The cell phone – or “keitai” – has been in existence in Japan for nearly a generation now and has become so much pervasive as to be described as “indispensable” in the lives of Japanese youth (Ministry of Posts and Communications White Paper 2004: 43). The evolution of the device has gone hand-in-hand with the [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Summer never comes
July 31, 2006 – 6:28 pm
This year I had great expectations for summer. Not that I would have any holiday or something like that but at least spending a couple of days camping in the mountains or at the beach woud be great. Yeah, it you be great if I didn’t live in a town where summer never comes!
First a [...]
I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard
July 31, 2006 – 1:57 pm
Once in a while comes an invention that rings in our minds as a futuristic bell reminding us that the future is not so far away.
I-Tech’s Virtual Laser Keyboard is one of those inventions that if it is not bridging the future at least tries to bring sci-fi movies technology to the daily life. The [...]
Wifi Rabbit
July 30, 2006 – 2:19 pm
How about having a gadget that can read your e-mail, report the weather and pull RSS feeds, monitor the stock market and still have time to teach you tai chi? Now imagine this and much more on the shape of a cute white wifi rabbit! Can you?
Well, if you can then you will probably have [...]
muCommander File Manager
July 30, 2006 – 11:39 am
Usually I love OSX’s Finder but when I have to transfer big amounts of data between two volumes I find it very inconvenient, specially if among a ‘zillion’ of files I have one, just one, that is corrupted. Then, Finder will show a simple warning saying that a certain file wasn’t able to be [...]
Skype Video for OSX
July 29, 2006 – 12:03 pm
Great news for us Mac users!!
Finally Skype has released a beta version with video support for Mac OSX!
You can already download their Preview Version and start using your webcam!
Influences of Neo-Confucianism in the Information Society
July 29, 2006 – 11:40 am
The Spreading of China in Internet Mediated Communications
An essay on Neo-Confucianism and its relations on Chinese policies concerning copyrights and Internet use in the 21st Century.
Free WordPress Themes
July 28, 2006 – 10:59 pm
In case you are running WordPress, WPThemes has a collection of free themes.
Windows Vista Delayed?
July 28, 2006 – 9:33 pm
Will Microsoft deliver their new baby on time?
Vista will be shipped “when it is ready”, said Kevin Johnson, Microsoft’s vice-president.
Mr. Johnson’s worries are all about quality but, if I can recall early Windows releases if quality is their major concern they will end up delaying Vista’s release for a long time. Specially if they are [...]
Open Source Virtual PC
July 28, 2006 – 12:14 am
Mac users can already choose if they want to run Windows or OSX in their machines right on the boot. Everything possible thanks to a small application called Boot Camp created by Apple just after the release of their new Macs running DuoCore Intel chips last spring.Also thanks to Boot Camp the IntelMacs retired one [...]
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