2/27/09

Apple has made it possible to scroll through your web history using the same cover flow used on iPhones to scroll through album artwork.

If you have a gmail account, you can change the settings to be able to send text messages from the account. Under settings you need to enable it, and then you can begin sending and receiving texts from your computer.

2/26/09

There is a feature that you can set up on your gmail account that makes you do math problems so that you have to think before sending out any emails. It can ensure that you're not drunk and/or force you to think before sending emails that maybe you don't actually want to send out. 

Scientists are working on TV screens that can bend. Maybe in the future you will be able to put a TV screen on a T-shirt!

2/25/09

By 2011, it is possible that we may be able to vote from our cell phones. Voting via cell phone is a great idea, but in order to do it, you need a specific type of chip in your phone. Even though there is this catch, the idea is headed in the right direction. 

A researcher in Toronto created a female android. It's name is Aiko. It can speak a bit of English and is able to recognize faces. It can also tell the weather!

2/24/09

audible.com is a great place to get audio downloads. 

Screentoaster.com is a free site where you are able to record on screen action. You can record video tutorials, etc. 

Apple has created a laptop called the Macbook Wheel where the traditional keyboard has been replaced with a touch-sensitive wheel, similar to that of the ipod. 

2/23/09

I made a logo design in my computer class to represent me. I decided to go with a robotic design because I am currently taking robotics and engineering courses. I used a robotic controller to represent robotics. I used a sans serif font to show a hard working nature. The "building the future" is in a script font to be informative and is in red to stand out from the text above and beneath it. The font for "robotics engineering" is the same as the initials to mirror the initials. It is the same dark gray color I used in the antenna of the controller. 

IBM has created a vest that you can wear that helps you dodge bullets. It isn't bullet proof, but it does calculations and actually moves you out of the way of bullets coming towards you.

2/19/09

At lala.com you are able to download songs for 10 cents, but the downside is you add them to a playlist and are only able to play them on a browser. 

At lifehacker.com you can get a small sticker that can stick to the back of your phone that reads "Reward if Found" and you can put your email on it. If your phone is found someone can email you and if they return your phone you can give them a reward for it. 

2/18/09

People are working on combining a phone and a credit card. This could be useful because you wouldn't have to carry around both a phone and a credit card. 

There is also a 3D business card, so you can have more than one photos on your card. 

Your house plant can have it's own Twitter account! There is a device that can be placed in your house plant and when it needs to be watered it will automatically send a Tweet to Twitter. 

2/17/09

Happy President's Day!

Animoto.com is a website that allows you to put all your pictures into a 30 second video. If you would like to make the movie longer you can pay $30 a year for a wider range of video options.

Lots of people fish for information on the internet, and there are many ways to prevent it. Always check URLs before typing information in on the sites because it may be a fake website. 

2/13/09

It's Friday the 13th!!! Yikes!

There are gloves out that have little dots on the fingertips that allow you to use your iPhone while wearing them. 

Mrtweet.net is a website that can help you get more followers on Twitter. If you follow Mr. Tweet than he can give you lists of people that you should be following. It will help you build up your Twitter profile.

2/12/09

There is a new website up where you can type in key words and see how many people on Twitter are talking about it. It displays it in Venn Diagrams so you can see how many for each key word and how many people are talking about both.

Google has added to-do lists to peoples gmail accounts.

2/11/09

If you purchased a 30 gigabyte Zune in 2006, chances are it froze up or broke. Microsoft's website has ways to fix some of these problems. They say that the Zune commited suicide.

Wikipedia got a $6 million donation and are now able to keep the site up for another year. 

At clipnabber.com you can take urls from video sharing sites such as youtube, google videos, and blip and download them. 

2/10/09

Tech Crunch recently held their Crunchies Awards, where Facebook won the top prize for the second year. 

A company at CES is making the first dishwasher-safe keyboard. This can come in handy when ur keyboards get dirty from food, etc that get stuck inside. 

2/09/09

Google now has a version of Google Earth that allows you to go underneath the water and to Mars!

Facebook is now 5 years old.

A website called yourfonts.com can take your handwriting and turn it into a font.