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Monday, June 05, 2006

Teamwork with elbowroom—tabletop computing

Mitsubishi’s DiamondTouch displays a PC screen on a high-tech tabletop. People sitting around it use their fingers to create and manipulate projected virtual objects, with the system knowing whose fingers did what thanks to small currents of electricity that flow through the chairs.

Sourced at CNN.com - Technology

Posted on 05 Jun 2006 around 1pm • Tagged with: Noticed | Web Technology

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Saturday, June 03, 2006

Microsoft to Adobe: Let’s Make a Deal

Adobe, not content with Microsoft’s decision to cut certain PDF functionality out of Office 2007, also wants changes in Microsoft’s new document display and printing technology. Will the pair’s failure to resolve differences result in more antitrust action?

Sourced at eWEEK Technology News

Posted on 03 Jun 2006 around 1pm • Tagged with: Publishing | Software | Web Technology

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Friday, June 02, 2006

The time has come to ditch email

Fair enough, but what’s the alternative?

Back in 1972, by some accounts, a new form of communication known as email was born. It was a practical implementation of electronic messaging that was first seen on local timeshare computers in the 1960s. I can only imagine how much fun and revolutionary it must have been to use email in those early years, to have been at the bleeding edge of the curve.&

Sourced at The Register

Posted on 02 Jun 2006 around 7pm • Tagged with: Noticed | Web Technology

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Thursday, June 01, 2006

How Much Money Do Most Authors Make? And Other Provocative Industry Stats

Couldn’t resist this little gem from the BigbadBookBlog:

Written by Justin Branch: Any statistician will tell you that 50 percent of statistics are incorrect. Of that, 20 percent are pulled from thin air. In the spirit of using random numbers to analyze a complex industry, I’ve compiled a list of important statistics from many different sources. With these little nuggets, you will be able to impress all your friends at the library, just do so quietly.

Here is one from the list: 8,000–11,000 new publishing companies are established each year. —ISBN.org

Sourced at Big Bad Book Blog

Posted on 01 Jun 2006 around 5pm • Tagged with: Noticed | Offsite Links | Publishing

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

College 2.0: No Lectures, But Plenty Of Podcasts, Blogs And Text Messages

We’ve seen tons of stories these days about professors recording their lectures and posting them online for download, but one professor in the UK is going even further.  He’s getting rid of in-person lectures completely.

Sourced at Techdirt

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Posted on 28 May 2006 around 8pm • Tagged with: Noticed | Offsite Links

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