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Submission + - Vista Voice Recognition Demo

Submitted by

Funhouse

on Sunday January 28, 2007 @02:33PM

Funhouse writes: "A few months ago we were wondering why Vista keeps getting delayed. It seems one of the major problems they had was with the Voice recognition module. Take a look at the final version and see the huge difference."

Journal Journal: Books to Go Digital this decade

Journal by wii1991 on Sunday January 28, 2007 @02:12PM

Have you ever considered that this decade may be the end of main stream paperback and hard cover books? As we have seen in the last couple of years physical music sales have gone down at a rapid speed. But on the otherhand Digital music sales are taking a good share of the loses on physical copies of songs..... This story is at http://digitaljournal.com/article/101247/Will_this_decade_b

Feed Cavaliers Lead E-Ticketing Charge (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday January 28, 2007 @02:12PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers deem paper tickets "arcane" and provide completely paperless transactions. Ticket brokers scoff but the hoopsters say it's the future. By the Associated Press.

NASA Commemorates Space Shuttle Tragedies 100

Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 28, 2007 @02:08PM from the in-memoriam dept.

eldavojohn writes "Space.com is covering NASA's commemoration of the Apollo 1 crew & the last shuttle crews of both the Challenger and Columbia orbiters. The Apollo 1 crew was lost forty years ago yesterday to a fire while testing their spacecraft on a launch pad. From the article: 'While the nearly two decades separating NASA's three space disasters allowed room for the agency to grow complacent, the relatively short time between the 2003 loss of Columbia and the end of the shuttle program could avoid a repeat of such behavior.'"

Journal Journal: Great new addicitve online puzzle game: Bloktonik

Journal by pixcom on Sunday January 28, 2007 @02:03PM

Quite possibly the next Bejeweled, a very addicitive online puzzle game by Robotube Games: Bloktonik http://robotubegames.com/play_game.php?gameid=33 The latest puzzle game addiction has arrived. Bloktonik, already available around the world on Mobile Phones, is now playable online in this new, deluxe version! Bloks come raining in from 4 directions, and it's your job to land them on the central cluster, based on the direction they

Submission + - Google 'Metaverse' rumour re-ignited

Submitted by

jasoncart

on Sunday January 28, 2007 @01:48PM

jasoncart writes: "Rumours of a of a persistent world 'game' from Google have been re-ignited this week, with analyst Michael Eisenberg of Benchmark Capital caught ruminating on the prospect of a Google-engineered 'metaverse'. Several sources point towards this new online world, which Google could use as a new method for delivering context-sensitive advertising."

Submission + - Meeting RMS

Submitted by Zalgon 26 McGee on Sunday January 28, 2007 @01:44PM

Zalgon 26 McGee writes: Apparently not everyone in the FOSS community is a big fan of RMS. "Just at a personal level, Linus is a better spokes-model than Richard. He's just as geeky, without looking shabby." Read on for more...

Submission + - OSSDI to Distribute OpenOffice.org in Schools

Submitted by

Xampper

on Sunday January 28, 2007 @01:29PM

Xampper writes: "The Open Source Software Distribution Initiative (OSSDI) is a new organization planning to distribute open source alternatives to expensive commercial software packages, primarily in education. Initially, OSSDI will be focusing its efforts on giving away professionally pressed CD-ROMS containing the OpenOffice.org software suite within school districts in poverty-stricken regions. These distributions will give students access to a professional office suite, which they might otherwise be unable to afford, while spreading awareness of open source software."

Gates Proclaims Internet to Revolutionize TV in 5 Years 314

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday January 28, 2007 @01:07PM from the for-some-of-us-it-already-has dept.

adamlazz writes "With an explosion of online video content on sites like YouTube and Google Video, Bill Gates believes that the Internet will revoloutionize the television within the next 5 years. 'I'm stunned how people aren't seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we've had,' Gates told business leaders and politicians at the World Economic Forum. "

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