Comment Mobiles for the Blind (Score 0) 141

by Aerdan on Sunday September 07, 2008 @12:45PM (#24911271) Attached to: Cell Phone For the Blind?

Just buy some Braille dots or something. After that, any mobile with a broad set of voice commands [such as LG's VX5400, which unfortunately is Verizon and not AT&T] should do, especially if you get a bluetooth headset for it as well.

Submission + - Affordable DX10: GeForce 8600 GTS and 8600 GT

Submitted by

mikemuch

on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @09:34AM

mikemuch writes: "While ATI still hasn't released a DX-10-capable graphics card, Nvidia today already released its affordable SKUs, in descending price and performance order the GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 8600 GT, and 8500 GT. The GTS costs $200-230, the GT from $150-170, and the 8500 reaching down to the $90 range. The architecture for the new GPUs is the same as for the 8800 line, but with lower clocks and fewer stream processors."

Journal Journal: KDE 4.0 Release Schedule Finalised

Journal by Joe Snipe on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:06AM

The KDE Community and the release team have put together a release plan for the long anticipated version 4.0, which is planned to be released in October 2007. KDE 4.0 will be a major milestone for the Free Desktop, as it offers a new foundation and set of frameworks that will shape the desktop user experience for years to come. Users will benefit from improved speed through Qt 4, integration of hardware through Solid, multimedia performance via Phonon, usability enhancements by close collabor

Journal Journal: Using Vim more productively. 3

Journal by Noryungi on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @10:56AM

I am always trying to learn new things in Vim, since this is my editor of choice. Here are a few things that I have learned recently:

Bookmark U.S. Chamber Wants Less Talk, More Action on Sarbox Changes (itbusinessedge.com)

by ITBusinessEdge on Saturday March 17, 2007 @11:16PM

Journal Journal: Oh, the Irony

Journal by bettiwettiwoo on Wednesday March 14, 2007 @06:47AM

'A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite.'

Submission + - Microsoft to sue cybersquatters

Submitted by on Wednesday March 14, 2007 @05:13AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Financial Times writes that Microsoft will launch a series of lawsuits against cybersquatters, and will urge other companies to help tackle what it says is a growing problem on the internet. Microsoft says it hopes its example will encourage other trademark owners to bring similar lawsuits: "Cybersquatting is a growing problem for brands around the world and we hope to educate other brand holders and encourage them to take action," said Aaron Kornblum, senior attorney on Microsoft's internet safety enforcement team.