touch screens. You may have even seen the infrared keyboard projector for a palm or handheld device. But this is different. For me, it's all about tactile feedback. I want a button that depresses so that I can tell I have actually activated the key. Software keys just don't offer the kind of touch feedback I need.
Perhaps not now, but someday in the future, I can definitely see more and more new and innovative interface products. Because, the reality is, not everything can be done with voice commands, somethings are just meant for the keyboard.
Wildly Expensive. Amazingly Functional. The future of keyboard evolution. The Optimius Maximus keyboard has a very appropriate name. It's a work of art, but, just like great art, you pay a high price. This keyboard weighs in a about $1500. What's so different about it that makes it work $1500? Every key on this keyboard is a small OLED screen. You can change the keys display. Say you want to type in chinese. No problem. A new keyboard layout? sure.
Many people have seen and used keyboards on touch screens. You may have even seen the infrared keyboard projector for a palm or handheld device. But this is different. For me, it's all about tactile feedback. I want a button that depresses so that I can tell I have actually activated the key. Software keys just don't offer the kind of touch feedback I need.
Perhaps not now, but someday in the future, I can definitely see more and more new and innovative interface products. Because, the reality is, not everything can be done with voice commands, somethings are just meant for the keyboard.
Friday, April 13, 2007
What Ultra Mobile PCs look like to Intel
It's always an interesting thing to see what's in store for tomorrow consumer electronics. I am especially excited about this video intel has put out about the future of mobile computing. Take a look for yourself.
The truth is, that computing is everywhere, GPS, DVD, digital audio, cell phones, watches. Just about everything has some form of computer chip to assist it's functionality in some way. Intel has these multifunction devices laid out for our future, and so far it looks pretty cool. Only time will tell.
The truth is, that computing is everywhere, GPS, DVD, digital audio, cell phones, watches. Just about everything has some form of computer chip to assist it's functionality in some way. Intel has these multifunction devices laid out for our future, and so far it looks pretty cool. Only time will tell.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
YouTube - NY Drift - Google Earth 3D
I was enjoying a Google Earth video earlier today and it got me thinking. What kinds of new things will become of this kind of software? With the new availability of 3d building and rendering software in a short period of time we will have built a virtual world quite literally. You'll be asking yourself.... "Is it real, or is it Memorex?" But seriously, we're well on our way to world tourism at your desk. As the video demonstrates, the possibilities just for architecture are huge. You can build you house and see it in 3d inside and out before the foundation is laid. Just last week I found a website that will let you track a commercial flight in Google Earth, in near real time.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Another Flying Car
Well, they're at it again. This time it comes from Texas.
Friends fashioning flying car | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
Honestly, somebody is going to figure it out. It may take another 20 years, but someone is going to get it right, and when they do, the sky will seem not big anymore.
Friends fashioning flying car | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
Honestly, somebody is going to figure it out. It may take another 20 years, but someone is going to get it right, and when they do, the sky will seem not big anymore.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Friday, December 22, 2006
Building instructions for EVERY LEGO SET EVER
This site has complete instructions for building every lego set EVER. Break your box out of the closet and get building! This was a great toy when I was a kid, and it's fun to look back through these and remember some of the sets I had and some of the sets I really wanted. I wonder if they still sell any of these...
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Berkeley Data Systems: Unlimited Online Storage
Introducing Mozy Unlimited Backup, a new service that individuals can use to back up an unlimited amount of digital files, for $4.95/month. They also offer 2GB of storage for free. If you're looking for an easy and inexpensive way to setup offsite storage, this is a great place to start. For those of you who are ultra paranoid, they even support encryption, so you don't even have to worry about someone else getting to your files.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
YouTube - Flashback 1981
YouTube - Flashback 1981
I was born in 1981, and based on this "Flashback", so was my destiny as a computer geek. It seems that sometimes even CBS can get in a story that's accurate, to the point and even prophetic... at least in 1981.
I was born in 1981, and based on this "Flashback", so was my destiny as a computer geek. It seems that sometimes even CBS can get in a story that's accurate, to the point and even prophetic... at least in 1981.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Wired 14.10: The Information Factories
Wired 14.10: The Information Factories
From mainframe to pc, from pc to datacenter from datacenter to ...
This extensive article discusses the current evolution of computing power and what new tricks the big players are using to keep up with an every growing demand for computer power, storage, memory access and later the ability of the network to keep everything tied together efficiently. It looks like in another 10 years, the pendulum of computing will swing again, as the phases of the pendulum grow shorter upon each swing.
From mainframe to pc, from pc to datacenter from datacenter to ...
This extensive article discusses the current evolution of computing power and what new tricks the big players are using to keep up with an every growing demand for computer power, storage, memory access and later the ability of the network to keep everything tied together efficiently. It looks like in another 10 years, the pendulum of computing will swing again, as the phases of the pendulum grow shorter upon each swing.
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