What is your LCD Screen settings in Windows?
For those of you on laptops and also those of you using LCD screens with your computers you will want to read this very good article from [Robert Scoble]
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Google Indexes Scholarly Literature
Google Inc. has released, to beta testing, a scholarly literature search platform scientists and academic researchers. Google Scholar, is a collaboration of the Internet information company and scientific and academic publishers and will include access to peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and reports.
Tracking schoolkids with RFID comes to America
Using RFID tags to keep tabs on schoolkids isn't just for the Japanese anymore! As much as I hate to hear this kind of thing happening in America my bet is that this will be a huge hit with parents who are too busy to be parents.[Engadget]
Military Internet for Battle Management
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is developing its own, private, computer network and web, a la the Internet and World Wide Web. The new computer network web, called the Global Information Grid (GIG) will provide military commanders a "God's-eye view" of the battle. The GIG will enable real-time digital communication and data dissemination through a familiar technology, similar to the World Wide Web, anytime and anyplace, under any conditions, with requisite security.
RFID tags and the meat we consume
As a old country boy who used to raise livestock I can tell you a tale or two about herd management. Now I am not going to bore you with the details but 20 years ago the primary way we tracked our livestock was by inserting tags into their ears. Then when they where due for shots or checked for
Mozilla Foundation Releases Firefox 1.0
The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 1.0, the long-awaited competitor of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. Developing a loyal following during beta testing, Firefox was released at 1 A.M. PST today and users from around the world quickly brought the mozilla.org servers to a grinding halt.
BitTorrent using 35 percent of the Internets Traffic?
Personally I think whoever did this research is smoking something other than a cigarette. But hey I have known to be wrong a time or two myself. If 35 percent is the percentage of net traffic being consumed by BitTorrent is true then their has to be an amazing amount of music, software and movies being passed around. Their data