1. Some Pros and Cons of a Google Tablet with a Chrome OS 2 hours ago   permalink

Some Pros and Cons of a Google Tablet with a Chrome OS
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The Chrome OS is a bit different than most operating systems. Scheduled to be unveiled late this year, the Chrome OS is entirely cloud-based. It's still speculative to say if Google is really working on a tablet computer. But let's assume for a minute that Google is developing such a device with a Chrome OS. Sponsor I guess that's not too hard ...

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Some Pros and Cons of a Google Tablet with a Chrome OS Run, Chrome OS! Run!   —  It seems that the news on Chrome OS release have left no one neutral; some observers are beating the drums of its imminent failure and premature death, by relying on rather oversimplified concepts of cloud computing and insinuating about the reasons why careless moms and dads just can't grasp the concept of strong passwords ("how many times did ...

2. Yahoo! Files for Patent on Geo-Located, Social, Augmented Reality 3 hours ago   permalink

Yahoo! Files for Patent on Geo-Located, Social, Augmented Reality
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You're walking down the street. Your phone buzzes, a map or a screen overlay pops up and you're shown a note left in that location by one of your friends - along with an ad for your favorite pizza. Walk into the pizza place and your phone buzzes again - your friends have something to say about the guy behind the counter. That might have sounded ...

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3. Diagnosis: FAIL. Poorly Designed Tech Infects Health-Care Industry 4 hours ago   permalink

Diagnosis: FAIL. Poorly Designed Tech Infects Health-Care Industry
Suzanne LaBarre / Fast Company

A medical devices manufacturer might spend millions of dollars over several years improving an old hospital standby--a bedside monitor, say, which measures blood pressure, heart rate, or blood-oxygen levels, and which sounds an alarm when a patient's vitals go awry. The manufacturer might program the gadget to distinguish between real alarms, ...

4. Exclusive Video: Dr. Pepper's Super Bowl Ad Features Kiss and...MiniKiss! 4 hours ago   permalink

Exclusive Video: Dr. Pepper's Super Bowl Ad Features Kiss and...MiniKiss!
Alissa Walker / Fast Company

This exclusive peek of Dr. Pepper's first-ever Super Bowl spot features the painted faces of rock band Kiss as well as their diminutive doppelgangers, MiniKiss. Agency Deutsch wanted to emphasize Dr. Pepper's "little kiss" of cherry. According to Dr. Pepper, the bands have met before, but this was their first offical performance. Look for the ...

5. List.it: Post-It Notes for the Twitter Generation 4 hours ago   permalink

List.it: Post-It Notes for the Twitter Generation
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While furiously trying to organize my digital life this past weekend, I found myself as I often do - with an obscene number of tabs open at the same time while hopping from thought to thought. It was in the middle of this confusing mess that I came across list.it , the self-described "simple, free, open-source note-keeping tool to help you ...

6. Mobile App or Browser-Based Site? Report Says The Browser Will Win on Mobile 5 hours ago   permalink

Mobile App or Browser-Based Site? Report Says The Browser Will Win on Mobile
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Mobile search company Taptu has released a detailed report showing that the future of the Mobile Web is likely to be dominated by cross-platform browser-based mobile web sites - rather than apps built specifically for iPhone, Android, or any other platform. Taptu calls the former "the Mobile Touch Web," which it defines as "Web ...

7. Festival date set for 2009 and a brief look back 8 hours ago   permalink

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After a short and well-deserved winter break the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK comes back with its first piece of NEWS: There’s a definite date fort this year’s festival. From 1. – 11. October 2009 the third VIENNA DESIGN WEEK will take place throughout the city.

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