Excellent!!!! This is truly amazing and hope we will be able to start using this soon in our daily lives.
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Video on TED.com
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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Video on TED.com
Google Wave! invitation!!
| Guys, I have google wave invitations, if you are interested drop me a line and I will send them to you. Here is a new invitation for any one interested. | |
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Google Wave is a new online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Learn more at wave.google.com. | |
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This is still an early preview of Google Wave, so you may run into some bumps along the way but we look forward to your feedback. | |
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To accept your invitation, sign into Google Wave at the following link*: | |
(If you do not have a Google account, you will be prompted to create one) | |
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Happy waving! | |
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ISRO's google earth
The ISRO's revolutionary earth mapping tool ‘Bhuvan' was launched here today. The Bhuvan toolbar can be downloaded from http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/.
The website is available in beta version.
It is believed that the ISRO's latest earth mapping tool have more features than Google Earth.
The Bhuvan is focused on Indian sub-continent barring all sensitive locations such as military and nuclear installations .
ISRO's Bhuvan is latest version of Google Earth, which allows common man to zoom into any part of the world on their personal computer using satellite images.
The new mapping service Bhuvan is a Sanskrit word of earth. It will allow users to have a closer look at any part of the subcontinent. Bhuvan will provide the pictures of objects as small as a car on the road to build three-dimensional map of the world via ISRO's seven remote sensing satellites.
The degree of resolution showcased is based on points of interest and popularity, but most of the Indian terrain is covered upto at least six meters of resolution with the least spatial resolution being 55 meters.
Google Calling - Voice.
I was surfing on Forbes.com and found this article that might be of interest for you.
Google Calling byQuentin Hardy, on Forbes.com
Internet giant launches Google Voice phone service.
Google has your Web searches. Now it wants your phone number.
The Internet search giant on Thursday is announcing a service called Google Voice that assigns users a phone number that consolidates voice mails and text messages from their various phone numbers and stores them a single location that can be accessed remotely. Google Voice also lets users make phone calls over the Internet.
The service is an outgrowth of a company called Grand Central, which Google bought in June of 2007 for an undisclosed sum. Google has kept the company's original user base but has not signed up any new users as it transitioned the software to its own computers and developed some new features.
These include a function that transcribes voice mail to machine-written messages, which can be sent to an e-mail account or a phone. Google Voice will also have be able to send a message to the Google Voice number and have it transferred to other devices. That message, along with any replies, will be saved at the central number in Google's servers. There's also a conference-calling function, which will allow up to six people to join a single call from different numbers.
In addition to free domestic calls, the service will also offer international calls, which will be charged to credits that the user must purchase from Google Checkout, the company's online payment system. Google connects the two parties in the call in conjunction with international carriers, which are charging Google wholesale rates for use of their lines. A Google spokeswoman said the retail calling rates would be published soon, and that they would be "competitive."
Google says there is no advertising associated with domestic calls; the international calls appear to be the service's sole revenue source.
Google Voice will initially be available to current Grand Central users; it will be available to others in the next few weeks. The company had no projections of how many people it expects to use the service.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
I was browsing through and found the IE 8 beta 1, Here is an overview of it from Microsoft site. looks like some great features like, Activities and WebSlices.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 (Developer Preview)
Welcome to the website for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is a developer preview for web designers and developers to help prepare their websites for the launch of Internet Explorer 8. Some of the new features designed for developers include a developer toolbar and improved interoperability and compatibility.
Internet Explorer 8 is designed to work in standard mode out of this box. However, Microsoft provides a way for users to browse the web in a way similar to Internet Explorer 7 by using the emulate Internet Explorer 7 button on the chrome. Learn more.
The web at your service
Internet Explorer 8 will take the web experience beyond the page. Internet Explorer 8 introduces a new way to seamlessly experience the best of the web whether you are a web developer writing to standards or a user discovering a new online service. Be one of the first developers to take advantage of improvements in Internet Explorer 8 for your websites and applications. Learn more.
With Activities you can do tons of great things...
Blog your adventures on Microsoft Live Spaces, Define new words on Encarta from anywhere, Find and preview eBay items, Find on Facebook, Find sites about StumbleUpon term, Find related news from MSNBC, Reviews of the site or link, Map addresses on Windows Live Maps, Map with Yahoo! Maps, Send a webpage using web email (right now only hotmail), Share on Facebook, Translation at your fingertips using Live translate.
(I wonder where did Google go in all these... I am sure they can give, translate, email, search and maps as activites. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I fogot this is a Microsoft product and it doesn't like Google :):)::)...)
WebSlices Overview
Users commonly visit many websites several times a day to check for updates. The introduction of RSS feeds can make this experience easier for users, although RSS feeds requires a nontrivial amount of work on behalf of the developer.
WebSlices is a new feature for websites that enables users to subscribe to content directly within a webpage. WebSlices behave just like feeds in that users can subscribe to them and receive update notifications when the content changes. Websites are polled at user-defined intervals, similar to the way RSS feeds are polled. Website operators may also define a minimum wait time between polls to minimize requests.
Developers can mark parts of webpages as "WebSlices" and enable users to monitor information they rely on as they move about the web. With a click in the Favorites bar, users see rich "WebSlice" visuals and developers establish a valuable, persistent end-user connection. Get started building WebSlices at the Microsoft Developer Network.
Try out WebSlices with some of our partners, who have created these Activities:
Source: Microsoft.com
All About the iPhone 3G - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
There's a lot more to the new iPhone than 3G connectivity. Check out PCMag.com's complete coverage of all the new iPhone features and apps announced on Monday.
As Mac fans, tech reporters, and the blogosphere waited with bated breath, Steve Jobs , nearly 90 minutes into his address at Apple 's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, announced the Apple iPhone 3G. The second-gen iPhone bears very few cosmetic changes from its older sibling (a plastic backing and flush headphone jack, to name a couple). The biggest news is the incorporation of AT&T's 3G network, which will boost browser speeds 2.8 times, according to Jobs. Adopters will be able to choose between 8GB and 16GB models and, according to Apple, can expect improved audio and call quality across the board.
But you'll have to wait until July 11 to take home an iPhone 3G. Want more details to tide you over? Check out our complete coverage from across the PCMag.com Network for analysis, product specs, news, video, photos, and more!
Source: PC Magazine
Microsoft Windows 7: What the Future Holds - Reviews by PC Magazine
Source: PCMAG.com
The launch of Windows Vista seemed gigantic, but the operating system's successor may prove Gates's real legacy. What will Windows 7 hold in store? Here's what we've gleaned to date.
If the leaks and rumors about the next Windows version are true, Microsoft has learned a lot from the Vista fiasco. Windows 7 is Microsoft's code name for Vista's successor, and by all accounts it's going to be smaller, lighter, and swifter than Vista. According to numerous published rumors and stories based on leaked developer builds, the forthcoming operating system will be built around a more modular iteration of the Vista kernel. (And the so-called called MinWin kernel, which fills just 25MB of disk space and runs in 40MB of memory, may not be it.)
A modular kernel would have built-in networking but lack a graphical user interface (GUI), which means that Microsoft could build an OS with either an elaborate GUI for eye-candy addicts or a minimal one for use on low-end computers that can't dream of running Vista—the kind of hardware that now runs Linux and that's likely to be found in emerging world markets. Microsoft owns the corporate desktop, and has enterprise-management tools no one can match, but Linux made an end run around this market to take over the cheap hardware used everywhere else, and Vista is too big and clumsy ever to catch up. Windows 7 is designed to be swift where it needs to be swift, but even more feature-packed than Vista on high-end systems built for entertainment and the enterprise. (Search online for a widely distributed video of Microsoft's Eric Traut talking about the MinWin concept.)
Microsoft hasn't said much officially about Windows 7. During a recent speech in Japan to the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium, Bill Gates said that it would "be lower power, take less memory, be more efficient, and have lots more connections up to the mobile phone." He also said, "if you have two personal computers, your files automatically are synchronized between them, so you won't have a lot of work to move that data back and forth." The rest of what we know comes partly through leaks from developers, partly from interpretations of job listings by Microsoft.
To compound the confusion, we don't know when Windows 7 will appear, but dates ranging from late 2008 (unlikely) to 2010 (more plausible) are being bandied about. There's a slightly desperate undertone to Microsoft's public and private remarks about Windows 7, which suggests that the company wants to forget Vista as soon as possible, so you can expect the Redmond giant to move full speed ahead toward shipping Windows 7. About the five-year gap between XP and Vista, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a group of Microsoft MVP's (Most Valuable Professionals), "We can't ever let that happen again." But whether the Incredible Hulk can successfully morph into the Silver Surfer is an open question.
To see why it's called Windows 7, open a command prompt in your current version and enter the command VER. Under XP SP3, the version number displayed is 5.1.2600. Under Vista SP1, it's 6.0.6007. No prize for guessing the first digit when you run VER in Windows 7's command prompt.
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