Google gets a second life
Google has recently been working on their next assault on the internet, this time it is a site that can only be described as a sort of Second Life.
But unlike Second Life maybe this time it will be policed in way that makes it both interesting and useful for business and individuals, this where Second [...]
Now it’s Friends the Movie
There is a lot to say about the film and TV industry when one old show brings out a film version of the small screen show, they all begin to follow. Before long the cinemas are looking like a giant TV listings page with familiar names heading up the casts and titles that should not [...]
June 26, 2008New Mapping service top Google
A new map service threatens to rival and even overtake the seriously popular Google Maps. With Google it is quite possible to home in on you target location to see what is going around it, maybe it is house that the user is wanting to buy, you can have a look at the surrounding houses [...]
June 25, 2008Internet for everyone
The was jubilation when Google joined a national initiative of public interest, civic and industry groups to launch a campaign “Internet for Everyone” the goals of which are to make open broadband available for every American.
Google’s involvement in this only part of the company’s strategy anyhow, which means they would have been pushing this programme [...]
Complex crop circles found
It’s that time again, when farmers wake up in the morning and dread looking out across their fields and hope not see a crop circle in middle of one of their fields. It’s a thing that has intrigued and puzzled people for a long time.
A crop circle has been described as the most complex ever [...]
Why the Segway fails
The personal transport system known as the Segway should have been taken up by all commuters but as with all of these machines it has failed in winning over the working person, anyone who remembers the Sinclair C5 would understand this. But why do these eco friendly machines fail? Here are few clues:
The Segway Encourages [...]
Get a garage for your plane
It would be something like a sci-fi film or book, but the day of the flying car may not be that far away. There is company named ICON who is building a small plane which has folding wings so that it can be easily parked in the garage.
The great thing about these planes is that [...]
The fifty year old digital TV
A television set made in 1957 that receives digital TV sounds rather suspicious! Well so it should because clearly a TV that in encased in a thick wooden case and sporting a seventeen inch black and white screen is not really going to be made for the digital age.
But for the owner it would have [...]
Leisure time in work
There are quite few things that can get into trouble at work, but probably one of the more modern and most used tricks that employees use is going online and visiting their favourite social networking site.
But now as employers have become aware of these sites and in some cases have even blocked them form their [...]
Betting on your life
Being told that you have a terminal illness is not the best thing that could happen to anyone, but when you are told that you have only two years to live, some people may say “I’ll take those odds” like ex Car Dealer, Jon Andrews, 58 he liked those odds and decided to do something [...]