Monday, 9. January 2006, 14:12:37
Google, general, hardware, Software
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Missed it again :-(
Well, This is another year that I didn't attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). CES has morphed into Comdex - Google's Larry Page gave a keynote address and Bill Gates gave the opening address. I attended all the Comdex shows when they were in Atlanta. Bought my very first modem there, the 300 bps Volksmodem. I'm already planning to get to CES next year.
For those of us who didn't get to go, the Internet comes to the rescue.
The New York Times (free subscription required) has David Pogue there for us. He's doing daily blogs and a daily video. To view New York Times Video, you must have Macromedia Flash Player (7.0.25 or higher) installed on your computer, and use Internet Explorer 6, Safari or a Mozilla-based browser. So if you're reading this in your Opera browser copy the link http://www.nytimes.com/video/davidpogue/ and paste it into your Internet Explorer.
C|Net's News.com is offering some great coverage of the 2006 CES with their Photos and Videos page which also includes a blog.
The most complete CES coverage that I found is brought to us by Engadget. Their depth of coverage is amazing. Along with text and video of the keynote speakers they have individual booth tours.
Hmm... Maybe I could go to the 2007 CES in Vegas and then straight to New Orleans or Rio for Mardi Gras! ...maybe I could win the lottery...
Dreaming on...
Top Webcam Photos of 2005
Selected from hundreds of nominees by a panel of EarthCam producers, EarthCam announces the most unique and compelling webcams of 2005.
These unique live Internet cameras offer viewers access to the Great Pyramids, koala and panda bears, swimming piranhas and African elephants. Other webcams invite you to tour Valencia, Spain via 50 scenic network cameras, witness being booked into jail or even tour Elvis' Graceland mansion.
Still dreaming,
Ron
Friday, 6. January 2006, 05:23:59
quotes, Google, Windows, Microsoft
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Microsoft Releases WMF Patch Early
Yesterday Microsoft released a patch which fixes the WMF vulnerability. This vulnerability affects all applications that display graphics in the Windows operating system. Such applications include Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.
Microsoft originally planned to release the update on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, as part of its regular monthly release of security bulletins. In our opinion the early release is due to the seriousness of the threat.
If you use Automatic Updates you will receive the update automatically and do not need to take any additional actions. You can also manually download and deploy the update by visiting Microsoft Update or Windows Update. You can get more information at Microsoft's Security At Home Web site.
CERT Alert
Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life
The Pew Internet Project has recently released a new report on how men
and women use the Internet. You can find the full report at:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/171/report_display.asp
The percentage of women using the internet still lags slightly behind
the percentage of men. Women under 30 and black women outpace their male
peers. However, older women trail dramatically behind older men.
*68% of men are internet users, compared with 66% of women. Because they
make up more of the population, the total number of women online is now
slightly larger than the number of men.
*86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that age.
*34% of men age 65 and older are online, compared with 21% of women that
age.
*60% of black women are online, compared with 50% of black men.
Did You Know? Atlanta has it's own search engine.
It's a site for shopping for businesses and professional services in the Atlanta metro area. The site, Kudzu.com, allows users to review businesses so that you can read other's experiences. It also lists the search results by distance from your address.
Kudzu.com is a venture owned and operated by Cox Search LLC, a subsidiary of Atlanta's Cox Enterprises. If you go to the site you'll see that Cox has it's own Kona coffee. Cewl.
Q U O T E :
"I hear they're coming out with a robot that will cook hamburgers, too. Let's spread that rumor — there's nothing they can't do."
-- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates commenting on Google's first CES keynote address.
Bill Gates Keynote address - Live Coverage (Engadget)
Watch the keynote
Happy New Day,
Ron
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