http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno Talking Technology Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:38:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are lots of reports on the web related to the recent Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). This conference atracts leading-edge developers who want to learn about the future direction of Microsoft products. Here's my take on a couple of the topics and the location of some useful links for ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/10/microsoft-pdc/ So you've always had this brilliant idea for the perfect PC but nobody would listen ? Perhaps they will now. ASUS and Intel have created wepc.com where you can go and share your ideas - ASUS will evaluate your concepts and possibly incorporate features into a future notebook PC. if you're interested contribute ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/10/your-dream-pc/ NASA, in conjunction with the Internet Archive, has recently launched an online image gallery. [caption id="attachment_1006" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Nasa Images"][/caption] The site offers public access not only to images but also to the video and audio collections from NASA. http://www.nasaimages.org/ http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/07/nasa-image-gallery/ InvenSense Inc recently announced that its IDG-600 multi-axis MEMS rate gyroscope has started shipping in mass production quantities to Nintendo for its Wii MotionPlus accessory. http://www.invensense.com/news/071508.html The addition of this multi-axis rate gyroscpic solution to the Wii MotionPlus accessory allows for high precision 3D tracking of rapid gaming gestures. For example, the ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/07/idg-600-motion-sensing-from-invensense-inc/ The Wii MotionPlus is an accessory for the Wii Remote (Wiimote) controller. Nintendo's upcoming Wii MotionPlus accessory for the revolutionary Wii Remote controller again redefines game control, by more quickly and accurately reflecting motions in a 3-D space. [caption id="attachment_997" align="aligncenter" width="342" caption="Wii MotionPlus"][/caption] The Wii MotionPlus accessory attaches to the end of ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/07/wii-motionplus/ Gesture based controls are starting to change the way users interact with computer applications - as seen, for example, with the Wiimote a remote control used with the Wii games console. Wouldn't it be great if the system could detect what was happening by interpreting movement and gestures directly without  the need ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/07/zcam/ Firefox 3 is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X as a free download from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Lots of news reports about the release of Firefox 3.0 with apparently more than 8,000,000 downloads in the first 24 hours, and to-date the number of downloads stands at 10,557,198 (9:30 GMT) http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/ With over 14,000 ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/06/firefox-30/ iTunes U is a service, from the Apple iTunes Store, that provides access to a collection of educational course materials from hundreds of leading Universities across the world and is available to anyone with a Mac or PC (and of course iTunes). Users can download and play course content just ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/06/open-university-joins-itunes-u/ Developed by Cooliris Inc, PicLens combines a "Cover Flow" style with a 3D Image wall to present a novel way for viewing photos and videos across the web via your web-browser. Plugins are available for Internet Explorer and Firefox and PicLens works with a number of websites. A search feature is ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/05/piclens/ Windows SideShow is a technology in Windows Vista that supports a secondary screen on your mobile PC. With this additional display you can view important information whether your laptop is on, off, or in sleep mode. Windows SideShow is available in Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows ... http://www.kf12.com/blogs/techno/2008/05/windows-sideshow-technology/