Monday, January 31, 2005

RFID TAGS FOR TOURISTS IN U.S.| Silicon.com reports that the US Department of Homeland Security has decided to trial RFID tags in an effort to make sure only the right sort of people get across US borders. |Textually.org|
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Sunday, January 30, 2005

THE 100 DOLLAR PC| The founder and chairman of the MIT Media Lab wants to create a $100 portable computer for the developing world. Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital and the Wiesner Professor of Media Technology at MIT, says he has obtained promises of support from a number of major companies, including Advanced Micro Devices, Google, Motorola, Samsung, and News Corp. |SmartMobs|
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Thursday, January 27, 2005

REVENGE OF THE RIGHT BRAIN| Logical and precise, left-brain thinking gave us the Information Age. Now comes the Conceptual Age - ruled by artistry, empathy, and emotion. |Wired|
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

GOOGLE GEARS UP FOR VOIP| Although Google is reluctant to talk about its plans, the logical use of such a network would be to help to support a new telephone service. The company would buy capacity cheaply, by taking up slack capacity left behind when the internet bubble collapsed in 2001.|Times Online|
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EARTHLINK/SK TELECOM VENTURE FOCUSES ON MULTIMEDIA| The new venture will be called SK-EarthLink...it will become a conduit for services such as interactive gaming, video streaming and location-based services, the companies said. EarthLink and SK Telecom-the largest telco in Korea- said the JV could generate approximately 3 million net subscribers and revenue of around $2 billion by 2009. |MocoNews|
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Sunday, January 23, 2005

TOONS GO MOBILE| An increasing number of animation, comicbook and interactive game licensors are exploring the possibilities within the wireless data market, both as a means of marketing their properties and as a new distribution channel for content. Meanwhile, animated applications - motion-based screensavers, ringtones, games and clips - are a growing component of mobile content for all types of brands. |MocoNews|
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Monday, January 17, 2005

GRAFFITML| Grafedia turns the city of New York into a potential webpage. An author can write, draw, even tattoo, a hyperlink onto a public space in the form: my_original_thought@grafedia.net.|Rhizome|
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ALMOST HOLLYWOOD| An MMS-based soap opera launched in Denmark. The episodes last about two minutes and feature both audio and action. According to Flemming Lund, director at Inmobia, quoted on BT Mobil (in Danish), it's a relaxing entertainment. |Adverblog|
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Saturday, January 15, 2005

CREATIVE COMMONS CC MIXTER| This is a community music sharing site featuring songs licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. |Fimoculous|

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OBIT FOR MEDIA LAB EUROPE| Media Lab Europe is closing its doors forever. The ambitious attempt of both MIT and the Irish government to establish an international research lab has failed. The press release, issued on January 14, 2005 reads: "The Board of Directors of Media Lab Europe announced today that it is putting the company into voluntary solvent liquidation." |Coin-Operated|
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Friday, January 14, 2005

MOTOROLA + OAKLEY TO CREATE BLUETOOTH HEADSET EYEWEAR| Motorola has announced a partnership with Oakley to create Bluetooth headset eyewear. Currently Oakley is selling a line of sun glasses with an MP3 player built-in, but it's not clear if the Bluetooth line will have a similar design. Details and designs are set to be unveiled by mid-year. |Mobile Tracker|
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Thursday, January 13, 2005

MOBILE VIDEO INTERACTIVITY AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING| Norwegian television viewers can now send in video clips from their mobile phones and have them shown on national TV via TV programme Svisj, an entertainment show aimed at youngsters on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) network - the first broadcaster in Europe to provide such a service. |DM Europe|

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SAMSUNG DEVELOPS MOTION RECOGNITION PHONE| Samsung has developed the world's first motion-detecting phone allowing users issue commands by waving the phone in the air. The SCH-S310 recognizes human motion by using a six-axis sensor. Users can make calls by writing numbers in the air instead of pressing buttons. For instance, moving the phone vertically downwards to form a "1" makes a call to the memory number 1. |Mobiledia|
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Saturday, January 08, 2005

SOUTH KOREA ADDS SATELLITE TV SERVICE FOR CELL PHONES| TU Media Corp, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Toshiba Corp., will start trials in Seoul that deliver up to 39 channels, 11 of which will go to video, 25 to audio and the remaining three to data. |Yahoo News|
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DESIGN AND INNOVATION| Corporate America has been sending its designers to the Institute of Design in Chicago to learn research methodology for a long time, but recently nondesigners have begun showing greater interest in learning more about a field so closely associated with innovation. |Future Now|
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BROADBAND OVER POWERLINES| In one of the highest-profile victories to date for BPL in the United States, the Trump organization has begun installing the technology in all of the Trump properties in New York City. The Trump folks have turned to Telkonet, which specializes in powerline broadband for multi-tenant buildings and commercial properties, for the necessary gear. |Telecomweb|
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Voicemail Software uses voice analysis and sends the recipient a text message indicating the emotional state of the caller. |New Scientist|
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005

THIS MOBILE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE| As part of their three-pronged plan to dominate world events, Benrik are offering to take over your life with 10 life-changing tasks a month straight to your mobile. Terms: "I agree to receive up to 10 SMS messages per month, billed 25p each by my operator. I understand that my mobile phone will effectively start running my life. Messages can come at any time, day or night. I can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP to 60030..." |Textually|
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