Posted in News, Business, Politics, Places, Fun, Tech News, Friends, General on May 31st, 2007
Google continues its latest shopping spree with the acquisition of Spanish photo-sharing community website Panoramio.
Users of Google Earth will be familiar with the small blue and white compass icons dotted all over the map that open up a photo of a specific location when clicked on. The Panoramio layer of location-tagged photos was added to […]
Posted in News, Business, Politics, Video, Places, Links, Tech News, General on May 31st, 2007
The city of Peoria, IL has the second largest population of Lebanese people in the state outside of Chicago. When Isreal started bombing Lebanon in mid-July 2006, many Peorians found themselves fleeing their native country in order to avoid the attacks on the country. This piece details two families, the Abi-Akar family and the Koury […]
Posted in News, Business, People, Fun, Tech News, General on May 31st, 2007
Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off “Surface,” a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.
The machines, which Microsoft planned to debut Wednesday at a technology conference in Carlsbad, Calif., are set to arrive in November in T-Mobile USA stores and properties owned by Starwood Hotels […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, Tech News, Links, General on May 31st, 2007
Most of the Novell/Microsoft patent deal is now out in the public. With this, the veil has been lifted in part from this controversial patent partnership.
With this unveiling we now know that there is still no proof, other than Microsoft’s flat unsupported statement, that Linux violates any of Microsoft’s patents. We also know that it […]
Posted in Business, News, Tech News, General on May 31st, 2007
As users store more data online, hackers are finding ways to break into the new service sites. Experts say the problems are deep-seated.
If you’ve spent time using Google Docs & Spreadsheets, you’re familiar with the service’s great features. You are also familiar with a semiregular ‘Disconnected’ error that forces you to toss out your recent […]