As previously reported, the Dowbrigade spent the past weekend at BarCamp Boston 2, the "unconference" for tech types this time held at MIT’s Stata Center. The GQ (Geek Quotient) was off the chart, and we stood little chance of understanding most of the presentations or even the hallway chatter.
However, we have never let ignorance [...]
Dark clouds are gathering over the local blogosphere.
First there were "splog" attacks, pieces of spam left in the comments area of local blogs. That was kids’ stuff. Now it appears that at least two blogs in the western suburbs have become victims of a new, scarier menace: blogjacking.
As I went digging for more information, [...]
The L.A. Auto Show competition asked designers to dream up the ultimate environmentally friendly car. This the the entry dreamed up by the Bug Boys. Witness the Volkswagen Nanospyder – Designers: Patrick Faulwetter, Daniel Simon, Ian Hilton
Using nanotechnology, the Nanospyder could be assembled, disassembled and reassembled on a microscopic level. To create the car, [...]
It looks like a slightly oversized wristwatch
and it keeps time with great accuracy – but it is much more than a
watch. It is a wrist computer that includes among its many functions
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A
California company owned by the data storage giant EMC Corp. has unveiled
software that lets Apple Computer Inc.’s Macintosh machines run Microsoft
Corp.’s Windows software, side-by-side with [...]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A young Dutch architect has
created a floating bed which hovers above the ground through magnetic
force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million).
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India has decided against getting involved in Nicholas
Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child scheme – which aims to provide kids
in developing countries with a simple $100 machine.
The success [...]
A Spanish Internet company is selling a million
wireless Internet routers for just $5 each. But there’s a catch: Buyers
must share their wireless Internet connections with their friends,
[...]
A Spanish Internet company is selling a million
wireless Internet routers for just $5 each. But there’s a catch: Buyers
must share their wireless Internet connections with their friends,
[...]
A Spanish Internet company is selling a million
wireless Internet routers for just $5 each. But there’s a catch: Buyers
must share their wireless Internet connections with their friends,
[...]
When we teach Marketing in one of our business classes,
along with Product, Price, Promotion, Placement we
add a fifth "P": Packaging. And when introducing the topic we always
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We managed to make it to both days of Boston
BarCamp,
the non-conference making its way around the country. Of course,
on Sunday we snuck out for just a few minutes, between [...]